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

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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

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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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»• • • • •3$ ■ J . ' ■ lost to ' 76 Sectional Champs. Shelby County. 6-4 With a 9 and 5 record, the Falcons defeated a strong Jeffersonville team. 5-3. behind the pitching of Mike Hicks and Tim Moreschi ' s power-packed home run BD then dropped two straight to Providence, 6-3 and Western. 1-0 Next, the Falcons traveled to Clarksville. Indiana and split a double header With an 1 1 and 8 record, the team split another double header with St X The only other losses in regular season play came against DeSales. 3-2 and Stuart. 3-1. along with strong wins over Providence and Beth Haven To end regular season play, the Falcons swept Valley In a double header. 10-3 and 5-0 Crossing the plate for the first run of a 9-1 rout of Shaw High School in Mobile. Alabama, is senior. Bob Malloy LEFT Before playing Shaw High School in congratulated by Coach Tom McAnally as he Mobile the first game of their Florida road trip rounds 3rd base and heads for home after Coach McAnally and Coach Brever give the hitting his second home run of the year against baseballers a serious talk ABOVE Eric Ray is New Albany Indiana 57 BASEBALL »