Retro RFH Girls’ Ball Game

RFH girls of softball with Amy Connor pitching Photo/George Day
RFH girls in the ball game with Amy Connor pitching
Photo/George Day

Reprise! Just because it’s that time of the year to play ball! And girls played ball, too! We take you back to a game of some sort on the field with the girls, except Nancy Welchel, of course. She was the only girl who played on the boys’ team. We’re pretty sure she pitched in on the field for the girls, too!

Baseball season is upon us. We’ve taken you out to the RFH boys ball game. Now we’re taking you to the girls’ version of playing the field.

This may not be an official RFH game, by virtue of the lack of uniforms, not to mention lack of girls on the team in those days, but it’s all about the girls this time … and having fun playing the field … and a little ball.

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In Memoriam: A Memorial Service is Set for Rumson-Raised RFH ’79 Grad, Patann Campi Lyon

“Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.”

It is with great sadness that the family of Patricia Campi Lyon announces that she has lost her valiant battle with cancer and passed away at home on Nov. 27, 2022. A memorial service is now set for April 22.

Known to all who loved her as Patann, she was born on July 23, 1961, grew up in Rumson and graduated from Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) in 1979.

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