Mazama High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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Back row - Stats- Machi Kudo, Mike Allison, Rob Seater, John Keller, Mead Coach - Dennis Kostelecky, Todd Schlumbohm, Tim riork, Gary Fanning, and Ass t Coach - Rick Ander- son Front row - Randy Pin- ner, Gregg Wheat, Bill Bridges, Ron Whitlatch, Chris Howard, Brian Bry- son, Dan Lipe, Bud Larman, Danny Story, and Brian Quirk Rounding the bag - Dan Lipe goes around first, as he looks to second to see if he can go. Making the play Gary Fanning throws to first for the out after scooping up the grounder. In the windup - Showing good form, Chris Howard is ready to strike out his opponent. Varsity Baseball-49

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ADDING RECORDS TO THE COACH'S BOARD Watching a talented team is something that appeals to everyone. At Plaza ma America's most popular sport of baseball had tal- ented lefties, righties, pitchers, catchers, outfield- ers, and infielders. The team put together an over- all record of 10-16. Particu- larly outstanding were the pitchers. With the seven available they faced 912 batters and struck out over 120 in 518 outs pitched. The fielding average was an exceptional .897 average which was another record FINAL SCORE V1KS OPPONENT 1 Shasta 2 8 Canyonville 4 5 Redmond 9 11 Redmond 10 1 Bend 11 2 Bend 5 10 Henley 2 1 Ashland 3 5 Ashland 13 15 Q. Pass 4 8 Q. Pass 7 2 K.U. 12 1 K.U. 18 6 N. Medford 0 0 N. Medford 5 3 Crater 7 1 Crater 15 4 S. Medford 3 11 S. Medford 9 12 Henley 7 1 Roseburg 11 0 Roseburg 10 2 E. Point 11 8 E. Point 7 1 H. Valley 3 1 H. Valley 6 48-Varsity Baseball for Coach Kostelecky's board. The boys were a great defensive team, but their offense wasn't as strong. Different batting techniques were used try- ing to strengthen players. In the long run it helped, but remained more of a learning experience. The team performed well amongst each other prov- ing themselves to be a real team. Everyone respected every play, pitch, or steal another made which contri- buted to a unique team spirit worth living up to. Crack - That is the sound you hear when Oregg Wheat hits the ball deep into center field. You're out - Dan Lipe catches the ball at first base to put out the runner. Going after the ball - Dan Lipe runs down a grounder, while Ran- dy Pinner backs him up.

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Experience Leads To Success Strong pitching and sound batting are the foundation for a winning team and the Junior Varsi- ty had plenty of both. Ju- niors Randy Maxwell and Don Spoon returned this year to be the backbone of the Junior Varsity in pitch- ing. Randy not only won six games but also led the team with a .486 batting average. Don who also produced as a batter won 6 games. The Mazama Junior Var- sity was an excellent bat- ting team with twelve peo- ple batting over .300 and combined for five homer- uns. The team outscored Bottom Row-Cory Holloway, Rick Badker, Tim Brown, Vince Bonotto Stats-Machi Kudo, Dave Allison, Don Spoon, El- den Alexander, Tom Howard. Top Row- Coach Mike Morgan, Seth Miller, Dan northrop. L.T. Cooper, Rob Dentinger, Russ Earnest, Jim Turner.Brian Brown, Randy Maxwell, Coach- John Mathis their opponents 216 to 111 runs. One of the highlights of the year was when the J.V. swept Klamath Union by a score of 9-5 and 7-3. The year before the J.V. had been swept by K.U. The Junior Varsity was made up of six juniors, five sophomores and six freshman. Everyone played very and everyone kept their head in the game. The six freshman did an excellent job and got quite a lot of playing time to prepare them to be the nucleus of next year's team. Waiting for the ball - David Allison looks for a pitch to drive. Allison was one of six freshmen who made the team. 50-Junior Varsity Baseball