Prince George High School - Peerage Yearbook (Prince George, VA)

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Conglomeration of multi hand signals keeps Coach Collins active at third base with offensive strategy. Southpaw Alan Chudoba takes warm-up pitches prior to Hopewell-PG rivalry. Uncontrollable Petersburg victory fever seizes teammates Alan Chudoba and Jimmy Toombs waiting to congratulate tie scoring runner, Roger Vlk, from third base. On-Deck batter, Kenny Franciscus, loosens up with weighted doughnut before taking routine bat practice. Baseball 25

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The Big Green district title accounted for several All Tri-City selections, including a second straight Coach-of- the-Year honor. by Jim Folaros Throughout the entire PG base- ball season, the Royal men dis- played excellent fielding and fine pitching enroute to the Central Dis- trict title. Highlight of the season came with a vital come-from- behind 3-2 win over Petersburg, handing PG the district crown. Petersburg jumped out to an early 2-0 lead as Royal batsmen failed to connect. A final inning dramatic comeback captured the ba seball title with only two games to go on the schedule. Roger Vlk provided the winning run when he used smart base running along with key Royal hits. Capping off the regular season, PG lands rookie catcher on District team 24 Baseball All Tri-City selections confirmed Green’s ability as the Royals placed six of their ten starters on All Tri- City teams. Further balloting for the All-District heroes tallied five Roy- als. Right handed pitcher, Ronnie Wade and second year choice, southpaw Alan Chudoba shared battery honors alongside rookie sophomore catcher Mickey Vargo. Jimmy Toombs and Jimmy Folaros Front row: Mike Whitmore, Ronnie Wade, Jimmy Toombs, Lennis Fludd, Alan Chu- doba, Sterling Hunt. Second row: Kenny Franciscus, Ronnie Dedmon, Gary Webster, Jim Folaros, Bill Cook, Manager Bryan Laur- filled in centerfield and shortsto spots in the all star line-up. For th second consecutive year, PG caf tured the Coach-of-the-Year honc when Coach Wayne Collins too | The Progress-Index title. Goo defensive play, first-rate coachin tactics, and strong second effori signaled the first baseball distri¢ crown and first Central District tit) in the 20 year PG history. sen. Third row: Coach Wayne Collins, N key Vargo, Leonard Samuels, Rusty Ba Bill Hayes, Roger Vlk, Manager Car:! Bishop.

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Royals bunt, run under Parker Field lights Traveling to Parker Field for the opening game of the Central Regional playoff, Prince George found itself the decided underdog against a power hitting Highland Springs team. Prepared to play baseball, the entire Royal squad exhibited fine baseball tactics on the way to a 3-2 decision over the Springers. Alan Chudoba’s pitching, balanced with a nine hit attack, earned PG a spot in the Regional Championship battle against George Wythe. In the game, termed a pitch- ing duel, Ronnie Wade pitched nine innings of excellent ball only to give way to a George Wythe rally in the 10th inning. Closing out the extended season with a 13-3-1 record, PG accepted an invitation from former Royal, rookie Balti- more Oriole, Johnny Oates to visit Memorial Stadium. Climbing aboard a special chartered bus for a Baltimore Oriole-Oakland Athletics contest, the fine Royal season offi- cially closed. A 26 Regional Baseball