Bedford High School - Epic Yearbook (Bedford, OH)

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HAULING. After overpowerino Trinity High Schooi. 84-26, Terri Nowdon. Miss Gogliano. Trasl Smiley, and Donna Kallos bring a high Jump pit back to the storage shed BLANKED. Leaping to a second place finish in the long jump. Nicole Jackson reaches 15' 3-Vi . Bedford captured all three places In the overall trouncing of Trinity JUBILATION. Approaching the finish line. Florence Esogbue captures first place In the hundred yard dash with 12.6 against Willoughby South Teammates Marilyn Reese and Serita Cox placed second and third In the race HOMESTRETCH. In the 94 16 victory over Regina High. Dione Stevenson clears the last gate on her way to second place In the 100 meter hurdles Teammate Nicole Jackson placed first in the event —Girls’ Track

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SWIM TEAM Bottom Bow Ran Kfcto. tocky Bowman Sue Zaharewtcz. Amy lovano. Laura McKWop DeOOe Hmntz Kathy Zaharewicz. Laura Som» Laura Hensety. Kathy Shaw Brenda Shtftbauer 2nd Bow u o Peden. Alton Mcfdctchte. Undo Canzoni. Lisa Johnson. Lisa Skoi LuAnn Mormon Annie Spodaro Betty ueber Oebbte Montpom wry. Karen Arters. Lome Peden Mrs Popish. Chris CapakJo top Bow Lon Hock ban Juke Pome» Denae Tomondy. Vicki CapakJo Trocy Toaz. Sharyt Patch Path Mato Judy BattogUa Laura Pochnowski. Patti DeCaro. Lisa uguzmsfci Cooch Chris Puza We wanted to win! We were going to work hard to accomplish It—and we did!” stated second year diver Lori Hackbart. But despite hard work, Bedford s Swimmin’ Women lost the conference meet to Brush, 86-84, placing second overall. According to Vickie Capaldo, “We had to beat Brush in order to win the G.C.C., but we didn’t. To motivate the girls to reach their potential, Coach Puza rewarded swimmers “who exerted themselves at workouts and meets” with 110% T- Mermaids Finish 2nd.again! BHS 1980 GIRLS’ SWIM TEAM OPP 130 NORTH OLMSTED 33 47 BEREA 36 90 WESTLAKE 82 88 EUCLID 84 101 ORANGE 71 52 SHAKER HTS 34 111 MAPLE HTS 62 1st VIQUEEN 84 Brush 86 6th ORANGE RELAY 105 MAYFIELD 68 90 CLEVELAND HTS 81 2nd G.C.C. 4th District A Won 9 Lost 1 shirts. Since more than half of the girls were be ginner swimmers, it gave them an incentive, ex plained Becky Bowman. “On the first day of practice, half of the team thought they’d never make a 100 yard freestyle. But by the end of the season, it was nothing to them. “There was a period of adjusting, because the coaches had a new system and way of training. Puza told us what he expected, and sometimes he went into the water to show exactly what we were doing wrong. Bowman added. “Puza also lectured us on behavior and attitudes in the pool and toward each other.” Four events qualified for the state meet. The 400 freestyle relay team consisting of Denise Tomondy. Linda Canzoni, Tracy Toaz and Laura McKlllop finished 15th in the state, setting a new school record of 3:55.0. In the 100 meter back stroke event, Toaz took 10th with 1:03.0. Posting a time of 1:11.2, Bowman placed 12th in the 100 meter breaststroke. Toaz, Bowman, Canzoni and Sue Zaharewicz, the medley relay team, finished 10th at 1:57.4. Girls’ Swim Team

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BHS 1980 GIRLS' TRACK OPP 84 TRINITY 26 78 MENTOR 32 80 MAYFIELD 30 86 BRUSH 24 94 REGINA 16 89 SOUTH 21 83 NORTH 27 74 MAPLE 36 76 EUCLID 34 1st BRUSH RELAYS 1 t G.C. C MEET Won 9 Lost 0 Practices were different because the boys and the girls ran together. This helped the team since the girls tended to push them selves harder to make better times.’' stated two- year member of the girls’ track team. Chris Kenne- dy. The Bearcat coaching effort was divided among four faculty members who dealt specifical- ly with one area. They were: Dennis Balcer: field events, Everett Heard: sprinters, Lisa Gagliano: weight events, and Gordon Kimberly: long dis- tance running. The girls were undefeated in all their dual meets, taking first place in the Brush Relays, win- ning the G.C.C. title and competing in the Section- al, District and State meets. Shot Putter Tammy Gals Capture 1st GCC Crown Dozie recalls. At Brush, all the other schools thought we were tough. It was a challenge for them to beat us. The Bedford Bearcats met the challenge and placed first in a field of 12. In G.C.C. competition, the team swept the boards again with five first places and 120■!£ points. How ever, only one place was captured in the Section- al and District meets. Flo Esogbue won both with distances of 18’ 8-W and 17’ 1046 in the long jump event. Flo later traveled along with the 440 meter runner Karen Burkle, to state competitions, to place eighth in her long jumping event. Eleven old track standards fell in: Long jumping: Flo Esogbue (18’ 846 ) . shot put: Trasi Smiley (37 1 ). high jump: Nicole Jackson (5’ 2 ). discuss: Trasi Smiley (102’ 11 ) 880 medley: Esobue. Reese. Bell and White (1:52.5), two mile relay: Kallos, Ken- nedy. Burkle and Bell (10:14.9), 100 meter run: Anita White (58.0). Leading the team scoring were: Anita White (108-1 ), Nicole Jackson (93) and Flo Esgobue (89 %). 29