Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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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

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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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All fur nne ... Coach Walters builds team unity ' jJ'he basketball team lacked height but had plenty of desire. Coach Walters said that the team practiced and played together. 'They gave every ounce of energy they had untilthe end said Coach Walters. With only two returning senior lettermen, Ray Caudill and Mark Cray, no height, and a late conditioning, the team had its work cut out for it. They had many problems in the beginning of the year, such as shot selection, communication, ano belief in their abilities, but they recognized all the problems they could and worked on them extensively in practice. One goal Coach Walters had was to build unity in the upcoming players. He wanted basketball players from seventh grade on to feel united and have a bond with the varsity players. He had the freshman team go to the )RW game with the junior high to watch and to sit wth them at half time. Also he had the junior high team warm up and practice with the varsity and sith with them at half time. By building this unity. Coach Walters believed that the upcoming teams would play together as a unit and, as a result, become winners. On a fast break, left Craft beats his man and scores a qunk two points with a layup leff was a starter and letterman a sophomore, which was a great act am-pbshment Leaping over his defender, Cory Allgood takes a high percentage rtstde shot. The team lacked height but made up for it with desire, jumping ability, and shot selection.