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Advances team to #1 in State

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By Greg Schenkelberg mental mistakes they played their best i
“It was a dream come true.” baseball. “We never got too high after a 4
That’s the way Junior Third Baseman win or too low after a loss and that was a 4
Marv Ellis described Ralston’s 4-1 vic­ key to our success," Shockey said. Ellis J
tory over Benson, giving the Rams their said they always played as a team and J
first ever Class “A” State Baseball there was a new hero each game. 4
Championship, and the number one Shockey said the team improved on its j
ranking from the Omaha-World Herald. defense and situation hitting during the ]
Ralston Head Coach Curt Shockey season. “When we had a runner on third A
said the key to the victory was keeping we found a way to get him home," %

Benson off the scoreboard early and not Shockey said. Ellis said the team im- 1
letting them get fired up like they did in proved on cutting down its mental mis- 4
their victories over Papillion and Millard takes.
North. With seven juniors and one J
Ellis said that when the team was in­ sophomore coming back next year, a 4fl
tense for seven innings and didn’t make chance for a second straight cham- \

All-State Jeff Allen, junior, fires a pitch on the way
to another Ram victory.
Boys' Varsity Baseball
17 Wins-4 Losses
RHS OPP
Lincoln SE 5 1
Lincoln SE 17 7
Gross 3 0
Millard South 5 4
Bryan 23 1
Millard North 6 4
Bellevue West 5 4
Lincoln East 7 0
Boys Town 10 0
Papio 3 5
Northwest 3 1
Central 4 7
South 7 1
Roncalli 6 4
Lincoln NE 11 1
Millard South 8 1
North 5 2
Roncalli 11 3
Prep 8 5 Curt Shockey takes the cake when it comes to coach­
ing the Class A State Baseball Champs.
Roncalli 3 5
North 3 4
Metro 1st
State 1st
Millard South 10 0
Lincoln NE 3 2
Benson 4 1

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