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

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GETTING POINTERS. While the defense is on the field, Coach Cespiva gives instructions to Mark Cutrera during the LaGrange game. THUMBS UP. Senior Lance Ogea celebrates after the victory over St. Louis at Lake Charles'High Stadium. Varsity Football — 93

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 Pushing If ... Con’t. COACHING ST AFP: Jowpli Crawford. secondary coach; Ronnie Odom. receiver coach, Jimmy Shaver, head coach and offensive back ; Kirby Brochhau . defensive line coach; Henry Comb , linebacker coach; Wayne Cespiva. offensive line coach. ALL WORN OUT. Junior Bobby Welborn (35) and seniors Rusty Debarge (26). Allen Darbonnc (40) and Shane Higginbotham (3?). regain strength on the bench. With the regular season over, 9-1, Bucs stayed at home to take on St. Amant of Gonzales. Dietz Eastman passed for a season high 140 yards. The Blue and White scored on their first four possessions. to take the game away 43-14. In the second round, the Bucs were underdogs as they traveled to Lafayette to take on the fifth-ranked Lions of Acadiana. Behind impressive running and tough defense the Bucs exploded for a 16-8 victory. The win over Acadiana put the Bucs in the quarterfinals against the number one ranked team in the state, Neville. The season was on the line for the Bucs as they walked into Cowboy Stadium in front of 15,000 fans. Barbc came out firing holding Neville on its first possession and then surprising the entire stadium when they put the ball over the line to take a 7-0 lead. But Neville proved their ranking as they held the Bucs the rest of the game and ran up 3 'of their own points. A sad but proud team walked off the field that night. Something of an air of relief seemed to surround the players. The team that wasn’t supposed to win had outlived even the boys' expectations. The season was over, but the feeling of accomplishment would be never ending. They had pushed it to the limit. — CART SQUEEZING THROUGH. Junior David Monceaux (34) slips through a hole with help from Lance Ogea (65) during the Sam Houston game at LaGrange Stadium. (Lake Charles American Press Photo) MOVIN' IT. Senior Paul Cormier breaks for a long gain during a 27-7 victory over St. Louis High School at Lake Charles High Stadium. (Lake Charles American Press Photo) 92 — Varsity Football

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1 1 1 M J anc 1 weshman Building on a Winning Tradition o you ever wonder where all those varsity football players come from No. they don't just appear on the fifty-yard line. Usually they've been toiling on the junior varsity and freshman teams for the past two years. As J.V. and freshman players learn the basics of the game by being the dummy squads. These squads are who the upperclassmen tackle during drills. It's not that bad because when we're seniors we'll be able to gang up on the underclassmen, too, grinned freshman Faron Owen. The junior varsity finished the season with an impressive 9-2 record. Our J.V. can hold their heads high because of the supreme effort they gave over the past season. commented Coach Cespiva. For the freshman, the drills, agilities, and games arc just starting. As they continually and understanding of the game will also mature. With an overall record of 1-4 there wasn't much cause for celebration. But during the freshman season it's not how many times they won and lost but how they developed and what skills they mastered. The freshmen have three more seasons to develop into a winning football team. I'm sure that if they take every season with as much enthusiasm as they spent on this one we're bound to end up on top. remarked Cespiva. The J.V. and freshman teams may not have had as many flashes of brilliance as the varsity. And. they may not have been a little less disciplined than the varsity. They may not have won as many games as the older squad. But they were definitely taking the right steps to building that winning tradition. TAKING A BREAK. Rusty Hayes, junior, and Keenan Glo«er. sophomore, and others get a breather from a J.V. game at LaGrange. TOUGH GAME. Defensive linemen John Ogea. 77, Steven Richard. 83. Damon Cryer. 66. and Ken Douglas. 76. rest during offensive play in a game against Lake Charles High at LaGrange. 94 — J.V. and Freshman Football