Bogalusa High School - Lumberjack Yearbook (Bogalusa, LA)

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Monkey's Miracle BHS I7 AHS I6 Mike Monkey Murray kicked a dramatic 27-yard field goal with only 40 seconds left in the game to give the Jacks a miraculous I7-I6 triumph over the Amite Warriors. On their first possession, the Jacks moved 69 yards behind the running of Murray. Oatis capped the march by passing I1 yards to Harris for a TD. Later in the second quarter, Oatis passed 16 yards to Plummer who sneaked a yard for a touchdown mak- ing the score 14-0. Amite quickly countered with a TD to make the score at haU-time I4-8. The War- riors went ahead in the third quarter with a TD and a 2-point conversion. The Jacks moved 91 yards. A 63 yard pass from Oatis to Harris put Mur- ray in the position to win it. Skippers Bow BHS 36 MHS 0 The Lumberjacks beat the Mande- ville Skippers to the tune of 36-0. Bogalusa jumped out to a 28-0 lead at the halfand had things pretty well in control the rest of the way. In the first quarter, Tommy Leos pounced on afumble. Two plays later, Oatis hit Harris with a 55-yard scoring pass. In the 2nd quarter, Oatis hits Wes Crain on a scoring pass for 46 yards. The 2-pt. conversion to Mur- ray was good. BHS stretched its lead to 21-0 when Harris gathered in a punt at his own nine, and went 91 yards for a TD. In the 4th quarter, Clay Foreman jumped on a Mande- ville blocked punt in the end zone to give the .lacks a 34-0 lead. Oatis passed to Murray for the 2-pt. con- version and a 36-0 lead. Eagles Fall BHS 36 LOHS 0 Under threatening skies that mer- cifully sprinkled only a light mist, the Bogalusa Lumberjacks celebrat- ed homecoming with a 36-0 win over the Live Oak Eagles. Bogalusa com- pletely dominated, running up a 21-0 lead before the homecoming court had been comfortably seated. The Lumberjacks scored on its first four possessions enroute to a 28-0 haU- time lead. Bogalusa rushed for 335 total yards of offense. Stanley Pigott was the leading rusher for the Jacks with 54 yards. Both the ofensive and defensive teams for the Jacks turned infine performances all night as Live Oak was just outclassed. .4 1.4-4 1,513 ..a.,q,jLn,vug-1, -fv- ' inf.-we-Q 4 1' I. Sean Smith and Rogie Magee knock the ball loose from a Covington Lion. 2. Bogalusa beats the Covington Lions 21-20. 3. A mighty Jacks, Bruce McGowan, is taken down by a Lion and loses con- trol of the football. 4. Mike Murray does it again with a beautU'ul kick. 5. The Jack's defense is on top of things as John Curtis tries to gain yardage. 6. Dewayne Sartin, Bruce Smith, Sean Smith, and Tommie Leos look worn out after a rough battle on the field. Football 69

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Jacks Pound T ors BHS 34 HHS 0 Bogalusa did an outstanding job tying up the Tornadoes 34-0. The Jack's defense turned in a four-star performance, which held the T ors to 14 total yards in the whole game. Among other things the Jacks de- fense: -held Hammond without a first down until the third quarter. -sacked the Tor quarterbacks nine times for 65 yards in losses. -gave up just 14 yards. -forced four turnovers. Lest, we forget, the Bogalusa offense turned in an outstanding perfor- mance. Particularly sharp was the passing game, featuring quarter- backs Albert Oatis and Orlando Lundy throwing to gU'ted receivers such as Rogie Magee, Louie Harris and Mark Bennett. Curtis K0's Jacks BHS 18 JCHS 27 The Jacks came within two plays of defeating John Curtis. The Patriots came into the game with a 35 game winning streak. The two plays which beat the Jacks, were the 70 yard punt return and the 95 yard kick-off re- turn, both for TDs. Despite the fact that BHS had the better of it rushing and passing while rollingfor 11first downs in the second half to just 3 for Curtis, the Patriots made the bi g play when it was needed. Most of Bogalu- sa's offense was directly attributable to Oatis as he connected on 17 of 33 passes for 222 yards and all three of his club's T D's. Rogie Magee caught 7 passes for 120 yards and 2 T D's. Jacks Tame Lions BHS 21 CHS 20 The BHS Lumberjacks, who seemed dead at haUtime, rose from the ruins in the second hah' to whip the mighty Covington Lions 21-20. During thefirst ham Covington's de- fense had beaten Bogalusa's offense to a pulp in holding the Jacks to just one first down and 16 yards. With 11:08 left in the game, B. Plummer scored from 3 yards out for a 13-12 advantage. Covington immediately answered, scoring on the first play following the kickoff giving the Lions a 20-13 lead. Then with just 4:30 on the clock, Oatis capped a clutch 70-yard drive by passing 7 yards to Stanley Pigott. Covington came back, but Plummer ended the last Lion 's drive with an interception. 5' X B. 68 Football .fx ' ff 18 '49 2, dvi

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Jacks Coast to Runaway BHS 50 PHS 0 It all came easily for the Lumber- jacks. In the first quarter Bogalusa drove to the Ponchatoula 20 before turning the ball over. Two minutes later Oatis hit wide receiver R. Ma- gee with a 44-yard scoring pass. Then 50 seconds in the first quarter, Oatis hit S. Pigott with a 9 yard TD pass. Oatis hit W. Crain with a 51-yard scoring pass. Minutes later, 0. Lundy drilled a 28-yard strike into the end-zone to R. Magee for another TD. In the third quarter, C. Foreman carried the ball 1 5 yards for a ID. In the fourth, Foreman rambled 29 yards for another TD. Bogalusa got outstanding running from Foreman, Ikerd, and Plummer. Wolves eat Jacks BHS 7 SPHS 11 The St. Paul Wolves, using a ball- control attack and making the big play, whiped the Jacks in a crucial District battle. However, the Wolves had to forfeit their game because of an ineligible player. The first haU ended 0-0. The .lacks had two scoring opportunities early in the second half and capitalized on the second one. In the fourth quarter, St. Paul cranked up a 76-yard scoring drive, capped with a 41 -yard field goal. T. Leos gave the Jacks an opportunity later when he recovered a Wolves fumble at St. Paul 's 24. But the Jacks lost it to the Wolves when Oatis fum- bled three plays later. Late in the 4th quarter, with the Jacks backed up on their own 10, St. Paul got a safety when a center snap went over 0atis's head and into the end zone. Demons Destroy .lacks BHS 2 FHS 12 With 50 seconds left in the ham the Jacks sat on a 2-0 lead and had the ball out-around mid-field. Boga- lusa had controlled the entire frst haU and appeared to be completely in control. Oatis fumbled the center- quarterback exchange, and the De- mons gain possession at Bogalusa's 45. On the second play, Franklinton's quarterback passed 45 yards to a re- ceiver in the end-zone and the De- mons had a 6-2 lead. With 10 seconds left in the ham Bogalusa tried to strike-only to be intercepted and run back 3 1 yards for a TD. The Jacks trailed 12-2 at intermission. In the second haU' the Jacks never played with the intensity and emotion they had exhibited in the first ham After the last 50 seconds of the first half Franklinton owned the football game. 70 Football 457' .5