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Senior Gerrem
Goldsberry and junic
Graham Frank discus
the next pitc~
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the catcher was ver
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Erika Mattso

~"I like the ~ "One of my
game and the favorite things is
competition." the friendships
-junior Graham that were
Frank made."
-senior Josh
Hesse
Junior Brad Tarr
warms up between
innings. Tarr pitched a
majority of the games.
photo by Beau
McBryde

Senior Ben Miller hits a
grounder off Omaha
North's pitcher. The
Mustangs won 11-4.
photo by Erika Mattson

Despite the rocky which enabled them to make they were beaten 17-5. They
•by Julie Gutschenritter start, the varsity baseball team it to the state semifinals. were ahead by three runs,
stayed positive and kept their "We were over confi- then Prep scored 8 runs with
Dedication and hard heads in their games which dent in the beginning, but we 2 outs.

work paid off for the showed in their steady im- came together and had a "Prep just out played
provement. chance to win state," senior us but we developed well as
varsity baseball team. "We started out slow Gerremy Goldsberry said. a team, our hitting and run
because we weren't hitting, Ending the season production started early,"
but we kept our heads in the with the state tournament, junior Brett Taylor said.
game and stayed positive," Varsity made it to the semifi- Despite the disap-
junior Graham Frank said. nals and beat number one pointing loss, the team
Coming together as a ranked Millard West. They looked to next season with
2Si team made them stronger went on to play Prep where confidence.~
Sports