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

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DUNBAR DELAUNE, FB WAYNE EUES, QB JAMES KYLE, HB BILLY HINT oN, T EMMETT HARDAWAY, C M.C.H. S. - 19 JONESBORO-HODGE - '7 The Morgan City Tigers won the Tidelands Bowl for the second year in a row as they beat the Jonesboro-Hodge Tigers in a thrilling game. Dave Cavalier scored all of Morgan City's points. He scored three TD's and booted an extra point. He scored on runs of thirty-five, seven, and twenty- two yards. Captain Burl Forgey won the award as outstanding lineman. Sinclair Porth was also outstanding in defense. M.C.H.S. - 33 OPELOUSAS - 14 The Tigers hosted the Opelousas Tigers in a bi-district playoff and took another victory. Charles Varnum and Dave Cavalier each scored two TD's. Varnum made runs of three and sixty-two yards. Cavalier scored on runs of five and three yards. He also kicked three extra points. Dave Adkins made a touchdown on a three yard run. Bruce Reynolds recovered a fum- ble on the thirty-five yard line and set up a touchdown. M.C.H.S. - 6 RESERVE - 31 The Morgan City Tigers played host to the Reserve Wildcats for the State AA Semi-Finals and lost their third game of the season after jump- ing into an early lead. The Tigers' only score came in the opening min- utes of the game as HB. .Dave Cavalier raced seventy-three yards to hit paydirt. The Tigers came close later but never quite made it. This made the Tigers finish their season with 11-3-0 record. The Tiger line played their usual good game.

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DOUGLAS NIX, FB WAYNE KING, QB Shely, Verrett, Porth, Reynolds, Morgan, Berniard, Hardee, Plessala, Pendas, and Webster all were outstanding. M.C.H. S. - 26 HANSON - 20 The Morgan City Tigers met the Hanson Tigers of Franklin in a thrilling game for their 1958 Homecoming. The Tigers of Hanson scored first and led until the final four minutes of the game. Dave Cavalier scored twice, on one run of sixteen yards and another of nineteen. He also ran for an extra point and kicked another. Dave Adkins scored two tallies also, one from the ten and the other from the four. Morgan City's fine defense was led by Captain Burl Forgey. M.C.H. S. - 34 ABBEVILLE - 0 The Tigers journeyed to Abbeville to skin the Wildcats with startling ease. Dave Cavalier scored three touchdowns and kicked two extra points. He made runs of forty-one, ten, and sixty-three yards. Lee Topham scored on a fourteen yard run and James Kyle hit paydirt after a thirty yard jaunt. Charles Varnum and Arnold Boudreaux each contributed an extra point. Bruce Reynolds, Sinclair Porth, and Burl Forgey stood out in the Tigers' outstanding defense. M.C.H.S. - 37 CROWLEY - 19 The Morgan City Tigers traveled to Crowley to outshine the Gents and win the District 5AA championship. Dave Cavalier and Lee Topham each scored two -touchdowns. Cavalier scored on a run of five yards and a punt return of sixty-five yards. Lee Topham scored from the eleven and on a punt return of seventy yards. Charles Varnum and Arnold Boudreaux each scored, both from the three yard line, Dave Cavalier also added an extra point. Defensively, E. J. Cavalier, Doug Nix, and George Shely played well. I27

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WEBSTER, G BOBBY PLESSALA, T Grid Results M.C.H.S. - 13 M.C.H.S. -- - 13 M.C.H.S. -- - 25 M.C.H.S. -- --6 M.C.H.S.-- --O M.C.H.S. -- - 12 M.C.H.S. -- - 13 M.C.H.S. -- - 26 M.C.H.S. -- - 26 M.C.H.S. -- - 34 M.C.H.S. -- - 37 'M.C.H.S. - -- 19 M.C.H.S. - - - 33 -HM.cHs ----- 6 Tidelands Bowl ' ' Bi-District Playoff ' ' ' South Louisiana Playoff Jennings - - - Assumption ----- Franklin - - - New Iberia - - St. Francis - - Cathedral - - - - - Thibodaux - - Baker ---- Hanson - - Abbeville - - - - - 0 Crowley - - Jonesboro-Hodge Opelousas - - - Reserve - - - SAMMY PENDAS, E CLYDE BOUDREAUX, T MICKEY MORGAN, T