Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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ONE OF SEAHOLM'S finest batters, Jeff Peterson shows his defensive talent as a fine up and coming Seaholm pitcher. PITCHER TOM GAULT puts everything into it and sends yet another one out of the park. J V. Tokes Third in SMA Frosh Record o Winning Record he Junior Varsity Baseball Team set a precedent for the years to come with a fine record of 14 wins and 8 losses. Previous years set the Maples in a mediocre position in regard to the SMA standings. Highlights of the season were: the outstanding team batting average of .340. Major contributors to it's great success were jeff Peterson with a .485 average and 15 doubles. Sophomore Tony Purther at .380, Junior john Kreitz at .340 and Mark Spencer, Matt Aljian and Donald Righter all surging on a .350 mark. Also an outstanding defense kept the Maples in every game until the final out. A bull-pen of Peterson, Tom Gault and Sophomore David Kuhn led the Maples in the humming department. Throughout a season of close games 208 jvfo BASEBALL and a number of letdowns, this years ninth grade baseball team walks away proud with a 6 and 2 season. The season was originally scheduled for twelve games but according to coach Jim Smith, the team held together impressively through a stretch of canceled games due to cold and wet weather. Unlike past seasons, this years' squad did not have any elected captains and the coach credited the teams success to the participation and effort of the entire team. Mike Kauth's outstanding performance at the mound as well as batting earned him the Most Valuable Player award. Mr. Smith and the entire team expect better results as they enter the Junior Varsity level next year. O

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PREPARING HIMSELF FOR whatever may come his way is Brian Jones, the Maples' firstbaseman. BEFORE THE START of the Kimball game, pitcher Bret Bohatuk warms up his arm by delivering his knuckleball. ,Wg wget, L 0kMW1xW'lPYiMlVW -M-JUZ12v.lrMM'fA A Season Full Cf Rain And Away Games Produces Many Superstars he Boy's Varsity Baseball Team ' had an up and down year complete with rainouts and weekday double-headers. Mother Nature played a big role this year, raining out the first week of the season, plus numerous games during the year. But, Mother Nature didn't just rainout any game, she rained out the home games. These games were then rescheduled on the opposition's field, creating a season with 5 home games and 17 away games. Through it all, the team managed to produce several superstars. They are: Mark Sackett, first baseg Jim Hakemain, secondbaseg Brett Bohatuk, Pitcherg David Righter, rightfield and Scott Schumaker, thirdbase and pitcher. These five college prospects managed to nail down key positions along with enjoying batting averages over 300. When talking to the boys, one of them, Scott Shumaker had this to say: Individually we have tremendous talent but, this year we had a hard time putting together all of our talent and producing a good game. Scott continued to say, When everything went right, when we played well as a team, the results were several key victories. 0 VARSITY BASEBALL 207

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LEFT FIELDER JOHN Kreitz throws home for a closely contested out at the plate. SHOWING THE WINNING Maple form, Tom Nolan Ryan Gault lets one ily during pre-game warm-ups. X if ,A H 5 . . . . ,X , , 5' ,w ' I A X L5 ' i ,, I I - Q ' 5 E FABULOUS TEAMWORK shows rough as John Kreitz and Tom Gault i rform an easy double play against JW9 BASEBALL 209 rndale.