La Vega High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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w H if fi Like the varsity, the B-Team had a dis- appointing season. Led by the expert coaching of Coach Tommy Holbrooks, the boys played with lots of fight, but just didn't have the talent to cope with AAAA junior Varsities. The team members are tfront lefty Tom Fuller, Ricky Shelton, Doug Hennig, Bryant Brown, tback lefty james Watkins, Otha Gaither, Eppie Ellis, Coach Holbrooks. Not pictured are Manuel Hernandez and Steve Hennig. tleftj Manuel Hernandez dis- plays the ball handling skills of a starter . . . trightj Steve Hennig gets two over an un- wary opponent. H3

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The freshmen led by Stanley Norman, Travis Mileur, joe Rocha, Da- vid Chapman and Mark Clark took a five win, nine loss season. Many of the fish showed promise for fu- ture seasons as they played fine games and were never embar- rassed. The team members were tl to rj Thomas Harris manager, john Wachsmann, Isaiah Wil- liams, joe Rocha, David Chapman, Larry Smith and Robert Lee man- ager, Qtop rowj Coach Tommy Anderson, Mark Clark, Dana Linstrom, Madison Leonard, Travis Mileur, Stanley Norman, james Katner. 'l'l2

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The Pirates made an early season bid for the District title by defeat- ing Ennis, jefferson-Moore, and Athens. They ended the regular season with a tie-breaking game against Ennis May 15. The two teams ended zone play with matching 6-2 season. The Bucs lost the District title to Seagoville after two games, one in Pleasant Grove 4-0, and the other at home, 14-2. The Pirates led by the hitting of Ronald Haynes and Mark Parsons kept the bases alive and the oppo- sition jumping as they led the Buc batting averages. La Vega's top Pirates Make pitchers Anthony Cepak and Charles Scott kept a steady stream of strikes coming to catcher Rich- ard Lorenz, Stan Kay, Rocky Ras- berry, Mark Parsons and Doug Hennig rounded out the pirate infield. Many a fly was caught by the trio of Ismael Rocha, Andrew Irwin, and Ronald Haynes, who foiled many attempted hits by the opposition. The 1972 Pirates were young, as only three seniors and five juniors led the eight sophomore rookies. The Pirates were coached by George Banda in his fourth year as Bid for District head baseball coach at La Vega. He turned out a fine 1972 ball club and looks forward to 11 returning for the 1973 season. The team consisted of tfront rowj Henry Harris, Rocky Rasberry, Doug Hennig, Ronald Haynes, Clif- ford Earley, Charles Scott, Ismael Rocha, Coach Banda, fsecond rowj Earl Gamage, Andrew Irwin, Mark Parsons, Mike Weaver, Stan Kay, Freddie Losak, Larry Unger, Richard Lorenz, and Anthony Ce- pak. The young Buc up front is the team mascot Buger Banda, son of head coach Banda.