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Post by cityslicker on Sept 4, 2013 12:11:37 GMT -6
What about Hi-lo,Jupiter, and Rudies?
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Post by starbright01 on Sept 4, 2013 14:47:37 GMT -6
they still have services there for special occasions and holidays.
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Post by toshiko on Sept 6, 2013 14:32:13 GMT -6
Back in my teens, I played fastpitch softball at the Old number 3 diamond. A man by the name of Lucas was our coach.
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Post by job on Sept 6, 2013 17:35:36 GMT -6
Back in my teens, I played fastpitch softball at the Old number 3 diamond. A man by the name of Lucas was our coach. If you still had a good arm, you could hit the old number #3 ball field from your front door.
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Post by toshiko on Sept 7, 2013 8:19:38 GMT -6
Our team was the Streator Rebels. I finally remembered, we called our coach 'Bones'. We traveled, as there were not many teams in Streator, at the time. My little mom, was a Rockford Peach.
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Post by seaturtle43 in hostile forum on Sept 7, 2013 9:46:27 GMT -6
Our team was the Streator Rebels. I finally remembered, we called our coach 'Bones'. We traveled, as there were not many teams in Streator, at the time. My little mom, was a Rockford Peach. oh like a league of our own movie?
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Post by dive61364 on Sept 7, 2013 10:06:13 GMT -6
we had a men's slow pitch softball league that played out there too on Saturday mornings. I was on the triple K tavern team.
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Post by toshiko on Sept 7, 2013 10:25:49 GMT -6
MM and seaturtle. Yes, the same. It was hardball, back then, I think. Not softball. My little mom was a left handed pitcher. Then, after the Peaches, moved to California, she played fast pitch softball, here in Streator. Baseball and softball, is in my blood. She was an awesome bowler, too, until around 73y/o.
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Post by doglover on Sept 7, 2013 13:03:22 GMT -6
O'kraski TV. I believe it was on Main st where Trainor Flooring is now..
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Post by job on Sept 7, 2013 14:30:30 GMT -6
As I kid, I played Little League and Pony League ball at the South Side Diamond. I watched the old Streator Reds, a semi-pro team, play there too. While I was in college, I played there for the Drain Tile's softball team. Streator has had a long tradition of producing good baseball players. (I wasn't one of them) In the early 40s, SHS came in second in the state finals. If we had had another good pitcher, we would have made it to state my senior year. Our best pitcher never lost as game that year. If Woodland, had not opened up a few years earlier, I am sure we would have made it to state. I played with some really good ball players who went to Woodland, and one of them was a very good pitcher.
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Post by job on Sept 8, 2013 8:38:39 GMT -6
We had an awesome Southpaw that pitched for Woodland when I was in school. He was unhittable.(literally) He threw a number of no-hitters in high school competition and went on to pitch for Illinois State University. He graduated in 78', Dave Wampler. We did play SHS back then and was always a fierce game. My older brother said one of the Reineman(WHS) boys from back in his day was just as good. I also heard mention the Diekens(SHS) could play some pretty good ball too. Reineman? Renner?
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Post by helencrump on Sept 8, 2013 9:05:34 GMT -6
Don Wampler was also very good in sports. He was on the BB team that went to state in '72, with Kudrick, Kernand that crew. Maybe Dave was his brother?
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Post by willy on Sept 8, 2013 10:05:52 GMT -6
I believe Ken Renner graduated either in '59 or '60. Mark Reinmann is the pitcher in question. Maybe middle '60's. Growing up Doug Deiken may have been a better baseball player and basketball player for that matter, as he was a football player.
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