North High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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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

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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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LEAGUE RECORD Foothill West Highland Arvm Bakersfield East Foothill Highland West South Arvin Bakersfield East WON 3 LOST ll NORTH OPPONENT 7 ' 1 9 5 9 2 ' l4 0 South 4 l8 ' l l A 2 8 2 3 4 ' 5 5 ' 6 3 2 1 2 9 7 4 5 l 7 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Star infield- ers team up to tag out a Garces base runner. Preparing to throw a pitch, Anne Turner goes into her windup. Anne pitched four innings against Garces, allowing no hits. Leading off first base, Karen Harrison prepares to steal. A few seconds after this picture was snapped, she succeeded in stealing second base. Watching the ball, Gina Gocsling prepares to make a catch. Gina also rapped two hits to assist in thc 6-0 victory over Garccs. VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM members FRONT ROW: Cori Albritton, Kem Maynard, Kathi Bucklen, Gina Goesling, Tara Ross, Karen Langston, Luann Sweet, Brandi Jackson. ROW 2: Mr. Jack OBrien, Anne Turner, Karen Harri- son, Denise King, Julie Tillman, Teresa Willmon, Jennifer Ragland, Cathy McDonald, Shelly Gar- ner, Julie Eastman. Varsity Softb1llf67