Richfield High School - Aries Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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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

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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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Catcher Gary Freeman usually called the plays for Richfield. BASEBALL f continued solo homerun in the fifth to tie the score 4-4, which with Freeman's run clinched the victory. Richfield dropped its next two games to Waco High C7-31 and University C7-21. B..H.S. romped to a 25-2 win over the Lampasas Badgers follow- ing the Waco Tourney. The Rams tore loose for 10 runs in the fourth inning with homeruns by Boyd Hadaway and Gary Freeman. Had- away drove in three runs and Free- man two with Greg Ogden and Harry Tindell adding four and three respectively. Alan Dolezal scored the winning run as the Rams took a revenge victory from LaVega in their sec- ond clash. Larry Bracco scored a three-run homer which put Rich- field in a 7-1 lead in the third in- ning, but the Pirates came back and tied the score by the sixth inning. Then Dolezal reached first on a ground ball and second baseman Bobby McDowell moved him to second. Dolezal then scored on a 224 Bobby McDowell defended second base. Sliding was a favorite way of dodging an out Boyd Hadaway, Dickie Wooten, and Stan Moser put in extra time on their specialties