30 Years Ago

Thursday, April 27, 1989

Broadus teams dominate local invitational meet

The Broadus high school track teams did well at their own invitational held here last week.

Competing against three other schools, the boys placed first and the girls’ team, second.

The boys earned 25 medals on their way to the win, including eight first place finishes. The girls won 19 medals. Three were for first place finishes.

Boys results were as follows.

100-meter dash: Ron Richards, first place with a 11:84 time and Tary Hanson, second with a time of 12.11.

200-meter dash: Ron Richards, first place with a 24.19 second time; Tary Hanson, second with a time of 24.37, and Bill Hoffman, third with a time of 25.17.

400-meter dash: Curran Schaffer, fifth with a time of 57.36.

110-meter hurdles: Pete Neiman, second with an 18.44 second time and Dale Andrews, fourth with a 19.62.

300-meter hurdles, Pete Neiman, second place behind a time of 48.53.

800-meter hurdles: Jamie Reinholz, third with a 2:15.03 minute time.

1600 meter run Jamie Reinholz, fourth with a 5:06 time.

3200-meter run: Jeff Birkland, fifth place with a time of 12:46.5.

The four-hundred-meter relay team won first with a 46.78 second time behind the efforts of Ron Richards (11.7), Bill Hoffman (11.5), Dale Andrews (11.8) and Tary Hanson (11.8).

The 1600-meter relay team also placed first with a 3:49.6 combined time. Team members include Jamie Reinholz (58.92), Curran Schaffer (59.25) Tary Hanson (55.43) and Ron Richards (55.97).

Dale Andrews won second in the long jump, and Shawn Samuelson, fourth. No distances were available.

Bill Isaacs placed first in the triple jump with a mark of 37 feet and two and one-half inches. Dale Andrews placed second and Shawn Samuelson, third, as Broadus swept the event.

Bill Hoffman and Bill Isaacs tied for first place medal in the high jump competition with identical marks of five feet and eight inches.

Shawn Samuelson took first in the shot put with a distance of 39 feet and two inches. Mark Wenzel placed second behind a throw of 38 feet.

Shawn Samuelson went on to claim a first-place medal in the discus behind a distance of 114 feet, nine inches. Mark Wenzel wrapped up third place in the event with a distance of 106 feet, ten inches.

Bill Isaacs took over second in the javelin with a distance of 156 feet, six inches, while Mark Wenzel placed second with an effort of 140 feet six inches.

Girls events were as follows.

100-meter dash: Lauri Morella, second with a 14.28 time. Lori Ann McGill, fourth with a time of 14.59 and Anna Vernon, fifth behind a time of 14.85.

200-meter dash: Lauri Morella, second place with a time of 30.44, and Lori Ann McGill, third with a 30.77.

100-meter hurdles: Anna Vernon, fourth with a time of 19.8 seconds.

300-meter hurdles: Anna Vernon, fifth with a 57.15 second time.

800-meter run: Lyssa Thaden, first with a time of 2:53.12.

1600-meter run: Lyssa Thaden, second with a 6:31.17 time and Stephanie Minow, fourth with a time of 6:42.7.

3200-meter run: Vicki Robinson, third with a time of 15:35.18.

The 1600-meter relay team placed first with a combined time of 4:42.78. Team members included Lyssa Thaden (1:14.77), Anna Vernon (1:08.78), Laura Morella (1:08.96) and Christine Olson, (1:10.27).

The 400-meter relay team took second place with a time of 58.15. Girls on the team and their times were: Lauri Morella (14.5), Anna Vernon (14.2), Christine Olson (14.7) and Jodi Vernon (14.2).

Tina Liebner placed fourth in both the triple jump and high jump, with respective marks of 28 feet and four inches and four feet, five inches.

Jennifer Shafer placed third in the shot put and javelin, behind respective distances of 31 feet, one inch and 80 feet, 10 inches. Shawna Kane took second place in the discus with a distance of 98 feet.

Broadus Briefs by Bernice Canon

Many people from the Sonnette and Broadus communities met at the Sonnette Hall Saturday evening in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Greenwood. The Classic Country Band played for the dance that followed - even passed the hat for more music after quitting time - sounds like old times doesn’t it?

Camille McIntyre of the Coalwood area received a call last week that Don McIntyre, younger brother of the late Kelly McIntyre had won a sizeable lottery jackpot, over one and a half million dollars! Don lives in Medford, OR.