Woodland High School - Fiesta Yearbook (Amite, LA)

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'L 7 S .s45g73 3 Back row Louxs Warren Duel Corkern Douglas Ccxkern Carlton Mrller Gene G01 mon Ronme Dav1s Donald Thompson Edgar Sharkey Bobby Adams Gordon Iones Manager Front row B11ly Stevens B1l1y Hawluns Rxchard Stevens Paul Henry Charles Mrller Ronme Warren Tex Robertson Joel Dav1s Edgar Bennett 19 l NELLIE DAVIS GLENN MILLER BERNADINE BIGNER

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?wzdaz6 lt seems as rf the same trouble mamly McKowen l-hgh rtuned Woodland s foot ball team rn 1953 If the games w1th McKowen could be forgotten the Bulldogs would have had a perfect season but those thlngs can t be forgotten The Bulldogs had thelr best season smce Jolmng the gr1d1ron wars mn 1949 wlnrung seven losmg two rn regular season play We rece1ved one of the lughest tubutes awarded to football teams by bemg lIlV1I6d to partrcrpate 1n a post season bowl game The L1ons Club of Amlte Lou1s1ana rnaugurated a L1ons Bowl to benefrt srght conservatxon tn therr area and 1nv1ted Woodland and McKowen McKowen agaln defeated the Bulldogs as they had on two other occastons for the only defeats suffered by Woodland The L1ons Bowl was the farewell to lugh school football for wven sen1ors and two who have used up thexr e11g1b111ty Paul Henry and Gene Golmon were two newcomers who broke 1nto the startlng hne Duel Corkern Charles Mlller Carlton Mtller Ronme Dav1s Edgar Sharkey Brlly Hawklns and Donald Thompson played frne ball throughout the season Donald Thompson and Ronrue Dav1s were chosen Co-Captarns 1n 1953 Woodland Woodland Woodland Woodland Woodland Woodland Woodland Woodland Woodland RESULTS OF THE GAMES CEleven manj Brusly McKowen Chesbrough Port Sulphur Brusly McKowen Chesbrough St Gabr1el Kentwood B up. .. - 50 ........................... - - , 7 ....................... - - - - - 46 ........................ - Woodland - - 52 ------------------------- St. Gabriel , - 44 ,..... .,................ - - - 62 ................ ..........- - - - 25 --------------- ---------- - - - 46 ---------------- -------- - - - 32 ----------- -------------- . ' - - 64 ---- --------- - - - s I I Q fs