Bishop David High School - Crosier Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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Baseball team thrills fans This was a big year f r the Falcon base- ball team First, they totaled an impressive 18 wins while playing one of the toughest schedules in the state Secondly, they took the first baseball road trip in the school ' s history to Pensacola. Florida Thirdly, the Falcon baseballers brought what might be the final 22nd District crown back to BD The Falcons ' success this year can be attributed to experience, due to seven returned starters from the previous year and a lot of hard pre-season work. The Falcons were blessed with talent to go along with experience The offensive attack was led by consistent hitting on the part of Bob Malloy. Tim Moreschi. Kevin Skaggs. and Mike Thielmeier The power hitting was more of a team effort than an individual one because each of the 10 regulars had at least one home run The combination of consistent hitting with power hitting gave the Falcons a strong offensive attack. The team had good speed on the base- paths with such players as Jeff Lyons, who had only been thrown out stealing twice in two years Good runners also were Mike Ryan. Bob Malloy. Alan Deddens. Eric Ray. Rick Curtis and David Smith Strong defensive play was led in the in- field by seniors. Kevin Skaggs (Golden Glove award winner two consecutive years). Fred Shablik. Tim Moreschi. and Mike Harreld Strong back up in the infield was con- tributed by Joe Scheler. Steve Thieneman and Buddy Ray The speedy outfield was led by Mike Ryan. Eric Ray and Bob Malloy with strong back up play by Jeff Lyons. Scott Peak. Larry Druien. and David Smith To make the defensive attack all worthwhile, the team was led in the pitching department by Alan Deddens. winner of All-District and All- Regional team awards: Mike Hicks, two- time winner of the BD Pitching award for most wins in regular season. Mike House and Mike Harreld The relief pitching was headed by Joe Scheler, Jeff Lyons. Buddy Ray. Mike Thielmeier and Scott Peak The suc- cess of the baseballers was a combined team effort G VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM FRONT ROW Mike House Eric Ray. Chrit Jacobi Ricky Curtis David Smith. Stava Thieneman SECOND ROW Mack Dale Mike Ryan. Fred Shablik Jeff Lyons Buddy Ray Bob Malloy Kevin Skaggs Alan Deddena Donnie Fowler BACK ROW Mike Harreld Scott Peak Larry Druien Mike Hicks Tim Moreschi Mike Thielmeier Jc i Scheler Coach Tom McAnally 54 BASEBALL '

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3C Frosh roundballers long on spirit A s the freshmen took to the courts, their spirit and determination shown through Being divided into two teams, their chances of success doubled during the year There was a regular freshman team and a second team, called the B-Birds The freshman team had a rough season ending up with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses Coach Ken Black attributed this dif- ficulty to the smaller size of the freshmen compared to their opponents The team, however, put out much hustle in spite of the odds and the final scores of the games were close. Freshman B-Birds ended up with a 6 wins. 3 loss record against their opponents, most of whom were grade school intermediate teams Under Coach Bill Young ' s guidance, the B-Birds also scored victories over Doss and Trinity freshman teams p FRESHMAN BASKETBALL TEAM - FRONT ROW John Meyer. Steve Miller. Billy Nash. Fred Ansert. Mike Sodini. Shawn White BACK ROW Tim Davis. Matt Atzinger. Gary Conder. Jamie Lampkin Coach Ken Black, Mark Renfro, Mark May field. David Popham %. 5fi La I sn. B BIRDS BASKETBALL TEAM - FRONT ROW Jeff Buehner Mark Kaelin Don Chavous John Willett Kevin Deddens BACK ROW Coach Bill Young Ken Norns Keith Zipper John French, Bill Toomey Stuart Hayden Tim Mattingly Kevin Oliva ABOVE LEFT Freshman basketball team member Shawn White shoots above the defensive hands of a North Hardin player 53 FROSH BASKETBALL

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VARSITY BASEBALL RESULTS Won 1 8 Lost 1 2 3D 8 PRP 4 )D 5 Lanesville 1 3D St Francis DeSales 5 3D 9 Shaw High Sch , Mobile 1 3D 1 1 Pensacola Catholic 2 3D 5 McGill-Toolen. Mobile 6 3D 9 Pensacola Catholic 3D 4 Pensacola Catholic BD 4 DeSales 8 BD 6 Floyd Central 11 BD 8 New Albany 3 BD 6 Butler BD 6 Lanesville 2 BD 4 Shelby Co. 6 BD 5 Jeffersonville 3 BD 3 Providence 6 BD Western 1 BD 5 Clarksville 3 BD Clarksville 1 BD 4 St X BD 13 St X 6 BD 8 Providence 4 BD 2 DeSales 3 BD 1 Stuart 3 BD 10 Valley 3 BD 5 Valley BD 24 Beth Haven BD 3 Western BD 9 PRP 5 BD 3 Central 22nd District Champions 5 Enroute to a 3-0 shutout against Western in district action, Alan Deddens. hurls a pitch LEFT Before the beginning of the game against DeSales. Alan Deddens Joe Scheler Tim Moreschi. and the rest of the bench, look over the competition ABOVE Coach Tom McAnally invented a new walk while in Florida It is called the how to avoid a spash from poolside walk 55 BASEBALL 1 i .