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==High school state championship==
==High school state championship==
Haynes graduated in 1964 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]. He was a class officer each year of high school and played both offense and defense in football. He returned kickoffs and punts. In his senior year, Haynes scored sixteen [[touchdown]]s. For three years he started at quarterback and defensive back. He earned All-District designation in his junior year and both All-District and All-State in his senior year. He quarterbacked the team that went undefeated and won the AA state championship, 28-21, on December 6, 1963, over the strong competition from the combined Larose and Cut Off High School in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux in south Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> The game was played in the MHS stadium, since named for former principal and school superintendent, [[W. W. Williams, Sr.]], climaxed Minden's first ever perfect football season and its fourth state grid championship.
Haynes graduated in 1964 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]. He was a class officer each year of high school and played both offense and defense in football. He returned kickoffs and punts. In his senior year, Haynes scored sixteen [[touchdown]]s. For three years he started at quarterback and defensive back. He earned All-District designation in his junior year and both All-District and All-State in his senior year. He quarterbacked the team that went undefeated and won the AA state championship, 28-21, on December 6, 1963, over the strong competition from the combined Larose and Cut Off High School in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux in south Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> Played in the MHS stadium, since named for former principal and school superintendent, [[W. W. Williams, Sr.]], the state championship limaxed Minden's first ever perfect football season and its fourth state grid championship.<ref name=obit/>
Haynes received the Joe Oliphant Award in both 1963 and 1964, an honor named for Joe D. Oliphant (1910-1963), a Minden coach, athletic director, and educator. He was selected the "most valuable back" for three years, and he was a Louisiana State Football All-Star in his senior year. Haynes' father had also been a star Minden High School football player.
Haynes received the Joe Oliphant Award in both 1963 and 1964, an honor named for Joe D. Oliphant (1910-1963), a Minden coach, athletic director, and educator. He was selected the "most valuable back" for three years, and he was a Louisiana State Football All-Star in his senior year. Haynes' father had also been a star Minden High School football player.