Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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laying the field Continued from page 2 78 ond round, where they ended 4-3. A loss to Stratford ended their hopes of finishing top in District. Dawson, who was an All-Star first baseman as well as pitcher, led the team in batting with a .413 average, while Womack cracked six homeruns to lead the team. We had, I think, the best hitting team I've played on in my four yearsf' said Weir, who hit .324 for the year. Weir credited Coach Redman for some of the success at the plate. The plate was home for some players in more ways than one. Dawson's bat- ting average was tops on the team, fol- lowed by Price at .325 and then Weir. Leading the Varsity in almost every batting category, Dawson said he hit with more power in his senior year. 'lAnybody can hit the ball. but to be a real good hitter. the main thing is to be smart and to hit your pitch and not just swing at your balls, he said. Often throughout the season Dawson read Ted Williams on hitting. as well as practiced on his own at batting cages. Apparently. the extra time helped. Dawson led the team in hits with 34. followed by Price with 26 and Weir with 24. The first baseman had 10 dou- bles while Price and Weir had 6 each. Dawson batted in the most runs with 34, followed by Womac with Zl, and his 24 runs scored was just ahead of DeAyala with I9 and Hinds and Weir with I6 each. Though the team often sparkled at the plate. Kelley believed that to win. a team needed a strong pitching unit. The biggest asset to any high school baseball team would be to have three strong top line pitchers. he said. I would say we had one true pitcher and that was Walter Rowland. One thing you've got to say about this year is that we sure had a lot of fun, said Martin.-30- X WHILE THEIR TEAMMATES ARE OUT IN THE FIELD, pitchers Alan Clogston and Duncan Lee and shortstop Ricky de Guerin discusses the Northbrook batters. I didn't get to play that game. said de Guerin. I went in as a pinch runner and couIdn't go back because they took me out. Photo by Scott Waughtal. Varsity Baseball

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TRYING TO PICK OFF LEFT FIELDER Bobby Martin off first base, North- brook pitcher Keith Burke throws to first baseman Paul McGinty. Mus- tangs beat the Raiders by a score of 7'1. Martin said, lt was really great to beat Northbrook since they beat us so bad the first time we played them. Photo by Scott Waughtal. ns... -.-rf., a - . .Tw , .1 K' ,gr 4,5 . ' . df? AT THE NORTHBROOK GAME PLAYERS await their turn to bat. Mustangs were able to get nine hits off Northbrook pitcher Keith Burke. Raiders lost by a score of 7-1. Photo by Scott Waughtal. MEMBERS OF THE VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM INCLUDE: Jon Shoemaker, John Dailey, Rickey de Guerin, Bobby Martin, John Miller, Rusty Hinds, Ed Womack, Walter Rowland, Duncan Lee, Brad Dawson, Kiki DeAyala, Doug Dawson, Ken Kelley, Mike Weir, Doug Price, Ken Durkee, Alan Clogston, Dave Blankenship and Jim Bing. Photo by Scott Waughtal. Varsity Baseball ' 2 81