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

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Harriers brave elements to post even season Rutty Wessei and Mike Brothers in the black shirts, in the middle of the pack at the Trinity cross country invitational meet The harriers placed second behind Trinity in this one The ' 76 cross country season was a hopeful one The team had four returning seniors and two juniors from its previous squad. Their task was the same as the year before, to beat regional powers. Doss and Stuart in order to qualify for state. The regular season turned out a 4-4 won-loss record with disappointing losses to regional rivals. Doss and Valley However, by the end of the season the Falcons felt ready for the final test The regional was held on the Bellarmine campus in a driving rain and 40 degree weather The harriers ran hard, but fell one place short of qualifying for the state meet They were third behind favored. Stuart and Doss Senior, Greg Medley, placed 14th to give him an individual running spot in the state meet p CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Won 4 Lost 4 BD 70 BO 27 BD24 BD58 B027 BD35 BO 32 BD24 Ourrett DeSales Butler Westport Country Day Dost Valley Shelby Co 45 28 35 64 52 20 24 32 St X Trinity Shelby Co 20 IS 54 BO — Third place in Regional Tourney CROSS COUNTRY TEAM - FRONT ROW Rutt Wessei Greg Medley Bob McCauley BACK ROW Jo Zoeller Owayne Senn Mike Brothers. Tim Buehne Jeff Buehner and Coach Bill Young 64 CROSSCOUNTRY I

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• game In t§wn V..4 L ouisville ' s only professional sports ' franchise — softball — decided to make BD its home field When the Kentucky Bour- bons were formed they were left with the problem of having no place to play Without newly erected park, our field was chosen be- cause of it being the best field in town. Mr Leo Tierney and the administration decided to accept the team ' s offer, seeing it as a chance of possibly paying off the Falconeers ' sizable debt on the field by the end of the summer It was also a chance to employ students to work at the softball games, parking cars and working in the refreshment stands Bourbon outfielder Danny Williams is forced Out at second in a game against Milwaukee With opening day scheduled for June 1 1. 1977. the Falcons were rushed to get the field ready on time. Several members of the football team donated many hours on June 10 and 11. putting seats for over 4.500 people in An expensive scoreboard was placed in right center field Improvements made on the field were ke r t at the school after the season ended The first weekend of the home schedule played here was a tremendous success with over 1 0.300 people lamming into the park on the two nights Pro softball had arrived in Louisville and BD was its home ( Bourbon j top hitter Bill Gaddie takes his cut as Cobbie Harrison awaits his turn in the on deck circle 63 SOFTBALL

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Zahn breaks school high jump record I he track team once again lacked exper- ienced runners and depth The team, com- posed mostly of sophomores and juniors, lost many meets because of lack of experience at the low and high hurdles and the pole vault The highlight of the season was the Bullitt Central Invitational when senior. Jim Zahn. broke the school high jump record with a jump of 6 ' 6 p TRACK RESULTS 68 Ft Knox — 68 St X— 89 Bullitt Central - Butler — 90 Durrett — 88 Central — 79 Country Day — 1 1 PRP — 92 Beth Haven — 1 1 Western High School Invitational BD — 30 Moore— 103 Ballard — 66 Western — 64 PRP— 60 Butler— 59 Shelby County Invitational BD — 22 Ohldam Co — 54 Shelby Co — 49 Pulaski Co — 47 ABOVE In a touchy situation. Jim Zahn, practices the high jump He later broke a school record with a jump of 6 ' -6 LEFT In a relay event at PRP Matt Atzinger receives the baton from Ken Norris ABOVE Competing in the gruelling low hurdles at a PRP meet, Jeff Buehner tries not to upend one while pursuing an opponent O-MJ VV ' v TRACK TEAM FRONT ROW Ken Norris. Jim Milliner. Jeff Buehner Don Mingus. Joe Underwood Jim Bradley SECOND ROW Gerald Heuke Dennis Mount, Matt Atzinger William Cain. Bob McCauley. Coach Bill Young BACK ROW Mike Brothers. Tim Buehner. Joe Milliner. Dwayne Senn. Mike Albers. Greg Medley 65 TRACK