Denham Springs High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Denham Springs, LA)

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JV Baseball -162' Sports After a hard worlsout on the Held, David Cambre takes a few moments to relax. David seems pleased at the team's actions. Q ne of the basic in baseball is to stop a ground ball, Todd Rushing plays short stop for the Yellow Jack- STS.

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. . . Improving e will be missed, but the team will do their best to live up to the repu- tation of Denham Springs baseball. Being on a district championship at Den- ham Springs is a feeling no-one can imag- ine. The thing that topped it all off was being coached by a man lilse Coach Dai- ley, said Michael Sceroler. The man that will talse over the position of head coach is Steve Long. Coach Long has been as assistant to Coach Dailey for five years and is well qualified for the job. The 1985-86 baseball team will once again face a tough 7-AAAA District. Having lost one outfielder and an entire infield, many other players will have to step in and fill their shoes. It will be a challenge to once again strive for a district championship and hope to compete once again in the state tournament. lt is only with the commitment and hard worlx that we put forth as coaches rw ,l at 11' and players that we can continue the tradi- tion that the Denham Springs baseball pro- gram has built in previous years, said Coach Long, When you have the lsind of athletes we had and with the worls and dedica- tion, you can't help but have a fun and successful season. -Glenn Class B rent Taylor, Alan Ulmer, and Bradd Meadors, as well as the rest of the team, line up to congratulate another player on a run. CD.S. News Photol I was fortunate enough to start coaching with a district championship and fortunate enough to finish my coadning career with a district championship. - Coadw Dewayne Bailey Varsity Baseball - -161- Srxnrr:

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JV Athletes Don't Lose Competitive Spirit he 1985 junior varsity baseball team didn't have one of the most tallsed about records in history, but all the athletes were competitive and willing to go out and do their job. We worlsed hard and just tried to do our job, said Brian Langridge. lt was fun. Everyone got along great. We tried not to get mad when something went wrong and we had a lot of fun, said pitcher John McDowell. Batgirl Liz Lewis said. We had a blast! Everyone got to I-:now each other and we B illy Carmouche demonstrates the correct way to bunt the ball. Bunting can move a base runner up or even score a run for the team. all became close. We had fun. We did what the coach aslsed us and tried to do our best. That's all he asked from us and we tried, said third baseman Rusty Zachary. Catcher David Cambre said, We learned a lot about shy it is important to play as a team. lt helped us get more experienced for the future. iOur record wasn't great, but we did our best and had lots of fun. -Ricky Hodges C archer David Cambre returns from covering Hrst base. The catcher has many jobs aside from being behind the plate. A comfortable, consistent wind up and stretch is es- sential to a pitcher. Ricky Hodges comes out of his stretch ond sends the ball to the plate. A aron Hood follows through with his swing of the bat, Technique is very important when it comes to batting. JV Baseball -163 Sports