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SPORTS
THE PONCHATOULA TIMES, MAY 30, 1985, PAGE ElL:YEN
George Ricks ties spring scrimmage for Greenies
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Into the final seconds of the spring
s'immage Ponchatoula had possession
of the football but trailed by six.
fuCoaches trembled and the fans
reed when unfortunate penalties and .1"
damaging offensive strategies put the
rreenies in a tight position, spotted on
their 40 yard line. t l
Asa Faulkner, Ponchatoula 's strong
armed quarterback, was faced by a
collapsing wall of time and a third down
lind 15 position.
Then it happened.
dleASa drew back from formation and .
Greenie line was blitzed. In a futile
ttempt, Asa violently unleashed a pass
,=captured by PHS receiver George Ricks
• m mid air who ran the distance breaking
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four tackles to score for Ponchatoula.
h That 60 yard touchdown play ended
Onchatoul-a's scrimmage with :
DeStehan in a 6-6 stalemate Wednes-
uay, May 22.
"It was George's first big break," re-
d'Irked Head Coach Sidney Wilkinson.
IoC.orge it was bigger than that.
UVerall, the scrimmage was a battle
Changing defense, mixed offensive
Patterns spotted in college ball, strength
and Strategy.
_After all, what PHS ball player would
0e fool enough to pull the sheet over
• COach Wilkinson's eyes with him on the
field right behind him?
_ Anyway, Destre, han took the ball first
and Ponchatoulas first defense had
ir on-hands crack at the season.
m McKay immediately picked up the
redit of blocking the first forward pass
q tackle as Darron Landry displayed
vengeance toward h!s opponent's
rterback with the team s first sack.
Ponchatoula sent out their first offen-
se but fell short of their initial attempt of
ning the first down. On the offensive
e, Asa scrambled four yards on a
n:t, r Henry Powell went up the mid-
no gain and Clem McKay held
incomplete when he narrowly
With the aid of fellow linemen,
Henry Powell steamed his way through
Destrehan's crude defense Wednes-
day, May 22 during Ponchatoula's first
spring scrbnmage wh Dem'ehan.
Powell tumed out a sputtering 10 yard
gain on quarterback Arm Faulknefs
handofl which was only a fraction of
missed capturing Ponchatoula's first
down on a hook pattern.
Alas the Geenies warmed up to full
capacity in the second quarter.
Destrehan's roughnecks enraged
Ponchatoula on their second defense
round.
As a result, the Greenies held pos-
session of the ball 12 plays following
Destrehan's crack at it.
In those 12 plays, Asa Faulkner
picked up a first on two quarterback
sneaks; Henry Powell bombarded the
line upfront gaining 11 yards on three
charqes up the middle; Clem McKay
picked up two first downs; Asa Faulk-
net threw three incomplete passes and
was sacked once as the Greenies were
also penalized once.
Third defenses and offenses met
head to head well into hafftime.
But it wasn't until the fourth quarter
that any intense action was displayed by
either team.
Destrehan powered ahead on several
plays and achieved a position one yard
'rom paydirt.
Destrehan was stopped twice by both
Clem McKay and Odis Cooper. But on
their final down, Destrehan's Brian Cato
Veteran fisherman gives history of shell dredging
to have me believe that the dredging
operation was "cultivatina the lake floor
for better marine Drocluctivity." If this is
so, why is it while dredges are at work
ripping up grass beds in the lake the
government of Jamaica and the U.S.
Agency for International Development
and the Florida International University
-are going through the trouble of
planting sea grass in the bays and
lagoons to help restore marine life in
these waters denuded by industry and
urban pollution? And if this is so, why is
it that the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution condemned the shell
dredging? Add to that the Cousteau
Society, or the Gull Coast Research
Laboratory. And for that matter, how
about the condemnation of shell
dredging by the State of Florida
Department of Natural Resources? The
University of South Florida feels the
same way about shell dredging, also the
International Oceanographic Founda-
tion of Miami. Could it be that all these
organizations are in league with each
other to put the shell dredger out of
business? The publishers of The
National Fisherman magazine does not
condone this operation and can see
only harm from the dredging.
Please write to me or to your local
editor of this paper and let other readers
know your thoughts on the preservation
of our environment.
By BILL GRAZlANO
Guest Columnist
dropped overboard. The tug then
moved the dredge away from the
anchor playing out the cable. The tug
then cut loose from the dredge and
moved other dredges into position or
picked up loaded barges to deliver to
shell yards, where the tug picked up
empty barges to be loaded again. With
While visiting Tiighman Island in
cnjland President Reagan dined on
s from Chesapeake Bay. He with
er dignitaries from Washington and
, IOnal politicians sat across tables
g the men and. wcrn xul- the oable--pyed out the operation of
thood depends on the harvesting of mining began. The drum gears would
s, oysters and clams from grind into mesh rolling the dredge while
it worked toward the anchor.
Now, if you will take but a moment
and visualize this operation you will get
a better picture of what is happening to
the lakes. With this operation moving in
a straight line toward the anchor there is
an excellent chance that the dredge will
miss submerged shell reefs and spare
the grassbeds. This operation was time
consuming and costly, with them
having to move the dredge in position
and then to play out the cable. The new
manner of operation was done in this
way:
A tug was lashed to a dredge and
barge. The tug then steered in an ever-
widening circle, thus removing the shell
reef and grass growing in the area. With
this operation the habitat of marine life
was being destroyed. It is within these
areas that fish feed and live.
Even with this evidence and knowing
dam well that this operation was not
beneficial to marine life, the Louisiana
Wildlife and Fisheries Commission tried
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" peake Bay. Gov. Harry Hughes
local politicians and the bay
! _rnen had invited President Reagan
i-ilghman Island with hopes that with
help and the voting powers of
'eral con qressmen and the governor
"' . Vir-ginia, Maryland and
"nnsylvania These powerful
Vernment "officials had but one
1 ught in mind and that was the saving
_ . Chesapeake Bay from further
"mction at the hands of industry and
=Velopers. What the fishermen of
ghtly 60 percent. With this loss
Oduction of marine life had fallen off
-ally.
e who live in southeast Louisiana
acing the same problems as those
=e bay - the loss of grass beds and
shells at the hands of the shell
ging industry. This vegetation
Uces the oxygen essential for the
"val of marine life stabilizes the
I "" " "' "
i s,is cloudy or muddy water which
the sunlight that plants need to
I " The shell dredgers are keeping
Waters of the lake in a state of
, diness which is preventing the
h of the grass beds.
ng the presidents visit to
nlan Island he made this statement
w,. island's 1,000 citizens: "I can
_nise you today that the federal
vetnnent will do its utmost to
rte -h all concerned in a
,:ed and ,,effective program to
"vct the bay. So, not only }lave the
ternots of Virginia, Maryland and"
lljlvania and several congressmen
i, interest in saving the bay, the
iident of the United States has
" ned in an effort to save the bay.
ere in Louisiana politicians have
tbr blessinq to continuance of
0 dredging m the lakes. This
tton has taken its toU on the lakes'
ne productivity.
grass grew in many areas of the
: even in midlake. But after shell
Iging for 50 years, it is well
erStood that grass no longer grows.
J Wes between 1954 and 1972 that
n Shells were in great demand for the
k ction of highways and the filling
. Open canals in New Orleans. With
i ..reat increase in the demand for
i' the system of mining was changed
l-Teet this overwhelming demand.
g for shells was done in this
Clef:
tug boat moved to a location in the
Where the mining was to be done.
=rd the dredge was a huge power-
II n drum with perhaps two or three
nd feet of steel cable attached to
CSive anchor. The anchor was
Ponchatoula at Bruly
St. Paul at Ponchatoula
Covington (Foisom) at Ponchatoula
Mandevflle at Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula at Covington
Hammond at Ponchatoula
Sltdeli at Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula at Franklinton
South Terrebonne at Ponchatoula
(Double Header)
Bruly at Ponchatoula
(Double Header)
Ponchatoula at Hammond
Ponchatoula at Bay St. Louis
Bay St. Louis at Ponchatoula
Independence at Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula at Covington (Folsom)
Donaidsonvflle at Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula at St. Paul
Ponchatoula at Mandeviile
Ponchatoula at DonaldsonviUe
Ponchatoula at Independence
Covington at Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula at Gulfport
Franklinton at Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula at Siidell
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play demonstrated b the 6-6 pofunt
game.
(Times Photo by Duane Harris)
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For the remainder of the season,
Dixie Youth games wtll be slated for 6 j).m.
leaped overhead tne Pl-tb defensive
lineman for the score.
That's when the Henry Powell show
began.
Ponchatoula took the ball back and
sent Henry Powel] up the middle nine
consecutive plays good for three first
downs and 45 yards.
Powell went up again but the now
weary Powell was held back for no gain.
At that point, Asa attempted to slip
through the line for the first down but
ended up losing two yards. Clem
McKay's fumble ended Ponchatoula's
drive only 20 yards from paydirt.
The clock was now down to the last
minute.
Surprisingly enough, Destrehan was
unable to penetrate Ponchatoula's
crude defense and returned the ball
back.
In an execution of their third and final
power drive the Greenies put their
hearts into the cause.
Asa's connection to George Ricks
who escaped four tackles and saved the
Green Wave fans disappointment on a
fabulous 60 yard touchdown play.
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