Bogalusa High School - Lumberjack Yearbook (Bogalusa, LA)

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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

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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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Off The Bat!! Q- ,. :ina 'il' lf- 'H -vw- m.1Qh BHS vs. Ponchatoula The name of the game was hit and run as the Jacks defeated Ponchatou- la's Greenies 6-2. Coach Byrd com- mented that the defense was coming around. Mark Holmes did a superjob at first, as did Ratliff at short, and Lance Byrd in left field. Ponchatoula threatened in the sixth, with runners at first and second and two outs. But Lance Byrd put an end to the threat with a super catch to end the innings. The game was called in the middle of the sixth, with the approach of severe weather. BHS vs. Franklinton 92 Baseball The Jacks won a 6-2 victory over the Franklinton Demons. The De- mons were up for the game, but they could not overcome a problem that had plagued them all season, errors. Franklinton committed nine errors, which cost them the game. Bogalusa needed the victory and the Demons made them work for the victory. BHS vs. Mandeville BHS handed the Mandeville Skippers their frst district loss in two years to the tune of 6 -5. The Jacks opened the scoring then things were quiet until the bottom of the third, then the score was 3-I. I n the bottom 2'-