Vinton High School - Souvenir Yearbook (Vinton, LA)

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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.

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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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Tarps Upset Big Red 20-8 RICKEY GUILLORY (Sr.) Offensive Guard BILLY VALLIN (Jr.) Fullback MERLE BURWICK (Jr.) Offensive Tackle ROBERT SMITH (Sr.) Guard RICHARD KIBODEAUX (Sr.) End Despondent Dr. Carlson, team physician talks to injured son. Buddy who was Vinton’s most efficient running back. This loss made it apparent Vinton was out of the title picture for the 4-AArace.