Dale senior Cade Dickinson presents a commemorative game ball and Dale Pirates hat to 2001 graduate Eric Thornton during a speical presentation on April 8 before the varsity baseball game. Thornton was on the Dale baseball team that won five state championships in the fall of 1998 through the spring of 2001. He was a pitcher and third baseman with a batting average of .514, 72 hits, and 19 home ru…
