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

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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 ..

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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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ROSSVILLE Pitching against Rossville was junior STEVE BRADY. He gave up 4 hits and 3 walks and had 2 strikeouts, even though Silver Lake had 4 walks and 9 strikeouts. Homeruns were hit by freshman DAVID KRUGER with l and junior DERON JOHNSON with 2. BRUCE FERGUSON and SHANON SAlA, seniors, both had 2 stolen bases. Silver Lake dogged the Dawgs again, winning 11-O. ST. MARYS The next double-header was against St. Marys. Pitching for Silver Lake were seniors BRUCE FERGUSON and JERRY KRUGER. At the bats ju- nior BRENT LlLLEY was 2 for 3. Sil- ver Lake won 6-5. The next game, BRADY pitched, giving up 5 hits, no runs, 7 strikeouts, and 3 walks among 26 batters. BRADY also had the final hit scoring the runner to win the game 1-O. 4'-r-if STATE CHAMPS At the state baseball tournament in Emporia, seniors BRUCE FERGU- SON and JERRY KRUGER, and ju- nior STEVE BRADY pitched for the Eagles. Silver Lake defeated Sedan 3- 2, Sumner 7-3, and Thomas More Prep 2-0. CU At Rossville freshman DAVID KRUGER watches the ball go by while up to bat. iPhoto by TRACEY GRIGGSJ Q23 Trying to get the runner out, junior BRENT LILLEY throws the ball to first base. iPhoto by ERIN WILEYJ Q33 Junior DERON JOHNSON attempts to get on base by bunting the ball at Sumner. iPhoto by ERIN WILEYJ SportsfBaseballf51