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To win is a great accomplishment

but true success comes through

Junior Cliff Stokes

challenges the hitter

with one of the fast-

balls that have helped

espite suffering some ooking beyond the score- him strike out 149

disheartening losses at board was the theme of opposing batters in his

the beginning of the sea- the softball team. Be- three years on the

son, the baseball team slowly cause they played many schol- team. As captain of

the team, his leader­

turned their season around. In arship teams, the players had
ship on the field helped

his determination to begin that to concentrate on improving
, . . .
,
him become a better

change, Coach Jack Hughes skills and maintaining a strong )eader jp other QreQS

called a special team meeting Christian testimony. The team In a close play, Trena

for a time of discussion and wanted to follow Matthew Caskey just misses

prayer. After that, the team 5 :16: "Let your light so shine tagging the runner out

swept a doubleheader against before men," and passed out at third base. A

Toccoa Falls, and pulled off tracts to the other teams after freshman, Trena was a

narrow victories against each game. Always improv- great addition to the

middle of the Cougars'

Nyack and Atlanta Christian. ing, the team played impres-
lineup, helping them

The team went on to grab the sively against stronger teams,
score runs and playing

top seed in the NCCAA Dis- With a determined spirit and a solid defense at third.

trict Tournament. Despite positive attitude, they fol- In all, the Cougars had

Cougar pitchers throwing two lowed Coach Kris DeWitt in nine first-year players

contribute to the team.

shutouts, the team settled for encouraging one another to

second place. "Coach did a work hard. "We knew that

great job in pulling so many there is more to playing than

individuals into one working winning; that it is more impor­

team as a whole, and I think tant to glorify God," said

that was our greatest accom­ Tracy Porter. In a world

plishment," said freshman where competition is taken so

Josh Zabloski. In fact, ten of seriously and winning is glori-

the eighteen players were Tied, it's nice to know these

freshmen. Once the team got women can have fun without

used to playing together, it basing their success on what

could hardly be stopped. the scoreboard reads.