King High School - Coronat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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New Coach, Baseball Team Unite for Season k sJf- T ll r y ' - ft- fvVv ¥ ' % ' .- Above: Coach and Varsity team menlbera are (staniliug, l-r) Coatli Jay Law. David Bonilla, Kevin Forbes, Tommy Stewart Dennis Villarreal. Eddie Hunt, Doug Cofer, Freddie Espitia, Danny Dugan, Mike Featherston; The King Varsity baseball team moved in to season with a new coach and great anticipation. Coach Jay Law, a graduate of Texas A M, had previously coached at French High School in Beau- mont. He arrived at mid-term. Senior lettermen returning to the squad were Eddie Hunt, Danny Dugan, Jim Rainey, and Tommy Haddad. Fourteen district games highlighted the 30-game baseball season. In non- district play, King posted 11-4-1-record. Leading batters in non-district were Tommy Haddad and Jim Rainey. In late April the Mustangs held a 7-2 district record and an 18-6- 1 season log. Their 7-2 district record was good for first place and a VA game lead over their nearest competitors, the Carroll Tigers and Ray Texans. The 1969-70 season, supervised by Coach Ronnie Miller, recorded a 21-4-1 season record and placed 2nd in district with a 11-3 record. (( necini};- ' ' ) Tommy Lmdsey, Joe Debella. Keimy Scliuety.e, Tommy Haddad, Jimmy Rainey, Steve Moltz, Joel Kinnard, Riehard Fletcher, Leslie Jone. , Mike Joseph. Coach Jay Law pla awaits turn to bat siratetjy as Kenny Schuetxe % Sports

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Record Setting Swimmer Sets Pace for Team 1 1 ■.,•?■ 1 1: T kfr Pl m t- Wk Ending its second year, King ' s swim team consisted of six region swimmers. These swimmers worked out diligently throughout the season Ijefore and after school. In the girls division, the team was ranked first in city. In the Memorial High School meet in Houston, Jeff Beynon captured first in the 100-yard backstroke in consolation finals and also fourth in the Flour Bluff swim meet. King took second place in the competition. Adrian Ridgeway, state swimmer, set a new poll record in the 300-meter freestyle with the time of 3:41.6. Adrian, a junior, was named out- standing swimmer at the State Meet in Austin March 19-20. Adrian also took first and second place honors at Rice University in February. Clockwise, left: Adrian Ridgeway, state swim- mer, demonstrates her freestyle. Swimmers are alert for start Members of the King swim team are (top row, left) Adrian Ridgeway, Jeff Beynon, Carron Hughes, (bottom, left) Carrol Hughes, Barbara Beynon. Not pictured is Karen Hudson. District swim coach, George Smith, looks approvingly over swimmers. Sports 95

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i lo.kwp i- lop: Danny Dugcan loosens up on side- lines, joe Dilxllas ponders the question of which bat to use. .|im Rainey steps into batter ' s box for anntlier hit. .- teadv periomier Tommy Haddad liums in another strike. -i»jc- f?? =ii!t?£2? ' . Sp rls I7