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

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FOOTBALL RESULTS Won 12 Lost 2 BD 6 Lex. Bryan Station 3 BD 24 Doss 21 BD 41 Shawnee BD 9 Western BD 23 DeSales BD 27 Butler 6 BD 7 Daviess County BD 27 P.RP. 6 BD 10 Trinity 7 BD 28 Valley 14 BD 7 St.X 13 BD 13 Fairdale 7 BD 20 Southern 10 BD 13 Trinity 21 Leaping for a pass in the Butler game, is end, David Burks. Despite the large amount of penalties, the Falcons managed to leap over another hurdle in their quest for a state title, handing Butler a 27-6 setback. Clearing the way, quarterback, Opie Harreld, leads running back, Greg Butler, upfield for valuable yar- dage against Daviess County. The Falcons left Owensboro with a muddy and hard-earned 7-0 vic- tory. Being tracked down, running back, Dave Lally, eludes this Western Warrior for a slight gain. The Falcons won this one 9 to 0. Another Falcon threat ended on the 1-yard line in the 4th quarter. The BD defense poured it on in allowing the opponents to get no closer than the 25-yard line. The Falcons battled their way out of the rainstorm with a 7-0 victory, j Varsity Football 41

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Falcons roll on Ihe Saturday afternoon contest with Shawnee at Iroquois field proved to be tougher than the Falcons had expected. A much-improved Shawnee team shut down the BD running game forcing the Falcons to an air attack and big plays to bomb the Indians. Running back, Joe Milliner, scored three times on a five-yard run and TD passes of 17 and 8 yards. Mark Faulkner scored on a 15-yd. pass from Denny Nash off a fake field goal. Dave Smith returned a Shawnee punt 59 yards for another touchdown. Jeff Dalton ended the barrage with a 33-yd. pass reception from Nash. Kavin McGrath kicked 5 of 6 extra point at- tempts for the game. The defense registered its first goose egg of the season behind strong performances by Gary Ryan and Rick Ramirez. The after- noon ended with the Falcons on top by a final score of 41-0. The Litratings had the Western Warriors rated above the Falcons as BD fell from the top 20 for the first time in a long while. That was all the team needed to get ready for the hotly contested neighborhood rivalry. It was a defensive battle all the way with neither team getting a break, that is, not until the 4th quarter when senior defensive end, Rick Ramirez, getting his first start of the year, respo ded with 2 con- secutive fumble recoveries inside the 25- yd. line. After the first one. Western was able to breathe a sigh of relief when Kavin McGrath missed a 17-yd. field goal. Ramirez quickly recovered the ball again. This time junior, Joe Milliner, ran twice for 12 yds. Senior, David Lally took a screen pass 10 yards to the 2-yd. line. From there, Milliner took it over for the score and McGrath ' s conversion gave the Falcons a 7-0 lead. BD wasn ' t out of the woods until Dennis Mount blocked a Western Punt at the end of the game with 16 seconds left, to assure the Falcons a 9-0 victory. The following Saturday, BD traveled to Iroquois field to meet the undefeated, un- scored upon DeSales Colts. Rather than being upset, the Falcons put together what was probably their finest game of the year as they destroyed the Colts, 23-0, behind the superb play of senior running back, Tom Spencer and quarterback, Opie Harreld. Spencer ran 22 times for 93 yards and caught 3 passes for 28 yards. Harreld completed 8 of 14 passes for 143 yards. The black and white broke DeSales ' spirit the first time it had the ball. BD took the kickoff and marched 87 yards for a score, with Spencer running for the touchdown from 12 yards out. Tte key play was a 10-yd. pass from Harreld to senior, Keith Scanlon on fourth-and-six from the DeSales 36, rather than punting as the 40 Varsity Football Colts had expected. In the second half, Kavin McGrath kicked a 28-yd. field goal. Greg Butler slipped behind the Colts ' defense to receive a 7-yd. touchdown toss from Harreld. The scoring and game ended on a controversial note. On the last play of the game, Denny Nash, Jr. took the pitch-out from Harreld and then threw him about a 5-yd. pass. As the defenders moved in for the tackle, Harreld faked inside, then ram- bled to the outside for a 36-yd. touchdown run. The play brought charges of running up the score from DeSales ' coach, Ron Medrick. But neither coach could deny that the Falcons had dominated the younger Colts enroute to a 230 win. BD took on the Butler Bears in a fiercely contested match that showed in the game ' s 198 yards in penalties. BD had complete control of the first half as they built up a 20- lead. Tom Spencer scored twice on a pair of 3-yd. runs and a McGrath conver- sion gave BD a 13-0 lead. In the final minute of the half, speedy David Burks, returned a punt to the 7-yd. line. He then caught a 7-yd. pass for the touchdown and the kick gave the Falcons their 20-0 lead. In the second half, BD ' s only sore came on Denny Nash ' s 26-yd. pass to Jerry Meyer in the 4th quarter. Butler failed to complete a pass until the last two minutes. They completed a pass to the 10 and with one second showing on the clock, tossed a 3-yd. touchdown pass to avoid becoming the Falcons ' fourth straight shutout victim. The final score of the game was 27-6. BD journeyed to Owensboro, Kentucky for their second road game of the season against the Panthers of Daviess County. The Falcons barely got out of town alive as miserable weather and pouring rain nearly put a halt to BD ' s perfect record. Quarter- back, Opie Harreld, was able to unleash a 19-yd. pass to senior end, Keith Scanlon, who made a super catch in the end-zone.

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Squeezing through a hole made by the offensive line. Dave Lally gains a few yards as Ken Lieber holds off Trinity ' s Mark Pittenger. The Falcons ended Trinity ' s 22-game vA inning streak with a 10-7 victory. .c w 1 Wrestling Trinity ' s Greg McGuire to the ground is Tony Steuer as Rick Ramirez and Mike Johnson move in to assist. tiomecoming was to welcome the Falco game against Pleasure F?Tclge;Pj Week activities were held before the game. Senio the field goal kicking sophomore, Danny 0 ' al shirt decoration .com were highlighte Robin Quinlan a ing halftime of On the fi able to live Panthers stayin until the fclfth, W i leldd; oi il 9 W alm«, nnal; way their ' Pirit ays like MartM, won mpetitidn and won the tee- Activities l cGrath ' si the offena all II et; [..f iK wo ■acUgjHJai c I and 1 1 r( :he hSTTOps fs. Then Bt! 3 quick tol Joe Milliner ■ds out. Denny fi three peric trac ml a 77-yd. pass to Dave Burks scores. PRP crossed the goal of the game. The final tally wasi nents points per yq nrew , ner i ling up an average ot ime. The powerful offense mean«oublc for the Falconj ho giving flf only 4.5 points perj iwest in Jefferson County. Toe le most 6 distance Harr d ' i ncer ier play the week before on looking forward to the ' y9SftTi! ' l ' he fasted defeat in 22 games. Trinity had annihilated 8 oppo- did what it had to do, and the 1977 BD football team proved to 42 Varsity Football