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

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New coach takes charge Under the direction of new head coach, Tony Riehl, the Falcons started the season off on the right foot by beating Atherton on their home floor, 58-52. Heading the Falcon scoring attack were junior center. Jay Sodini with 21, senior guard, Danny Wolfe with 14, and junior reserve forward, Kenny Vittitow with 13. The team then invaded the PRP gym and brought home their second victory in as many tries, 59-48. Again, Danny Wolfe and Jay Sodini led the team, scoring 22 and 18 points respectively. Then came the highly ranked Butler Bears. The team stayed close until the end of the 3rd quar- ter when they found themselves down by 18. This margin was too much to over- come as the final result was a 73-52 victory for the Bears. On to Central, and by half-time, the Falcons ' feathers had been plucked and the score was 45-28. Despite Jay Sodini ' s 23 points. Central prevailed 79-60. Then came the neighborhood rival, Western Warriors. As the lead changed hands con- tinuously, Joe Roberts ' 27 and Jay Sodini ' s 20 helped the Falcons to a one-point vic- toiv, 73-72. Traveling on to the Oldham County Christmas Tournament, the Trinity Shamrocks sent the team back home after the first game with a 90-54 loss. After the Christmas break, the team started the New Year right with a 63-54 victory over Shaw- nee. Once again, strong performances were given by Jay Sodini (22 pts.) and Joe Roberts (19 pts.) Collecting two points guard. Rick Curtis, drives for a layup against Trinity. The Falcons fell short of points that night and lost, 73-65. Being closely hounded by a Trinity defender, Danny Wolfe looks for an open man underneath. Varsity Basketball 53

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Battling for rebounding position, Jay Sodini and Dedtrick Chandler of Western, prepare to go after tfie balL The Falcons finally prevailed, 73-72, in a close, tough battle. Going up to block this shot by Trinity ' s Brian Her- brecht is Joe Roberts. More than one blocked shot was needed as the Rocks prevailed, 73-65. 52 Varsity Basketball r

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Doss game another thriller VARSITY BASKETBALL RESULTS Won 7 Lost 15 BD 58 Atherton 52 BD 59 PRP 48 BD 52 Butler 73 BD 60 Central 79 BD 72 Western 71 BD 54 Trinity 90 BD 63 Shawnee 54 BD 52 Doss 62 BD 60 Fairdale 66 BD 76 Southern 80 BD 62 Beth Haven 57 BD 80 Western 60 BD 61 St.X 62 BD 55 Stuart 56 BD 65 Valley 77 BD 64 Edmonson Coun 89 BD 63 Thomas Jeffersoi 69 BD 69 Providence 47 BD 58 DeSales 73 BD 65 Trinity 73 BD 40 Iroquois 52 BD 61 Western 73 Drawing a crowd, the likes of taller Warriors like Don Deputy (22), Rick Curtis tries to find some way to get rid of the ball. The Falcons went on to a 1 point vie tory. The most exciting game of the year followed that Friday night against the highly regarded Doss Dragons. Down by 10 at the half, the Falcons fought back to within 1 at the end of the 3rd quarter and had tied the score as the 4th quarter hom sounded (50-50). Both teams slowed the pace down which resulted in a 52-52 tie at the end of the first overtime. But without the services of center. Jay Sodini, who had fouled out and taken 16 points with him, the team was at a height disadvantage and seemed to die in the 2nd overtime. They were outscored 10-0 for a final 62-52 set- back. Reserve forward, Tom Spencer, turned in an excellent performance scoring 14 points to back up Jay for scoring honors. The Doss game took the air out of the Falcons as they dropped their next two games to Fairdale and Southern, the latter being another overtime loss despite a super game from Sodini and Rick Curtis. They scored 24 and 20 points respectively. Then came the snow. This was a blessing in disguise as the Falcons took an eleven-day break and ended their three-game skid by beating Beth Haven, 62-57 behind Joe Roberts ' 26. Another ten-day break and on came the Warriors for the second time in the season. Joe Roberts ' 18 and Rick Curtis ' 15 led the Falcons to their second largest victory for the year, 80-60. The snow went away and bad luck came back. The team dropped their next 5 straight to St. X, Stuart, Valley, Edmonson Co., and Thomas Jefferson. Jay Sodini scored 35 points which was a personal and team high for the year. Led by Sodini ' s 25 and Joe Scheler ' s 12, the Falcons broke the spell with a 69-47 whipping of Providence. This 22-point margin was the best of the year. On came our Catholic, southend rival, DeSales and at halftime the team found themselves up by one point. But DeSales ' experience paid off as the Falcons lost at the end 73-58. Next was the rematch with the Trinity Shamrocks and the Falcons were led in a balanced scoring attack by Rick Curtis who had returned after a shoulder injury. The Falcons made it a little closer this time, but still lost, 73-65. A loss to Iroquois, 52-46, ended the regular season with a record of 7 wins and 14 losses which was still a considerable im- provement over the previous year ' s record. 54 Varsity Basketball