Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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STRIKE THREE . . . Pitcher Paul Butcher digs into the mound with determination as he hurls a third and vital strike. Ripple went on to defeat Cathedral 4-3. 4' Q CD r-0' '14 VARSITY BASEBALL fSpring 19761 G' 16 wins 12 losses m BR OPP Mooresville 0 10 U9 Mooresville 14 12 CD West Vigo 1 Terre Haute S. 3 6 3 Marshall 1 6 1 Pike 5 7 1 Speedway 7 12 4 Speedway 8 10 QQ Ritter 7 3 1 Roncalli 11 9 CD Hamilton Southeastern 11 O :J Attucks 17 2 1,4 Scecina 2 0 Howe 9 5 U- North Central 1 4 QD Manual 4 3 CD Lawrence Central 1 4 CD Marshall 1CityJ 1 2 Shortridge 18 4 U Northwest 19 1 QD as ington WL 13 2 I Arlington 5 4 4 Cathedral 4 3 S13 Chata,rd 11 24 1 Attucks 2 1 Q, fSectionalJ f-1- Chatard 6 1 '-4 Scecina 5 7 U' SD CD CD CJ' Q1 1 CD CD RESERVE BASEBALL tSpring 19763 Q 1 win 12 losses 4 BR OPP CD Ritter 7 8 Carmel a 11 O' Attucks 8 13 QQ Howe 2 12 U, North Central 0 10 CD Manual 1 15 Lawrence Central 2 8 U Northwest 0 4 QD Tech 5 7 1 Washington 7 8 1 Arlington 6 14 CD Cathedral 7 5 cnatard 1 11 CC8 -1 4 CQ VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM - BACK ROW: Coach Ed Freije, Reggie Moran, Jeff Bates, Wayne Speckman, Bill Moss, Assistant Coach John Woody, CENTER ROW: Tony Page, Mike Jeffers, Dave Debruler, Paul Butcher, Mike Sterrett. FRONT ROW: David Boyd, Tom Kleinschmidt, Brad Dehnke. Baseball I 27

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Varsity begins slow but finishes well in tourney After losing the first seven out of eight games, one might think that a team would become discouraged and give up. But not the 1976 varsity baseball team membersg they pulled together and came out with a winning season record. First round sectional competition had the Rockets defeating Attucks, 2-1. City Champion Chatard, which had previously beaten Broad Ripple 24-11, was upset by Ripple in the second round of sectional play. One step away from the Regionals, the team was pitted against Scecina. Tying the score late in the game proved in vain for Ripple as the opponents rallied to win, 7-5. JA smash to right field . . . Tony Page hit a grand slam home run during the Chatard game. However, Broad Ripple lost to Chatard that day, 24-11. With Mike Jeffers, Wayne Speckman, and Tom Kleinschmidt boasting four home runs to their individual credit, Ripple led the city with 15 home runs. The reserve team, which was plagued with injuries and errors, finished with a 1-12 record. The injuries came when Jim Snyder broke his arm and Ronnie Vaught had an emergency appendectomy. Coach John Woody said, The team never gave up and was never down all season. THE HARD WAY. . . Wayne Speckman takes a hard swing in a close game with Tech. Speckman hit a double and Ripple won, 9-8. RESERVE BASEBALL TEAM - BACK ROW: Coach John Woody, Herschel Chenault, David Albean, Jim Snyder, Walter Willis, John Taylor. FRONT ROW: Ben Roush, Don Hodges, Kevin Cruise, Larry Lineback, Tony Watts. 26! Baseball

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7 71 Orton clears 6 3 sets new record: Relay takes 6th With an unusually young team, Broad Ripple was not as competitive as Head Coach Earl Dosey had hoped. At the outset of the season we had hopes for the team, but as the season progressed our inexperience kept us from the type of season we wanted, stated Coach Dosey. Some of the highlights of the season were the varsity 880 relay team which ended the season with a record of six wins and six losses. The team also placed sixth in the City Meet and Sectionals. Members of the team were Kent Gray, senior: Jeff Rinck, junior: and Isaac Hood, and Daryl Johnson, sophomores. J The freshman 880 relay record has been broken two years consecutively: first in 1975 by the team of Isaac Hood, Gerald Metzger, Stanley Woodard, and Daryl Johnson, and again in 1976 by the team of that year. g rf xv Si X, X., 5.55. 1, -R Freshman Malcolm Orton set a new school high jump record for varsity and freshman with a jump of 6'3 in the Attucks meet. He also went on to win the Freshman City with a record iump of 6'0 even. The freshman relay team broke the relay record by .4 with a new time of 1:38.5, the old record being 1:38.9. The team went on to place second in the Freshman City Meet by lowering their record time to 1:37.4. The freshman relay team consisted of Fred Phinesee, Malcolm Orton, Wilbur Kelley, and Eugene Anderson. 'Mi O-FF AND OVER . . . Wilbur Kelley and Jeff Rlnck attempt to get early advantage over their Brebeuf opponents. Wilbur and Jeff won first and third, respectively: but Ripple lost the meet to Brebeuf, 45-76. TRACK TEAM - BACK ROW: Assistant Coach James Kittrell, Kent Gray, Jimmy Jones, Richard Todd, Jerry Murrell, Kenneth Guynn, Malcolm Orton, Phi lip Boose, Fred Phinesee, Rico Bunton, Doug Wieneke, Assistant Coach Pat Koers. SECOND ROW: Head Coach Earl Dosey, Daryl Johnson, Jeffrey Woodard, David Kelly, Lorenzo Lewis, Wilbur Kelley, Eugene Anderson, Keith Scott, Steve Sawrey, Jeff Arcuri. FRONT ROW: Michelle Hauck, Ronald Hyde, Jeff Rinck, Tracey King, Isaac Hood, Brent Goble, Greg Spudic, and Stanley Woodard. 28 I Track V' ! yn . Vs ,L A H