Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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Brad Martin connects with the ball as the Brookings coaches look on. Brad ended up on second with a double. The baseball team consisted of Troy LaBrec, coach Gary Waddington, Sheldon Bowen, Tim Causey, Brad Martin, Wade luckman, Ken Jerin, Rob Beers, scorekeeper Tammy Breault, Paul Waddington, and scorekeeper Jennifer Smith. Sitting are Corey Lucas, Randy Lucas, and Rick Anderson. Corey Lucas pitches the ball towards home. Corey struck out 11 batters while only give up one hit in a win over Brookings. Randy Lucas congratulates Sheldon Bowen as he crosses the plate. Sheldon had hit a triple and went home on an overthrow at third base. Stenson, Yvette Stevens, Carrie Sullivan, Shaun Twiddy, Robert Twite. Brooke Class of '86

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Two make all-league Putting an effort Into the pitch, James Nix throws the ball into home. Bryon White waits for a play at first base. Tony Arrant and Richard Herold laugh about a play on the field. Richard almost overthrew Bryon White at first base, but Bryon snagged the ball out of nowhere. It was a tough year for the baseball team as they finished the season with a four and eight league record. The season started on a strange note, went downhill, and then started an upward climb late in the season. The strange note was a tie game with Reedsport. When the game was finished at a later date, the Coquille Red Devils were victorious. Before the team finished the game with Reedsport, they lost their first three games. The team finished their slide as they lost the next three in a row. After the first seven games, the team was one and six. Then the team started to get hot with victories in the next three games over Myrtle Point, Gold Beach, and Brookings. It looked like the team might finish at .500. The season ended on a down note as the team lost their last two games to finish with a winning percentage of .333 in league and a tie for fifth. Coquille had two all-league selections: senior Wade Tater Luckman, who had a .485 batting average, and senior Ken Jerin, who had a .360 batting average. Sophomore Corey Lucas was an honorable mention with 49 strikeouts in seven games. Corey also pitched two one hitters. Wade was the MVP while Ken was voted most improved. The junior varsity team finished the season with a league record of one and seven. The team had four league rain outs. This was the first year of coaching baseball for Kip Parret. The players voted on five awards that were handed out at the end of the season. Best offensive player was sophomore Jason Hagen. Best defensive player was junior Richard Herold. Richard was also the most inspirational along with sophomore James Nix, and Richard was also the most valuable player. Most improved player was sophomore Eric Zanni. Page editor: Rob Domenighini Shafer, Tim Shely, Bryan Sinclair, Shawn Smith, Samantha Soper, Cynthia Class of '86 16

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Wade Luckman (54) has no problem defending against his Gold Beach Panther opponent. Wade was the team's power man, ripping down the boards. Showing superb defensive skills is senior Shawn Sinclair (24). Shawn was known as Shamrock by his fellow players. With great form, Kelly Wechter makes a two-point lay-in. With shots like this, Kelly became one of the leading scorers for the team. Mike Layton (40) is just a little too short to make the shot. Mike was one of the team's tallest players at six feet even. Dribbling down court during the home game against Newport is Kelly Wechter (20). Kelly made the league's second team. 18