Turlock High School - Alert Yearbook (Turlock, CA)

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,fur Practices determine outcome of sluggers Our practices are very involved. Our infield- ers take a hundred ground balls daily, while our hitters work a great deal on quality batting ,,,,,,,,,,,- practice instead of quantity batting practice, stated first-year varsity coach Mark de la Motte. Determined to advance to Section Play- offs, THS braced itself for a tough year, with all CCC teams expected to finish very high- Beyer rated the most foreboding opponent. The Varsi- ty nine relied on their strong and solid defense and outstanding plays from such stand-outs as Brian Fantazia, Ralph Gonzalez, Mike Willemse, and Charlie Dragna. I loved playing on the team. l'd also like to continue playing baseball, because I don't think l'm good enough for big leagues . . . yet! commented a confident Dragna. Earlier in the season, Tegner Park was dedi- cated to the late Atch Pedretti who had devel- oped the winning tradition at THS. He was a close friend for many years and l felt we had many similar ideas. He was a great coach who can only be succeeded and not replaced by any- one, concluded de la Motte. 148 - Varsity Baseball 1 'X vff -.11'3Z '-VS! i '

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New coaches JVfFrosh baseball This being my first year coaching frosh- baseball, I hope to have an enjoyable and inter- esting year, commented coach Bill Winters. Frosh baseball expected valuable play from Dan Mills, Mark Cabral, Jim Carrasco and Russell Irish. The frosh nine looked good in practice and anticipated a strong season through the pitching of Irish. Hoping to keep the THS winning tradition alive, newcomer JV coach Chris Pedretti was kept busy building and strengthening the team. With many players coming off a strong fresh- man campaign, the JV sluggers expected to be a tough contender in league play. We have a good coach with a different style of coaching. lt's much more involved this year yet it's more fun. We'll have a winning season! exclaimed Dennis Azevedo. RIGHT: Coach Chris Pedretti plans his strategies. BOTTOM: Front row: M. Rocha, T. Fredeen, H. Gonzales, J. Cox, M. Cabral, D. Paulson, E. Jones, D. Thompson, A. Thompson, R. Volkmar, M. Ahid. Second row: B. Winters Ccoachb, J. Carrasco, M. Navarro, M. Tobin, E. Arnold, H, Walker, R. Quillen, R. Meeker, B. Johnson, T. Fernandes, L. Wisdom Ccoachj. 150 JVfFrosh baseball