Denham Springs High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Denham Springs, LA)

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To The Hoop e's in rhe open courr, drives ro rhe buclser ond scores rhe go oheod poinrsl These ocrions rolse ploce reg- ulorly or every boslserboll gome. The boslserboll progrom produces win- ners nor only on rhe courr our olso off rhe courr. Discipline is srrongly stressed. I lilse rhe compeririveness ond rhe gorne presenrs o rrernendous chol- lenge, sold senior cenrer Ben Mc- Donold. 'Doslserboll guides me in rhe righr direc- rion ond l hope ro get o scholorship from l5U, soid sophomore Dollos Dole, For sorne, boslserboll is rhe only sporr rhey would dreorn of ploying. I vvoir rhroughour rhe yeor for ooslserboll seoson ro srorr, Whenever ir srorrs, l srorrf' sold junior Kelly Srnoll. B en McDonold eludes four Glen Oolxs ploy- ers ro score rwo poinrs. r +5 Boys Vorsiry Doslserboll 174 Sporrs

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Jackets Jump For The Stars ord worls, dedicotion, ond good sportsmonship ore just o few words thot describe the 1985-Bo Junior Vorsity boys boslsetboll teom. They storted procticing obout the second Boslsetboll tolses o lot of responsibility ond it is hord worls. lt olso gives you something to do ond lseeps you out of trouble. lt con olso get you storted in life on the right troclsf' -Dollos Dole weels of school ond worlsed very hord to ochieve their 17-2 record ond the title of District Chompions. lt's o lot of hord worls but it oll poys off when you lools bocls ond see whot you've T he JV. teom didn't win disrricr without some hord worls, Sophomore Jeffery Loborde worlss on his free throw shot ot one of the mony procrices, M embers of the 198586 teom ore bocls: Billy Cor- mouche, Billy Ross, Alex Bush, Seon Dovis, Jimmy Dunn, Cornell Tolberi, ond Norhon Mills, front: Sommy lsinchen, Dollos Dole, Jeffery Loborcle, Mort Picou, Cole Bond, ond Trenr Jones. JV Boy s Boslserboll 170 Spocs occomplishedf' soid ployer Seon Dovis. Becouse boslsetboll tolses up so much time ond so much hord work, the ployers must hove self discipline. Cooch Psilslsi Delrie sees to it thot the ployers do proctice self discipline ond try their best to improve their slsills. The lsids worlsed hord oll seoson. They won district for the second consecutive yeor. They could hove eosily hod on undee feoted seoson with o few breolssf' soid cooch Rilslsi Delrie. Besides trying to improve slsills, the ploy- ers olso must leorn to worls os o teom. This is very importont in hoving o successful seo- son. 'll feel lilse we gove 10061: ond our record shows it. We did so well becouse we worlsed o o teom insteod of os individuols, soid Trent Jones, Now thot the seoson is over, the ployers con lool-2 bocls ond see whot oll of the proctice wos for. Even though we procticed hord, it oll poid off in the end, soid Jeffery Loborde. A trempring o loyup during the gome ogoinst Glen Oolss, sophomore Seon Dovls tries to score two points for the teom,