Woodlawn High School - Accolade Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Woodlawn 27 Airline 0 All four starting backs figured in the scoring for Woodlawn as the Knights became the first team to shut out Airline in their initial year of football compe- tition, blanking the Vikings 27-O. Trey Prather, Buster Herren, and Randy Mason all scored on one-yard rush, while Gerald Burnett plunged two yards for his score. Ralph Kraft kicked the three extra points, after missing his first attempt. Herren gained 117 yards to lead the Knights in rush- ing. The defense was once again a bright spot for the Knights, shutting out its third opponent of the season, and for the second time in the year, intercepting four passes. The young Vikings threatened several times, but each time the Woodlawn defense stiffened and kept the goal line uncrossed. Woodlawn 38 W. Monroe 6 Keeping its slate clean with a record of 6-0, Wood- lawn bounced by West Monroe 38-6 in a District 1-AAA game, which saw the Knights break the game wide open with 32 points in the second half. This was one of Trey Prather's finest games as he passed for 256 yards and three scores. The Rebels drew first blood with a first-quarter touchdown, but the Knights tied the score shortly before the half when Kenny Davis snagged a 47-yard pass from Prather. Randy Mason scored three touchdowns in the sec- ond half, Andy Creel took a 38-yard aerial from Prather, and Terry Bradshaw hit Tom Hagin with a 69-yard bomb as the Knights put on a great offensive show to wrap up the win. This made the fourth straight year Woodlawn has beat West Monroe. Foes Have Trouble Scoring Against WHS LEFT: jerry Humphries carries the ball against Fair Park's Indians in a game which saw the Knights come up with two late scores to defeat their cross-town rival. BELOW: Players, coaches, and managers watch from the Woodlawn bench as the play develops on the State Fair Stadium turf, site of all Woodlawn home games.

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Woodlawn 26 Bastrop 0 Avenging a defeat from Bastrop last year, Wood- lawn won its third'-game of the season with a 26-0 victory over the Rams. Woodlawn started moving in the first quarter when Gerald Burnett caught a 28-yard pass from Trey Prather for a TD. Ralph Kraft's PAT gave the Knights a 7-O lead. In the third quarter Woodlawn punched across again with Burnett pushing two yards for a touch- down. Later Randy Mason breezed 65 yards for a third TD, and Kraft's kick made it 20-O. Randy Tunks finished the scoring with a six-yard run. Woodlawn's defense was outstanding, holding Bas- trop to 42 yards total offense. Woodlawn 36 Ouachita 6 A slow start was followed by a Whirlwind attack as Woodlawn blitzed Ouachita 36-6. The offense stood out for the Knights, gaining a total of 515 yards. A safety and fullback Buster Herren's two-yard run gave Woodlawn a quick 9-O lead. The Lions closed the score with a touchdown before the Knights' of- fense started moving. A 73-yard pass play from Trey Prather to Ken Liberto and Herren's run gave Wood- lawn a 23-6 lead at halftime. Second-half scores came on passes from Prather to Randy Mason and from Terry Bradshaw to Andy Creel. Randy Kraft kicked three extra points for Woodlawn. Halfback Randy Mason heads toward one of his three touch- downs against West Monroe. Mason set another school mark by crossing the goal line 14 times during the season. Buster Herren, Woodlawn's third All-District fullback in three years, makes a grab at a pass thrown to him. Setting a school record, he rushed for 1,005 yards in 12 games. Gerald Burnett turns the corner and moves upfield against Fair Park. Burnett made the longest TD play in Woodlawn history when he ran 74 yards against North Caddo.

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FOOTBALL LETTERMEN-1964 FRONT ROW: Andy Creel, Warren Jennings, Buster Herren, David McCallum, Ronnie Hooper, john Manning, h ,Ql5aSECOND ROW: David Prestridge, Russell Evans, Donnie Baughman, Larry Wiseman, Mike Flores, Gerald Burnett THIRD ROW: jerry Humphries, Casey Baker, Mack Ramsey, Jere Welborn, Tommy Spinks, Tom Hagin, Trey Prather FOURTH ROW: Dale Wray, Randy Tunks, Kenny Davis, joe Colvin, Randy Hand, Ken Liberto, Byron Sprawls BACK ROW: Terry Bradshaw, Ralph Kraft, Ray Boughton, Terry Rice, Randy Mason Woodlawn 7 Byrd 141 Woodlawn 21 Ruston 7 Byrd pinned the first loss of the season on Wood- lawn by defeating the Knights 14-7 in the annual l'Game of the Year in the Shreveport area.. The Yellow jackets capitalized on some Woodlawn mistakes to rack up touchdowns in the second and third quarters and put the Knights 14 points in the hole. But that margin was cut in half near the end of the third stanza when Trey Prather hit Gerald Burnett with a 66-yard TD bomb. The Knights couldn't score again. They came close in the last minute of play when they drove inside the Byrd 30, but the clock rushed the Woodlawn attack and they lost the ball on downs. The Knights also moved deep into Jacket land early in the game but couldn't score, missing by inches a first down which could have kept the drive going. Woodlawn got back into the winning way by stun- ning Ruston 21-7 in front of a Ruston Homecoming crowd. Gerald Burnett scampered 18 yards to put the Knights on the scoreboard first. Ralph Kraft kicked the first of three extra points and Woodlawn led 7-0. Ruston tied the score with a TD in the second quarter, but an intercepted pass-one of the four the Knights stole-set up a four-yard scoring run by Buster Herren, which put Woodlawn ahead again. The turning point in the game came in the third quarter when Ruston failed to score after driving to the Woodlawn 18 and controlling the ball most of the quarter. Randy Mason added the insurance touchdown for Woodlawn on a two-yard jaunt in the fourth period.