North High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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-ir' ,. 'M '--, f- sismm, VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM members, FRONT ROW: Ken Clifford, Stuart Dewitt, Jim Mitchell, Larry Collins, Pat Hewes, Shawn Mills, Todd Bockman, Jeff Sabo, Mike Yafchak. ROW TWO: Ted Nelson, Darren McKinsey, Mike Un- derwood, Mike Shults, Greg Williamson, Robert Hudson, Kyle Buntley, Eddie Drake, Brent Mixon, Jim Austin. .tg -- ww A - 'ei g LEAGUE RECORD NORTH OPPONENT . 17 Bakersfield 2 2 East 0 ' 3 , Foothill 6 I ' Highland 0 7 Arvin 5 2 South 3 7 West ll 3 Bakersfield 0 Il East , 3 6 Foothill 3 9 Highland 8 ll, Arvin 7 g X6 South 0 I0 West 1 ' WON ll LOST 3 . VALLEY PLAYOFFS 3 Bakersfield I0 4 'Sanger 2 3 Hoover l ll, Hanford 0 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Out or safe? catcher Pat Hewes collides with a sliding player from South Torrance. Stretching to receive the ball ahead of the runner is first-baseman Brent Mixon. Diving for the base, outfielder Mike Shults flies through the air. Mike had two hits and scored the winning run as the Stars defeated South Torrance 2-l. Third-baseman Jeff Sabo takes a cut at the ball. Going into his windup, pitcher Greg Williamson prepares to fire a pitch to the plate. Greg, the winning pitcher, also drove in the winning run over South Torrance. Intent and ready to field, Jeff Sabo charges a ground ball. Varsity BasebaIlj65

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e'1 H i X xw - --- Q k . X - - -1Q- . . ,F fx w 1 1 Valley liliaunps tm For Tilzle Again Our players realized their goal which they had set at the startof the year. It was an honor to represent NHS and a great experience. Coach Tony Silver gave this answer when questioned on how it felt to win the Valley Champion- ship last spring. With their goal realized, the varsity baseball team ended their season at the top of the league. The 1982 team has the same goal and with improved de- fense and more pitching depth, the Stars hoped to again achieve the title. The Stars of 1981 seemed to peak at just the right moment. In a must-win game against BHS in the second round, the Stars won by the score of 3-0. This started the team on a seven-game win- ning streak which led to a co-SYL championship and the Valley title. 64 Varsity Baseball Part of the optimism for the 1982 sea- son could be attributed to the winning attitude gained after attaining the Val- ley Championship. I hope our kids re- alize that they can win anytime they go on the field, answered coach Silver when asked about how winning the championship would help reinforce NHS's winning tradition in baseball. Another part of the optimism could be based upon the quality players return- ing from last year's team. Among these players were two all-leaguers: Pat Hewes behind the plate and Jim Austin in the outfield. Much of hope for North's success also rested upon the strong pitching arms of Greg Williamson, Mike Shults, and Brent Mixon. With the talent, coaching and will to win, the Stars were once again expected to be very competitive. heh'

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Sparking the new Varsity Softball sea- son were almost a whole new team and a brand new coach. Shelly Garner said, Mr, O'Brien is teaching us more and pulling us together to make a team. The returnees from the 1981 team were Shelly Garner, Brandi Jackson, Luann Sweet, and Anne Turner. Season highlights of 1981 included a high-scoring game against Arvin early in the season, when North pulled out a league win. In the first inning, the Stars were behind l-0, but before they left the inning they tied it l-l. By the sixth in- ning, our girls had jumped to a 13-5 lead and were on their way to an 18-ll win over Arvin. Large contributors to that score were Luann Sweet with three runs, and Elaine Winchester and Anne Turner each with three runs. Another high-scoring game against Ar- vin found North scoring three runs in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh to bring home a 9-7 victory. Other victories included a 3-2 win over West, with the Stars scoring in the first, third and eighth inning to overcome the Vikings. Traveling to Porterville for their tournament, North first faced the Porterville team itself. Darlene Garret, a senior in l98l, gave it her all fthe scorebook shows itj. Giving the Stars three runs and four hits, she helped lead the girls to a 6-4 win over Porterville in the first round of the tournament. Oth- er contributors were Karen Harrison with two runs and Brandi Jackson with one. 66fVarsity Softball