In a six and half hour marathon played at Jeppesen Field, Kashmere Gardens Junior Senior High School under the leadership of Coach Henry L. Stevenson claimed the 1965 UIL State Baseball Championship. In game one behind the strong pitching of Larry Dean Washington 13 strikeouts, Kashmere beat Waco Moore 8-3 in seven innings.
In the middle game Waco Moore sent Bob Degrate to the mound and he responded with a no-hitter in handicapping the Rams bats as they beat them 10-0 to force a game three.
In the deciding game three of the marathon day Coach Stevenson decided to send Larry Washington back to mound in quest of the state title. Coach Stevenson belief was that you fly with the “Bird” that brought you to the dance. Larry Washington being the straw that stirs the drink responded as he again struck out 13 batters total 26 strikeouts in 14 innings of pitching and beat Waco Moore 2-1 and claiming the Class 4A title. He was aided by the bat of Willie Jones who went 3 for 4 and batted in both runs in leading KG to the state title. This Ram team was dominated by underclassmen
