WCHS Athletics Starting New HOF
By Mike Deak
Staff Writer
WARSAW – History will be made and remembered at the third annual “We Are Tigers” dinner and auction on Thursday, Feb. 24, at The Heritage Room in Winona Lake. The first-ever induction class of the Warsaw Athletics Hall of Fame will take place near the end of the evening. That class includes 10 individual state champions and one team state champion.
The first class, as voted on by the Warsaw Hall of Fame Committee, is the Class of 2021, the 45th anniversary of the girls basketball state championship.
Below are a list of the inductees into the Hall of Fame:
Donald Stamats – boys track 1921 – 440-yard dash (:53.8); Robert Chambers – boys track 1937 – mile run (4:38.2); Dave Burke – boys track 1951 – high jump (6’1 3/4”); Max Truex – boys track 1954 – mile run (4:20.0); Larry Ruch – boys track 1959 – pole vault (13’0”); Dick Fancil – boys track 1961 – pole vault (12’9”); Ted Pinnick – wrestling 1974 (145 lbs); Henry Ford – wrestling 1979 (140 lbs); Scott Hutcherson – wrestling 1981 (98 lbs); Troy Furnivall – boys track 1982 – 400-meter dash (:47.83); 1976 girls basketball team – first-ever girls basketball state champions.
An online auction will take place during the days leading up to the event, and silent and traditional auctions will take place during the event itself. Items up for auction have been provided by the Tiger teams and people in the community, and include trips, meals and other unique experiences.
Tickets are $40 per person and $300 for tables of eight.
To purchase tickets and register, preview auction items or get more information on the event, go to www.warsaw-tigers.com and click on the “Online Auction Logo” at the top of the home page.
For questions, contact WCHS athletic director Matt Binkerd at (574) 267-3162 or email: [email protected].