78 Team Finishes Season as Co-Champs There are two parts to the story on baseball. 1979 season. The 1978 season ended with the varsity team being conference cochamps with a 7-3 record. The following awards went to the varsity team: Leading Pitcher-Jeff Gibney, Leading Hitter-Randy Hurlburt, Most Valuable Player-Jeff Gibney, Most Improved— Don Jansa, Most Inspirational-Matt Schmidt, and the « < coaches award went to Allen Bruns. The Fresh.-Soph. team also received awards as follows: The Most Valuable Player-Jim Rotter, Most Inspirational— Jim Shebetka and Most Improved-Bruce Schrader. The ECIC Team included: Reggie Hastings and Jeff Gibney-Pitchers, Corky Summers— Catcher, Randy Hurlburt-Outfield, The 1978 season and the Below: Front Row: Manager )im Wilcoxson, Bruce Schrader, Craig Voelker, Reggie Hastings, Jim Shebetka, Don Jansa, Dan Schrader, and Manager Randy Nading. Back Row: Coach Mattiace, Corky Summers, Curt Voelker, Allen Bruns, Joe Nekvinda, Phil Schulte, Kurt Tjelmeland, Dennis Bruns, and Jim Rotter. These boys played varsity baseball for the 1979 season. and Matt Schmidt-1st base. The All District North East second team included Jeff Gibney-Pitcher, and Corky Summers— Catcher. The second part of this story concerns the 1979 season. Coach Mattiace felt it would be another good year for Hawk baseball. They again would play ten conference games and hoped to improve over the 7-3 mark in conference play in 1978. Mattiace expected good pitching from Phil Schulte and Reggie Hastings during the summer of 1979. Above: Senior Al Bruns runs around the bases. If Al didn't wear a number on his uniform when he played, most people wouldn't be able to recognize him while he's on the field, with those glasses and the helmet. Above Cen50 Baseball ter: Sophomore Jim Rotter moved up to play first base for the Varsity team during the 1979 season. Right: Phil Schulte follows through as he pitches. In his junior year he saw a lot more action while pitching for the 1979 Varsity team.
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