Terrebonne High School - Trawler Yearbook (Houma, LA)

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Our Track Team As the days of sprmg slowly approached Coach Smlth and Asslstant Coach IeBlanc tulncd thelr thoughts to track The boys wlth experlence are Roland Tra hant W hltney Alceneaux Ordale Babm Roy Marcelle Ixvln Schercnayder and lfrancxs Pye After three 01 four weeks of hard tramlng Coach Smlth took a few of thc loys to Lafayette to compete ln the annual Relay Carnlval Runnlng the 100 yard dash ln 9 9 seconds Roland Trahant fmlshed about slx mches behmd Warren of Byrd Hlgh Thc mile relay was 1n pelfect shape for the flrst 'FQ laps The anchox man unnmg m thc lcad stumbled and lost about flfteen seconds yet he placed flrst ln h1s heat On Aprn 5 the boys of Terrebonne ran against the Easton Eagles Outclassed m the fleld the T1 ers lost the meet Runmng a very fast quarter Roland Trahant beat Eastons best 440 man He also ran the 100 and 220 yard dash fo1 flrst place and took sccond place ln the broad Jump Francls Pye took the 880 from the Easton boys Those w1nn1ng second place were Ordale Babm ln the mlle Roy Marcelle IH the Javelln and Dallas R0ge1S m the low hurdles The boys who ran on the wmnmg mlle relay team at XX arren Easton were Arceneaur. Pye Rlchard and LeBlanc The tued boys competed agam the next day agamst Lutcher Taklng places here were Roland Tlahant ln the 100 220 yard dash and broad Jump Dallas Rogels txrst ln the dxscus and shot put Francis Pye and Ned LeBlan IH the 880 yald Oldale Babm and Irvm Schexnayder took the mlle Roy Marcelle threw the gavelm for a flrsc place and Whltney Arceneaux was second ln the 440 The boys who lan on the wlmnng mule relay team at Lutcher were Alceneaux Richard Le Blanc and 1 yo Coach Tom Snnths mlghty Terrebonne Tlgers annexed themr flfth straxcht annual South Central Dlstrlct track champlonshlp at the new Tenebonne Hlgll School fxcld l'11day afternoon wlth a total of 18 polnts to 21V for Brusly then near est opponent Roland Trahant was hugh pomt man wlth three flrst places and a second place and was also on the wmmng rclay team Dallas Rogers was second vlth one flrst two seconds and one thlrd place with a total of 18 pomts Tenebonne had a tot l of 18 pomts second was Brusly wlth 27V2 pomts thlrd Hahnvllle 21V2 fourth Lutcher 21 flfth Destlehan 12 pomts swth Edgaxd 7 pomts A trlangle mect has been planned between Lutcher Hahnvllle and Terre bonne vshlch null be held Aprll 19 Agam the track boys xull try to do thelr best at home On the 26 and 27 of Ap11l the State Rally wlll be held ln Baton Rouge Those expectmg' to paltlclpate ln thxs rally are Roland Trahant for the 100 220 and 440 vard dash and FIZHCIS Pye for the 880 Coach Smxth IS expectmg the best from hls boys and hopes to come out ln flrst place The boys are golng to do all ln thelr power to make thls expectatlon come true . , ' J 1 ' . 1 - .- , . - r . I. 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 . 1 1 . ' ', . ' ' . . . ' ', ' - 1, L. ' , 1- 1 1 1 1 1 ., i . . . .DQ . Y 1 n ' 1 1 , ' ' 1 . . - - 1 . . , . . , v . 1 1 1 - . , , c . ,., . . 1 -1 1 1 . , . 1 1 1 '1 . , . v . r . . .r , . ,.. b . , . ,. .' I 1 2 V , 4 . . I . , , ,, ' . V . . - 4- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' ' 1 ' . 1 1 1 V 1 1 A '. . . l 1 1 . , ' '