The local American Legion team from 1965 0r 1966. Back row left-to-right: Dale Mizer, Terry Miller, Pat Cargill, Jim Wilde, coach Russ Lockart, unidentified, coach Dutch Derr, Fire Chief Morrison. Middle row l-r: Bruce Lockwood, Steve Calhoun, Bill Lockart, Tom Thibodeau, Guy Thibodeau, Creighton Miller. Front row l-r: Mike Notar, Al Taug, Marion Hobbs, bat boy Kevin Nielson, George Houston, Mark Wadell, Mike Fink.

This photo is roughly 15 years before the first state high school baseball tournament in 2000. The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears played their first season in 1991 and their first official high school game against Ketchikan in a five-game series at Melvin Park. Earlier baseball was basically played as preparation for American Legion Baseball and were feeder programs for the summer long club programs.

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