Page 12—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES
Mitch Johnson unleashes one of his blazing fastballs. The highly talented Johnson has
suffered control problems of late. Last Wednesday he struck out nine opponents, but
walked another nine. The team’s recent pitching slump has been partially offset by
better than expected hitting. If the Indian bats are still connecting when the team’s
hurlers catch fire again, the Indians will be formidable indeed.
‘We need defense & pitching,’ says Al Brooks
After losing to Lancaster
Catholic, 6 to 11, and then to
Cocalico, 6 to 7, earlier in
the week, Donegal’s base-
ball team came back at the
end of the week and beat
Conestoga Valley, 8 to 7, on
Girls’ track
loses meet
to Ephrata
The girls’ track team lost
by a score of 29 to 103 to a
strong Ephrata téam last
Thursday. Beth Gainer, with
two victories, was the only
Indian to finish in first place
in any event.
Beth won the 1600 meter
run with a time of 5:48.8 and
the 3200 meter run at
12:37.8.
Terri Meszaros took a
second place in the 100
meter hurdles with a 17.4
time. Laureen Dononvan
finished second in the 400
meter run and Patty Fready
did the same in the 800
meter run. Patty improved
her time greatly, going from
2:40.69 to 2:36.2. Also
finishing in second place
was Sherri Kinsey who
threw the javelin 89°10.
Her previous best was only
80°11’.
Judy Kershner and Sherri
Kinsey finished second and
third in the discus throw
respectively. Judy threw the
discus 90’. Her previous
best was 76’6"’.
Others finishing in third
place were: Betsey Marley
in the 100 meter dash;
Connie Frey in the 3200
meter run; and Sherri
Kinsey in the shot put.
_Team points accumulated
“to date are as follows: Beth
Saturday.
Coach Al Brooks says,
“We're starting to hit the
ball fairly well. Now we
must tighten up our defense
and have more consistent
pitching, but we're de-
finitely playing better.
‘““The weather is im-
proving, and that’s going to
help too. Half of our games
we played in 40-degree
Sherri Kinsey heaves the javelin.
Gainer, 48; Sherri Kinsey,
33; Laureen Donovan, 27;
Patty Fready, 19; Betsy
Marley, 17; Colleen Jones,
16; Judy Kerschner, 15;
Karen Mummau, 11; Terri
Meszaros, 7; Kyra Vander-
grift, 6; Lisa Hoffman, 4;
Mary Ruhl, 3; Connie, ‘Prey,
3: and Cindy Peifer, 2.
Results of Monday’s meet
with Manheim Central were
not available when the
Times went to press.
Thursday, April 24, the
team meets ELCO here, and
Monday, 28, Lancaster
Catholj
temperatures with the wind
blowing hard.”
This week Donegal plays
Pequea Valley Tuesday
there and Ephrata Thursday
here.
Softball team
loses three
The girls’ softball team
lost three games in last
week's action.
The girls were defeated
by Conestoga Valley, 3 to 8,
last Tuesday. ‘‘It was a cold
day, a terrible day,”’ said
Coach Cliff Shank. ‘‘We
didn’t hit too bad, but there
were errors all over the
place.” Highlighting the
Donegal play was Marty
Miller who went 2 for 4 and
scored 2 runs. Sheree
Gallagher also went 2 for 4
against CV.
“Our game Wednesday
with Lebanon Catholic was
even worse,” remarked
Shank on the 2 to 17 loss.
“They were definitely hav-
ing a good day,”’ he says of
the Lebanon team.
Shank describes Friday's
game against Hempfield as
the best of the week. The
Donegal team hit fairly well
(12 hits against Hempfield’s
8). ‘“What beat us was
Hempfield’s base running.
They were bunting well and
running the bases well.”
Brenda Hershey hit 3 for 4
against Hempfield, and
Marty Miller once again
went 2 for 4 with 2 runs
scored.
Despite their strong hit-
ting against Hempfield
Donegal lost the game by a
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April 23, 1980
Tennis team loses 2;
L-S & Manheim Twnp.
The DHS tennis team lost
to Lampeter-Strasburg last
week and to the leading
team in the county, Man-
heim Township, this week.
Only Kevin Heistand won
in singles, and Fred Straub
and Alen Brian in doubles,
against Lampeter-Stras-
burg.
Details of the Manheim
Township games were not
available when the Susque-
hanna Times went to press.
Meanwhile, Coach Wil-
liam Loercher has started
playing tennis again with
the Manheim Borough
team. Loercher is a resident
of Manheim. The Manheim
team has lost only one
meet in the last eighteen
years, playing against teams
from much larger places like
Lancaster, Lebanon, and
Harrisburg.
Also playing on the
Manheim team is Drew
Hostetter, former Donegal
ace. Both Hostetter and
Loercher have been Lan-
caster County champions.
Donegal relay man Tim Keffer.
Boys’ track team
hurt by injuries,
says Milovanovic
The Donegal boys’ track
team starting last week with
a victory over Cocalico, 91 to
S59, Monday. They lost to
Anville Cleona, 33 to 117,
Thursday and to ELCO, 47
to 103, Monday.
The team has been hurt
by some key injuries,
according to Coach Rudy
Milovanovic. Sophomore
Steve Kunkle, who leaped
six feet in the high jump last
week, is out of action with a
sprained ankle.
The girls meet ELCO
Tuesday and Cedar Crest
Thursday, both at home.
Next Monday they play
Elizabethtown, also at
home.
“Our most valuable team
member, Al Bundy, is also
injured. That really hurts,”
says Milovanovic. Bundy
participates in the long
jump, the triple jump and
the 100 to 400 meter sprints.
In Saturday’s Shippens-
burg invitational meet the
track team came home with
three sixth places. Coach
Milovanovic felt this was not
too bad considering the
injuries his team was faced
with.
At the invitational Vince
Curry ran a 52.6 400 meter
dash. Also turning in an
excellent time was Bruce
Bundy (Al's brother) who
ran 800 meters in 2.06 in the
3200 meter relay.
The track team meets
Lancaster Catholic away on
Thursday...»
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