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The American Legion Post 160 baseball team from Silver Lake, Kansas is shown in this photograph from 1981. The team won its third consecutive Class AA American Legion state championship by defeating Smith Center in the title game played in Seneca. The Post 160 team then defeated a team from Hays, the Class AAA Legion champions, for the right to represent Kansas in the American Legion's multi-state regional tournament held in Ralston, Nebraska. Standing in the photo are (l to r): David Dodge; Scott Abbott; Steve Brady; Jerry Kruger; Bryan Ferguson; Jess Adams; and, Deron Johnson. Kneeling in the front are (l to r): Mike Burton (manager); David Workman; Brent Lilley; Doug McDaniel; Bruce Ferguson; Tom Hinson; Alan Martinek; and, Sheldon Pokorney (coach). Digital reproduction of the photo was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
Date: 1981
Item Number: 309879
Call Number: 2015-117
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 309879
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Sports - Baseball
Date - 1980s - 1981
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Silver Lake
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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