Joliet West High School - Alpha Omega Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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Althou h this articular itch was a strike the so homores 35 'K g J P P , P had a powerful hitting team throughout the season. Soph Tigers end season with a 9-6 record Over all abilityi' was the reason for the success of the 1968 sophomore baseball team, said coach Don Seitzberg. Sophomores had a conference record of 5-5. Mike Casadei's pitch- ing and the infield playing of Rick Fick and Ted Pohlman were a great asset to the team. West 10 12 10 3 7 4 0 0 1 7 8 9 5 7 2 SCORES Joliet Central Joliet Central Lockport West Lockport West Joliet East Joliet East Argo Argo Lockport Central Lockport Central Naperville Oswego Wheaton North East Aurora Joliet Catholic Opponent 0 1 0 8 2 2 2 4 2 9 5 6 0 2 3 Coach Bill Edwards keeps a watchful eye on the batting form of dne of his boys during a game against Lockport West. West won this game 10-0. Sports

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Pitcher George Barr's talents were an asset to the sophomore baseball team.His speed and style constantly improved throughout the season. Steady frosh improvement proves to be profitable There were no outstanding individuals. The whole team steadily progressed during the season. It was a very fast teamf, These com- ments on the freshman baseball team made by coach Bill Edwards told practically the whole story of the team's success. Westis team ended the season with an 8-5 record. SCORES West Opponent 13 Naperville 1 6 Lockport Central 12 5 Lincoln Way 3 5 Argo 6 5 Lockport West 1 6 Providence 12 1 Wheaton North 3 2 Lockport Central 1 4 Joliet East 2 2 Lincoln Way 0 6 Providence 1 4 Lockport West 8 5 Joliet Central 2 Mike Wrona tags out the straining Spartan runner from Lockport West. of catcher and first base. Development of quick thinking and reflexes is a Mike is a versatile player. He is able to play equally well the positions major reason why the team won 5 of their last 6 games. Sports

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Tension and exhaustion mark the face of joliet Westlsl Don Kimmel as he success- fully edges jay Robinson of joliet East in thc 440 yard dash. Will County Championship highlights track season Beginning five years ago, the tradition of winning in track at West was started. Making the 1968 season no exception, Coach Roger Swank guided his team to firsts in Will County, Kewanee Relays, joliet Kingsmen Relays, and Illini 8 Conference. Unfortunately, the shining season had its dark spots with the loss of its first and last duel meets to East Aurora and Notre Dame respec- tively. West, rated one of the powers in the area, was highly acclaimed entering the District Meet, but received a second place. Receiving help from a host of talented sen- iors, who managed to place consistently high, the Tiger thinlies walked off with a T-2 record over-all. SCORES VVest Opponent 89 joliet Central 38 80 Lockport Central -17 73 Lockport VVest 53 T9 Joliet East 48 94 Argo 33 56 East Aurora Tl 89 Va Ottawa 68 W 64 W Homewood-Flossmor 6216 59 Notre Dame 68 K .4 Coupling speed with precision, sprinters burst from their starting blocks which the West thinclads won 79 to 48. Getting a good start, an essential during the beginning of the 100 yard dash in the meet against Joliet East part of track, is well illustrated by Wayne lngmire tcenterl. Sports