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

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JV baseball team mounds up experience RIGHT Trying for strike 3, pitcher. Chris Jacobi lets loose a fast ball against Trinity BELOW Assistant Coach. Bro Carroll Posey, CSC goes over some pre-game strategy with Gary Ryan. Mark Renfro. and David Smtih before the JV baseball game against Trinity. JV BASEBALL TEAM - FRONT ROW Carey Sims Chm Jacobi John Rhea Gary Ryan David Smith. Joe Scheler Steve Tierney BACK ROW Coach Kevin Brever John Johnson John Willet Danny Hicks. Mark Renfro Mike Johnson Jerry Wallace. Andy Craycro ' Bob Nash Mike Sodini. Kevin Oliva Larry Weidnc Jerry Meyer Kevin Deddens Dean Berry Coach Br Carroll Posey. CSC 62 JV BASEBALL

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LEFT Tim Moreschi. catcher it awaiting the throw to home while a PRP runner crosses the plate to score a run ABOVE Relief pitcher Mike House delivers a pitch as the Falcons are en route to winning the 1977 22nd District title in the game against PRP which ended BD 9 — PRP 5 61 BASEBALL

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• game In t§wn V..4 L ouisville ' s only professional sports ' franchise — softball — decided to make BD its home field When the Kentucky Bour- bons were formed they were left with the problem of having no place to play Without newly erected park, our field was chosen be- cause of it being the best field in town. Mr Leo Tierney and the administration decided to accept the team ' s offer, seeing it as a chance of possibly paying off the Falconeers ' sizable debt on the field by the end of the summer It was also a chance to employ students to work at the softball games, parking cars and working in the refreshment stands Bourbon outfielder Danny Williams is forced Out at second in a game against Milwaukee With opening day scheduled for June 1 1. 1977. the Falcons were rushed to get the field ready on time. Several members of the football team donated many hours on June 10 and 11. putting seats for over 4.500 people in An expensive scoreboard was placed in right center field Improvements made on the field were ke r t at the school after the season ended The first weekend of the home schedule played here was a tremendous success with over 1 0.300 people lamming into the park on the two nights Pro softball had arrived in Louisville and BD was its home ( Bourbon j top hitter Bill Gaddie takes his cut as Cobbie Harrison awaits his turn in the on deck circle 63 SOFTBALL