Richfield High School - Aries Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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Alan Dolezal was a dependable batter. ' llll lll r , K lll r W EJNQ1-.xi V,WL K . K A , Y, . - - W --- 5, sv K ,kh- '--,,', K , t lf f lll kwrxk p J ii Iif .X . f M . ., .V . - .ill .sf-if H lll R c fs l:: 11' 'vwfvwsflfii g ' is ' s ll, c 2 fy il l l i R l 1 hx gg.. . J A . . . hlmizy . ll1 w lQ +, is Q 222 Displaying skill at bat was Cary Freeman. NJ' Boyd Hadaway was one of Richfield's best pitchers. The Richfield Rams opened their 1965-66 baseball season against the Temple Wildcats. Richfield took ad- vantage of three homeruns and fine 5-hit pitching by Boyd Hadaway and Larry lVlcCombs in securing the 6-2 win. Richfield then started a three game series against the Killeen Kangaroos which yielded them three strong victories. Rams Allan Dolezal, Dickie Wooten, and Greg Ogden proved powerful at bat in the 10-hit attack which gave Rich- field a 7-1 victory in the first game. Larry lVlcCombs hit a homer while pitchers Hadaway and Donny Horne limited the 'Roos to three hits. Mc- Combs limited them to four hits as the Rams captured a 7-2 victory in the second game. Hadaway and Dolezal paved the way offensively, Garland Adair learned the fine points of baseball for his future years. Sr

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Richfieldis swimming team for 1965-66 consisted of forty members with Mike Gregory serving as the president and helping to coordinate team efforts. Practice sessions were held in the YWCA with the Flying Dolphin team. The swim team hit the beach for the first time during the summer as they competed in a city-wide meet. During February Rush Milam and ,lim Moore represented Richfield in the Texas Interscholastic Leagueis State Swimming Meet in Austin. Later, several of the boys traveled to Odessa, and in April Becky Bar- bee and Carla Bryant represented the Rams in Austin. Carla placed sixth in the 100-yard Butterfly, and Becky won the State High School Cirl's Diving Championship, giving Richfield its first swimming cham- pionship. In May the team met the swim club from Burnett in a dual meet. Both swimming and diving compe- tition were entered with Carla Bry- ant, Becky Barbee, Wendy Camer- on, and ,lim Moore collecting firsts in their various divisions and help- ing the team bring home a victory. am met at Jim Moore swam the first lap of the 200 meter relay John Aydelotte entered the Butterfly competition. Rush Milam took off as soon as Moore touched the side J' 45 W ' , ,, . ,,.,., -- ---, E, Vst, K if 5, 2 is Y ' jg,,,,-f gtg, , 4 ' v ' l 1:,- fi-Qffti .rw .. EF' 23: ....,

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' 1 ' W - 0 I -v .M . . :bf 3 QW' , , .i The Catcher WHS the Nql1HfTel'baCk of the baseball team- Practice sessions kept Ram players many hours after school. Bobby McDowell performed at second base. helped by Wooten, Hayes Moore, Gary Neely, and Horne. Jimmy Mil- ler and Dolezal led the Rams as they shut out Killeen 1-0 in extra innings of the third game to bring Richfieldis record to 4-0. Ft. Worth Tech hit the dust against the two homerun attack of the Rams as Richfield walked away with a 12-4 win. Larry Bracco and Larry lVlcCombs both hit homeruns while pitcher Donny Horne limited Tech to three hits. Bobby McDow- ell, Gary Freeman, and Dickie Wooten helped out with their 2-hit performances. The LaVega Pirates pinned the first loss on the Rams as they stole a 4-3 victory. Richfield scored two runs in the top of the first and led 4-0 in the fifth. Bobby McDowell, Boyd Hadaway, and Dickie Wooten scored for the Rams. Gary Freeman doubled and scored on a bunt by Ernie Arm- strong in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Rams a 5-4 vic- tory against LaVega in the opening game of the Waco Tournament. Pitcher Larry lVIcCombs scored a continued t The tension of a game found expres sion in the face of Gary Neely. 223