Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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Ag aw' cle YB T XX X X XXX Ax 'xx' in X X X X X Cinderm n Hcixts at ESD xx M e e t X X . During the l940 tracklxseason, the Mitchell Kernel squad competed iii five track meets. including the ESU conference at Mitchell, dual invitational at Huron, State meet at Ah- erdeen, Regional at Michell, and Dakota He- lays at Sioux Falls. Beginning the season by contending with the strong Huron Tiger squad, MHS track- men prepared for a gruelling season. Huron's powerful squad walked over Mitchell as they rolled out reserves along with regulars to flatten out the inexperienced Kernel cinder- men. Mitchell high school sprinters entered the Dakota relays at Sioux Falls where high hon- ors were carried off. Wold and Holt placed third and fourth respectively in the high hur- dles while the relay team composed of Wold, Wider. Davis and Holt qualified for the mile relay. Playing host to the ESD conference track meet, the Kernel squad garnered 13 points to capture sixth place. Wold rang up fourth in the l20-yard high hurdles and a second in the 220-yard low hurdles. Holt leaped l9' 4 to a second place in the broad jump. The freshman relay team raced to a second while the mile relay team was content with a third. Once again the Mitchell Kernels dominated the competition in the annual Regional track meet as they rang up 40 points to annex team honors. The meet was run under near perfect Over the top Crossing the har Mitchell places in 4140 Breaking the tape Holt in the century

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Track Wrslrl clears the timbers llaton-carrier Kernels Cop Regional Trophy conditions. with a brisk wind as the only drawback to a bright day and a track in top shape. Zieman. Woonsocket ace, paced the lledmen to a second place as he shattered the broad jump record by leaping 20' 7 . Fifteen of the 19 schools competing got into the scoring column. Following Mitchell and Wloonsocket were Mt. Vernon, Bridgewater. Chamberlain. Kimball. Canistota. Parkston. Alexandria. l-lopper. Farmer, Letcher. Salem. Emery, and Artesian. Under state regulations. the first three place winners in each event except the hur- dles and relays are qualified to enter the State Meet. ln the hurdles and relays only first and second place winners are allowed to compete. By virtue of their regional victory, a num- ber of the squad entered at the State Meet in Aberdeen. Letter winners of the l9-1-0 track squad were Harry Holt. Kenneth Wlold, Charles Mooney, Don llavis, Howard Dickin- son. Richard Julian, Kenton Miller. and Ken- neth Wlider. Student managers for the track equipment were Dean Tanner and Jim Pet- erson. Other trackmen included Homer Baldwin. Virgil Brooks. Phil Casey, Francis Culhane. Garold Faber. Leslie Grall. Verne Hull, Rob- ert Johnston. Ciaroll Johnson. Mayo Johnson, Richard Julian. Robert King, Eugene Larson, Jodie McGee. Vllalter Miller. Donald Miller. Fred Shearer. Craig Silvernale, James Trau- pel. lloii-Wlaligsriess. Sylvester Wlatson. and Glen Hart. 'X KI me