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If the basketball season would
have been about 20 games longer
the Ashland Grizzlies may have
had themselves a playoff berth in
the state tournament.
Ashland started playing good
basketball three weeks ago and
since then Ashland has had a
record of 3-3. During this three
week period the Grizzly five have
defeated Klamath Falls for the
first time in 10 years. Crater and
Don Sorenson (35) penetrates Medford's defense lor an easy basket.
Season
Total Points Avg. Rebounds Fouls
Wilson 412 197 175 71
Oredson 184 8 4 221 52
Siebenlist 147 g g 47 34
Coldwell 118 53 89 51
Sorenson 117 52 79 61
Jones 41 2.0 49 24
Testerman 38 29
Team 58
Totals
Team 1072 48 7 698 322
I'P 1218 55.5
BASE BULL
by
Joseph Hawk
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Designated Pinch-hitters
Baseball players now have something more to chew over than
tobacco and bubble gum the tenth man in the American League, the
designated pinch-hitter (DPH).
Although the debate has just begun over it in the major leagues,
the appearance of the DPH has already filtered down into a few
colleges, the University of South Alabama, for example. Someday,
high schools may be faced with it.
DPIls in Majors
Much to the bewilderment of coaches and chagrin of pitchers, the:
DPH rule will be on a swim-or-sink basis in the American League for
the '73-74 season.
The rule states that a tenth man will be added to the roster who is
"designated" to bat for the pitcher. At this time, for it is under
re-examination, the DPH cannot be used on defense. Therefore, the
hitting pitcher and the fielding hitter may soon become extinct.
If this change becomes popular, it may be varied and used in other
pro sports. Perhaps, a designated pinch-free throw shooter for Wilt
Chamberlain is in the offering.
Nevertheless, the majors are blessed with prospectinve DPHs
such as Rico Carty, Tony Iliva, Al Kaline, Frank Robinson and Matty
Alou whose bat power has given many fielders ulcers.
DPIls in High School
It's an accepted fact that in the major leagues a pitcher is
specifically that a pitcher, not a hitter. With the exception of Catfish
Hunter and a few others, most hurlers are a disappointment to the
crowd when they go to bat. But this rule does not apply in high school
baseball.
Majority of high school pitchers can also hit some are even used
in the clean-up slot instead of as the ninth batter.
The DPH rule would have little or no relevance in high school
league baseball. The pitcher who can also hit deserves his chance at
bat.
Whatever the outcome of the DPH rule, the next two years will be
baseball's resurrection. Even now, as the prosecution is closing its
remarks to the jury, it is inevitable that the defense will have its turn
at bat.
Grants Pass also became victims
of the Ashland crew
Last Game for Senior
Seniors Craig Siebenlist Vince
Oredson, Jay Coldwell, and Mark
Wilson played their last game of
their high school careers last
Saturday night at Crater. Crater
won 68-52. The night before they
played their last home game
before a full house and came
home a winner by defeating the
Stats
Grant Pass Cavemen 69-52 in
front of an hystrical home town
crowd.
Numerous records broken
The 1972-73 season saw records
fall as Mark Wilson scored 34
points in one game to break his
previous record of 31. He also
became the first Ashland player
to score over 1000 points in his
career. He ended his season with
point in one game to break his
previous record of 31. He also
became the first Ashland player
to score over 1000 points is his
career. He ended his season with
412 points also and a new Ashland
record. Wilson finished his three
year career with 1190 points.
Vince Oredson broke Scott
Toll's record of 22 rebounds with
a game high 23 in his last home
basketball game
The season also had its bad
times when Tony Teslerman was
injured in the middle of the
season. Testerman had to sit out
the rest of the season with a blood
clot in his arm.
Hoffbuhr Paces Champs To
The Ashland High Lady Bears
concluded another successful
season by capturing the district
crown for the second consecutive
year and placing tenth at the
state meet.
Hoffbuhr Places At State
Concluding a victorious 9-2 dual
meet season, Kerry Harder,
Sharon Hill. Pam Hoffbuhr and
Lisa Koch travelled to Portland
State University as Ashland's
representatives to the state meet.
Miss Hoffbuhr was the lone Lady
Bear to qualify for finals as she
ended her high school gymnastics
career.
Miss Hoffbuhr finished pre
liminary competition as the sixth
place all-around gymnast. She
was just four points behind the
champion, Cindy Wacker of the
Dalles, which won the team title.
Miss Hoffbuhr entered the floor
exercise finals in a tie for eighth
place but scored a personal best
of 7.85 to collect the sixth place
medal.
Ashland as a team placed tenth
out of the 39 teams represented
with a total of 29 points. Though
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Sharon Hill, Pam Hoffbuhr, Kerry
Harder and Lisa Koch (not pic
tured) represented AHS at the State
Gymnastic meet in Portland.
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All in all the season seemed
disapointing but the team did
improve greatly. If only the
season was longer.
Assistant Coach Dick Kromminga
talks strategy with head coach Dick
Copple at halftime.
Miss Hoffbuhr tallied all of the
AHS' points, Kerry Harder
scored a personal best of 7.25 on
the floor exercise. Miss Koch
defeated Southern Oregon vault
ing champion Sandy Herbert of
Klamath Falls, with a score of
5.85 as teammate Miss Hill tied
Miss Herbert at 5.7.
Retain District Title
The district meet, March 3, had
been billed as a "close two-team
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Bins Track & Field
Coach George Keil's cinder
men are preparing themselves
for the Ore-Cal Relays at South
ern Oregon College, March 31.
As defending district track
champions, the Grizzlies do not
look promising due largely to
"poor, early season turn-out."
Many former tracksters have
switched to the baseball team.
Even so several district pros
pects have returned from last
year's team.
State qualifier, Hugh Huck, will
head the pole-vaulting contin
gent. Kim Laird and Ted
McDowell fill the hurdling posi
tions "adequately." As was the
case last year, the distance crew,
coached by Bob Julian, will be
the mainstay of the team with
seniors Jay Holland and Scott
Studebaker taking command.
Although Coach Keil has a few
accomplished sprinters, AHS
lacks the power of depth that
such speedsters as Mark Wilson
would provide.
10th Place
meet between the defending
champions and a strong chal
lenging team from Medford." As
it turned out, AHS won, going
away, 19fi'a to the Tornadoes'
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Both Medford and Ashland
dominated the finals, each enter
ing five girls in the elite comp
etition and each school, in turn,
qualified four girls for the state
meet held in Portland, March 10.
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