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teams of several ages made up of
Ponchatoula players. Despite the fact
that hundreds of local youngsters
Play the popular field game every
eek, little is written about the sport
this season because the South Tangi
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no ratings or scores kept. This is to
insure that the entire league has a
season during which coaches can
give all players an opportunity to play
all the positions on the field, with out
fear of losing a crucial game. The
spring soccer season should see a
highly-competitive series of games,
which will count for ratings.
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By GORDON FENNY
It has often been said that the best
offense is a good defense
The Slidell Tigers proved this axiom
to be true last Friday night at Tiger
Stadium as they registered a 13-8
come-from-behind victory over the
Ponchatoula Green Wave in an all-
important District 13 AAAA contest
The win extended the Tigers'
unbeaten streak to seven games, and
left them m sole possession of first place
in the district with a 3-0 record Poncha-
toula, meanwhile, dropped to 1 2 in
district competition and 5-3 overall
Linebacker Danny Culpeper gave the
Tigers their margin of victory when he
fell on a loose ball in the Ponchatoula
end zone with iust a little more than four
minutes remaining m the third quarter
Ponchatou!a, scrimmaging on its own
11-yard line following a 15-yard penalty
and a four yard loss. saw a pitchout
from quarterback Asa Faulkner to
halfback Clem McKay deflect off the
hands of defensive tackle Ty Smith
toward its goal line. The ball bounced
several times in the end zone before
Culpeper was able to corral it for the
winning margin
'•That was definitely where the tide
turned against." stated a disappointed
Coach Syd Wilkerson "We were
winning at the time and were definitely
playing well against a team that was
ranked ninth in the state coming into the
game "
"It was a disappointing loss for the
teem.'" continued the Green Wave
mentor. "'but we're not out of it yet. We
have enough character to come back
home next week and win against
Covington."
Ponchatoula held a slightadvantage
in play during a scoreless first quarter on
a field slippery and muddy from several
days' rainfall, and found itself scnmmaging
at the Slidell 42-yard line to open the
second period
Failing to move the ball on a running
play in a second and 10 situation.
Faulkner tried to pass. Instead, the ball
was fumbled and recovered, and Henry
Powell was called upon to punt. The
ball traveled to the Slidell 16 yard line
before going out of bounds.
The Tigers mounted the best. and
most consistent, offense by either team
to that point when quarterback Brad
Stuart began to direct an aerial attack to
Eddie Miles. Stuart put a mild scare into
the Green Wave and its followers when
he unleashed a pass from midfield to
Miles at the five-yard line. but the ball
was slightly overthrown and Slidell was
forced to punt
Following a series of plays which saw
Powell move the ball well for visitors,
Ponchatoula was forced to punt from its
own 33 yard line.
Stuart combined with Miles and Mike
Bodenheimer to move the ball m the air
to the Green Wave 17 yard line. with
fullback Robert Lee Thomas carrying
twice to the nine. Facing a third down-
THE PONCHATOULA TIMES0 OCTOBER 31, 1985, SEC. B., PAGE ONE
and-two situation. Stuart hit fullback
Joe Guidry with a nine-yard pass in the
end zone for the czpening score Jaime
Nevarez added the conversion and the
Tigers held a 7-0 lead with just over a
minute remaining in the half
Ponchatoula wasted little time gettm 9
on the board in the third quarter The
running of Poweli. combined with
several key penalties to Slidell, -set up
McKay for the Waves only touchdown
Facing second-and goal inside the
I0, Faulkner opted to pitch right to
McKay The speedy back scampered
unmolested into the end zone to pull
Ponchatoula to within a point of the
Tigers
The Wave took the lead on the next
play when Powell. who was in to kick
for the extra point, found an errant snap
in his hands Running to the right and
pursued by a horde of angry Tigers.
Powell flipped a sidearm pass toward
the end zone which found its way into
the hands of runningback C)tis C(;oper
for the two point conversion
The Ponchatoula lead was short
lived, however, as Culpeper's recovery
of the Green Wave fumble into the end
zone on the following series of plays
proved to be the winning margin for the
Tigers
"We knew that we were going up
against our toughest opposition to date
when we met Ponchatoula. and the
outcome was in doubt until the end of
the game.'" stated Tigers" coach Wayne
Orubb followin 9 the game -They
Local gymnasts to host Strawberry Open
well. It will also be a great learning
experience for them."
Competition. which runs Friday from
6-9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to
10 p,m., will feature athletes competing
in four events: vault, bar, beam, and
floor, Age groupings for the competition
have been set at five to eight years: nine
to II years; 12-14 years, and 15-and-
up. Maximum age for the competitors is
17. Some of the age groups will be sub-
divided due to the large number of
athletes.
"We are expecting about 360 parti-
cipants for the meet," said Pearce, "with
the majority (about 300) competing in
compulsory maneuvers in the four
events. The others will perform optional
maneuvers in the same events but at
intermediate and advanced levels."
One of the top gymnasts appearing
will be 16-year-old Rachelle Fruge of
Baton Rouge, ranked 10th in the nation
by the United States Gymnastics
Federation two years ago.
Cathy Forstall (10), daughter of At
and Mary Forstall of Pon:hatoula, will
be competing for M&M. and Pearce is
expecting her to perform well in Class
IV. Roseland resident, [.esley Saint
(10), now in her second year of
competition, will also be competing in
Class IV, while Lanell Glover (9) f
Pinegrove, competing in Class Ill. is
another athlete who Pearce rates highly
and expects to do well
M&M athletes have competed in
three meets thus far in the current
season, and will travel to Baton Rouge
during the last week in November to
compete in the LSU Invitational. as well
as in the Baton Rouge Open at Baton
Rouge High School in December.
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The Ponchatouta Community Center
will be the site of the two day Eighth
Annual Strawberry Open gymnastics
competition beginning Friday at 6 p.m.
M&M gymnastics will host 30 teams
from across the state and Mississippi in
the two-day event which concludes late
Saturday night,
M&M. fresh from a tremendous
showing two weeks ago at the Slidell
Invitational meet, where the team
garnered 60 awards against some very
tough competition, will be out to reap
even bigger awards when it pits its
athletes against the best in the state in
their respective age groups.
"We have some very fine performers
coming here for the Strawberry Open,"
stated club owner and head coach
Margie Pearce. "The performances
should be strong and very competitive,
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• Blocking
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presented a tough defense against us
and it deserves a great deal of credit and
respect." continued Grubb "Powell and
McKay played well on offense, and with
a few breaks in their direction they
might well have added more points to
their total '"
Statistically, the defenses drmdnated
the game. Ahhough the Wave managed
13 first downs to Slidell's ]0. the Tigers
outrushed their opponents 101 yards to
53. and led in total offense ]g] yards to
153
It was the turnovers which ultimately
led t{}the Waves' demise Ponchatoula
fumbled the ball six times and lost it
twice, including the critical pitch which
was recovered for the winning tot, ch
down. Sliclell fumbled twice, but
recovered both times.
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