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Honoring
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Wyandot
Sports Hall of Fame Class
of 2016 The Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame inducted its sixth class April 16,
2016 in a banquet
at the Masters’ Building at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds.
Members of the sixth class were: Jim Draper, Carey; Don Hannam, Mohawk; Hank Hemmerly,
Riverdale; Mike McGuire, Wynford; Curt McMillan,
Upper Sandusky; Steve Schertzer, Upper Sandusky;
and the 1955 Upper Sandusky football team. For
complete profiles on each inductee, click on the photos above or the names
below. A
1974 graduate of Carey High School, Jim Draper was
an outstanding football player and then coach for the Blue Devils. A
1955 Sycamore High School graduate, Donald Hannam was an integral member of the 1954 Sycamore
baseball team that finished as the state runner-up and the 1955 team that
made it to the state semifinals. A 1953
graduate of Forest High School, the late Hank Hemmerly was born in Wyandot County and lived
there during his youth before excelling in football, basketball and
especially baseball, where he played professionally as a left-handed pitcher
as high as the AAA minor league level. After a
standout career in basketball and baseball at Wynford,
Mike McGuire
has excelled as a college baseball coach, most recently leading Morehead
State University to the NCAA Tournament in 2015. A 1989
graduate of Upper Sandusky High School, Curtis McMillan
was a two-time All-Ohio football player who became an All-American at Miami
University. A 1974
graduate of Upper Sandusky High School,
Steve Schertzer made his mark in track and field at an
early age, not only in local and state competition but throughout the world. Under
head coach Leo Strang’s leadership, the Upper
Sandusky 1955 football team had one of the most fabulously successful
seasons in Rams history, going undefeated in nine games while outscoring
opponents 329-89.
The 1955 Upper Sandusky football team
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