10/5/1988
St. Joseph High School senior Tom Cvelbar takes time before football practice to appreciate the dramatic lakefront scene behind the school. Cvelbar plays offensive guard for the Vikings.


-- Cheryl Sadler | CSadler@News-Herald.com | @nhcheryl

I came across this photo in our library and am totally fascinated by it. Anyone have any information about the St. Helen's School unicycle team? Do you know when this photo was taken? Can you identify anyone in the photo?

-- Cheryl Sadler | CSadler@News-Herald.com | @nhcheryl

1984: The head coaches are chosen for the upcoming Save A Sight football all-star game – Madison’s Paul Kovats and North’s Terry Hurley.

1973: Dwayne Caldwell scores 34 points, including the decisive basket with two seconds remaining, to give Lakeland an 87-85 win over St. Clair during the Region XII tournament in Delta, Mich.

1962: The Regional Press all-Northeastern Conference boys basketball team is unveiled, with a starting five including Wickliffe’s Frank Fitz, Mentor’s Jeff Kalin, South’s Walt Janssen and Geneva’s Sam Hands.

1951: Carl Gulf scores 15 points, including the game-winning shot on a jumper in the final minute, to give Newbury a 72-70 win over Chardon in a Geauga County Class B tournament consolation game.

1940: Johnny Broaca, “bespectacled right-handed pitcher” according to the Painesville Telegraph, signs his contract for the upcoming season with the Indians for less than the $8,000 he originally requested.

1929: A local YMCA basketball team announces it will play a squad from Austinburg consisting entirely of siblings – five starting brothers and two substitutes.

2005: Jeff Jernejcic scores 14 points, including the game-winning basket in overtime, as Chardon edges Cleveland South, 51-49, in a Division I sectional final at Euclid.

1994: Christine Filakosky scores 16 points and pulls down eight rebounds, and Newbury goes on an 18-6 run  to close the game and defeat Hawken, 46-35, in a Division IV Richmond Heights sectional semifinal.

1983: Vic Davidson and Keith Furphy each have two goals to lead the Force to a 7-6 victory over the Wichita Wings, and Kim Cantwell scores 17 points in the Lakeland women’s 75-65 win over Tri-C East.

1972: Larry Koynock (145 pounds), Ed Hissa (167) and Al Johnson (heavyweight) take their weight classes as Berkshire ends Richmond Heights’ three-year reign at the ESC wrestling tournament.

1961: Jack Adams nets 26 points, but the Pipers fall to Akron, 106-97, in National Basketball League action in what could have clinched the Eastern Division championship.

1950: Joe Schupp, the Western Reserve League’s leading scorer, outscores and makes more field goals than Perry by himself with 45 points in Kirtland’s 84-36 league victory.

1939: Indians pitcher Bob Feller temporarily relinquishes his driver’s license in his native Iowa after being caught speeding in Georgia while on vacation and paying a $10 fine.

1928: Nat Hickey records 14 points as the Cleveland Rosenblooms overcome a five-point halftime deficit and even their series with the Syracuse All-Americans, 30-28.

1993: Nine Lake Catholic wrestlers win their weight classes as the Cougars roll to the NCL tournament team title, and Ronnie Anderson scores 21 points as University defeats Linsly (W.Va.), 76-60.

1982: Steve Phillips scores 21 points as Hawken defeats Kirtland, 69-56, and heavyweight Greg Battaglia records a pin in Kenston’s 33-25 win over Aurora.

1971: Lakeland’s first men’s basketball tournament game in program history is set, as the Lakers will take on Tri-C Metro in two weeks as part of the Region XII sub-regional.

1960: Ron Heymeyer, Ray Moriarty, Phil Garbo and Louis Fidasza each record pins for South in a 38-5 win over Wickliffe, the Rebels’ 11th dual victory of the season.

1949: The Browns are announced for an upcoming basketball exhibition in Chardon, with a lineup including Otto Graham and Marion Motley and a perk of a quart of Geauga maple syrup for those Browns who score at least five points.

1938: Barons winger Bud Cook is third in AHL scoring with 32 points, and Indians outfielder Earl Averill signs his contract for the upcoming season, believed to be a cut from his previous $15,000 salary.

1927: In a boxing card in Syracuse, Cleveland fighters Johnny Risko and Jimmy Trannett win – Risko by 10-round decision over “Tiny” Jim Herman and Trannett by six-round decision over Joey Manuel.

2003: John Rhoden falls just short of a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds as Cornerstone Christian edges host Open Door, 57-55, in boys basketball action.

1992: In the week’s state high school wrestling poll, two area schools sit atop their respective divisions – Lake Catholic in Division II with 195 points and Ledgemont in D-III with 129 points.

1981: Kenny Carr records a double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds, but the Cavaliers see Coach Bill Musselman and forward Don Ford ejected in a 109-96 loss to the visiting Bulls.

1970: Rich Cole and Mike Krauss each net 17 points, but Lakeland falls to Tri-C Metro, 80-78, and the Indians assign Tri-C student and left-hander Willie Hendricks to their Sumpter farm club.

1959: It is announced the Carling Open golf tournament, which hadn’t been played in Cleveland in six years, would return to the area Aug. 6-9 at the Seneca public course.

1948: Joe Carroscia scores 15 points to lead three players in double figures as Wickliffe defeats Chester, 71-43, in a game in which the hosts were “outclassed from the start to the finish.”