Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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1959 marks Winles A frustrated Comet halfback finds herself fenced in by onrushing Explorer forwards. Trying to swing past Chadsey stick wielders, Mary Sobania races ahead to capture the ball and to drive it back within scoring range in hopes of tieing the game. Clutching Comet mascot, Leo the Lion, Cody lield hockey reserves try to stimulate their teammates with their lion-hearted spirit as they call out words of encourage- ment from the sidelines. The fall of 1959 saw the Girls' Field Hockey Team clashing sticks with competent league contenders. They skillfully kept Cody from scoring a single victory during the season. A persistent downfall of rain permanently cancelled the first game of the season with Cooley. Dismal weather continuously set the scene for gray games. Chadsey was the first opponent to defeat Cody as the Explorers out-maneuvered Comet stick wielders, 1-0. Meeting Mumford next, Cody determinedly battled Mustang competition. Gaining possession of the ball time and again, the ,girls were unable to score through the Mumford line and Cody lost a second time, I-0. Cody met with no more success in their third encounter. Although they repeatedly came within scoring distance, an experienced Redford squad held Cody to a scoreless record. In the last game of the season, however, the Comet team did rally back, to tie Mackenzie, 1-I, and finish an uneventful season. One hundred sixteen

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At the crack of the gun, Cody harriers bound cross country squad teamed up for a spirited effort forth at the start of the West League Champion- which thrusted them into a second place finish. ship. Outdistancing most of their opponents, the Spectators at the finish line watch intensively as Jack Keating surges ahead of a West League run- ner to help him capture a place on the All-City Cross Country Team. Determined Comet harriers set out to score a third successful cross country season but stumbled in the race for league honors. Rugged competition and over-confidence obstructed their path as Cody sprinters got oy? to a slow start. Picking up speed later in the West Side race, Cody was too far behind to catch up with top league contenders, as they finished the season with an even record. Cody encountered its first defeat at the hands of Northwestern in the opening meet of the season. The Colts were off and running at the crack of the gun, leaving Comet sprinters far behind and unable to catch up. For the second year in succession, Cody faced Redford in the hope of out-distancing champion H uskie runners, but again Redford crossed the finish line first. Then, with an accelerated pace, Cody raced past inexperienced Ford competition to score their first Comet victory this season. Making that two wins for the record, Cody thinclads cut the tape well in advance of Mackenzie and Cooley in a final tri-meet for the year. In the West Side League run-offs, Cody streaked past rival pace-setters to score in second place, just behind swift Redford harriers. Cody then raced on to place fifth over East and West League competition in the city finals. One hundred fifteen

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Held hockey record Handicapped by two to one odds, lone Cody for- ward Diane Corbett iights to gain possession of the ball from two Mumford players and pass it to waiting Comet teammates. GIRLS' FIELD HOCKEY TEAM . . . Front Row: D Simon, J. Rankin, M. Archibald, B. Field, M. Sobania, D. Hodnicki, J. Frost fco-captainj, D. McPhail, J. Ross Second Row: J. Bean, J. Doody Cco-captainj, J. Ruszkie- wicz, D. Corbett, M. Ramsey, M. Lentz Cco-captainj, B Addison, V. Najjar, M. Webb, C. Rector fco-captainj. Back Row: K. Morrissey Ccoachj, J. Hrabar, C. Mayo, S. Hrabar, T. Wroblewski, S. Liedkiewicz, S. Najjar, J. Snyder Cstudent managerl . One hundred seventeen