Sun shines on Bay Rockets' SNOBALL Run

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  • Bay High sophomores Logan Schmit and Nick Best participated in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Best won "Best Costumed/Most Spirited Runner or Walker in the 5K" at the the high school level. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Mia Sunahara and mom, Laura Rekstis Sunahara of Bay Village, finish the Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run at Bay High Stadium. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Melissa Hautz of Bay Village accepts her award for placing second in her age group with a time of 24:50 in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay Village fifth-graders Bridget Dougherty and Ally Bleisath were awarded "Best Costumed/Most Spirited Runner(s)/Walker(s)" for the elementary age level in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Awards were given at a post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony in the Bay High gymnasium. Photos by Mike Strauss.

  • Anna Spellman, age 2, daughter of Bay High Athletic Director Matt Spellman, gets ready to enjoy some pancakes at the post-race event. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay High sophomore Nick Best won "Best Costumed/Most Spirited Runner or Walker in the 5K" at the the high school level in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • "Hamlet" (with Rich Oldrieve of Westlake) was "The First Dog to Finish the 5K with its Owner" in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • "Hamlet" (with Rich Oldrieve of Westlake) was "The First Dog to Finish the 5K with its Owner" in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • A spirited pooch sports the 2013 SNOBALL Run T-shirt while participating in the 2014 1-Mile event. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • A spirited pooch participates in the 1-Mile Family Fun Run during the Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • The 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run gets off to a brisk start on a brisk morning. Temperatures rose to above freezing for the first time in weeks on race day. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Race participants get ready to run in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL Race. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay High cross country runner Jack Hautz, age 16, of Bay Village was the "Male Open Winner" with a time of 16:49 in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Run. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay High cross country runner Jack Hautz, age 16, of Bay Village was the "Male Open Winner" with a time of 16:49 in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Run. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Ally Pistorino with dad, Mike Pistorino of Bay Village, was "The First Baby in A Stroller to Finish the 5K" with a time of 24:40 in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Ally Pistorino with dad, Mike Pistorino of Bay Village, accepts her prize as "The First Baby in a Stroller to Finish the 5K" in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Awards were given at a post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony in the Bay High Gymnasium. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay High cross country runner Maddie Britton, age 17, of Bay Village finished the Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K race in 18:04 and received her award for "Female Open Winner" from Race Director Tim Brajdic (right) of Bay Village. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Tigger (Bay High senior Maddie Drenkhan) gives race participant Matt Norris of Olmsted Falls his award for being the "Most Senior Runner/Walker to Participate in the 5K" in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk. Norris is 85 years young. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Brendan Dougherty of Bay Village dribbled a basketball the entire length of the 1-Mile Family Fun Run during the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay High teacher and boys' soccer coach Bobby Dougherty and son, Brendan, finish the race together. Brendan dribbled a basketball the entire length of the 1-Mile Family Fun Run during the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay High senior Alyse Arko and sophomore Kerry O'Brien created costumes and dressed as characters from the Disney movie "Frozen" and entertained children and helped pass out awards at the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk and 1-Mile Family Fun Run post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Meredith Heldt (age 11) won the random prize drawing for all Bay Middle School students who entered the race. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Winnie-the-Pooh (Bay High junior Emmy Drenkhan) gives Bay High sophomore Nick Best his award for "Most Spirited Runner or Walker in the 5K" at the high school level. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay High junior Emmy Drenkhan and her sister, senior Maddie Drenkan, dressed like Winnie-the-Pooh and Tigger and helped pass out awards at the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race/Walk and 1-Mile Family Fun Run post-race pancake breakfast and awards ceremony. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Bay High Pep Band adds some spirit to the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL Run. For the first time in weeks, temperatures rose to the high 30s in time for the race. Photo by Mike Strauss.

  • Top finishers in the 2014 Bay Rockets SNOBALL 5K Race received a blue and white mug award. Photo by Mike Strauss.

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