Celtics Have Young Players for This Year's Baseball Season

Only two seniors are on O'Hara's varsity baseball team this season. Danny Apgar, a defensive standout last year, and Mike Rowland, who was selected to the All West Central Conference Team and the All-District Team. Rowland had a pitching ERA of 0.90 and batted .300 while playing first base on days when not on the mound. Apgar will be in left field. One goal last year's team had was to reach or better .500 for the year. The team just missed the goal with a 10-11 record. Another goal was to win the West Central Conference. Warrensburg with just two Conference losses won the top position, and O'Hara with four Conference losses was tied for second place. Three sophomores on this year's team contributed handily as freshmen last year.. Aaron Stubblefield not only played both outfield and third base, he pitched and maintained a .313 batting average. Chuck Preston played center field and led the team in scoring; his batting average was .295. Aaron Mitchell was the shortstop and made only six errors in 63 opportunities. The juniors on the team are Donnie Criswell who will open the season as the team's second base man, Vince Saviano, a relief pitcher, outfielder, and first base man, Mike Lynch, a left-handed pitcher, and Joey Tucker who expects to be the starting catcher this year. Head Coach George Peter has several other players to help fill in for the six seniors of last year lost through graduation. Among these are Travis Peter, Luke Davila, and several freshmen that have demonstrated enthusiastic talent.