North Garland High School - Marauder Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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Raiders Reach District C RCW Team Takes QAAAAA Cham pionshrp For Frrsr Trrne In School Hrsrory Although the 1986 and 1987 base- ball seasons ended in different ways, the outcome and the culprit were the same. In 1986, the Raiders' season was marred by an ineligible player. The possibility for revenge existed. Though the battlefield was Loos Sta- dium and not a courtroom, the conse- quence was identicalg North Garland came out on the losing side. The '87 season began in late Janu- ary. The team donned new sweats for the winter workouts looking forward to the district opener in March against their arch-rivals, South Gar- land. South is one of our biggest rivals but we play them like we play any other team, Scott Bale, senior, said. Before they could take on the Colo- nels, however, the Raiders needed to ready themselves in the pre-district games. This team was unusually young, suffering from the loss of seven senior starters. In contrast to that team, this one contained only four starting upperclassmen. The lack of seniors didn't hurt us, said Coach Dennis Wickline. lf you have good younger players, it pushes the seniors harder. They would need all the extra push they could muster because the - 1987 VARSITY BASEBALL 15-4 NG OPP 7-5, 7-1 South Garland 6-5, 10-5 Garland 12-10, 7-2 Greenville 8-4, 5-0 Highland Park 4-3, 5-11 Mesquite 3-2, 4-2 North Mesquite 5-6, 1-0 ' Lakeview 7-G, 8-1 tBiDist.J Bryan Adams 3-2, 1-5, tAreaJ Thomas lefferson 3-5 Es pre-district season contained the likes of eventual area champions Lewisville, Plano East, and Abilene Cooper, who would later that year add a state championship to their ac- complishments. The Raiders ended their pre-district with a record of 6-9 and found themselves lacking in con- fidence. Our preseason showed us that we had a lot of work to do before district, reliever Kevin Corley, ju- nior, said. There were two factors that made the South Garland game an impor- tant one, said first baseman Eric Ri- vas. senior. First, they are one of our biggest rivals. Second, this was the first game of our district season. South Garland represented the be- ginning ofa district in which the Raid- ers would have to prove something not only to the teams that considered the recent success of the team a fluke, but to themselves. Donald LaFlame, senior, said, I felt that we had a lot to prove this tcontinued on page Ill IN AN ATTEMPT to break up a double play, Greg DeSario. senior, topples the Plano East second baseman. DeSario successfully pre- vented the relay throw to first base. Garland Daily News Photo 1987 VARSITY BASEBALL-Front Row: Greg DeSarlo, Gibson, Blake Youngblood. Tom Gibson, Eric Rivas. Rlcky Creel, Jeff Trevino, Trent Thomas, Jeff DeSario, Thlrd Row: Kenny Corley, Donald LaFlame, Stephen Kevin Corley. Second Row: Coach Dennis Wickline. Ken Endres. Steven Kernel, Scott Bale, Mark Murphy.

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SUMMER Each year after the fmal game of the season the Raider baseball team packs up the equipment and places lt In the shed Balls helmets catch er s equlpment and bases wlll remain for approximately only two weeks Does this signal the begmnmg of a new season'- The answer IS yes and The league IS called Amen can Legion a natlonwlde sum mer baseball league The Le glon teams orlgmally had no re stnctrons but to have each member meet an age requrre ment Area teams llncludlng North Garlandl put thelr regular school teams together to play essentially practice games against the teams they would face the next dlstnct season The Ll I L reallzlng this lmple mented a rule this year that prohlblted teams from playmg In uniforms that contained school colors or the school nickname So the Raiders sum ply trotted out their dlstrlct team In grey uniforms wlth the me North Garland ffl Playing all their QAAAAA opponents except Lakeview lwho dld not form a teamj and a few teams from other dns tracts the Raiders flmshed sec ond In the Belt Llne Baseball National KAJ League to South Garland The Colonels eventu ally elrmmated the team from the regional tournament In Sanger Texas The purpose of having this team though was to give young players experience One of the factors In the success was the performance of the un derclassmen The dlstrlct wan mng team ln 1987 had flve un derclassmen named to the two All DISIFICL teams North Garland even formed a second team to allow sopho mores and freshmen a chance to gain seasomng when there would be no room at the varslty level Only one other drstrlct program North Mesquite has a JV summer team Robert F Josey and Mark R Murphy FOLLOWING THE FLIGHT of the ball Scot! Bale sensor prepares to leave the batter s box Garland Darly News Photo 1 1 Y . , . - - - .1 . . 11 . - 1 1 , . . 7 I I . , . - .. 11 U 1. , . D0 . 1 1 7 l l . 1 , . . . ., , ' ' 1 1 1 n ' na . ' 1 1 , ,, . f an - 4 1 . 1 el, 1 v , 1 ge 1, ' 2 it f 1 93 ,fs ., XA' sk 1 ' 1 1 l ' . 1 . 6 .g ,4 mis