Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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5' fi! iii 2 if Anthony Turner, David Bookout and Danny Beshears celebrate their win. Pirates' offense goes head up with the Panthers' defense. David Bookput hands off to Willie Turner who scores. Craig Pineda forces himself to go head-on with the Panthers l 1 PittsburgfAnti0Ch BLG

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R is The Varsity team runs through a sign nade by the cheerleaders. lilolding Tight! Danny Beshears olding onto the ball and running for aardage. rw Varsity Team, Left to Right, Back: Bart Bologna, Mario McCoy, Leonard Daniels, Manny DeSantiago, Arturo Rodriguez, joe Caspers, Don Shep- pard, Charles Guy, Mike Brinkman, Tim Layfield, Mike Russo. Third Row: jim jacobson, jamie McCoy, joe Coniglio, Andres Yount, Lex Corliss, Robert Hosmer, Craig Pineda, Steve Orlando, Mike Cobb, Randy Watkins, Chad Whermeister, Kirk Sullivan. Second Row: Ed Castillo, Mike Orlando, Steve Ramirez, joa- quin Mixon, Willie Turner, Marcus Muldrow, Danny Beshears, jerome Varsity Football -- ll ,T E' of A, ' Sandoval, David Bookout, Mike Taylor, Aaron Turner. Front Row: Eric Tiscareno, Gerardo Fernandez, Tony Rios, Andrew Trias, Mike jiminez, james Blakley, jose Rubio, Mike Bazinet, Mike Cobb, and Christopher Cox.

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oe Caspers shows all his might in tackling a Panther. ike Orlando blocks a Panther for David Bookout to scramble. 'illie Turner dives to score for the Pirates. Pirates Retire 435 and Panthers 1 Down by mistake, fullback Willie Turner gets tackled by Antioch's defense. The Big Little game ended in glory for the . . . Pirates Retire H35 and Panthers On a festive day, set up to retire the uniform of john Henry johnson, Pirate great from 1946-48, the Pirates contributed to the hoopla with a 31-13 victory over the Antioch Panthers. With back-up quarterback, David Bookout, running the club, Antioch scored the first time they got the ball. Pro- spects for a third straight vic- tory over Antioch looked dim. However, a pep talk delivered by john Henry johnson at breakfast had the Pirates in a no lose mood. The Pirates took their next possession and moved 45 yards. They kicked a field goal and never struggled after that. By half-time, the Pirates led 17-7. After a scoreless 3rd quarter and over one-half of the 4th, Willie Turner turned into the star of the game and crushed the hopes of the Panthers. Turner scored twice in the 4th quarter, on a 61 yard run, and the other on a 50 yard run. Turner finished the game with 188 yards rushing and his season with 1019 yards to finish second in the all-time Pirate rushers. I got some key blocks to- day and that's the main thing, Turner said. This was the main event. This one game makes the whole season. Both teams play just to win this game and nothing else matter. This was a total team effort for the Pirates. The Pirates showed their honored guest that football at Pittsburg is still tops. - Colleen Flannery 175