Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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20 Baseball The 3-2 pitch is on the way from junior Michael Thompson who returned for the 1980 season. r H m.x v

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Tennis page 19 Racquet women net 3 victories Hit hard by 1978 graduation, the girl ' s tennis team, under the direction of Kate Lavvrie, struggled through a 3-11 season finishing 8th in City competition, which, according to Coach Lavvrie, is steadily improving every season. 1979 graduate Sherri Anderson said, We did pretty good considering that we had a lot of in- experienced players. This lack of experience coupled with the lack of a practice facility were the circumstances behind the team ' s record. At the time, Garfield Park ' s tennis courts were being rennovated which nullified the possibility of team members prac- ticing together. Coach Lawrie said, I think they will improve if they stick with it by taking lessons, playing everyday, and entering tournaments. Senior Rhonda Munn said, It was really fun, and I had a good time, but I wish we would have won more matches. All of the 1979 team except for Sherri Anderson returned for the 1980 season, determined to better their record. Sophomore Judy Buckel is preparing to unleash her backhand against Arlington. The Redskins won 5-0. i Tennis, Front row: Carol McClary, |udy Bu- ckel, Linda Craft, Sherri Anderson, Sandy Urich. Back row: Laura Frey, Karen Schultz, Rhonda Munn, )ulie Cox, Sandy Thacker, Mary Callahan, Coach Kate Lawrie.

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Redskins stir up grand slam success We were a better team than our record indicated, said Tim Fishburn, a 1979 graduate and a member of Coach Bill Rosenstihl ' s 13-9 varsity baseball squad in 1979. Our team goal was to lose less than five games, said Coach Rosenstihl, but too many errors, unearned runs, and poor weather contributed to the nine games lost. Leadership and experience were pro- vided by George Greer, Bob Bohannon, Randy Munn, David Dunnigan, and Tim Fishburn who had been members of the 1977 City Championship team. George Greer, a three-year starting pitcher, finished 6-5 on the year while Bob Bohannon tossed a no-hitter against Shortridge. Bob tallied 3-3 on the year and led the team in hitting by smashing .449. With 19 RBI ' s to his credit, first baseman Randy Munn slugged .386. Tom Anclet did a really good job for us, said Rosenstihl, and was really out- standing as a freshman. Tom caught all the varsity ' s games after the third game of the year. Sophomore Michael Thompson tossed four victories for the varsity in 1979, and junior Robbie Clay- ton filled in at shortstop when Bohannon pitched. I ' m looking forward to my next two seasons at Manual, commented Clay- ton. Because of team work, unity, and strong individual performances by the reserve and freshmen squads, baseball at Manual should be strongly com- petitive the next few seasons. Coach Pack Craig steered his reserves to a 7-3 season in 1979. I think if it weren ' t for the mental errors, we could have gone undefeated, said Craig. The reserves, bolstered by seven experi- enced juniors, won their first six games. Senior pitcher Roy Wheeler pocketed seven victories and received a lot of sup- port in the guise of timely hitting and fielding, according to Coach Craig. Defeating Roncalli 6-5 to win the Chatard Invitational highlighted a 12-1 season for the freshman club. The fresh- men dropped their opener to Scecina, but then proceeded to whip off twelve straight victories. We played pretty good because we played together, said pitcher Kevin Hawk. Strong pitching provided by Hawk, Bruce Van Horn, and Bobby Wil- liams, who tossed two no-hitters, an- chored the freshmen ' s success. With the successes attained by the Redskins this past spring on each level of baseball, the ' Skins should be adding victories to Coach Rosenstihl ' s 133-105 record. ' . ■■ ' ?aI RBHF 1979 Varsity Baseball Manual Opponent 5 Ritter 9 6 Ritter 5 8 Shortridge 8 Lawrence North 1 7 Roncalli 8 8 Brebeuf 5 4 Bloomington North 5 2 Bloomington North 12 4 Chatard 6 10 Broad Ripple 2 Perry Meridian 3 8 Southport 6 bSSS 3 4 14 Northwest 5 6 Washington 5 5 Arsenal Tech 1 5 Scecina Memorial 7 8 Franklin Central 2 2 Franklin Central (Sect.) 1 1 Roncalli (Sect.) 3 Varsity Baseball, Front row: |im Dillion, Terry Fer- guson, Mark Thompson, Robbie Clayton, Tim Fish- burn. Back row: Coach Bill Rosenstihl, Bob Bohan- non, Dan McDaniel, Randy Munn, George Greer, David Dunnigan, Dan Hawkins. junior Robbie Clayton scoops up a grounder to ini- tiate a double play and end the inning.