Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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MHS Golfers End Season at 7- Best in 3 Years Although the team had only four lettermen and bad weather hampered their practice, MHS's golfers posted their best season in the past three years with a 7-8 mark. Most of the losses came at the hands of the top schools in the area-Helias, jefferson City, and Hick- man of Columbia, all of whom, unlike the Bulldogs, had had experience in playing on grass greens. Of the four lettermen named by Coach David Bell, three-Mark Beshears, Tim Bailey, and john Cadwell -were low scorers for the squad in all its 15 matches. Bailey set a school record when he shot a one under par 35 for nine holes in a match against jefferson City played at the Arthur Hills course. At the conclusion of the regular season, the team of Bailey, Beshears, Cadwell, Mark Mackie, and Lewis Melahn placed fifth in the five-team conference match. In that meet, Cadwell, who had played de- pendably throughout the year, shot a 42-44-46 to lead the Bulldogs. In the district meet that followed, seniors Bailey, Beshears, Cadwell, and Melahn completed the season with a ninth place team finish in the 18-team match at Moberly. With a smile at the results of his putt ltopl, john Cadwell watches the ball go into the cup. Chipping from behind a tree to the green, Mark Mackie finds himself with a difficult shot. 168 Athletics

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Glovemen Advance Farther in State than Ever Before The 1969 version of the baseball Bulldogs will go down in history as the first baseball team from Mexico High to ever reach the quarterfinals in state playoff competition. Mexico had never before been able to get past the district playoffs, but this year, the Bulldogs scrambled to a 7-3 victory over. La Plata to take the district championship. This was followed closely by a 4-3 sectional win over Columbia Hickman, despite a no-hitter turned in by the Columbia pitching staff. That win vaulted Mexico into the state quarter- finals where they went down to defeat at the hands of a very powerful Webster Groves team, by a score of 7-0. This year's squad, with a 10 and 8 season record, was spearheaded by five returning lettermen in sen- iors Bruce Knipfel, Clary Fennewald, lerry Black, Tom Shrader, and Keith Laws. Deserving special notice was senior Tom McCormack, who stepped into the pitch- ing rotation and became one of the winningest pitchers in recent Mexico history as he totaled 7 wins and 3 losses with an even 2.00 Earned Run Average. Batting honors went to four year letterman, Bruce Knipfel, who led the team with a .349 average backed up by fifteen RBl'S. Coach jerry McFarland will have seven returning lettermen to form his squad around next year. They are junior Paul Brower and sophomores Keith Camp- bell, Lawrence Cooper, Tom Brown, james DeLong, Mike Fennewald, and Mark Thoenen. Bulldog catcher Cary Fennewald, tabovej warms up his pitcher be- tween innings of the sectional playoff game with Columbia. Star first baseman and heavy hitter, Bruce Knipfel jumps high into the air to bring down a wild throw. 170 Athletics