Bishop David High School - Crosier Yearbook (Louisville, KY)

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After the first overtime football game in the school ' s history, lans converge on the team after their victory over Doss ABOVE Epitomizing the dedicated Falcon. |unior. John Kaehn. awaits his turn on the soccer field LEFT Using a long stride, harrier. Tim Buehncr. makes lumping the barriers look easy Pushing, shouting, screaming, an exhilarating tingle dances up and down your spine. Youare in a cheer- ing section. The numbers may be small, but one loyal Falcon can raise the floorboards. Not only on the field of play, but in the stands, the spirit extended by way of pride in the team ' s effort — not just in the win- ning or losing. It surrounded anyone who wanted to cheer. Effort before results was the basis of this pride. After all the confetti was gone, we still said. We were all in that game together. ATHLETICS

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Falcons perch on top of Litratings for 8 weeks G reat football teams have become a hallmark here and the 1977 squad was no exception Graduation losses and an 11-1 record made the previous season a tough act to follow, but an inexperienced team ma- tured quickly and demonstrated lots of desire and spirit that carried them through a fine season and made the Falcon followers proud. SHAWNEE — The first game of the 1976 season was on August 27, 1976 at Shaw- nee ' s home field. The young Falcons took little time to get things rolling. The team was off to an explosive start and totally de- feated the hapless Indians, 66-0 while using eight different players to cross the goal line. MALE — The Falcons invaded Manual Stadium for the first time of the season to meet the Bulldogs Again, the offense was in high gear, reeling off nine touchdowns one after another The BD machine did not stop until it had racked up 61 points while giving up only a two-point safety in the closing minutes The Falcons ate up a season high 272 yards on the ground while burying the out-manned Bulldogs by a final score of 61-2. WESTERN — In the first real test of the season, the team was to face county rival. Western, for the unofficial Dixie area championship After a slow start, the Falcons trailed the Warriors by 3-0 at the half But the omnipotent BD attack wound up with 551 yards total offense while scoring three second-half TD ' s enroute to a 19-3 beating of the Rockford Green. IROQUOIS — At Pleasure Ridge Park, the Black White squared off against a vast- ly improved Iroquois squad The team dem- onstrated a devastating aerial attack, hitting on 20 of 31 passes for a season high of 306 yards The defense again re- mained tough, picking off two Raider passes and. for the fourth straight time, did not allow a touchdown. A total team effort wielded a 32-0 decision After accepting the handoff. fullback. David Lally. is stopped by a tough St X defense BELOW Sidelined after a knee operation, defensive halfback. David Minton. sits in a wheel chair watching with David Smith, another iniured back, the Tigers crush the Falcons ' hope for a District championship. 27-7. MM