Excerpts from past Tracy newspapers Oct. 27, 1955 — Scoring touchdowns in a big 32-14 conference Scrapper win were Milo Stevens, Roger Kerr, Gary Schaar.
Oct. 28, 1965 — The Scrappers ripped Canby 33-0 to end the regular season. Bob Shoeman scored first for Tracy, and Dave Vanmeveren was next to cross the goal line — his first of three scores on the night.
Oct. 23, 1975 —In most situations a player is awarded a game football for his contributions in the team victory, but senior halfback Dave Coyle, who earned the honor in Tracy High School’s 40-7 conquest of Benson here last Wednesday, went home instead with a coach’s shirt. The senior halfback rushed for 82 yards and a score.
Oct. 24, 1985 — Milroy will have its rematch against Echo-Wood Lake-Belview. Jim Culhane’s Spartans downed Walnut Grove 18-6 Tuesday in the opening round of section 2 nine-man football playoffs. Clay Rosa had a touchdown and 175 yards on the ground, and Jim Bitker ran for 87 yards on 10 carries.
Oct. 25, 1995 — Kurt Langer has been chosen to succeed Jim Culhane as the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton baseball coach for the 1996 season. Because of the press of other duties Culhane had made the decision to resign as head baseball coach. He leaves the position after posting an undefeated scheduled season in 1995.
Oct. 26, 2005 — TMB moved to 15-11 with a five-set win over BOLD. Krysta Tholen had 25 set assists, while Emily Miller and Michele Lanoue both had 19. Miller was also 19-of-19 serving, and Jackie Haecherl served 14-of-15 with two aces.
Oct. 28, 2015 — The Panther football team, behind 252 rushing yards, advanced to the Class A State Tournament with a resounding 32-15 win over Adrian in the Section 3A title game. Riley Kirk put Tracy up early with a TD run, and Specner Smith caught a scoring pass from Brett Swenhaugen for an early 15-7 lead. Other scores came on two TD catches by Josh Kirk and a 32-yard field goal by Tanner Deming-Phelps.
