Bogalusa High School - Lumberjack Yearbook (Bogalusa, LA)

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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'-

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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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s Q , . N I as I . W Y Y 0 ... ff... lf 'Y v Mg, fsffg., I 7 N. Vx 6.7 :WV . of the fifth the Jacks scored two runs with the help of a homer by Lance Byrd. The Skippers rebounded but the Jacks held on for the victory. BHS vs. Ponchatoula The Jack's dream came to an end, with the Lumberjacks falling to Pon- chatoula's Greenies 7-5. Ratlyf and Lundie waled 13 batters. The Jacks had jumped to a 4-0, first inning lead. The Jacks then got one more run in the fourth. Ratlyf and Lundie walked in four runs and a hard hit- ting Greenies knocked in three more for the win. I. T roy Breland was alert and ready for any ball that came his way at third base. 2. Al Ratlw threw a perfect strike to lead the Jacks onto another victory. 3. Stretching out to deliv- er a pitch was Keith K irfield. 4. Another Jacks beats the ball by a long shot. 5. Mark Holmes rounds third on his way home. 6. Louie Harris was ready to hit one of his many hits. 7. Bruce Plummer prepares to catch. 8. EHS Junior Varsity. Front Row: Jejf Kimble, Jim Bush, Tony Gill, Mark Williams. Second Row: Keith Kirkfield, Tony Cooper, Juan Myers, Scotty Temples. Third Row: Coach Calvin H ymel, Todd Bates, Barry Richardson, Skipper Gallo- way, Coach Alan Byrd. 9. Several of the play- ers discussed the biggest plays of the game between innings. i Q.. BHS Pearl River BHS Covington BHS Glen Oaks BHS Glen Oaks BHS Covington BHS Salmen BHS Amite BHS St. Paul BHS Mandeville BHS Ponchatoula BHS Franklinton BHS Mandeville BHS Ponchatoula Baseball 93