Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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1V's Nathan Stockwell gets sacked by Antioch's linebacker in November 13's BLC. Brendan Patane pulls Brad Medine up after dragg- ing his opponent to the ground. IV players congratulate themselves on their first touchdown against the Antioch Panthers. The IV Pirates display their colors after whipping Antioch, 25-6. Z' , 1 Q 1 76 - iv Football r I

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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

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T s.f PIO' As if an 8-2 season weren't enough, the jV Pirate Football team knew they were . . . Plaging to Win Coach Herc Pardi called the 1987 Pirate jV Football team his pride and joy. , The jV team went 8-2 this season scoring 241 points overall. The 25 member team started practicing for the season last spring, 2 hours a day. Coach Pardi, with assistants jeff Gargalikis, Dave Kehler, and Kevin Con- fetti, have seen lots of im- provement since last year, The team had a winning at- titude from the beginning, recounted Pardi. I saw the guys improve in every phase of the game, especially our defensive players. We had some great tacklers. He was referring to Benji Simonton, joe O'Brien, and Brad Medine, who let the op- ponents score only '119 points all season. To top the season off, Pitt- sburg jV beat Antioch 25-6 in the BLG. l saw everything The jV Pirate team. Michael jordan, jesus Fernandez, Darnell Mash, Benji Simonton, joe O'Brien, Brock Kaiser, Sean Rudman, Doug Harrison, Steve Pehlke, Chad Hunt, Danny Carter, David Tyquienco, Charles Lee, Charles Stark, Steve Hines, Cory Graham, Dave Kehler, Herc Pardi, Mary jane Velasco, Michelle Dimarob, jeff Gargalikis, Kevin Con- fetti, Brad Medine, Mark Velasquez, Playing to Win -- ll the guys has worked hard on perfecting the Antioch game. We were very happy with the outcome, Added Pardi. lt was a great ending for the season. jesse Coronado was the Pirates' leading rusher, he rushed 498 yards to make 10 touchdowns. james McLen- nen, the team's leading passer and quarterback, set jV records with 865 yards passing and 53070 of his passes completed. Wide receiver Stever Hines also did well, with 1,043 all-purpose yards. Brian Stockwell and Tom Haase, the two leading receivers with 14 receptions each. The 1987 jV tri- captains were O'Brien, McLennan, and David Abitz. What best summed up the 1987 jV Pirates? Pardi believ- ed, lntensity. - Arthur McKune Deborah jogopulus, Nicole Cruz, Rachel Pentecostes, Christie Barret, Rachel Orsi, Laurie Partain, Annette Matamoroz, Sean Culcasi, Tom Haase, Lauren Blythe, jose Alcan- tara, Danny Flores, David Abitz, jesse Coronado, Brendan Patane, james McLennan, Hassan Robbins, joel Buchero, George Lumbre, Fred Mixon, Kevin Costanza, Gino Car- rera, Nathan Stockwell.