Sterling Easy Victor Over Dixon High Track Meet
Sterling High defeated Dixon High 69 to 43 led by wins from John Woodyatt in high hurdles and Fenner in the 100 yard dash tying the meet record at 10.2. Ford won the mile. Mantsch of Dixon set a discus mark of 127 feet 6 inches while Dixon’s Rambo captured the 440 and 880 yard runs. Dixon’s Fenner set a meet record in the 220 yard dash at 23.1. Sterling’s relay team won in 1:37.1.
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Sterling High Track Warriors
Dixon
Sterling
John Woodyatt
Brown
Vaughn
Fenner
Ridge
Breed
Ford
Weigle
Bill Woodyatt
Mantsch
McCleary
Sheaf
Williams
A. Hoeman
Bogott
John Gould
P. Hoeman
Rambo
Wolf
McDonald
Easley
Smith
Scheid's Warriors Take Second in District Track Meet
Sterling High led by Ted Scheid placed second at the Rock Island District Track Meet on May 11. Rock Island won, East Moline was third. Notables included Don Ford posting 4 43.3 in the mile, Runyan edging Ridge in the 220, and Steadman breaking the all time high jump record before forfeiting the mark.
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Ted Scheid
Sterling Warriors
Rock Island
East Moline
Jim Brown
Ridge
Fenner
Don Ford
Bill Woodyatt
Sterling
Runyan
Eascoline
Robinson
Rock Falls
Bobby Wolf
Stering
Rowe
Wolf
Beatig
Bogott
Steadman
Baker
Quincy Big at Bradford Meet with Sterling Runnerup
Quincy won the Bradford meet scoring 5914 points with Sterling as runner up. The locals finished second in the distance medley and took second in the one lap event. Freshman-sophomore team featured Woodyatt Hults Nelson Fenner. Bogott tied for third in pole vault Sier placed fifth in shot put. Sterling finished fourth in the low hurdle shuttle relay and the four lap medley.
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Sterling High
Bradford
Quincy
Fener
Easley
Breed
Ridge
H. Woodyatt
Hults
Nelson
Fenner
Bogott
Sier
Sterling
Sterling Thinclads Take Third at Gateway Classics in Clinton
Sterling High School track team finished third at the Gateway Classics in Clinton Iowa on May 4 with 31 points, Davenport led with 51 and Clinton second with 37. Baker placed fifth in discus and Don Ford was second in the mile. Garrett of Davenport won the 220 yard dash in 22.7. Speck of Rockford won high jump and broad jump.
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Ted Scheid
Clinton
Iowa
Davenport
Rockford
Sterling
Baker
Don Ford
Bill Garrett
Larry Fenner
Scheikh
Freeport
Bogott
Sterling High
Wolf
Garrett
Ridge
Speck
Steadman
MacDonald
Breed
Sterling Guards Dominate Triangular Meet At Local Stadium
Sterling High won with 83 points as Princeton and Kewanee trailed. Jim Brown and Harold Wade led hurdles and sprints, Ridge and Easley starred in 220, and the Sterling relay team posted 1 37.2 as Fenner and others won multiple events.
Sterling Relay Team Ties For Fifth At State Meet
Sterling High earned a half point to tie for fifth at the Interscholastic Track meet in Champaign on May 17 18 Maywood of Proviso captured the state title Ridge Fenner Wolf Kord failed to place or qualify in their events amid stiff competition.
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Sterling High
Champaign
Maywood
Proviso
Sterling
Ridge
Fenner
Wolf
Kord
Princeton Netmen Defeat Locals 4 to 1
On May 3 at Princeton the locals fell 4 to 1 to the Princeton Netmen. John Ahrens earned the locals’ lone win while Gildermaster beat Bob Hurts and Brown beat Bill Haglund. Ahrens defeated Kuhn in singles as Seibel and Mercer downed Ruhrer and Phillips. Brown and Kuhn defeated Haglund and Castendyck.
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Sterling High
Princeton Tigers
John Ahrens
Gildermaster
Bob Hurts
Brown
Bill Haglund
Ahrens
Kuhn
Seibel
Mercer
Dick Ruhrer
Bob Phillips
Bob Castendyck
Princeton
Sterling High Finishes Strong in County Meet
Sterling High thinclad warriors finish second in the N. C. I. C. freshman-sophomore meet at the stadium on May 18. Dixon High wins. Leonard places in 70 yard high hurdles. Riser and Gould secure multiple top placings including the relay win by Beecher, Riser, Hults and Woodyatt.
Sterling Freshmen rout Rock Falls in league meet
The Sterling High freshman-sophomore team defeated Rock Falls minors 62 to 50 at the stadium on May 11. Leonard and Nelson placed in the high hurdles. Riser, Beecher and Hults hit a grand slam in the 100. Dahlgren, Hunsberger and others earned runner-up spots in distance events.
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Sterling High
Rock Falls
Leonard
Nelson
Riser
Beecher
Hults
Dahlgren
J. Hunsberger
Woodyat
Tampico Varsity Edges Local Minors In Tight Meet
Tampico high school defeated by a narrow 57 to 55 at the athletic field in a boys track meet. Leonard won the 70 yard high hurdles, Fenner captured the 100, D. Peirceson took the 440, Yarde topped the pole vault and long jump, with Tampico athletes earning several runner up spots in sprints and field events.
South High tennis team heads to NCAC meet at Princeton
Coach Brandau guides South High School tennis to Princeton for the North Central Conference meet next Saturday May 25 and to Rochelle for the season finale on Monday May 27.
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Brandau
Princeton
Rochelle
Whiteside County Meet Dominated by Locals in Track Events
In Whiteside County track day April 27 locals amassed 691 points, far ahead of Morrison with 31 and Rock Falls third with 251. Brown tied Corrigan’s high hurdles record at 15.6 seconds as Woodyatt of Sterling placed second. Keime of Rock Falls won the 100 yards in 10.4 with Sterling’s Fenner second. Sterling swept the mile and relay set a course record at 1 35.3 for 880 yards.
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Whiteside
Morrison
Rock Falls
Brown
Corrigan
Woodyatt
Sterling
Keime
Larry Fenner
Ford
Robinson
Hubbart
Bobby Wolf
Ridge and
Easley
Bob Sier
John Q. Adams
Baker
Norm Bogett
Steadman
J. Woody
Bob MacDonald
Breed
Sterling Golfers Open Season With Win Over Princeton
Sterling High opened the 1940 golf season with an 11 to 1 victory over Princeton at Prairieview Golf Club on April 27. Bob Griesser, Bob Feldkirchner, and Ray Pettit each posted three points, while Ernie Hubbart won two matches. Hubbart shot 85 in the 18 hole meet. Sterling placed sixth at the district meet in Kewanee on May 4 behind Galesburg East Moline Kewanee Rock Island MoLine and Princeton.
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Sterling High
Princeton
Prairieview Golf Club
Hoogeveen
Bob Griesser
Bob Feldkirchner
Ray Pettit
Ernie Hubbart
Sterling
Kewanee
Galesburg
East Moline
Rock Island
Moline
Hubbart
Feldkirchner
Pettit
Griesser
Sterling Dominates Dixon In Annual Golf Meet
Sterling victory summary with 18 points to Dixon's 6. Witzleb of Dixon shot 81 to beat Hubbart. MacNichols of Dixon earned two points while Feldkirchner claimed a percentage. Griesser defeated Buchanan for Sterling, who won the remaining matches. Pettit beat Hill, Van Patter defeated Marshall, Ken Howard earned two points, Geyer beat Evans, and Castendyck overwhelmed Bunnell.
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Sterling
Dixon
Witzleb
Hubbart
MacNichols
Feldkirchner
Griesser
Buchanan
Pettit
Hill
van Patter
Marshall
Ken Howard
Clinker
Geyer
Evans
Castendyck
Bunnell
Sterling High Finishes Third at Geneseo Night Relays
Sterling High earned third place at the Geneseo Night Relays held May 12 in Geneseo. Several of Sterling’s top runners were competing at the state meet.
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Sterling High
Geneseo
Sterling
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Scheid
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Thinclads
W. Woodyatt
Berlin
Carleton
Harold
Book
J. Woodyatt
S.H S
Sophs
Bud” Terhune
Leon Gould
Neil Puckett
K.hunsberger
Gould
Tampico Varsity
Tampico
Egert
D. Dahlgren
Dietz
D. Peirceson
Yarde
Ed Radke
Peirceson
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