Robb Township High School - Hoosier Posey Yearbook (Poseyville, IN)

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FALL BASEBALL '93 CContinuedJ Poseyville 10 New Harmony 1 In the second league game of the season played at the New Harmony Rappite's diamond our boys grabbed a first inning lead and went on to post their second league win by defeating the Rappites 10-1 as Fletchall, Wilkinson, Rutledge, Crawford, and the mound giving one run, three hits, walking two, and fanning ten batters. Kaetzel started on the mound for New Harmony giving way to Hyatt and Carr. Wadesville 6 Poseyville 3 The Wavfesville Red Devils defeated our boys 6-3 at Kiwanis Field as they blasted our nine base hits and six big runs. The win placed Wadesville and Poseyville in a two-way tie in league play. Redman and Noelle led the hitting for Wadesville. Murphy led our boys with two for four. Poseyville 14 New Harmony 5 Starting from their loss to Wadesville, Poseyville blasted out 17 hits to crush the visiting New Harmony Rappits 14-5. A big 5th inning was the difference in an otherwise close game. Ernie Rapp, senior Rappite catcher, pounded out a three run homer to put the Rappites ahead 5-4. But the ten run 5th inning barrage sealed the downfall of New Harmony. Rodger Cottrell had four-for-four. Terry Crawford and Tom Fletchall collected three hits each. Other players figuring heavily in the RBI's and hitting were Tom Price with two doubles and Jerry Rutledge with two singles. ,,. vp, may

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FALL BASEBALL '23 NORTH POSEY Champions Patoka 8 Poseyville 6 Poseyville launched their 1958 baseball season by visiting the Patoka Wrens on September 4th at the Patoka diamond sustaining their eleventh loss over the last three years by a 8-6 score. Our boys out hit the Wrens 11 to 6 but were unable to put enough hits together for a big inning. Byron Bigham, senior right-hander for the Wrens, managed to scatter Poseyvi1le's hits effectively with exception of a one homer by John Wilkinson, senior center fielder, on the fifth inning. Terry Crawford and John Wilkinson led the hitting for Poseyville with three hits each. Other base hits were collected by Fletchall, Cottrell, Rutledge, Price, and Gates. Cottrell went the route for Poseyville giving up six hits, eight walks, and striking out thirteen. Bigham went the distance for Patoka fanning 8, walking 3, and yielding 11 hits. - Poseyville 11 Cynthiana 3 In the second game of the season Poseyville blasted Cynthiana at Kiwanis Field 11-3 behind the three hit pitching of Tom Fletchall and John Wassmer. Poseyville rapped out a seventeen hit barrage to crush the Annas. Fletchall and Jerry Rutledge led the hitting attack with perfection as they each had four-for-four. Fletchall lashed out two big triples and Rutledge chipped in with a three-run homer and a double both of them also cracked out a couple of singles a piece. Cottrell, Wilkinson, Murphy, and Gates also aided the cause with two hits each. Poseyville 6 ' Wadesville 1 Poseyville stopped the Red Devils at the Wadesville Athletic Club diamond as senior pitcher Rodger Cottrell pitched a brilliant one-hit- one-run game. Johnny Wilkinson and Rodger Cottrell had five of our nine hits. The key blows being delivered by Jerry Rutledge, Terry Crawford, Keith Murphy, and Rodger Cottrell. Cottrell walked ten, fanned 12 and gave up a scratch hit to Ron Becker.

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FALL BASEBALL 'Us' iContinuedJ Allendale 6 Poseyville 3 The Yellow Jackets of Allendale, Illinois avenged a 14-2 lost last spring by dropping Poseyville 6-3 at Allendale. Six big errors, coupled with time base hits and a couple of key walks aided in spelling defeat for Poseyville. A no-hitter and shut-out was averted via 3-run 3-hits rally led by Fletchall, Wilkinson, Rutledge, Cottrell, and Murphy accounted for a 4-3 game going into the bottom of the sixth to make 6-3. Our boys had the bases loaded as a shallow fly ball to left was caught to give Allendalehthe win. Poseyville 19 Cynthiana 3 The League Championship hinged on this game, and our boys had their hitting especially sharp. Jerry Rutledge blasted out two homers, Rodger Cottrell slashed out four big hits including a 3-run triple and Johnny Wilkinson chipped in with a rousing 2-run triple. Thus ended the last North Posey County Baseball League and Poseyville was acclaimed the two Champions with a 5-1 won-loss record. Also it was the 50th baseball win against 14 losses for Coach Don Miller's baseball teams over a 356 year period. Coach Miller praised the fine play of all of his squad for their fine efforts singling out the fine efforts of seniors, Jerry Rutledge, Tom Fletchall, Rodger Cottrell, John Wilkinson and Gerald Gates. He went on to credit the fine efforts of the underclassmen including Terry Crawford, Tom Price, Robert Crumbacher and Keith Murphy. Let us never forget that any team is just as strong as its reserve players. Nice Going Team!