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Give me 5 Hannibal's and you have 1973 Rapides High Mustangs
Posted on 2/21/24 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 2/21/24 at 8:43 pm
1973 2A state champs. Short, tough, hustle and a lot of heart.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 8:43 pm to duckblind56
Was just coming here to post this
Posted on 2/21/24 at 8:44 pm to duckblind56
If only he had a jumpshot
Posted on 2/21/24 at 8:46 pm to saturncube21
Or could make a layup.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 8:47 pm to lsudave1
Coached by Rick Huckabay who went on to coach under Dale Brown and then at Marshall.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 8:51 pm to duckblind56
And didn’t belong in D-1. Very similar
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:05 pm to duckblind56
You just made me feel old
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:06 pm to duckblind56
You just made me feel old
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:23 pm to duckblind56
Was gonna say they had Huckabay.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:35 pm to duckblind56
Coached by the late Rick Huckaby. My coach at RHS his first year there.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:35 pm to duckblind56
Damn! I knew he reminded me of some team from ‘73!
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:38 pm to duckblind56
I remember those days well. I was at Bunkie through summer of 72, so I wasn't there for the 73 games. My English teacher's son played center for Rapides, he was 6'1" and the tallest starter.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:40 pm to duckblind56
I’m from Rapides (but not Lacompte)
This thread hits close to home.
This thread hits close to home.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 9:42 pm to wallowinit
Was Huckaby part of the Tom Curry deal that worked out so well for us?
Posted on 2/21/24 at 10:39 pm to Rebel
Graduated in 2001 there, was thinking the same thing. Unfortunately, my years playing we didn't do as good as the 73 team lol.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 8:12 pm to ropesmoknrednek
No. Howard Carter was his first D-1 player and Howard was in 9th grade Huck’s first year and had been previously recruited.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:42 pm to wallowinit
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No. Howard Carter was his first D-1 player and Howard was in 9th grade Huck’s first year and had been previously recruited.
No Huck’s first year at Redemptorist was when Howard was in 8th grade at Park Forest Jr High. Howard and I played AAU ball for Baton Rouge Lakers and were both recruited to go to Redemptorist. I lived 2 blocks from Catholic High and was headed there until Huck came into the picture and we both flopped. Howard wanted to go to Glen Oaks with his buddies and cousin Stanky Lee.
We won 72 games in a row at Redempt, won State in 77 and 78 and lost in finals in 79 to Peabody. Huck was a great coach but a terrible person and adulterer with young women, and the biggest hypocrite I’ve ever known.
But what’s new, lots of coaches fit that bill.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:51 pm to ropesmoknrednek
Yes Huck recruited Curry to LSU, then to Marshall when that didn’t work and Huck landed the HC job there. He let Curry live with him which triggered an investigation which uncovered more and Huck was blackballed from NCAA coaching. His son Ricky was playing ball across the river in Ohio so he went there as HC.
He recruited me and I played for him at Redemptorist in the hey day, and the last time I saw him was in late 1990’s when he told me that he offered to do the color analyst on LSU radio to Joe Dean and Dean refused him. Sadly, he died a broken man. He had a rough life, father died when he was young but he was a huge hypocrite but a very good coach other than that.
He recruited me and I played for him at Redemptorist in the hey day, and the last time I saw him was in late 1990’s when he told me that he offered to do the color analyst on LSU radio to Joe Dean and Dean refused him. Sadly, he died a broken man. He had a rough life, father died when he was young but he was a huge hypocrite but a very good coach other than that.
Posted on 2/22/24 at 10:52 pm to duckblind56
Did Googy French play on that team?
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:37 am to saturncube21
If Hannibal had a jump shot he would be an all SEC player. Thing is he can hit the shot he just doesn’t take them. Wish he would . Then defense couldn’t sag as much and clog the lane.
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