Excerpts from past Tracy newspapers
Oct. 25, 1956 — Coach Leo Sebastian’s Tracy High School gridders romped to their fifth consecutive Ten Star conference championship at Lamberton Friday night by handing the undermanned Blackhawks a 33-18 lashing. Tracy has won the league title outright in 1956. 1954 and 195 and tied for the top in 1955 and 1952. The Scrappers have not lost a Ten Star game in five straight years.
Oct. 27, 1966 — Coach Leo Sebastain’s 1966 football team closed out the season with an impressive 34-20 verdict over the Canby Lancers last week. QB Doug Johnson threw an early TD pass to Dave Hippe, and Tom Keul scored on a 59-yard kick return.
Oct. 28, 1976 — Walnut Grove High School gave up a lone touchdown in the opening quarter, then went to work and carved out a 15-6 win over Sanborn in last Wednesday’s parent’s night game in Walnut. The Loggers went ahead for good with a 28-yard run by Jeff Otto.
Oct. 29, 1986 — The Tracy-Milroy Panthers had no trouble in their first round of action in the District 9 volleyball tournament. The Panthers, seeded number one in the District 9 tournament, rolled over the Balaton Warriors 15-0, 151, 15-0. Mary Jo Miller paced the Panthers with 11 kill spikes on the night. Sandy Dolan also sparkled for the Panthers, doing most of their damage from the serving line. The senior served 27-of-28, with 23 of those accounting for T-M points.
Oct. 24, 1996 — The Tracy-Milroy volleyball girls downed the Marshall Tigers 3-0 at Tracy Monday night. Game scores were 15-9, 15-7 and 15-8. Kris DeRuyck led the hitters with 13 kills while Nadine Brandt had 12.
Oct. 25, 1996 — The Panther football team ended its regular season with a 28-0 win over Ortonville, at Ortonville, Wednesday night. The win gave Tracy-Milroy-Balaton a season record of 5 wins and 3 losses. TMB finished 5-3 in the Little Sioux Conference. Isaac Dolan had two rushing TDs for the Panthers.
Oct. 26, 2016 — The Panther football team lost a tough one to Ortonville Wednesday, 36-30. Isaac Koenig scored TMB’s first two touchdowns.
