Lamar's 27 Year Quest

Lamar High achieved its real life Quest For Greatness as they won the Colorado AA State Baseball Championship The first in any sport in 27 years!

| Editor's Note: Rick Anderson did a’clinic at Lamar| records along the way. For the past six years LHS baseball has been involved High School for Coach Jess Downey several years ago. with many good performances and accomplishments. The Coach Downey writes, “Rick, I wanted you to know team of 1989, was a group who over a three year span these kids who won the state baseball championships developed into the best “AA” baseball team in Colorado. were at your clinic here as junior high kids and all of Individual players have advanced to college and them remember that day and what many of your professional baseball, and each team over the past six words of inspiration were all about.

It was the first seasons has helped to establish a program recognized |state title in any sport in 27 years and the first in throughout Colorado for its level of excellence. baseball since 1957. The seniors lifted many a cold At LHS Coach Downey stresses weight training as an winter evening for three years and they all reaped the essential and integral part of the baseball program, benefits. equivalent to developing playing skills. Relating to a Thanks Rick! and we are hoping to have you back soon... We want more!” The Dream. The Goal. The Glory.

cliche by Yogi Berra; Our philosophy at Lamar High School is that if pitching is 90% of the game, then having our players involved in resistive exercise year round is the other 90%.

We expect our players to commit themselves to their work-outs with the same enthusiasm as batting practice. Our players all do the six BFS Core Lifts and The Lamar baseball program has always set high, many baseball related auxiliary exercises. challenging goals and strived to obtain those goals. The During the winter sports season, the weight room spring of 1989, was the season that a group of players at becomes a gathering place for our players not out for a Lamar High School decided that no goal was too extreme sport. The physical benefits are important, but the or beyond their limits. They not only won the “AA”

State camaraderie developed and the interest we take in our Championship, but broke many team and individual Kids is a tremendous plus for our program. Players who bust their butts in the weight room on a cold snowy evening won't quit or “say die”, during a tight situation in May. The Savage Baseball Team of 1989 finished with a 19 and 3 record, winning 16 games in a row on their way to the State Championship. The past six seasons the LHS baseballers’ have a record of 95 wins and 21 losses. 1 have won three district titles, conference who owns 4 state titles and 3 state runner-ups over the past six seasons.

The Savages were state runner ups in 1986, and three of the past six seasons the first and second place team from the conference have played each other for the state title. This is a six school conference with a fierce basebail tradition. During the past six years eight plavers have signed with division one schools while many others have become outstanding plavers in four year college and junior college programs. The combination of baseball coach and strength coach is unusual to many but, Coach Downey believes the importance of resistance exercise is a priority in all sports.

Five vears ago Rick Anderson of BFS conducted a clinic at LES and the rewards are still being reaped. There are now seven weight training classes at LUIS with much of the First Team All-State and Player-of-the-Year ERA: course structure in conjunchon with the BFS program. The weight room is in full use before and after school five days program, and first to achieve new standards has now given way to “TRADITION”

Joe Lucero: Senior 3rd Baseman 5-10, 17. years, led team in overall production 410 average 420 Squat, 230 Bench, increased speed from 4.9 to 4.6 Also was All-State in football.

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From BFS Magazine — Winter 1990. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).