submitted by Rene Torres
On their way to the finals they defeated Corpus Christi Ray, San Antonio Robert E. Lee, Waco Richfield and Houston's Galena Park.
They lost to Dallas Samuel in the finals.
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| Charlie Vaughan, Milwaukee Braves |
Charlie Vaughan was drafted by the Milwaukie Braves and the following year Cesar de la Garza by the Houston Astros to their Rookie League.
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| Tony Barbosa, California Angels |
Tony Barbosa pitched at Pan American College (4 years) where he was selected as an All-American and soon after drafted by the Anaheim Angels. Tony finished his career in the Mexican League.
Arnie Alvarez, Sergio Manzano and Rene Torres were awarded scholarships to play at Pan American College.
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Tony n Charlie were sensational
ReplyDeleteThis was a very good team … they played at the old lions park on west st francis
ReplyDeleteI attended their games. The field was an all dirt diamond… one of the worst high school fields in the rgv
ReplyDeleteArnie Alvarez… a wonderful person
ReplyDeleteCharlie Tony and Arnie play little league with Burton auto supply.. wbville
ReplyDeleteThis was an era when every city in the RGV had one high school
ReplyDeleteWinning the bb series against corpus was historic… it gave the eagles their first district title… in its history of the bb program
ReplyDeleteIt’s rare to have one lefty on a team. We had two of the best in the state
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