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If the Indians win on Friday, it will be the first time a PN-G football team has ever defeated West Brook. Their record against us is 8-0. This will be the first time we have played them in this century. I attended all eight of those losses, but now that I live out-of-state, I will be watching our first victory over them remotely, via the Internet.
I like to think of those first two games in the series as a “Clash of the Titans” between two legendary head coaches: Doug Ethridge and Alex Durley. As we know, Coach Durley led Beaumont Hebert to a state championship in 1976, the year after Ethridge won it at PN-G. West Brook would become the first second-place team in a district to win a state championship, and they did it in their first year of existence. Prior to 1982, only the district champion advanced to the playoffs. Our first two games against them, under these two great coaches, were the only ones in the series that were actually competitive.
I remember our first game against them in 1982 very well. It was a lot like our game last week against PAM. We made mistakes early in the game that put us in a deep hole. Then we made a furious comeback in the fourth quarter, and almost won it. I recall talking to some West Brook people at the time who said they were really sweating bullets during that game, and breathed a sigh of relief when it was over. If we had defeated them, they would not have qualified for the playoffs, and would never have gone to state. The following year, in 1983, West Brook won on a late field goal, on the way to an unbeaten regular season.
Another thing I remember about that 1982 game was the hour-long halftime show! We were their homecoming opponent. After they crowned their queen, they paraded the previous year’s homecoming queens from Hebert and Forest Park around the track. The lengthy festivities delayed the second half of the game, which started at 7:30, and didn’t end until 11 o’clock. Also, I will never forget how the weather suddenly changed during the course of the game. When I arrived, it felt hot and very muggy. Later in the evening it cooled down considerably. Then the wind started to pick up, and it turned cold. That is the only game I ever attended where I arrived sweating and left freezing!
FYI, to the person who manages this website: under the History & Tradition All-Time Game Scores section, the years for the first three West Brook-PN-G games are labeled wrong. It says 1992-1993-1994, when it should say 1982-1983-1984. The scores are correct. Great work on compiling a century of football data for the fans!
I like to think of those first two games in the series as a “Clash of the Titans” between two legendary head coaches: Doug Ethridge and Alex Durley. As we know, Coach Durley led Beaumont Hebert to a state championship in 1976, the year after Ethridge won it at PN-G. West Brook would become the first second-place team in a district to win a state championship, and they did it in their first year of existence. Prior to 1982, only the district champion advanced to the playoffs. Our first two games against them, under these two great coaches, were the only ones in the series that were actually competitive.
I remember our first game against them in 1982 very well. It was a lot like our game last week against PAM. We made mistakes early in the game that put us in a deep hole. Then we made a furious comeback in the fourth quarter, and almost won it. I recall talking to some West Brook people at the time who said they were really sweating bullets during that game, and breathed a sigh of relief when it was over. If we had defeated them, they would not have qualified for the playoffs, and would never have gone to state. The following year, in 1983, West Brook won on a late field goal, on the way to an unbeaten regular season.
Another thing I remember about that 1982 game was the hour-long halftime show! We were their homecoming opponent. After they crowned their queen, they paraded the previous year’s homecoming queens from Hebert and Forest Park around the track. The lengthy festivities delayed the second half of the game, which started at 7:30, and didn’t end until 11 o’clock. Also, I will never forget how the weather suddenly changed during the course of the game. When I arrived, it felt hot and very muggy. Later in the evening it cooled down considerably. Then the wind started to pick up, and it turned cold. That is the only game I ever attended where I arrived sweating and left freezing!
FYI, to the person who manages this website: under the History & Tradition All-Time Game Scores section, the years for the first three West Brook-PN-G games are labeled wrong. It says 1992-1993-1994, when it should say 1982-1983-1984. The scores are correct. Great work on compiling a century of football data for the fans!
