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Elmira Jackals Visit Troy High School
Members of the Elmira Jackals
Hockey team visited the Troy Junior/
Senior High 8th grade Physical Education classes on Feb. 3. Number
one fan, Lanaya Kenyon contacted
the Jackals to visit the classes.
A newly acquired goalie, Alex
Vazzano was one of the visitors.
Plus two forwards, Colin Jacobs
and Matt Garbowsky also spent
time with the Troy students. Jessica Rhodes who is in charge of
player appearances and group
sales was also there to answer
any questions.
The students were divided into
areas where the Jackals ran
certain hockey drills then scrimmaged with the students.
Physical education teachers,
More pictures of the flood- Betsy Seeley and Corey Johnson
ing on Rt. 414 south of Can- said the classes thoroughly enton near Kelley's Creek Side joyed meeting the Jackals. Restaurant, the Canton Fire- The team took time to talk with
men's Social Building and fair the students and made a very
grounds, and near Willow's positive impact on them.
At the end of the classes, stutrailer.
dents took time for pictures and
Photo courtesy of Michelle autographs.
who gave them to Ron Taylor. Troy Hockey League members
also participated in a scrimmage
Troy Gazette-Register
with the Jackals.
This was something the stuBill Bower
The men had a bee at the Gran- dents will remember for a long
Galls were not always under- ville church Thursday and Friday time. Thanks, Jackals. Great
job, students.
stood and were once thought and filled the ice house.
to be supernatural, possess- At the Band Box, Sequoia, a Troy night at the Jackals game
ing future-telling powers. Dyes benefit show for the Girl Scouts. is Feb. 20th at 7:00 pm.
(used in dying wools and skins),
inks and tannic acids have been
made from galls.
Each gall maker must begin life
on its own exact species of plant.
Usually, these gall makers are
named after the plant on which
they occur.
Since gall insects are weak fliers, stormy weather reduces their
population.
After a gall is formed, the gallmaker is still not safe due to attacks by other parasites (mostly
wasps and flies) that penetrate
Although a walk in the woods the developing gall to rob nour- Troy High School Senior Ben Sherman signed a letter of induring anytime of the year is a ishment from the gall-maker.
tent with William Penn College, Oskoolusa, Iowa, February 12.
learning experience, the best Woodpeckers, mice and squirrels
Pictured with Ben at the signing ceremony in the Troy High
kept secrets, such as a bird's nest sometimes attack a gall for the
School
Library are: Athletic Director Tammy Shedden, Joe Milor a woodchuck's burrow and the tidbit inside. If the gall is large
world of plant galls, are revealed enough (some grow as large as lard, Head Coach Jim Smith, John Imbt, Principal Sue Shipduring the winter months.
baseballs), small birds will attack man, Kyle Smith, Corey Tice and Principal Rebecca Stanfield.
These galls, which are the the gall.
swellings or deformities found The goldenrod gall and the oak
on the stems, twigs, leaves and apple gall are probably the most
trunks of trees and other plants, noticeable galls. The goldenrod
are produced by insects, mites, plant is also very important to
fungi and worms. When one of a species of gall fly, from which
these living organisms attack ei- it received its name, because
182 - Zach Zimmerman (Tr) fall
ther a plant or tree the insect will its eggs are laid singly on early Troy and Canton wrestlers took
Morris (NE) 0:55
lay an egg that develops within summer stems of the goldenrod part in the North Section Champi220 - Horton (A) fall Rob Rigby
onships
on
February
20.
Wyalusthe gall. Each resulting gall re- plant. Each newly-hatched larva
(Tr) 3:38
ing
won
the
team
title
with
217
sembles all of the galls produced secretes a growth inducing subFirst Round Consolation
by that specific gall-making or- stance that causes the plant's points followed by Athens, 175;
120 - Secules (To) maj dec Mak
Towanda,
143;
NP/Liberty,
82;
ganism. There are hundreds of tissue to swell into a gall. The
Gleckner (C) 13-3
Troy,
73;
Sayre,
62;
Northeast,
unique galls produced by insects larva grows in the center of this
132 - Colin Binford (Tr) fall Mcand mites. Insects that cause protective chamber and remains 49; Sullivan Co., 44; Canton, 34;
Camley (SC) 0:23
Wellsboro,
25;
Williamson,
24
As you can see by the photos, the students were having a
these galls are known as gall there throughout the winter. An
145 - Anthony Smith (C) fall McEmakers.
good time, while learning the rules of hockey and getting plenice fisherman (or woman) is likely
wan (SC) 2:04
Galls grow in response to either to have a sack full of goldenrod Preliminary Rounds ty of physical exercise.
145 - McEwan (SC) fall Michael 152 - Colin MacWhinnie (Tr) maj
the feeding by the gall maker or
galls to use as bait since the tiny
dec Forbes (NE) 14-1
the result of an egg laying on or larva inside a gall makes ex- Borden (Tr) 4:57
160 - Hilfiger (WI) fall Tim Davis
152
Forbes
(NE)
dec
Noah
Carwithin the plant tissue. The gall cellent bait. During the winter
(C) 4:05
will continue growing until sur- months, the small downy wood- penter (C) 10-8
170 - VanDyke (NE) fall Eric
160
Tim
Davis
(C)
fall
Bickham
rounding the tiny insect or mite. pecker drills into the gall and
Stone (Tr) 4:46
(S)
1:58
The inner walls of the gall are plucks out the larva.
285 - Sawyer Wooster (C) fall
rich in proteins supplied by the Squirrels will also chew open 170 - Karlsson (A) fall Cody WilVanDyke (NE) 0:23
liams
(C)
3:55
plant. The developing larva can the galls to get at the larva inside.
Consolation Semi-Finals
Quarterfinals
also secrete an enzyme that con- In the spring, the larvae remainMarilyn didn’t bowl on a league
120 - Bailey Cohick (Tr) fall Severts plant starch into energy-rich ing in the galls will chew their way 120 - Houseknecht (SC) dec Mak
until she came back to Troy in
cules
(To)
2:27
sugar. The gall then becomes a to the outward part of the galls Gleckner (C) 11-4
1988. In September she was
126 - Hunter Cohick (Tr) maj dec
Bailey
Cohick
(Tr)
fall
Carpenter
ready source of food that is rich in and change into adult flies. Each
asked to bowl on the Wednesday
Shafer (To) 15-3
(Wi)
0:59
protein and carbohydrates for the fly has a remarkable tool located
PM Ladies League by her sisterEthan
Landis
(C)
dec
Andrews
gall maker; the gall also serves on the top of its head. It is a small 126 - Ethan Landis (C) maj dec
in-law, Kathie Fleming, and she
(NPL) 5-2
Shaffer
(To)
16-2
as protection for the gall maker. bubble that pulsates like a jacktruly began her bowling career.
132 - Colin Binford (Tr) dec KnolHunter
Cohick
(Tr)
dec
Andrews
During the summer months, the hammer when used to punch out
Soon after that she was asked to
les
(To)
7-4
insect develops inside the gall the hard outside layer of the gall, (NPL) 7-1
bowl in the Tuesday “C” League
145 - Bradley (A) fall Anthony
132
Walker
(NPL)
dec
Colin
and then, emerges as an adult causing the bubble to collapse
and later to bowl on the Sunday
Smith (C) 1:59
Binford
(Tr)
12-9
in late summer or the following and setting the gall fly free.
Mixed Early League with Elaine
152
Sheppeck
(A)
dec
Colin
145 - Kisner (To) tech fall anthony
spring.
This gall fly is known as the
Frey, Walt Wolfe, and Punter
MacWhinnie
(Tr)
5-4
These galls, which are now be- goldenrod gall fly because it pri- Smith (C) 18-2
Schill. To this day she is still
220 - Rob Rigby (Tr) fall Ingerick
152
Kshir
(NPL)
dec
Colin
Maclieved to be caused by chemicals marily uses the goldenrod plant
bowling on those three leagues.
(We) 0:19
Whinnie
(Tr)
2-0
produced by the gall maker, form as its host plant.
In 2007 she won an award for
285
Houck
(SC)
fall
Sawyer
Marilyn
Fleming
Bruhl
was
born
as a result of cell multiplication in Galls are just one of the many 160 - Fulmer (To) fall Tim Davis
Wooster (C) 1:47
in Troy, the daughter of Helen bowling a 279 game the highest
(C)
1:41
the growing tissue of the plant. discoveries that can be found in
and Pete Fleming and lived on a game for the women that season.
Andrews (NPL) fall Tyler Williams Consolation Finals
Gall formation cannot take place the winter woods.
Marilyn has attended State La120
Bailey
Cohick
(Tr)
dec
farm in Granville Summit.
(Tr) 1:16
after a leaf or stem has stopped
Houseknecht (SC) 9-3
She graduated from Troy High dies Tournaments and really en170
Ammerman
(SC)
fall
Eric
growing. These galls are not al126 - Hunter Cohick (Tr) dec School in 1956 and got married joyed the fun times she had and
Stone (Tr) 0:40
ways seriously harmful to the
Canton High School
Ethan Landis (C) 5-3
the same year. Her husband’s bowling at the different centers.
182 - Zach Zimmerman (Tr) bye
health of a tree or shrub; howSports For The Week 220 - Rob Rigby (Tr) fall Tunnicliff 132 - Colin Binford (Tr) dec Walk- work took them out of the Troy She would like to thank everyone
ever, twig galls could cause the
JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL
er (NPL) 6-3
area to the Selinsgrove area who voted for her to become a re(Wy) 1:58
stem to die back and possibly kill Feb. 24 - at Northeast, 6 pm
220 - Rob Rigby (Tr) Ultimate Tie where they lived for almost 20 cipient of this award and to thank
Brady
Bryington
(C)
fall
Ingerick
a small tree.
Feb. 26 - Wyalusing, home, 6 pm (We) 2:23
Breaker Peters (To) 3-2
years. Marilyn is a proud mother Denny, Mary and all the staff at
Mar. 1 - at Mansfield, 6 pm (girls) 285 - Covert (We) fall Sawyer Finals of three: two sons, William R. Terrace Lanes.
Troy High School
Mar. 2 - at Mansfield, 6 pm (boys) Wooster (C) 1:36
182 - Zach Zimmerman (Tr) maj and Suzy Bruhl, with grandson The Troy Bowling Hall of Fame
Sports For The Week Mar. 3 - at Cowanesque (girls Semi-Finals
dec Kipp (Wy) 17-4
Andrew and Allie and great- Committee are very proud to anJUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL
only), 6 pm
120 - Brown (Wy) dec Bailey Co- 220 - Horton (A) dec Brady Bry- grandson William Connor; Duane nounce that Marilyn Bruhl will be
Feb. 24 - Wellsboro, home, 6 pm Mar. 4 - at Cowanesque (boys
ington (C) 4-3
and Rose Bruhl; and a daughter entered into the Bowling Hall of
hick (Tr) 12-5
Feb. 26 - at Cowanesque, 6 pm
only), 6 pm
Zach
Zimmerman
and
Brady
Claudia and Troy Beaver and a Fame in Troy and also in to Na126 - Courtney (A) fall Ethan LanMar. 1 - Athens, home, 6 pm
Mar. 6 - at Williamson, 6 pm
Bryington
will
advance
to
the
Regranddaughter Laura are mostly tional Hall of Fame in St. Louis,
dis (C) 2:51
Mar. 3 - Northeast, home, 6 pm
Mar. 8 - at Liberty (boys), 6 pm
MO.
gionals.
from the Selinsgrove area.
REFLECTIONS IN NATURE
80 Years Ago-1936
Troy & Canton Wrestlers
Do Well In Sectional
Marilyn Bruhl To Be
Inducted Into The
Bowling Hall of Fame