Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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1 guess I'm doing some sort of rain dance', states Jeff Grad while Ray Cauckl claims that he is practicing his break dancing. aff, a sophomore, and Caudl. a senior, were both m the starting live. Looking rather tad Ed Parker skies over his opponents to release his shot (or a qu k two points Even though the team was not very tai. they replaced height with jumping ability Varsity Basketball 27

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Spirit fluids an Underdogs show « he basketball team was considered the underdog in basically every game they played this year Pride, made us go out every game and give our all. We know we were the underdog, but that made us want to win even more, ' stated junior Rusty Ezell. The team was looking to upset as many teams as possible. One such upset which stands out in the minds of the players and spectators was the game with Madison. At the time, Madison was second in the NEC and Bula had only one victory. But after the 76-66 major upset, Bula had 2 wins and Madison dropped in the desire on court NEC standings. Senior Bob Sholtis said, 'We went into every game with a positive attitude. We wanted to prove that we were better than anyone else.' Team members may not have been victorious in the number of wins, but they were winners. They played as a team and kept a positive attitude. They had pride in the school and went on the court to play the best they could During basketball practice. Coach Robert Walters oversees moves demonstrated by lotas Taylor A graduate ol AHS and Baldwin Wallace. Mr Walters had coached here (or 16 years After being a part of the basketball program for four yean, senior Bob Shod is displayes cxce ent jumpshot form Bob was also a member of the cross country and tennis teams 26 Varsity Basketball iiMflHi

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ILL JV BASKETBALL JV BASKETBALL JV BASKETBALL JV cJV Leads Way JV shows pride and dedication I he 1985-86 jv basketball team showed much determination and spirit even though their record was not indicative of their attitude. Sophomore Jerry Slay said. The team worked hard at every practice, but we couldn't get our act together during games. We always seemed to have our bad quarters.' Intensity was one of the aspects pushed by second-year coach Jim Hood. Coach Hood said of the team. We were trying to be a more unified team, and all three coaches were trying to stress dedication and intensity.' The jv team lost some close games throughout the year which some players thought was a good sign. Junior Brain Shislowski pointed out,'We lost quite a few of our games but we didn't always lose by that much. I'm sure the jv players are looking toward next year.' At sophomore Jason Raffenaud (10) shoots, teammate Deon Measley tries to move in for the rebound Jason, one of the starling live when the season opened, had played in the program for four years In the game against St. John, sophomore James Kist tries for a basket as |V teammates look on The team was coached by Jim Hood, who had previously been the freshman coach 28 JV Basketball