July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Rockets' Miller to be inducted (06/16/06)
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A Portland resident will add to his long list of baseball honors Saturday.
Ray Miller, the former long-time manager of the Portland Rockets, will be inducted to the Indiana Semipro Baseball Hall of Fame Saturday. The 7 p.m. ceremony will be part of an eight-team tournament at Highland Park in Kokomo.
Miller amassed more than 900 wins during his nearly 30 years coaching the Portland Rockets, a team he took over during the 1972 season. His No. 23 is the only Rocket number which has been retired.
Before coming to Portland, he played basketball, football and baseball at Manchester College. He then coached high school basketball at Hartford Township and Atwood.
Miller was inducted to the National Semipro Baseball Association Hall of Fame in 2003. The Portland Rockets’ home field was named in his honor in 2000.
Thomas wins three
NEW HAVEN — The Patriot Track Club earned seven wins at its meet at New Haven Tuesday with three coming from Ian Thomas.
Thomas, a 2005 Jay County High School graduate, went one-two with his twin brother Mitchel in all three of those victories in the 19-24-year-old boys division. Ian won the 400-meter dash in 1-minute, 2 seconds, the 800 run in 2:19 and the 3,200 run in 12:09. Mitchel followed in times of 1:04, 2:22 and 13:26 respectively.
Joe Imel scored a pair of one-two finishes for the 13-14-year-old boys, including a victory in the 100-meter dash in 14.7. He was second in the 200 dash with a time of 28.4
Other wins came from Mason Shreve in the 17-18-year-old 400 dash (1:02), Tevin Nichols in the 13-14-year-old 3,200 run (12:24) and Jill Roughia in the 19-24-year-old girls 3,200 run (13:26). Dexter Shreve was second in the 15-16-year-old boys high jump (5 feet, 6 inches).
Montpelier sets event
There is one more event scheduled for June at the XPLEX Montpelier Speedway. Racing for X2RA Midgets, IRS Late Models, Modifieds and Dwarfs will be June 24.[[In-content Ad]]
Ray Miller, the former long-time manager of the Portland Rockets, will be inducted to the Indiana Semipro Baseball Hall of Fame Saturday. The 7 p.m. ceremony will be part of an eight-team tournament at Highland Park in Kokomo.
Miller amassed more than 900 wins during his nearly 30 years coaching the Portland Rockets, a team he took over during the 1972 season. His No. 23 is the only Rocket number which has been retired.
Before coming to Portland, he played basketball, football and baseball at Manchester College. He then coached high school basketball at Hartford Township and Atwood.
Miller was inducted to the National Semipro Baseball Association Hall of Fame in 2003. The Portland Rockets’ home field was named in his honor in 2000.
Thomas wins three
NEW HAVEN — The Patriot Track Club earned seven wins at its meet at New Haven Tuesday with three coming from Ian Thomas.
Thomas, a 2005 Jay County High School graduate, went one-two with his twin brother Mitchel in all three of those victories in the 19-24-year-old boys division. Ian won the 400-meter dash in 1-minute, 2 seconds, the 800 run in 2:19 and the 3,200 run in 12:09. Mitchel followed in times of 1:04, 2:22 and 13:26 respectively.
Joe Imel scored a pair of one-two finishes for the 13-14-year-old boys, including a victory in the 100-meter dash in 14.7. He was second in the 200 dash with a time of 28.4
Other wins came from Mason Shreve in the 17-18-year-old 400 dash (1:02), Tevin Nichols in the 13-14-year-old 3,200 run (12:24) and Jill Roughia in the 19-24-year-old girls 3,200 run (13:26). Dexter Shreve was second in the 15-16-year-old boys high jump (5 feet, 6 inches).
Montpelier sets event
There is one more event scheduled for June at the XPLEX Montpelier Speedway. Racing for X2RA Midgets, IRS Late Models, Modifieds and Dwarfs will be June 24.[[In-content Ad]]
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