Miami Killian Senior High School - Catamount Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Coach Roger Frese used his hand signals to a great extent during a confusing game, informing the team of certain plays and opponents. M1 ...QA Catcher Bill Orr quickly calculated the situation as the batter belted a long drive to center field and prepared for any action from the fielders. 'Cardiac Cougars' Won 7 Games Scoring With Late Inning Rallies Not wanting to be left out of the biggest year in the school's history, the baseball team put together a fine season. In contention for the District 8AA crown all through the year, the batsmen posted a 12-6 mark over- all and a 9-4 district record. Led by fine hitting from Jim Stoeckeland Willie Harris, they finished second in the Southern Division of the Greater Miami Athletic Confer- ence. Power was supplied by Ken Quaranta, while Don Napier C5-23, Jimmy Hayes C4-13 and Frank Tomlin Q4-lj supplied the pitching arms. Quaranta, who blasted a team high of six home-runs, earned outstanding recognition, as did Stoeckel, Harris, Napier, and catcher Bill Orr. Called the Cardiac Cougars because of their tendency to come from behind in the late innings, the Cougars won seven games with late rallies. These included a 4-3 win over Jackson, which came on an eleventh inning double by Stoeckel, and a 1-O win over Key West. Starting pitcher Jim Hayes, coming out of a wind-up, pitched a low fast ball as he followed through during a conference game. 177

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GOLF Courses, Opponents, Bad Odds Proved Short Work for Golfers The Killian Linksmen took to their courses again for the second season to prove they could compete in every sport, make a good showing and to pose a definite threat to any major high school. Two seniors and three freshmen led the way against teams like Columbus and Nliami High, who fell to a two point win. Norland, Miami Springs, Coral Park, and South- west each fell by one point. With an 8-6 record the team still had to improve before a championship, yet it was a marked improvement over last year's record. The secret to a good golfer is lots of prac- tice, said Coach Ed Stoeckel, and practice they got. On the Palmetto Golf Course, their home course, they got experience with nine hole matches and 18 hole championships. The team's main weakness was the lack of student interest and the number of play- ers. There were five boys on the team, with four boys in a match which consisted of nine holes. Jim Meekins, Scott Carter, Walter Oliver, Dale Quinn, Tom Burruss teed up to face opposing teams during season. 176 . My t E Aligning his shot for an attempt at a birdie was Walter Oliver, proving with his team mates, top contenders for awards in meets with other high schools.

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1 hi ' I I3 we-QI sts 'han' The 1969 varsity baseball team, CClockwise, from Centerb Willie Harris, Jim Odum William Orr, Hal Quinn, Carlin Wright, Roy Truba, Bob Olszack, Matt Kispert, Frank Tomlin, Jim Hayes, Ken Quaranta, Gunsie Brunson, Bell Hein, Jim Stoeckel, Don Napier, David Ramsey, Larry Baker was guided by Coach - A broken bat, flared tempers, Roger Frese as the team massed a 14-4 record for the season. Though the defense was strong, the hurt I rt f team's main strength was offense until .400 hitter Stoeckel re-injured his back and could not play. payers were pa 0 game-I si S 5 Qi S K YS I' as 5 3 it 5 s 5 5 -Q - vw . . . . . t A -- . - . if I - S' Fi--,,sif- X sf qs .f .X -ws Q 5' K A A .. - , N. 'L' sfsstiatzf-fi I- R .. ..,. ,X ,. if lbw ,,t, V-wa 1. st K . rr SPEED AND QUICK REFLEXES ASSISTED LARRY BAKER AS HE SPED TOWARD FIRST BASE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE GOOD HIS BASE HIT. 178