Brunswick Academy - Viking Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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Lady Vikings Washed Out In Semifinals AS TENSION RISES, Beth Barkley blows bubbles awaiting her bat. WITH A LOOK of determination, Susan Cross takes a cut at a Prince Edward pitch. ABOVE: HAVING GLOVED a Prince Edward hit, Terri Howerton relays the ball to the infield. RIGHT: GRIM EXPRESSIONS SHOW on the faces of Arlene Mitchell and Coach Gwen Walton as they watch the action on the field. 14— Doing— Softball

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— . 1976 SOFTBALL RESULTS BA 22 Southampton 8 BA 1 Amelia 2 BA 2 Mecklenburg 13 BA 8 Prince Edward 11 BA 10 Kenston Forest 14 BA 16 Amelia 3 BA 4 Prince Edward 10 BA 17 Huguenot 12 BA 11 Mecklenburg 12 BA 15 Huguenot 7 BA 2 Kenston Forest 14 Tournament Playdown BA 8 York 7 Tournament Semifinal BA 2 Prince Edward 9 RECORD: 3 wins, 7 losses in VAAC, 5-8 overall MVP: Kathy Spence MIP: Wanda Tatum All-Conference: Terri Howerton, OF lUPPER RIGHT: BETWEEN innings, coach Gwen Wal- jton gives some advice to the team. ABOVE; WITH A ' LOOK of ease Gail Clary pitches to Kenston, while Pat Norwood stands ready for the hit. RIGHT: AL- ITHOUGH Susan Cross attempts, she is unable to get to the ball in time, but Stacy Harrup is right behind her to retrieve it. Determination Girls’ Theme Doing — Softball — 13

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MOUTH OPEN and deep in concentration, Cathy Frazier puts a little extra arch on a pitch against semifinal opponent Prince Edward. FIRST ROW: Sonja Slaw, Gail Clary, Cathy Frazier, Pat Norwood, Susan Cross, Beth Barkley, captains Martha Robinson and Terri Howerton, Terry Slaw. BACK ROW; Cindy Harrison, Wanda Tatum, manager Julie Frazier, statistician Angie Clary, Nancy Spence, Coach Gwen Walton, Nancy Prince, Kathy Spence, Bonnie Daniel, Lynda Nor- wood, Mary Watts, Stacy Harrup. Not pic- tured: Connie Newsome. H uguenot restored the Ladies’ confidence, as everyone contributed to BA’s second win, keeping them in reach of the playdowns. Though neither team played that well, BA almost flipped Mecklenburg’s lid in their second confrontation. The girls proved they weren’t quitters by erupting with three last- inning runs to force the game into extra in- nings, but they fell asleep in the eighth and unalertly gave MA the game for the second time. The team shrugged off their disappointment by pulverizing the Rebels from Huguenot, but it couldn’t muster the same explosive offense for the finale at Kenston. The crummy de- fense was blamed (for the most part) on the bumpy diamond, but the lack of offense was inexcusable — BA connected for only three hits the entire afternoon. By some fantastic miracle BA squeezed in- to the tournament playdowns with a 3-7 record. But boy, did the fourth-place Vikings have a surprise in store for the undefeated York team. The girls had finally plugged into power — the power of determination; never had they wanted to win more than on May 1 1 against a seemingly complacent York team. The first three frames quickly slipped by as both teams, rain-soaked and “bugged” with mosquitoes, played most superb defenses. BA broke through with six runs the fourth and padded their lead with three more in the fifth. Pitcher Cathy Frazier baffled York batters until the sixth, when the girls gave them four runs. The Vikings almost had the game in the bag, but YA came back in the seventh with three more runs with no outs. BA buckled down then and locked up the season’s upset to take them to the tourna- ment semifinals at Prince Edward. BA vied Prince Edward for the shot at the championship, but by the second inning the Vikings were doomed. The Wolverines’ nine unearned runs held up, for by the time the girls had found their pride and zeal and had ignited a comeback, torrents of rain ex- tinguished BA’s chances — the game was declared official after 4 ‘ z innings, the season was over, and for the first time in four years, BA didn’t make the finals, to the despair of all. Doing — Softball — 15