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

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Moc QHQS o With one defeat and one victory over Hanson, the Tigers again met these arch-rivals and added another victory' to their belts. Both teams played their usual fast game,but the local boys had the best defense and so emerged on top by a 29-25 score. The Tigers held the lead through the game. IvIoCoHnSc'2.0 C0Y0O1 18 v ' The Tigers had to come from behind to defeat the C.Y.O. 2D-18. Though much larger and just as fast, the C.Y3O. boys lacked the training the higheschool boys possessed. The C.Y.O. led until the last five minutes when the Tigers step- ped up the pkl y and their opponents just couldn't keep up. ali :S e '20 In their first defeat on their home court the Tigers were defeated for the second time this season by the Frank - lin Hornets. Franklin looked good that night,but the Tigers eouldnft seem to get started. D M.C.H.S.-2 ST. PETERS-O St. Peters forfeited to the Tigers thus giving them a 2-O victory. The Tigers had previously defeated this squad. TECHE LEAGUE PLAY-OFF M.C.H.S.-14 HANSON HI-19 In the season's run of the Teehe League the Tigers fin- ished second, three games behind Franklin Hi. Holding second place, they had to meet the third place Hanson Tigers in the play-off. The Tigers seemed off and neither their defense or offense seemed to click.' The game was very rough and this seemed to be the trouble. Hanson entered the finals with a 19-14 victory over the Tigers. 1 uHoSu'11 oFoA c J-6 'In a rough and tumble battle the Tigers came out on the short end of a 16-ll score with the F.F.A. The game was al- most a football game, but it did offer good experience to the team in this line and the team, although'losing, get a big kick out of it. H.C.H.S.-19 FRANKLIN-22 ln the consolation game played in the Hanson gym, the

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f 10:50 that morning. Although the Tigers' offensive didn't slick as usual, their defense held fine and they f centered quarter-finals with a 20-9 victory. End game M.C.H.S.-l2 HANSON HI.-ll M 'In their second game, which was played early that ever ning, the Tigers met Hanscn,and beth teams fought a battle that was the talk of the tournament. At the end of the half the score stood deadlecked at 6-6 with both teams playing defensive b a I I.. During the last four minutes of play the score again was tied at ll-11, when the Tigers sank a foul shot. With this one point lead the Tigers pxssed the ball as if their life depended upon it. At the final whistle, the score still stood 12911 and for the first time in the'Tigers' b asketball history, the Tigers had defeated Hanson. 5rd game M M.C.H.S.-24 CATHOLIC HI.-26 In the semifinals the Tigers met the highly favored Catholic High squad. They played fine ball and showed the best form of the season. With a lead of six points ,and only five minutes to play the Tigers seemed to slack up just a little and that is where they made their fatal mistakey On six foul-shots and one field-goal, in the final seconds, Catholic High emerged the victor, with the Tigers suffering th eir first defeat. Cqdaolation game M.C.H.S.-25 FRANKLIN HI-22 In the consolation game held at night, the Tigers mot the Franklin Hornets. The Tigers played great ball as Beadle scored 17 of the 25 points scored. Franklin seemed baffled as they left the court holding fourth place instead of third. After the final game in which St. Paul defeated Catho- lic Hi. the trophies were presented. Jack Beadle, Tiger star forward, was chosen on the first string all-tournament team. The Tigers showed their best offensive play as they de- feated the St. Peters eagcrs by a one-sided 51-8 score. The Peters boys seldom had a chance to advance the ball past the center line. This victory made the fourth straight on the home court and still no defeats.

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Tigers lost an extra period game to Franklin Hi. Franklin led thro ughout the game, but in the last quarter the Tigers tied every thing up at l9-19. In the extra quarter Franklin scored three points and with a 22 - 19 victory'walked away with the third place trophy of the Teehe'League. M.C.H.S.-18 TERREBOHNE-20 In their return game with the Terrebonne Tigers on the home court, the Tigers were determined that this would be their time. However, the Terrebonne jinx held true a n d after a thrilling battle they emerged on top with a 20-18 victory over the heart-broken Tigers. M.C.H.S.-45 PATTERSON-11 In the warm up game preparing for Thibodaux Hi, the Ti- gers' first and second strings played fine ball in defeating the Patterson squad 45-ll. The varsity ran up the score and then the second string took things in charge and finished the game. Every boy on the squad had a chance to play. M.C.H.S.-50 THIBODEAUX-56 The Tigers showed the best offensive play of the season as they trouneed Thibodeaux, 50-36. The first half was tied at l8-18 and was very close. In the second half, the Tigers scored at the tip-off and from then on didn't stop. Both teams showed good shooting but the Tigers seemed to have the superior passwork. Thibodeaux showed a prize team, but the Tigers proved to be too much. M.C.H.S.-18 C.Y1O.-52 'The Morgan City C.Y.O. showed a large and fast team when, after two previous defeats at the hands of the Tigers, they turned the tide to win a 52-18 victory. sT'h e .Tigers fell behind in the first half and never regained the lead. The boys depended too much on their offense and that left a wide open defense, enabling the C.Y.O. to score. M.C.H.S.-26 THIBODEAUX-21 In their second straight game with Thibodsaux, tho,T1- gers again were victorious but the game showed a much more effective defense, but not enough to hold the Tigers. This game was played on an outdoor court. FIRST PLACE, M.C.H.S.-A.AJ TOURNAMENT lSee opposite pagej , , 9