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

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New Cooch Tokes Them To The Top he 1983 Girls' Varsity Softball Team responded to their new coach with an exciting 11-3 record in the SMA, good enough for a co-championship victory of the SMA with Southfield. Gary Chamberlain, a teacher and coach from Covington, took over this year as the girls, new coach. The team posted an impressive 15-4 record overall. The '83 season had many high- lights. Some of which included beating the 182 state champions, Royal Oak Kimball. The Varsity team moved into the district championship beating the Troy Colts, 5-1 and then moving on to beat Southfield-Lathrup for a third time, 10-4. They lost the third game of E S - . . . , t, ,, rs: - ' '-':2. ,vSEa . e'tee ,.... , 1 ' - f f -. L .,-fs.X,,,, N the districts to Royal Oak Dondero, 8-5. Coach Chamberlain credited the loss to lack of hitting. In the awards department, Most Valuable Player, in this case Players, went to Seniors Sally Scott and Renee Corej. Most Improved Player went to Sue Gee. The SMA Honorable Mentions went to Carrie York, Sally Scott, and Lynn McDermott. SMA-All League went to Beth Bray, Renee Corej, Jody Page, and Jenny Loomis. Fortunately, most of these girls will be returning this year. Due to the fact that many of these girls will be coming out again this year, the SMA will have tough competition with Maple Girls striving to win it all. And this year without sharing the title! Good luck! 0 THIRD BASEMAN, Jody Page, waits eagerly for the next play with an anticipating stance and expression. IN A GAME against Kimball, pitcher Renee Corej waits for the relay throw from left fielder, Lynn McDermott. VARSITY SOFTBALL 213

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he 1983 JV Girls' Softball Team Teamwork is what contributed K f' 4 s.: DURING IN-BETWEEN innings, pitcher. Renee Corej, winds up to throw one of her smashing pitches. AFTER BEING THROWN out at first base, Laura Stevens gets some tips and pointers about how close the play was from teammate Jenny Loomis. 17-2 Record Tops SMA For JV: Soggy 6 3 Seoson For F rosh had an outstanding season this past year, finishing off with a 17-2 record overall and an 11-1 record in the SMA. They established two records, one of which was their 17-2 record and a team batting average of .402. Coach Bob Goralczyk attributed their team success to excellent talent. Along with winning the league, a termendous highlight of the season, came an upsetting moment. In regular season play, the team had beaten Kimball once and lost to them once. Kimball happens to be one of Seaholmis arch rival in every sport, including softball. The disappointing moment was when they headed off with the Knights and the Knights won. Susan Maentz received MVP, while Sarah Yntema received MIP. The Sportsmanship Award was given to Laurie Michelson. Next year's team has a tough act to follow, but good luck to the team who accepts the challenge! to this year's Freshman Girls Softball Team, quoted Coach Bill Schmidt, a two year veteran of the Freshman. Overall, the Frosh had a 6-3 record and in the SMA, they had a 3-1 record. The freshman opened up the season with a bang, beating their opponents by 20 and 10 runs. This is not unlikely for a freshman team. One of the toughest games was the second of a doubleheader against Marian. It seemed to be a Seaholm loss, but they didnit give up. It also looked like a Seaholm comeback, only to fall by one run. The biggest highlight was winning the Districts. At the end of the year, the team and Coach Schmidt voted on awards and Most Valuable Player was given to Karen Marshall. With most of these girls trying out next year, the competition will be tough, but the challenge will be graciously accepted! 0 Jvf9rH SOFTBALL 215