For the record -- Obama varsity records

Girls 200 free relay, 2013

Nicole, 27.20

Hannah, 28.15

Wendy, 28.24

Sarah, 25.80

Total = 1:49.39

Boys 200 free relay, 2013

Tommy, 23.77

Yoka, 22.94

Ben, 23.10

Erik, 22.83

Total = 1:32.64 = 8th in WPIAL

Boys 400 free relay

Tommy, 52.66

Yoka, 50.12

Ben, 52.89

Erik, 50.40

Total = 3:26.07 = 8th place in WPIAL

Obama swim times will never be the same.

Penn Hills Baseball - Team photos

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Robins

First year of organized baseball. One game I made all three outs in the same inning. Our team was up at bat. I played second base and was jazzed that we were winning by so much. Then we took the field and my team mate, Kevin, (middle of the photo) revealed that obscure stat to me on my at-bat performance that past inning.

Orange team. 

I think we went with colors as the team name. I stayed, by choice, in farm league. Our teams always had a lot of double plays.

Back row: Timmey, Frankie, McBunney, Mr. Will.
Middle row: Maxwell, Me (Mark Rauterkus), Danny Anderson, Janokaweki, Higgins.
Front row: Dave Cioca, Duffu, Garry, P. Beraradino, M. Beraraino (brothers I guess). Spelling unsure. Source is scribble on back of photo.

Mavericks. 

Back row: Mr. Finn on back left, then me, Mark Rauterkus, ? George Boyle, Dan Anderson, Terry Flaherty.
Middle row:
Front row:

Angles:

Back row: Coach ?, me, Mark Rauterkus, ?, Timmy Meyers, Coach, Coach.
Middle row: Tommy, Jan B, Randy R, Binywild, Sammy.
Front row: Straw, Kevin, Joey, Mark Kucher, ?, ?

TBT: Nobody is going to die, but I wanted to share this today

No Great Race -- Thanks to Tom Murphy -- stupid Mayor if there ever was one

Mark Rauterkus began a Fan Appreciation Day at Ohio U Swimming with a meet vs. Kentucky

Article appeared on Friday, Feb 13, 1981, in the Ohio University Post.

Ohio University vs. Kentucky in Athens, Ohio.

All those who attended the meet could go to a local drinking establishment after the meet to meet and mingle with the swimmers, and have free beer. 

Penn Hills Senior High School -- Class of 1977

Short story, You Got to Beat Two

A school assignment, fiction, creative writing done on a typewriter. Those were the days. Combination of white and pink paper too.

I used "D" as a middle initial as it was a picked name from Confirmation. David. Different. Didn't stick. 

Was in 9th or 10th grade. Not sure of the date. My love of a sports story and poor spelling shows itself.

Went to the Pitt football game with Uncle Jerry

Army came to town, and it is coming up on a 50-year memory. I got to go to this game with my late uncle, Jerry McElligott, He'd serve in Viet Nam. His son does play-by-play with the broadcasting team of the NHL's Columbus Bluejackets now.

Game was full of rain. We even went to the field to watch some plays to the end of the game. Man, those players were HUGE -- as I was 9 years old.

That was a 26-0 loss in a 1-9 season. Sandwiched between a 56-7 loss at Notre Dame and a season-ending 65-9 loss to Penn State. Only win that year was Week 3, 14-3 over William & Mary. Just looking at all scores, that was a bad team. 
https://www.sports-reference.com/.../1968-schedule.html

I remember a loss for Pitt, not the score. Thanks for the history lesson. I guess that is why we got the good seats too.

The Super Soph's. The year the Panther begins to growl. Didn't happen. That group as seniors roared out to a 5-1 start only to fall and finish 5-5. The season was highlighted by this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2F8jjkha4

Margie, 1966

Margie, 1966, written on the back.

Grandma Rauterkus with Uncle Chip in background standing.

Looks like me and Chick ready for some cake.

Blue ribbon from Penn Aqua Swim Club

Baby photos

My grand pa had a nick-name for me, "The Judge." That's what I was told. 

The photos didn't weather the years in mint condition. Oh well.