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What was your ost Preparing to bat i
freshman reserv
experience? Concentration, as we
playerTim Merril
r "In the JV r "In the North- as a supportive lean
tournament I hit west lnvita- was important in orde
to succeed. photo b
a triple to tie the tional, we beat Sara Len
game." MW ... it was the
-sophomore championship
Andy Potter game."
-freshman
Travis
VanDeursen

Reserve Baseball:
front-Ryan Reinke, Tim
Merrill, Travis Van
Deursen, Kyle Crouch,
Trevor Rooker, Kyle
McClellan; second-Matt
Kutler, Nathan Ostrand,
Austin Deupree, Justin
Hedrick, MaFk Wehner,
Ben Levin; back- Chris
Appuhn , G.C. Allen, Matt
Samson , Michael Wilder,
Devin Woolf, coach Kevin
Koch photo by Jack
Martin Photography

Senior JV player Pat
Ricketts pounds the ball
into play. The hitting
was weak on the JV
team, but it was an
essential part of the
game. photo by Laura
Naple

of confidence," freshman re- "The JV team didn'
•by Sara McCroden serve player Travis Van have the team unity we shoul1
Deursen said have," Chesnut said.
The reserve baseball Having encouraging However, "we (re

team worked together teammates helped, especially serve) went undefeated an1
"told you to do drills during when an error was made. we had a great team that pulle1
to go undefeated while practice and expected you to "When someone made an er- together," freshman reserv
the JV team struggled do them," sophomore JV ror, we stuck together to raise player Mark Wehner said.
player Ben Chesnut said. them up," Van Deursen said. "We (JV) had high ex
to unite as a team. Coach Koch was While encourage- pectations and we didn't mee

"very encouraging and ment was beneficial, so was them" sophomore JV playe
thoughtful. He gave you a lot team unity. Andy Potter said. r
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