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19 CharUi Nil Potent Ridgewood Claims Class Crown Over Kinder Eleven 20-7 HANDS UP Halfback Jimmy Shaver of Kinder (29) plays the part of an official during Friday's state Class championship game when he throws up his hands as quarterback Earl Henderson (foreground) scores Yellow Jackets' lone touchdown, midway in the second period. The Jackets' dropped the contest to Ridgewood, 20-7, (American Press Photo by Sam Gulllory). By JIM BEAM KINDER- A decided weight advantage and a halfback named Petle Adams proved too much for the Kinder Yellow Jackets hero Friday night as the Ridgewood Golden Eagles grabbed the state Class title over the host eleven, 20-7, Temperatures around the 29 mark and a rain-soaked field added to the Jackets' miseries as they fought valiantly, but failed to stem the gigantic Eagle tide. The hosts were seeking their 18th victory this season and wouldn't you know it, the number held true to Its reputation of being unlucky. Ridge wood accomplished quite a feat in the victory, scoring more points on the field than have been scored here all year against the Jackets, Only six points by Welsh were chalked up on the Jacket field this year prior to the championship encounter, Adams and quarterback Butch Roussel battled faithfully to share the honors for tho new Class champs, Adams gained 134 yards net on 24 carries while versatile Roussel picked up 103 net on 19 totes, The well oiled attack of Ridgewood was evident from the very beginning although the Yellow Jackets did a masterful Job stopping the visitors' assault in the second half.

After returning the opening klckoff to Us 25, Ridgewood moved 75 yards in 13 plays for the first score. Everyone shared the carrying honors, but It was little Ken Lyles who took it over from the two. Roussel's kick for the point after was wide. The Jackets opened their initial attack on their 35 and looked great. Three plays brought a first down and it looked as If they could make it to six points.

A fumble changed the outlook, however, and the Eagles began their second thrust from their own 47. Adams hit for one and on the next play broke DeRidder, Singer And uckeye Win in Meet DeRIDDER The host DeRidder Dragons moved into the semi-finals of the DeRid- Invitational Basketb a 11 Tournament here Friday night with a 78 to 56 victory over the Marion Chargers of Lake Charles. In earlier games, Singer and Buckeye had won victories to join Dry Prong in the semifinal bracket. Singer trimmed the Newton, Eagles, 41-31 while Buckeye was taming Ragley, 78-31. At 2 p.m.

today DeRidder will meet Dry Prong and at 3:30 Singer will meet Buckeye. The winners will meet in an 8 p.m. final. The Dragons and Chargers each had three men scoring in double figures but a fast start gave DeRidder an easy victory. The Dragons pumped in 25 points in the first canto while the Chargers were scoring only nine.

Terry Shirley and Bobby Hernandez were the big scorers for DeRidder. Shirley hit the nets for 21 markers on 10 field goals and eight charity tosses. Hernandez scored 11 to 2 Win in Tipoff; Pairings Are Set It'll be Sacred Heart vs. Ver- ant and Alonzo Grey 11 and from the field but failed draw a single foul shot. Terry Johnson topped the Marion offensive show with nine field goals and three free throws for 21 points.

Van Bushnell finished with 15 points and Floyd Statum added 12. Buddy Giliis and Dale Doyle paced the Singer team to its victory. Giliis had 16 points and Doyle added I'D. Jim McMahon was the leading scorer for the Texas five with 12 markers. Four Buckeye players hit double figures with a 11 Hicks leading the way with 18.

Other Buckeye scorers were Terry Deville with 13 and James Sullivan and Louis Loin- dier with 11 each. Eddie Dufrene topped the Ragley attack with 11 points. DeRidder 25 12 1922-78 Marlon 9 14 13 DERIDDER: Shirley 10 (8-9) 3, Nlch- 2 (0 Slaydon 5 (3-7) 4. Hernan- through right tackle for 20. A Kinder offside penalty helped and the New Orleans eleven marched 53 yards in four plays.

Slippery Adams squeezed through right tackle and 10 yards for the Eagles' second tally with 1:03 on the first quarter clock. Roussel decided to run for the point and Ridgewood led 13-0 at the end of the frame. Kinder was unable to move early in the second period, but an Eagle fumble gave them the oval on its 23. Fullback Jimmy Green, Kinder's leading ground gainer, brought the near-frozen crowd to its feet with a 62 yard scamper two plays later which carried the home team to the Eagle 5. Quarterback Earl Henderson punched through from the one three plays later for Kinder's six points with 5:03 to go in the half.

Green sliced through for the extra point and the game took on a fresh outlook. Ridgewood still had up a full head of steam, however, and got the advantage of a 15-yard penalty against Kinder to move got the advantage of a 15-yard penalty Against Kinder to move from its' 43 to pay dirt in nine plays for the final game touchdown. Roussel, on a keeper, stomped through the middle for six yards and the score. Fullback Joey Dorignac ran for the point to make It 20-7 with left in the half. With that never-say-die attitude of a true champion, Kinder battled the Eagle giants toe- to-toe in the last half.

Dub Hardcastle proved a stellar performer on defense and stopped one potential Ridgewood touchdown. The Jackets lost the game, but they showed the desire they have shown all year which brought them to the final contest. Statistics 0-50 0-7 Rldaswood 137 0 kinder 7 Lyles, i run. Kick failed. Adams, 10 run.

Butch ROgssel run. Henderson, 1 run. Jimmy Green, run. Roussel, run, Joey Dorlflnnc, run. STATISTIC! Rldgtweod Klndtr First downs 20 Rushing ycrdagt Ml Passing yardage 0 Passes o-l Passes Intercepted by Puntj Pummel tost i Yards penalized 45 RIDOEWOOD Dorlgnoc Lyles Adorns Kloti Rousstl Totals Green Henderson buplantls Shaver Tetols earn Uit .12 89 0 34 J8 19 131 43 401 KINDER Rushing 3 17 9 3 20 0 0 Ntt 34 103 361 Net 16 I 31 157 non at 9 a.m.

today in the opening game of the Southwest Louisiana Officials Association- American Press basketball tournament at Reynaud Junior High gym. In the pairings announced Friday night list Jennings and Mossville for the second game at 9:45 followed by Audrey Memorial and Grand Avenue at 10:30. At 11:15, Boston will take on the Sacred Heart- Vernon win- Willy Brown 10 to lead a balanced Panther attack. Rufus Pryor had 31 and Adam Washington 24 for the Pirates. 5hlrley MARION: Boshnctl 3 (9-14), Stotum 4 (4-4) 3, VqlloM (2-J) 5, Johnson 9 (3-5) i rr (0 Ellls 2 3 ris 0 (1-2) 1.

Totals: 11 (20-32) 17. Assumption LSU Wins Over Wins in AA Over Central NAPOLEONVILLE, La. (AP) ner, while a 12:15 p.m. contest 1 fb ac Johnny O'Neal will match Crowley against the i brought Assumption of Na- Jennings-Mossville victor. De-! poleonville the state double-A Ridder awaits the Audrey- Grand Avenue winner at 1:15, Washington and Vinton will tangle at 2:15.

Semifinals will be at 3:15 and 4:15, while the third place game is set for 7:15 and the championship tilt for 8:15, Washington and W. 0. Boston got warmed up for the event with victories in the tip-off affair Friday night. Washington flipped Sacred Heart 65-55 and Boston edged out Mossville 70-65. Butch Barrington pumped in 28 points and Alien Dunbar had 22 to lead the Indians, while Clinton Fobbs scored 24 and Alfred Gardner 17 for the Vikings.

Boston rolled up a 28-8 first period lead and held off a furious Mossville rally to win. Alfred Lilly scored 14 points, Charlie Joiner 12, LeRoy Tous- Four Advance In Rosteet Junior High Tourney Three favorites advanced into the semifinals of the Rosteet High baskeAall tournament Friday, but the big news the riiglu was the lone up- football championship Friday night as the ustangs defeated Central High of Baton Rouge 7-2. O'Neal, who picked up 81 yards in 11 carries, grabbed 73 of them with 5:35 left in the second period as he rambled for the only touchdown. Ray Aucoin's kick made it 7-0. Denver by 88-82 At Evansville EVAANSVILLE, Ind.

(AP) Louisiana State's Tigers hit half their shuts from the field and beat Denver 88-82 in the opening game of the Evansville College Invitational Basketball Tournament Friday niight. LSU will meet ihe winner of the Evansville-George Washington game for the title Saturday night. Louisiana State had balance to offset the shooting of Denver's Frank Mixon, who hit 13 of 24 shots from the field and six of seven free throws for 32! The Tigers' high Ken Drost and Briley Leads Pokes By TRUMAN STACEY American Press Editor McNeese State College's Cowboys snapped their basketball losing streak at five games Friday night, whipping East Texas State's Lions, 55-45. Clyde Briley, whose father had died last Tuesday and who returned to the campus only today, scored 29 points, nine of 1 them coming at the free-throw 1 line. Tom Wunder, the Cowboy's clever outside shot, added 10 points.

No other Cowboy reached double figures. McNeese and East Texas played a tightly contested first half, with the Cowboys enjoying a 24-23 edge at the intermission. McNeese really won its game with a strong defensive exhibition early in the second half. For the first eight minutes of tho second half, the Pokes held the visitors to two points. Meanwhile, the Cowboys were Landry Rips Rayne To Reach Finals CROWLEY (SpU Coach Leonard Halt's Landry Tigers upset Rayne here Friday night in the St, Michael Basketball Tournament to move into the finals against Midland tonight.

The Tigers from Lake Charles threw up a tough zone defense against the speedy Wolves to grab a 32-23 victory. Midland moved into the finals against the Tigers with a 54 to 44 victory over St. Francis. Landry controlled the boards in the game and the zone defense made the Wolves shoot from far out while the slower Tigers were making 'each shot count. Butch Covington led the Tigers with 14 markers made on six field goals and two free throws.

Bough Resigns As Oiler Coach HOUSTON (AP Sammy Heroman with 20 points each. A LQNG ONE Kinder fullback Jimmy Green grabbed honors at home Friday night aUhough his team lost the state Class championship to Ridgewood, 20-7. He is shown here during a 62-yard run in the second quarter, the game's longest run by either team, which set up Kinder's only touchdown. end Ray Pevall blocked an Aucoin punt in the end zone for a safety. Central led 94 in first downs but Assumption gained 146 yards rushing to 130 for Central.

Assumption passed for nine yards and Central had no aerial yardage. Assumption, winning its first OAK GROVE, La. (AP) -Iran for the extra point to tie state title football, was lived up to its score 13-13 before intermis- ranked in the final Associated' as (lie No. Class A team Fri- sion Press double-A poll. Central was day night as it overpowered Lockport outrushed Oak i Baugh, hired abruptly June 1 as jhead coach of the Houston Oil- ers, resigned jqst as abruptly Friday so he can devote more time to his West Texas ranch.

"I like coaching football but I love ranching," the former Texas Christian University and Washington Redskin passing champion said in making his surprising announcement at a news conference. Lock port Captures A Crown by 26-13 No, 7. Northside Wins Kaplan Tourney In Rousing Final bet. In that Banded F. KAPLAN (SpU Northside's jl 0U11 VJ1 i-AJUUklJUi.

Pudtey Hillman. broke through one, West Lake K. White its first in 48 games, 33-31. Wayne had 13 for the winners Williams 12 for Handy Ian Invitation the Gueydan the Bears port ahead J9-3-J. Hillman's slick ball handling made the difference as Host liosteet whacked Marion behind the of Mike Chapman.

David 1 aiiier had 20 tor Marion Maplewood was equally' impressive in beating LaGrajnge I2S9 a.s Richard CoJeman Kap- while bounced 41-30 in the consultation finals here Fri- iiT'zOthTtraighrvic IU tory-longest undefeated streak Northside's Bill Kilchrist wasi a 1 high scorer in gajtwe with 23 points while Kicky Leiiianc tut 80 and Glenn Las4ry added 10 to finish the Vikings double figure scoring. Kaplan had four ami in double figures with Donald Hargrave hilling 19, Harold pumped in M. Louis Kimball i R9y Fruge 'ortd 15 for the losers. Trahan 18, Harold Lemaire Carroll teams in the be'ing courted by both snd Mississippi to sign an aildetic grant-ki-aid- Oak Grove scored first when Mickey Broadway plowed over from the one. Then Lockport's Roanoke In Easy Victory Oak Grove 26-13 to win its sec- Grove 201 yards to 12.1 while i ond state championship in as Oak Grove had Ihe edge in the' many years.

air, 102-89. I Last year the Pirates annexed the class crown, but increased i enrollment forced Lockport into class A ranks this season. It was a tight game until the third quarter when Mike Hillman, son of Lockport coach (SpU-The Roanoke Wildcats scored 20 or more points in three of the four quarters and easily outclassed the Johnson Bayou Rebels here Friday night. The Wildcats placed five men in double figures led by Roland anise with' 18 points. Raymond Monceaus 14, Steve Meyer 13, Leonard 12, and Tommy i Adair with 10 rounded the other double digit scorers for the Wildcats.

Dale Jinks swished the nets for 20 Trshsa hit 12 to pace the els. 10 IS 22 Durrell Jinks 1 two-yard run. Tim louchet npped the cords second quarter when Benny i nil ters had-13 for Welsh, mm with a 14-yard pass and ha NOW THi AUDITORIUM IS HEATED! WRESTLING TONIGHT P.M. MCDONALD SPORTORIUM 709 B. McNEESS STREET CEciiw MCDONALD, PUOMOTEH FOB 1JESBRVATJONS 477-6129 GB 7-4079 KILLER CARL KOX TILLET HOl'Bi-E WAIN EVEKT TOP MAIN EVENT Bl LL CUKRV vs.

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AL LOVELOCK Referee Scotty Pharr, a top defensive man for the paced the losers attack geven points. Hilton Smith paced the Revels of Midland to their victory over the Wolves pf St. Francis. Smith tossed in 27 points while Al Hebert led the Wolves with 14 markers. In the consolation finals, Church Point will meet the Goretti Knights.

The Bears grabbed a finals berth with a 41-31 triumph over the Crowley Gentlemen. John Richard led the Church Point attack with 13 points. The Knights edged the host St. Michael Crusaders, 43-36, as Ricky LeBland and Ronnie Guidry tossed in 10 points apiece. The finals are set for 8 p.m.

with the consolation finals to be unfolded at 6:30 p.m. LD dr 5 13 4 10-32 Rayne 384 Covington (2-2) 4, Foret 2 (3-3) 2, Caudet 2 (4.4) 2, Colby 1 (1-3) 2, Price 0 (1-5) 0. Totals 11 (10-17) 10. RAYNE: Pharr 2 (1-5) 2, Andrus (). 3, Simpson 0 (1-2) 0, 3 (1-1) building up their lead.

A couple of timely steals, plus strong rebounding off the defensive boards by big Tom Canada were instrumental in helping the Cowboys forge into a 38-25 lead with 12:23 left to play. Canada ended up with nine rebounds, high for the game. Briley scored eight points, and Wunder contributed six to the bjg McNeese surge. During the remainder of the contest, the two teams played on even terms. McNeese's defenses sagged a bit in the late minutes, but the Lions were too erratic to take advantage of the fact, many of the.

visitors' shots going astray. Dave McCright scored 17 points and Larry Kent added 11, in their pacing the Lion attack. McNeese's marks manshjp from the floor was considerably better than average. Tho Cowboys-hit 51,3 per cent of their shots, compared to 44.7 for East Texas. The Pokes will be after their third victory of the season when they tangle with Louisiana College here tonight.

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