Sterling High Opens Season With Record Low Hurdles Mark
John Dillon sets new 180 yard low hurdles record at 21.00 seconds in Sterling meet. Ottawa High School wins NCIC track title over Princeton 48 1 3 to 44.5 with new meet records. Hussang and Dillon lead Sterling in hurdles and lows while Draper shines for Dixon in 9.8 100. Sterling others score: Gebhardt pole vault second, McCoy third in 220, Mylin second in high jump, Peugh fifth in 100, Johnson fourth 880.
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Ottawa High School
Ottawa
Princeton
Warriors
Ray Draper
Duane Dietz
Sterling
Hussang
John Dillon
Dillon
Peugh
McCoy
Dixon
Ray Gebhardt
Flinn
Draper
Sam Mylin
Chuck Peugh
Dick Johnson
Rock Island Clinches Black Hawk Track Championship
Rock Island won the Black Hawk track and field title with 56 1/3 points, defeating Galesburg 35 11/12 and Morrison 16. Sterling finished eighth with 7 5/6. Sterling qualifiers Sam Mylin and John Dillon reached Champaign finals, and Letcher, Gebhardt, Beach posted top finishes. New meet records include Galesburg in 440 yard dash at 50.1 and the mile relay 3:36.4.
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Rock Island
Blackhawk
Galesburg
Morrison
Sterling Wins Geneseo Night Relays Dominates Meet
Sterling dazzled at Geneseo taking first place with 66 points to Geneseo's 51. They won five of seven relays and set two records the Frosh Soph 440 yard relay in 46.9 seconds and the 880 yard relay in 1 minute 36 seconds. Individual Sterling winners included McCoy in the 220, Hussing in the 120 highs, and Letcher fourth in both weight divisions.
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Wallace
Galesburg
Oval
Wolf
Sterling
Geneseo
Warriors
Walker
Hanson
Hussing
Peugh
Kohl
Galloway
McCoy
Gebhardt
Giffrow
Fulton
Letcher
Sterling Stars at DeKalb Relays with Record Dash
The Warriors finished second to Ottawa at the DeKalb Relays. Roger Severson set a 9.9 in the 100 yard dash and won the broad jump at 21.9. Severson also helped three winning relays, while Sterling claimed several podium finishes and set multiple records.
Dowm? Dukes Defeat Dixon In Narrow Track Duel
Coach Scheid's team defeats Dixon 74 to 43 as Warriors claim 10 of 14 firsts. Ray Draper sets 100-yard dash record at 10.1, with Draper leading four Dixon events. Celestino wins shot, Sterling takes mile relay, and multiple winners crown a dominant meet.
Braves win inter city track title over Rock Falls
Coach Sherman's Braves dominated the meet winning the city title 116 to 80 as Newman did not compete. Harold Hussing set a new 70 yard high hurdles record at 9.3 and later the 300 low hurdles in 14.2 for another mark. Ish Celestino set a discus record at 122 feet 11 inches. The Braves 880 relay team Galloway Austin Gebhardt Hanson clocked 1 43.4. Other winners included Galloway in 100 yd dash Sternberg in 440 Celestino in discus Flaningam pole vault Pough 220 and Wittenauer high and broad jump.
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Warriors
Ottawa
Sterling
Roger Severson
Sam Mylin
Draper
Dixon
Renwick
Ray Gebhardt
Jack Feffer
Crystal Lake
Ray
Kohl
Galloway
Hanson
Giffroy
Severson
Dillon
Dimond
Gonzales
Hussung
Austin
Gebhardt
Pough
Pontious
Larry Letcher
Sherman
Rock Falls
Newman
Harold Hussing
Harold
Ish
Celestino
Braves
Sternberg
Flaningam
Wittenauer
Rock Island Nabs District Title in Tight Win Over Sterling
Rock Island edged Sterling 96 to 94 to claim the district championship. Hussing and Dillon won the hurdles, Letcher took the discus, Gebhardt won the pole vault, and the 880 yard relay team of Peugh, Dillon, Hussing and McCoy finished first in 1 34.2. Sterling won five events and traded second and third places for scoring.
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Rock Island
Sterling
Hussing
Dillon
Letcher
Gebhardt
Peugh
McCoy
NCIC baseball practices begin as Sterling plans series
NCIC teams in Rock Falls Otta and Hall of Spring Valley WI open practice this week. Coach Homer Musgrove leads an experienced lineup led by Ohnen Puterbaugh Dillon Nice Dimond and Carillo who played regularly last season. Outfielder Raymond Anderson will not return due to Navy service. New players will fill holes as Sterling schedules two games per NCIC opponent and two games with Fulton Ottawa Marquette and Marseilles. The Warriors also play three games with Newman of Sterling.
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NCIC
Rock Falls
Otta
Hall of Spring Valley
Homer Musgrove
Ohnen
Puterbaugh
Dillon
Nice
Dimond
Carillo
Raymond Anderson
United States Navy
Sterling
Fulton
Ottawa
Marquette
Marseilles
Warriors
Newman
Sterling Baseball Schedule Through July
The schedule lists games for Sterling including home and away dates against Rock Falls Ottawa Hall DeKalb with opens on June 12 and July 3 and a non conference date July 17 against Rock Falls.
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Rock Falls
Sterling
Ottawa
Hall
DeKalb
Warrior win seals Riverside meet in close dual
The Warrior team edged Rock Falls 90 to 86 as Sterling swept nine of fourteen events. Sterling set two new records with Chuck Pough clocking 10.3 in the 100 and John Dillon clearing 21.4 in the low hurdles. Other winners included Hussing in high hurdles Giffroy in the 880 Gebhardt in pole vault Letcher in shot Hanson in broad jump plus Sterling relays.
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Warrior
Rock Falls
Newman
Sterling
Chuck Pough
John Dillon
Hussing
Giffroy
Gebhardt
Letcher
Hanson
Netmen Defeat Freeport in 6 1 Victory
Sterling sweeps Freeport 6 to 1 as five singles wins and one doubles triumph set the meet. Jim Schueler dominates J Huesinga 6-0 6-2, Lester Weinstine wins 6-0 6-2, Jim Smith defeats Mark Wagner 6-4 6-2, Leon Neese bests Hank Guffey 6-2 6-4, and Ruben Chapman beats Bill Kortemeier 6-2 8-6. Schueler-Weinstine pair win doubles over Huesinga-Hagner as Wagner-Guffey claim Freeport’s only victory 6-3 12-10.
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Sterling
Swamp Freeport
Jim Schueler
J. Huesinga
Freeport
Lester Weinstine
Jim Hagner
Jim
Schueler
Weinstine
Huesinga
Hagner
Wagner
Guffey
Linton
Kosier
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John
Scheid
Hunsberger
Champaign
Beach
Johnson
ROCK
Twin City
Netmen
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