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

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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

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The come- back kids Something special was needed to keep the Trinity victory in the background and a special game it was, for a victory over Valley would give Coach Denny Nash his 100th victory as a head football coach. It is a feat rarely accomplished, and Coach Nash would be the only coach in Jefferson County with this honor. The players seemed determined to do their part and on the third play of the game, Opie Harreld hit Joe Milliner with a 63yd. pass play to give the Falcons their first score. In the second quarter, Greg Alvey intercepted a Viking pass and returned it to the Valley 5. Three plays later, Harreld scored from the 1 and Kavin McGrath ' s second conversion gave BD a 140 half- time lead. Feeling that was not enough, the team took the second half kickoff and drove 52 yards in 16 plays for another score. The tally came on Tom Spencer ' s 1-yd. run. Valley then took the ball and marched 85 yards for a score, with 2 BD penalties keeping the drive alive on the 9. The Falcons counteredwith Tom Spencer ' s 2nd touchdown on a 31 -yd. screen pass from Harreld. Valley came back to score on a 10-yd. pass. After the barrage was over, the Falcons were 28- 14 victors over the Vikings and Coach Nash had his 100th victory in his 14th season at BD. All the team needed to cap their second undefeated regular season was a victory over the Tigers. St. X had lost four games during the year and found out the night before that they were out of the playoffs. They knew the only way they could go out winners was to knock off the Number one team. St. X took a 6-0 lead into the locker room at half time on Terry Cooper ' s two field goals. The last one, coming on the last play of the half, was a 52-yarder, believed to be the longest in Kentucky high school football. The Falcon offense sputtered most of the night, it was not until 6:09 remained that they came up with the big play to get through the Tiger game as quarterback, Opie Harreld, lined up as halfback. Nash pitched to Harreld who ran to his right Going absolutely nowhere is this St. X runner who is wrapped up by Tony Steuer (65), Don Mingus (80) and assisted by Dennis Mount (73). The Falcons ' before turning and firing across field to Nash who scooted over the goal line for an 18-yd. pass play. Kavin McGrath ' s conver- sion gave the Falcons a 7-6 lead and they appeared on the road to another victory. St. X had other ideas, however, as a BD punt was returned 72 yards for a score by Mark Eberenz with only 1 minute, 10 seconds remaining. It appeared it would be the second straight year the Tigers had beaten the Falcons on a kick return. But BD had other plans. David Burks nearly broke it open on the kickoff return before being brought down at the BD 45. The Falcons then reached into their bag of tricks again for something called flea- flicker-left. Harreld threw a 10-yd. pass to senior, Chris Corder, but as the defenders moved in for the tackle, he turned and flip- ped the ball to Joe Milliner who raced to the St. X 5. On the first play, Harreld spotted hopes for their second undefeated season were shat- tered in the St- X upset, 13-7. Milliner open in the end zone, but as he turned to catch the pass, he slipped on the wet, artificial turf. Harreld was then sacked for a 5-yd. loss and offsetting penalties brought up the game ' s final play. Harreld threw to Nash who looked for a receiver on the split-end pass. Seeing no one open, he headed for the end zone. Nash was finally brought down on the 5 after a noble effort. Even though they were no longer un- beaten, they gave the fans their money ' s worth in earning the nickname of the Never-Say-Die Falcons in the 13-7 loss. The Fairdale game was the team ' s first playoff game since 1973 and the Falcons were picked to win their first playoff game ever. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs had other ideas. The black and white defense kept Fairdale under control the first half, allowing only four first downs and 30 yards rushing. BD piled up nine first downs and 183 yards rushing, with Joe Milliner getting 44 Varsity Football