Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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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

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n I I Athletics 171 ,Nw gm? 1969 BASEBALL SQUAD: KFIRST ROW? Sid Conklin, manager, Randy Monson, Mike Fennewald, Don Fuemmeler, Tom Brown, lim DeLong. KSECOND ROW! Lawrence Cooper, Tom Shrader, Keith Laws, jerry Black, Tom McCormack, Bruce Knipfel, Gary Fennewald, Roger Mantle, Mark Thoenen. ITHIRD ROWQ Coach jerry McFar- land, Wayne Walker, lim Hodgson, David Miller, Dennis White, lack Holtman, Gary Rahmeyer, Chuck johnson, Assistant Coach Lynn Cundiff. KNOT PICTUREDJ Paul Brower, Steve Hagan, Keith Camp- bell, lohn Webber, john Taylor, Roy Smith, Earl Wilfong. KLEFTJ It is difficult to say what is happening on the field considering the three totally different reactions shown on the faces of sid Conklin, David Miller, and Everett Trabue. Senior Tom Shrader CBELOWJ begins his slide in an attempt to beat the throw to third base as part of the action in a game with Columbia Hickman.