Vinton High School - Souvenir Yearbook (Vinton, LA)

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Upset - DeQuincy Ties Vinton 0-0 The Big Red Touchdown Machine found above as Kenny Bertrand often found three and four Tigers on his back. going hard as illustrated ALTON KIBODEAUX (Sr.) Defensive guard. Vinton was riding a great eu- phoria after dumping State Cham- pion Panthers and three other Dis- trict contenders in a row. However now the Lions found themselves having to settle for a tie which threw the 4-AA race in a three way tizzy. DUKE COURM1ER(Fr.) Tackle DON MOORE (Fr.) Guard Eight times our stone wall defense held the Tigers inside our four yard line.

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Dogs Mauled by Lions 32-20 KENNY BERTRAND (Sr.) Tailback Vernon Broussard was an important part of the Lions defense which completely neutralized the pass. The Leger-Carlson option play was experimented with at will for expen- sive yardage against the Greyhound defense. Carlson rounds his ena for 37 big yards. Ken Bertrand, Vernon Broussard, Ken Taylor with Leger and Carlson took turns churning up great amounts of Welsh real estate. Barbeau’s Big Red Touchdown Machine was oiling itself to show 4-AA District it's fun to make touch- downs. Happiness is four wins in a row. BUDDY FERGUSON (Jr.) Wing Back LARRY LOYD (Jr.) Defensive Tackle

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St. Louis - 0 Lions - 0 Another Tie DAVID BOUDREAUX (So.) Defensive End Injuries, penalties, fumbles, and a late blocked punt all added up to another goose egg for state ranked Vinton. Big Red's stone wall defense was still keeping the opposition out of pay dirt, but our Red touchdown machine was malfunctioning. RANDY COURMIER (Fr.) Tackle Defense guard Glenn Ray received a painful leg injury that side lined the star for the last part of the contest. STEVE SMITH (Sr.) Def. Tackle and Kicker Now the 4- AA Dis- trict race was wide open.