C E Ellison High School - Free Spirit Yearbook (Killeen, TX)

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Baseball Takes Away Boredom Baseball season picked up right as the middle of the school year boredom set in. The sport added ex- citement and participation to the spring. The season opened with a big vic- tory over Killeen on February 15th. Though only a scrimmage game, the team won 17 to 7. High expecta- tions for district play offs had all the players giving 10071 in practices and games. Another reason for a terrific season was the many years' ex- perience between the players. The average playing time was eight years. Many like Robert King, Randy Sullivan, joe Daggs, Richie Kryzwon- ski, and Donnie Vale had ten and eleven years experience. Most of the players had the same goal in mind. They wanted to achieve a position on a college team after high school and then to think about professional ball. Some of the members looked up to role models in professional baseball. Levy Green said, ul like Pete Rose because of his 2 enthusiasm and determination. 5 Donnie Vale favored Rod Carewg because he hits base hits and? doesn't try for home runs. Coach? Blomquist hoped that his entire? team would remember Rod Carew's advice, Blomquist was often seen during the season in the dugout shouting, Get a base hit, home runs come later! JUST in from playing the field and waiting to bat are Tim Iones, David Carrillo, Rudy Arellano, Anthony Conde, Randy Sullivan, and loey Marquez. DAVID CARRILLO takes a mighty swing at the ball during an early scrimmage game against Killeen. 250 Varsity Baseball C py dl y tby Vicky Henning

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Experience avs The l.V. Baseball team was one of the more experienced teams that Ellison has had. The team proved to be one of the more outstanding teams in the district. Under the leadership of Coach Bunkley Morris, the team's skills such as fieldin , batting, and running all improvedg a great deal. Another fac- tor that helped them with their play- ing was the amount of practice that they had. They practiced on Mon- day through Saturdays for about three hours. Most players felt that they would like to play baseball in college. Almost all the players had the skill and talent to do so. COACH CUNNINGHAM and Coach Mor- ris discuss the day's schedule. THE players practice their throwing. KEVIN PIASTA gets ready to catch a ball thrown by another player. DAVID OSBORNE takes a break from practice. 252 lV Baseball C py dLy tbyKyleSmith E 1 , l lil ,Q . l -l , , V V E. ees. ' A MEMBERS of the IV Baseball team are lfront rowl Sean Pruett, Scott Krzywonski, jason Sandobal, David Osborne, lohn Gilmore, Bryon Cole, Steve Miller, Shand Onthank, lohn Vick l2nd rowl Paul Hayward, Kevin Revis, john Buchhc Keith Kearney, Allan Weiss, limr Gooden, Rickie King, Kevin Piasta, Ricarl Landeros