To the editor:

I attended the Salem – United Varsity Baseball game Thursday (May 11) at Salem’s impressive facility on F.E. Cope Drive. It was a beautiful night and the game was exciting. Salem won by a run. United, with a district enrollment about half that of Salem’s, put up a valiant effort.

High school athletics, properly coached and supervised, teaches participants sportsmanship and character. The other night, Salem displayed little of either.

For the first several innings, the Quakers, from their dugout, harassed the United pitcher and his teammates, with chicken-like noises and other jeering. Undaunted, the Golden Eagles replied — with character — simply playing their game and forcing extra innings.

The evening reminded me of the time honored maxim: “Winning isn’t everything.”

Congratulations, United.

Ashley Pike,

Salem