Highland High School - Highlander Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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at Highland Donkeys are victorious over faculty. Last year the Booster Club sponsored a donkey basketball game, the first one at Highland. The teams composed of the faculty, seniors, G.A.A., and Varsity H, played one another each quarter. The teams were dressed in their best uniforms and every- one retained the dignity that goes with the sport of Donkey Basketball. The experiment proved a hilarious success pro- ducing both laughs and money to help buy lights for the football field. ee ih Stubborn as a mule was the motto of this night. down. | if { ‘ | Determination is what one needs to mount this donkey! What goes up, must come Who is giving the hardest pull?

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Sports mean fun a Proud athletes accept awards at the Athletic Banquet. The awarding of letters to Highland’s out- standing athletes takes place at the Athletic Ban- quet each year. Each coach recognizes his best players and congratulates them for their spirit and cooperation throughout the season. Fea- tured at the 1960 Banquet was Mr. Marvin Frye. barger accepts a a Coach Gienke. Mr. Marvin Frye, basketball coach from Heidel- berg College speaks about the sacrifices one must make in order to have the honor of partici- pating in high school sports. VO Gnas ‘ive == The Senior-Faculty Game is one of the more humorous events on Highland’s busy calendar. Principal participants in this game are the senior G.A.A. girls, the senior boys, and the faculty Retreads.

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First Row: R. Zapotoczky, J. Wagner, R. Kalmeyer, T. Hood. Second Row: J. Kalmeyer, A. Cartwright, J. Kosman. Third Row: J. Klesack, B. Damon, B. Beatty, D. Cobb. Fourth Row: L. Kraus, J. Minch, J. VanArsdell. Baseball lends another sport to Highland. Eight games were played by the High- land baseball team last year. They were coached by Mr. Michener. The positions held by the boys were: Art Cartwright, sec- ond and third base; Jim Kosman, pitcher; Bill Beatty, first base; Bob Damon, right field; Rudy Zapctoczky, third base and left field; Jim Wagner, short stop; Tim Hood, catcher; Dave Cobb, second base; Jim Klesack, center field and pitcher; John Minch, center field; Jerry Kalmeyer, right field; Bob Schiele, center field; Jon Van Arsdell, short stop; Lance Copperman, right field; and Larry Krause, manager outfield. Track Team finishes third in county. The Highland track team having taken top honors in the county for four years straight, had to settle for third place during the 1960 season. Several members of the Highland team did take firsts in the county meet. Dick Sponseller copped the high jump and pole vault. Bill Gray in the shot put, and Bill Renner in the pole vault were able to capture blue ribbons. Other prominent members of the squad were Wil- son Pritt and Tim Gallatin, miles; Larry Copperman, Dave Reiff, and Gary Burton, dashman; Dan Connors, high jumper; Larry Brandel, discus thrower; and Mike Galbraith, middle distance runner. Coach Gienke First Row: M. Galbraith, D. Reiff. Second Row: D. Hoert, D. Connors, T. Gallatin. First Row: G. Burton, D. Sponseller. Second Row: L. Copper- man, B. Gray, L. Brandel.