Published May 03. 2016 04:01PM
May 3, 1976 - Palmerton sweeps Northwestern in a Centennial League track meet, with the boys' victory clinching the league title. John Havir and Steve Kocher each win three events as the Blue Bomber boys capture every event en route to a 119 2/3-12 1/3 triumph. Havir takes the 100, 440, and 880, while Kocher claims first in the shot put, discus and javelin. Other individual firsts come from Kevin Zelienka (220), Colin Brand (mile), Clark Wentz (two-mile), Jeff Chintala (long jump), Matt Shupp (triple jump), Gary Snyder (triple jump), and Dennis Lentz (pole vault). In the girls, meet, Debi Rodrigues takes two events (100, long jump) to help Palmerton gain a 47-17 win.