The 1985 Garfield G-Men softball team finished the season with a 15-3 record and were champions of the Portage County League.

The 1985 season was just the third softball season in school history, with the program launching in 1983 under the leadership of the Noland and Novak families.

The team included:

Front row left to right: Tammy Novak, Teresa Crews, Tracy Mottice, Kelly DeWalt, Cindy Pulse, Nancy Simera.

Middle row left to right: Jane Maur, Heidi Cumberledge, Mistie McDowell, Shelly VanEssen, Tanya Angel, Britt Perusek, Barb Collopy.

Back row left to right: Coach Diane Carmen, Deb Noland, Deb Chin, Amy Jones, Claudia Herrington, Tiffani VanEssen, coach Sue Hilderbrand.

The team’s game-by-game results were:

Windham, 5-3

Streetsboro, 12-13

Crestwood, 23-9

Rootstown, 5-2

Woodridge, 5-4

Mogadore, 16-3

Waterloo, 8-5

Southeast, 8-7

Mogadore, 11-4

Crestwood, 6-5

Kent Roosevelt, 3-11

Streetsboro, 8-2

Woodridge, 6-1

Waterloo, 6-3

Rootstown, 14-15

Southeast, 2-5

Ravenna, 14-12

Windham, 13-2