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Varsity Upset

Varsi ty Pitcher. Senior. Paul Monzitto and Third
Baseman. Junior Jon Small confer on the mound
during the Omaha South Game. (Jon Waller) in State Action
Junior Varsity; front; Alex Herr . Andy Carson . .
Joson T oney.Rob Sizer. Troy Wallace: second;
Doug Mason . Aaron Steele. Troy Stortz . Dole Standing at bat, the player has
Barr . Don Briganti. Troy Ki rk. Matt Ferguson .
Sam Corbitt; back: Tom Brody, Brya nt Bull . Don to concentrate on connecting the bat
Traynor, Mike Manthei. Andy Alloway. Michael and the ball to hit it out of the park. The
Johnette, Doug Helveri ng, David Allen. Coach stress that comes with getting up to bat
Jeff Alfrey. (Jack Martin Photography)
can rattle the nerves of any highschool
baseball player.
According to the Omaha World
Herald the Varsity Baseball Team
pitched with an unbeatable poker
hand. Seniors Paul Manzitto, Brian
Bodnar. Mark McGinn. Todd Bartels ,
and Troy Schell pitched well enough
during the seasonand tournament play
to go to the State championship.
Coach Ron Johnette said, "The pitch-
ing kept us in every game, and that
was pretty remarkable." He also noted
that the lost games were due to the
need to score more runs .
This year, different from in the
past, many players had become aware
of more togetherness. Junior Todd
Scorecard Doxon. infielder, agreed that it was a

Junior Varsity Better season "because we all got
along." Others came to the consensus
Bel levue West 3-4 that there was more teamwork and
Creighton Prep 6-1 0
Westside 4-3 unity than before.
0 . North west 4-5 Making it to State Champion-
Gross 13-3 ships was a goal reached. The team
Bellevue East 8-3 finished the season with a 17-6 record,
Central 11 -l
Lincoln Southeast l 0-l allowing them to participate in State.
Burke 7-5 The Junior Varsity team also had
Bryan 7~ a winning season with a final record of
Omaha Sou th 13-6 12-5. "We were off to a rough start, but
Popio/LoVis ta 10-4
Millard South 2-6 then we came back and our winning
Benson 9-6 streak began," said Freshman,Catcher
Omaha North l l-l Troy Stortz.
Ronca IIi 9-10 Many players on the Junior Var-
Rals ton 7-5
Record 12-5 sity team had witnessed self
improvments. Sophomore, second
baseman, Matt Ferguson sa id that
Senior K.C. Alvono. catcher for the Varsity team, "through the experience of playing
pull s a boll to safety during the Omaha Sou th
game. The Mustangs went on to win the game by another season, I improved overall."
four runs . (Jon Waller)

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