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And now, we continue with our Sport Programs Page.....
 Left to right: Joyce Owens, Opal Philyaw, Betty Seaton, Connie Fisher, Norma Headrick
 Bottom row, left to right: Lowell Hunt, Al Ivey, Howard Edgemon, Herman King, C.E. Morrison, Otha Acuff. Not pictured is Billy Ray Schrimsher, who pitched their pilots to a hard-fought 3-0 victory over Fort Payne in the semi-finals.
And here is a photo of the surviving members of the 1948-1949 Championship Baseball Team, made at the 2005 Rison/Dallas Association Reunion:
 Back row, left to right: Mona King, Jean Scarborough, Lana Fisher, Virginia Brown, Robbie Gault Front row, left to right: Connie Fisher, Ann Schrimsher, Mary Jo Gray, June Fitch Shovel in the coal Get up the steam Fifteen rahs for Rison's team
Oh rah, rah, rah, rah, rah
 Kneeling, left to right: M. Trapp, M. Taft, M. Hunt, R. McGinnis, L. Short, B. Hunt, I. Hillis Standing, left to right: Herndon, Coach, D. Brockway, D. Hoover, G. Tolen, Doris Pike, O. Lee, L. Jones, A. McGinnis, A. Trapp, M. Reese, C.V. Fain, Coach  Left to right: Wanda Renegar, Billie Marie Statum, Imogene Gault, Martha Green
Ah one, ah two, ah three!
Cheerleaders - 1950 - 1951
Ah one, ah two, ah three!
This was one of the first Little League teams in Huntsville. Little League was first introduced in Huntsville in the summer of 1950 and this was the Dallas Optimist team that year.  Back row, left to right: Harry Richard Clark, Crawford Howard, Gary Myers, Buddy Burkett Middle row, left to right: Ray Strickland (coach), Larry Daniels, John Earl Branum, Eddie Myhand Front row, left to right: Floyd Rickets, Tussy Harris, ?? Do you know the missing name?
 Back row, left to right: Coach Cecil Fain, Aileen Browning, Elaine McGinnis, Ann Schrimsher, Lois Adcock, Sarah Fikes, Doris Smith, Marguerite Parker, Douglas Parker, Coach Beard Front row, left to right: Genevieve McBride, Connie Fisher, Dot Tidwell, Joyce Counts, Mary Ann Fisk, Catherine Greenlee, Joyce Moore, Dorothy Certain, Don Smith, ? Bat Boy (Please notice Dallas Mill standing in the background)  Standing, rear - Coach Bill Rice. Back Row, left to right: Donald Mitchell, Billy Walker, Jerry Wallace, Phillip Allen, Billy Starr, Thomas Seaton, Jimmy Quick, Larry Byrd, Wayne Lee, Bobby Green, Dale Henson, Carey Crowson. Front Row, left to right: W.E. Blount, Lester Gates, Sam Chisam, Bobby McAllister, Eugene Marks, Harry Clark, Jesse Luna, Billy Berry, Buddy Burkett, John Branum, Jerry Byrom.
 Back row, adult standing: Brooks (Bubbie) Church, coach Do you know the missing year and names?   Front row, left to right: Martha Green, Larry Byrd-17, Sam Chisam-19, Jerry Byrom-13, Eugene Marks-1, Billy Berry-15, Phillip Allen-12, Bryant Benson-5, Mona Gay Branum Second row, left to right: Brigitte Ball; Doyle Segrove-8, Aubrey Turner-3, Wayne Lee-9, Billy Starr-6, Harry Clark-21, Buddy Burkett 19, ??-7, Wanda Renegar Third Row, left to right: Imogene Gault, Eddie Myhand-20, David Greenhaw-14, (?)Hymer-2, ??-18, John Earl Brannum-16; Rodell Walker. Back row: Hub Myhand, Bill Rice  Front row, left to right: Ray Strickland, Al Ivey, Thomas Blount, Jimmy Falkenberry, Dickey Wilbourn, Fay Dowell Middle row, left to right: J.D. Mullican, Buddy Walker, Walter Johnson, Ray Dowell, Larry Gray, Moose Campbell, Third row, left to right: Jerry Pridmore, Billy King, Bub Gault, Woosie Mitchell, Mickey Falkenberry, Erskine Neal Top row, left to right: Fred Knight, Coach, Wendell Beard, George Lilly
 Back row, left to right: Coach Bill Rice, Jerry Tilkings, Earnest Moyers, Butch Curry, Mike Johnson Second row, left to right: Tommy Walker, Jerry Hymer, Floyd Ricketts, John Earl Branum, James Holt, Eddie Myhand Third row, left to right: Jerry Maddox, Gene Paul Neal, Fred Parham, Roland McKenzie, Tommy Rooker, Douglas Martin Front row, left to right: Mary Frances Cowley, Donnie Sue Cullum, Margine Bishop, Barbara Neal, Judy Magness
Ah one, Ah two, Ah three!
All for Rison
 Front Row, Left to Right: Wanda Renegar, Mildred Parham, Hazel Newby, Shirley Smith, Mona Branum, Martha Green Second Row, Left to Right: Floyd Ricketts, Wayne Hanvey, Jerry Byrom, Bobby McAllister, Eugene Marks, Glynn Allen, Tracey Hall, Tommy Rudledge, Marsh Whitting Third Row, Left to Right: Harry Clark, Rodell Walker, Bobby Fullington, Robert Crowell, Billy McClucheon, Sam Chisam, Aubrey Turner, Coach Hub Myhand Back Row, Left to Right: Donald Mitchell, Buddy Burkett, Jimmy Gulley, Virgil Cagle, Billy Walker, Billy Starr, Jimmy Quick, Billy Hymer Ah one, Ah two, Ah three! Victory, victory is our cry V I C T O R Y Are we in it? Were all here. Well be in it All the year!!!
Rison Pilots 1952-1953
These four pictures were taken at the Lincoln Gym in 1952-1953  To the right of Coach Myhand, back to front: Donald Mitchell, Virgil Cagle and Wayne Lee To the left of Mr. Myhand, back to front: is Victor Acuff, Billy Starr, Harry Clark
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 Kneeling, left to right: Tommy Walker, Buddy Adams, John Earl Branum, Fred Parham Standing, left to right: Tommy Rutledge, Eugene Marks, Wayne Stinnett, coach Hub Myhand, Jimmy Quick, Bobby McAllister, Hugh Johnson
 First row, left to right: Carolyn Green, Barbara Chisholm, Frances Smithey, Hilda McCormick, Linda Adcock Second row, left to right: Harold McKenzie, ??, ??, Bubba Clark, ??, Coach Aubrey Turner Third row, left to right: Teddy Goosby, Kenneth Adkins, Billy Koonce, ??, Don Smith Fourth row, left to right: ??, Jimmy Hatfield, ??, ??, Max Thompson
(Is that Hugh Johnson in the background?) 
Donald Mitchell and Wanda Renegar 
 First row, left to right: Lester Gates, ??, Don Parsons Second row, left to right: Wayne Hanvey, Fred Parham, Buddy Adams, Douglas Martin, Floyd Ricketts, Tommy Walker, Robert Crowell Third row, left to right: Hugh Johnson, Larry Byrd, ??, Buddy Burkett, Jimmy Gulley, Tommy Rutledge, John Branum Back row, left to right: Donald Mitchell, Harry Clark, Billy Walker, Coach Myhand, Virgil Cagle, Victor Acuff, Billy Starr    Coach: Hub Myhand (To the left of the photo, please note the pencil sharpener and Royal Crown sign.)
BABE RUTH CHAMPIONS - 1954  Front row, left to right: John Earl Branum, Buddy Wilbourn, Gene Paul Neal, Batboy Mickey Campbell, Tommy Walker, Larry Daniel, Doug Martin Back row, left to right: Doug Martinson, Crawford Howard, Jim Vann, Bill Starr, Coach and Manager, Sam Chisam, Bart Loftin, Eddie Myhand
"The Rison team pictured above romped away with the championship in the Huntsville Babe Ruth League. They will enter the playoff this week favored to win. The team won seven, lost one in regular season play. Rison plays Lincoln in the first game Monday morning at 8:30. Big Spring plays Joe Bradley at 1:30."
 Front row, left to right: Marlon Seymour, Kenny Daniel, Wayne Kimbrough, Douglas Martin, Ted Baeder, Edgar McDaniel, S.O. McDonald Back row, left to right: Coach H.E. Myhand, Nelson Montgomery, Buddy Wilbourn, David Hall, Crawford Howard, Eddie Myhand, Walter Harbin, William Elders, Jerry Rice and Coach Clem Gryska (Do you see some Rison-Dallas and Epworth Methodist people in this picture?) Here is a link to a July 13, 2005 story about this championship team from John Pruett, Sports Columnist for The Huntsville Times.
 Back row, left to right: Larry Sharp, Jerry Gann, Teddy Goosby, Charles Shannon, Winston Cleveland, Kenneth Boyd, Benny Fiske, Roland McKenzie, James Donald Horn Middle row, left to right: Jimmy Durham, Eugene Nix, Kenneth Robinson, Butch LaPier, Coach Myhand, Larry Pridmore, ??, Ernest Moyers, ?? (kneeling) Front row, left to right: Jerry Golden (kneeling), Jimmy Webb, Rod Staley, Sammy McCullough, Larry Brown, ??, George Humphrey, Trent Lacey, ??  Do you know the missing names? Front row, left to right: Bat boys: Frankie Duvall, Gary Broadway(a guess), Harold Simmons Second row, left to right: Jimmy Webb, James Cornelison, Don Thompson, Larry Owens, Mike Johnson, Trent Lacy Third row, left to right:George Towery, Larry Brown, Benny Fiske, Coach Myhand, Eugene Nix, Randall Kerley, Rod Staley Fourth row, left to right: Arlen Brown, Larry Sharp, Charles Shannon, Teddy Goosby, Billy Berry, Jerry Golden, Jerry Gann, Max Thompson, Ernest Moyers  Front: Greg Patterson (bat boy) Second row, left to right: Larry Owens, Eugene Nix, Gary Broadway, ?? Middle row, left to right: "Bugs" Owens, ??, Mike Johnson, (?)McGinnis, ??, Arlen Brown, Johnny Moss Back row, left to right: Jimmy Moss, Jerry Gann, Jerry Golden, Hub Myhand (coach), ??, Charles Shannon, ?? Do you know the missing names?
(This picture was made near the last year before Coach Myhand's retirement.)  Front, seated: Lee Clark Center row, left to right: Melvin Ward, Steve Berry, Roger Bishop, Donald Ray Wynn, Lonnie Stone, ??, Bruce Pylant, Steve(?), Gordon Sims, ??, ?? Back row, left to right: Connie Mullins, Assistant Coach, ??, Gary Wilbourn, ??, Mike Hall, Whit Singleton, Kenny Johnson, ??, Coach Myhand, Don Wilbourn, ??, ??, ??, ??, Ricky Young, ?? Do you know the missing names?
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