Excerpts from past Tracy newspapers
Dec. 1, 1955 — “It’s the tallest Pipestone team they’ve had for three or four years.” A coach spoke those words describing the Arrow team that will invade the Tracy High School auditorium Friday night to face Coach Nels Schjei’s Scrapper quint. The Tracy team bowed to Westbrook 62-45 in the opener for both teams here last week, but the Scrappers showed good potential; but inexperience counted against them. Jim Prouty meshed five fielders and two gift shots for 12 points, and Tom Hansen had 11.
1965 —N/A Nov. 27, 1975 — Senior Marc Onken poured in 25 points and three other teammates reached double figures in leading Tracy High School to a 75-49 season opening over Sleepy Eye Tuesday night here. Onken, who stands 6-5. scored 19 of those points in the second half as the Scrappers outscored Sleepy Eye 48-28 in the third and fourth quarters. Juniors Dave Peterson and Keith Hannasch along with senior Dave Wilking followed Onken’s scoring with 17, 11 and 11 points, respectively.
Nov. 26, 1985 — The 1985 edition of the Southern Sioux Conference football team was announced this past week, and two members of the Tracy Scrappers were named members of the team. Senior halfback Stacy Sletten and senior guard Brad Salmon earned recognition among the twenty-two players named.
Nov. 29, 1995 — Returning wrestlers for the Panthers this year include Kelly Schmidt, Trevor Humphrey, Adam Raymond, Matt Rogers, Phil Skoglund, Ryan Hemmingscn, Andy Knott, Jeff Goodmund, Rick Johnson and Grant Ludeman.
2005 — N/A Dec. 2, 2015 — The Panthers fought off a late surge from Murray County Central to leave Slayton with a 53-45 win Nov. 24. Josh Kirk and Spencer Smith each scored 19 points to lead the TMB offense. Others in the Panther scoring column were Derek Larson 7, Riley Kirk 6, and Brady Lanoue 2.
