Gerard Catholic High School - Image Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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TA TE CHAMPS.f This year's Varsity Baseball Team took it all the way. They had an overall record of 22-2 with a 10-0 record in Conference play. They began the year with a C14-31 victory against Dysart and had a four game winning streak beating Peoria C8-OJ, Winslow Q1 l- 2J and again 14- l J. The first game of the season that they lost was by a narrow margin C4-53 to Indepen- dence. They came back, however, and crushed them in a Q7-OJ victory. The Redcoats won their next two games against Globe L2-OJ and Mingus C5-45. In the Brophy Tournament the team annihilated AAA Apollo C20-OJ, but then lost to Brophy C0-25 for their last loss of the season. The Redcoats went on the rampage beating Gilbert Q6-23, Bourgade C8- lj, Corona Cl l-33, Cactus C7-55, Peoria Cl l-25, Dy- sart C7-lj, Mingus C10-45, Gilbert C5-25, Bourgade Q12-25, Corona C7-OJ, and Globe C5-23. In the State Quarter Finals the Redcoats beat Flowing Wells C3-23. In the Semi-finals the team nipped Flagstaff C6-55, and in the Finals they beat Lake Havasu Q8-51 at Tempe Diablo Stadium to become AA State Champs. The team was led this year by Senior captains: Steve Kmetko and Tony Mattia. The MVP was ace pitcher Tom Sizer. First Team All-Conference were Tom Sizer - pitcher, Tony Mattia - lst base, Steve Kmetko - short stop, Doug Bradley - out- fielder and Tom Knudsen - utility. The Second Team All-Conference member was Brian Haugen - catcher and All-State were Tom Sizer, Tony Mattia and Steve Kmetko. f S....l.n.,, lug 74 X kg l ,... I Qt sw , ...Q m

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the Swing of kings. 6 Y' ll -M Q? Y . 'GLU x Q -'if' 'ie j 1 I? lgh Y., 1 A m, ' , .. M. W , ,A t. Q U W ' , ,u 1 . ,V S. AX .4 -.-.41 A-4' l. Come on, Baby. Come on. 2. l'm the only one who deserves to bein this picture! 3. Top row: Bridgette Moya, Kathie Brown, Liszt Moler, Lori Carroll, Marta Ortiz and Captain: Donna Baker. Bottom row: Rita Jankovski, Lara Rodriquez, Donna Erhard and Julie Falconer. 4. Come on Lisa, pick up those feet! 5. Oh, does my hair look ok? 6. Bridgette Moya and HER softball. 7. I'll catch it! 73

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'82 CHAMPS Tom Sizer Tony Mattia Steve Kmetko Tom Knudsen Doug Bradley Carl Unfricht Brian Haugen Kevin Haugen Mike Pedersen Matt Hawes Mike Kenney Kevin Dougherty Frank Villar Joe Scuderi Rick Iafrate Gary Sharko 1. Coaches Carroll and Stone didn't look like this much of the sea- son. 2. Mike Kenney connects. 3. . . . and there's the team looking on with intensity. 4. Frank pitches while Tony waits to make the catch. 5. Coach Stone gives advice to Ke- vin Haugen. 75