Patrick County High School - Archive Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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Throwing out a runner from the outfield, Phil Hunt performs one of his specialties. In full stride, Gerald Culler tries to beat out a ground ball. Culler was second in hitting with a .300 average. x ; ’ 1974 BASEBALL TEAM. KNEELING: Head Coach Sonny Swails. STANDING: Sammy Morrison, Robbie Shelor, Gene Epperson, Wendell Handy, Tim Burkhart, Mark Tolson, Ronnie Williams, Gerald Culler, Mike Rorrer, Steve Yarber, Phil Hunt, Donny Rakes, Darrell Agee, Blaine Gilley, Donnie Jones, Ricky Johnson, Teddy Martin, H. C. Nelson. NOT PICTURED: assistant coach Tony Nolen. Baseball 29

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Cougars Rally For 12-8 Baseball Season Hot hitting and improved pitching allowed Patrick County to reel off a seven game win streak near the end of the season as the 1974 baseball team posted a fine 12-8 record. The Cougars, at one point, owned a 5-6 mark after a humiliating 10-3 setback by the Tun- stall Trojans. However, the whole season began to turn around in their next start when they defeated Laurel Park which went on to win the district championship in baseball. Following that triumph, PCHS kept “put¬ ting it all together” by whipping six more teams in succession to make what had been a dismal season a successful one. Kneeling, Robbie Shelor makes sure he catches this grounder against Bassett. Bassett went on to win, 4-3 in eight innings. “Come on Darrell, we gotta have strikes,” instructs Coach Sonny Swails to pitcher Darrell Agee. PCHS 12-8 Baseball Season 16 Mt. Airy 3 PCHS 10 North Surry 5 PCHS 5 Carroll County 2 PCHS 3 Carroll County 6 PCHS 1 Tunstall 3 PCHS 8 Laurel Park 10 PCHS 6 Dre wry Mason 7 PCHS 10 G. W. Carver 5 PCHS 3 Bassett 4 PCHS 5 Dan River 3 PCHS 3 Tunstall 10 PCHS 10 Laurel Park 7 PCHS 5 Chatham 3 PCHS 6 F-C 4 PCHS 7 Bassett 3 PCHS 3 Chatham 2 PCHS 1 Dan River 0 PCHS 10 Drewry Mason 1 PCHS 2 F-C 3 PCHS 0 G. VL Carver 2

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■rMTfr P mm ■p Jfis « » , W r «3Wi»»» • 0 W. ’i t » 1 f 1 ' ?- ' } 1 4 i « VJL ■ •A tpj f ' C ' §■ ' IF si r ' ® »I I ' IV CSj ' ■■»;.«. • |P |K| ' ,v ■ ill ‘ 1 ilNISt t , H§ ,.■ • r ? ,.-■ f «% : :?- ?,■ ■■ ' ' ■ • ' - ' - .,•! ' , ■;,,. § ■ , i-m W ttl fc jpRP ' ljPi ; ' f ■ % ski flEEs Concentrating on the ball, Steve Yarber gets set to single against Laurel Park. Rorrer, Culler Lead Team On Offense During Win Streak Preparing to bat, Mike Rorrer went 3 for 3 against Tun- stall. This game put Rorrer into the .300’s for the rest of the year. During their fateful surge, which finally ended in two consecutive de¬ feats, the Cougars were led on offense by Phil Hunt, Teddy Martin, Don- ny Rakes, Mike Rorrer, Steve Yarber, and Gerald Culler, when he returned from an injury. Just as the hitting came around, so did the pitch¬ ing. Darrell Agee, Blaine Gilley, and Steve Yarber all came through admira¬ bly during the stretch as Culler, the team’s ace, was sidelined for over half the season with a wrist injury sustained in the ninth game. Rorrer emerged as the team’s leading hitter with a sizzling .344 mark. Ror¬ rer, along with Culler, were the team’s leaders throughout the season and throughout the win streak. As Teddy Martin checks for a sign from the third base coach. Laurel Park ' s Randy Dove calls time-out.