Episcopal High School - Accolade Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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Knights Prove Very Competitive When it came to the Knights' athletic competition, victory was an ever-re-sounding term this year. All of the Fall Sports teams were District Champs, the Golf team took the State title, the Girls brought home the Tennis State Championship after both Boys and Girls Tennis captured Region. The Boys' track team repeated its First Place position in District and Girls' Track came in second place in District. With all of the team accomplishments, there were numerous individual honors in not only these sports but swimming as well. The announcements on the intercom seemed to herald yet another athletic victory every morning. --------------I----------------

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As fans cheered at the end of the Trafton game and waved their arms signaling we re number one with their index fingers pointing skyward, little did most of them realize how exemplery this was of the Knights' season of firsts The most notable first is that the 1986 squad was the first E.H.S. football team to ever capture a district title. The Knights were able to obtain the district title by being the only team in the 1986 season to beat Trafton. Varsity Head Football Coach, Brannon LeBlanc, became the first E.H.S. coach to be named Coach of the Year. After a disappointing 24-20 opening loss to U-High, the Knights had a six game winning streak, another first. University High 24 EHS 20 EHS 27 Live Oak 0 EHS 47 Country Day 13 EHS 21 Ascension Catholic 0 EHS 31 St. Charles 21 EHS 36 White Castle IS EHS 8 Newman 6 West St. John 20 EHS 6 EHS 37 Brusly 8 EHS 6 Trafton 0 PLyoffs Jackson 27 EHS 13 124 Foot tall