Richland High School - Rebel Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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nd a family. After two years of coaching baseball at Richland, Coach Ronnie Caruthers felt very fortunate to coach such a fine group of men. Coach Caruthers also commented I always expect and outfielders who make the routine plays and 51 Hitter swing only at good pitches. Starting in November and even before, the 17 members of the baseball Each player worked ex- tremely hard and deserved the good results. Luck equals when preparation meets opportunity. A familiar quote which the Rebels always kept in Who soid it could not be done? Areo Champions the best, think the best and work for the best. Coach Caruthers felt that the key to any well-developed baseball team is as follows: lj Teamwork 22 Pitchers throw strikes. 33 Catcher throw run- ners out at second. 41 Infielder Conferences are necessary when the coach needs to make some changes. Coach Ronny Caruthers, Eddy jorge and Derek Lewis gather on the mound to discuss the situa- tion at hand. Lewis concluded the season with the best record in the district. lt was 7-0. Photo by Doug Wallace. In a very tense and pressure filled game against Arlington Heights, Don Quillen C41 connects with the Rebels only hit of the game. The Rebels went on to win 1-0. Photo by Doug Wallace. team began polishing their goals. They knew this year it was their turn. The players and coaches fRonnie and jerry Caruthersj felt great about being the first Rebel team to go this far. their mind and always remembered when things were down. If you can im- agine it, you can achieve it definitely set the tone for the Rebels winningest Baseball season yet. - Patti Han- cock. In the opening of the Arlington Heights game in the third inning, Randy Kelley leads off from first base. The baseball team went on to defeat Arlington 1-0. Photo by Doug Wallace. Varsity Baseball 101

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Ar the last regular season game, Darrell Barrow CZJ lines our a pitch. Barrow maintained a .305 batting average for this season. Photo by Doug Wallare. Throwing strikes and challeng- ing the batter is my main objective while on the mound, said Todd Carruthers 1151. Carruthers ended the season with 7-5 and six saves. Photo by Doug Wallace. 'f-.ee .Quadra . S W if it -he riff' UA 3 J' rg M t . Q R . - a In a close play, Roby Word C111 Varsity Baseball was called out as the Burleson Elk Scoreboard first baseman stretched for the ball. The Rebels beat Burleson 2-1. Photo Regs by Doug Wallace. 9 bm, 3 Bowie z Trinity 4 Burleson Z L.D. Bell 6 Sam Houston 3 Arlington 2 Haltom 11 Lamar 18 Bowie 7 Trinity 2 Burleson 11 L. D. Bell 5 Sam Houston B Arlington 12 Haltom 13-3-0 Bi-District - Newman Smith 3-1, 9-8. Area - Arlington Heights 1-0, 6-12, 4-1 100 Design by Derek Lewis OPP- 2 Maintaining a .395 batting average, Dale Akers C32 hits a curve ball over the Rebel fence. Akers was one of three Rebels to be nam- ed First Team All-District. Photo by Doug Wallaze.

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Q! his year showed that we were young as as the season went on it showed a lot of impovement in certain areas, summed up Coach Hugh Hamm. However, it was the leftover areas that hurt the team. A few outstanding athletes cannot carry a team, especially in the district meet. On the other hand, Coach Hamm did not set out look- were scored by Mark Burleson Cseniorf in the 800 meter run, Colin McCall Cseniorj and Leslie Briggs Cjuniorj in the discus, David Pope Cjuniorj in the pole vault, Eric Meek fseniorj in the high jump, and Glen Gill Cseniorj in the hurdlers. Along with Chris Brown and jimmy Turner Qseniorsj, ac- cording to Coach Hamm, They showed leadership meter run. All three then traveled to Lubbock, where McCall took sicth overall and Burleson and Pope both competed well. Other members also did well in district, including Gill, who placed fourth in the 110 meter hurdles. The junior varsity, led by Mike Price, Shaun Blackwell Cjuniorsj and Chris Talamini fsophomorej also did well. Young teom highlighted by tolented individuols ing for the district title. In the beginning of the season, he did not expect too much mainly because we were too young. So the young raw talent was conditioned and let loose to attempt to restore the winning tradition that was taken for granted. Even though the team, as a whole, failed to fair well, many individuals did stand out. Meet after meet, points not only by their participa- tion, but because of their sincerity towards track. The district meet reward- ed a few members with a trip to the regional meet that was held was held in Lub- bock. McCall's throw of 158 feet in the discus placed him second, Pope's jump of 13'6 in pole vault placed him second, and Burleson also took second in the 800 The most improved track- man was Mike Price, com- mented Coach Hamm, He came from nowhere to a bet- ter than average hurdlerf' With the team lacking in numbers, individual goals were set. The achievements made by them resulted in personal satisfaction and the idea that goals can be ac- complished. - Rhonda Callaway Track. FRONT ROW: David Bradly, Larry Evans, Kevin Polarski, Mike Price, Steve Young, Phil Lasley, Chase Neal, jimmie Turner, Glen Gill, Chris Brown. SECOND ROW: Leslie Briggs, Wade Lewis, john Wilson, jeff Smith, Gary Engasser, Buddy Coleman, jeff Keating, Craig Lindsey, Rich Miller, Steve Stembridge, BACK ROW: Tomas Kadelc, Shaun Blackwell, Colin McCall, Mark Burleson, David Pope, Doug Compton, Eric Meek, Chris Talamini, Ed Hault, Frank Herrera, Kent Crews. Design by Rhonda Lau y Qille I E .: I 1 'U 1 Regional qualifiers: Mark Burleson, Colin McCall fseniorsj and David Pope Cjuniorj.