Haynesville’s Athletic Director John H. Hendrick, from St. Louis, graduated from Washington University where he excelled on their football team. Coach Jessie W. Hair was an outstanding football player at L. P. I. (Louisiana Polytechnic Institute), and Prentiss L. Wise, Assistant Coach, was also an L. P. I. alumni.

Haynesville won the state title for the first time in 1924, beating the Homer Oilers 6-0. The game was played in Haynesville on Thursday, November 27, 1924, at 2:30 p.m. Imagine approximately 4,000 folks attending the game at the Haynesville field as it looked in 1924, standing the entire time.