Pleasant Grove High School - Grove Yearbook (Texarkana, TX)

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7 9? its iyrvtw W fff45siQ X , wi. , 4 wfsqs, , aw?-if WHILE THE TEAM IS ON THE FIELD WARMING UP AT LINDEN Kildare, Coach Burks sits by the dug out watching their preparations. AS THE TEAM HUDDLES TOGETHER, COACH BURKS DISCUSSES the strategy for the upcom- ing inning. VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM. FRONT ROW: Van Morris, John Hodges, Clay Martin, Matt Robert- son, Skipper Hastings, Kevin Whitworth, Jeff Wrlght, E. J. Pate. Second Row: Coach Mike Burks, Craig Schulz, Steve Culling, Trace Warren, Matt Williams, Brian Carpenter, Chad Dodson, Darren Watts, Brian Adkins, Kenny Davis, Coach Mike Walsh. Baseball

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ff BASEBALL Keep your eyes on the ball as PCI batters hit 'em over the fence. s the spring season rolled around, so did another season: baseball. The Hawks began baseball season Feb- ruary 27 against Arkansas High, and they closed the season May 15 against New Boston. The Hawks played many great games. Their highest scoring game of the season was a 14-6 decision over the Atlanta Rabbits. Senior Craig Schulz hit his third homerun andjunior E. J. Pate hit his first two of the year. The Hawks' staged a dramatic come-from-behind fourth inning. During the fourth, the Hawks' scored seven runs. They held the Rabbits and went on to win. During the fifth inning of the second district meeting between the Hawks and Dekalb, Pleasant Grove turned the first triple play in the school's history. The triple play was set up with the bases loaded and no outs. The DeKalb player hit a hard line drive to second baseman E. J. Pate. E. J. snared the ball and got the first out: he then threw to third baseman Skipper Hastings, who caught the runner off base for the second out. Skipper fired the ball to shortstop Van Morris, who tagged the runner as he was trying to get back to second base. The triple was the turning point for the SENIOR CRAIG SCHULZ WATCHES THE PITCHER CAREFULLY as the Linden-Kildare player steps up to the plate in the fifth inning. Sports Hawks, who went into the inning with a 6- 4 lead. The Hawks went on to win the game 6-4, behind strong pitching from freshman starter Matt Williams and sophomore Jeff Wright, who relieved Matt and secured the victory. Another ofthe Hawks' best games was against the Linden-Kildare Tigers. The Hawks won 8-2. Senior catcher Craig Schulz belted his fourth homerun, a 5 nm shot in the fourth inning. Jeff Wright start- ed the game, holding the Tigers to five hits and striking out seven. Jeff went the dis- tance for the Hawks, improving his record to 5-5. Seniors Craig Schulz and Trace Warren and sophomore Skipper Hastings all had singles in the game. Coach Mike Burks, who also coached last year's Area Championship team said, it was our best game of the year. The Hawks did have their set backs: however, losing three District games to Queen City, New Boston, and dropping a 14-O decision that was stopped at the end of the filth inning because of the 10-run rule. The Hawks also had their share of in- juries. Hawk players Kenny Davis, E. J. Pate, and Trace Warren were out due to in- juries. Ccontinued on page 1651 PITCHER SKIPPER HASTINGS WINDS UP AS HE WATCHES the Atlanta players on the loaded bases.

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BASEBALL :uns HAWK PLAYERS CONGRATULATE TRACE WAR- REN AND Craig Schulz as they round the bases. Schulz hadjust hit his third homerun, and Warren also scored. Baseball Opponent PG Arkansas High 6 1 Arkansas High 5 4 Mt. Pleasant 11 I 8 I Mt. Pleasant 4 10 Hooks 11 1 . Liberty-Eylau 4 5 Ashdown 2 5 Liberty-Eylau 5 5 DeKalb 2. 10 Linden-Kildare 5 7 I Hughes Springs 5 5 Queen City 2 0 Atlanta 7 16 I Hooks 14 0 I New Boston 5 1 Delialb 5 a Linden-Kildare 2 8 I Hughes Springs 5 4 , 5 , -so FRESHMAN PITCHER MATT WILLIAMS PRE- i'mV'I ' fgspq. -4 , I PARES TO release his pitch during a game 'I I' I' I ' against Dekalb as second baseman E. J. Pate watches. 162 Sports Page Sponsor: GARY TREADWAY Homes of Distinction