Marysville Union High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Marysville, CA)

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,...-, Pitching and hitting o o Cmbullu-fry was abundant this year on the MHS JV baseball team as Coach Alex Pappas and the JV's worked on improving 1976's l4-6 overall and 9-5 Sierra Foothill League records. In pre-league games, the JV's had a 4-0 record with wins over Sutter, Lincoln, Davis, and the East Nicholaus Varsity squad. Handling the pitching chores for the JV squad this season were David Chiono, Pat Hicks, Tom Hoover, and Barry Youngman, all of them were also strong hitters. A strong offensive unit provided the needed punch at the right times to score runs, while the JV's sharp defense held the opposing teams to few runs, thus allowing the JV's to come out on top. Coach Papas stated that the toughtest competition during the year would be Del Oro, Placer and Oakmont. , , .fy l, After calling timeout, Barry Youngman gets slowly to his knees with an expression of disbelief on his face, stepping into his swing, Youngman connects with the baseball, rounding second bose on his way to third, Youngman tries to beat the outfield throw, sliding heodfirst into third base, Youngman creates a cloud of dust. 2. Scooping up the baseball, Tim Conaway barely gets his glove an the ball. 3. Frosh baseball players Gary Cena and Steve Centerwall take o break from practice. 4. Coach Pappas discusses strategy with JV players Roger Shadd and David Chiono during a game against the Sutter Huskies. Q 112 jv' baseball! ,G ..,,.. in . 5. ..' ' A K FRONT ROW: P. Hicks, G. Boom, P. Mitzel, T. Rivinius, M. Carlton. SECOND ROW: Coach A. Pappas, T. Hoover, B. Youngman, D Chiono, R. Shadd, V. Henry. THIRD ROW: C. Boss, D. Wooten, K. Johnson, D. Marler, M. Couch, R. Foster

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W? i ,'7 ,swf .ma sa K rw ' f ,Y Sixteen energetic girls hoped for a better record than the 1976 season of only one win. Although the 1976 team had only seven girls, they managed to have close scores. The 1977 team worked with four returnees-Cindy Bundock, Kim Doty, Lisa Kaufman, and Amy Lim-the girls track team worked with the inexperienced. Because of Coach Ken Colt's insistent griping for more girl's long distance runners, two won first places in the first home track meet. Debbie Goodwin ran a 6:16 to win the mile in her first race ever. Two miler Lisa Huckins clocked a 15:51.9 to help highlight the girls performance. Stiffest competition for the girls were Oakmont and Placer High. Hoping to reverse the scores from last year's season took some doing. Oakmont's 101-4 win in 1976 pushed tracketts to participate in all events. Assistant Coach Pat Wold felt that miler Debbie Goodwin showed great potential in the first meet against Colfax. Shot put thrower Margaret Mays displayed outstanding talent by throwing a 25'1 1' in her first time in competition. Instead of letting the opposing teams win all the places in the field events, MHS trackettes quickly filled the field events. Girls increased their chances of winning by placing in many of them. Early in the season, Coach Colt felt that the girls were an outstanding group of young ladies who had not yet reached their potential. null f f- 'TM FRONT ROW: L. Johnson, K. Lawrence, C. Smith. SECOND ROW E. Johnson, J. Scott, D. Goodwin, A. Lim. THIRD ROW: C. Bundock, L. Kaufman, K. Doty, 1.. Huckins. 1. Sophomore pitcher Teri Ashbaugh releases a perfect pitch to a Pleasant Valley batter under the watchful eye of the umpire. 2. Attempting four feet, Lisa Huckins displays her talented arch. 3. Successful handoffs are a sign of good teamwork between 440 relayers Eden Johnson and Kim Doty. 4. Taking a swing at the softball and missing, JV player Colleen Spears gets all wrapped up in her attempt to get a base hit. girlie? tracts 6127

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Due to the lack of practice fields, the Marysville High School freshman baseball team practiced after shcool in the football field. Coach Don Schroeder kept I8 players on the roster, enabling him to shift players around to different positions and for team members to gain experience. After suffering a close loss to the East Nicolaus JV's, 6-1 overall and lO-5-l Sierra Foothill League records. One step in the right direction was an impressive win over the visiting Nevada Union Miners. ln a close and exciting game, the freshman squad took a narrow victory, 6-5. --.Q f f A gyciiii r Mg I I In . , o , . .,, . :Y xi l 5- Sib- .D M. if , FRONT ROW: K. Pineo, R. Purdy, D. Thorton, R. Simmons, D. Bonilla, J. Youngman. SECOND ROW: T. Conway, K. Ward, K. Chambers, J. Link, G. Stoner, T. Wooten. THIRD ROW: Coach D. Schroeder, G. Horsely, J. Faust, M. Simpson, G. Cena, D. Pillsbury, S. Centerwall. yi li J l freshman baseball me ' -, -f the freshmen team strived to improve on 1976's I3-