TEAMS TO BE RECOGNIZED

INDUCTION CEREMONIES FOR THE FARRAGUT HIGH SPORTS HALL OF FAME ARE 7 P.M. FEB 1, 2014 IN THE COMMONS AREA.

BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PLAYERS FROM FARRAGUT'S TWO CLASS AAA 1982 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT 6 P.M. BEFORE THE SECOND CLASS OF INDUCTEES ARE ANNOUNCED.

THE SOFTBALL TEAM WON ITS TITLE WITH AN OPENING DAY SWEEP, GIVING FARRAGUT ITS FIRST TSSAA STATE CHAMPION IN ANY SPORT.

THE BASEBALL TEAM HAD TO WAIT A DAY, PLAYING A THIRD GAME, WINNING ITS TITLE MAY 26, 1982, WHICH AT THE TIME ALLOWED FARRAGUT TO BE THE FIRST TEAM TO EVER WIN SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE SAME YEAR.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

ADMIRAL RECORDS

SOURCE: http://www.tcba.org/    (to beginning of 2011 season)

SEE http://www.pdproject2020.blogspot.com/ FOR INFO ON FUND-RAISERS.

PITCHING

CAREER

(ALL-TIME RANKING ON LEFT)


WINS
5TH-ROB CATAPANO, 35, 2003-06
12TH-DUSTY JOHNSON, 28, 1996-99
12TH-CRAIG COBB, 28, 2001-03

CONSECUTIVE WINS
5TH-KYLE WALDROP, 22, 2003-04
6TH-ROB CATAPANO, 19, 2003-05
6TH-NICK WILLIAMS, 19, 2008-2010
9TH-CRAIG COBB, 13, 2003

INNINGS PITCHED
9TH-ROB CATAPANO, 247, 2003-06

SHUTOUTS
8TH-KYLE WALDROP 2002-04

LOWEST ERA
3RD-NICK WILLIAMS, 0.85, 2008-2010
5TH-KYLE WALDROP, 0.99, 2002-04

MOST NO-HITTERS
4TH-ROB CATAPANO, 3, 2003-06

MOST STRIKEOUTS
8TH-ROB CATAPANO, 377, 2003-06

SAVES
1ST-MIKE JORDAN, 23, 1978-82 (RECORDS UNAVAILABLE FOR 1979-1980)


SEASON

WINS
1ST-PHILIP PFEIFFER, 16, 2010
2ND-JEFF GLOVER, 15, 1982
3RD-KYLE WALDROP, 14, 2004
4TH-CRAIG COBB, 13, 2003
4TH-ROB CATAPANO, 13, 2004
4TH, PHILLIP PFEIFFER, 13, 2008

SHUTOUTS
3RD-JORDAN COOPER, 7, 2009
3RD-PHILLIP PFEIFFER, 7, 2009
4TH-KYLE WALDROP, 6, 2004

CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS INNINGS
3RD-KYLE WALDROP, 35.2, 2004
4TH-ROB CATAPANO, 34, 2006

CONSECUTIVE INNINGS, NO EARNED RUNS
ALLOWED
1ST-KYLE WALDROP, 58.2, 2004

LOWEST ERA
3RD-KYLE WALDROP, 0.15, 2004
14TH-CRAIG COBB, 0.44, 2003
19TH-PHILLIP SHERRARD, 0.49, 2003

SAVES
1ST-MIKE JORDAN, 14, 1982
3RD-MIKE JORDAN, 9, 1981


GAME
MOST STRIKEOUTS IN 7-INNING GAME
3RD-ROB CATAPANO, 19, 2005
4TH-PHILLIP PFEIFFER, 18, 2009





HITTING

CAREER


AT-BATS
3RD-MICHEAL McKENRY, 503, 2000-03
20TH-KYLE WALDROP, 438, 2002-04
25TH-HARRISON ELDRIDGE, 420, 2002-04

HITS
7TH-CADE STALLINGS, 201, 2006-2009
8TH-MICHEAL McKENRY, 200, 2000-03
10TH-KYLE WALDROP, 195, 2002-04
17TH-HARRISON ELDRIDGE, 181, 2002-04

RUNS SCORED
8TH-HARRISON ELDRIDGE, 187, 2002-2004
13TH-KYLE WALDROP, 162, 2002-04
14TH-MIKE McKENRY, 161, 2000-03
15TH-CADE STALLINGS, 158, 2006-09

DOUBLES
1ST-CURT POWELL, 63, 2006-08
2ND-KYLE WALDROP, 57, 2002-04
4TH-MICHEAL McKENRY, 52, 2000-03
9TH-HARRISON ELDRIDGE, 47, 2002-04

HOME RUNS
5TH-MICHEAL McKENRY, 47, 2000-03
19TH-KYLE WALDROP, 29, 2002-04

GRAND SLAMS
1ST-MAC THORESON, 5, 2007-09

RUNS BATTED IN
4TH-MICHEAL McKENRY, 202, 2000-03
9TH-CADE STALLINGS, 180, 2006-09
12TH-KYLE WALDROP, 165, 2002-04

WALKS
21ST-HARRISON ELDRIDGE, 81, 2002-04


SEASON

AT-BATS
8TH-KYLE WALDROP, 151, 2003
13TH-MICHEAL McKENRY, 146, 2001

HITS
8TH-KYLE WALDROP, 76, 2003
12TH-KYLE WALDROP, 73, 2004
14TH-CURT POWELL, 71, 2009
17TH-CURT POWELL, 68, 2008
19TH-NICKY DELMONICO, 66, 2010

RUNS SCORED
2ND-CURT POWELL, 79, 2009
4TH-HARRISON ELDRIDGE, 74, 2003
8TH-KYLE WALDROP, 70, 2004
11TH-NICKY DELMONICO, 66, 2010

DOUBLES
2ND-KYLE WALDROP, 26, 2004

HOME RUNS
1ST-ETHAN BENNETT, 27, 2010
8TH-DAVIS BURKLIN, 18, 2000
8TH-MICHEAL McKENRY, 18, 2001
8TH-NICKY DELMONICO, 18, 2010
10TH-KYLE WALDROP, 16, 2004

GRAND SLAMS
1ST-MAC THORESON, 3, 2009
2ND-NICKY DELMONICO, 2, 2009

RUNS BATTED IN
6TH-NICKY DELMONICO, 75, 2010
8TH-ETHAN BENNETT, 73, 2010
10TH-MICHEAL McKENRY, 70, 2001
12TH-KYLE WALDROP, 67, 2003
12TH-KYLE WALDROP, 67, 2004
15TH-MICHEAL McKENRY, 64, 2003

WALKS
8TH-NICKY DELMONICO, 43, 2010


GAME


HOME RUNS CONSECUTIVE GAMES
1ST-ETHAN BENNETT, 10, 2010

HOME RUNS
2ND-NICKY DELMONICO, 3, 2009

GRAND SLAMS
1ST-NICKY DELMONICO, 2, 2009

GRAND SLAMS, CONSECUTIVE AT-BATS
1ST-NICKY DELMONICO, 2, 2009

RUNS BATTED IN
4TH-NICKY DELMONICO, 10, 2009

TRIPLES
2ND-PAT DORWIN, 2, 1981

BASES ON BALLS
2ND-PAT DORWIN, 3, 1982

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

PARKINSON'S FUND-RAISER A SUCCESS

FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, THE ADMIRALS' BASEBALL TEAM HOSTED A "THROWBACK GAME" TO BENEFIT THE NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION.

FARRAGUT, FOUR-TIME DEFENDING CLASS 3-AAA STATE CHAMPIONS, PLAYED GIBBS AFTER OAK RIDGE AND KARNS BATTLED IN SPRING 2011.

DONATIONS BENEFITED THE NPF ALONG WITH MONEY RAISED BY A VARIETY OF VENDORS, SILENT AUCTIONS AND BAKE SALES. MORE THAN $2,400 WAS RAISED IN 2011 AFTER $2,000 WAS DONATED IN 2010.

THE EVENT WAS SPEARHEADED IN 2010 BY PAT DORWIN, A 1982 FHS GRADUATE WHO LED THE ADMIRALS IN A NUMBER OF OFFENSIVE CATEGORIES DURING FARRAGUT'S FIRST STATE TITLE RUN THAT YEAR, THE INITIAL OF EIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINS.

FARRAGUT WENT INTO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT UT'S LOWER HUDSON FIELD WITH A 24-4 MARK AGAINST AN UNDEFEATED MEMPHIS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS CLUB (25-0). THE TEAMS SPLIT AN OPENING-DAY DOUBLEHEADER, SETTING UP A WINNER-TAKE-ALL FINAL ON MAY 26, 1982.

DORWIN STARTED A THREE-RUN UPRISING IN THE OPENING INNING WITH A SINGLE AND THE ADS WOULD HOLD ON FOR A 4-3 WIN, BECOMING THE FIRST KIL BASEBALL TEAM SINCE 1973 TO WIN A STATE TITLE. FARRAGUT'S SOFTBALL TEAM HAD GIVEN THE ADMIRALS THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN ANY VARSITY TEAM SPORT THE DAY BEFORE WITH A DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP.

DORWIN, 49, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH YOUNG-ONSET PARKINSON'S DISEASE IN 2003, HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER, PETE, CENTERFIELDER ON THE FIRST OF FOUR ADMIRAL STATE FINAL RUNNER-UP TEAMS IN 1988, WAS DIAGNOSED IN 2009 AT THE AGE OF 39.

"PETE'S AFFECTED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE, MY PROBLEMS ARE ON MY LEFT SIDE," SAID PAT DORWIN. THE BROTHERS WERE BOTH NAMED TO THE ALL-KNOXVILLE INTERSCHOLASTIC TEAMS THEIR SENIOR YEARS - PAT DORWIN LED HIS TEAM IN HITTING WITH A .420 AVERAGE FROM THE LEADOFF SPOT, WHILE PETE DORWIN MADE JUST A SINGLE ERROR IN TWO YEARS.

"EVENTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO SEE MANY AREA HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS HOLD FUND-RAISERS OF SOME SORT," SAID PAT DORWIN, WHO IS HOLDING FOUR YOUNG-ONSET PD FUND-RAISERS IN 2012, INCLUDING THE THROWBACK DOUBLEHEADER THURSDAY, APRIL 26 AT FARRAGUT WITH 5 P.M. AND 7:3O P.M. GAME TIMES.

EARLIER FUND-RAISERS WERE SCHEDULED AT PIGEON FORGE AND SEYMOUR HIGH SCOOLS. THE LAST BENEFIT IS SATURDAY, APRIL 28 AT ANDERSON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE MAVERICKS PLAYING SCIENCE HILL AT 2 P.M.

"I'M SURE MANY FORMER BASEBALL PLAYERS COULD USE HELP OF SOME KIND," DORWIN SAID. "HOPEFULLY, THIS IS SOMETHING MANY BASEBALL TEAMS WILL TAKE PART IN - AS WELL AS FUNDRAISERS HELD IN OTHER SPORTS TO AID CURRENT AND FORMER PLAYERS."

PAT DORWIN LIVES IN SEVIERVILLE WITH HIS WIFE, ANGIE, SON, ELI, 9, AND DAUGHTER, ADDISON GRACE, 7, WHOSE BIRTHDAY IS MAY 26, THE DATE FHS WON ITS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. CONTACT DORWIN AT PATRUGB@ATT.NET OR 865-363-9014.

THE EVENTS ARE THE INITIAL PHASE OF DORWIN'S PROJECT 20/20 FOUNDATION, RAISING MONEY FOR THE AMERICAN PARKINSON'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION'S NATIONAL YOUNG-ONSET CENTER.

"I'D LIKE TO SEE 20 AREA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAMS HOLDING FUND-RAISERS  BY THE YEAR 2020," HE SAID. "WE HOPE TO RAISE MONEY FOR YOUNG-ONSET PARKINSON'S, SINCE THAT'S WHAT PETE AND I HAVE."

FOR INFORMATION, SEE farragutpress.com/articles/2010/03/12167.html - AN ARTICLE DETAILING THE BROTHERS' PLIGHT OR http://www.fhs1982statechamps.blogspot.com/ -WHICH CHRONICLES THE ADMIRALS 1982 TITLE RUN.

THE WEB SITE http://www.tbca.org/ LISTS ADMIRALS WHO HAVE MADE STATE RECORD BOOKS, INCLUDING JEFF GLOVER (WHOSE 15 WINS IN 1982 WERE TIED FOR A SINGLE-SEASON STATE MARK UNTIL FARRAGUT'S PHILIP PFEIFFER WENT 16-0 IN 2010), MIKE JORDAN (WHOSE 14 SAVES IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON ARE A TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL SINGLE-YEAR MARK AND HIS 23 CAREER SAVES TOP THE STATE LADDER), PAT DORWIN'S THREE WALKS IN A 1982 PLAYOFF GAME TIE HIM FOR SECOND-MOST IN A SINGLE GAME (WHICH COUPLED WITH THREE STOLEN BASES AND TWO RUNS HELPED LEAD FARRAGUT PAST CLINTON 4-1 AND SET UP A REGIONAL FINAL AGAINST BEARDEN) AND DORWIN'S TWO TRIPLES IN A 1981 GAME AGAINST WILLIAM BLOUNT MAKE THE RECORD BOOK. THE PAIR OF TRIPLES, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF DOUBLES AND FOUR RUNS DRIVEN IN AND SCORED, CAPPED OFF ONE OF HIS BEST OFFENSIVE GAMES.