Excerpts from past Tracy newspapers Sept. 22, 1955 — The Scrapper football team was shut out for the first time since 1951 by Redwood Falls.
Sept. 23, 1965 — Rain curtailed Balaton High School’s homecoming activities and enthusiasm, and on a muddy field, the Warriors slipped to a 14-13 loss to Cottonwood. John Nixon threw a TD pass to Mike Sawatzky, and Larry Parker scored the Warriors’ other TD.
Sept. 18, 1975 — Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s scored a touchdown with 58 seconds left to spoil Tracy’s homecoming football game. Scoring for Tracy were Jeff Peterson and Gerald Peterson.
Sept. 19, 1985 — Coming back from a 13-7 half time deficit, the Tracy Scrappers fought back to put Friday’s non-conference contest with Ortonville into double overtime. “A lot of people did a good job,” Scrapper head coach Gale Otto said of his team’s effort. Tracy started the scoring at 7:12 of the first quarter, with the completion of a 16-yard tipped pass from Doug Hatch to Steve Mickelson. The point-after kick by Tim Goerish was good. Individually, Stacy Sletten carried the ball 22 times for 117 yards, Steve Mickelson made three catches for 43 yards and two TDs. Tom Nelson grabbed two passes for 30 yards and one TD, while David Christian caught two passes for 24 yards.
Sept. 20, 1995 — The Panther football players played hard, but in the end were outmuscled by a talented Madelia-Truman squad. The result was a 14-7 win for the Jayhawks. Raleigh Schmidt led the Panther defense with 3 pass interceptions and Darin Sogge had a fumble recovery.
Sept. 21, 2005 — Jillian Tholen finished fourth and the Panther girls’ team finished ninth in the Turkey Trot held at Worthington Saturday. Ryan Tholen finished fourth in the boys’ varsity race.
Sept. 23, 2015 — Brooke Christian and Taylor Schmidt both posted season-best times in the girls’ varsity at a cross country meet in Worthington. For the Panther boys’ varsity, Nathanael Przybilla, and Anthony and Austin Axford all had their best races of the fall.
