1964 Cayce Dixie Youth World Series Champions honored, Friday

Posted 8/16/19

Leo Redmond said he remembers 1964 Cayce Dixie Youth Little League World Series Championship team.

That team was honored in a ceremony at the  Cayce Historical Museum, Friday …

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1964 Cayce Dixie Youth World Series Champions honored, Friday

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Leo Redmond said he remembers 1964 Cayce Dixie Youth Little League World Series Championship team.

That team was honored in a ceremony at the  Cayce Historical Museum, Friday afternoon.  

"All of us over here in Cayce were proud," Redmond said. "There were sign all over the place. They stayed up for years."
Redmond, the former director of the Cayce Historical Museum, said the Cayce champions motivated many young boys to play baseball, including his son Alan Redmond. 

Cayce Mayor Elise Partin said the championship team is a gift to the City of Cayce.

"If they can be champions, it shows it can be done," said Partin. She then referenced the 2019 Cayce-West Columbia Dixie Youth Baseball team that won the Division 2 Ozone State Championship in July, and went to the DYB World Series. 

Glen Cully, who lives in West Columbia, said he followed the progress of that team. 

The members of the team are: Cully; Delmar Faust; Stump Gaddy; Russel Dixon; Freddy Stone;Randy Stewart; Tommy Mack; Neal Cockrell; Jimmy Chavis; Tommy Grant; Harold Knotts; Jimmy Higgins; Earl Bass; John Coward; Terry Harper; Rusty Wright; and Coaches Fritz Steel and James Knotts.
Joe Pinner honored the team upon their return to Cayce as the World Champions onThe Mr. Knozit Show in 1964. 
He introduced the surviving players, Friday. 

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