Sandusky Speedway Opens Fourth Season With Betty Rinderle 100
Sandusky International Speedway starts its fourth season led by promoter Bill Bader with the Betty Rinderle 100. The program features a 60-lap super feature and a 40-lap stock feature, beginning at 3 p.m. A dollar from every adult ticket supports the Betty Rinderle School. Weekly purses rise to 6,500 and yearly total prize money exceeds 130,000. SIS offers 1,000 to the supermodified winner, 600 to second, 400 to third. The Ohio State 500 weekend stands out, with May 26 marking the open-competition supermodified invasion for an 8,000 payoff in a 100-lap main.
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Sandusky
Sandusky International Speedway
Bill Bader
Betty Rinderle School
Speedway
SIS
Ohio State
Willard Edges Norwalk Junior High in Triangular Meet
Willard edged Norwalk Junior High 53 percent to 53 percent for first place in a triangular meet here Friday with Bellevue at 30 percent. Norwalk standout Eric Kirk won high jump and 100 yard dash, while Greg Russell, Joe Nickols, and Dave Ream added events for Norwalk. Willard’s Mike Rosso captured three firsts in long jump, 120 high hurdles, and 440 relay, with Denny Kilgore taking discus and Ernie Luna winning the 440 for Willard.
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Willard
Norwalk Junior High
Truckers
Bellevue
Eric Kirk
Norwalk
Greg Russell
Joe Nickols
Dave Ream
Tim Daugherty
Kevin Wetzel
Jim Rhoad
Don Johnson
Mike Rosso
Brian Kelter
Tony Lopez
Paul Adams
Denny Kilgore
Ernie Luna
Trucker Girls Sweep Singles Against Flyers
Norwalk High dominates St. Paul 6 1 in the season opener scrimmage. Kathy Trapp, Terri Woelfling, Jane Rehark, Kathy Nickels, and Lisa Gettles win singles matches. Trapp Woelfling win the first doubles for Norwalk. St. Paul takes second doubles.
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Flyers
Norwalk High
St. Paul
Truckers
Norwalk
Kathy Trapp
Mary Beth Dixon
Terri Woelfling
Bobbi van Dresser
Jane Rehark
Debbie Boose
Kathy
Nickels
Ellen Dixon
Lisa Gettles
Gisele Miller
Trapp
Woelfling
Dixon
van Dresser
Boose
Robin Moore
Andi Becker
Kathy Christopher
Cat Golfers Avenge Only Loss
New London High School avenged its only loss of the season by beating Wellington 165 to 174 at Millstone Hills. Stu Cooke led with 37, followed by Martin 39 Heileman 45 Nestor 44 Stover 45. Carl Jones led Wellington with 39. The Wildcats face Rolling Acres in the Class A Sectional Friday at 10 a.m.
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New London
New London High School
Millstone Hills
Wellington
Dukes
Wildcats
Stu Cooke
Jim Martin
Kevin Heileman
Chris Nestor
Dave Stover
Carl Jones
Cooke
Cats
Plymouth
Millstone
Martin
Heileman
Nestor
Stover
Norwalk Opens Softball Season For Girls And Boys
Norwalk launches its softball season with both junior and senior high boys and girls starting play in mid May. Girls schedule includes matches at McGuan Diamond No 2 from May 13 to May 16. Boys play at McGuan Diamond No 1 and No 3 from May 14 to May 18 with 16 teams each fielding 15 games.
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Norwalk
Norwalk Park Commission
McGuan Diamond No
Berry's
Bleile’s Supply
Battles Insurance
Dauch
Mac’s Sons
Ideal Appliances
Ringholz-Meyers
Kenilee
Fisher Music
Bleile’s
F.O.P
Norwalk Furniture
Clancy's
Meek’s Pastry Shop
Lake Erie Carpenters
McGuan Diamond
Shamrock
Gift Gallery
K Hester's
McGuan Diamond No. 1
Lodemeier’s
Dauch Concrete
Norwalk Music Center
Durable
Artesians
Reineck’s
Home Savings
Pohl’s
Huron County Bank
Berry’s
Norwalk Motor Sales
Berry Higgins and Klein Named 2 Way All Stars
Doug Berry Glenn Higgins and Bill Klein were two way selections on the Norwalk Recreation Center All Star Basketball Team. Berry an offensive and defensive guard Higgins a forward and Klein a center. Balloting was by players in the High School League.
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Hester
City Recreation
Globelines
Doug Reitzel
Steve Hester
Doug Elmer
Glenn Higgins
Paul Schwartz
Doug Berry
Berry, Higgins
Klein
Bill Klein
Norwalk Recreation Center
Berry
Hester’s
Higgins
Mike Frazier
The
Wendell Rakosky
Woelfling
Jerry Wyant
John Hampton
Brigadiers
Tom Waugh
Cavaliers
Aaron Burns
Fannin’s
Gary Rider
Harkness
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Brentwood
Pohl
Rolling Acres
Nova
Lanny Repp
World Tire
Ando
Earth
E. Main Norwalk
Hammer-Huber
Post Office
ZETA
F.E.T
Laredo
Blackwall
Unioys Zeta
Intersteel Zeta
Ives
Delco Energizer
Éyr. Guarantee
Tunos Supermarket
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