Oakdale High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oakdale, LA)

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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

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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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Basin-3H3aH THETEAII Doris Ford, Leah Brabham, Hazel Brown, Louise Harris, Geraldine Johnson, Ruby Lee Pourteau, Beth Harris, Mailliw Hargrove, Ruby Lee Brown, Dorothy Lou Johnson, Gloria Greene. THE SEASON At the close of the 1940-41 season on the hardwood, the records give a very satisfactory account of the Girls' Basketball Team. Winning nine of their twelve match games, the girls lost to but two teams, Tioga and Jennings, both of which were exceptionally strong this year. Entered in five tournaments, the Squaws went once to the consolation finals, and three times to the sani-finals, there to be elimi- nated by the teams that won first place. Early in the season illness robbed the team of a very good guard in the form of Louise Harris. Despite this fact, Oakdale had one of the best defensive teams it me ever had with the veteran players Doris Ford and Jackie Johnson--two of the best guards on anybody's team--as mainstays, and with Hazel Brown, Ruby Lee Brown and llailllw Hargrove to back them up, the team's defense was consistent and efficient at all times. In the twenty-three games of the season no team defeated Oakdale more ttmn a few points. Each of the forwards in addition to being all-round good players was out- standing for sane technique. Slick Mason, being the most consistent shot, was high- pcint man of the season. Leah Brabham was right on Mason's heels, but Brabham was most valuable as a pivot men to feed the ball to her team-mates. Beth Harris made her mark as the best and most dependable foul-shot. The other forwards on the team--Greene, Pourteau, and Johnson--were playing their first year of ball with the team. They did an excellent job, and show great promise of being the stars of the future. The Squaws are reluctant to say farewell to their Senior team-mates for they know that it will be hard to find the equal of Harris, Ford, Brabham, Mason, and Pourteau in playing ability, personality and sportsmanship. 18