LeFevre Leads Stes Cross Country At State Meet
Mewin LeFevre of STES finishes 23rd at the State Cross Country Meet in Champaign on November 8 ending a strong season. The STES squad places second as a team with 60 points, trailing Rock Island’s 37.
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Newspaper
Sterling Script
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1947
Page
3
Mewin LeFevre of STES finishes 23rd at the State Cross Country Meet in Champaign on November 8 ending a strong season. The STES squad places second as a team with 60 points, trailing Rock Island’s 37.
Coach Eugene Hall and a 15 man varsity squad travel to East Moline for the season's first cage game on November 28. Pletcher's freshman sophs play a 7 o'clock prelim. Veterans Tom McCormick Chuck Sisson Kim Ohda Ray Neninga and Seam Galloway headline the lineup.
Sterling Warriors lost 12 to 0 at DeKalb as Woodrum on a 55 yard kickoff pass broke through for the Barbs early. Myers added a 54 yard run for DeKalb in the fourth quarter and both teams missed extra points.
The G A A at Jordan Grange held a wiener roast and dance for 100 members on November 10 with old time square dancing. Basketball starts November 24 after the Senior Play, with daily after school games and bowling ongoing. Tennis tournaments near finish with Vera Kraft, Betty Fenner and Barbara Finkle as winners. Sterling girls place sixth in State Archery, and freshmen represent in class tournaments with Marilyn Dayton, Jeanne Ward first and third.
S H S highlights its experienced Illinois coaches Scheid and Small. Theodore E. Scheid rises from Bluffton College to athletic director and track pioneer, serving in World War I and returning to build multiple state and conference honors. Coach Small, from LeRoy to Bloomington and Erie and S H S, leads strong cross country squads after wartime service and years expanding roles across sports.
Golden Warriors defeat Morrison Mustangs a zero turnover battle at Morrison athletic field on November 7. Dietz and Ohda score for Sterling while Buell and Matanick contribute key runs and a blocked punt play highlights a hard fought gridiron finale.
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