Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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1956 Track Coach R. A. Ball. with six returning letterrnen, turned in one of the finest track records in recent years with four wins and one loss. The l956 season opened on Apr. 24. against Erie Strong Vincent. after rain caused cancellation of the first two meets. Bula romped the Pennsylvania op- ponents 74' 44 taking ten hrsts. Frank Sposito and Bob Gilchrist picked up three firsts apiece to account for a big share of the points. On Apr. 27. Bula conquered the Conneaut Tro- jans 64- -53 in a close battle. with the Panthers claiming nine hrsts. Gilchrist and Sposito starred with two lirsts apiece. Nlentor routed the Panthers 70- -48 at Bula Field on Bfay 3. The deciding factor was fNfentor's depth. for Bula claimed six hrst places. but lost out because of the lack of seconds and thirds which went to Nfen- tor. At the Xfentor relays on Nfay 5. the Ashtabula Panthers picked up tenth place. The shot put and discus team of Gilchrist. Candela. and Carleton, and the mile relay team of Corts. Noonan, Nemitz, and Westerinen won two fifth places. Markin. Candela. Noonan. and Sposito of the 440-yd. relay team and Corts. Noonan. Westerinen. and Nemitz, of the sprint medley captured fourth places. On May 8. the tracksters led by Corts, Gilchrist, Howe. and Nemitz. who captured first places in the 880-yd. run. discus. high jump, and mile run, re- spectively. nipped Painesville Harvey 61--57. Markin and Sposito also picked up firsts in the 440-yd. and 1956 PANTHER TRACK TEAM--FIRST ROW: Bob Martin. David Morse. David MacDonald, Frank Spos- ito. Carlton Markin. Larry Scafuro. Charles Nemitz, Jim Coach, Steve Candela. Ronald Mollick. SECOND ROW' 220-yd. runs. The final event, which was the mile relay. proved the deciding factor as Ashtabula won it and the meet. Traveling across town to Ashtabula Harbor, the Panthers on Nfay l 1, emerged the victor 63M-52M. The winners gained ten firsts with Sposito the only triple winner. At the NEC League meet. the Panthers took sec- ond behind the host. Mentor. The brightest event for the Ashtabula team was the discus when Gil- christ flipped the platter l-43' 7 for a League rec- ord. Sposito gained a big share of points as he took first place in the l00-yd.. 220-yd. dashes, and the broad jump. He also anchored the 880-yd. relay which took first place. Setting a NEC League record wasn't enough for Gilchrist for at Cleveland in the District finals on May I9. he heaved the discus I48' 6' for second place thus qualifying him to enter in the state finals at Columbus May 26. Although Bob's throws were good for him, they were not good enough to place. The lettermen were seniors Tom Carleton, Gordon Cooper. Bob Howe. Carlton Markin. Frank Sposito, Earl Redmond. and Charles YNesterinen. Juniors were Dave Corts. Bob Gilchrist, Charles Nemitz, and Tom Noonan. Steve Candela and jim Coach were the only sophomores. Sposito. who was a member of the 880-yd. relay team. competed in the 100 and 220-yd. dashes, and broad jump. was chosen as the honorary captain of the team. Anthony Clause, Tom Noonan. Charles YVesterinen. Gor- don Cooper, Bob Howe. Larry Jepson, Mike Mihalick, Bob Gilchrist. Dave Corts, Al Schader. James Smith, Tom Carleton. I . r

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1956 PANTHER BASEBALL TEAM-FIRST ROW: Don Thorpe. Henry Dondrea. Frank Spano. Bill For- loine, Roger Galliazzo. Bill Labry. Jack Allio, Bill Ander- SOH- SECOND ROW: George Kane. Jim Welty, Les DCCennar0, Sam Dispense. George Guarnieri. Stan Guerini Tom Johnson. Andy McElroy. Ron Katila. 1956 Baseball Rain and cold weather forced the 1956 baseball squad to train indoors. Coach George Guarnieri faced a real problem in Hlling the nine positions. for he had five returning lettermen, two catchers, two pitchers, and Jim Welty. who had played at almost every position. This was to be the basis on which the team was to be built. lN'ith weather clearing up. the Panther hardballers beat YN'icklif'fe 7--l on Apr. 23. Visiting Conneaut Rowe on Apr. 25. the Bulans behind the pitching of Andy McElroy squeezed out their second win in a 4-3 effort. Roger Galliazzo shut out the Geneva Eagles 1-0 on May l. Engaging in a contest with their cross-town rivals on May 3. Bula squeaked out another victory 4-2. XN'ith Les DeGennaro pitching the Panthers marched on to victories over Harvey 2-l and YYickliffe 3 -0 on May 4 and May 8, respectively. By winning these two NEC victories. the .Ashtabula hardballers earned the right to appear in the Cleve- land district. Euclid was the team to play there on 24 Klay ll. Larry Nosse, the southpaw from Euclid, pitched a no-hitter and gave up only one walk to win 6-0. Rlay 21 saw the Panthers at Massticci Park blast- ing out revenge over Mentor 6-1. Les DeGennaro. after a rest from pitching three successive games. came back to win over Geneva 6 -- 0 on May' 22. In a game that lasted 10 innings at Edgewood on Xlay 2l. the hardballers of A.H.S. came out on the short end of a 7- -6 score. lliiidiiig up the season at Painesville Harvey. Les DeGennaro pitched the Bulans to victory 6-4. The season record ended with 9 wins and 3 losses. The Ashtabula Panthers won the NEC champion- ship. Les DeGennaro was chosen team captain for the season by his fellow lettermen Sam Dispense. Bill Forloine. Roger Galliazzo. Tom johnson. Ken Ko- vacs. Bill Labry. Don Thorpe. jim XYelty. and junior Andy McElroy.

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Lettermen Obtaining the coveted letter A means fulfilling the requirements which are different for each sport. Football Coach Robert Bieber awarded 22 letters to his 1956 squad, He requires senior lettermen to have played in 12 quarters, juniors in 16, and sophomores must have made appearances in 20. Seniors were Jim Booth, Dave Corts. Dick Fassett. Bob Gilchrist. Phil Hall. jack Kessler. Ed Limbach. Gordon McBride. Mike Mihalick. Bob Rowley, and Dick Teter. Six juniors won a varsity Au: Steve Candela, Larry Jepson. Dennis Minick, Wilbur Jenner, Ted Osowski, and Dominic Volpone. Earning monograms as sophomores were Harris Eberle, Wayne Harley, Harley Kananen, Terry Shaw, and Jim Spellman. Bob Gilchrist was captain of the '56 squad and also was chosen most valuable player. In receiving a letter in basketball. players must play in at least one-third of the total quarters. Basketball mentor R. A. Ball awarded letters to seniors Dave Corts, Bob I 71, .. jf' Z4 ,, ., we , f ef4.'?2,V,gl - M Q? K WWWW B' 5 Z-fnwfii LETTERMEN-FIRST ROPV: Harris Eberle, Steve Can- dela. Terry Shaw. Charles Nemitz. Dick Teter. Gordon McBride. Dominic Volpone. Wilbur Jenner. SECOND ROW: Larry Jepson. Ronnie Mollick. Tom Noonan, Bob Q Gilchrist, Gordon McBride, Ron Mollick: juniors Steve Candela, Larry Jepson. Jim Smith. and sophomore Bob Walters. Lettermen of the A56 track squad under Coach R. A. Ball were seniors Tom Carlton, Gordon Cooper. Bob Howe, Carlton Markin. Frank Sposito. Earl Redmond. and Charles Westerinen. Juniors were Dave Corts. Bob Gil- christ, Charles Nemitz. and Tom Noonan. Sophomore letter winners were Steve Canrlela and jim Coach. William Smith will take over the track coaching job this year. To win a letter in track the participants must gain 10 points in competition or place in the NEC League meet. Coach George Guarnieri awarded letters to seniors Les DeGennaro, Sam Dispense. Bill Forloine, Roger Galliazzo, Tom Johnson. Ronnie Katila. Bill Labry, Don Thorpe, and Jim YVelty. The only junior was Andy McElroy. Earning a baseball letter requires participating in one-half the total number of innings. A pitcher must win two games. Wwx ei: fi ,lil N!!! tl - Gilchrist. David Corts. Dick Fassett. Andy McElroy, Jim Booth. Jack Kessler. THIRD ROW: Jim Spellman, Bob Walters, jim Smith. Wayne Harley. Phil Hall. Dennis Minick, Jim Coach. '.3.. -k g. iff-