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Pictured are the members of the 1965 RDHS football team and include, from left: front, Mike Magallanez, Tommy Gardner, James Gault, Jim Postel, Mike Bidegain, Alfred Mendez, Don Murray, Henry Meza, and Ruben Luera; middle, Harold Carter, Richard Perez, Steve Kuykendall, Lee Swingle, Abel Hinojos, Kenny Gardner, Peter Vaught, Jesse Bueno, and Bill Meza; back, Coach Wayne Smith, Jim Weeks, Robert Henderson, Jim Snider, Phil Odom, Mark Fluharty, Steve Hatfield, Dave Hartung, Dave Williams, and assistant coach H.B.Butcher. Not pictured is Bobby Carrillo.
The Arizona Interscholastic Association has announced that the 1965 Ray District High School Championship Football Team will be honored at half-time of the Division-II title game. (This team played in the fall of 1965 of the 1965-66 school year.)
The game will be held Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 at the University of Arizona Football Stadium in Tucson. Kick-off will be at 4 p.m.
The ceremony will be during half-time. Coach Wayne Smith and many of the players will take the field and be recognized. Many of the former players will be in attendance.
Coach H.B. Butcher and nine of the players from that championship team have passed away. If a family member would like to represent any of those who have passed they are more than welcome to do so.
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