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BASEBALL
1991 Varsity
Baseball Team
The Varsity Baseball team was coached by Coach McGinley and Coach Rea. The players were Richard Price, Cliff Carden, Allen Cotton, Aaron Bell, Eric Pond, Adam Carroll, Todd Brooks, Vernon Ballard, Corey Gause, Chien Fu Wu, Rodney Southall, and Tim Burkett. Their record for the season was 6 wins and 8 losses. The M.V.P. award and Big 122 Stick award went to Richard Price. Vernon Ballard won the Golden Glove and also had a 447 E.R.A. Rodney Southall batted 333 and had a .946 Defensive Average. Eric Pond had a .877 Def. Ave. at second base. Corey Gause and Richard Price made All-Southeastern District in the outfield. Todd Brooks made Southeastern District Honorable Mention.
1991 Varsity Baseball Team
Aaron Bell throws one home.
Rodney Southall takes a mighty cut at the ball.
VARSITY WRESTLING
Wilson’s Wrestlers Place First in the City!
Chien Fu Wu throws one home.
Corey Gause pitches a no hitter.
Vemon Ballard throws with stride.
Eric Pond catches one in the nick of time.
Dontray Smith shows the winning smile.
Where’s the game? (Travis Devers, Darron
Sparrow, Josh Sheppard and Mike Holley.)
BASEBALL
Junior Varsity
Baseball
1991 SCORES
Us Them
Western Branch
Cradock
Manor
Churchland
Western Branch
Norcom
Deep Creek
Indian River
Cradock
Oscar Smith
Great Bridge
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J. Stevenson, A. Copeland, N. Jones, T. Devers, J. Sheppard, E. Atkins, Coach Ladisic, M. Johnson, R. Powell, D. Sparrow, D. Smith, H. Musser, M. Holley.
The Wrestling Team did quite well this year under the direction of Head Coach Tim Bonds and Assistant Coach Haywood Cooper. The team plac-ed second in the Annual Portsmouth Wrest-ling Christmas Tournament. Six wrestlers placed first in their weight classes: Lashley — 103, Pond — 112, Beavers — 130, Stevenson — 140, Carden — 152, Sanderliln — 160. Cummings placed second and Artis, Andrews and Lewis placed fifth.
The team placed sixth in the District with a record of 4-5-0 and their overall record was 7-12-0. Individual season records were: Lashley (103) 18-4-0, Dunn (112) 10-7-0, Pond (119) 14-3-1, Artis (125) 8-10-0, Beavers (130) 13-4-0, Andrews (135) 6-10- 0, Stevenson (140) 1-4-0, Muhammad (145) 1-2-0, Sanderlin (160) 16-3-0, White (189) 3-2-0, Cummings (189) 4-2-1, Banks (UNL) 2-1-0.
J. Sanderlin, C. Beavers, L. Andrews, D. Dunn, A. Lashley, E. Pond, D. Artis, E. Hendricks, Coach Cooper, J. Stephenson, R. Carter, K. Banks, C. Rivers, J. White, C. Cummings, C. Carden, S. Hales (trainer).
