The Ruston High Bearcats football team departed the city Thursday morning with a sendoff from the community. Below right, Ruston High students (from left) Landry Grace Nelson, Hannah Reeder and Taylor Skapura cheer on the Ruston Bearcats football team as it leaves town for Baton Rouge and then New Orleans in quest of a championship. Below left, one-year-old Cyne Hines of Ruston is fired up for her Bearcats (photo by Robyn Taylor).