FROM THE ARCHIVES

Legendary Pace skipper CHARLIE OWENS is hoisted on his players’ shoulders after winning a doubleheader to secure the 1986 baseball region championship and state playoff berth.

THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO

After losing the first game of the series on the Bowdon Red Devils’ home turf, the Knights returned to Pace needing both wins in the best-two-of-three format. Games 2 and 3 went to extra innings, with Pace prevailing in Game 2 in nine innings and in eight innings in Game 3. Owens’ masterful game management was the deciding factor in both games; he called two “suicide squeezes,” which were executed successfully to secure the championship. Students rushed the field in one of the

most exciting days in Pace sports history.

—by CHRIS PAYNE ’86

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