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

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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 .

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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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Baseballers travel to sunny Florida The Falcons opened the season with their neighborhood rival. PRP The lead changed hands several times with the Falcons coming out on top. 8-4 Bob Malloy. Mike Ryan and Mike Thielmeier each had homeruns They took their second victory from Lanes- ville. 5-1 behind Alan Deddens one-hit pitching and 1 1 strike outs. Their first loss came to a team from Chicago. St Francis DeSales. 0-5 Four out of the first 7 games were rained out against Beth Haven, E-Town. Floyd Central, and Jeffersonville With a 2 and 1 record, the team headed south for their first road trip to Pensacola. Florida during spring break After they arrived in Florida and got settled, they took a short trip to Mobile. Alabama to play one of the toughest high school baseball teams there. Shaw High School The Falcons took an impressive win 9-1 behind a strong hitting attack and one-hit FAR ABOVE The Falcon baseball learn flex their muscles on the white sandy beach of Pensacola Florida ABOVE RIGHT Enioying the surf in Florida are Alan Deddens and David Smith RIGHT Relaxing on the beach at Pensacola are several faculty members who followed the team on the trip Mr Robert Eckert. Mrs Regina Braver Coach Tom McAnally Miss Charlotte Miller Mr Tim Hyland and Bro Carroll Posey CSC pitching of Alan Deddens The next game was with Pensacola Catholic and the Falcons again showed their power with an 11-2 win behind strong pitching from Mike Hicks. The Falcons ' only road trip loss came against McGill-Toolen in Mobile. Alabama. 6-5 The next two wins came in a double header with Pensacola Catholic The first game the Falcons won easily. 9-0 The sec- ond game was won 4-0 behind near perfect pitching on the part of Mike House BD made a good showing for Kentucky baseball with 4 wins and 1 loss against some tough competition from teams in two states This Florida road trip could become a traditional thing at BD After coming off a tiring road trip, the Falcons lost to DeSales. 8-4 and Floyd Central. 11-6 They bounced back, however, with three consecutive wins over New Albany. Butler, and Lanesville The team then 56 BASEBALL 1