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

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Picking up yardage in the Shawnee game, halfback Tom Spencer, is watched by linebacker. Mark Gillespie The team broke a school scoring record by trouncing Shawnee 66-0 and shot to the top of the Litratings that week FOOTBALL RESULTS Won 1 Lost 2 BD 66 Shawnee BD 61 Male 2 BD 19 Western 3 BD 32 Iroquois BD 25 DeSales BD 14 Atherton BD 26 Butler 7 BD 13 Doss 10 BD 35 Central BD Trinity 17 BD 17 Manual BD 7 St X 27 LEFT Tackling Doss runner. Shawn Donigan. Greg Alvey is assisted by Denis Geraghtv (No 25). David Smith and Randy Mingus The most exciting game of the year Falcon followers saw the first overtime game in the school ' s history, but the Black and White finally triumphed 13-10 ABOVE Leaping to attempt to block DeSales quarterback. Tony Wolz s pass Steve Ernst gets some outside help from Tim Huber (No 66) The defense gave the Falcons their third goose egg of the season to hand DeSales a 25-0 loss 1 39 FOOTBALL J

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DESALES — On September 25th. the Fal- cons landed at Iroquois Stadium to face Catholic rival. OeSales. in the annual Keg Game The spunky Colts could try only in vain to undermine the hopes of the Falcon forces as BD ripped its way to a 25-0 shellacking and a perfect 5-0 record ATHERTON — The surprising Rebels were well-prepared for this first District match against the proud Black White The Falcons had to scrap for every inch of ground and the defensive team had to pick up to hold Atherton until the offense could get going When the smoke cleared. BD pre- vailed 14-0 BUTLER — The neighborhood rival. Butler Bears, were not exactly having a good season, but as always, they were primed and ready for a good stiff fight against the unbeaten Falcons. A mere 7 points was all BD could muster against a stingy Butler team in the first half, but a third quarter explosion buried the home-standing Bears 26-0 A super goal-line stand held Butler for 7 plays inside the five-yard line before a runner could penetrate the goal line for only the first time in seven games against the Falcon defense The final score showed the Falcons easy victors at 26-7 DOSS — One of the most thrilling game in recent years took place before 2 500 screaming fans at the Doss High Stadium. It was an afternoon to remember when former BD assistant coach, Dan Leasor. sent ' ! his inspired Dragons against the No 1 -rated Falcons BD scored early after a Doss miscue. but from then on the game was a defensive struggle with neither team able to take an advantage With 11 36 remain- ing in the game, a Dragon pass found the end zone and the game was knotted at 7 a piece Regulation play ended and the school experienced its first overtime garne »• 38 FOOTBALL

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Win over Central impresses opponents In the extra period. Doss took the ball first from the ten-yard line but was stopped cold on three consecutive plays On fourth down a field goal put the Dragons ahead 10-7 The pressure was now on the top-ranked Falcons On third and six. a Falcon back. Tom Spencer, veered left and raced to the outside for the TD and a hard-fought victory 13-10 CENTRAL — With a clean slate of 8-0. the mighty Sons of David prepared for a homecoming engagement with the highly- regarded Yellowjackets of Central The Jack- ets were a much respected team despite three very close losses to state powers. Trinity. St X and Manual The proud, spirited Falcon team put together possibly the best game of the season in walloping Central 35-0 before a packed house of excited fans MANUAL — Two thousand shivering fans gathered at Manual Stadium to witness an important clash against Second District foe. Manual BD used a patient offensive attack and hard-hitting defense to become the first team to shut out the Crimsons ABOVE RIGHT Brri lit cold outl Mascot David Lyons dn cusses the gam with Steve Poynter on a chilly night against Manual ABOVE Falcons Mike Hicks 1501. Joel Milliner 168). and Rob Warren (411 (ire up after Gary Ryan record! a punt for a touchback against Manual RIGHT Making a leaping catch for a touchdown against Manual is Joe Milliner The district victory 17 0. sat up an important matchup with defending state champs. St X the following week 40 FOOTBALL