Teenagers were dancing to Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" and Madonna's "Open your Heart."

TV viewers were making "The Cosby Show" and "Roseanne" the most popular programs.

Movie-goers were flocking to see "Beverly Hills Cop 3" and "Dirty Dancing."

Ronald Reagan was president of the United States.

Shirley Gromlich was coaching the Milton girls track and field team.

The date was April 13, 1987, and Selinsgrove girls coach Dave Lauer has not forgotten it.

It was the most recent time that Milton defeated Selinsgrove in girls track and field. The score was 73-68, with the Black Panthers dominating the field events, outscoring the Seals 34-20 in a meet held at Milton's Alumni Field.

"I remember feeling disappointed. Watching it unfold, it was like we were in quicksand. The more we struggled, the further down we went. They were able to do stuff and come through, and they really did have a good team, especially in the field events," Lauer said, who was then in his fifth year as head coach of the Seals.

He said Milton won the long jump at 15-5 1/2 and took second at 15-1. Selinsgrove's jumper also did 15-1, but placed third via the tiebreaker.

Milton visits Selinsgrove this afternoon in one of two battles of unbeaten teams in the Susquehanna Valley Conference Division I. Danville is at Montoursville in boys action.

There are some eerie similarities between that afternoon in 1987 and today's girls meet at Harold L. Bolig Memorial Stadium.

The weather forecast for today is "cool." Looking at his notes from that meet 21 years ago, Lauer noticed that he had written that the weather condition was "cold."

That was the year the New York Giants won the Super Bowl, beating the Denver Broncos. Of course, the Giants are coming off a Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots.

One of the Seals' top athletes in 1987, Shannon Rothermel, has a daughter, Alec Sheaffer, on the current Seals' team, although the latter is injured and unable to compete.

Today, as then, both teams are well balanced with some outstanding athletes who can score a lot of points.