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Some of the summer's more popular ferred to Wi
vacation spots for USC students includ- Chester by UJ
ed Myrtle Beach, Panama City Beach, coach J i
Fla., Jamaica, the Bahamas and Win- Toman
Chester, Va. Urquhart sa
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world is Winchester, Va., and why would , eep em
anyone want to go there? shape durn
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Just ask USC baseball centerfielder a n d w o r k (
Derick Urquhart and catcher Ryan their fund
Bordenick, and they will tell you?base- mentals.
ball. UT ,
I hope
Urquhart and Bordenick spent most makes me b<
of their summer playing baseball for the ter. It definit
Winchester Royals in the Shenandoah \ y helped
Valley League. They played with other Urquhart sa
South Carolina college players, includ- 0f the summ
ing four members of the Clemson team loam,* Vp
and two from Presbyterian College. me swingii
Urquhart, who hit .357 with 23 RBI the bat, and ti
in 183 at-bats, said he made friends with guys who d
everyone on the team and enjoyed hang- play this sui
ing out with the guys off the field. But, mer will be oi
with 46 games on the schedule, there step ahead
wasn't much time to really do anything those wl
else. didn't."
"We were playing all the time," said Urquhart.
Urquhart, a Florence native. "Occasion- geography s
ally we would have one or two days off nior, led tl
a week, but sometimes we would prac- league in hi
tice on the off-days." (65) and doubl
The two stayed with host families to ^
help relieye some of the costs. Bordenick . ,yer
said he couldn't have asked for a better 111 lea&ue
host family. When ask
"The people were great," Bordenick tY}e rankfTof
said. "The whole community supported P].ayiers'
the team, and that made the stay very ; w?
enjoyable." befbntosee
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iordemck too much, as he led the , TJ.
nth 29 RBI and hit four home rune. " "f- tt was a P1
ried a .307 batting average in 140 grader
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tlie summer in a "hot spot" of their was ei^"er ^at or ^
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old to play in the league next year. lear any day.
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n hour from (Washington) D.C."
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