Spring Baseball And Softball
Seasons Start Next Week
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Local high school baseball
and softball teams will be
playing under lights for the
first time this season. Spring
practice began last week and
some teams are scheduled to
play March 1.
Also, new in the 1982-83
season is a junior varsity
baseball team at James
Kenan high school. Until this
season only two East Central
conference schools. East
Duplin and South Lenoir, had
junior varsity baseball
squads. Coach Tom Mc
Mahon at JK says the junior
varsity team will be com
posed of ninth and 10th
graders and carry 1S-20
members.
James Kenan
"The coaching staff at
James Kenan is very excited
about the junior varsity base
ball team." baseball coach
Tom McMahon said. "We
nope me team win pruviae
the boys with some useful
experience before joining the
varsity squad." The JK
junior varsity team plays
their first game April 20.
"We have had the most
boys turn out for baseball
practice this year that I can
remember in the past." Mc
Mahon said. "The varsity
team will have about 13
returning lettermen from last
season; we only lost four
seniors. And, these boys are
a good academic team as the
majority of them are in the
middle to upper part of their
class." The team is young,
carrying only two starting
seniors, Scottie Smith at first
base, and Michael Quinn
in the outfield. Practice for
the Tigers began February I.
McMahon said, but only four
to five days have allowed the
team a complete workout due
to rain and the concluding
basketball season. The
Tigers are scheduled to play
the season opener March I at
Southern Wayne High
School.
The Lady Tigers will play
southern Wayne in their
season opener March 4 at
home. The James Kenan
Softball team lost four start
ing seniors ? three infield
positions and one outfield.
Coach Sherman Futch said.
Eleven members from the
fourth place 1981-82 squad
will return to the I ady Tigers
Softball team. According to
Futch. the team has held
practices about five times
and girls playing basketball
have not joined the Softball
team at this point.
"We will have to work
hard on our defense and try
to keep the other teams from
scoring." Softball Coach
Sherman Futch said. "As a
team. 1 think we will hit over
.400 this season. So far our
hitting during practice has
looked good and we hit over
.370 last season. Last year's
leading basehitter will be
returning. Lawanda
Southerland hit .530 for the
season and led the team in
extra base hits. And. Gladys
Smith will return and she
was hitting over .700 until
she was injured in the latter
part 01 ine season last year ?
and ended the season with a
.400 batting average."
"I don't think any team
will go through the season
undefeated this year." Futch
said. "I think any team could
possibly lose two or three
games and still be number
one." The Lady Tigers
finished second last season
to a three-way tie for first
between Wallace-Rose Hill.
Union and Lakewood. which
put James Kenan in fourth
place.
North Duplin
The North Duplin baseball
team is coached by Jim
Saint-Amand and begin their
season March 12 at home in a
game with Princeton. Prac
tice began for the Rebels last
week and Saint-Amand will
be coaching almost the same
team as the 1981-82 team
which included no senior
members.
"If our pitching game
comes through this year we
will have a very competitive
team." Rebels Coach Jim
Saint-Amand said. "We are
very optomistic about the
season and think the team
will be a definite contender
for first place this year."
Last season the North Duplin
baseball team ended the
?? I Jl.
season with II wins and 12
losses.
Coach Ron Taylor says the
Lady Rebels will have a
stronger season than in
1981-82. The Softball team
lost two seniors from the
starting line. The Lady
Rebels lost all but one game
last season and Taylor says
the team has been concen
trating on hitting this year.
"Overall. 1 think we will
have a better team than last
year," North Duplin Coach
Ron Taylor said. "We have
some good fielders and we
have been working on hitting
to keep trom leaving runners
stranded on base like we did
last season." The Lady
Rebels open their season
March 7.
East Duplin
"We (East Duplin base
ball) will be almost starting
over." Panthers baseball
Couth Jerry Thigpen said.
"We will have a lot of new
boys this season because we
lost se< ?. .alters. The team
will be young, but 1 still think
they will be competitive and
improve as the year pro
gresses." East Duplin was
the 1981-82 varsity baseball
champions with a 13-3 con
ference record. Thigpen says
about 10 players will join the
baseball team from the junior
varsity squad. The varsity
team opens the season away
from home in a game with
Richlands March 11.
The Lady Panthers began
practice last Tuesday. Soft
ball Coach Jerry Hunter pre
dicts a .500 season for the
Lady Panthers even though
the team lost four starting
players from last season.
"Our team hinges on the
freshmen." Coach Jerry
Hunter at East Duplin said.
"We may have as many as
five starting freshmen this
year. The team will be very
young and inexperienced but
the girls are excited about
the season. I think the team
is weakest in the outfield and
pitching, but the freshmen
filling these positions have a
lot of talent and may be one
of the best group of girls the
softball team has ever had.
In the coming two years. I
think the team will grow to
be one of the strongest teams
in the conference.' The girls
open in a game at Richlands
March 11.
Wallace-Rose Hill
The Wallace-Rose Hill
softball team will be de
fending their conference title
this season. Coach Linda
Burroughs says the team will
be strong again this season
after losing only one starting
senior last year. Burroughs
will be returning as coach
after a two-year absence.
The Lady Bulldogs were
coached the last two seasons
by Cathy Tyndall.
Tyndall.
"We work well as a
team," Bulldogs Coach
Linda Burroughs said. "1
don't think there is anyone
individual putting out more
effort than her team-mates.
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This year we have four
seniors ont he team and
some new girls coming up
from lower grades and others
transferring to Wallace-Rose
Hill who will provide help
this season."
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SPRING BASEBALL ? Duplin County high schools have
begun baseball and Softball practice. The James Kenan
Tigers started practice Feb. I. Due to the weather and the
winding down of the basketball season, most teams have
not practiced more than five or six times, coaches say.
Pictured above. Chuck Anderson, a member of the James
Kenan varsitv baseball team, hits during the practice last
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