Madison High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Madison, OH)

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Chess Goes f f This year is the first year for two chess teams. These are the A and B teams comprised of five players on each team. These positions are earned by play-offs held during practice. Chess club had the largest turnout of boys they have ever had and they were welcomed by all new chess sets and boards. The Chess Team is in the Lake County inter- scholastic Chess league. There are nine teams in the league. Ron Argo and Jeff Brown won the pre-season tournament. At the end of the year awards are given out to the two best teams and to the two individu- al players with the most points. 25

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Diamond man Chester Cudzilo ronnects for another Madison run. Diamond Men Sparkle The Bluestreak Baseball team, under the coaching of coach George Opron and Gene Melin, ended its 1969 season with a 7-7 record over all and a 4-4 league record. The Bluestreaks finished in second place behind a three way tie between Harvey, Wickliffe, and Riverside. The 69 baseball squad didn’t fare well against either Riv- erside or Harvey, losing twice to each club. Fortunately they were able to knock off both Wickliffe and Perrv twice for their league mark. Chester Cudzillo finished the year with the best pitching record in which he pitched a 4-2 record. Mike Stewart, Jeff Strack, and Jack Petroff each gained an addi- tional win. Perhaps the high point of the sea- son was their victory over Wick- liffe, spoiling their attempt for the league championship. In the first of these games, Madison won 7-6 in a game that went nine innings. The box score showed 7 runs, 13 hits, and 5 errors for Madison, while Wickliffe had 6 runs, 11 hits, and a single error. Craig Stier led the Streaks with 3 hits, one of which was a grand slam home run. The score was tied 6-6 until the 9th in- ning when Chester Cudzillo was forced home after Rick Tuuri was hit by a pitch. Even though the Streaks ended with an even record, they exhibited great team spirit and ability the entire season. With 7-7. VARSITY BASEBALL Madison 4 — Newbury 10 Madison 8 — Wickliffe 0 Madison 4 — Perry 0 Madison 4 — Geneva 1 Madison 7 — Wickliffe 6 Madison 1 — Perry 0 Madison 1 — Riverside 5 Madison 2 — Mentor 0 24

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Undefeated Is Great For the First time in seven seasons of coaching wrestling. Coach Gene Melin found himself an undefeated team. The 1969-70 Bluestreaks Wrestlers brought home a perfect 10-0 dual meet record while gain- ing their third straight Champion- ship, their second in the Lake Shore League, the first being in the old W.R.L. Their First match was against Jef- ferson, in which they recorded a 39-3 count. An easy victory fol- lowed over Edgewood, with a 30-13 score. Madison then cap- tured First place honors at the Edgewood invitationals, while hav- ing seven boys take Firsts in their weight classes. Those gaining First places were Rick Baldner, Larry Hamilton, Keith Davidson, Doug Tisi, Bill Pethtel, Ken Davidson, and Larry Roberts. With the coming of the month of January, Madison saw Five more victories fall into place. This upped the wrestlers record to 7-0 and set the pace for their next victory, the Howland Invitationals. Madison brought home the First place trophy along with First places by Rick Bal- ner, Larry Hamilton and Ken Da- vidson. Madison then proceeded to wrap up their season with victories over Riverside, West Geauga and a close match over Mentor by a score of 21-19. Undefeated in dual meet competi- tion were Larry Hamilton and Bill Pethtel. Overall records showed Larry Hamilton with 16 wins and no losses. Congratulations are sure- ly in order to the Bluestreaks Wres- tling Team who now hold a string of 15 consecutive wins. Above — Doug Ungers wrestles to gain con- trol of his opponent. Right — Captain Rick Baldner leads the team in calisthenics. Middle — Jack and Ken Davidson give Coach Melin one of many victory rides. Far Right — . . . And Jim Wickert wins again. Below Right — The Bluestreaks wrestlers ap- plaud another victory. 26