Page 22 - 1986 VES Meteor

MAY 23, 1986
THE METEOR
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By Jim Blount
This year's Varsity Lacrosse
tt>am finis~ed with a disappoin- ting record of 5-7. They placed ninth in the state and missed get-
ting into the 'TILT' tournament by two goals.
The Bishops' best perfor- n:mraances were against Christ
Church, Blue Ridge and Albemarle. The team had much more talent than in previous years; some of the outstanding players were: Fourd Kemper,
who was always hustling no mat- ter the situation, Key Chur-
chill, the teams leading goal
By Jim Battle
This year's track team,though
scorer, who had an excellent• quick stick and was an ag-· gressive rider, Cliff Shroeder, who led the team in overall scor-
ing and was a fine leader on the field and John Little, who was definitely one of the best defen- · sive players in the state. Thorn
Rhoads performed admirably in his first year as varsity goalie. Looking towards next year, the team needs to develop an effec- tive offensive against the better
defensive teams in the league; when this happens, the Bishop laxmen will certainly surprise a
lot of people next year.
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beating every Prep League team
By Mike Cozzens
If one word were used to sum
up this years varsity baseball team it would have to be disap- pointing. Coming off last years season -2nd in the prep league the Bishops, under the leader-
ship of Captain Joe Maxwell and Jamie Sligh, had a 7-5 record. Even with the consistent batting of Joe Maxwell, Chad Smith, Jamie Sligh and Hunt Whithead, VES wasn't able to achieve the success everyone expected. It should be noted that Joe, Chad, Jamie and Hunt were four of the top 10 batters in the prep league.
Errors played a key role in the season allowing the_opponents
many unearned runs. Hunt Whitehead was quoted as say-
ing, "We should have won alot more games than we did."
Without a doubt the most disappointing loss of the season will be the loss of Coach Rock
By Jim Blount
John Foster's 1986 varsity,
tennis team finished the season with a 6-6 record and came in a struggling seventh place in the prep-league tournament.
The seeds for this year's team were 1) Charles Davis, 2) Rick Gayle 3) Kirk Gilleland, 4) John
Foster Jr., 5) Billy Niese and 6) Alexander Boone. The team played very hard all season long
despite their even record.
On May 18 and 19 the team traveled to Richmond to play in the prep-league tournament.
Charles Davis won the consola- tion in his division, by beating players from Woodberry and Norfolk Academy in the finals.
Rick Gayle and Kirk Gilleland played tough throughout the tournament but lost in the finals. Alexander Boone won his divi-
BASEBALL
The J.V. baseball teams
Lee. This was his last season with the Bishops. He will be sore-
ly missed.
The Bishops expect a much
better season next year with the return of most of the valuable players.
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except Woodberry Forest, who small in number, was very won the meet. Only four points talented. In the Prep League separated VES from Benedic-
Championship at Woodberry the lack of depth showed. Although outstanding performances were
tine, the third place team. In this mee t , se veral runn e r s had outstanding performances. All- State hurdler Mike George was a
tie ran an outstanding time of 3:31.8, just 2 seconds shy of the school record, placing third over'all.
Coach Bloor noted that this team was very young and nearly everyone is returning next year, including George, Rash, Bran- don, Gordon and Battle. The future looks bright for the track
team and with a few more run- ners the Bishops would be
unstoppable.
By Cliff Schroeder and D.J. Patrick
TENNIS
J .V. Tennis this season had a
disappointing 1 9 record. Coach Brown attributes most of their problems to the injuries and absences of key players. For these reasons, the team rarely had a full lineup and could not
turned in by Mike George, who
finished 2nd in the intermediate
hurdles and 3rd in the high termediate hurdles, and set a hurdles, and Brian Rash, who new school record in the triple
finished 2nd in the pole vault, the V.E.S. team only, placed 6th overall.
The team then began to look ahead to the Private School
State Meet, being_ held at :St. Christopher's in Richmond. The Bishop's finished fourthoverall,
By DJ Patrick
The golf team finished th
sea on with a record of 13-6. In the regular season the V.E.S
lin ten finished 10·2 but fell to a low fifth place in the prep- league tournament at Wood
berry Foreat. In the prep-league, V.E.S. took third plac , 24
1troku behind Woodberry Forest and only 3 1troke1 behind Collegiate alter the fint day. After the teeOnd day, however,
V.E.S. wu po•itloned behind Woodberry, Coli giate, St.
Chrlltopher'l and Hlu Hidge. V.E.S. colfen that contribut-
ed wer : ed Graff, Jim Blount Bleil K , J im Rll!harct.on, D.J.
Patri auJohn lippn.Ned
jump. Brian Rash again placed 2nd in the Pole Vault. Matt Bran- don placed third in the Shot Put and Lyall Gordon was fourth in the880.JimBattlewasfourthin
1the400.Themilerelayteam,con- sisting of Brian Rash David Bruce,MikeGeorgeandjimBat-
sion of the tournament and scored the most points for the team. John Foster and double• partner Billy Niese loat in the finals of the consolation.
Graff aad J •
R ellard10n ar
double winner in the high and in·
n nion who wUI be leaving after
thi1year,boththeirfine playand leadenhlp wUJ be mi1Hd. Co.ch 'Ma ' note• that any colfen In ter..ted In playlnc on th team next year ahould play a lot thle
aummer and h wUJ be looldnr forward to uelnc JOU In
they would J(ave liked. Th team alao had a tough achedul m
eluding matchea agalnat three vanity teama from a11orted achoola. Walker Pettyjohn waa voted mo1t Improved on the team and wa1 ranked number
one. Coach Brown axpeeta ned to be 1&rollpr and pro4uu an Improved reeord by
cuttlar •••• oa Wh lnjurle1 ...
llam1, Paul Hackney, Dane Le ingt.on AI Evan11 and Dt·r k Wricht. Scott Enu ( 21and
Johnaton's record pitcher lh The I adi aeuon 1tanda at 8-2 and he team wa1
t am ith play d against Woodberry a win ov r Phillip H1gh cbool
record so far this season stands at 6-4. Their final game is to be
Thisyear' J.V.Lacr finished the trongl
Forest on May 16th. The team
victories this season inc!uded
Blue Ridge twice, LCA, the first winninr
Hargrave twice and Amherat. J .V .' hav hadino The leading offenalv p r Th ir win thia
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face other teams aa strongly aa formera include Walk r Wll Blu Ridg (9 Sl,
averapd 9 atrlkeouta per ram . Coach RoM thil Ia the
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