A group of friends who formed a bond in a different era of youth sports at Starr Elementary and around the Oregon area in the mid-1970s came together on May 21 to honor the coaches who shaped them.
Those friends – Lou Reiner, Dave Scharer, Terry Ferguson, Rod Achter, Jeff McNally, Mark Dansack and Mark Stahl – were on hand during a ceremony at Starr Elementary to honor the late Jim Scharer, who was Dave’s father, and the late Tom Roberts.
“It’s just a way for us to kind of connect to our youth,” McNally said. “For me in particular, being the new kid at the school, all these guys were here (already). Sports was kind of my entry into a lot of friendships which ended up lasting my whole lifetime…