Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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999929nnnT19m9m9929 Owensboro High School breezed through the semi-state baseball tour- nament after barely surviving the re- gional play. OHS beat Murray by the football score of 21-14 and defeated Paducah St. Mary's 6-0 in the finals of the semi-state. Regional action found OHS beating Providence 11-1 and South Hopkins 16-1 before the dramatic 9-8 victory over Henderson County in the region- al finals. In the semi-state, OHS scored 12 runs in the first inning to beat Mur- ray. Keith Anderson had a grand slam four-base error as the outfielder got his glove on the ball but dropped it over the fence for an error. Anderson had five RBI's. He also picked up the mound victory. Val Norris' pitching and home runs by Mark Rickard and Keith Anderson helped OHS beat Paducah St. Mary's. OHS used the combination of 10 hits and a three-hitter by Barr Gordon to wallop Providence. Val Norris hit two homers and had five RBI's in the win over South Hop- kins. OHS sent 14 batters to the plate in the fourth inning and scored nine times. Against Henderson County, OHS grabbed a quick 7-1 lead after four innings on Keith Anderson's grand- slam. Henderson County battled back to tie the score at 7-7 as the Colonels came up with their own grand-slam artist. OHS led at 8-7 before Hender- son came back to tie it again at 8-8. OHS grabbed a 9-8 lead and Val Norris came in from the outfield to save the game and regional title. The victory over Henderson Coun- ty put the Red Devils in the state tour- nament for the third straight year. - By Steve Mclntyre 801 Varsity Baseball f, .gjv , S J V x raw -ff ,A . 5- 'L ' 'C W j g were - Coach lack Hicks and the members of the base- al to win the right to participate in the four- ball team displayed restrained enthusiasm team state tournament. after beating Paducah St. Mary's in the section- , .L A - --sur .. . .,,,. ek 'I 9- Q .. r ' W'-fi 8 Q V- f- 8 ' sf ? 'rw g .t f. iff .., 4 9 , at ww ' it f 1 1 is 1 M X I tr fitgitv K 4 I Q S 5 gif' f 'J 1 N 'fr' .rrfffwgw 3 Q.. x .v l 2 mrs k fx? ll ivwva -. A 1- s wf ? f 7 - . s.,tf'.t'rif 11, A Q.. 7 V f g . 4 . Q In 1 5 .vm K 'K .' 1 - . .,. -W2 , X- t 5 -1 fi fr iq. -' .'f1f-23-j..: . if 1 2 ,, r x vii, L. pete ,wt -,gr 9 g t- . i 1 - .1 - t-il' ' ,IQ i ' .eggui -ns' t silt 4, h ,Nr . S3 , X -A . I f Pi- 2 gg. A , -r VH, 5 V M J., 1 ,gi . 'Q 45' -L QXQQ ,pq XM 4? ag N WU! i- rg 1' Y x 3 5' 4 75, 3 le. 'Q' . 15, 9 3 . A ' 2' lwwff I W. .. ' J 9 . ' 4 zljlw'-.f ' 1' f wt' alta'-Q T fi 'Kilt fir? Af' . if , qt,1Q3 af FQ f P. ii'f9ffJqf,ffQ4f il ' i 1 is Mr .1 ' ifttfiw ' P L A 'P Watching his baseball team perform in his final happy group as the Red Devils face Murray in season as coach, Jack Hicks has an apprehen- the opening round of the sectional. sive look while the dugout appears to be a

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Hnother Rivalry OHS Robbed Eagles Of Baseball District Owensboro High and Apollo have built a strong rivalry in basketball in recent years and another rivalry was born between the two schools this year. This time the rivalry game was baseball. The two teams battled in opening round play of the district baseball tournament on May 9. OHS won the contest 5-1 behind the pitching of Val Norris. The two teams had met three times before the district battle and Apollo had taken two of those regular season games. Apollo won 2-O and 9-1 in the regular season while Owensboro won 4-3. Norris got the victory in the district win over Apollo with three-hit pitch- ing. Keith Anderson was the man with the bat as he hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to open up the game. Apollo committed three errors in the district opener as the wind was changing drastically throughout the afternoon. Apollo errors allowed two OHS runs to score, while Apollo's only run was scored on an OHS error. Owensboro High faced Daviess County in the finals of the district tournament on May 11. The game was close, but OHS won 7-4 for Jack Hicks' 20th district title. Jared Elliot started the game for OHS and had two doubles, driving in three OHS runs. Norris had to come on in relief for Elliot in the closing innings to strike out Steve Cripps and get Lynn North- ern to hit a pop out for the end of the contest. OHS began the 1978 season a little slow, losing four of the first five games. The biggest regular season victory was over Birmingham Banks Q18-23. OHS put together a pair of four- game win streaks through the 1978 season. Other big OHS victories in- cluded Tell City f2-D, Louisville Shawnee Q6-21 and Lexington Tates Creek 14-3 and 5-25. - By Steve Mclntyre 8 fVarsity Baseball V. s,., Q J Keith Anderson belts a homerun out of Chau- photoj are ready to greet him before he is tauqua Park ltop photoj during the district tour- mobbed by most of the team fabovej as he nament win over Apollo. As Keith rounds third crosses home plate. base, Coach Jack Hicks and the team Qmiddle