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A Penny’s WorthTying Up Loose EndsSigm m:lt;•.V• *■ ■:■By PENNY WEICHEL Derrick Sports EditorHere are some loose ends concerning the state track meet that need to be tied up before I admit that the 1971-72 scholastic sports season has come to a close.Clarion's Steve Alexander suffered a junior jinx in the Class B pole vault. The runner-up as a sophomore, Alexander finished sixth this season, clearing 12-6.THIS IS WHERE he began to vault. He missed his first jump, but according to coach Bob Boweraox, soared over the bar by far on his second attempt Boweraox said this is where he thought Alexander would begin to roll, but alas, he was eliminated at 13-0.Then, in' toe Class A ffiO, you might have wondered what happened to Hickory’s Tom Herrmann, the sophomore who ran the 1:54.9 in the District 10 meet. Herrmann had the best time in Friday’s trials, a 1:56, according to Oil City coach Bob Craig, and the Tuesday edition of the MeadvtQe Tribune.But the Tribune went on to say that Herrmann suffered an injury to his foot, and couldn't non Saturday.On the brighter side, Titusville’s twwnfle relay team might have ftai^ed seventh, bat its time was simply saperb — a 7:58,1 Run by J bn Robbtos, Demy Bfflig, Me Watson aid Steve Morrkal this was a school recsrd. And there area't that any whose school record* to tee two-mile relay are under right infantes.While Herrmann and Alexander will be back next year, it’s too bad toe Rockets relay team didn't do its 7:58.1 last year. That's when only the first THREE place finishers were under right minutes in the event. And THAT was a big deal Now Its at least the first SEVEN teams. What can you say but Holy Cow?Analysis Of A SlaughterThis was toe first year that the first three {dace finishers in the district meets were allowed to go to the state meet. As expected, this didn’t help toe smaller districts any. At least not this year.DISTRICT 1, WHICH contains about 65-70 Class A schools(as compared to 13 for District 10), won the meet with 134 Vi points. The runner-up WPIAL (another tostrict with abort 70 Class A schools) was well behind D-l with 54 Vi.District l took rune of the 18 first places, while the WFIAL and District 3 captured three apiece.But what’s more astonishing is the number of events where District 1 had all three of its entries place. To place, an entry had to be in the top five.District 1 had aO three of tor entries place hi exactly seven eve** (out a!U) - toe 228,««, 8», twwnfle rua, mOe relay, shit put awd triple jump. By cocnparisat, the WPIAL twwed this irfck aace, la toe discus, as did District J, la toe high hurdles.And in the mile relay, District 1 swept the first THREE placesWhere District 1 really capital]red was in any event that wasn’t too sprinty or too field evenly In other wonts, D-l won everything from the *W to the twonuite run, including the mileand two-mile rdays.So District 1 really slaughtered toe state. There’s only one thing I have to say about it If the WPIAL ever bring! up how it always clobbers a District i team in the state championship basketball game, aD District l has to do » bring up the 1972 statetrack meet.What it did Saturday was worse than what Am bridge did to Chester in 1967.Oil And WaterSection 2 may have had only one place finisher in the track meet, bd Carry's Jim Bennett was a slate champion. The league has now had a state champion in track for AT LEAST the last four consecutive years, which Isn't hurting... Franklin's Jay Davis and Mike Eafcin have been awarded basketball scholarships to Pitt’s Titusville campus. This is the first year that Pitt-Titusvilk has awarded b-ball scholarships. It has also signed up Mike Brown of Greenville and Chaek Keaaedy of Wattsburg... Oil City's Jim H*ghe» completed fas sophomore season at Grove City with a 1-0 record in two relief appearances while sporting a 1.59 ERA in 5 axl two toird tomngs^e ^ al* one-for-foar at the plate with an RBI.. .Rick SHke, whoc^cbdly bas ended his cfreer with fow school trade records at Clarion,will attend Clarion State.
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Derrick
Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jun 01, 1972
Page 28
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Penny W.
PA, USA 13 May 2020
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