Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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BASEBALL 1971-72 SCOREBOARD Rickards Opponent 17 Monticello 7 Wakulla 0 Shanks 4 Aucilla 12 Wakulla 3 Leon 3 Shanks 6 Choctawhatchee 3 Ft. Walton Beach 4 Godby 13 Aucilla 3 Leon 11 Wakulla 4 Gainesville, Ga. 2 Leon 5 Niceville 1 , Niceville 2 Shanks Sub-district 4 Live Oak Sub-district 4 Perry Sub-district 1 Palatka South Regional '72 Baseball Team Sub-District Champs With its first game not scheduled until March 5, the 1973 version of the Rickards Baseball team had its work cut out. Team members practiced hard to be able to match the 1971-72 team's winning season of 16 wins and 5 losses and its th ree sub-district wins. In last year's play, the Redskins won three sub-district games against Quincy Shanks, Live Oak and Perry. The Redskins defeated Perry 4-1 with David Carroway as the winning pitcher. The team then played Live Oak, again winning by a 4-1 score, with Rodney Newman on the pitcher's mound. AI Estes and Newman teamed up with a hit each to break a seventh inning tie against Quincy Shanks. Newman got on base and Estes drove him in with a double to win the game 2-1. Terry Dawkins was the winning pitcher. The team then faced Palatka South High in the district playoff game, only to fall 1-8. The Redskins were defeated once on their own field for the first time in three years, by Niceville 6-1. fBelowj Ricky Do wden increases his skill as a batter while Al Estes practices his catching, f Opposite Pagej Ron Cox demonstrates his catching and throwing ability to other team members during regular team practice early in the season.

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