Gross High School - Heard The Latest Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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W 'W sk, .sif- The lunlor varslty team gathers to congratu- late Steve Ecker as he runs home after hitting 'one out.' The team finished with a 8-6 re- cord. Junlor Dave Zelasnoy 'brings it home' as first baseman Dave Collin readies himself. Dave struck out 34 batters in 29 innings. Awesome lrosh and jv end victoriously The jv and freshman baseball teams both had winning seasons. The jv finished with an 8-6 record and the freshmen had a 5-1 record. i'The obvious goal of the jv play- ers was to make the varsity team in the next year, and several players put together the statistics to make that a good possibility, jv coach 15Offreshman 84 jv baseball Mr. Mick Krupski said. The jv team boasted a .314 bat- ting average and a 3.54 earned-run average. Junior Pete Kleffner col- lected 13 hits and 8 walks, leading the team with a .448 batting aver- age. Garrett Coleman '88 had 16 hits for a .421 average. Steve Ecker drove in 14 runs to earn RBI honors. In -is the pitching area, Scott Papek 3 wins, a 2.97 ERA and struck out batters in 33 innings. Dave had 3 wins, a 4.10 ERA and out 34 batters in 29 innings. Freshman baseball coach, Mr Darrell Jourdan, said that hitting wa the team's strength, averaging 10 12 hits per game. Mr. Jourdan said I feel all the players developeoi their skills and had the potential to develop into champion ball play- ers. The highlight of the season was the excellent comeback against. Papillion. It gave us the incentive to have a successful season, Casey Hunter, freshman baseball player said.

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S cougars defeaT The spiriT of The varsiTy baseball am lead Them To a rewarding ason, according To junior John Pi- ovar. The boys varsiTy baseball Team, oached by Mr. Mike Herman, fin- hed The year wiTh a '10-8 record. e highlighT of The season, accord- g To Mr. Herman, was Their win ver The four Time defending sTaTe iriTed sTaTe champs champion NorThwesT. For Gross, iT was The firsT win in six years againsT The NorThwesT Team. Mr. Herman was mosT pleased wiTh The progress of The young piTching sTaff, especially sophomore MaTT Flynn and junior Kevin Coenen. Also, The play of people coming off The bench was exTremely impres- sive This year, Mr. Herman said. Three players received honors This year. Seniors Ken Grzywa, Erik Kiehn and Phil Knicky were chosen To play in The Collin-OrcuTT All-STar game, coached by Mr. Herman. ReTurning members of The varsiTy Team included seniors Ken Grzywa, Phil Knicky, Paul Kleffner, Erik Kiehn, Mike Uzendoski and junior John Pivo- var. Overall, The season wasn'T as successful as The Team had hoped. BuT The spiriT was good This year: we all liked To play and we never gave up, even if we were behind. We all had a fun season, John Pivovar said. varsiTy baseball 149

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FRESHMAN BASEBALL: Front Row: Joe Poulicek, Rob Podjenski, Robert Fitzpatrick, John Sto- Iinski, Casey Hunter, Mike Podjenski, Jamie Masekg Back Row: Coach Jim Bayly, Mike Ginadin- oto, Jeff Peoppe, Jeff Gordon, Mike Renner, Jason Plourde, Tom Gilsdorf, Mike Vondra, Coach Darrell Jourdan. JV BASEBALL: Front Row: Dennis Munneliy, Pete Kleffner, Scott Papek, Rick Egermier, Mike Dmyterko, Rodney Hansen, Steve Martinez, Jim Munchrath, Jerry Moritz: Back Row: Coach Mick Krupski, Dave Collin, Steve Ecker, Garrett Coleman, Brandt Hodoly, Mike Culhane, Tom DeGeorge, Jeff Nosek, Coach Mike Filipowicz. 'ss if ff,s.,m'.iM4.V Q. ,N . 2 - Garrett Coleman swings, but misses against Omaha South. Garrett had 16 hits, averaging .424 for the season. U O w freshman 84 jv basebaIlf45'l