Morgan City High School - Tiger Yearbook (Morgan City, LA)

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UT5 g lf: niiffil .JW tl fT-film' fgf T H E B O Y S' T E A M ' The Morefm City Tiger sasketbaii equal of Me has been one of the most outstanding in the history of the school. The team was made up of boys who worked with each other and had been playing together at least two yearsp Until this year basketball had been kept in the athletic background of the school, but this year proved to be the outstanding sport teams to come may work to break. The H42H squad brought home the first basketball trophy in the history of the school when they took third place in the Hansen tournament and topped it all when they won their own tournament and captured their second trophy, The Tigers also defeated both Franklin teams in one day when they defeated Hanson Hi and Franklin Hi. In the run of Tech League the Tigers placed second to Franklin, but lost out in the play-eff. The Tin gers wish to thank everyone who cooperated in any way with them and enabled them to have such a successful season. H.G.H.S.-22 SACRED HEART-lO In their first game of the season and in the first game in the new gym, the Tigers defeated the Sacred Heart Eagles by a 22-10 score. The Eagles tried hard but were no match for the Tigers. This victory also opened the Techc League play for N42u. After this game everyone knew a successful season was in sight. M.C.H.S.-25 JEANERETTE HI-28 The Tigers traveled to Jeancrctte for their next battle but were turned back by a Z8-25 defeat. They played f a i r ball, but the breaks went another way. Jeanerette showed a fine squad, as they really did outplay the Tigers. M.C.H.S.-24 HANSON-57 In Franklin, the following week, the Tigers met the Hanson Tigers, The local boys couldn't get started in t.h c first half and suffered a great set-back. They became alive in the second half but still were on the short end of a 57-24 score. M.C.H.S,-54 RACELAND-17 The Tigers ran rough shed over Raeeland as they scored

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20 points in the first quarter. From this point the second Strlnd teok ever and held their own and held Raceland too, At the final whistle the score read 54-17 for the Tigers. M.C.H.S.-24 FRANKLIN HI-55 . . The Tigers for the first time this year mot their tra- ditional rivals, the Franklin Hornets. The Tigers couldn't seem to get started as the Hornets piled up the points. The Tigers fought hard but to no avail as the Hornets came out on top by a 55 to 24 score. In their second game of the year with the Sacred Heart Eagles, the Tigers proved who had the best team as they scored 51 points to the Eagles l5. The Tigeril pggging lat- tack worked like clock-work and the Eagles could offer no defense against it. The squad again waited until the second half before getting started. M.c.H.s.-29 TFRREBONNE-51 The Tigers invaded Terrebonne seeking revenge for last Y0HP'S eXtP0 Quarter defeat. Terrebonne led the entire game u til the last three minutes when the Tigers tied the score. in these three minutes both sides scored twice and the game ended in a 27-27 deadlock, which was the same score as last year. In the extra three minutes Terrebonne scored first, but immediately afterward the Tigers scored, and the scores at the end of the extra period were again tied at 29-29. In the second extra quarter the team who scored first won and after 25 minutes it was again Terrebonne who scored first-- the score that decided the game. And so the Tigers had lost another heartbreaker to a lucky Torrebonnekhi. M.C.H.S.-25 JEANERETTE-17 After a previous defeat at the hands of the Jcanerctte boys the Tigers again' met this squad, but this time on fthe home court. The story as well as the setting was changed as the Tigers sent them home with 25-l7 defeat. This victory kept the home-court record clean. It was again the Tigers Qffgngivg play that b3ffl6d J8RnGTGttG, THIRD-PLACE IN HANSON TOURNAMENT lst Game M.C.H.S.-20 THIBODEAUX COLLEGE-9 The Tigers, after playing a game the night before,en- tered the Hanson Tournament. Their first game took place at