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Playing in a hot and/or humid hall can make for a terrible table tennis experience.Â

If youâ€re not prepared properly, playing in these extreme situations can be miserable and even dangerous for your health.Â

Fortunately, there are certain measures we can take and items we can bring to the training hall to make the situation much more bearable. If you ask me, I very much prefer playing in the heat than the cold.

Iâ€m from Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. In the summer, we frequently get temperatures of up to 38°C (100°F), and humidity is also upwards of 80-90% on many days. Weâ€ve even trained with 100% relative humidity a few times this year!

Over time, weâ€ve come up with ways to deal with these situations. Iâ€ve been playing table tennis for more than 8 years in these conditions, so let me share my top tips and tricks for playing in hot/humid conditions.

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1) Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate

In such extreme high-heat, high-humidity situations, weâ€re going to sweat a lot, thereâ€s no way around it. Because of this, we have to drink as much water as possible.

In addition, when training, weâ€re going to lose essential electrolytes, so we have to try to replenish them by drinking sports drinks or taking electrolyte supplements.

For a 3-hour training session, I usually aim for a 1L sports drink plus 2 liters of water. Commercial sports drinks usually have lots of added sugars, so it isnâ€t good to drink large amounts of these drinks.

On a separate note, my doctor recommends that I do an EKG test and heart stress tests once per year. Training in the heat and humidity strains our bodies quite a bit more than resting conditions, so make sure your overall health is in check, especially if youâ€re going to train in tough conditions such as these.

2) Keep Everything as Dry as Possible

Our second tip is to dry everything youâ€re using.

In high humidity conditions, you may find that the tables at the playing hall have a small layer of water, kind of like dew!

If this happens, make sure to dry the table with a towel before training. I assure you itâ€ll make a huge difference.

If you donâ€t, youâ€ll find that the ball will start falling off your rubber in the middle of every point. This is because once the ball bounces on the table, itâ€ll get moist, and your rubber wonâ€t be able to grip it.

Once your table is all dry, youâ€re ready to practice. When playing, you have to make sure youâ€re constantly drying the ball with your shorts/shirt/towel.

If youâ€re playing a match, make sure to dry the ball before every point as you donâ€t want to hinder your opponent (or yourself!).

And, make sure youâ€re drying your rubbers with your hands or your shorts. Both rubbers should be as dry as possible. If youâ€re drying your rubbers with your palms, you should run your hand vertically across each of them until you hear a screeching sound. That means the rubber is dry.

Wang Chuqin drying his backhand rubber with his palm

If you canâ€t hear a sound when rubbing your hand across your rubber, it means that thereâ€s a very small layer of moisture between your hand and the rubber. This layer of moisture will prevent the rubber from gripping the ball.

I canâ€t emphasize the importance of drying your rubbers enough. If you donâ€t do it regularly, even when humidity isnâ€t as high, your rubbers wonâ€t spin the ball to the level theyâ€re supposed to.

Thatâ€s why you see professional players do it all the time! They want to make sure their rubbers are perfectly dry before playing every single point, and you should do the same.

To keep your hands dry, use your towel or dry them on the table. Make sure to also dry your serving hand, as you donâ€t want to get the ball wet before serving.

3) Bring Extra Shirts and A Towel

Bringing the correct equipment is key to playing in these circumstances.

We recommend you bring extra shirts and a towel to the training hall. And, if you sweat more than average, you should consider using a headband and/or wristbands.

If youâ€re going to train for 2 or 3 hours, make sure to bring at least 2 shirts. We recommend using 3-4 shirts for that duration.

Youâ€ll feel a massive difference in your body temperature and youâ€ll feel much more comfortable if you change your shirt once itâ€s drenched in sweat.

You can use your towel to dry yourself before putting on fresh new shirts – it makes a world of difference.

4) Adjust Your Playing Style

A more strategic tip is to adjust some parts of your playing style.

What I usually do is I play a bit safer: if your rubbers arenâ€t gripping the ball the way youâ€re used to, it may not be wise to go for too many difficult shots such as counterloops.

In addition, when itâ€s very humid, I usually push long more often. This is because my opponents will probably miss more open-ups, and, if they do, theyâ€ll probably start complaining about the humidity and play even worse.

When playing in humid settings, getting the ball on the table is your friend.

If your opponent wants to attack everything as hard as possible, theyâ€ll be shooting themselves in the foot. That means you can afford to play slightly more passively. Pushing and blocking a bit more than usual isnâ€t a bad thing.

And, something my friend u/anadraps, a very good player, mentioned in a Reddit post regarding this topic, said:

I hadnâ€t thought of serving long more often, but itâ€s also a great idea.

Youâ€re basically forcing your opponent to attack a long spinny serve when they canâ€t fully trust their rubber, and if they push or block it, you get a chance to attack yourself. It follows the same principle as pushing long a bit more often.

And, as for his second piece of advice, taking the ball earlier, itâ€s something I find myself doing subconsciously.

Due to the reduced spin you can impart on the ball, itâ€s harder to get the ball to fall back down onto the table with looping shots. Letting the ball drop will translate into more unforced errors as the ball floats long.

Itâ€s better to play a more direct style rather than a very spin-focused one, and, for that reason, taking the ball a bit earlier can go a long way when thereâ€s high humidity.

5) Make Sure Your Rubbers Arenâ€t Worn out And Use Non-Tacky Rubbers if Possible

Since rubbers have less grip in high humidity conditions, itâ€s extra important to ensure your rubbers arenâ€t worn out.

Worn out rubbers struggle a lot more in high-humidity situations because they donâ€t have as much grip to begin with. So, when humidity levels are high, your rubbers will start to feel like theyâ€re more like Antispin rubbers.

New rubber sheets wonâ€t struggle nearly as much, so (if you can) try to change your rubbers before theyâ€re too worn out.

In addition, the rubbers that struggle the most when playing in high-humidity situations are tacky rubbers.

Tacky rubbers rely on the rubber sticking to the ball to generate spin. When thereâ€s high humidity, that stickiness gets wet, the tackiness wears off, and your rubbers wonâ€t grip the ball as theyâ€re supposed to.

6) Take More Time in Between Points and Take More Breaks

In high heat, high humidity scenarios, itâ€s normal to get tired a lot faster because of the conditions. Hence, itâ€s important to take more breaks to allow our bodies to rest.

If youâ€re playing matches, make sure to take more time between points and to use every towel break. 20-30 seconds between points to breathe and give your body time to cool down will help you maintain intensity during the match.

If you play a very long rally, you can even consider using your time-out if youâ€re too jaded to play the following point.

Iâ€d say Iâ€m in good shape and Iâ€ve done this in a recent match. I had to loop 12 balls in a row in the fifth game and I was feeling exhausted after playing it, so I used my time out. Take a look for yourselves!

7) Have a Door or Window Open

Our last tip is to have a door or window open at all times.

The heat of the people playing in the hall really makes a difference when it comes to humidity.

One day, we were playing a league game in our club. Games were being played at two tables and around 20 people were watching on the sidelines.

We were playing in a relatively small room on a hot summer day, and it was very humid as well.

I remember I wanted to buy a bottle of water, so I opened the door and went into the main hall, which was empty. The difference between both rooms was hard to believe.

The air was much drier and colder, it was a lot better. It felt like it was 20% less humid and at least 5°C colder.

Having a door or a window open at all times will ensure your playing hall doesnâ€t end up like the one I just told you about because fresher air from outside will be coming in at all times.

It will be hot, humid air coming in, but itâ€ll still be colder and drier than the one inside.

Alvaroâ€s a qualified ITTF Level 1 Coach who’s been playing Table Tennis since he was 15 and is now ranked within the top 50 in his native Argentina. He loves to compete in provincial tournaments and is always looking for ways to improve. Alvaro made his favorite memories with a racket in hand, and he joined the RacketInsight team to share his passion with other players!

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By: Ed Weaver  /  March 13, 2024

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame committee is proud to announce its class of 2024. This year’s class is made up of former coach Dr. Andy Sayre and athletes Elizabeth (Nicodemus) Hoover and Ted Zuchowski.

Zuchowski (baseball) won the John Antoine Prevost Male Athlete of the Year Award in 1968 as a four-year member of the Hornet football, basketball and baseball teams. After graduation Zuchowski was drafted into the United States Army to fight in the Vietnam War. After his military service ended, Zuchowski returned to Wellsboro to raise his family. During that time he coached many years of little league baseball and small fry football, teaching athletic skills and life lessons to countless young athletes.

Over the past fifty years, Zuchowski has been one of Wellsboro’s greatest supporters, and you can always catch him in the stands at a variety of sporting events, but especially during the basketball season, where he has a reserved seat at midcourt.

Hoover (girls track) was a three-sport athlete in volleyball, basketball and track & field during her Wellsboro career and was the MVP of all three sports during her senior year. The John Antoine Prevost Female Athlete of the Year winner in 1989, Hoover led her volleyball and track teams to district titles her senior year, while being named Regional Athlete of the Year for New York/Pennsylvania, and All-Twin Tiers Athlete of the Year for New York/Pennsylvania. Hoover was a four-year district qualifier in the shot put, discus and javelin while winning all three events her senior year at the District IV championships. She qualified for the PIAA State Championship meet as a sophomore, junior and a senior in all three throws, and placed in the top-10 her junior and senior year for all three events. She still holds Wellsboro’s girls discus record at 129-ft, 4-inches.

After graduation Hoover attended Susquehanna University, as a member of both the basketball and track teams. She was a four-year starter and letter winner for the basketball team that were Middle Atlantic Conference Champions her last three years, and National Playoff contenders during those three years, making the sweet sixteen tournament during her senior year. During her senior year on the track team, she qualified for the NCAA Championship meet in Ohio in the javelin, where she placed 4th in the nation with a SU record throw of 143-ft, 6-inches, solidifying her All-American status into the Susquehanna University Hall of Fame.

Sayre coached Wellsboro’s Middle School Cross Country team for 11 years, amassing a 235-26 record in that span. Five of his boys teams and 4 of his girls teams were undefeated with first place finishes at the McQuaid Invitational, the Bloomsburg Invite, the Northern Tier Coaches Invite, and the Lasagna XC Invite.  His teams numerically dwarfed opposing teams with 35-45 members participating yearly in a sport where only the top 5 runners score. Coach Sayre’s teams were the seed bed for the successful high school XC teams of that era.

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2024 will be inducted on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at halftime of the Wellsboro-Wyalusing football game.

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By: Ed Weaver  /  April 24, 2023

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame committee is proud to announce its class of 2023.

The Class of 2023 is comprised of Jim Dinsmore (coach), Dr. Donald Shaw (contributor), and athletes Alexis Getty and Sallie Lewis.

Dinsmore was a prominent fixture on Wellsboro sidelines since the late 70’s. After a two year stint at rival North Penn, Dinsmore joined the Wellsboro coaching staff for their 1977 NTL championship season. After that year he moved down to the junior high level, where he was both the head and assistant coach in multiple appointments until he retired in 2008. Coach Dinsmore not only prepared hundreds of future varsity players for their next challenge, but also instilled the love of the game in all his athletes. In his career Coach Dinsmore’s teams went undefeated six times, had four seasons with just one loss, and only had three losing seasons. Even in retirement Coach Dinsmore still actively supports all Wellsboro athletic programs and attends multiple sporting events each year.

Dr. Shaw served as Wellsboro’s team physician for 29 years (1988-2017), providing medical coverage at games as well as supporting Wellsboro’s athletic trainers. Shaw went to Roxborough High School in Philadelphia then attended Dartmouth College after graduation. In 1978 Shaw graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine before moving to Wellsboro in 1981. Dr. Shaw went above and beyond his required hours to make sure Wellsboro’s athletes were ready to play each week. In the years since his official departure from Wellsboro athletics, he and his wife, Deb, continue to be avid supporters of the Wellsboro sports programs: attending nearly every home football game since their sons, Tim and Ben, graduated; and maintaining the long-standing tradition of weekly football team dinners. Shaw was also inducted into Mansfield University’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011.

Getty (soccer) was a multi-sport athlete at Wellsboro, playing 4 years of soccer, a year of basketball, and 4 years of track. She was a two-time MVP for soccer, a three-time NTL All-Star, and all-state selection, and the first Wellsboro girls soccer player to score 50 career goals. She currently holds the record for 82 goals in her career and was the 2011 Shelly Taynton Memorial Award winner. In track Getty was a PIAA state qualifier in the 100m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m relays and was part of the school record-holding 4x400m relay team in 2010 (3:55.04). After graduation Getty attended Mansfield University and played soccer for 4 years. During her time as a Mountie, she received the “Most Improved Player” award after bouncing back from multiple ACL injuries. She graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration with an accounting concentration.

Lewis (basketball) played several sports while at Wellsboro, but was a standout in basketball. She was fortunate enough to have been selected to play on the Varsity squad while in the 9th grade, and set individual High School scoring records while helping the team to a District title her sophomore year. She was selected to the McDonald’s All-American basketball team, as well as awarded an Honorable Mention as a High School All-American in 1981. As a member of the track team Lewis accumulated 4 varsity letters, helped the Lady Hornets win two NTL championships, went 58-12 overall, and qualified for the 1980 PIAA meet in the javelin. Lewis was also instrumental in Wellsboro winning two NTL and two District IV championships in volleyball. She was co-captain her senior year and co-MVP in her senior year. After graduating, Sallie attended the University of Virginia on a full athletic scholarship for basketball, and now resides in Charlottesville, VA.

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2023 will be inducted on Friday, September 8, 2023, at halftime of the Wellsboro-Canton football game.

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By: Ed Weaver  /  May 9, 2022

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame committee is proud to announce its class of 2022.

The Class of 2022 is made up of 5 members, the first time since its inaugural class in 2016. This year’s members include: Steve Radocaj, Janelle Tombs, Alex Marple, Ryan Callahan, and Coach John DeLeonardis.

Radocaj (football) participated in football, track, wrestling, and basketball. Radocaj was members of both the 1974 and 1977 NTL championship teams and earned All-Conference and All-Twin Tiers honors, and was selected to play in the Big 33 Football Classic, Wellsboro’s only selection. As a member of the track team Radocaj set the school’s javelin record and placed 3rd at the PIAA State Championships. After graduation Radocaj spent a year at Wyoming Seminary College Prep then attended Mansfield University. At Mansfield, Radocaj was a four-year starter, set multiple school tackle records, and earned All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American honors, and was selected as Athlete of the Year twice. In 1996 Radocaj was inducted into Mansfield University’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Radocaj would later go on to coach football and track at both Wellsboro and Williamsport, and spent multiple years as an assistant football coach at Lycoming College.

Tombs (girls basketball) is a 1996 graduate who participated and earned four varsity letters in both cross country and basketball. In her freshman and sophomore years she earned two varsity letters in track, while in her junior and senior years she earned two varsity letters in softball. She scored 1,315 points during her career (2nd all-time), with a personal game-high of 33 points. She still holds the record for most three-pointers in a season and the most in a regulation game. She was a three-time Northern Tier League team member and a two-time All-Twin Tiers team member. She was also the 1995-96 Shelly Taynton Memorial Award recipient.

Marple (girls basketball) was named the John Antoine Prevost Female Athlete of the Year in 2011. Marple was a three sport athlete all four years of high school. She was a two-year starter in volleyball and a four-year starter in basketball, where she scored 1,311 career points, which ranks 3rd all-time in Wellsboro history. After graduation Marple attended Division II Le Moyne College in Syracuse and played women’s basketball. During her career she scored 1,234 points, started 85-of-111 games, and was captain and MVP in her senior year.

Callahan (baseball) graduated with honors from Wellsboro in 1994, where he received 14 Varsity letters in baseball, basketball, track, and cross country and was awarded the Outstanding Male Athlete. In 1989, Ryan pitched a “no hitter” striking out 20 of the 21 outs and is currently the 2nd all-time leading boys basketball scorer with 1,713 points. After graduation Ryan received a scholarship to play baseball and Division I Ohio University. He led the team in 1996 with 5 triples and was in the top 3 in hitting with a .380 average. In 1997 Ohio was Mid American Conference champions and participated in the College World Series.

DeLeonardis (coach) is originally from Wilkinsburg (Pittsburgh area), graduating in 1971. In school he participated in football, cross country, and track, with track being his primary sport. Coach Dee attended Millersville University where he ran track until his junior year. He broke records in the 40-, 60-, 100-, and 220-yard dash in college, and currently holds the record in the 100-yard dash. After college, Coach Dee migrated to Wellsboro where he taught at the Charlotte Lappla Elementary School for 34 years, before retiring in 2009. Coach Dee has done stats for multiple Wellsboro athletic programs, most notably he spent 21 years as the football team’s main statistician. He has also been a volleyball official, has volunteered with Wellsboro’s track sprinters since 2005, and was the district’s Strength and Conditioning Coach for 14.5 years.

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022 will be inducted on Friday, September 16, 2022, at halftime of the Wellsboro-Athens football game.

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By: Ed Weaver  /  July 27, 2020

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame committee is proud to announce its class of 2020.

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020 includes two athletes, and John Antoine Prevost Female Athlete of the Year winners: Jessica Kaminski (Wolfe) (1996) and Kelly Mann (Griffith) (1991), and one contributor: Dr. Robert C. Bair.

Bair (contributor) was instrumental in restarting Wellsboro’s football program. Following World War II and medical school, Bair and new wife Grace Conrad, moved to Wellsboro in 1955 and quickly became friends with former principal Don Gill. After Bair insisted on promising aid in any way necessary, Gill agreed to restart the program in 1957 with Bair giving free physicals and volunteering as the team’s physician. That first year Wellsboro did not play other teams. They built a program. The following year, 1958, the Hornets were undefeated.

Mann (girls basketball) is a 1991 Wellsboro graduate who starred in volleyball, basketball, and track & field. Mann is the daughter of state high jump champion, and Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2016 member, Tom Mann. Mann became a 1,000-point scorer for Wellsboro while leading the Lady Hornets to the Class AA
district final (a loss to Danville) and the state playoffs as a junior. In her senior year the Lady Hornets won their first 25 games of the 1990-91 season as Mann went on to be named to USA Today’s national high school girls
basketball all-star team as an honorable mention. Mann played college basketball at both Susquehanna and Geneseo State.

Kaminski (girls track & field) participated in Track, Basketball, and Cross Country all four years. She won 5 state medals in track and still holds the school record in the 800m. She was League Champion her junior year in Cross Country, won District medals and went to states 4 years in a row. She graduated from Millersville University where she was All-Conference in the PSAC in the 800m run.

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020 will be inducted on Friday, September 18, 2020, at halftime of the Wellsboro-Shikellamy football game.

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By: Ed Weaver  /  September 16, 2019  /  Photo: Ed Weaver

The Wellsboro Hornets Sports Booster Club and the Wellsboro Athletic Department held their 4th annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony at halftime of the Wellsboro vs. Towanda football game on Friday, September 13.

Making up the Hall of Fame Class of 2019 are athletes Mike Burns and Susan Sweet (Hars).

Burns was a three-sport star for the Hornets lettering in football, basketball, and baseball. Burns was a member of Wellsboro’s recently reinstated football team as a sophomore in 1958-59 then led the Hornets to a 6-1-1 season in 1959 and went on to earn honorable mention all-state honors as a senior. Burns also helped lead the Hornets in scoring and a Tioga County League basketball titles in 1958-59 and 1959-60.

Burns passed away from complications of Parkinson’s Disease on October 18, 2012.

“It’s a special moment. Mike, my brother, would be very proud to be a member of the Hall of Fame in Wellsboro,” said Tim Burns. “His life here, when we lived here, was based on sports, he excelled in all three: baseball, basketball, and football and he would be very happy he is now in the Hall of Fame.”

“We’re super proud,” said Burns’ sister Barbara Wetzel. “We’re happy for our family but it’s really a special moment for us because Wellsboro was special to him and he excelled in Wellsboro High School. He excelled in sports here, he went on to Xavier University, he went on to be a high school coach and a wonderful teacher of history for 40. This is quite an accomplishment and we’re really thankful for him being inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Sweet was a pioneer in girls sports at Wellsboro. After Title IX was passed in 1972, Sweet was in the first class as a 4-year beneficiary of the equal rights amendment to the Constitution. Sweet was a 4-year starter and letter winner in basketball, member of the 1973-74 Tioga County League championship team, and 1975-76 team captain. In addition to her success on the basketball court Sweet was a member of 4 volleyball league championship teams, including the Lady Hornets’ first District IV championship in 1975-76, and held records in the 440-yard relay, 880-yard relay, 880-yard medley relay, and the long jump in track & field.

Sweet passed away on January 5, 2019.

“I think my mom would be honored and would be very humble,” said Sweet’s daughters Alyssa and Kerry Hars. “We didn’t really find out how amazing she was until after she passed away when we came across some old books that had her records in it and if she was here right now she would just be very honored and say it was her teammates that helped her.”

She is survived by her daughters Alyssa and Kerry and dog Gracie of Pittsgrove, NJ..; brother, Phill (Susan) Sweet of Wellsboro; sister, Sally (Chris) Cooney of Athens; mother-in-law, Lorraine Hars of Rockaway, N.J.; brother-in-law Patrick (Laura) Hars of Mt. Olive, N.J.; brother-in-law Bruce (Diane) Hars of Alexandria, La.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

WellsboroAthletics.com would like to congratulate all of the members of the Hall of Fame Class of 2019.

Nominations for the Hall of Fame Class of 2020 are now open, running from now until January 1, 2020.

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By: Ed Weaver  /  April 10, 2019

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame committee is proud to announce its class of 2019.

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2019 includes two athletes: Susan Sweet (Hars) (1976) and Mike Burns (1961).

Sweet (girls basketball) was a pioneer in girls sports at Wellsboro. After Title IX was passed in 1972, Sweet was in the first class as a 4-year beneficiary of the equal rights amendment to the Constitution.

Sweet was a 4-year starter and letter winner in basketball, member of the 1973-74 Tioga County League championship team, and 1975-76 team captain. Susan held records at the time for 716 points scored during her career (55 games spanning 4 years) and scoring 36 points in a single game, currently tied for 2nd place all-time in Wellsboro girls basketball history, while averaging 20 points per game as a senior.

In addition to her success on the basketball court Sweet was a member of 4 volleyball league championship teams, including the Lady Hornets’ first District IV championship in 1975-76, and held records in the 440 yard relay, 880 yard relay, 880 yard medley relay, and the long jump in track & field.

After high school Sweet attended Lock Haven University, coached basketball at Cowanesque Valley, coached track & field at Athens for multiple seasons, and taught elementary physical education.

Burns (football) was a three-sport star for the Hornets lettering in football, basketball, and baseball. Burns was a member of Wellsboro’s recently reinstated football team as a sophomore in 1958-59 then led the Hornets to a 6-1-1 season in 1959, then earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior.

As a member of the basketball team Burns helped lead the Hornets in scoring and a Tioga County League titles in 1958-59 and 1959-60. During his senior year, which he again earned honorable mention all-state honors, Burns scored 354 points, 429 total, to win the Tioga County League’s scoring title. He also scored 40 points in a single game against Williamson, which ranks 2nd all-time in Wellsboro history.

Burns also stood out in baseball, batting .340 as a sophomore, and .346 during his junior year as part of the Tioga County League championship team, where he started in center field and hit lead-off.

After high school Burns received a 4-year athletic scholarship to Xavier University to play football, where he started at defensive back from 1963-65. Burns graduated with a B.S. in Education and minored in American History and Government, where he later obtained his Masters. Burns taught for 40 plus years in both Ohio and Kentucky and coached football all of those years, and was an assistant coach on 5 Kentucky State Championship football teams. Burns is also a member of the Kentucky Coaches Hall of Fame.

The Wellsboro Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2019 will be inducted on Friday, September 13, 2019, at halftime of the Wellsboro-Towanda football game.

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