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

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following through - Randy Max- well releases a breaking pitch. Maxwell was one of the leading pitchers on the team. Stretching to the ball - Dan Nor- throp makes the catch for the out. Northrop was one of three left-handers on the team.

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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

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Starting Strong Keeping Their Heads Up Starting the season off without a rank in the confer- ence, the lady Viks came out with the drive to prove to the conference that they were still the strong, aggressive, talented team that has al- ways come from Mazama. They had a lot of hard work ahead of them with Pleasant Hill, Henley, Ashland, K.U., and Grants Pass ten of the greatest games. A unique quality about this team was they always held their heads up high walking on and off the field. Coach Bill Hamblin felt that, This is not just a sport, it teaches you about life. Ho matter if you win, lose, succeed, or fail you should always go on and come off with your head held up high. This will prove to the world you are a winner in life. Other assistants to Mr. Hamblin were Dale Himel- right, who has been with Hamblin for six years of coaching; Ed Valdez, and scorekeeper statistician. Sue Kiser. Sue Kiser has been helping for five years, not only in softball, but in volleyball and basketball. FINAL SCORE VIKS OPPOHEHT 5 Pleasant Hill 4 8 Pleasant Hill 10 4 Henley 3 1 Henley 5 4 Ashland 0 8 Ashland 6 1 Q. Pass 0 18 G. Pass 12 20 K.U. 4 13 K.U. 2 0 H. Medford 2 1 H. Medford 3 2 S. Medford 12 0 S. Medford 7 18 B. Falls 4 9 B. Falls 0 1 Roseburg 8 1 Roseburg 13 3 Crater 7 2 Crater 3 9 Sheldon 8 5 Sheldon 4 1 E. Point 7 0 E. Point 4 5 H. Valley 3 2 H. Valley 3 Waiting for the perfect pitch - Kim Sorensen strides toward the pitcher ready to hit the ball. Back row - Ass t coach- Dale hi- melwright, Erin Baker, Vicki Kiser, Cris Penninger, Amy Bender, Tif- fany Penninger, Rachel Taylor, and Head coach- Bill Hamblin Front row - Kim Sorensen, Brandi Maxwell, Becky hall, Michelle Gal- loway, Kristina Wunder, Shelly Hampson, and Karen McGillivray St ike three I - Vicki Kiser pitches a perfect strike to make three on the batter. 52-Varsity Softball