Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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JV Softball Baseball Guys Girls Coleman 9- 2 8- 3 Shepherd 1-10 Montabella 1-14 Saranac 4- 2 18-13 Saranac 15- 8 10-11 Carson City 3- 6 14- 1 Carson City 3-13 10-12 Portland 3-11 12- 8 Portland 1-19 8- 9 Montabella 9- 8 10- 9 Montabella 7- 8 13- 3 Belding 1- 2 16- 3 Lakeview 5- 6 13- 3 Lakeview 9-16 17- 3 Central Montcalm 0- 1 7- 8 Central Montcalm 0-11 7-18 Overall: 4-11 9- 6 !! SAFE! After getting the first base hit of the game, Tim Parrish dives back to first safely, against Central Moncalm's lefthander during the first game of the last double header of the season. Kecords not vital; EXPERIENCE WANTED by Tim Parrish and Faye DePue After identical 2nd place finishes in the Vestaburg Invitational, the JV softball and baseball teams had little in common. The boys managed to win only four of their 15 games while the girls won nine. From the invitationals, on, it was an up season for the girls. Coached by Cheryl McClellan and assisted by Katie Brantley, the team began their regular season by splitting their first four games. They finally broke out of their rut by winning five in a row. That win streak was ended by Central Moncalm in an extra innings loss, 8-7. Extra innings plagued the girls a second time as they lost to Central Montcalm 7-18 in the season finale. The girls were able to avenge an earlier Montabella drubbing, 1-14, as they defeat- ed them in both games of a double header played later in the season. The team was led in pitching by Rikki Steele with five wins and Cathy DeShano with four. Rachel Butler, with a batting average of .597, led the girls with three home runs. Steele, DeShano and Jeannie Bush all moved up to varsity for pre-districts and districts, where DeShano played second base and the other two were sent in to pinch hit. “Break” was the theme of the season for the JV boys. Unfortunately, they wer- en’t breaking records. Trevor McCormick, found out what gets broken when you show off your knuckleball and it doesn’t drop. Instead it went through the locker room window. Tim Parrish was the second “break” of the season as his nose got on the wrong end of a throw from sophomore Chad Palmer and he needed to have surgery. Rich Fisk was forced to invest in some sunglasses after he broke his nose trying to catch a pop up in the bright sun. Although they weren’t breaking re- cords, the team did experience some tri- umphs. In the double header victories over Saranac, the team was hitting well against their slow pitchers and also committed few errors. After being down 5-1 against Monta- bella, a seventh inning rally put the team in the win column, 9-8. The second game of the double header was a complete turn around, as the Wolverines saw their 7-1 lead end in a 7-8 loss. In the team’s loss to Belding, Tim Par- rish threw a one-hitter; however, an error scored the winning run for the Redskins. The team was coached by Scott Mar- shall, who was the former JV girls’ softball coach. With four of the boys’ 11 losses being only by one run and with an experienced team returning next season, the errors may be fewer and the victories more. 28a ! JV Softball Baseball

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!! YOU’RE OUT! As Tim Beach stretches to catch the ball, the umpire gets in position to call the batter out. The Hog Waller — A combination of poor pitching and fielding errors made for a game of high points against Portland. The Mercy Killing — Recovering from a 14-0 tourney loss, the Wolver- ines got it all together and decided to wipe Central Moncalm all over the field as they mercied then with their second 10-0 win in three games. The Squeaker — An extremely close game over Fowler with first one team, then the other, taking the lead. Revenge — Angered by their earli- er loss to Vestaburg, the Portland St. Pats team played with a vengeance to force the Wolves out of the districts. — Ups and Downs-------------- VARSITY BASEBALL — FRONT ROW: Manager David Donley. Harold Franks. Scott Vitz. Sam Wrisley, Aron Palmer, Jeff Bailey. Matt King, Manager Ryan Smith. BACK ROW: Coach Rick Roberts. Troy Mortensen, Darrell Donley. Tim Beach, Josh Ryckman, Andy Johnston. Assistant coach Dave Holsworth. !! HEY, BATTER, BATTER. Junior Andy Johnston times out the speed of the pitcher and practices a level swing while waiting in the on- deck circle. He went on to strike out. J Sports ! 27a

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!! TWO FOR THE SHOW. Rachel Butler, (left) the teams starting shortstop was the team's leading hitter with a hatting average of .597. Her teammate. Shelly Johnson, was an all around player, playing any position her coached asked her to. The Upper — By a miraculous twist of fate, both JV baseball and softball teams took second place finishes the the Vestaburg Invitational. The Downer — Possibly by the same twist of fate, both teams lost their last games of the season by about 10 runs each. Both losses were to Central Mont- calm. The Red Streak — After going 2 for 4 in their first four games, the JV girls won a total of five games in a row against Montabella, Belding and Lakeview. The Embarrassment — After losing two games in a row, the JV boys went overboard in an embarrassing 19-1 loss to Portland. ------------------------------Ups and Downs — !! HERE WE GO NOW, ROB. BASE HIT NOW, CRACK! Left handed batter Rob Hanes singles to right field during the second game of the double header against Central Moncalm. JV BASEBALL — FRONT ROW: James Traynor, Rob Hanes. Larry Ozment, Eric Vitz. Troy Grahm, Trevor McCormick. Dan VanPlew. MIDDLE ROW: Jay Janofski. Dan Scott. Corey Ferguson. Steve Lott. BACK ROW: Coach Scott Marshall. Dave Freeman. Brian Bowser. Aaron Carr, Leroy Benavidez, assistant coach Brent Bissell. JV SOFTBALL — FRONT ROW: Melissa Beard. Faye DePue, Jenny Bissell, Linette Stratton. MIDDLE ROW: Jeannie Bush. Rachel Butler, Michelle Keeler. Pam Martin. Shawn Antes. Kristy Kloeckner. BACK ROW: Assistant coach Katie Brantley. Shannon Kloeckner. Shelly Johnson. Leilani Jenison. Lori Anna. Rikki Steele, Coach Cheryl McClellan. Sports ! 29a