Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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face after knocking off the once powerful Spartans. Teams always love to beat the guys on top, and until this year, it was us, said Haas. The ESC season started with a bang. The Spartans traveled to Aurora and beat the Greenman with Paul Mysyk ' s three run double. This win over Aurora produced the second win of the year and the first in conference play. The Spartan diamonders t hen lost three in a row, including a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to eventual league champions Kirt- land. That was the best game we played this year, and I really wanted to knock off those guys. said junior centerfielder Mike Haas, who had two hits in the loss. The low point of the season came in the second Kirtland game, when the Spartans blew a 5-0 lead and lost 24-7. We not only blew the game, but we also blew the chance to -stay in contention for the conference title, stated junior Bob Potokar. Even with the final 6-13-1 record and a drop to fifth in the ESC, the season held many good points. Nick Tibaldi made first team all-ESC at shortstop. Paul Mysyk, rightfielder, led the team in batting with a .347 average. Leftfielder Bob Suszek led the team with two homeruns (both in the St. Joseph game) and fifteen RBI ' s. Junior Mike Haas batted .500 in the league play and made second team all-league, as did junior pitcher Jeff Mayfield who pitched the game of the year in the season B ases were loaded. With a 300 average, I was up to bat and it was up to me. I stepped into the box and eyed the pitcher down . First pitch comes in. strike one! ow I was ready . Second pitch, crack! Stunned I couldn ' t move. The ball floated out of sight. I took off at a slow jog knowing this was my moment of victory . Here power was the ultimate fundamental . ending 5-1 win over Cardinal. Tournament time took the Richmond Heights Spartans to Farming- ton where the Spartans devastated the weaker Indians 20-4. Through an unlucky draw, the Spartans then traveled to Ashtubula to play the powerful St. John Heralds, one of the top A teams in the state. The Spartans inexperience was greatly exposed in the 27-0 pasting o f the Spartans, and hopes were directed towards the 1985 season. The JV team under first year coach Ed Baitt, the first in many years at RHHS, finished a strong 5-5 against tough competition to raise hope for the future. It was a very exciting season for us. We had a bad start but we finished out strong, states freshman Ricky Malinas. The team consisted of two sophomores and nine freshmen. David Molnar and Brian Schwenk, both freshmen, lead the team as co-captains. Brian played third base while David played behind the plate. w fr r . kMyi ' S V ■ • «e 8% gbf JO I li! ! n k y 1 1 Wind Up. Junior Jim Richards pitched many J.V. games. Upperclassmen often pitched J.V. because of the lack of pitchers. E-6. Dave Molnar keeps score during a varsity game. Underclass varsity players were given such tasks as keeping score. 94 Boys Baseball

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The high of the season was being rained out against Ignatius mid game . what to do? A disheartened Jack Vrh sits on the bench watching his team lose a close game to Berkshire, 8-6. Jack alter- nated with teammate Chris Courtney at playing first base. Man, it ' s cold! In the early part of the season when it was still a liit chilly. Coach Mervar stands with folded arms hoping that his team will produce a win against Orange. His hopes were not totally destroyed when his team tied 3-3. t • - ' ' ? fm l: Pi Baseball WE THEY 1 2 Euclid 11 2 Eastlake North 16 3 Orange 3 2 Gilmour 9 5 University- 9 7 St. Joe ' s ' 19 6 Perr ' 5 9 Aurora 5 1 Berkshire 7 6 Cardinal 20 2 Kirtland 3 16 Beachwood 6 3 Xewbun 9 8 Beachwood 4 ( Kirtland 24 2 Aurora 9 6 Berkshire 8 5 Cardinal TOURNAMENT 1 20 Farmington 4 Ashtabula St. John A 27 i Bovs Baseball 93

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Junior Varsity Baseball WE THEY 6 Euclid 14 University ' 15 1 Orange 4 16 Aurora 9 7 Gilmour 9 9 Newburv 3 5 St. Joe ' s 10 11 Aurora 1 6 Baptist Christian 3 D Kirtland 4 !¥? Time Out. Senior Jim Skernevirz gets directions from the coach after success- fully makmg it to third. Jim started at second base also. Holding him on. Jack Vrh positions him- self for a pick off play at first base. lack got em about 259? of the time. The biggest disappointment of the year was losing to Kirt- land. Boys Baseball 95