Whitehall High School - Whitehall Yearbook (Whitehall, PA)

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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.

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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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24 trong hitting was evident as seven players hit .300 or better. Dan Kochenash led the way with a .333 average and also showed his speed by stealing six bases for another team best. Power was provided by Jeff Kurtz, who rapped out three home runs, two triples, and 11 RBIs in the year, while also showing his prowess at the plate by drawing nine walks to tie Scott Sniscak in that column. Kurtz’s strength was shown in a 4-3 defeat of Northampton as his two-run blast in the third inning proved to be the margin of victory. Tony Gallina led the team in RBIs with 13, while Brad Rice, who had the second best batting average with .329, was the leader in hits with 23, including five doubles. In the pitching department Steve Prazenka had one of the top ERAs with 2.88. The junior southpaw had a fine game against Parkland, limiting the Trojans to just three hits, but came out on the losing end of that 3-0 pitcher’s duel. John Klobosits had the hurlers’ best record going 4-2 while also recording the team’s only save. Klobosits also led in strikeouts compiling 30, followed by his teammate Steve Scott who recorded 19. An attempted pick-off move is made by a Dieruff pitcher as Zephyr Steve Panik (24) races back to the bag. Whitehall beat the Huskies 7-6 with an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Zephyr pitcher Steve Scott starts his windup as Brad Rice stands ready at second base for the outcome of the pitch Scott, with a 1-0 record, had a 3.85 ERA and compiled 19 strikeouts for the team.