Edison High School - Reflections Yearbook (Milan, OH)

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Reserve Pull Through 8 10 Season Edison Reserve 1 Scoreboard 39 Norwalk 43 41 Monroeville 37 45 South Central 26 38 Western Reserve 31 42 St. Paul 41 45 Mapleton 50 38 Firelands 48 23 New London 34 28 Huron 50 30 Black River 36 33 Margaretta 38 32 Monroeville 40 44 Western Resenre 22 49 South Central 34 46 St. Paul 41 36 Mapleton 46 58 New London 48 30 Black River 32 Despite an 8-10 record the Reserves played excit- ing ball throughout the season. They lost their first game to Norwalk and then went on to win four conference games in a row against Monroeville, South Central, Western Reserve and St. Paul. The Chargers then lost seven in a row, three which were non-conference games. The Reserve cagers then bounced back to win three games against South Central, Western Reserve, and St. Paul. Near the end of the season the Reserves lost to Mapleton, and then came back to defeat New Lon- don. ln the season finale the Chargers lost a squeaker to Black River. Rich Mills, junior, led the team in scoring with 165 points for an average of 9.2 points a game. The Reserves averaged 40.0 points on offense and gave up 39.0 points on defense. UPPER RIGHT, KNEELING: Manager Loren Heckelman, Coach Jerry Osborne, Manager, Micheal A.. Smith. STANDING: Jeff Geason, Terry Hall, Steve Crecelius, Brian Willis, Rich Mills, Tony Robinette, Scott Burras, Pat Livengood, Darrell Maines, Wayne McCoy, and Gordy Moyer. BOTTOM RIGHT: Finding it hard to make 2 is Tony Robinette.

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Edison's Track Squad Places Second Edison track team finished the 1973 season in sec- ond place behind IVlapleton in the Firelands Confer- ence track meet. Dennis Spradlin was the first track- man ever to win the 220 and 100 yard dash three years in a row. ln dual meets the Chargers finished with 1 win and 4 losses. The only win was against Western Reserve 73-54. The thinclads also competed in three trian- gular meets. They won against Western Reserve and South Central 83M-542-19 and came in second against lVIargaretta and Old Fort 682-62M-24M-28, and Columbia Station, Columbus South 69M-65-242. At the sectional track meet John Bostater finished first, Dan Pritt and Tom Sanders finished second, and Dennis Spradlin third in their events and qualified for Districts. Although Dan Pritt failed to go on into the state finals, he finished fourth in the District. During the track season four records were broken: John Bostater in the discus 139.72 feet and the shot put 51.1 feetp Dan Pritt, long jump 21.421 feet, and Tom Sanders in the pole vault, 12.6 feet. Dan Pritt was voted most Valuable Player for the eighth annual lVlargaretta relays. Dennis Spradlin scored the most points during the season with 181 points and was also named the lVlost Valuable in track.