Oak Hill High School - Inflight Yearbook (Converse, IN)

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diamond NINE wins m.i.c. trophy for 1970 season Up to bat! Who's on deck! are a few of the sounds one hears at a Oak Hill Baseball game. The Eagles coached by Galen Smith and Gary Habbager went to a 15-6 re- cord for the season and also won the M.l.C. conference race. The Eagles defeated Wabash-1 and Oak Hill-3. While the Eagles shut out Eastern-O Oak Hill-5, Northfield-O Oak Hill-2, Southwood-O Oak Hill- 9, Cass-0 Oak Hill-4, and Eastern-O Oak Hill-9. The Eagles had close calls against North Miami-3 Oak Hill-4. After running over Madison Grant -1 Oak Hill -8, Eastbrook-5 Oak Hill--8, Maconaquah-5 Oak Hill-10, Bennett -3 Oak Hill-6, during the 1970-71 sea- son. Oak Hill's golf team headed by coach Iames Law began their putting and prac- ticing while the spring thaw left the ground mushy and squishy. The Eagles teed-off against Cass Kings in their open- ing performance in April. The Eagles will be competing M.l.C. teams for honors for all conference trophy. The Eagles re- ceived M.l.C. all conference trophy last year by having the greatest number of points when those from all sports were to the ninth green, added. During practice Gary Dedaker drives GOLF TEAM: Front: Scott Corbin, Dave Shellen, john Emerson, Monte Towe, Gary Alexander, Greg Reed, Greg Hiatt, Stan Davis. Second Row: Kevin Williams, james Spangler, Mike L. Mark, Mark Hiatt, Ted Oyler, Steve Schick, Randy Goodman, Mark Shepherd, Dennis Gray. Back Row: Coach Iames Law, Mike Winters, Brent Davis, Curt Winters, Gary Vinson, Chris Roos, Gary Dedaker, Frank Connor, Guy Benedict. 80 golf Coach Galen Smith and Mr. Gary Habbager disa gree with umpire during Tri-Central game.

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CROSS COUNTRY captures 5-0 dual record in '70 season Coach lack Keefer's Thinlies captured an outstanding 5-0 dual meet record during the previous spring track season. In starting the season off right, freshman, Iim Needler placed twelfth in the two- mile run event at the Hoosier Relays. Jim revealed leadership during the season and proved to be an outstanding runner. Iim's classification as a freshman runner puts him in position for a real competitor throughout his high school career, he's also a cross-country participant. Oak Hill started off its dual meet schedule by soundly clobbering Missis- sinewa 98-19. After starting off on a winning foot, the boys jaunted to Fair- mount and Southwood to hand them losses of 67-51 and 87-31 respectively. The Panthers of Eastbrook and Eastern's Comets also failed to conquer the Golden Eagles as they were defeated 89-29 and 81-37 respectively. In triangular meets Oak Hill's Harriers placed second at Logansport and Hunt- ington. They were victorious at Man- chester and also against Maconaquah. Relays weren't too victorious for the Golden Eaglesas they placed second at Marion and Oak Hill. To round out a good season Oak Hill placed a respecta- ble second in the Mid Indiana Conference race behind Northwestern. Oak Hill's cross country team headed by Coach Don jones captured a .500 sea- son in dual meet competition. In dual meets, the harriers won victo- ries over Eastern 27-28. After being beaten by Maconaquah 25-34, they went onward to whip Peru 23-34. In the remaining dual meets they were defeated by Eastbrook 23-32 and ended their dual meets by conquering Western 26- 30. Oak Hill placed second behind East- brook and ahead of Madison-Grant in a three-way meet at Eastbrook. With six teams participating in the Bennett Invita- tional the harriers placed behind North- western and Maconaquah. Also in the Grant County Invitational, Oak Hill placed behind Eastbrook and ahead of Madison-Grant for second place. Oak Hill entered sectional competition with sophomore lim Needler qualifying for the regional, as Oak Hill ends their sea- son' cross country 79

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1 l i 5 'M , -rv 1 BASEBALL TEAM: Front Row: Brian Smith, Frank Connor, Lynn Anthony, Brad Shellen, Bill Schick, George Pinkerson, Gary Buckler, Danny Horn. Back Row: lack Dawalt, Bill Foust, Dennis Gray, Monte Towe, Gary Dedaker, Mike Tribbett, Mark Miller, Kim Richardson, Dave Shellen, Galen Smith, Gary Habbager. ,L f Up to bat Oak Hill's outfielder Bill Schick, infielder Brad Shellen, and pitcher Brian Smith view the scoreboard as Oak Hill leads 5-0 in Tri-Central game. baseball 81