My first Throwback Thursday post featured a photo of St. Helen's unicycle team, and I asked readers to provide any information they could about the people in the photo or the unicycle team in general, as no photo caption was with the photo in our archive.

I received an email from Nancy Winters, who was a member of the team from 1969 to 1974. She said the original photo I published was likely taken in the late 1970s or early 1980s because "the boys are wearing their hair longer than Fr. Moran would allow and the girls shorts are shorter than he would permit as well."

I told Nancy I would scan the additional photo, and here it is:

I am so impressed with how these kids got onto those unicycles and then were able to keep their balance! My lack of balance wouldn't have kept me on the unicycle team (or a unicycle in general) for very long.

A reunion for members of the unicycle team and other St. Helen's grads is planned for May 18 at Berkshire Hills Country Club. Check out the Facebook event page St. Helen Reunion Grads and Unicyclists 1965-1985 for more information. The page includes some videos of the unicyclists, which are definitely worth checking out.


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

The Lake County Captains open their season today at 6:30 p.m. at Classic Park versus the Lansing Lugnuts. So we're throwing back to the home opener last year.

Jeff Forman/JForman@News-Herald.com
Captains shortstop, and Indians 2011 first-round draft pick, Francisco Lindor high-fives mascots Skippy and Skipper during player introductions April 12 at the home opener at Classic Park in Eastlake.

In honor of this weekend's 35th News-Herald Classic, check out these photos of the 1989 teams.

Boys West: Assistant coach Dan Ertter, Scott Neola, Paul Szabo, Jim Ford, Eric Janke, Joe Tracz, Todd Trimmer, Dave Poplyk, Roberto Sosic, Ron Krause and Coach Tom Henderson

Boys East: Dale Morse, Bob Sutyak, Mickey Quinlan, Todd Lynch, Ed Powers, Derek Buck, Brad Long, Sean Seibert, Joe Sauric, Dave Lautanen, Howard Joiner, Coach Bob Bell

Coach Ray Force, Nancy Kramarz, Leslie Hubbell, Mary Felice, Jennifer Davis, Tatiana Lechowick, Jinny Simpson, Fran Vitale, Coach Lisa Kipp

Girls East: Coach Bob Beutel, Stacie Chapman, Angie Kane, Lisa Bonelli, Karen Porath, Laura West, Julie Staska, Jenna Staton, Lori Iammarino, Lisa Oravecz, Tracy King, Mike DeSantis