Richfield High School - Aries Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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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

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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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RAMS ADVANCED TC REGIONALS Wooten, Larry Bracco, Gary Nee- ley, Jimmy Miller, and Bob Mc- Dowell were instrumental in the victory. The Rams met San Antonio Mc- Arthur in the regional bracket. The first game went to the Brahmas 7-1. Richfield started out ahead with Larry Braccois run but could not keep up their lead. RHS came back to win the second game of the best-of-three series 6-2. Boyd Had- away took the victory with a four hit sensation which was his ninth win of the season. Larry Bracco and Dickie Wooten scored home- runs. The Rams made McArthur earn its title as they led them into the third game. The Brahmas scored four unearned runs in the third in- Ernie Armstrong and Gary Neely aided from the outfield Winning Bi-district called for extra practice ning to capture a 5-1 victory. Larry lVlcCombs made Richfield's run on a homer as the team finished a 23-3 season which had carried them to Regionals and proved once again that Rams were champions. END Coach Knipper explained that his strategy was to get a hit, sacrifice to second, hope for an error to third, and score on a squeeze or sacrifice. 230 Hadaway pitched as Bracco guarded first.