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Scott Moon Elected to PA. Track and Field Hall of Fame
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From the Scranton Tribune

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Scott Moon, a two-time PIAA 3A state javelin champion for Oil City in 1981 and 1982, was elected to the Pennsylvania High School Track and Field Hall of Fame.

He'll be inducted at next year's state meet, on May 23, at Shippensburg.

Moon's winning throw of 230-8 in the 1982 state meet broke the meet record of 230-0 set in 1969 by Ray Mushinski of Ambridge. It was the third-oldest record in the books and still ranks No. 4 all-time.

Moon was also the Athletics Congress national junior meet champion that year when he was a Track & Field News third team All-American selection.

Earlier that season, Moon led Oil City to its second straight District 10 team championship by sweeping the shot, discus and javelin, giving him six individual district titles. His throw of 218-4 in the javelin was a D-10 meet record.

Moon was a three-time District 10 champion in the javelin. His winning throw as a junior was 215-6. He also won the shot that season. 

Moon was a 50-foot shot putter who approached 160  in the discus for coaches Bob Craig and Mike Mitchell at OCHS.

He was named Athlete of the Year for the Class of 1982.

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Scott Moon received the Athlete of the Year award for the OCHS Class of 1982. 

ABOUT THIS SITE

If you are from Anywhere, USA, and happened to stumble upon this site, Franklin and Oil City are about eight miles apart along Route 8 in Venango County, Pa. -- which is about halfway between Pittsburgh and Erie in the western part of the state.

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yardsandpoints.com (formerly venangofootball.com and then route8rivalry.com) covers the grid doings of Oil City and Franklin high schools in Venango County. It also includes the football histories of the two schools, which date back to 1896, along with that of (RIP) Venango Catholic (nee Christian and formerly St. Joseph in Oil City), which dropped the sport in the 1990s. I've recently included more stuff on basketball as well as the doings in other sports.

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