Oakdale High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oakdale, LA)

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9003513532 Z JACKIE JOHNSON DATE Sept. sept e Oct 0 Oct. Oct e Oot. Noi e Nov 0 NOV e Nov. FIRST TEAM S C H E D U L E OPPONENT Um? DeQuincy Leeeville Opelouaas Sulphur Ville Platte Crowley Eunice Menard Dekidder SECOND TEA! SCORE 48- 6 7-34 20- O 53- 0 31-12 27- 7 32- 0 45- 6 20-12 31-13 GLORIA GREENE 16

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FQQHJ Z Z FOOTBALL SQUAD Row 1--Ray Tracy, Jessie Fontenot, Donald Hinson, D. C. Creel, Forrest Burkhalter, Malcolm Leggett, Henry Roberts, Jesse Henry, Elvin Callahan. Row 2--Kenneth Burgess, James Willis, Sam Solomon, William Karam, Gene Pearson, Coleman Welch, Laverne Chapman. Row 3--Mr. Cook, Cllrence Eldred, Earl Greer, Earl Hammock, A. J. Barton, Clayton Brooks, Aubrey Millsap, McCoy Ray, Fay Fontenot, Sam Thlgpen. T H E S E A S O N Once again we look in retrospect at the star-studded pages of our 1940 Foot- ball History. And once again we see written there by the sleated feet of our in- domitable Warriors a story of courage, perseverance, loyalty, teamwork and victory. Asking no quarter and giving none, the golden horde ran roughshod over nine of the eleven unfortunate teams that stood in their wayg and while bowing to Jennings, a top-notch AA outfit, and Dequincy, an all-senior team that went to the finals in 1939, the Warriors gave almost as good as they received and but for a few injuries and bad breaks, might have gone through these games undefeated. However, be that as it may, another Cook-coached team climbed the dizzy heights and has taken its place with the other i mortal pigskln paraders of yester- years. - Teamwork and great morale were largely responsible for the victories, but even these mainly stressed fundamentals of the Cock system could not blanket the in- dividual prowess of our quarter-backing genius, Earl Greer, the battering ram tactics of Captain Earl Hammock, the all-round offensive and defensive play of Co- Captain William Karamgand the stellar playing of Kenneth Burgess and Clayton Brooks. Others whose brilliance shone only in the eyes of those who appreciate hard, smart, brainy football were: Robert Linzay, Aubrey Millsap, Sam Solomon, Gene Pearson and A. J. Barton. Yes, it was a great season and a great temm. 15

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55572625522 THE TEAM Row l--Sam Thigpen, Earl Greer, Aubrey Millsap, McCoy Ray, Curtis Ware. Rot 2--Colon Welch, Henry Roberts, Ralph Callahan, D. C. Creel, LaVerne Chapman. THE SEASON Taking up where they left off in 1940, the Warrior basketeers danced, pivcted and looped thanselves into their second consecutive Southwest District Class A Championship. And in addition to the glory gained by winning the coveted trophy, they placed two star performers on the A11- Distriot first team, these were Earl Greer and Aubrey Millsap. Throughout the season the Warriors played consistently good basket- ball: basketball that was good enough to win twenty-three of the twenty-nine games played, basketball that was good enough to place them in the finals of the Oakdale High School Tournament, in third place at the Lake Charles Tournament, and that put Oakdale players on every All-Star Tournament team which was picked. lainstays of the team were: Earl Greer, Aubrey Millsap, Sam Thigpen, McCoy Ray and Curtis Ware. Others who were of great service were: Ralph Louis Callahan, D. C. Creel, Colon Welch, Laverne Chapnan and Henry Roberts. 17