Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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72 Second Baseman Brad Rice tags a potential base-stealing Northwestern player out at second. Rice compiled 52 put-outs during the season. Far Right Shor-stop Greg Koren flinches after rapping out a base hit. Content with a 7-6 victory over Dieruff varsity mitt men line up for the tradi tional post-game handshake with the defeated Huskies. Right Bob Bartholo mew releases one of his blazing fastballs. VARSITY BASEBALL — Front Row: Carl Strasser. manager; Gary Schlaffer. Jeff Kurtz. Brad Rice, Greg Koren. Ron Kroboth. John Domitrovits, Rick Coombe. Second Row Mike Karoly. manager; Willie Roman. Andy Millcn. Steve Wenzel. Allen Bowen. Rick Hamscher. Steve Prazcnka. John Klobosits, Bob Schedler. manager. Third Row Bill Kocher. manager; Dan Kochenash. Bruce Rarig. Bob Bartholomew. Steve Scott. Scott Sniscak. Steve Panik. Rick Fetherolf, Tony Gallina, Dennis Horvath, manager.

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21 Showing his approval of a play is head coach Joseph Steiner. Far Left: Bill Marks (25) is in no hurry to get back to first as a Northampton fielder loses his balance and misses the ball in a pick-off throw attempt. m ood attitudes and more teamwork were needed on the junior varsity baseball team as it compiled a losing 4-6-1 slate. “I think we could have done a lot better if our team had had a better attitude and more of a winning spirit, replied Tony Vlahovic, pitcher. “These problems contributed to the lack of teamwork on the club. The little Zephs had their best offensive output of the season in an 11-2 defeat of Dieruff. Jim Elchook, the winning pitcher, had nine strikeouts while Mike Fabian and Vlahovic each drove in three runs. Strong defense was the junior mittmen’s forte in a 9-2 trouncing of Catasauqua. The team compiled an impressive total of 12 hits with Jim Mizgerd rapping out a double and two singles. The jay vee defense gave way to error midway through the season as they dropped four of their six losses by mistakes. Liberty capitalized on the junior varsity’s errors to gain a 13-6 win. Ron Snyder banged out three hits in four times at bat while Fabian added two. Easton used a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly in the last inning to edge out Whitehall 6-5. Vlahovic hurled a four-hitter striking out eight, with Bill Marks, his catcher, getting three hits. JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL — Front Row Dennis Roman. Adolph Yost. Kurt Horlachcr. Guy Schwcnk. Matt Mondschein. Mike Fabian. John Bartoni. Second Row: Chris Nickischcr. Robert Egan. Gary Greb. Anthony Bartoni. James Mizgerd. William Marks, Scott Baer. Third Row: Tim Coval. Jim Elchook. Tony Vlahovic. Ron Snyder. Don Wethcrhold. William Hobson. Frank Krempasky. Barry Laudenslagcr, Mike Ncupaucr. Confusion is shown on the face of third baseman Dan Kochenash as he awaits a late throw on a Bethlehem Catholic runner who slides safely into base while the umpire rushes in to make a call.

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 23 Py ine efforts on the part j of the seniors helped the varsity baseball team compile an even 10-10 record. “We will miss the 12 seniors who are leaving us, commented Joseph Steiner, coach. “They set a fine example for our returning letterwinners to follow. The mittmen ended league action with a 4-1 loss to Liberty. The Hurricane, runnerup in the East Penn League, took advantage of two Zephyr errors by adding four hits of their own in the second inning to clinch the win. Brad Rice, EPL All-Star team honorable mention, scored Whitehall's only run when he walked, stole second. and came home on Rick Fetherolfs long single. Phillipsburg fell to the diamondmen 4-1 due to the hot hitting of third baseman Dan Kochenash. Kochenash drove in three runs with a two-run homer and a sacrifice fly. Righthander John Klobosits went the distance for the mittmen striking out six and walking only two, while singling in another run. The Zephs used an eight-run, fifth inning uprising to wipe out a one-run deficit and win a 16-10 slugfest with Freedom. Rick Hamscher and Tony Gallina hammered two run homers during the mittmen's spurt, while Willie Roman, Eric Charles, Jeff Kurtz, and Greg Koren each added two hits. honed out at second by a Northampton player is senior Brad Rice. The Konkrete Kids won the first encounter between the two teams 5-3 with a three-run. fourth inning rally. The Zephyrs came from behind on Jeff Kurtz's two-run blast to win the second contest 4-3 with Rice rapping out two hits.