Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

Page 30 text:

Baseball ends 20-win season Although the 1976 baseballers con- chided the season with their fourth consecutive 20-victory season, the team (defending Missouri Inter- collegiate Athletic Association and Midwest regional champions) could only finish fifth in league play. Coach Jim Wasem ' s Bearcats put together a 20-14 (8-7 in the MIAA) record during the ' 76 campaign. The 20 victories helped put Wasem over the 100-game win mark during his four seasons at NWMSU. Den nis Webb, centerf ielder, became the first ' Cat ever to bat over .400 (.411), and was honored as the MIAA rookie of the year along with being a first team all-conference selection. Webb, along with pitcher Mark Miller (7-2, 2.22 ERA), were NCAA Division II District V third team selections. Miller was a second team league pick. Coach Wasem described 1976 as a disappointing season. We won 20 games, but with a few breaks I think we could have been conference cham- pions, Wasem said. Four seniors will be gone from next year ' s team, but Wasem expects a good season in 1977. 26 BASEBALL

Page 29 text:

BKIOW AND CLOCKWISE: Another take-down for the Bearcats! Hea ywei ht Mike Papini ficmonstrates the finer points of wrestlinf; in his niatih ai;ainst a I ni ersity of Nehraska opponent from take-down, to pin to team congratulations. Marty Carter, wrestling in the 185 class, tangles with a Nebraska wrestler. A head-to-head con- frontation results between a Nebraska srapplcr and a Bearcat wrestler. A Bear- lal wrestler attempts to down his Nebraska opponent. mm WRESTLING 25 '

Page 31 text:

LEFT AND CLOCKWISE: Mark MilltT hurls another strike past a Bear- ral opponcnl. An iinidenlified NVt MSI ' hatlrr sw ings for anotlier single. Bearcat ratcher an ! first haseman ron erge at the plate for an out. Dennis ebb, leading l Th Bearcat hitter, connects for another base hit. (Catcher RanfK Blake tags the opponent as he attempts to slide into home. BASEBALL 27