Excerpts from past Tracy newspapers
Oct. 18, 1956 — An inspired Tracy high school grid team crushed previously unbeaten Clarkfield 27-0 with a brilliant display of aggressiveness here Friday night. The hardcharging, hard-hitting Scrappers rocked the Cards from the very beginning by pushing across two TDs in the first period and adding a clincher in the third. Sammons and Gregoire both scored for Tracy.
Oct. 20, 1966 — In spite of most unfavorable weather Friday night, the Walnut Grove homecoming was a complete success with the upset victory over the unbeaten Westbrook team. The score: 6-0. Chuck Dibley scored on a 65-yard pass from Tom Olson in the first quarter, for the only score of the ball game and the Loggers first win of the season.
Oct. 14, 1976 — Coach Ron Borchert’s Balaton Warriors pushed their record to 4-2 with a 28-8 victory over Ivanhoe last Friday at Balaton. Greg Erickson of the Warriors was the workhorse, scoring three touchdowns on runs of four yards, and three yards, along with a 19-yard pass from quarterback Steve Borchert. Ivanhoe scored its only points of the game on a one-yard run by quarterback Ron Gawarccki. The fourth Balaton touchdown came on a 15yard pass from Borchert to Wieme.
Oct. 22, 1986 — Both the Tracy-Milroy Panthers and the Walnut Grove Loggers received the number one seed in their respective districts for the upcoming volleyball tournaments. The Panthers earned the number one seed in District 9 while the Loggers claimed the top spot in District 10. The eighth-rated Panthers enter district play with a 17-3 overall record, losing twice to Walnut Grove and once to Marshall during the regular season. Tracy-Milroy is a huge favorite to roll through the District 9 tournament and advance to the region tournament. Walnut Grove, meanwhile has jumped in the state ratings to fourth.
Oct. 16, 1996 — In just its second year as a school-sactioned sports, the Tracy-Milroy-Balaton girls’ cross country team has a conference championship trophy. The runners won the 212 Conference championship last Thursday at Granite Falls. Racing under ideal weather conditions, top finisher Nicole Kuznia toured the 4,000 meter course in 15:03; Leah Gifford was closed behind at 15:36, with Julie Gifford finishing at 15:37.
Oct. 18, 2006 — The Panther volleyball team won over Canby 3-1 at Canby Tuesday night. The game scores were 25-20, 18-25, 25-22 and 25-23. Shelbie Jones led the Panthers with 24 digs and was 16 of 18 serving with 3 aces. Jackie Haecherl was 15 of 15 serving with 1 ace, had 5 blocks and 8 digs; Molly Miller was 12 of 12 serving and had 8 kills; Lindsey Daniels was 11 of 11 serving and had 28 set assists; and Michele Lanoue was 10 of 12 serving with 1 ace
Oct. 19, 2016 — The Penguins’ final match of the season was a 2-1 loss to Southwest Minnesota Christian Thursday. “We played very well and had several chances to score late in the game,” said Benson. With only seconds left on the clock, Michael Moua fired a shot from 15 yards out that rattled off the crossbar and out of play.
