Meanwhile, Cam’s mother has passed away and his teammate, Terrance “TK” Kelly, finds Cam at a friend’s house mourning. Ladouceur steps down as head coach of De La Salle shortly thereafter his wife believes that this will allow him to spend more time with the family and more importantly, be a father to his son Dan, not a coach.
His doctor tells him that he’s lucky to be alive but that he needs to take it easy, meaning he cannot coach until his health recovers. When Coach Ladouceur returns home from his visit to Colvin’s home, he suffers a heart attack. Cam begins to question his faith in Christianity and asks the coach why this would happen how could it be in God’s plan to leave him and his younger brother alone in this world? Coach Ladouceur responds that he and his brother are not alone – they have him and 60 other brothers on the football team that love them. When outgoing Senior Cameron Colvin tells Coach Ladouceur that his sick mother only has days to live, Coach visits Cam at his home.
Angered, De La Salle vows to play the 5 conference games they are required to play, then fill out the rest of the schedule with other top-ranked high school football teams from across the country. Lastly, De La Salle’s conference rivals complain about the unfair advantage they have in recruiting all the best players from the region, and highlight stats on the average margin of victory to back up their claim. Head coach Bob Ladouceur receives job offers from colleges, but dismisses them without discussing the opportunities first with his wife. With the graduation of the seniors, juniors Tayshon Lanear, Chris Ryan, and Danny Ladouceur (the coach’s son) bicker about who will fill the leadership void as team captains on next year’s team.
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However, a series of events as the season winds down foreshadow a troubling 2004 season. Thomas More battled against De La Salle's slow tempo and long drives that fatigued the Cougars' defense.When the Game Stands Tall, based on a 2003 book of the same title, begins with the montage of the De La Salle High School Spartans’ record setting 151 win streak and the high of winning the 2003 California State Championship. Unlike the 58-10 blowout it had over the Cavs in the 2019 state title game, St. Howard went 18-for-26 with four touchdowns.įor the first time in program history, the Cougars wrapped up an undefeated season.ĭe La Salle's Montrell Johnson tied the game at 21 with a 14-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter. Johnson, who scored all four of the Cavaliers' touchdowns, led his team back from a 14-point deficit to tie the game. Thomas More (10-0) to its second straight Division II state championship, edging De La Salle, 35-28, Monday at Harry Turpin Stadium.īech, named the game's Most Outstanding Player, scored two touchdowns finished two yards shy from breaking the LHSAA record for state title game receiving yards.
Cougars junior quarterback and LSU commit Walker Howard threw for 381 yards and the dynamic duo led St. Thomas More receiver and LSU signee garnered 232 receiving yards, a LHSAA Division II state title game record, on 10 catches. NATCHITOCHES - Jack Bech went out with a record-setting performance.
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