Lakota High School - Lakhian Yearbook (Kansas, OH)

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Football Team Works Hard Despite the dark overcast of the previous losing seasons, and although we were very few, we began pre- season training with all the excite- ment and vigor we could muster. Practices passed slowly but surely as underclassmen were faced with the task of filling the shoes of last year's seniors. As our coaches taught us the importance of team work and unity we gradually became a squad rather than the individual players we had started out as. Unfortunately, the high point of our season was the close ripping St. Wendelin gave us. This game how- ever, boosted our morale and along with the encouragement of the fans and especially the p0St-game com- ments of St. Wende1in's coach, gave us the desire and drive we needed to finish the season. The combined efforts ot coaches Cipiti, Scherger, and Smith seemed futile as we were dropped by team after team, ending our season with- out a win. The success of next season will depend highly upon the help that the underclassmen can give, just as it has been in the past years. If the enthusiam continues and the spirits stay high, the only way for us to go is up. Despite Poor Record a. George Strausbaugh feels the pain and frustration of a neck in- jury in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. b. The Raiders are forced to punt on fourth down as Paul Lucuis kicks under a heavy Gibsonburg rush. c. The Raider backfield comes charging over left tackle for an- other big gain. d. Making a first down conver- sion is important for the offense as a Raider half-back sweeps over left end for the first down.

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Record 8 4 THEY Fremont Ross Toledo Rodgers G1bsonbu.rg Woodmore Eastwood Fostorra Oak Harbor Genoa Margretta Clyde Otsego Ma or Meets T1ff1n Columb1an ou of 20 Perrysburg out of 16 Malone out of 25 Ashland out o 8 Flndlay out of 16 Lakota Inv out of 16 T1ffLn Sectlonal out of 15 S L L League ou o 8 a Before the race Tracee I-Iochst1ne and Karen Wasserman rub pud on therr legs to loosen the1r muscles up for the 2 1111161 V run aga1nst Genoa and Margaretta b Steve Naderer stays relaxed wh1le he concentrates on hrs Judgment of pace he nears the 1 112 m1le mark At the F1ndlayInv1tat1onal Steve ran hrs best 2 m1le of the season w1th a t1me of 10 14 c Coach Cl1ne glves Scott,K1rwen the good 1uck handshake before he ach1ev ed has personal best tlme of 12 53 1D the meet agamst Margretta d. Exhausted after a hard race at Fos tor1a, Lon Foster falls 1nto a deep sleep on the bus wh11e returmng home from a victouous battle Cross Country Goes C0 ed Condltlomng for Cross Country starts at the beg-mmng of summer w1th each 1nd1v1dual Joggang dally and worklng out on thelr own Out of 34 team members, S1X of them ran SOO m11es dunng the 3 months of summer vacat1on, wh1ch qual1 Bed them for the 500 mlle club In August, a few of the hamers and Coach Chne traveled to a camp 1n M1ch.1gan where they fur thered thelr tramlng for the up comlng meets There was a new tW1St to the cross country team th1s year when e1ght girls Jolned They were ex pected, Just as the guys were, to put forth thelr best efforts and con tnbute to the team as much as the1r potential enabled them to Most of the1r races cons1sted of competltlon agamst guys, so there fore they d1dn't ever 'dmsh 1n flrst or second place, let alone the top ten However, by the end of the season, the glrls expenenced a wmmng feehng when they passed a few guys at the flmsh 11ne Most people thought there would be a lot of statlc and pro blems due to the g1I'1SJO1I'11I'1g the team, but lt proved to be other w1se. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the sport of run mng throughout the whole season R 3 if I , 1 . fr. 5. ri 1,1362-f ,a L, . W e. Senlor Gary Lesher, rounds the corner , ' - ' at the halfway mark before fimshlng up with 10:41 agamst Oak Harbor at the on ly meet ran on our own home course. . ,.kt - Q I 1 ' gb I V If A an-l 'w is I 1. 1 f :-- W ' , EKU' L E Q: ai' gm. 11 I VVVJ ? .C AA' ,Q MW ,. a s WE if 29 27 33 22 ' 15 49 21 38 Elmwood 19 40 20 43 ' ' 20 41 21 38 40 16 ' ' ' 23 32 ' ' 29 26 . . . . . . . 15 47 ' ' . Q ' Uk, j . 1- 1 - . . . 3 t . . 5 . 12 ' 8 f . . . - - 2 . . . - . 2 ' , . . . 5 . , , , 2 t f ' . . . a n a . . .. - . V 4 , . f S 55 . ' . . . 3 -'.. 0 - 1 X