One year ago almost to the day, a circle of gold was completed when I handed a very special item to Phill Drobnick of Eveleth. Phill, coach of the Olympic men’s curling team, is the grandson of the goaltender on Eveleth’s 1945 boys hockey team, which won the first high school state championship.
I had come into possession of a gold medal from
that 1945 tournament, and the medal that had once belonged to Phill’s late grandfather
was nowhere to be found. Through happenstance and plain old good luck, Phill
and I connected and the medal went to his family. (You can read that story
here: https://www.mshsl.org/about/news/johns-journal/johns-journal-circle-gold-complete)
Well, we have another mystery medal. This one is
from the 1967 MSHSL state speech tournament. It was made by Jostens and that’s
about all we know for sure.
It came to the attention of the MSHSL through
someone who is originally from St. Paul and now lives in Colorado. The medal
was found on the 11th green at Heather Ridge Country Club in Aurora,
Colorado.
It was placed in the club’s lost and found and
sat there for a couple years. The speculation is that someone had been using it
as a ball marker.
The original owner -- whoever it was that
competed in the 1967 state speech tournament -- would now be in their 70s. Heather
Ridge is an over 50s semi-retirement community.
So there’s the latest mystery medal. Let’s see if we
can find the owner. Spread the word.
--MSHSL media specialist John Millea has been the leading voice of
Minnesota high school activities for decades. Follow him on Twitter @MSHSLjohn
and listen to "Preps Today with John Millea” wherever you get podcasts.
Contact John at jmillea@mshsl.org
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