C4 | SPORTS THE FREDERICK NEWS-POST | SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2015 ALL-AREA BOYS INDOOR TRACK

Runner of the Year Field Athlete of the Year ADAM BEISSER ADAM MIDDLEBROOK LINGANORE SENIOR OAKDALE SENIOR Q Did not lose a hurdles race all season until Q Led the Bears to their i rst state team cham- the Class 3A state i nal in the 55-meter hurdles, pionship for boys track and i eld by winning the when he placed second in 7.63 seconds, two- Class 2A high jump with a leap of 6 feet, 2 inches tenths of a second behind champion Robert and placing second in the pole vault with a height Miller of City College. He matched Miller in the of 13 feet. preliminaries with a time of 7.74. Q At er tying for second place in the high jump (5-8) and pole vault (12-6) at the Frederick County Q Also placed i t h at the 3A West regional meet in the 55-meter dash (7.04 seconds) and con- meet, won 2A West regional titles in both events. His tributed to Linganore’s 800-meter relay team. winning high jump at regionals measured 6 feet and his winning pole vault measured 12-10.

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PERCY AGYEI-OBESE ZACH GASCHO JOHNNY HAIZEL-COBBINA EVAN KOWALK TAYLOR KRACHER SEAN SAWITZKE SOPHOMORE SENIOR SENIOR SOPHOMORE SENIOR SENIOR OAKDALE CATOCTIN WALKERSVILLE OAKDALE FREDERICK THOMAS JOHNSON Q A key contributor for the Class 2A team Q Class 2A cross-country champion Q Closed the season with a  ourish by Q Helped the Bears win the Class 2A team Q Won Frederick County titles in the 800 Q Enjoyed another i ne season of pole champions. Won his i rst Frederick County who swept the 3,200-meter titles at placing second in the 800 (2:01.67) and the title at the state meet by placing third in the (2:00.6) and 1,600 (4:37.57) runs before vaulting, winning county and Class 3A West title in the 300-meter dash (37.55 seconds) the Frederick County (10:10.68), 2A West 1,600 (4:32.85) at the Class 2A state meet. 1,600, sixth in the 800 and winning a photo placing second by less than a second in the regional titles before placing second at the and ran a leg for the Bears’ 800 relay team regional (10:03.32) and 2A state meet Also placed second in the 1,600 at the 2A i nish in the 1,600 relay to help his team 800 (1:56.99) and placing fourth in the state meet. His height at the state meet (13 that won a county title in 1:37.98. (10:05.06). West regional meet in 4:36.91. i nish second in the event. Won county title 1,600 (4:29) at the Class 3A state meet. feet) matched his winning height at counties. in 500 dash (1:09.33).

NOAH STONE PATRICK VAN DER CRUYSSEN SENIOR SENIOR HONORABLEHONORABLE MENTIMENTIONON CATOCTIN CATOCTIN Q Claimed the Frederick County (8.28 Q Closed a signii cant dei cit on the i nal Brunswick— Devin Mallory, Luca Riitano seconds) and Class 2A West regional (8.28) lap of the Class 2A 800-meter run at the in the 55-meter hurdles before placing third state meet to win the title in 1:59.88. Also Catoctin — Shawn Herman, Eric Myers, Demetrius Patterson, Anthony Reina at the 2A state meet (7.99). Also placed third won the 2A West regional championship in Frederick —Demarcus Core, Terrence Wari eld in the state high jump (5 feet, 10 inches). the 800 in an even faster 1:59.75. Linganore — Trey Simpson Middletown — Will Diederich, Zach Hewitt, Austin Lear, Eric Reichelt Oakdale — Joshua Hindle, Jake Hooper, Brett Tarzy, Kenny Yerardi, Matthew Yerardi Thomas Johnson — Dominique Anderson, Nate Trinidad-Doherty, Cheyenne Johnson, Matt Orr, Derek Wendel Tuscarora —Jeremiah Griesemer, Jaelin Maddox, Eric Kilcoyne, Scott Teal, Kelvin Watson Urbana — Elijah Atkins, Michael Belcher, Nicholas Danner, Mitch Holson, Matthew Marcel, Parker Mellott, Sean Miller, Prince Mills Walkersville —Zachary Johnson, Ian Pederson

Fifty years later, Hall of Famer recalls Orioles debut By MIKE KLINGAMAN man, punched a two-run single to I’d really like to play for a few more “I’d keep Robin up half the The Sun (TNS) right i eld. years.’” night, asking questions until he’d Palmer settled down, retired In Palmer’s second outing, a say, ‘Hey, kid, you’re 19 and I’m Fifty years ago Friday, he strode the side and pitched a scoreless 7-2 loss at Chicago on April 19, 38, and I need to get some sleep,’ “ to the mound from the bullpen fourth inning before leaving the he lasted two-thirds of an inning, Palmer said. “He knew somebody in Boston, a gangly 19-year-old game, which Boston won 12-9. But walked three and surrendered a was going to soon take his job, but playing his i rst game in the big half a century later, the i rst base monstrous to White Sox he loved talking .” leagues. he allowed still nags at the Hall slugger Bill “Moose” Skowron. On April 22, Palmer earned his “Nervous?” Orioles manag- of Fame . “Jim threw Moose a high fast- i rst , pitching four hitless in- er asked the rookie Last month, in spring training, ball, and Skowron just crushed it,” nings in relief of Bunker in an 18-4 right-hander. Palmer, 69, ran into h omas, now Orioles i rst baseman victory over the Washington Sena- “A little … apprehensive,” Jim special assistant to Orioles execu- recalled. “All I could say was: ‘Wel- tors. h ree weeks later, he won his Palmer said, i ngering the war- tive vice president Dan Duquette. come to the big leagues, kid.’” i rst game, going 3 2-3 innings in mup ball he had forgotten to leave “Remember me?” h omas Even now, Palmer marvels at relief in a 7-5 win over New York; in the ‘pen. “What do I do with said. “I’m the guy who got the i rst that rocket shot, calling it “one that afternoon, he also hit a two- this?” hit of you.” of the most impressive homers I run, opposite-i eld homer of the “I’ll take it,” the manager said, Palmer scowled. ever threw. When it was hit, center Yankees’ Jim Bouton. handing him the game ball. h en “It was a broken-bat single, a i elder didn’t even take “Fastball, up and away,” Palmer the kid was on his own, in Fenway blooper that barely made it past his hands of his knees. For years said of the blast. “h ey expected a Park, staring down the heart of the the ini eld.” afterward, whenever I saw (Skow- . h e (radio) announcer said: Red Sox lineup. “Line drive.” ron) at card shows, I’d grab him ‘(h ird baseman) Clete Boyer was On April 17, 1965, Palm- “It was a  uke! I jammed you,” and say, ‘Moose, I loved watch- playing so close to home plate that er broke into the majors, reliev- said Palmer, now an Orioles ana- ing you as a kid, but did you really if Palmer had pulled that ball, they have to do that?’ He just laughed.” ing starter , who lyst for Mid-Atlantic Sports Net- would have had to pick Boyer up was twice his age. Palmer’s job? work. “Fifty years later, a lot of lit- Palmer learned his craft quick- with a spatula.’” Stop a Boston rally. h e Orioles tle soft singles become line drives.” Associated Press ly, teammates said. About a week later, on May 24, led 6-3 in the third inning, but h omas, 79, coni ded later that Former pitcher “He was a hard worker, and the Red Sox were threatening, he doesn’t recall the particular dedicated,” outi elder Russ Sny- he picked up his i rst and only vic- with runners on i rst and second hit. “I was pulling Jim’s chain,” he Jim Palmer throws the ceremonial der, 80, said. “He adjusted to the tory as a starter that season, de- base and nobody out. At the plate said. “I don’t know what it was, to i rst pitch before the Orioles’ majors in a hurry.” feating the Senators 2-1 at D.C. stood , a future tell the truth, but it wasn’t much home opener against the Toronto Powell, 73, said that even as a Stadium. Hall of Famer; on deck was Tony of a hit. I do know that, even then, rookie, Palmer “had the rare knack For the season, Palmer went Blue Jays on April 10. The 50th 5-4 with a 3.72 ERA. In 92 in- Conigliaro, who would lead the word was out that he had great anniversary of the Hall of Famer’s of being able to add and subtract in home runs stuf and would become one hell of his fastball. He could throw nings, he struck out 75 batters that year. of a pitcher.” Orioles debut was Friday. one 95 miles an hour and the next and walked 56. An additional 263 And Palmer? His experience Palmer spent much of his rook- one 87.” victories, three Cy Young Awards consisted of one year in Sin- ie season in the bullpen, pitching thimble on the outside corner of Palmer’s grace on the mound and a Hall of Fame induction fol- gle-A ball, where he had shown long relief and soaking up advice. the plate.” struck pitcher , who lowed. enough of the stuf that earned Charley Lau “called Palmer, however, could not. as a 19-year-old in 1964 won 19 Hall lived down the street from him a $50,000 bonus as a school- me ‘Brash’ because I asked so “I walked everybody,” he said. “I games for the Orioles. Palmer in Timonium and often boy. Now here he stood, facing many questions,” Palmer said. was wild, up and down. I could go “h ere was nothing herky-jerky drove him to the ballpark on game Yastrzemski, the 1963 AL “But when you’re 19, you’re just from the penthouse to the base- about his windup or delivery. He days. En route, as they talked, he champion. trying to absorb life’s lessons ment real fast with both my curve was  uid,” Bunker, 70, remem- sensed both a bottomless curios- “Just throw strikes,” Orioles from like , one and fastball. I’d bounce balls, too. bered. “A lot of guys could throw ity and a brimming coni dence in catcher John Orsino told Palmer. of the best relievers of all time; Once, before a game, Charley said, hard, but Jim could pitch, too.” the youngster. Yastrzemski walked to load , who’d once ‘Kid, we  ipped a coin and I lost, In a wise move, the Orioles “Jim didn’t  aunt it or any- the bases. h en Conigliaro took pitched a perfect game for 12 in- so I have to warm you up. But if paired Palmer with the aging Rob- thing,” Hall, 84, said. “He just knew a called third strike. h en Lee nings; and , who had you don’t mind, I’m going to wear erts, a future Hall of Famer, as he could pitch and then proved he h omas, a journeyman i rst base- such control that he could hit a my full (protective) gear, because roommates on road trips. was right.”