Los Angeles Baptist High School - Scroll Yearbook (North Hills, CA)

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;: ' H. i 1. Kleinfelter waits for some action. 2. Davis anticipates the pitch. 3. Johnson awaits a strike. 4. Mattner swings for a single. 5. Knights dis- play sliding talent. 6. Frustration or support? 7. Ousman completes the pitch. 74 VARSITY BASEBALL

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knighf ' s baseball , . . a big hif Spirits were high as the Varsity Baseball team started the 1 978 sea- son. They practiced with great con- centration in hopes of reaching the play-offs which they had narrowly missed last year. The Knights had the potential of a championship contender; strong pitching and defense to go along with a sound hitting attack. With seven returning players, the season looked very promising. The leadership of coaches Don Lewis and Maury Neville sparked a sportsman-like attitude and the desire to work hard in trying to make it a great season in every way. The starting positions were as fol- lows: 1 st base, Conrad Kreiger; 2nd base. Ken Kleinfelter; 3rd base, Ron Sisler; Shortstop, Kyle Mattner; left field, Mitch Davis; center field. Rick Ousman; right field, Britton Banow- sky; catcher, Tom DeVries; and Paul Marriott, Rick Ousman, and Mitch David doing the pitching. With all of this talent being dis- played, the Varsity showed that it was capable of being a winning team. 9. Team picture. Back Row: Coach Neville, Tom DeVrles, Conrad Kreiger, Britton Banowsky, Rick Ousman, Jeff Jofinson, Paul Marriott, Coach Lewis. Front Row: Bruce Modgin, Ken Kleinfelter, Dave Phillips, Kyle Mattner, Doug Malousis, Larry Erisman, Mitch Davis, Karen Flanigan, Coach Days. (Not pictured: Kathy Pierce.) VARSITY BASEBALL 73

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Feb. 21 - - Pater Noster Feb. 24 - - St. Genevieve Feb. 28 - - Montclair March 3 - - Fillmore March 7 - - Chaminade March 9 - - Faith Baptist March 10 — Alemany March 14 — Whittier March 17 — Brethren March 28 — Western March 31 — Bell-Jeff April 4 — Lutheran April 7 — Ontario April 11 - - Vallev Apnt 14 - - Btethi pn April 18 - - vv.-;t. rp Atni : 1 — - Ftlimore - . ' 1 J ' l - - Lutheran fU v champs sfrik e again The ' 77- ' 78 Junior Varsity baseball team was under the supervision of Coach Phil Jennings and Skip Ger- lach. The J.V. ' s infield was led by the strong pitching of Rob Wright, while Tim Kuenn controlled first base and Ken Sneed protected third. Bases were not easily stolen against the strong arm of catcher Jon Gerlach and was nearly impossible to gain more than single base on a hit with outfield- ers like Ernie Negrete and Mark Goens. The Vets helped to break In the Rookies to round out a fine baseball team. Anticipating a success- ful season, Phil Jennings commented, I believe that this year ' s team will be as strong as last year ' s championship team. 1, Todd MacKerron hits a high fly ball. 2. The look of anticipation. 3. Players kick back to watch the action. 4. Pete Gerlach looks on. 5. Team picture. Top Row: B. Mirchandani, R. Wright, J. Allen, P. Fields, G. Adkins, M. Buchanan, T. Kuenn, J. Weyenberg, J. Gerlach. Middle: B. Travis, J. Gaddie, T. Beal, K. Sneed, S. Ardavanis, E. Negrete, M. Goens, J. Scott, c! Ganther. Bottom Row: P. Jennings, G. Johans- son, M. Romero, G. Farajian, K. Herrington, P. Gerlach, A. Blakely, A. Lewis, S. Gerlach, JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL 75