Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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lihseball Been Ber Bery Good As Chico Escuela would say, Base- nall has been bery bery good to the ustangsf' After a successful 18 and season in 1979, the Mustangs lost te majority of their pitching staff ith the graduating class. However, 1is didn't seem to get in their way, rtly because of the outstanding ility of team captains Dennis Wil- rd, Brad Shuler and, Bob Williams id other returning lettermen. Ecording to Coach Dennis Paul, the engths, such as the veteran infield, tfield and strong hitting, out- ighed the weakness of inexperi- ced pitching. The Walnut players wouldn't settle for just any position, they planned on going for the league championship and making it to the CIF playoffs. In order to reach these goals, the team mainly needed to avoid raindrops. During the beginning of the season, the team found it difficult to practice due to the tormenting rain. However, the players did have the added incentive of field improvements such as batting cages, an outfield fence, batting tunnels and new uniforms. The money for all the new equip- ment and field improvements had to come from somewhere, so the play- ers suddenly became solicitors. Any- one who knew a baseball player was probably asked to buy a ticket to a car wash, the Alumni game, or maybe a dance. Or possibly you were hit up as a sponsor for the baseball mara- thon. Talk about a large amount of fundraisers! The Mustang baseball players were surely kept busy. Explaining what was important to him during the '80 baseball season, Coach Paul remarked, We are very encouraged by the progress made by this group of athletes towards mak- ing the baseball program a very com- petitive -lA program. Varsity Baseball!Mergers

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YCAUGHT NAPPING, Steve Simich attempts a last-second dive toward first base. Though it was a close call, Steve managed to slip his hand onto the base before the first baseman could make the tag, YWITH A LITTLE EXTRA EFFORT, Nick Bisesi finishes his windfup that results in a drop ball and a strike. The game, a win for Los Altos, was Nick's first loss of the year. ' ' W'N' H' ,, M 'S If VST RQQQNZO. V M 4 AVARSITY BASEBALL. Front row: Brad Shuler, Russ Etchebarren, Steve Simich, Pat McQueen, Kirk Washington, Nick Bisesi, jim Liggitg sec- ond rowz john Hayden, Bob Williams, jon Val- lejo, john Pasillas, Brett Kurten, Eddie Kimura AHIS ATTENTION RIVETED on the approaching pitch, Brad Shuler gets set to meet the pitcher's deliv- ery. Brad was chosen by Coach Dennis Paul as one of the three team captains. Mergers!Varsity Baseball VA LEVEL FOLLOWJHROUGH by ture-perfect swing. Dennis went 0 for Dennis Willard is the result of a pic- 3dUflflS Samefagalml South Hills. it uit! lAsst. Coachjg third row: Coach Dennis Dennis Willard, Curt Kindred, Greg Sc jeff Oriti, Terrel Richmond, Coach Mi Wendt. J'-

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