Bogalusa High School - Lumberjack Yearbook (Bogalusa, LA)

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.lack's Baseball Fever, Catch It W: 4. ,-met' ' W-nge , , - , 4 t w 'ii J ,--wg i 10,4 x ' t. 3 tv a an , L e' ik. ,f ,, .1 2 , , 'VW V. .V ,H 1, VW ,fn V. O' L ' the 5 BHS vs. Glen Oaks The Jacks hit the ball well and were fielding well, but had trouble with the pitching. to lose 6-5 Glen Oaks. BogaIusa's hurler Al Ratliff gave up only 4 hits, but he walked eight men, and five of the Panther's six runs were scored by men who got a free pass to first base. Rod Magee, Mike Ward and Mark Holmes led the Jacks hitting attack with two hi ts each. BHS vs. Live Oak The jacks rebounded from a loss to 90 Baseball Glen Oaks to string the Oakers I0-7. Lundy was impressive over the j7rst vie innings, giving up only two runs and no walks. The Jacks jumped on the Oakers for four runs in the frst inning. The squad added another two runs in the second inning, three in the third and one in the fifth. BHS vs. Covington BHS sophomore Keith Kirkfield went the distance as the Jacks rolled to a I4-7 victory over the Covington Lions. After a scoreless first inning, the Jacks pounded the Lions for six runs in the second. In the third, Bo- galusa scored four runs. Two runs were scored in the top of the seventh for Covington, but it was not enough to prevent the Lumberjack's victory. BHS vs Salmen Salmen was down 3-2 as they came to bat in the bottom of the seventh inning, when everything went wrong for Bogalusa. The Jacks failed to score in the top of the eighth and in the bottom half of the inning a Sal- men player hit a homer to settle things once andfor all. The Jacks lost fc'

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An improving BHS girl's track team recorded their first team victory at Chesbrough. Bogalusa finished first with 32 points in a rain short- ened meet. The tracksters made a strong showing, claiming four first place finishes in the six events. Boga- lusa's Linda Spikes finishedfirst in the 100 yard high hurdlesg Penny Douglas finished first in the I 00 yard dash,' Tina Ratlifffinished first in the high jump and the 400 meter re- lay team crossed the line first. I. Tina Ratlijf competing in one of her events. 2. Tammy Carter seems to keep on truckin. 3. Caprice Dyson in the broad jump. 4. Karen Johnson and Lavetta Sowell-members of the 1600-meter relay team. 5. Jumping the high hurdles is Caprice Dyson. 6. In the broad jump is Tina Ratliff -C The Lady Jacks came within 11 seconds of being 1982 District 8- AAA Champ. Coach Eddie Walker's Lady Jacks aided by an impressive performance by Tina Ratliff in the field events, put their best feet for- ward on the track and fought back from an early deficit to tie Mande- ville's girls going to thefnal event of the meet. However, the 1600-meter team battled Mandeville every leg of the final event only to come up just over I0 second short to lose the meet. The Lady Jacks qualified partici- pants in 11 of the I3 events at the meet. Four members of the Lady .lacks track team qualified in regional competition held at Destrehan High School for the state track meet. La- veta Sowell, Louise Adams, Audrel Williams, and Sherri Fields will make the trip to state. Sowell will compete in two events, the 100-meter dash and 1600-meter relay. Adams, Williams and Fields complete the re- lay team. Overall, the Lady Jacks did very respectfully for a track team in only itsfirst season. Theyfinished the re- gional meet, tied for fifth place. Track

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5-3. BHS vs Amite The jacks used power hitting from Al Ratliffand Orlando Lundy to hold offtheAmite Warriors 9-8. The BHS squad never trailed in the ball game, but! received a scare in the sixth. Be- hind 6-0 Amite popped the Jacks for five runs in the bottom hah' of the 6th inning. Bogalusa led, 6-5 at the top of the seventh, and a three run homer by Lundy increased the margin to 9-5. BHS vs. St. Paul T he game was a pitcher's duel with Bogalusa in control until the top of thefifth. The Jacks could get nothing going in the fifth and sixth innings, but Ratliff held the Wolves in check with four strikeouts. In the bottom of the seventh Lundy won the game on a two run homer. BHS vs. Ponchatoula The Jacks went ahead of Poncha- toula in the fifth inning 2-I. That's the way it stayed until the bottom of the seventh, when the Greenies tied it up for extra innings. In the bottom of the eighth, Lundy hits a batter, then a double steal and a single and the Jacks lose. I. Mark Holmes hits a homer. 2. Butter Lundy throws another one. 3. Chris Matthews tries for another one. 4. Coach Alan Byrd. 5. Even the team has a chance to goof-off 6. The 1982 Lumberjack Baseball team. Bottom Row: Ker- ry Brown, Rod Monroe, Michael Ward, Tony Cooper, Chris Mathews, Juan Guy. Second Row: James Williams, Keith Kirk-field, Scotty Temples, Doug Groves, Troy Breland, Marshal Adams, Jerry Coulon, Phil Keaton, Back Row: Coach Calvin H ymel, Todd Bates, Al Ratliff Greg Bennett, Mark Bennett, Mark Homles, Lance Byrd, Alan Byrd-Coach. Baseball 91