Centenary Academy - Pine Burr Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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MR. L. B. HEBERT Director of Athletics

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A History of Athletics From the time that Centenary College was located at Jackson, Louisiana, until recently, the college and Academy were combined in their athletics. The Academy boys played on the college teams until Centenary had enough men to form their own team. lt was during the 1922-1923 season that the first Academy football team was organized. 1922-1923 The Academy secured as its coach Mr. L. B. Hebert. The first foot- ball team met only one defeat out of nine starts, this one being at the hands of the strong Dellidder High team. The basketball team, also coached by Mr. Hebert, had only one loss registered out of eleven games. ln baseball the team met with equal success, losing three out of nine games. 1923-1924- At the beginning of the ,225 season, 1Vlr. G. T. Leonard was employed as head athletic director. This season the football team, composed entirely of inexperienced men, lost four games out of four starts. Because of lack of facilities, no basketball team was organized. The baseball team lost ten games out of eleven. 1924-1925 This brings us to the season of 724, which marked a new era in the history of the Academy. The football team was put in training under Coaches Hebert and Prevo. After two weeks of strenuous work, the Eagles met the Bossier City High School in the first game of the season. The Eagles scored an easy victory of 23-0. The next game was with the Oil City High School. After a hard fight against a heavier team, the Academy was turned back 6-0. Plain Dealing was the next team to meet the Acad- emy and once more the Eagles lost by a 12-6 score. The fourth clash was with the Mansfield High School, an old enemy of the Academy. The Eagles entered the game with a ado-or-die spirit. determined to win. lt was a mighty battle-both teams playing good foot- ball. At the end of the third quarter the score stood 0-0. After three unsuccessful attempts at the line, Colbert, of the Academy, dropped back for a field goal. lt was a tense moment in which he sent the ball squarely between the goal. This kick decided the game and for the first time in their history, the Eagles won from Mansfield. The game ended 3-0. The Eagles then met Oil City in a return game and were again defeated, the score being 7-0. The Academy closed its season with Evergreen High School, a heavier and more experienced team, losing the game 19-0. The Academy basketball team had a good season. The team was coached by Mr. Glover. They were defeated six times out of nine games. Prospects for a winning baseball team for '25 are very bright.

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1 Centenary Centenary Centenary Centenary Centenary Centenary Totals Academy ...... 23 THE FOOTBALL SQUAD Football Results Bossier High School .... 0 Academy ...... 0 Oil City High School. . . 6 Academy ...... 6 Plain Dealing High ..... 12 Academy ...... 3 Mansfield High School. . 0 Academy ...... 0 Oil City High School .... 7 Academy ...... 0 Evergreen High School. . 19 ..32 414