Bishop O Dowd High School - Mitre Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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The Defensive Backs--KNEELING: Reggie Green, Greg Gruendl, Dave Dell'Osso, Dave Demers, Art Melean, Brendan Sugure, and Anthony Crowell, STANDING: Dave Scott, Greg Meyer, Jeff Quan, Darrell Williams, Al White, June Banks, Felix Morales, Ingram Green, Bruce Laing, and Rocky Chess. LEFT Coach Taveres gives a few inspiring words during halftime TOP RIGHT Coach Cuttery and Perenon go over the rough pointsg ABOVE: Bill Ber- nal contemplates over O,Dowds situation, while at the time, takes a breather.

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win. 4 t i F i Q.. f , ,1 . K f, 'v ., ' x, I rr QP' Y A ,, Q4 Ju, -f.-A2 N - ' -w Wf- fp. 243 TOP LEFT: Bishop O'Dowd,s Mean Machine advances to the play- ing field: MIDDLE LEFT: Greg Gruendl plunges over the goal line for a score against Hayward: TOP RIGHT: Mark Graney attempts to pitch the ball out against Skyline: BOTTOM RIGHT: Dave Demers attempts to add the extra point conversion against Hayward. fp. 255 TOP LEFT: Greg Gruendl shows his strength as he gives a crushing blow to a Hayward runner: BOTTOM LEFT: O'Dowd,s defense lines up for attack against Skyline: TOP RIGHT: Unity is the Key to success for any good team, and the O'Dowd team shows their unity in a pre-game cheer: BOTTOM RIGHT: Rocky Chess, the premiere running back in the CAL, breaks loose for another big gainer. 1, , Football is a very demanding sport To be successful it takes a lot of hard work and practice. This year s varsity football team IS an example of this as they worked hard all season long Coach Tavares put it best when he said In all my eight years of coaching this team is the most willing to sacrafice and deserving to What may seperate this O Dowd football team from others 1n the past is their unique unity, Ingram Green said I think we are a great team with alot of great people who come together as one big family Darrell Williams, wide receiver probably summed up the O Dowd season best K'We started off bad, but gradually built up into a championship quality team

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EM' BB as The Offense--KNEELING: Kim Johnson, Greg Gruendl, Rocky Chess, Brendan Sugrue, and Fred Stewart, STANDING: Art Melean, Mark Graney, June Banks, Darrell Wil- liams, Harvell Guiton, and Anthony Crowell. TOP LEFT: The Bishop O'Dowd Stat Crew: Anita Battle, Kathy McGinty, Vesta Freeman, Michele Carmassi, and Renee Schmitz, TOP RIGHT: Rocky Chess and lngrim Green discuss the opening kickoff rules with the referee and Pacific High captains, BOTTOM RIGHT: Mark Seyranian takes a breather between plays. M I 5 . XSTETTYQXKXV ,gi Q v . A i Y . E it i . ..,'. 1 tst. i. f . Q 'ggilk .. 'tt , ' yr A f x ...This years varsity team was truly a unique unit. Rocky Chess said, Whatever my fame is, is the team's fame. This years team came a long way. They started as individuals and ended up as truly one big family. Bill Bernal wrapped the season up when he said, We went through a lot together, a lot of sweat, a lot of time, and we all stuck together.