Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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.V. f«- • CROSS COUNTRY AHS 42 Madison 17 . 37 Geneva 23 23 St )obn 36 30 Edgewood 25 45 Riverside % 18 34 Conneaut 22 17 Willoughby 42 33 Harbor 22 WON 6 LOST 2 WON 2 LOST 6 a As the Riverside meet begins . our memtjers seem sparse among the larger team The team managed to place wel even underconditions such as this. With a look of pain and determination senior Bob Sholtis strives for the brush line Bob had a great year and was the team's strongest runner. CROSS COUNTRY 23

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Team improves More successful than records A believe that this has been one of the best teams I have had here at Ashtabula High School since I have coached crosscountry.' This statement by Coach Ray Billy summed up his feelings about the cross-country team. The team went 2 and 6; but every runner knew that his record didn't do the team justice. We could have gone 4 and 4 if it hadn't been for a number of injuries at the end of the season,' commented Mr Billy At the Northeastern Conference, Ashtabula had five runners come in under twenty minutes in the 3.1 mile run. This was the greatest number of people who came in under twenty minutes since the event has been run. One of these people was senior Bob Sholtis. Bob set a school record of 17.27 minutes during his 3.1 mile run. When asked how he felt about his performance, Bob said, 'At the beginning of the year, I didn't think I would do this well, but as it turned out, I could have done better than I did. One thing that Coach Billy saw in the team this year was a sense of its being more of a family The team got t-shirts for the first time, imprinted with nicknames that they had made up for one another It could be this closeness that enabled the team to work together and succeed, no matter what the record said. HK (ace grimaced , Don Gaylord attempts to overtake a Riverside opponent It put the runners to the test when they had someone next to them 22 CROSS COUNTRY

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At his position of guard Ray Caudill takes the ball out of bounds Ray was a very effective passer throughout the season as wefl as a consistent shooter and scorer. The only two returning senior lettermen, Mark Cray and Ray Caudill, leave Coach Walters' room after a pep talk Coach Walters strongly recognized the need for team unity. 24 VARSITY BASKETBALL