LJ baseball: 31st Alumni Game 2/22

Photos by Ed Piper and Gary Frank

LJ alumnus Kyle Zimmer strides

in his pitching delivery as he takes

a turn on the mound during the

Alumni Game.

The Eveleths throw out first balls: (from left)

Ty, principal at Del Norte HS; his mother

Vicki and father Rick, both Coaching Legends

in the Breitbard Hall of Fame.

Kyle Zimmer, the former major

leaguer, showed off his stuff in

the 31st edition of the event.

He was hitting rockets

to left during batting practice.

The sun was out, and the weather was great

as Spring neared. What a great time for

baseball. (But they didn't play two,

as Ernie Banks used to say they should have.)

Senior Abel Delgadillo threw

the second inning for the varsity,

who won, 9-4, in 11 innings

so that all the alumni could

get in the game.

One of the younger fans worked on her

hitting on the turf in the bullpen

on the visitors' side.

Assistant coach Koa Scott, relaxed and

smiling, enjoyed a taco early in the game.

He was told he couldn't pitch for the

alumni. He wasn't under contract.

(Just kidding.)

Head coach Gary Frank (right) was relaxed

in coaching third base. It gave him the

opportunity to jaw with friends

in the visitors' dugout.

Future Viking athlete

Former Viking player and coach Noah

Strohl leads off first base after driving

a hard-hit single just inside the line

into left field to lead off the game.

Senior Ryan Kestler holds down first.

Vicki Eveleth holds her ceremonial first pitch

ball after the opening. She hesitated to throw

it with her son and husband: "Rick was

instructing me, one, two, three..." (demonstrating

rocking back and forth to throw). She finally

threw the ball after the other two

had completed their tosses.

Vicki and Rick Eveleth. "I reminded Rick

that I got in (to the Breitbard Hall of Fame)

before he did," she said, chuckling.