Brunswick Academy - Viking Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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Left; Wliile first baseman Mike Wright holds a Kenston runner close, second baseman Kevin Blackwell and centerfielder Carroll Moseley wait for the pitch. Above: Muscles straining for maximum power, Ricky Cheely takes a rip at a good pitch. Below: Varied expressions on the Viking bench indicates the anxiety of the team’s last at bat. Competition Baseball 13

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Fundamentals, Attitudes Show In Record Of 7-9 Every game was a team effort, but there were a few plusses: J. B. Reid did a good job on the mound, and played fine defensive centerfield; Shortstop Ricky Cheely, a leading hitter and baserunner, was voted the team’s MVP; Pitcher-cen- terfielder Carroll Moseley was voted the Most Improved Player, and all-conference pitcher in the Western Division of the VAAC; and Clint Clary, also a player of versatility, had a good season pitching and playing third. Because of the team’s definite im- provement, there is promise in the ’75 team as there will be more experience, and hopefully more members on the team to provide more depth. The boys really gave 1 00% the whole year; whether they won or lost, played super fantastic or super crummy, every player could say that all those hard days of practice were not in vain. Through the coaching of Mr. Shirley Sweet, the team learned fundamental baseball, including how to take the losses with the wins. Front Row: Clint Clary, Carroll Moseley, J. B. Reid, Mike Wright, Dean Adams. Back Row: Hank Harrell, Tex Whitley, Kevin Blackwell, Hampton Hite, Manager Chris Barker, Ricky Cheely, Coach Shirley Sweet. Below: Coaching first base is just as important as third, with seldom a spare moment. Tex Whitley looks to third for his next sign. Bot- tom Left: Intently gazing towards home. Second Baseman Kevin Blackwell gets into his “get ready” position. Bottom Right: Coach Sweet seems to have fallen into a determined gaze while coaching third. 12 (’ompetition Baseball

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High Spirit, Lots of Noise Award BA First Softball Championship 1974 VAAC Champs — Lady Vikings: “We Did It!” Philosophers have said that bad begin- nings mean good endings, and the Lady Vikings can certainly agree with this. The promise of a successful season after two preseason victories (beating Nansernond Suffolk and Surry) suddenly began to diminish as the Lady Vikings promptly lost four of their first five season games. In the opening game with Huguenot, inexperience in a young infield, combined with weak hitting, cost BA a heartbreak- ing one-run loss. At Prince Edward, the second loss was marked down, attributed mainly to poor umpiring. Traveling to Kenston, the team scored only twice (from Boo Clary’s home run), compared to Kenston’s output of 12. Rain postponements kept the team from getting “psyched up” for the games. When the girls traveled to Mecklenburg for a double-header, they realized they had to get to work . . . FAST. In the first game, the Lady Vikings played a great defensive game, cutting runners down at third and home, while holding the Lady Knights for three extra innings to chalk up the season’s first vic- tory. The second game saw the tired girls play sub-par in the early innings as Meck- lenburg salvaged a split for the day. With scorching bats the improving Ladies rolled over the Rebels. Still on the road at Rock Hill, BA stomped their op- ponents twice to sweep the doubleheader. Finally coming home, the Lady Vik- ings extended their winning streak to four games by overpowering Amelia. But Kenston brought her bats to BA for the next game, and badly embarrassed the girls, winning by 1 1 . The “turning point of the season,” claims Coach Walton, was the big Prince Edward home game, a must win to keep any playoff hopes alive. A bad start had the Lady Vikings down 8-2 after four, and all began to think about next year. But through the next three innings, BA tied the score, and the Viking bench was making so much noise the visitors com- pletely fell apart. The “Big Team” pulled it out in the last of the ninth, on consecutive singles by Boo Clary, Winona House, and Daphne Slaw. The Lady Vikings were fi- nally putting it all together; bats were hot, defense and pitching had stabilized, younger players were gaining needed ex- perience, and most importantly, there was spirit on the field and on the bench. For the finale of the regular season, BA barely held on to beat the Patriots of Amelia. This sent the team, 7-5 in the conference to an elimination tournament with Prince Edward, Huguenot, and Mecklenburg, to determine the second, third, and fourth place teams- Kenston finished undefeated. In the first game BA had no trouble quieting the Prince Edward bats, as they easily tromped to a big victory. The third game saw the Vikings capture second place in the West, knocking off Hugue- not. Next came the playdown with Nanse- mond-Suffolk. With the score tied 5-5 after SVi, BA put on the heat, scored six runs in the fourth, and held on to beat Nansernond easily. The victory, over Nansernond, took the team to face Broadwater at Prince SCORES BA 5 Huguenot 6 BA 9 Prince- ward 11 BA 2 Kefistotp Forest 12 BA 4 MecKli urg 3 BA 6 Nfecklenburg 8 BA 13 Huguenot 4 BA 31 y Rock Hill 12 BA 13 . Rock Hill 2 BA 12 Amelia 4 BA Kenjlon Forest 16 BA Prince Edward 8 BA 9 Amelia 7 ELIMINATIONS BA 9 Prince Edward 3 % 11 Hugu iipt 7 w PtAYDOWNS ' ■ BA Nmisemd. Strffolk 6 TOPBNAMEi T SEMIFINALS BA 11. Broadwater 10 I:hampionship BA f Kenston Forest 3 Overall Record: 14 wins, 5 losses. Above: Concentration shows as shortstop Molly Peebles readies for a quick flip to second. Left: Co-captain “Boo” Clary strains to pull the pitch to right as teammates watch anxiously.