Richfield High School - Aries Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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Hays Moore guarded third base. Sliding was a difficult but often rewarding task. Larry McCombs led the district with seven homeruns to his credit. . . ,, . . 4 228 Coach Knipper held a friendly consultation with the umpire. Richfield won its second straight District 13-AAAA North Zone championship hy defeating the Waco High Tigers 4-1. Hadaway and Dolezal led the batting, and Boyd won credit for the game, allowing only four hits. Richfield met Austin McCallum in the first game of a best-of-three series to decide the District 13-AAAA championship. Hadaway hit a homerun and pitched the game which ended 4-2 for the Rams. The second game brought a rally for McCallum as they took a 4-0 victory. Boyd Hadaway made Richfield's only hit during the game. The Rams came back during the third game to take a 4-3 victory and win the District 13-AAAA championship for the second straight year. Richfield's main scor- ing hurst came in the fourth inning

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Watching the action was Bob McGlassen, third baseman. 'the Rams to a 5-2 win over Corsi- cana to give Richfield a 5-l district record. Horne pitched the victory which featured Dickie Wooten, Lar- ry Bracco, Alan Dolezal, and Ernie Armstrong at bat. Two unearned runs in the top of the ninth inning gave Richfield a 2-O win over University. The pitch- ing battle featured Larry lVlcCombs in a one-hitter, giving up the hit to the next-to-last batter he faced. Boyd Hadaway fired a one-hitter and pitched the Rams to a 2-0 win over Cleburne. Catcher Gary Free- man collected a double and single to account for two of the Rams' four hits. Larry lVlcCombs doubled for the other Ram hits. continued DISTRICT RECORD: 10-2 W A if LaVega players stood defenseless as a runner slid in we 'iii f 4 P s lrt ' or y f r 3 -us! C as N F Boyd Hadaway, a leading batter, headed for first. Q' 5 Managers Ray Smith and Tom Fitzhugh kept team records

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Rams Beat McCallum for District when the Rams broke loose for three runs. Donny Horne was the winning pitcher. Richfield then moved to the Bi-District play-offs. Richfield faced Brownsville for the second consecutive year to bat- tle for the Bi-District Champion- ship, but this year the Rams took the title in the first two games. An elusive double by Larry McCornbs in the ninth inning broke up a scoreless pitching duel and sparked Richfield to a 2-0 victory in the first game of the best-of-three series. Boyd Hadaway and Gary Freeman were the winning pitcher and catcher as the Rams brought their season record to 22-6. Rich- field turned a passed hall and an error into four runs to give them an 8-4 victory in the second game and the right to advance to the regional play-offs. Donny Horne started on the mound but was relieved in the sixth by Larry McCornhs who re- ceived credit for the win. Dickie ..r' Larry Bracco was a Richfield power Sophomore David Armstrong gained ex hitter, perience for future years. Players waited in the dugout for their chances at bat. Boyd Hadaway relaxed before a game. Q v - L 229 I 2 ,,. N 'L iff