Aldine High School - Round Up Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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lclme e D gthe only bright pt 13olos t M Arth t sta gs lt S Bat aflerhehtat ho eru BASEBALL 8 lettermen lead team to district championship With eight returning lettermen hopes and expecta tions were high for the 1980 baseball season But the Mustangs finished the first half with a disappointing record of 4-4 and fell short of the first half champion- ship. The second half was a different story when the team went undefeated and beat first half winner Baytown Sterling, 2-1, for the district crown. The team's leading hitters were brothers Steve and Bill Bates. Their district batting averages were .480 and .472, respectively. The Bates' older brother, James, had been an all-state player when the Mustangs won the state championship in 1970. Bi-district started in Nederland where the Mustangs met the 22 AAAA champs only to lose 12 3 in front of more than 1 500 people When the team played in front of such a big crowd it made them tighten up, honorable mention short stop Wes Barrett said. The second game of the best of three games was rained out three times but was finally played at Lamar University. Nederland once again prevailed over the Mustangs, 6-1. The rain delay hurt us because we didn't get much practice inf, sophomore Bill Bates said. All-district first team second baseman Bill Bates said, We went from four wins and four losses to eight wins and no losses. I think we accomplished a lot. 148 Baseball

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