High school notebook: Shafter Hall of Fame to induct 9
A national wrestling champion and two NFL draftees highlight Shafter High third class of inductees to its Hall of Fame.
The induction ceremony will take place Nov. 5 at the Shafter Veterans Hall. For tickets and information, call the Shafter High ticket office at (661) 746-4961.
Inductees will include Leon Standridge, who graduated from Shafter in 1961, and was an all-conference selection at Bakersfield College and San Diego State before he was drafted by the 49ers.
He'll be joined as an inductee by Rick Wegis (class of 1968), who also wrestled, ran track and swam for the Generals. He played football at Cal Poly and was drafted by the Bengals.
Franc Affentranger (1974) won a state wrestling championship for BC in 1976, then won the Division II national title for Cal State Bakersfield the next year. He was third in Division I in both 1977 and 1978.
Other inductees will be: Merwin Olson (1940, football, track and field); Herb Spitzer (1947, football, track and field); Fred Houston (1951, football); Joe Lopez (1975, football, wrestling); John Bender (1984, football, track and field); and wrestling coach Darrell Fletcher (1966-78).
Fanwood 5K Returns for Another Lap Sunday
After an auspicious debut in 2010 , the Fanwood 5K and Family Fun Run returns for its second year on Sunday at LaGrande Park in Fanwood. Race organizers have said they are determined to make this year’s event even better. First and foremost, runners can pick up numbers and T-shirts at LaGrande Park from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday so they won’t have to wait on lines on race day.
The race day’s activities begin with the Family Fun Run at 9 a.m. in LaGrande Park; the 5K Race follows at 9:30 a.m. Music and refreshments will await runners at the finish line, also in LaGrande Park. There will be free face painting for children and each child is automatically entered in a raffle for Toys R US gift cards.
The entry fee for the 5K is $20 ($18 for USATF members). The entry fee for the Family Fun Run is $10 with a T-shirt, and $5 without. You can download a race application or register online at www.fanwood5k.org . The race is fully sanctioned by United States of America Track and Field (USATF) and is part of the New Jersey Grand Prix as a 500-point race.
