Barbe High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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STAYING ALERT is very important for a first baseman. Mark Cutrera, senior, keeps a good watch on all the happenings of a game against Lake Charles Boston High at Barbe. FUND RAISING is all a part of it. Rodney Lawrence, senior (right) and a friend scrub even the tough spots during a car wash at Mere's parking lot. Baseball — 109

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B aseball Darn Well Worth 1+ 7 he baseball team at Barbe wasn't ex-pected to throw a pitch or pet a sin-pie hit when school started in Aupust. Parish baseball teams had presumably been sent to the showers by the School Board. But throuph the support of the baseball players and area businesses, money was raised and donated and the team took to the practice field on January 7 in preparation for their first pame. on February 25. apainst St. Louis. The boys worked hard durinp the sprinp c« mesh themselves into a well-trained machine for openinp day. We took it day by day, startinp with the basics and buildinp up from there. explained district first team player Tommy Smith. Though the season overall was discourag-inp. the Bucs kept the pames interesting. Barbe lost several games that could have gone cither way including a 3 2 decision to LaGrange. Tony Stephens, a teacher at S. J. Welsh, was enlisted to coach the Bucs. Coming in a bit of a rush, the assipnemnt was unex- pected. But according to Stephens, it wasn't that hard to go from teaching to coaching. I coach a softball team during the summer. he explained. The Buc baseball team struggled through most of the season ending with a record of 1-8. They had worked long and hard to raise the money, and had practiced even harder. After all that, did the team regret reviving the sport.' Heck, no! enjoyed the players. According to them, it was darn well worth it! —CART 108 — Baseball

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 think we had a great season this year. We played hard and had a good time. Softball is really fun and I enjoy playing it a lot. — JENET MANUEL WON Mamou 17 3 Hackberry 14 0 Oakdale It 0 LaGrange 26 11 New Iberia 5 4 Opelousas 5 4 Acadian a 5 2 Sulphur 9 7 Lafayette 7 1 LaGrange 11 4 New Iberia 11 7 LaGrange 12 5 Mamou 14 4 LOST New Iberia 5 7 Sulphur 5 8 Sam Houston 5 14 Bolton 2 4 Belaire 3 4 Wash. 10 12 Andrew JacksonS 6 Sulphur 8 9 Sam Houston 6 7 West Monroe 9 10 Belaire 2 6 GETTING DOWN. Paula Raley. who was (his year’s catcher, helped the Lady Bucs by tagging out many opponents and by always being there when needed. 110 — Softball