Raymore Peculiar High School - Panther Yearbook (Peculiar, MO)

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Awesome season . . . but no state playoffs The Varsity baseball team had the best record in Ray-Pec's baseball history with 12 wins and only 2 losses this year. Even with this great record, the varsity team was defeated in the second round of the district tournament by Fern Day. With this loss, the varsity ended their season on a very dejected note. The team started off winning two games and losing a close one to Platte City, 5-4. After that loss, the Panthers went on a 9 game winning streak. Dur- ing this time, they took first place at the Clinton Tournament and defeated the Pem Day Raiders three times. With an 11 and 1 record going into the District Tournament, they were the ob- vious team to beat. The first opponent to try was Smithton, but they were turned award hands down. This set up a fourth game with Pem Day. When the game was over the Panthers fell short 3-1 and their season was over. The 1982 varsity team worked very well together, and they have installed a winning traaition into Ray-Pec's base- ball program. a y. 1 grams; . David Arthur gets set. Mike Martin thinks about the next pitch. 156TBaseball

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ISBwBaseball Unpredictable year This year's Junior Varsity baseball team played a hit and miss season. If they weren't being cancelled because of weather, they were probably cutting a game short on account of darkness. With a ten game schedule, they played five full games; this made the junior varsity sea- son seem very short. This team had an average year win- ning only three games and losing four. Their season could have been quite a bit different had they scored a couple more runs in some games. They lost three of Jeff Jones gets set for a ground ball. Jeff Ganaden holds the runner close. their four games by one or two runs. When they were playing a game, the team worked well together. If there was an error, the rest of the team would talk to the player and reassure him. With this attitude, they learned a lot more than just baseball, they learned to get along. Varsity teams of the future will be get- ting experienced players in more than one way. The teams at Ray-Pec will be balanced squads of baseball players and team members. VI km WW