Shawnee Mission Northwest High School - Lair Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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Juniors hold promise for future of baseball '79 The Cougar varsity baseball team finished a successful season with a record of nine wins and twelve losses. A win at regionals sent the team to El Dorado to the State tournament where they played Wichita Southeast, one of the top high-school baseball teams in the country. We lost 6-3. The team had many juniors in the star- ting line-up. Baseball NW OPPONENT 118 1117 SM West 115 214 Winnetonka 7 5 Blue Valley 1014 315 Ward 013 415 ' SM South 119 211 Turner 311 1018 SM East 113 212 Washington 015 112 SM North 511 115 Olathe Regionals: 3 1 Olathe State: , 3 6 Wichita Southeast 1. Junior Doyle:Faddis is set for the pitch. 2. Bruce Collins fires a single to right field. 3. Go- ing headfirst into the bag, Bruce Collins steals second base. 4. Firing from shortstop is Doyle Faddis. 5. Steve Sonnich fires to first baseman Randy Seers for a putout. 6. Boys' Varsity Baseball: Front row-Steve Fountain. Todd Gustafson, Dan Heiling, Henry Munn, Alan Kleinsorge, Roger Wilbanks. Second row: Dave Alley, Shawn O'Donnell, Doug Velliquette, Randy Seers, Doyle Faddis. Third row-Coach Tim McClure, Kirk Hanna, Mike Honn, Scott Elliot, John Fritz, Dave Root, Bruce Collins, Craig Velliquette. Back row-Steve Sonnich, Dan Copier, Curt Joy, Eric Gossett, Mike Roth, Jerry Shroyer, Paul Stucky. 7. Randy Martin follows through in a contest against Olathe. Iii ,

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JV receives league championship Varsity ended the season with a 9-7 record. In regionals on May 10 against SM South the team lost the first game 13-9, which eliminated them from state competition. The JV squad took the league championship with a record of 13-2. It was a young team, with sophomores contributing to the successful season. Varsity Scores NW OPPONENT 1X6 8X4 SM North 9 2 Raytown South 10 0 Springhill l5!6 9X4 Lawrence 9X2 5X9 St. Joseph Zfl ' 5X7 SM East 2X4 4X7 SM West 2X9 3X7 SM South l4!19 2X7 Turner 1. Grace Bailey awaits the pitch in a game against SM East. 2. Warming up before the game is Angie Jones. 3. Mary Ann Pitnick picks up a hit to add to the Cougar's six runs. 4. Grace Bailey and Michelle McKinney watch as Lon Ann Miller throws a player out at first. 5 Winding up to pitch is varsity pitcher A'ligie Jones. 6. Ellen Kline receives the hall and throws out the player at first. 7. Ellen Kline concentrates on her follow-through. 8. Soft- ball: Front row-Cathie Maxwell, Nancy We '--: un. Kelly Koeller, Sally Stephenson. Pat i. Second row-Kim Critchlow, Robin ', Janet Hines. Cindy Moeller, Lynn Pen- n. Third row-Janet Blecher. Beth Trace Bailey, Mary Ann Pitnick, Linda Fourth row-Patty Smith, Julie Law- Fina Turner, Angie Jones, Pam Ti-nder. Fifth row-Terry Joy, Michelle McKinney, Ellen Kline., Lou Ann Miller, Lawreace Tinder. cn Miller, coachg Kirk French, .,per, managers: Barb Specht, coach. '-ictured-Gary Johnston, coach. fuhall