Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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E Pitcher Ed Icehour connects to bring in Tom Query and Dickie Liddle. 9 A , , . ' ,,,-1' . Don Rich swings and connects . . . to score Steve Lytton . ,.4LlKIx5'Ai ,Gil . ' ' 3+ 1' ,- -sf Q-J, -, sz..-1+r.::,., , 'ali Liv .1-yay-.,-ggi' g,,.,-4',f-t 1,13 . L? A ' :7':'Z1gfl,:uf:.f . - -ff-l-11:.f -4 A f ,-' wr--1, 3 --J aj f ng, O., 'Ili-'Q 41 , , H Z- -Q. 5 F. V 5 . 4' Y I V. ---..-Lf vw . BASEBALL THE BOBCAT NINE ENDED THE SEASON WITH A 4-8 WORKSHEET. Lees-McRae pushed across two runs to defeat Gardner- Webb in its opening game of the season 2-1 in Boiling Springs. Eddie Icenhour was the winning pitcher. Milligan College overcame a 5-0 lead by the Lees-McRae Bobcats with a barrage of 8 runs in the last two innings to defeat the Bobcats 8-5. Danny J ackins went all the way for the Bobcats and pitched up to the loss despite an 11-hit attack by the Buffalos. The Bobcats blasted Brevard 13-6 behind the pitching of Eddie Icenhour. Icenhour was the hero as he picked up the win on the mound and also blasted a three-run homer in the 7th to provide the Bobcats fire power. Lees-McRae took an early 4-run lead and withstood a Gardner-Webb assualt to beat the Bulldogs 5-3. Butch Walker drove in the first two runs of the game. Jackins was the winning pitcher. A powerful Wingate team, that captured the Conference crown, copped both ends of a double header with the Bob- cats, 7-4 and 10-2. Don Richwas the losing pitcher. Jim Fostek and Eddie Icenhour were the leading hitters. LMC Bobcats lost a twin-bill to the Buffalos of Milligan College 14-9 and 9-5 at Milligan, Tennessee. The wins gave Milligan a 20-2 record. Jim Fostek was the losing pitcher as Butch Walker, Joe Fostek, Jim Fostek, Steve Lytton, and Eddie Icenhour swung the big bat for the Bob- cats. The Bobcats split a double header with Spartanburg Jr. College with a 7-5 win and a 7-6 loss. Icenhour was the winning pitcher for the Bobcats. George Litton's Bobcats ended the season dropping a double header to the Wake Forest Frosh 9-8 and 5-4 in Winston- Salem . Returning Lettermen Dickie Liddle Eddie Icenhour Ben Hancock, IX Q YT'jp Tommy Danny J ackin 1 - 1 . 5 ' Not Pictured: Head Coach George Litton