Lexington High School - Bearer Yearbook (Lexington, AL)

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Division Title PITCHERS: KNEELING: Danley, Oliver. BACK: McCrary, McCafferty, Shelton. Davis scores! H Byron waits his turn at bat. Davis gets set after a wild throw. 25

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Scrappy Bears Capture KNEELING: Phil Hammond, Mgr. Jerry Smith, Tommy Word, Barry McCafferty, Victor McAfee, Ronald Shelton, Eric McAfee, Terry Oliver, Jeff Davis, Kenneth Shelton, Mgr. BACK: Brent Smith, Scorekeeper, Tony Oliver, Keith Kelley, Rodney McCrary, Ricky Bryan, Jeff Brannon, Tim Hammond, Butch Danley, Johnny Johnson, Coach Weeks. The success of the Golden Bears this season hinged on a strong offense with the bat and good pitching. Several times the Bears battled from behind with a barrage of hits in the late innings. While the offense supplied runs, pitchers Tony Oliver and Rod- ney McCrary made good use of them by keeping opponents scoreless when it counted. Ronald Shelton and Butch Danley also earned a win each, while gaining valuable experience for the future. The first game was against LCHS and it looked as if our team would lose, trailing by three in the 5th inning. The team could not be downed so easily, however, and came from behind to win 7- 5. The next victim was Brooks. The game was close with LHS leading until the 6th inning when the team erupted for an easy 8- 1 victory over the Lions. In the next game the Hornets from Hatton invaded LHS for what turned out to be the last regular season game for the Bears. Hatton had a two point lead when the Bears took their last batting chance. After two outs the lead still held with men on 2nd and 3rd. Then with clutch hitting and close plays the team rallied to pull out a 7-6 victory. Bryon scores on a base hit. 24

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Batmen Bow to Athens Bible School With the stan of the Area Tourney the scrappy Bears were at their best and easily defeated Hatton 5-1. The team had to work a little harder in getting out of a last inning jam against LCHS and eventually emerged with a 3-1 triumph over the Tigers. LHS again played the Tigers for the Championship but lost 4-7 suffering their first loss against 5 wins. Shaking off the loss the Bears played LCHS the fol- lowing night for the berth into the District playoffs. The Bears stuck in and did what they had done best - hit and rallied from behind for a 11-7 victory aveng- ing their earlier defeat. Advancing to the District playoffs, the Bears played a double header against Athens Bible School. This put the Bears at a disadvantage in pitching as both pitchers had pitched the last two nights. How- ever, the team went out and played diligently but because of costly errors and lack of rest for the pitch- ers, lost both games 7-3 and 7-4. This proved to be the last game of the season due to cancellations, rainouts, and other teams being in playoffs. Despite the short season the Bears had a proud 6-3 campaign under coach James T. Weeks. OUTFIELD: KNEELING: Word, McCafferty, McAfee. BACK: Davis, Kelley, Johnson, Oliver. Coach Weeks advised Jeff to hold at third. Terry fouls one. 26