Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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NCS Champs Gain Respect by: ROD Polk After an entire season of no respect from the league and the newspapers, the Pirates shocked everyone by conquering the highest plateau of prep football, the NCS title, Kevin Confetti proudly said. Their success was led by a dominating defense, enforced by All-DVAL, nose-guard, Kevin Cofetti and a powerful running attack, led by Lee Dongallo, gaining over 1000 yards Cincluding play-offsb. The Pirates gained respect just by their record, alone, by finishing 10-3 overall, and 6- 1 in league. Coach Larry Rodriguez was very elated over the successful season. He said, I feel that the season went better than expected. I also feel that next year's team can be just as fortunate, if they are dedicated enough to work hard. For the second consecutive year, Pitt tied for the DVAL title. Last year's 3-way tie for first was decided by a coin flip, leaving the Pirates at home. This year, the Pirates received a second chance at the play-offs by defeating Antioch, leaving them at home, in the last league game. Pirates showed their strength in the games that followed by dominating Kennedy 21-14, stunning Washington 17-7, and finally a 15-12 NCS title victory over Clayton Valley. Pittsburg's only league loss was dealt by Clayton Valley, setting up a rematch in the Oakland coliseum. Probably the Pirates were doubted earlier in the season because of their rocky preseason start against Clayton Valley. lJLi,LigEL'L'Ql L'lLlL'L'l3l.LlLl:fLl.l:l5 lil-iQfiJlJiQl5E

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Pitt Beats AHS NCS Bound by: Lamonte Love After beating Antioch, 19-14, Pittsburg was NCS bound, after a 5-year absence from the play off. This year was a big difference from the past years of the Big Little Game. The difference was that the game was played on a dry field - something the Pirates had hoped for all week. Also this was a year that the Pirates would not be denied a play off berth. This game we played for respect, Jason Walker commented. Yeah, also we played to show no one counts us out of the playoffs. Antioch never had a chance as the Pirates defense rose to every occasion, especially on a 4th and 1 situation when they stopped Brian Hill, the DVAL's leading rusher, whom they held to QQ yards rushing on the day. But along with the defense the offense also played its part with Donald Ray Hines leading all rushers with a 104 yards rushing, 70 yards coming on a touchdown. 1. Defensive back, Ron Polk, stiff- arms a would be Panther tackler in the process of gaining important yards. Pitt won the game 19-14. Q. Cornerbacks, Ron Polk and Xavier Venegas, hold up a Panther player for the Shaw dog calvery led by inside linebackers, Eddie Bokinskie and Lamonte Love. 3. After de- feating the Antioch Panthers, Coach Rodriguez and his sideline followers, show who's number one. 4. During a time out, Coach Shaw refreshes the defensive team's mind on the finer points of how the Shaw dog defense should be run, E-if m'mtu1'iLi1u