Rincon baseball coach Gil Carrillo in 1962. Arizona Daily Star file photo 

Part of THS’ championship teams of the mid-40s, Carrillo guided Rincon to the state championship games in 1963, 1964 and 1968, when it was big school vs. big school, with only two classifications in the state.


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