Solon High School - Archive Yearbook (Solon, OH)

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Running Events THE I958 TRACK SCHEDULE Arena Indoor Meet. . . . Warrens., Solon . .... Burton, Akron-Ellet, Solon . . Northfield, Solon .... Wesleyan Relays ..... Orange Relays . . . County Preliminaries County Finals ..... SOWMAC Meet ..... District Meet ...... Orange, Mayfield, Solon State Meet Preliminaries State Meet Finals . . Brush Relays .... March 28 Apri I Apri I Apri I Apri I May May May May May May May May May The Comet cinder men concluded the I958 season with a much-improved team record, including five entries in the State Meet, as compared with three for the last year. They took third place in the District Meet, which qualified bath the mile and 880-yard relay teams for the Columbus trip. In addi- tion to these, Solon was represented by Yappel in the high iump and discus, and by Keldorf in the pole vault. I... I :QM W 'if' 1, , ,. . .. ,, X 'K . fs HT' ' COMET TOP SPRINTER, Phil Shimits, nears the finish line ahead of the Orange contender in the 220-yard dash. Bernie Krzys, the most outstanding per- former, was selected Captain at the end of the season. A senior, he took second place in the State-mile competition and was a consistentwinner in the mile and 880-yard run in the local contests. Making up the mile-relay team at State were Lau, Van Nostran, Nobel and Krzys. Simone, Williams, Shimits and Yappel represented Solon in the 880-yard relay. COACH DON LAMBERTON discusses schedule of events with team captain, Kryn, and ace distance man, Nobel. . ,ga M.,pw't3e.w . . . ff vs. 'ffl when 3? givin ...Q-R X W5 f..

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1.- Track Team Concentrates on... ' N ,ju ,v . 1 gn W, l THE TRACK TEAM. FIRST ROW: Yoppel, Davidson, Meggyesy, Sroufenborough, Nobel. SECOND ROW: Lou Klinger, Van Nostran, Lowry , Williams. THIRD ROW: Coach Lumberton, Schindelar, Keldorf, Harwood, Shlmnfs FOURTH ROW: Brown, Blechschmid, Krzys, Simone, Moii. T , r 223,011 9 . A N new qv MQ 'K 4 ,, 4 'ff ' J, - 1 3 K' 1 if if ,, if ,V Huang DODMAN NOBEL, senior distance man, finishes first in the mile run. NANCY OHRSTROM chalks up points for the SOWMAC Meet, of Solon is - i we

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Strong Comet Nine Adds County... vnptf -rl '.fi ' . F ..l .,., . ww COACH RODRIGUEZ and Lewis check starting line-up. The Comets' baseball team closed the I958 season with an undefeated record in League play, and with the County champ- ionship. The team played thirteen games, losing only three. In District Tournament play, the Comets defeated Rittman, 2-I, in the first round, but were eliminated by Brookside, I4-3. The pitching department was led by Parks with an 8-I count. Lowe completed the season with a .523 batting average, and was selected alternate first baseman for the East All-Star team. Davis and Parks, ,N mf u A- T he 5' 1f,0Lw 11 Q Q ffg r iii! -,'y I Y ' 4,- THE BASEBALL TEAM. FIRST ROW: Wilson, Webb, Baumgardnar, Emshoff, Bakal. SECOND ROW: Bafdr I-UWM Parks Davis, Corny. THIRD ROW: Davis lManagarJ, Lewis, Monroe, Cowan, Winters, Uthe. 54