FOOTBALL: Lamar kicks off with banquet
Published 10:38 pm Sunday, August 26, 2018
- Joe Washington Jr. keynotes Lamar’s football kickoff banquet Sunday at the Montagne Center. (I.C. Murrell/The News)
BEAUMONT — Sunday’s Lamar football kickoff banquet drew nearly 500 attendees to the Montagne Center.
The crowd got to hear a keynote address from Lincoln High graduate and NFL great Joe Washington Jr. Washington recalled looking forward to playing in Lamar’s stadium, now known as Provost Umphrey Stadium, while in high school because the UIL bi-district round game was played there annually. Although Lincoln won its district championship his senior season (1971), he did not get to play in the playoff game because he sustained a broken leg in Lincoln’s victory over Thomas Jefferson the week before.
Lamar will begin its ninth season since rebooting the football program at 6 p.m. Saturday taking on NAIA Kentucky Christian.
**CORRECTS Kentucky Christian’s athletic affiliation.**
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About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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