History of Crusader Football

Brother Pius, S.C.

Brother Felician returned as principal and Brother Pius took over as Athletic Director from Brother Gregory. Andy Douglass, Jack Schommer, and Henry Perret welcomed three new members to the football staff. The Foret brothers, Ted ('55) and Robert ('58), returned to Es­planade Avenue to coach the linemen and the JV. Bob came straight from Auburn University where he lettered twice at E in football. Ted also played at Auburn, earning three monograms at T, as well as in the Canadian Football League. With Ernie Smith gone to Albuquerque NM to coach at St. Jo­seph College after six years at Aloysius, new basketball coach Don Landry assisted with football. Landry came from Cathe­dral High in Lafayette and Chalmette High. He coached the ends.

L: New coaches Ted Foret, Bob Foret, and Don Landry; R: Tri-Captains David Ballas, Ed Desporte, and Carl Hebert

• Douglass lost 19 lettermen to graduation, but 18 others returned.
• HB Ed Loustaunau's speed and receiving ability would pose a significant threat to defenses.
• Three-year letterman John Muhoberac returned at T opposite another veteran, James Brennan. However, John suffered a concussion in the preseason workouts and would not contribute.
• The staff made some position changes, the chief of which was Desporte from HB to QB. They would make other significant moves before the cam­paign was half over.
• Douglass: We hope to make up in speed and hustle what we lack in size and experience.

Preseason practice began August 15, the opening day allowed by LHSAA rules.

• Four days later, the Knights traveled to Bay St. Louis MS for concentra­ted practice at St. Stanislaus.
• The squad returned to the Crescent City two days before the August 31 Jamboree.

The New Orleans prep league experienced some significant changes.

• A new LHSAA rule prohibited any team from playing a regular season football game before beginning its school year.
• Both Behrman and Chalmette moved up to AAA in the bi-annual redis­tricting and joined the public league.
• Joe Galliano resigned as coach at Redemptorist to start the athletic program at Archbishop Rummel, the new Jefferson Parish school run for the archdiocese by the Christian Brothers, the same order that owned and operated De La Salle.
• After one year as an assistant at Aloysius, Don Perret took over for Galliano as coach of the Rams.

1962 St. Aloysius Crusaders

St. Aloysius Crusaders 1962

No.	Player	Pos	Wgt	Class	Yrs on Team
15	Edward Desporte	FB	180	Sr.	2
16	Thomas DeMahy	QB	150	Jr.	1
16	John Vitrano	QB	150	Fr.	1
18	Ronald Hebert	QB	135	So.	1
21	Edward Loustaunau	HB	165	Sr.	2
22	William Schilling	HB	153	So.	1
23	David Kern	HB	147	Jr.	2
24	Robert McNally	HB	135	Fr.	1
31	Wayne Naquin	HB	157	Jr.	2
31	Joseph Smith	HB	140	So.	1
32	Donald Rhea	HB	149	So.	1
33	James Manale	HB	152	So.	1
34	Michael Cammarata	HB	183	Jr.	2
44	Carl Hebert	FB	144	Sr.	3
45	Raymond D'Allesandro	FB	147	Jr.	1
46	Tim Buisson	FB	145	Jr.	1
47	Hauser Reboul	FB	133	So.	1
52	David Ballas	C	181	Sr.	2
55	Kenneth Nicolosi	HB	141	Jr.	1
57	Raymond Edler	C	175	Fr.	1
59	Eric Schroeder	C	168	Jr.	2
61	Richard Sander	G	175	Sr.	2
62	Michael Kane	G	180	Sr.	3
63	Joseph Henry	G	162	Jr.	1
63	Ted Williams	G	150	Fr.	1
64	George Ryan	G	152	Fr.	1
65	Glenn Hymel	G	140	So.	1
66	Shannon Morris	G	153	Jr.	1
67	Andre Paille	G	141	Jr.	1
68	George Buchert	T	185	So.	1
71	Charles Arnold	T	178	Jr.	1
72	Raymond Fink	T	179	Sr.	2
73	Earl Metzler	G	220	So.	1
73	Kenneth Schackai	T	180	Fr.	1
74	Nicholas Caruso	T	163	Jr.	2
75	Arthur Caron	T	205	Sr.	2
75	Thomas Hassenboehler	T	170	So.	1
76	Alan Abboud	T	190	So.	1
77	John Muhoberac	T	210	Sr.	4
78	James Brennan	T	210	Jr.	2
81	Stephen Camp	E	193	So.	1
81	Frank Pausina	E	150	So.	1
82	Wayne Walker	E	158	Jr.	1
83	Ronald Messner	E	176	Sr.	3
84	Thomas Godelfer	E	151	Jr.	1
85	Eric Houin	E	158	Jr.	2
86	Michael Cronin	E	145	Jr.	2
87	Wayne Merchant	E	170	Jr.	1
88	Kenneth Newfield	QB	145	So.	1

The Eagles moved up to class A from B for the new school year. The New Orleans Saints took the opening kickoff and moved smartly for a TD. Hebert ripped off a 20y run, followed by Mike Cammarata's 15y gallop. Desporte capped off the 63y drive from the 2. Ballas booted the PAT. The second half of the 15-minute game was scoreless until the final minutes. Hebert picked off a pass from Felix Nunez on the SB 32 and raced it back to the 7. Four plays later, Tommy De­Mahy swept RE from 6y out for the TD to made the final score 13-0. The Crusaders totaled 173y to 92 for St. Bernard. Desporte gained 62 on 13 carries.

Mike Cammarata

4,500 saw the Saints get off to a great start on the sloppy field, but the Eagles dominate the rest of the way.

• Q1: Midway through the period, 190 lb junior Bruce DeBartolo went back to punt for Easton on 3rd down on his own 10. The pass from center with a wet ball went awry. When Bruce got hold of the pigskin, he was hit in the EZ and the ball squirted out of the field of play. On the ensuing free kick from the 20, Bob O'Brien booted to the SA 34 where Desporte took it and outran the Eagle team to make it 8 quick points. Little did the fired up Saints know that it would be all downhill from here for the game and the season.
• Q2: Patterson put Easton ahead for good with a 6y run on the first snap of the period. Later, he scored again on a 2-yarder following a fumble recovery at the SA 1, one of five bobbles lost by the Crimson. But Dan­ny wasn't finished. Two of his passes, one for 11 to Pecquet and a 14-­yarder to O'Brien, set up his third TD of the quarter, this one from the 2. As a result, the Eagles took a 24-8 lead to the locker room.
• Q3: On the first play after Easton received the kickoff, HB Steve Shapiro took a handoff from Patterson, found a hole in the middle, and outraced the secondary for a 61y TD. Pecquet finally booted a conversion for the 31st point.
• Q4: The teams slogged through a scoreless final 12 minutes. The Eagles ended the night with 129y of total offense. The Crusaders finished with a woeful -14y rushing and only 25y of offense.

Desporte tries to gain against Easton.

Desporte tackled by an Eagle.

• Having just been clobbered by De La Salle 40-0, the Tarpons appeared to be just the tonic the Crusaders needed to rebound from their open­er. After all, Aloysius had defeated the Freret Street school three years in a row by a combined score of 93-0.
• Still, TP prep writer John Joly warned: The Tarpons must not be taken lightly. They showed a fine passing game against De La Salle Sunday, com­pleting 16 in 27 attempts and gained 185 yards against the Cavaliers. Coach O. J. Tournillion used the pro type pass patterns, with the pass receivers going wide and to the outside, and they proved successful.
• Tournillion sought his first victory as head coach, having gained only a 13-13 tie with Nicholls in his first season in '61.

Eric Houin

A crowd of 3,000 saw the Tarpons spring a "shocking" upset. The sig­nificant action was packed into the last half of the final period. Bottled up deep in their territory in a scoreless struggle, the Saints sent Wayne Merchant back to punt from the EZ. The boot reached only to the 31, where 150 lb HB Bill Coffey gathered it in and returned it to the 19. After two plays gained just 4y, Fortier took to the air. Coffey made a spectacular running catch of Larry Juster's pass at the 3, and his momentum carried him over the goal line. Randy Gullo tried to run for the EP but failed. The Tarpons had their first lead on the Crusaders in 28 quarters dating to 1952. But Aloysius had 5:13 to pull the game out of the fire. Desporte fired a pass to E Eric Houin who sprinted to the Fortier 12. Three plays reduced the distance needed for a TD by half. But on fourth down, Des­porte was smothered for a 10y loss as the Tarpons celebrated their first victory over Aloysius since 1948. The Crusader offense improved from a mere 25 net yards against Easton to 135, a large chunk on the final desperate drive. But it wasn't enough. The Fish held Desporte to 8y net rushing. Lou­stanau topped the Saints with 30y in 12 carries. Joly singled out Cammarata, Michael Kane, and Raymond Fink for their defensive play for Aloysius.

Wayne Naquin leads Desporte against Fortier.

More Aloysius-Fortier action

The Crusaders had little time to lick their wounds and get over their disappointment before heading north. Bogalusa, #8 in the state poll, ranked first in total offense and second in total defense in the strong District 3-AAA. The Lumberjacks had begun their season with solid victories over McComb 26-6 and Hammond 33-0. The Saints could expect QB Greg Honaker to attack through the air, looking for fellow senior Larry Magee. Honaker had completed 21-of-29 for 328y and 5 TDs. Magee snagged 10 for 181 and 2 scores.

Coach Lewis Murray

SA	0	0	0	0	0
Bog	13	7	14	0	34
TDs: Magee 3, Honaker, Moss; PAT: Honaker 4 (PK)

The Jacks delighted a capacity crowd of 3600 with a dominating per­formance. Q1: The home team wasted no time after the kickoff, driving 63y to a TD. Honaker connected with Magee from the 15 for the score, then booted the point. The Crusaders fumbled the kickoff, Glen Koepp recovering for BHS on the 24. But the drive bogged down, and the Crusaders took over on the 7 thanks to some fine defensive play by Jim Brennan, freshman George Ryan, and Houin. Later in the period, Honaker culminated another drive with a 2y plunge. Q2: Honaker and Magee teamed up again, this time for a 65y score to extend the margin to 20-0 at the break. Desporte got his eye split open right before halftime which sent him to the hospital. So 14-year-old Ronnie Hebert took over at QB. Q3: When Desporte returned to the field with a patch on his eye, he played HB and stayed there the rest of the season. The Bogalusa signal-caller decided to give someone else a chance, hitting Bill Moss with an aerial that netted 38y to the 2. On the next play, Larry Schilling dove over. The Jacks put the icing on the cake on still another TD pass, backup QB John Scelfo firing to Magee from the 45. Q4: Aloysius finally threatened late in the game, marching 73y to the 7 only to lose the ball on a fumble.

Jim Brennan

• Terrebonne beat Lafayette 9-6, lost to Jesuit 13-0, and crushed McDonogh 33-0.
• Having seen Honaker put on a show at Bogalusa, Douglass neverthe­less declared Tiger QB Dave Bourgeois the best passer he had seen in 13 years of coaching. But Dave missed practice all week to mend for the game.

SA	0	7	0	0	7
Ter	13	6	0	7	26
TDs: SA Messner; Ter Harson 4 PAT: SA Desporte (PK); Ter Guidry 2 (PK) 1st Downs: SA 9, Ter 11; Penalties: SA 30y, Ter 40y Rushing: SA 68y, Ter 186y; Passing: SA 15-8-0/94, Ter 7-4-0/50 Fumbles Lost: SA 2, Ter 1; Punting: SA 3/35.0, Ter 4/27.8

The good news was that the Crusader offense finally put points on the board. But it was far too little on a night when HB Doug Harson thrilled the homecoming assemblage of 7,000 with four TDs.

The opposing coaches had to solve a problem before the kickoff when the Hammond officials contracted to work the game didn't show up - the third time that situation had occurred in the last two weeks. So junior high coaches and a member of the Aloysius staff filled in.

Ronald Messner

Q1: Dwight Howell pounced on Desporte's fumble at the 12. Bourgeois raced around RE to the 3. Harson plunged over from there. After the kickoff, Crusaders couldn't move and punted to midfield. On the third play, Tigers scored again as David Bou­dreaux, who replaced Bourgeois when he left the field with an injury, lofted a high pass to Harson who caught it on the 10 and scampered into the EZ. Bruce Guidry converted to make it 13-0. Later in the game, Boudreaux would also retire to the sideline. Q2: Terrebonne took advantage of another miscue, this one a bobble by Loustaunau that Boudreaux covered on the 33. Nine plays later, Harson cracked through the middle from 5y out. The Crusaders finally struck pay dirt with 3:51 on the clock. Taking the kickoff on their 38, they drove to the 12. At that point, He­bert hit Ronald Messner in the EZ. Desporte converted to make it 19-7. Q3: Play descended into a defensive battle. Q4: On the first play after the Tigers stopped an Aloysius thrust on their 11, Harson electrified the crowd with a dazzling 89y run. Guidry's toe provided the final point of the evening. Harson led all ground gainers with 119y on 13 carries while Desporte led Aloysius with 23 on 7 tries. Bourgeois passed only 4 times but completed all of them.

• The Algiers boys, in their first season in AAA, were fresh off their first win, 21-12 over Fortier, which didn't bode well for the Crusaders, who fell to the Tarpons 6-0.
• Behrman's three losses were to Nicholls (13-12), West Jefferson (33-13), and Larose (34-20).

SA	0	6	0	0	6
Beh	0	0	0	0	0
TD: Desporte 1st Downs: SA 3, Beh 4; Penalties: SA 20y, Beh 10y Rushing: SA 61y, Beh 36y; Passing: SA 8-1-1/4, Beh 12-1-3/30 Fumbles Lost: SA 1, Beh 1; Punting: SA 9/30.3, Beh 9/27.4

3,000 witnessed the first Crusader victory of '62, 6-0, the identical score they defeated Behrman by in 1961. Q1: The punters got a workout all evening, booting 17 be­tween them. Q2: Early in the period, Desporte took a punt on his 40, waited for his blockers, and raced untouched to pay dirt. Ballas failed to convert. In the final minutes, Behrman finally mounted a threat when Wilfred Doss picked off a fumble in the air and raced to the SA 28. QB Ray Hanley, injured early in Q1, return­ed in an attempt to score before intermission. He got off six passes to no avail, the Saints intercepting the last try at the goal line. Q3: The offenses continued to struggle, amassing only seven first downs between them and only 131y of combined yard­age. Q4: Hanley returned to the air waves only to have his at­tempts stymied by the Crimson D. Early in the period, he un­leashed a 40-yarder that Carl Hebert picked off on the SA 38. Later, with time running out, Hanley fired from his 20, but LB David Kern was there to intercept.

Ray Hanley David Kern

Raymond D'Allesandro breaks free as Ronnie Hebert blocks.

• First year coach Bob Whitman, formerly a Tulane assistant, had faced tough sledding against a formidable schedule that included three Cath­olic foes. The lone win occurred in Week Two over Redemptorist 12-7. The defeats came at the hands of Holy Cross (21-6), De La Salle (18-0), and Terrebonne (7-6).
• Part of the reason for the struggles stemmed from the fact that Whit­man inherited only nine lettermen. But his young team had gained valu­able experience already.

SA	0	0	0	7	7
EJ	6	0	0	6	12
TDs: SA Godelfer; EJ Graham 2; PAT: SA DeMahy (PK) First downs: SA 11, EJ 11; Penalties: SA 13y, EJ 90y Rushing: SA 115y, EJ 232y; Passing: SA 14-10/106; EJ 9-0/0 Punting: SA 3/30.3, EJ 4/40.2; Fumbles Lost: SA 1, EJ 0

Thomas Godelfer Thomas DeMahy

The Saint O had its best game by far, gaining 221y thanks in good measure to QB Ronnie Hebert hitting 10-of-14 passes, mostly on slant passes to Houin and Godelfer. But EJ pounded out 232y on the ground to prevail in front of 4,500 at their new stadium in Metairie. Q1: After stopping the Warriors on the opening possession, Al­oysius gambled on fourth down at the EJ 32 but failed. Three plays later, 185 lb senior HB Skipper Graham swept RE, cut back to the center of the field at the 50, and picked up several block­ers who escorted him to a 62y TD. Q2: The Crusaders penetrated Warrior territory just one more time, reaching the 40. From there, Hebert hit Thomas Godelfer for 24y, but he fumbled the slippery pigskin, which was picked up by EJ's Alton Wille, who returned to his 44. Q3: Douglass's charges dominated the period. In the closing min­utes, they took another chance, this one on their own 45, and made it. That continued a 71y march that carried over to Q4. Q4: With nine minutes remaining, Hebert passed again to Godel­fer for a 10y TD. Thomas DeMahy added the point that put the Saints ahead 7-6. Undaunted, the Warriors launched a drive of their own. Graham scored again on a power sweep to the right from the 9.

Aloysius enjoyed a week off before starting league play with their homecoming game. The Holy Cross Tigers were coming of their only loss, to a team that defeated the Crusaders, Terrebonne, by almost the same score, 26-7. John Kalbacher's team had tied LaGrange 7-7 in their open­er and whipped East Jefferson 21-6, Nicholls 40-0, Baton Rouge 27-7, and Warren Easton 13-0. When you prepared for HC, you had to prepare for 170 lb HB Gawain DiBetta, the city's leading rusher and the state's top scorer with 9 TDs and 11 PATs despite playing only two plays against Easton because of illness. Gawain scored all 27 points against Baton Rouge. Douglass had only three seniors left on the team. All the others had quit, been dropped from the squad, or become academically ineligible.

Gawain DiBetta

Revised St. Aloysius Roster with only four seniors listed

SA	0	0	0	6	6
HC	7	19	0	7	33
TDs: SA C. Hebert; HC DiBetta 4, Capretz; PAT: HC DiBetta 3 (PK) First downs: SA 6, HC 13; Penalties: SA 5y, HC 45y Rushing: SA 37y, HC 169y; Passing: SA 11-3-2/26, HC 9-2-1/62 Fumbles lost: SA 1, HC 0; Punting: SA 5/29.6, HC 2/33.0

The game produced no surprises as DiBetta led the convincing Tiger victory as witnessed by 4000 spectators.

• Q1: DiBetta blasted 4y off tackle to climax a 12-play 55y drive. The All­State candidate gained 21y during the march.
• Q2: A punt that rolled dead at the SA 6 preceded the next HC score. Retaking possession after a poor punt out to the 32, the Tigers scored on the very first play on a pass from DiBetta to E Don Capretz. Later, HC advanced 77y in eight snaps, the big play being a 30y pass from Ray Culotta to DiBetta to the 10. Gawain got the 6 on a 2y plunge. The Crossmen added still another TD in the closing seconds when DiBetta picked off a stray Aloysius pass and sprinted 39y to pay dirt. Counting his two EP boots, he had scored in four different ways during just one half.
• Q3: The scoreboard didn't change during these 12 minutes.
• Q4: DiBetta did the honors for the final Tiger score on a 15y dash around RE. The march began on the SA 43 and took only five plays. The Saints avoided a shutout late in the game when Carl Hebert burst 34y. On the extra point, a blocker on the end of the line didn't report, and a Tiger burst through the gap and ran into the holder and Desporte, who suffered an injured knee that knocked him out for one game and hamp­ered him in the remaining contests.

DiBetta - who else? - led all ground gainers with 88 on 16 carries followed by teammate Alan Rappold with 62 on 11 tries. Desporte led Aloysius with 34y in seven attempts.

Donald Rhea (32) and George Buchert (68) lead Desporte up the field.

Desporte tries to outrun Ron Borison.

Aloysius now faced another traditional rival, Jesuit.

• Surprising even their staunchest supporters, the #1-ranked Blue Jays had defeated all six opponents, allowing but a single TD. Included were wins over two of their jinxes, Istrouma (3-0) and Pensacola (21-0).
• Despite returning only one offensive regular, T Mike Winters, the Jays started the season in splendid fashion with a 19-6 victory over Baton Rouge before upending Terrebonne 13-0.
• Other victories came at the expense of Lafayette (13-0) and Fortier (35-0).
• Did the Crusaders, with their weakest offense in years, have any chance of scoring against a team that had pitched five straight shutouts?
• The Jays hadn't played a game since October 12. Perhaps they would be rusty.

SA	0	0	0	0	0
Jes	7	13	7	0	27
TDs: Cullen 3, Schweigert; PAT: Winters 3 (PK) First downs: SA 4, Jes 11; Penalties: SA 25y, Jes 60y Rushing: SA -20y, Jes 229y; Passing: SA 16-6-2/96, Jes 3-3-0/33 Fumbles Lost: SA 1, Jes 0; Punting: SA 5/36.2, Jes 5/33.8

Ronnie Hebert Bill Schilling

With the Jays a prohibitive favorite, a comparatively small crowd of 2500 saw the renew­al of a rivalry that began in 1921. Q1: Mike Cullen scored three TDs in the first half, starting with a 2y blast up the middle with 1:11 left in the period. The march that began on the Jesuit 41 included 12 and 7y scampers by Cullen and a 17y dash by FB Chuck Roger. Q2: Mike's second TD came on a 13y pass from QB Pete Schweigert at the 4:43 mark. Schweigert had contributed an 11y run and a 19y pass to Keefe Hecker to put the ball on the 30 during the 11 plays. Three minutes later, Cullen raced 56y up the middle to make it 20-0 at the break. Pete had just gained a first down on a 14y gallop. At halftime, St. Aloysius honored the 1952 City Champs on the tenth anniversary of the first football title in school history. Prof Taverna's band formed a large "52." 38 members of the team attended from five states. Joe Mahoney, Ralph Schindler, and Jack Voelker organized the reunion, which included a banquet at Lenfant's Restaurant on Canal Blvd. Q3: Schweigert took Eric Schroeder's kickoff at his 14, eluded three would-be tacklers who got hands on him, and raced to pay dirt. Winters' third PAT boot add­ed what would turn out to be the final point. Coach Ken Tarzetti pulled his regu­lars and gave his reserves plenty of playing time. Midway in the period, the Crusa­ders came close to scoring. Hebert completed a 67y pass to Houin that carried to the 20 where Eddie Koehl overhauled Eric. But the Jays dug in and took over on downs on the 23. Q4: Aloysius ended the afternoon with three penetrations of Jay territory. Take away the 67y pass, and the Crusaders mustered just 9y of offense even with the Blue and White subs playing the second half. Bill Schilling was the only Crimson back who ended with positive yardage, and he had only 3.

Tarzetti afterwards: While our defense was okay, I thought our offense was a little rusty. I wish I knew the secret of our defense's success so I could do the same thing every year. I believe it's just a matter of our kids really wanting to knock when the other team has the ball ... If there's a secret, that's it.

The Crusaders now faced former assistant coach Don Perret and his Redemptorist Rams. Redemptorist was not doing well under its new mentor. Howev­er, the Rams did have twice as many victories as the Crusaders. They defeated McDonogh 38-7 and Fortier 19-6. They lost their only league game to De La Salle 20-0 in their previous outing. Aloysius and Redemptorist had battled in low scoring games for three straight seasons: 7-0 Crusader victories in '59 and '60 and a 7-7 tie in '61. All signs pointed to another defensive struggle. The Saints had yet to score more than 8 points in any game of the '62 cam­paign. Meanwhile, the Rams would play without their standout HB Pat Scully, who was injured.

Don Perret

SA	0	0	6	7	13
Red	0	0	0	0	0
TDs: Houin, R. Hebert; PAT: Ballas (PK) 1st Downs: SA 8, Red 5; Penalties: SA 10y, Red 10y Rushing: SA 93y, Red 49y; Passing: SA 6-4-1/28, Red 7-1-2/30 Fumbles Lost: SA 1, Red 1; Punting: SA 3/29.7, Red 4/26.2

2,800 saw Aloysius score its most points in any game of the season to spoil the Redemptorist homecoming. Q1: Neither team was able to muster a drive. Action picked up late in the period when Crusader G George Ryan, one of the few se­niors still playing, recovered a fumble by Frank Bordelon at the Ram 42. Q2: The Saints were on the move as the period began, gaining two first downs. The key play was a 12y pass from Ronnie Hebert to Schilling to the 18. But the next Hebert pass was intercepted on the 9 by Herb Petit who returned it to the 20. The Rams then mounted their first drive with Richie Jones scooting 11y and Ron­nie Landry completing a 29y pass to Jack Patterson to put the ball on the SA 28. But three plays later, the turnover bug bit Re­demptorist as G Richard Sander picked off John Riche's pass at the 18 and returned it 8y. Q3: Good kickoff coverage set up the Crusaders for the first score of the afternoon. Raymond Fink booted to the 4, and Petit was able to return only to the 9. After two plays failed to gain, Riche punted only 20y. Three rushing plays gave the Saints a first down on the 16. Then three plays later, Hebert found Houin open in the EZ for 6. Q4: The 6-0 lead held until an INT allowed Aloysius to put the icing on the cake of their second victory of the season. With the Rams in possession at their 25, Houin plucked Landry's pass out of the air at the 29 and returned 6y. Several plays later, Hebert connected with Schilling for 15y to the 11. Four rushing plays netted another first down on the 1. Hebert cracked over RG for the score. Ballas's boot split the uprights to make it 13-0 with only 1:35 showing on the scoreboard. Schilling topped all rushers with 58y on 15 carries while Jones led the Rams with 43y on 7 tries. John Joly singled out Ryan, Sander, Fink, Houin, and Glenn Hymel for their defensive efforts. Charles Gaudin in the States-Item: Hebert, only a sophomore, continued to impress onlookers and should be one of prep's top quarterbacks next season and the year after.

Richard Sander Raymond Fink Glenn Hymel

Ron Hebert carries against Redemptorist as Richard Sander (61) and Desporte (15) block.


Desporte tries to escape a Ram tackler as Houin (85) blocks.

• The Cavaliers sported a 7-2 record, having just lost to Holy Cross 21-0 after falling to Baton Rouge in Game 3. In their other Catholic tilt, DLS shut out Redemptorist 20-0.
• Buck Seeber's contingent still had a chance to tie for the league title if they beat Aloysius and then undefeated Jesuit.
• The Cavs' double-barreled offense featured the passing of QB Calvin Lannes and the running of HB Butch Coco.
• The TP sub-headline labeled Aloysius a "big underdog." The Crusaders had lost three in a row to DLS, scoring only 7 points in the three con­tests.
• To surprise the Cavs, Douglass put in some new plays. For example, the C, two G, and QB would be where the ball was marked while the rest of the eleven would spread out to one side or the other.
• A twelfth player ran from the sideline into the huddle with a card for the next player. Another player would then leave and return the card to the sideline.

SA	0	0	0	0	0
DLS	12	6	6	0	24
TDs: Fitzpatrick, Coco, McCarthy 2 First downs: SA 7, DLS 13; Penalties: SA 28y, DLS 120y Rushing: SA -11y, DLS 311y; Passing: SA 10-7-3/56, DLS 11-3-0/80 Fumbles Lost: SA 3, DLS 3; Punting: SA 5/36.2, DLS 2/27.5

• Q1: DLS scored on their opening possession after a punt rolled dead at the SA 49. Four plays later, Lannes passed to E Mike Fitzpatrick, who was waiting in the EZ. Two minutes after that, the Cavs scored again on a 16y RE sweep by Coco. The TD was set up by G Don Ballein's recovery of sophomore Kenny Newfield's fumble at the 20 on the first play after the kickoff. Milo McCarthy picked up 4 before Butch broke loose.
• Q2: Aloysius made their only penetration of enemy territory early in the period before turning the ball over on downs at the 39. On the first play, McCarthy sped through a gaping hole at LG to push the score to 18-0.
• Q3: E Schott Mumme recovered another Saint fumble on the SA 39. Lannes connected with Fitzpatrick to put the ball on the 4. Coco then swept RE into the EZ with 5:30 on the clock, but the Cavs were guilty of holding. Later, McCarthy ran up the middle for a 33y TD with 0:44 left in the period. Mike Crosby failed to convert for the fourth straight time.
• Q4: Despite SA QBs Hebert and backup Johnny Vitrano completing passes from the new spread formations, DLS achieved its third shutout of the Crimson Knights in four years.

Thanks to his two long TD scampers, McCarthy finished as the game's leading rusher with 115 in 6 carries (19.2 average). The Cavs outgained the Crusa­ders on the ground by a amazing 311 to -11.

A "reliable source" told Wicker that the Orleans Parish public schools had decided to drop the Catholic schools from their foot­ball schedules starting in 1963.

The news comes as no surprise. It has been mentioned for some­time. The reason for the break cannot be pinned to any one thing in particular. Safety of the athletes ... is the main reason for the break.

Public principals reportedly brought the issue before the Orleans Par­ish school board for decision. But when the board failed to decide ... the principals ... voted to drop the Catholic schools.

Some public school men feel it is asking too much of their boys to play against such terrific odds as the Catholic schools enjoy over the public school. ...

Catholic schools are free to draw from the entire city and adjoining parishes. ... Public school boys are restricted to a particular area un­less they receive a permit from the school board to attend a public school outside the district in which they live.

De La Salle's inability to convert EPs cost them in their finale to Jesuit, 7-6, although a tie would have done them no good.

As undefeated Catholic champion, the Blue Jays entered the state playoffs against LaGrange in Lake Charles. Playing without HB Mike Cullen, who was injured in the DLS fray, Jesuit managed a 7-7 tie but lost on first downs, 9-2.

Istrouma defeated Byrd 21-14 for the Indians' second straight AAA crown and sixth in eight years.

The only Aloysian on the Times-Picayune All-Prep team was Mike Cammarata, selected third team G after being moved from the backfield.

Eddie Desporte would receive a football scholarship at Northwestern State University, where he played two years on the varsity before injuring his knee.

In late March, Andy Douglass resigned as head football coach effective at the end of the school year to enter private business.

• He would become sales co-ordinator for Sportco, a sporting goods com­pany.
• Brother Felician: We are sorry to see him go. He was a good influence, a fine teacher, and a splendid coach. Just as we did when Ernie Smith re­signed as head basketball coach [after the 1961-2 season], we will wait a few weeks before making a decision on Andy's successor.
• Redemptorist coach Don Perret wrote Wicker a letter expressing his views about the departing Aloysius mentor.
  
  The coaching profession lost an outstanding coach and gentleman ... I had the good fortune to have coached with and against coach Douglass and I feel qualified when I say that St. Aloysius and the Prep League will miss coach Douglass very much.
  Throughout his coaching career he was interested in one thing and that was to indoctrinate the young men under his care in the complexities of life; that is to aid them in their growth to Christian maturity.
  Coach Douglass, like everyone else, loved to win, but he never used devi­ous or anomalous methods to distort the objective of high school athletics.
  
  
• Wicker also published a letter from Tom Gordon of the St. Aloysius Athletic Association.
  
  We as an association have never criticized coach Douglass publicly or pri­vately. Quite to the contrary, we have always supported his decisions 100 per cent.
  It is possible that some individuals may have been critical from time to time. However, they did so on their own and without the backing of this organization.
  We are well satisfied with the results of coach Douglass' efforts and we feel that his resignation represents a great loss. He has at all times worked tire­lessly with the "good of the boy" uppermost in his mind. His own personal gains or reputation were secondary.

Speculation about a successor began immediately.

• Wicker reported that Aloysius grad and former assistant Bobby Nuss ('48) had the inside track for the job if he wanted it.
• Another candidate mentioned was another former Crusader, Andy Bourgeois ('56), presently coaching at St. Aloysius High School in Vicks­burg MS.

Bill Arms

On April 22, Brother Felician announced his choice: William Arms ('42). Arms, who didn't play football or basketball at St. Aloysius, resigned his post as Athletic Director and football coach at Cathedral High School in Lafayette, where he also served as head basketball coach. In eight years as football coach, he compiled a record of 45-34-4 with two district titles and two second place fin­ishes. Bill won Coach of the Year in Southwestern Louisiana twice in football and three times in basketball. He attended Southwestern Louisiana Institute and Mis­sissippi College around an interruption for military service. He received his degree from SLI in 1948 and added a Mas­ter's in 1952. Arms was selected from a list that reportedly included near­ly 20 applicants.

• You had to go back 24 years to find a lower offensive average than 1962's 4.9 ppg. Monk Zelden's last Crimson aggregation scored at only a 3.7 clip in 1938.
• The team had few veterans to start the season and lost some of them as the season progressed. So at some point, Douglass decided to build for the future and play juniors and sophomores. But the Catholic league was not kind to young teams.
• The players had no inkling that Andy would retire after that season. He worked as hard as ever to improve the team.

1963 Season

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