1963 Baseball Team

1963 Baseball Team


The 1963 baseball team coached by the late Bill Creasy, who was assisted by Buddy Hartman, won Central Columbia's first district championship in baseball. Central played six exhibition games, going 4 & 2. They opened with a lost to Danville, then beat Danville, Northwest, & West Hazleton, before losing to Bloomsburg and beating Southern Columbia. In the Columbia County League, Central went 4 & 3. They beat Bloomsburg, lost to Millville & Southern Columbia, beat Benton, Berwick & Shamokin, before losing to Nescopeck. Central finished in a three way tie for third place. They then beat Shamokin & Southern Columbia to take third place in the league. Central opened the league playoffs by playing second place Benton. In the first game they tied 5-5 after 9 innings. In the second game they again tied 5-5 after 9 innings. In the third game Central won 6-4 in 10 innings. Central then faced the regular season champion Nescopeck in a best of three championship series. Central beat Nescopeck 3-0 in the first game & 11-2 in the second game. In the District IV playoffs they defeated Danville, the Susquehanna Valley League Champions, 7-1 to win the District IV Southern Division Championship. They then beat Wellsboro, the Northern Division Champion, 10-6 in the District IV championship played at Bowman Field in Williamsport, under the lights.

Team members were, Gary Edwards, Jim Nagle, Fred Aten, the late Tom Evans, Jim Hyssong, Neil Richie, Bob Drumm, the late Danny Reilly, Lanny Diltz, Danny Morrison, Bill Livziey, Terry Whiteco, Joe Riale, Jerry Devlin, Jim Barrall, Ron Coleman, the late John Hippenstiel, Steve Livziey, Don Hopper, Rod Kile, Rich Kocher, Ron Kocher, Eric Landers and Craig Searfoss.