Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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4 JV and Freshman Baseball B » p«t»»» ' ' JV and Freshman Baseball hit off with Conj ith returning JV players and a whole new team of freshmen, JV and Fresh- man baseball looks ahead and predicts a successful season. A previous assistant coach for JV baseball, this is Coach Goodrich ' s first year with Freshman base- ball. The coach is pretty cool, but he sometimes gets upset when we mess up! said freshman Jeff Ratcliff. To improve in their strat- egy, working hard in prac- tices was necessary. This way, the other teams wouldn ' t have too much of an advantage over their in- experience. They need to learn the fundamentals of baseball. Like throwing, catching, and hitting. Our hard work will pay off, said Coach Goodrich. But inexperience was no problem for the JV team, if the pitchers could come through. Our pitching is a little weak, but if we play to our potential, then we should be successful. With so many returning JV players, ▼ Practicingtheir pitches, the J V team warms up for the game. Im- proving their pitching skills was Mr. Dover ' s main goal. we should do great, said junior Mike Valvatne. Coach Jay Devers ' four year experience with the team should really help. He plans to have another championship team. I plan to work these guys to the bone. We should be able to do ex- tremely well, said Coach Devers. story by Lily Chen: layout by Robbie Davis: p otographs by Jack Elliot t ▼ Ready to swing, a player of the Freshmen team makes a swift hit. Coach Goodrich praises his team with their hitting skills. ■ Our pitch- ing is a little weak, but if we play to our potential, then we should be successful. With so many return- ing JV players, we should do great. — Mike Valvatne. Sports JV and Freshman Baseball

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• A HIT AND RUN COMBINATION Is performed by Adam Stines. On the r;ght, Adam tries to hit one out of the park: on the left, he races the ball to the bag. Walnut played Los Altos, and they tied the game 9- Onf ytim ♦t Vs;-.- . «■-.. Boys Varsity Baseball !? Varsity Baseball team realizes that hard work must si lace inexperience m tell o matter how inexperi- enced players are. a good attitude, hard work, and never quitting can pull a team together in one quick snap. The 1986-87 Boys Var- sity Baseball team started out with only four return- ing lettermen. The big ad- dition was eight sopho- mores and juniors. We have a real young group out here, but they are good ball players, said Coach Scott Cassells. With such a young team, Cassells had to put pressure on the group, and work them hard in or- der to grab their chances for Valle Vista League Champs. Our team has a lot of potential, and we expect to wipe them out in the new league, said sopho- more Mark Marostica. Over Easter break, the Mustangs played in the Pomona Elks Tourna- ment. We want to do well in the tournament, and be able to compete in pre- season with Sierra League scores. said Cassells. We need good pitch- ing, and good hitters to have a successful sea- son, said senior Adam Stines. The confidence that the players had seemed to camouflage the inexperi- ence of the team. I think we ' ll do pretty good be- cause It ' s not as competi- tive in the Valle Vista League. said senior Paul McGuire. We ' ll have a great season. Having four returning lettermen on the squad, Paul, Ray Teare, Kurtis Wells, and Eric Lamb, the Mustangs and their coach entered competition with determination and hard work written all over their faces. With the fans behind them and their attitude to win, the team looked for a promising season. I ' m really excited; they work hard and respond well. said Cassells. Time will only tell. Story by Julie Wishner: layout by Lynn Fujioka: photos by Allen Odermatt 1 M PREPARING FOR THE CATCH, Tony Jones awaits the chance for a tag. Tony played third base as this was his first year playing varsity ■ We have a real young group out here, but they are all good ball players, — Coach Scott Cassells Boys Varsity Baseball Sports 135

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I ▲ Front row: Aaron Fouts, Pat Cook. Grant Hoyle, Eric Peter- son Middle: Nelson Orantez, Mike Valvatne. Ryan Modica. Ke- vin Del Toro, Jim my Radogna. Steve Crandall. Ruben Marron Back: Coach Devers, Jeremy Collins, Hoon Lee. Jason White. Scott Browkaw. Alan Schlottach, James Gilfeddar. Matthew Greene A Front row: Mike Ortiz. Jeff Johnson. Eric Briggle. Terri Rose. Kevin Winters. Brad Simpson, Chris Barnett. Ronnie Piazza. Jeff Radcliffe. J.J. Zamary, Frank Hernandez. Melvin Smith, Emiliano Vargas. JV and Freshman Baseball Sports 137