Silver Lake High School - Golden Eagle Yearbook (Silver Lake, KS)

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PIPER On April 8th the Eagles traveled to Piper for a doubleheader. J. KRLIGER led the Eagles with six runs batted in throughout the doubleheaderg Lake came away with two victories over Piper with scores of eleven to nine and five to one. In the first game the pitching staff managed to hold Piper to one run. SLIMNER On April 23rd the Eagles traveled to Sumner. Despite two runs batted in by MONTE ELLIS sophomore in the first game of the doubleheader, the Eagles lost six to three. In the second game the Eagles could not produce much offensive powerg Sumner swept the doubleheader from the Ea- gles with a second-game score of six to three. SPRING HILL Spring Hill came to Lake to play a doubleheader. In the first game, sev- en of the nine Eagles scored a run with ELLIS and DAVID KRLIGER freshman, scoring three runs apiece enroute to a twelve to nine victory. The Eagles' offensive power went into the second game, and the Eagles won nine to one. Wwkzzszfq Q' 1' WJ U T' -1,1 imll'-1:4252 eff Fi tif T171 hiyi 'ii QU In order to get the batter out, STEVE BRADY junior puts a spin on the ball. iPhoto by TRACEY GRIGGSJ. 123 During the Rossville doubleheader, SHANON SAIA senior throws the ball back to the pitcher. iPhoto by TRACEY GRIGGSJ Q33 MONTE ELLIS sophomore relays the ball back as fast as possible in order to stop the opponent from advancing any farther. iPhoto by PAM SWARTZJ X I V169 .511 1' if if if ,fly Av . , , if if my ' I Al' .3 Sports f Baseball f 49

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Nineteen compose smallest team as eight double in track and baseball CHASE COUNTY The Eagles traveled to Chase Coun- ty. JERRY KRUGER and SHANON SAIA seniors knocked out three hits on the way to a ten to six victory. The second game of the doublehead- er was won by Lake twelve to six, and led by DAVlD KRUGER fresh- man and J. KRUGER, with three runs apiece. BURLINGTON Burlington journeyed to Silver Lake on April 20th to play the Eagles in a doubleheader. Lake won both games, two to zero and seven to one. BOBBY PFANNENSTIEL junior had one home run in each game, and J. KRU- GER had three runs batted in overall to lead the Eagles. He also had nine strikeouts on the Burlington hitters. SECO D IN LEAGUE 48f Sportsf Baseball QU ln the Rossville game, BOBBY PFANNEN- STIEL junior has a hit while other members of the Rossville team look on. iPhoto by TRACEY GRIGGSJ C25 Attempting to strike out an opponent, sen- ior JERRY KRUGER pitches the ball. iPhoto by ERIN WILEYJ Q35 BRUCE FERGUSON senior puts as much strength as possible in his pitch to strike out his opponent. iPhoto by PAM SWARTZJ

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Baseball team finds HAMILTON as new head coach LEAGUE TOURNAMENT Pitching against Chase County and Burlington were freshman DAVID KRUGER and senior BRUCE FERGU- SON. Homeruns in those 2 games came from juniors BRENT LILLEY and STEVE BRADY each with 1, and senior JERRY KRUGER with 5. Against Rossville, things were differ- ent for pitcher STEVE BRADY ju- nior. The Eagles fell short O-1, taking 2nd in the tournament. EMPORIA Starting the season by playing Empo- ria, the Eagles' pitcher was senior JERRY KRUGER. He had 14 stri- keouts during that game to help Sil- ver Lake win 12-1. The second game of the double-header was pitched by senior BRUCE FERGUSON, junior BRENT LILLEY, and sophomore KA- SEY KIRKWOOD. Struggling against the Emporia team, the Eagles lost by the score of 17-13. 5 HOMERLINS IN ONE DAY ill Front Row: Brett Kerr, Loren Dekat, Kasey Kirkwood, Gary Workman, manager-Kerry Priddy, Deron Johnson, Kevin Safarik, Monte Ellis, and Steve Manhart. Back row Coach C.J. Hamilton, Brent Lilley, Bruce Ferguson, Shanon Sala, Steve Brady, and Bobby Pfan- nenstiel. Not pictured are David and Jerry Kru- ger. QPhoto by ANNETTE MARTINI Q27 After catching the ball, senior SHANON SAIA attempts to keep the base runner from stealing. iPhoto by TRACEY GRIGGSJ C35 Before the game, Coach HAMILTON gives infield practice. iPhoto by ERIN WILEYI 143 The team watches as the batter steps up to the plate. iPhoto by PAM SWARTZD Li , f ,ht 'A -nn ,.. -S 50fSportsfBaseball .. X ..