Page 11 - 1987 VES Meteor

April24, 1987
THE METEOR
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contnbuting to the
u newcomere Cabell Guy and
By Kent Wiggs
The varsity baseball team this
year has many new talents as well as returning veterans. The starting lineup consists of some
really big guns. Leading the batting order is senior Matt Joyner, followed by first base- man Hunt Whitehead. Senior
Jamie Sligh bats third and is considered one of the best
batsmen in the prep league. Clean-up position is held by the
newcome Mundy Hackett. The last two iron men are co-captain Johnston Cox and junior hitting sensation William Sligh.
Bringing up the bottom of the order are Tripp Edwards, Jim
Parrott and Andrew Joyner.
The first game of the 1987 season was against Holy Cross.
Mter being down by one in the second inning the Bishop bats
Denrus, the Burger King and I had nine the Gaels one. But the
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The 1987 varsity lacrosse team split its first six games: losing to
Western Albemarle High School 13-4, top-ranked Collegiate 10-8 and Woodberry Forest 6-5 and beating Albemarle High School 9- 8, Fork Union 8-4 and Blue Ridge
10-3. Coach Goodnow notes the team is starting to play solid offensive and defensive lacrosse against the League's top teams. "People are starting to rec-
ognize," be said, "that VES is capable of winning evety game it plays." Much credit is due to Coach Arlotto, whose tireless work installing a new defensive scheme has really paid off on the fielei
By Reed Skatt•
With the spring season in full tilt now, the Meteor previews the
varsity track ason. Coach Bloor feela the team ia strong with both
veterans and newcomere. Such
paet 1tandout. like Brian Rash,
Mi e George the Wright ~quad, discus Brian Rash in the pole This year is obviously the first become even stronger when the Jim Battle, Lyle Gordon, a~d vault, 'and the 1600 relay team of year of girls' tennis at VES. How- players can be arranged i~ a
Rob Archie are once agrun Raah, Belcher, George and ever, that doesn't say anything more advantageou1 fu~on. 81
Cliff Schroeder came alive, ripping off four runs.
Co-Captain
leads the Bishops in scoring, The VES lead continued due to followed by David Rose, Jared some great pitching from Jim Dawson and Stuart Langley. Co- Parrot, who struck out five of the Captain David Fant anchors ~he first eight batters he faced. By the defen~ibly backed b~ Tripp , top of the seventh the Bishops
1ong-stick' middies Nash Red- wine and Chip Tydings. Sopho- more David Hunter has done an outstanding job in the net,
attested by his 70% s~veaverage.
Gaels made a last ditch effort to catch VES, scoring six runs until
Sligh made a falling down catch to save the game leaving the
winning run at the plate.
The second game was against
Hargrave Military. The cadets scored a single run on an error in
the first inning; that would be their only score. The VES bats
produced four runs in the first •
and then shut off Hargrave in the top of the 2nd. In the bottom another four runs were scored by
the Bishops. But the highlight of the game came when William Sligh smashed a three run shot
into the back side parking lot of Banks-Gannaway. William went on to pitch a 3 hitter with 0
set back with a loss to Collegiate.
On that cold day the bats just
wouldn't swing. On the good side
Cox continued a 7 for 12 hitting streak.
The leading hitters so far to
date are J. Cox with a .444
batting average, T. Edwards
He_ made 24 saves m the Col-
leg~ate ~ealone.
The ~1shops play tough road
games m t~enext ~eekat STAB and St. Chnstopher s~then return
home for ~ Parents Weekend encounter WJth North Cross.
continue to be a myt t• ry with hio talent and leaO.ersLp in the
sprints and field event!.
On Tuesday, March 31, the
team placed second behind Rustburg. First places were
with a .500 B.A., M. Hackett with strikeouts. Jim Parrot came in for .300 B.A., M. Joyner with a .273,
turned in by Mike George in the shot put, Matt Brandon in thll
against St. Anne's - Bellfield. The team has not yet had its
team include Hunter Tyree, David Ramoa. Stewart Barre,
Jed Davia, Mike Dixon, and Mauro Avello. They open d up their MUOn with a 9-0 vieklry over Haritap. Th aaeond
match, ho11awr, cautht the team 11 little off IUaM and they auf·
fered a liavutattn1 Ia. • OoJ. lalfata, which wu ll\1111•
bar thraa in the Prep 1....- year. Thia hM ~
them in any and
well Battle. for the quality of the team. They When asked about the posmble With the new addition of the have already shown their talent success of the team, player Mary
the g~rla.
r..oarh Bloor fe la that Brian Julie Zimmerman, who special- Cro1s in which they took com- at a great HalOn." Beat ofluck to
girla three atand out. They are in their fint match against Holy Hodges said, "we have a chance Rub • probably the top prospect ize• In the mile, Katrin Upmeier plete control. They lost only one the girla' tennia team and we will
thia Y ar WJth hla hard wor~in who placed firet in the 200 meter 1
of the matchea and even that continue to follow them throUih· went into a tie-breaker. The team out the 18aaon.
th po vault and
dash and Jennifer Lewia, who
h
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n p e d to break · JQ)
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M~~ place'd fourth In the 200 daah.
ia compo11ed of eight girla. They are Anne Mauldin, Jane Moor ,
who autfered a ~ever
Coach Bloor expecta another d
p
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Mundy Hackett
ace reliever
came in and shut the door. The save wasn't complete until Jamie
By Stewart Bar·re
challenge matches so it might
the score. Other outstanding performances were put in by Whitehead, Cox, Matt Joyner,
Mundy Hackett.
The Bishops suffered a minor
J. Sligh with a .250 and the
"Micky Mantle" of the team H.
' Whitehead with a .556. Come
and support the Baseball Bishops
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to a wmrung seawn.
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