Brunswick Academy - Viking Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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comPGTiTion Upper Left: The crack of the bat meeting the ball signals a hit for Terri Howerton and Brunswick Academy’s championship softball team. Above: Catching the Nansemond-Suffolk Saints by surprise. Garner Chandler goes high in the air above the foul line to sink a basket. Lower Left: Hurrying to avoid a Kenston Forest rush, Kevin Blackwell gets off a punt in the Kava- lier game. Competiti on — 9

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Enthusiasm was the word for BA sports in 1974-75. Attention and stress was on the importance of the audience. Pep rallies tried to fill the students with spirit, and a faithful few attended the games. For the first time in BA’s history, the softball and JV football teams brought home the pennant. Starting out with only a few faithful play- ers the baseball teams strove to bring honor to BA and joy to its fans. Its hard work resulted in close games and victories. Hopes for a championship Girls’ Varsity Basketball team fell through; they had to settle for fourth place in the Western Divi- sion. The varsity football record didn’t match the junior varsity record but gained valuable experience for next year’s session. 8 - Competition

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$K Kv m •f 5K »Jc»‘iW v5? • ■, T ' ' ■ ; «5f ' J-T K ■♦ Y M MW v ? ? V¥ ' . ?vr ’ • A. = - Below: J. B. Reid’s curve appears to be high, but, as usual, his “out pitcli” will break at the last moment, following both batter and umpire. Above: Dean Adams takes a good pitch from an opposing Kenston pitcher. BA 3 ...Huguenot 9 BA 1 Prince Edward 5 BA 1 Kens est 11 BA % Mecklenburg 5 BA 3 Meclclenbiffg 5 If BA 3 Huguenot 13 k ■ BA 1 Ro kJ 4 ' h..- ■ W ' BA 4 Ro3 fW .. . 2 ■ ' BA 5 Amelia 3 BA I Ston Fore 3 BA| Prince Edward 4 V B Amelia 0 Eliminations BA 7 Rock Hill 6 Playdo ’s BA 2 Isle of Wight 5 Overall Record: 7 wins, 9 losses Baseball ’74 — Despite small turnout of players, fans, BA makes impressive bid for tournament. To many, the 1974 baseball season does not appear to be an impressive one. But a winning record, though it means a lot, is not everything. The Vikings played a tough schedule, and to top things off, many games there were few or no players on the bench for replacements when in- juries occured. Neither, said the players, was it easy to give their best to empty bleachers. These and many other predica- ments hurt the team all season. Neverthe- less, they played relentlessly, with the drive of a team with all the breaks. Pre-season action brought encourage- ment to the gutsy few, as they over- powered Surry and Nansemond-Suffolk. The season opener with Huguenot, however, proved to be disappointing as the powerhouse Rebels slapped BA with its first loss. Pitcher J. B. Reid held them relatively close, but the Vikings just couldn’t get the big hits. At Prince Edward, the Vikings played well, but their offense was again lacking, as the team evened their record at 2-2. Things were getting pretty discourag- ing, and Kenston Forest didn’t help the situation. Viking pitchers didn’t have it. and were mercilessly knocked off the mound by the Kavalier bats. The offense, stymied by their strong pitching and de- fense, scored only one run. Mecklenburg proved to be a relatively even match to BA. In the first game of the doubleheader, the Vikings had every- thing going for them, as they held on for a one run victory to break a 3-game losing streak. In the second game, however, the odds were against BA, for there were no fresh players, as everyone had played the first game. Mecklenburg took advantage of this and the exorbitance of BA errors, and pulled out a 5-3 win. Traveling to Huguenot saw the boys play well the first few innings, but then develop butterfingers, as the home team rallied for nine runs the last two innings. The long trip to Charlottesville was worth a split with Rock Hill. In the first game, the timing of Viking batters was thrown off considerably by the slow 10 C ' ompetition Ba.seball