Junípero Serra High School raditions T Volume 28, Number 1 Winter 2002

Florida Invitational Highlights Padre Skills in the nation. All of Serra’s games against Bellarmine were chal- he highlight of the Padre soccer season was its three-day T lenging, but extremely well-played, according to coach Aparicio. Puma Invitational in Tampa, Florida just before Christmas. “We played well, and dominated the game, we just could not Although they placed fourth in their bracket, with two wins put it in the net,” said Aparicio. and two losses, the team saw the prestigious tournament as a step Finishing the season in second place in the WCAL, the Serra up in Serra soccer. team will lose two outstanding seniors next year. Both Kalechi “The program got so much better because of the tournament,” Igwe (shown in photo) and Tony Gonzales have played on the said head coach Enrique Aparicio, who was impressed with the varsity team since they were freshmen, and “have been stand-out quality of the teams that they played against. players all along,” said their coach. “Every game they played was good, physical soccer,” he said. “Not one team was weak, and you can only get better by playing good teams.” At home, during league play, the Padres faced only one oppo- nent tougher than themselves — Bellarmine, which is ranked #1 Junípero Serra High School 451 West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403-1385 (650) 345-8207 Fax: (650) 573-6638 www.serrahs.com Return Service requested 2001 SERRA REUNION

Grammar School Gang At left, these Class of 1981 Padres date their friendship back to grammar school at St. Matthew’s. Clock- wise from top right: Scott DiS- anto, Tom Sullivan, Joe Kmak, Jim Desler,Chuck Flannigan and Scott Rollandi. The Old Guard Twelve members of the Class of 1951, bottom left, gathered for an impromptu photo shoot during the night’s festivi- ties. Left to Right: Brian Bennett, Michael Lombardi, Pat O’Leary, Ward Jennings, Jim Hayes, Les Vac- cari, Charles Ryan, Bob Ughe, Buck Schott, Bob Watkins, Tom Healy and Frank Mullaney. Reconnecting Sean McGee ’91, Mark Mauro ’92, Ron Ortiz ’91 and Brad Leary ’91, below, met up with younger alumni, while Fr.Stephen Howell, bottom, caught up with Greg Richmond ’81.

Reunion Announcement 2002 If you are in the Class of ’52, ’62, ’67 ’72, ’77, ’82 or ’92.... This is your class reunion year!

Mark your calendars for October 12, 2002, and if you want to lend a hand, contact the Alumni Office at (650) 573-9935.

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he morning of September 11, 2001 was a moment of profound tragedy for the nation and was a T watershed moment for our students, as they grappled with the meaning of life in the context of senseless terrorism. After the first period of classes that day, the Junipero Serra community celebrated Mass in the gym, allowing us to pray together as a family. In the days, weeks and months that have followed, we have continued to help our students process the shock of those cowardly attacks, and now, as we approach the renewal season of Easter, we are beginning to examine the ways in which September 11th has enriched our lives. Out of the terror of that day came countless blessings. New babies have brought joy to young widows whose husbands perished in the World Traditions is a quarterly publication for Trade Center and in the Pentagon. Children have begun to understand the alumni and friends true glory of the flag to which they pledge allegiance. Americans whose of Junipero Serra High School daily routines resembled a frantic rat race more than a meaningful journey Phone (650) 345-8207 through life have begun to slow down, and spend less time at work and Letters Welcome! Fax (650) 573-6638 more time with their families. More and more people are returning to a life Tell us what you think of Traditions! of faith and are trusting in a higher power to help them love their neighbors Do you have an opinion on articles President in the face of violence and fear. But perhaps most importantly, the youth of that have appeared in this magazine? Father Stephen H. Howell Please send us your thoughts. This is the country, in whose memory the collapse of the World Trade Center will [email protected] your opportunity to ask us anything, represent an enormous loss of innocence, have shouldered the realities of a whether it’s something you’ve always wondered about or a something specific Principal new future. you’d like to read about. Traditions is Michael Peterson At Junípero Serra, our hope is that our students, helped along by written for you, and we want to serve IDENTIFY THese junior scientists! [email protected] their teachers and mentors, will make this uncertain future brighter. In the your interests! We have no idea who this photo depicts or where it was taken! Please help us identify these six months that have passed since September 11th, Barry Bonds and his Padres! In the next issue of Traditions, this photo will be reprinted with guesses from Serra Mail, fax or e-mail letters to alumni. We can be reached via e-mail, mail or fax. All contact information can be found on the Alumni Affairs and Development incredible home-run record helped a grieving America unite over its glori- Sara Cecchin left-hand side of this page. Director ous national pastime — baseball. At the beginning of the new year, a fresh- Junipero Serra High School Russ Bertetta ‘67 faced second-year quarterback named Tom Brady helped seal a Super Bowl 451 W. 20th Avenue [email protected] victory and gave Americans a true role model for their young sons. And San Mateo, CA 94403 MISSING VALEDICTORI- St. Catherine Grads closer to home, eight Serra students learned the true meaning of “love thy Public Relations Director Fax (650) 345-6202 Junipero Serra is planning to recognize alumni Are you a graduate of St. Catherine of Siena neighbor” when they spent a week simplifying their lives and helping those [email protected] Sara Cecchin who gave the valedictory address at their gradua- School? We are in the proces of creating a [email protected] less fortunate than themselves on a Navajo reservation in Pinon, Arizona. tion. A plaque listing all of Serra’s vsledictorians database and need names. If you attended the Enjoy this issue of “Traditions,” enjoy connecting with your Padre will be showcased in the main lobby. school or have information regarding former Circulation spirit, and as we approach Easter, give thanks for the gifts we’ve received in However, we have been unable to discover classmates, please contact the school at 1300 Moya Goddard the midst of tragedy. the valedictorians for the Classes of 1947, 1948, Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010 [email protected] Sara Cecchin or e-mail [email protected], giving current 1949, 1950, 1951,1955 and 1957. If you can & Gail DeFoe Editor help us with this information, please contact address details and class year. [email protected] the Development Office at (650) 573-9935. We are also looking for copies of the gradu- On the Cover: Tom Brady ’95. ation program for the classes of 1948, 1949, Photo by Associated Press 1950, 1953 and 1957. photographer Tony Gutierrez.

30 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 3 around the halls IN MEMORIAM Baby Padres Mrs. Susan G. De Lora passed Creativity in Tight Quarters away on August 15, 2001 at 67 Michael Duggan and Patrick Duggan ‘71 and his wife, years of age. She is survived by her ART PROGRAM OUTGROWS ITS SPACE Friends Melissa, celebrated the arrival of their husband Ronald De Lora and her son, Michael Henry Patrick on August 25, 2001. children Karen De Lora, Thomas De Lora and his wife, Kim, and hen she first came to Serra, fine arts teacher W Mike Galloway ‘81 and his wife Leslie David DeLora and his wife Wendy. Peggy Farrell moved into a storage facility behind the football welcomed new son Matthew Robert Susan worked in the Junipero Serra field and set up a rudimentary classroom space for Serra’s first on October 8, 2001. Matthew shares business office from 1980 to 1987, art program. his birthday with grandfather George and was active in the community Four years later, space is getting tighter and tighter. Galloway, and joins siblings Ryan and around San Carlos. Claire. With six classes and almost 150 students, the art program is thriving, and more than ready for bigger digs. John Kohnke ‘83 and his wife Rose Mrs. Natalie Conley, the mother of “If it keeps growing, I don’t know what we’re going celebrated the birth of their baby boy, Carl Anthony, on August 18, 2001. Thomas, a freshman at Serra, died to do,” said Farrell. “We’re pretty much at maximum capacity on October 1, 2001. She is survived A second child, Christian Ernst, was born to Mark DeLuna ‘83 and his wife by her husband, Tom. right now.” Jessica, on October 19, 2001, in Miami, Florida. Keep us posted! A new wing devoted to arts and music is at the heart Mrs. Helen Virginia Pagendarm, of a major capital improvement project slated to break ground George Zorb ‘84 and his wife Kathryn celebrated the birth of their daughter an active Serra Mothers’ Club in 2004 or 2005, but in the meantime, Farrell has to get cre- Jessica Alice on October 1, 2001. member who served as president in Your fellow Padres want to know ative in order to give her students more elbow room. 1967-68, passed away on October James Kohnke ‘84 and his wife Cathy welcomed their second child, Kristin what you’ve been up to! If you “We sit outside a lot when it’s nice, and we experi- Marie, on August 27, 2001. The Kohnkes live in San Ramon. 27, 2001 at 80 years of age. She was recently married, just celebrated the ment with different table configurations,” she said. the wife of Richard Pagendarm and birth of a baby, started a new job, Improved storage space is what Farrell looks forward Shawn DeLuna ‘86 and his wife Michele welcomed their fifth child, Gianna the loving mother of Richard ‘62, Michele, on October 18, 2001. The family resides in San Mateo. or retired, let us know! Feel free to to most in the new building. William ‘97 and Robert ‘69. include a snapshot with your news! “It would be really nice to have cabinets and shelves A son, Noah Stephen, was born to John Klobuchar ‘86 and his wife Cindy Father Robert G. Stadler, who that are built in,” she said. on January 22, 2002. served on the Junipero Serra faculty “I just hate seeing the kids so cramped. It’s hard for Brian Vidosh ‘86 and his wife Kirsten welcomed for 15 years, died on December 20, me to help them, because I can’t even squeeze around the new son Sean Joseph in 2001. Sean joins his older Nicholaus 2001 in Oakvale, CA. after a long Waizenegger Send news to: corners of the room.” sister Ashley. illness. He was 79 years old and “We’re pretty Despite her space limitations, Farrell is discovering more talented artists each had been a priest for 53 years. After Junipero Serra High School much at day. She is constantly amazed at what the students in her classes accomplish, Dean Carboni ‘87 and his wife Krissie announced leaving Serra in 1973, Father Stadler Development Office the birth of their son Trevor Dominic in 2001. Trevor was the founding pastor of St. Luke’s 451 W. 20th Avenue and believes that in this arena, they truly benefit from working in a single-gender joins older sister Samantha. maximum capac- environment. Parish in Foster City. San Mateo, CA. 94044 Chris Fleischer ‘88 and his wife Michelle announced or, via e-mail, to ity right now.” “It’s a great opportunity to teach boys when girls aren’t around,” she said. Mr. Vincent Raney, the architect “Girls are more open to their feelings, they work faster, they’re more excited the arrival of their second son, William Connor, in [email protected] — Fine Arts October 2001. Will joins his older brother Charlie. who designed Junipero Serra High about the art. They’re not necessarily better artists, or more creative — they just School, died on December 31, 2001. Teacher don’t think, ‘I’m gonna look like a dork.’” Chris Waizenegger ‘89 and his wife Jeanne DeFoe He was the father of Gerard Raney, Peggy Without the distraction of girls, Farrell says her Serra students are more cre- Waizenegger welcomed their first son Nicholaus Class of 1958, and the grandfather of ative and more expressive. James on November 27, 2001. Nicholaus is the Brendan Raney, Class of 2001. nephew of James DeFoe ’87 and John DeFoe’91, Farrell “They’re a little more free — it’s not so uncool to create art,” she said. and his proud grandmother, Gail DeFoe, has Dylan Cappel ’96 passed away In fact, as the program grows and she learns more about what the students are Kaya Bertetta worked at Serra for 14 years. willing to tackle, the art projects are becoming more wide-ranging and unique. on January 23, 2002 after battling cancer for six months. At his bedside “I have no boundaries in terms of what I try,” she said. “Basically, the kids are Josh Bertetta ‘94 and Melissa Anthony welomed their second son, Kaya, into the world on were his fiance, Patti Giandonato, his up for anything.” November 19, 2001. Josh is enrolled in a doctoral parents Barbara and Larry, and his So far this year, the boys have drawn their own comic strips, created Chinese program in Mythology at Pacifica University in sisters Marissa and Jena Rose. writings, designed masks, and pastel work and watercolor is on the agenda for Carpenteria. the second half of the year. Mrs. Dorothy McCormick passed Examples of the students’ artwork have been on display in the main entrance away on February 7, 2002. She was of the school for most of the academic year. the president of the Junipero Serra “They do beautiful work,” said Farrell. Mothers’ Auxiliary during the 1950- 51 school year.

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West’s Church Lending Division Division. Conference. John will graduate in in Walnut Creek. He and his family June with a degree in Sociology. Trivia! live in Pleasanton. Jerry Schembri Mansour Elhili was commissioned and his wife had a baby girl, Nora ’93 in December as a Second Lieutenant PADRES HUNT DOWN ODDBALL FACTS Dan Fannon married Jennifer Elizabeth, on February 9, 2001. in the U.S. Air Force. He began pilot Lewis on October 6, 2001 at Old The Schembri family lives in San training in January at Columbus comes to how off-the-wall the ques- Saint Patrick’s Church in Chicago, hile most of the Serra com- Mateo. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wills Air Force Base in Missouri. He W tions — generated by contest founder Illinois. Chris DeLuna is engaged munity was glued to the television welcomed their son Cameron Elliot is a graduate of San Jose State’s Dr. Bob Hunter — can be. He’s on the to be married to Elena Wood in watching quarterback Tom Brady win on February 26, 2001. Aviation Operations program. lookout all year round, searching for May 2002. Both Chris and Elena the Super Bowl in New Orleans on questions that will stump the competi- graduated from the University of February 4, over 35 Serra students ’90 Southern California in 1999. tors. were putting the finishing touches on Robert Carlson married Annette ’98 “I use a 3x5 card file box to store Patrick Carey received an Natividad on August 11, 2001 their answers to the Millard Fillmore honorable mention from the my questions,” said Hunter, who in San Carlos. Classmates Tom ’95 Trivia Hunt. Anthony Bruno graduated California Collegiate Athletic graduated from Serra in 1950. “ I’m Maffei and Kevin Benson served as “We heard the very end of the game from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Association on November 3, 2001, reading the Chronicle, or I’m travel- groomsmen. Steven McLaughlin on a portable radio,” said the teams’ in June of 2001 with a B.S. in in recognition of his leadership for ling with my wife, or I’m reading a recently proposed to his fiance Mechanical Engineering, and is CSU Stanislaus’ soccer team. Carey co-captain, Carl Roque. Heather Costino at Heidelburg book, and I’ll see something interest- currently working full-time as a is a senior defender and led the team But with the excitement and inten- Castle in Germany. Heather is the ing. I say, ‘Hold it! There’s a Millard project engineer with Critchfield with four goals. Jason Karcher was sity of the 34th Annual trivia contest, sister of Aaron Custino ’88 and question.’” Mechanical in Menlo Park. Tom inducted into the honor society of Brady’s drive down the Super Dome Derrick Custino ’86. Steven is The contest began in Hunter’s own Ellerhorst recently became engaged Phi Kappa Phi in May of 2001. He field almost paled in comparison. currently working for his family’s classroom at Carlmont High School, to Kacie Bonner, a 1995 graduate of also served as the president of the “You wouldn’t think trivia is some- business and commanding an Army as a way to challenge his students’ Mercy High School. After Tom Beta Psi chapter of Phi Kappa Tau thing that is that intense, but it is,” said Reserve Boat Company at Mare knowledge of history. Named after one graduates from dental school in at CSU Long Beach. Roque, a junior who has participated Island. of the least-known and more “trivial” June, they will set a wedding in the fact-finding scavenger hunt for date. Christian Hammack is an U.S. presidents, it slowly grew, and in three years. ’91 Engineering Technician for the city ’99 1979 Serra students began to compete. The trivia contest, which runs from James Masetti married Susan of San Mateo. Now in his sophomore year at San The Scavengers In the 23 years the Padres have Jose State University, Nicholas Friday afternoon to Sunday night, Smith on November 3, 2001 at the Left to right: been part of the trivia hunt, they’ve Ferraro is the pledge master for Co-Captain Nick challenges local high school students Church of Santa Maria in Orinda. won the contest four times. This year, Father Stephen Howell officiated, ’96 the CSUSJ chapter of Sigma Chi. Wong, Mr. Vogel, to track down obscure and little- Joe Nolan saw his first article they took fourth place. and Joseph Masetti ’87 served as Jonathan Boitano is a junior at the Co-Captain Carl published in the Oakland Tribune on known facts about history, pop culture, best man. Diane Masetti, mother University of Arizona, majoring in Roque, Logan Rock- The loss to Carlmont was a bitter October 6, 2001. The subject matter music and famous personalities. of the groom, was a secretary at Environmental Engineering. more, Anson Thar- pill to swallow, especially after so was close to home. He profiled The teams not only have to find the Serra for 12 years. Kwasi Ray was ayanil, Alex Aycinena little sleep during the three days of Serra alumnus Barry Bonds’ first answers — they also have to provide married on September 1, 2001 in and Pierre Idiart. competition. mammoth home run, dating back sources and documentation. Charlotte, North Carolina, to Melissa ’00 “Sunday night you’re running on to when he was a freshman, and Garrett Larsen was named Most Hendricks. They were married at the “The hit the ball out of Central Park in Improved Player of 2001 for the fumes, and on Monday, there’s noth- Johnson Smith University Church. contest is an San Mateo. University of Pacific’s Division ing left,” said Roque. Joel Gallardo is currently working exercise in I men’s volleyball team. He was Senior Nick Wong, also a co-cap- as a program coordinator for the research skill also employed by the 49ers over tain, said “you lose three days out U.S. House of Representatives in and creativ- ’97 the summer. Michael Esola will of your life” by participating in the Washington D.C. ity,” said Jonathan DeLuna graduated with complete his sophomore year at contest, but that’s all part of the fun. Admissions honors from the University of San the University of San Francisco Hunter enjoys seeing the enthusi- Director ’92 Diego in 2001 with a degree in this year. Majoring in Natural asm that has provided the momentum Justin Moresco married Birte Ocean Studies and Environmental Randy Vogel, for his little trivia contest over the Scholz on October 27, 2001 Studies. John Langridge was who serves years. in Sausalito. Classmate Miles recently named Most Inspirational as moderator “So much of our lives deal with in- Conrad was best man, and Dominic Player at the Portland State for the team. formation retrieval and problem-solv- Cagnacci, also class of 1992, was University football banquet. He There are a groomsman. Chris Rende is led the team in sacks and received ing,” he said. “This is good practice.” currently serving the U.S. Army in honorable mention for his play as no boundar- Germany as part of the First Infantry defensive end at the All Big Sky ies when it

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Zlatunich and his wife Tery In Via Award celebrated 25 years of marriage. Phil and Tery have two sons currently Flying With MONSIGNOR ARMSTRONG attending Serra, Ian ’04 and Paul ’05. Phil is the project manager for body’s All Saints’ Day Mass. Ramcon Plumbing in San Carlos, Pride everend R When asked about this year’s and lives in Burlingame. Serra High School received a spe- Monsignor Peter recipient, President Stephen Howell cial delivery just after Christmas — a G. Armstrong, the commented that “Monsignor Arm- flag that flew over the USS Vella Gulf retired pastor of ’74 during combat operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. strong’s life of service to the Church St. Pius Parish in Jim Doherty has been a produce U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, Juan Orozco, from the class in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, exporter for 22 years. He and his Redwood City, of ’86, has never forgotten his Serra roots, and wanted to demonstrate his commitment to youth, and his wife Liz currently live in San his appreciation for the school with a military flourish. Along with was presented The Proud Recipi- support for Junípero Serra during his Rafael with their daughter Lindsey the flag, he presented a formal certificate from the ship’s officers and with the InVia Award on November ent tenure as Pastor of St. Pius make him and triplets Kathryn, Matthew and crew, citing Serra’s “support to our great nation.” 1, 2001, as a tribute to the role he has Left to right: Alumni a worthy choice for this honor.” Christine. Orozco says Serra “reinforced the basic fundamental principles Relations and De- played in Serra’s history. which have allowed me to succeed.” Monsignor Armstrong has served velopment Director The annual award is given to a “I think of my time at Serra and treasure every moment,” he Russ Bertetta, Mon- St. Pius since the early 70’s and retired ’75 added. non-alumni who by word and deed Dave Torre is vice president of signor Armstrong, last summer. He now resides in the The USS Vella Gulf serves as a combat operation center, and is has supported the ideals of Catholic Administration and Controller Principal Michael town of Occidental, California, outside responsible for managing airspace encompassing a 220-mile radius. education and especially of Junípero of Atheros Communications, a Peterson and Father of Santa Rosa. While aircraft carriers send around-the-clock sorties of aircraft to Serra High School. start-up company that provides Joseph Bradley. bomb targets in the last remaining strongholds of the Al Qaida terror- The presentation took place in the wireless networking technologies ist organization, the Vella Gulf makes sure that everything in the air is Serra gymnasium during the student to businesses. He currently lives in going according to plan. San Carlos. Junipero Serra Award ’78 In August 2001, Chris Stephens FATHER LEN CALEGARI ’52 stepped up the plate as the new ’82 Carmel Church on June 30, 2001 director of planning for Ventura Desmond Hurley teaches special in Redwood City. Ken is a computer County. Stephens lives in Ventura education in Clarks Point, Alaska, consultant and his new wife is a human Calegari with his wife Adrienne, and their ather Len Calegari ‘52 of St. where he lives with his family, resources specialist. The couple now F has shown three children, Graham, Emily Peter’s parish in Pacifica was the including daughter Alannah and son lives in Livermore. Chris Bronzini himself to and Clark. On July 7, 2001, Kevin proud recipient of the Junípero Serra Desmond. married Sabrina Fornesi on February be a pillar Hogan celebrated a commitment 9, 2002 in San Francisco. Members Award on October 3, 2001. of service ceremony to his partner of ten years. of the wedding party included Bill Bishop John Wester celebrated Kevin is currently an administrator to not only ’84 McLaughlin ‘86, Rey Bronzini morning Mass in Father Calegari’s at Northgate Care Center in San Michael Shreve and his wife Kaila his parish ‘89, Gian Bronzini ‘92, Nick honor inside the Serra gymnasium. Rafael. Mark Carillo recently Mallette, Ph.D. relocated to Beruit, but also to Bronzini ‘97 and Sandro Fornesi The prestigious award is presented moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where Lebanon to teach at the American ‘98. the entire annually to an alumnus of Junípero he works as the Beverage Shift University of Lebanon. They are community Reminiscing Manager at the Paris Las Vegas learning Arabic and raising their Serra High School who exemplifies of Pacifica. Father Calegari Hotel. He and his wife Erin were daughter Evangeline. ’88 through his life the goals and objec- points out his class “Father Calegari demonstrates After nine years of service with tives of Catholic education. photo after the married on January 17, 2002. to our students that it is possible to Fairmont Hotels, Michael Coughlin Father Calegari was ordained in morning Mass in his ’85 was transferred to the San Jose live out your beliefs on a daily basis, 1963 and has worn many hats in his honor. John Heckenkemper married Lisa property and promoted to Assistant which is what the Junipero Serra ’80 Bishop on August 18, 2001 in Lake years as a priest, including a return trip Controller. Michael now lives in award is all about,” said Russ Bertetta, In October of 2001, Grant DuBois Tahoe, CA. to Junípero Serra from 1967 to 1969 South San Francisco. Director of Alumni Affairs and Devel- received his residential real estate as a mathematics teacher and basket- opment at Serra. agent’s license, and he will team up ball coach. with his wife Carrie, who practices ’86 “He is a tremendous example of ’89 But it is as pastor of St. Peter’s real estate with Coldwell Banker Ken Woofter married Mary Jonathon Green and his wife Carrie the many caring alumni in our com- O’Keefe at Our Lady of Mount parish for the past 20 years that Father in San Carlos. met their baby girl Meghan Mallery munity and all over the world,” he added.

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NEWS & NOTES published by Michigan State California. University Press in 2001. He now The Lion King lives in Marquette, Michigan. ’65 ’50 Larry Raffo became the new SERRA SENIOR SHARES GOOD LUCK After 18 years with the Catholic assistant superintendent of the Diocese of Arkansas, William Hillsborough City School District ’63 in July of 2001. Larry’s son, Tim Hartmann recently retired as the Jim Alich is an IT Technical Senior Ian Williams helped ring in the Chinese New Year in graduated in June from Seattle Director of Finance. He previously Analyst for Abbott Laboratories. spectacular fashion this year, as the ‘head’ of a lion in his martial University with a degree in business served as the CFO for Jacuzzi He currently lives in Crystal Lake, arts performing troupe. management, while his daughter International, where he worked for Illinois with his three teenage Kathleen began her second year at “In the Chinese culture, lions are good luck, and supposedly 24 years. Bill and his wife Claire daughters, Becky, Missy and chase out bad spirits,” said Ian. reside in Little Rock, Arkansas, the University of San Diego this Sarah. His lion dance team is called into action throughout the year, and have five children and 17 year. grandchildren. In his retirement, mostly for weddings, grand openings and parades, and they’ve Bill will continue his ministry as ’64 ’68 travelled as far away as Utah and Hawaii. After 30 years of service with a deacon. In March 2001 Jim James Hagarty accepted the The Lion Dance itself is performed by two ‘dancers’ — one at the Daly City Police Department, Graziani retired after 42 years as position of Assistant United States the head and one at the tail of the lion. It is accompanied by drums, Michael Scott was promoted a stockbroker. Making his home at Attorney for the Eastern District of gongs and cymbals, which help symbolically chase away evil. To to the rank of Captain. Julian the Silverado Country Club, Jim is Washington in November of 2001. enhance the ‘life’ of the lion, the eyelids, mouth and ears of the Sabbatini recently retired from pursuing several hobbies, including Prior to this new role, James was lion’s head all move. the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer golf, duck hunting and the study of the elected Prosecuting Attorney for Corps after completing over 29 Holding up the lion head at the front of the procession, Ian says the California Indians. Klickitat County. He now resides in years of active duty. He now is a it gets hot and sweaty, but he loves playing the crowd, and enter- Yakima, Washington. principal at Jacobs Facilities, Inc., taining people. ’56 and resides in Annapolis, Maryland. Lion dancing has been a part of his life since he was nine years After 39 years of marriage, William After 35 years with the FBI as a ’70 old, when he first started learning kung fu, and tagged along with Killilea’s wife Diane passed away Special Agent, William Hughes, In October 2001, Walter Rees was his dance team to learn how to play the instruments. on June 28, 2000. William has seven Jr. officially retired last year and promoted to the rank of Assistant When he was 12, he started taking turns as the ‘head’ of the children and thirteen grandchildren, is now a senior investigator with Chief of Police at the Santa Clara and currently works as the vice lion, and for three years now, he’s been dancing in front of larger the Passaic County, New Jersey Police Department. Walter has been and larger audiences. president of marketing for Saint prosecutor’s office. He is also on in law enforcement for 26 years. Joseph Regional Medical Center in the Board of Directors for Christian Robert Rola M.D. will become As a senior, juggling the twelve hours per week that he spends pursuing his martial South Bend, Indiana. Overcomers, a volunteer group that president-elect of the Maryland arts passion, Ian said that his schedule is sometimes hard to manage, but he’s deter- assists disabled adults. Terrence Pediatric Society in April. He mined to stay involved in kung fu at college next fall. If no lion dance team exists at his ’58 Giomi recently retired from the currently serves as the vice president campus, he plans to start up his own. Burt Film and his wife Julie retired grocery industry after 33 years. and medical director of the Sheppard “It keeps me in shape, and I get self-defense out of it,” he said. and moved to Clovis, California He currently lives with his wife of Pratt Health System, the largest 35 years, Nannette, in Fort Bragg, provider of mental health services in December of 2000. After 36 Dear Friends, years of service, Pat Kopp retired from California State University, Chico, where he was the Director As you may be aware, Father Stephen Howell is being transferred from Junipero Serra of University Public Events. He Coaches’ Reunion High School on June 30, 2002. continues to do consulting in the arts. Former Serra Please join us in a Mass of Thanksgiving to celebrate his 27 years of service to Serra. basketball coach- es Mic Kelly ’60 (1960-1962) and Saturday, May 18, 2002 Phil Ehrhorn celebrated the George Hayes 3:00 p.m. marriage of his son Mark Ehrhorn (1958-1960) Junipero Serra Chapel to Hollie Hentrich on August 25, met up again at 2001. a reunion of the Reception to follow in the Cafe El Padre basketball teams Please RSVP by May 14, 2002 they coached. ’61 to the Development Office Russell Magnaghi is the recent (650) 573-9935 author of Italians in Michigan,

26 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 7 Scout’s Honor 5 DeLunas achieve Eagle rank

Richard DeLuna II ’01 may have set a national record last fall, when he achieved the rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts of America. He joined his four older brothers — Mark ’83, Shawn ’86, Christopher ’93 and Jonathan ’97 — in attaining the Scouts’ highest rank. All five of the Serra graduates started out as Boy Scouts in local Troop 42 at the age of 11 and went on to become Eagle Scouts mostly due to their parents’ insistence. “It was a family goal,” said their father, Richard DeLuna. “We told them, ‘If you want to drive, and get your drivers’ license, you have to get your Eagle.’ That was their carrot.” Although Mark, the eldest DeLuna, stalled as long as possible, recruiting girls from Notre Dame to drive him to functions, he finally earned his last badge just under the cut-off age of 18. His father contends that the Eagle honor helped all the boys succeed in life, and diversified their social circle beyond the their mostly Catholic friends at Serra. “It’s pretty darn easy, living on the Peninsula,” he said. “Kids have to be kept busy, and scouting worked for our family. It’s a pretty neat fraternity of people.” Having invested 23 years in their local troop as parents, the DeLunas are quick to defend the scouting tradition. “Some people say Boy Scouts are nerdy,” said the DeLuna patriarch. “Don’t ever tell my sons that, because you’ll have to contend with all five of them.” The DeLunas consulted national Boy Scout record books, and couldn’t track down any other families who have had five or more brothers become Eagle Scouts. SerraSerra NightNight atat thethe Giants!Giants! Come join the Junipero Serra community at Pac Bell Park on Monday, April 29. We will be sitting in sections 137 and 138 — right be- hind Serra’s own National League MVP and home run king Barry Bonds. The Giants have set aside 300 tickets for Serra. The cost is $13 per ticket and will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Send your check to the Development Office, payable to Junipero Serra High School. Don’t be left out of this great night!

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 25 Alumni a navajo journey Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame LYNN SWANN ’70 HONORed locally eight serra students slow down and discover beauty and

Former Super Bowl MVP Lynn Swann ’70 was enshrined in a sorrow on a stark indian reservation in pinon, arizona Hall of Fame for the second time in as many years on March 14. This time he didn’t have to travel far from his hometown of San Mateo — he was honored as a legendary athlete by the Bay Area Hall of Fame. During a reception at The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Fran- cisco, Swann was joined by A’s pitcher Dennis Eckersley, swim coach George Haines, and Olympic swimmer Mary Meagher as all four were inducted into the local organization’s “Class of 2002.” The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame honors local sports legends and benefits youth sports programs by donating athletic equipment to deserving and needy kids. The March 14 ceremony was BASHOF’s 23rd annual enshrinement banquet. Local Sports Hero Lynn Swann ’70 and Principal Michael Television Debut Peterson during one of Swann’s visits to Bryan Bishop ’96 Tests his Wit Serra. Serra alum Bryan Bishop got in touch with his inner geek and tried to outwit a panel of pop-culture experts on the new Comedy Central game show “Beat the Geeks” on Monday, February 25. He surprised even himself by winning, trumping a movie geek, a mu- sic geek, a TV geek, and finally a guest geek who specialized in James Bond trivia. He came away with a guitar and other smaller prizes. “I was a little nervous about the format, because it was a new show, but I didn’t freeze up during the geek-off,” said Bishop. “That was good.” when junior Jonathan Fone first caught Bishop first learned about the show through a friend, and because he’s a glimpse of the Navajo reservation an ardent Comedy Central fan, he was eager to try out. He was inter- where he would be spending a week in viewed over the phone, and then the network invited him to see a demo late February, helping Native Americans tape of the concept. perform essential daily tasks like fetching “It was really weird,” he said. “There wasn’t even a host picked at that water, chopping wood, and breaking up point.” coal, he was stunned. Although he doesn’t see many other game show appearances in his “It was like a third world country, but it future, he does admit to a secret desire to be the “guest geek” at some was here in the United States,” he said, point. What would be his field of expertise? Little-known facts about remembering a landscape strewn with Serra sports, of course. “shacks, cars, dogs and trash – every- Meanwhile, he’s concentrating on his blossoming career in enter- where.” tainment. After graduating from USC with a degree in creative writing, Fone and the seven other Serra students Bishop is now working part-time at KROQ, a modern rock radio station who accompanied history teacher Michael in Los Angeles. He answers request lines, does voiceovers, gives away prizes, and enjoys being exposed to “every kind of entertainment.” [NAVAJO continued on page

24 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 [NAVAJO continued from page 9] these contrasts with mainstream Ameri- can life. In a letter Mr. Accorsi drafted to the eight boys before embarking on the trip, he told them, “When you are faced with these dif- ferences, study them, go further. If you stop and push yourself from them, you are missing the opportunity to see things WATER POLO YOUNG PLAYERS MAKE WAVES another way. This trip is not an attempt to turn you against American life, it is also difficulty of obtaining the bare essentials helped the team gel. ead water polo coach Kellie O’Connor knew not an attempt to alter your religious be- on the reservation. H “They were great leaders both in and out of that her Padre team had a lot of talent at the begin- liefs, however we will push them to test “All of the projects we did, it made the pool,” said O’Connor. ning of the season — the challenge was in helping their elasticity, flexibility and strength.” me feel so good,” said Fone. “I didn’t Meanwhile, on the pool deck, O’Connor was her young players realize their potential. But nothing prepared them for the complain, because I saw how much we making some waves herself. She is only the second Although the team had a rocky start, by the end realities of Navajo life on the stark reser- were helping them.” female to ever act as a head coach at Serra, and is of the season, “skills were starting to click, and vation in Pinon, Arizona, beginning with The trash-littered plains that disgusted the only female coach of a boys’ water polo team the more inexperienced players were stepping up the harsh desert climate. Located near the them at first taught them other lessons in the surrounding area. to the plate,” said O’Connor. Pool moves Four Corners, the reservation is subject about the Navajo people. They learned At the first scheduling meeting of the season, “They had a lot more talent than they were One of the younger to extreme temperatures that swing from that trash service on the reservation is a other local coaches were confused, and told showing early on,” she added. players on the team 110 degrees during the day to 10 degrees luxury, and while the Navajo burn most O’Connor that she was in the wrong meeting. Finishing with a 1-4 league record, the team this year, sopho- at night. of their waste, glass bottles, aluminum “I don’t think they meant to be insulting,” she more Zac Sandy had a more impressive showing in tournaments “There were brutal winds, there was cans and propane tanks take on a life of said. “But it’s a new thing, and people are getting shows off his skills. and other matches in the Bay Area. With 13 wins even a snowstorm one night,” said senior their own, multiply in ditches and piles, used to it.” and 15 losses overall, one of the team’s most Edward Boenig. “It was so cold, and so and soon become a fixture of the land- flat.” scape. memorable moments came in a win against Palo While the Serra students were shel- “People are so quick to say, ‘These Alto at its own tournament. tered in a snug Hogan — an eight-sided people don’t take care of themselves,’” Within the league, the 8-5 win over Sacred dwelling with a wood-burning stove at said Boenig. “That’s not the case.” Heart at their pool was also a sweet victory in a its center — on the property of a lo- While the Serra students stretched season that was characterized by too many games cal Catholic parishioner, they encoun- their minds and absorbed the Navajo cul- that were lost by only one or two goals. tered plenty of Navajo who were not as ture, appreciating the beauty and simplic- “This was a ver y young team, and I’m look- fortunate. The teenagers were routinely ity of life on the reservation, they fought ing forward to the next couple of seasons,” said embarrassed and astonished to see grown an uphill battle with most of the Navajo O’Connor. men begging for food, crippled by a 70 people, who, more than one hundred Two seniors will be especially missed next percent unemployment rate. years after being forced off their land, year. Don Appleton was the top scorer and won “In big cities, still distrust and resent “Anglos.” the Serra Blanket Award. He was voted Most Navajo life you can be so shrewd, “They have an oral tradition,” said Mr. Inspirational Player as well, and won first team Top right, children on you can shut them off, Accorsi. “History to them is very alive all-league honors. the reservation; you can think, ‘Get and personal. Sometimes people think, The second highest scorer, Brian Poggetti, won Top, Serra students a job!’” said Mr. Ac- ‘Why can’t they just move on?’ Well, you the Coaches’ Award, and, along with Appleton, learned the basics of can’t when it’s your grandmother who sheep-herding; corsi. “But you look at WRESTLING PADRES FINISH THIRD IN LEAGUE Right, Our Lady of Fati- a man on the Navajo was dragged out and shot on the Long ma Church in Chinle. reservation…he’s not Walk.” as well. lthough Serra wrestlers finished third in Inset on previous page: lying, he doesn’t have For the Serra group, this ill feeling A Coach Sereni, who graduated from Serra in the league this year, behind Bellarmine and St. The Serra group, from anything, no shelter, no made planning the immersion trip dif- 1989, and has coached the Padre team for six Francis, their individual victories on the mat were left, Edward Boenig, Mr. water.” ficult from the start. years, is excited about the enthusiasm that he sees Accorsi, Justin Fuselier, impressive. During the “It took four painstaking months to set emerging from the younger wrestlers. Steven Nordberg, Matt “We judge our season not really on wins and week they spent on the up,” said Mr. Accorsi. “We had to deal “We’re starting to get the kids really dedicated Crockett, Jonathan Fone, losses, but on whether we qualify kids to CCS,” reservation, the Serra with people who had a lot of resistance at the freshmen and sophomore level,” he said. David Arrington, Rajiv said head coach Jeff Sereni. “Three qualified last students concentrated toward our way of life.” “That’s a real turnaround.” Jhurami and Derrick year, and this year four did, so that’s an improve- Homer. on helping families When he finally succeeded in Sereni wanted to reward this commitment, ment.” and older women with gaining permission to help the parish of and last year created a special lettermen jacket Senior Armand Sarvarian and junior Rohaum tasks like hauling Our Lady of the Rosary in Pinon, for wrestlers who lettered three years in a row. Rahi both emerged as league champions and sec- water and shoveling Mr. Accorsi wanted to ensure “After they saw them last year, they thought, tion medalists, while sophomore Mike Messing trash. They were often that his students showed as much ‘Wow!’” said Sereni. “It gives them a real sense and Dominic Busalacchi both qualified for CCS overwhelmed by the of pride. Last year, in 85 degree weather, they

10 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 23 respect for the native culture as possible. reservation for 24 years. Apparently, he “We didn’t bring baseball caps, purchases all the goods that the Navajo Walkmans, CD players…anything that people can’t get locally, and, even more, was ‘American,’” he said. “Nine Anglos he doesn’t charge them for it. Padre Bench in the middle of that reservation stick At 1:45 p.m., we left for Pinon. The out already. When we went anywhere, road was rough and Fr. Grein hit 80 mph the people already knew, ‘Oh, you’re the a couple of times; he drives pretty fast, guys from San Francisco.’ Word spread according to his reputation. To get to the CROSS COUNTRY CAMARADERIE CARRIES TEAM faster than our van.” church in Pinon, we drove west on High- Scenes from Mr. Accorsi plans to return to the way 4 until arriving at a very populated Pinon carried them to victory,” he said. reservation soon, bearing clothing, food, area. We passed through a broken green or the Padre cross country team this year, the Below: Piles of hair F This team spirit was most evident at the Early and basic household supplies. He and his gate, and the church, St. Mary of the Ro- spray bottles were cliche “total team effort” was not just a popular Bird Invitational, held at North Monterey High wife, Kathy Accorsi, who teaches math at sary, was on the left. Here we met Mary a tangible reminder phrase — it was a reality that led to a successful School on September 8, 2001. The team won the Serra, plan to give their old VW Jetta and Lucy, a small, older Navajo woman. She of the prevalence of season. overall award, which is extremely unusual for a four used computers to Mary Lucy Joe, was very kind and pleased to meet us. alcohol abuse among For the first time in 25 years, the Serra team single-sex school that is unable to benefit from an elderly lady who provided meals to At 4:30 p.m., we got to the hogan. the Navajo. won a WCAL championship cross country meet, Bottom: The Serra scores in the women’s races. the group in Pinon. It is gorgeous!! We thought before the and placed second overall in the league. group uses “Padre In some respects, the invitational helped jump- “There is no Red Cross in Navajo trip that we would be crowded in a cold, In addition, at the CCS Championship meet, Power” to knock start a championship team. country,” Mr. Accorsi said. “There is no dark room with no fire, no water, and no the varsity team claimed first place in Division I down an unused “As well as we did there, the meet provided organized aid for these people.” electricity. We thought it would be 10 and qualified to the state meet for the first time in Hogan. much needed confidence going into our season,” Many of the Serra boys will accom- degrees at night in the hogan, but instead four years. said McCarthy. pany him again as well. those anticipations and fears were gladly Leading the way this season was junior Ron Several runners had an outstanding season, “It was the best experience of my replaced. The large hogan was about 30 Exley, who received the Serra Blanket Award and including freshman Carlos Ramirez, sophomore life,” said Fone. “It was so eye-opening, feet in diameter, and included a wooden was also named most outstanding junior runner. Dominic Vogl, and seniors Scott Drexel and Nick and it made me want to simplify my life. furnace in the middle of the room, and “Despite having a quiet, modest disposition, Cirigliano. You see what the essentials are, and all of two very bright electric lights. Water is he is a fierce competitor,” said head coach Will Sophomore Mike Delaurenti was also singled McCarthy. the extra stuff that you don’t need.” very plentiful at the church, and we even out as the most improved runner. Runners Alex Aycinena and Chris Furnari also Witnessing how deeply his students have a separate kitchen building. “Next year will certainly be a different story contributed to the success of the varsity team. were moved by the Navajo was perhaps with eight of our top ten runners returning,” said McCarthy emphasized that the runners’ success the most rewarding element of the trip for McCarthy. “We’ll just have to wait and see how was due to their team effort. Mr. Accorsi. much our team progresses.” “Often running in a pack, their camaraderie “The experience was magical because of these kids,” said Mr. Accorsi. “I’m [NAVAJO continued on page 12] proud of them and what they decided to do.”

Senior Edward Boenig volun- teered to share his experiences on the Navajo reservation with Traditions. What follows are ex- cerpts from the journal he kept during the trip. Sunday, February 17 “Often We arrived at Chinle at about 1:20 p.m., where we stopped running in a in a plaza to call Father Blaine pack, their Grein. We couldn’t find a phone, so we asked where the Church camaraderie was in a store. After getting carried them to directions we drove to the Lady of Fatima Church, where we victory.” met Fr. Grein, a Catholic priest — Coach Mc- in the parish of Chinle. He has been pastor on the Navajo Carthy Teamwork Coach Will McCarthy and the Serra harriers celebrate after the CCS championship meet.

22 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 11 [NAVAJO continued from page 11] thrown like a blanket over the land. illegal on the Navajo reservation. As a Monday, substitute for liquor and beer, people buy Tuesday, February 19 hair spray bottles, puncture the top to let February 18 After a quick breakfast of oatmeal the air out, pour the liquid into water or We woke up at 7:30 a.m. and had and apple bars, we headed over to Mary Kool-Aid to dilute the flavor, and drink breakfast. I wore thermals, jeans, Gore- Lucy’s house to go to work on the it. They literally get high off it, and the Tex pants, wool sweater and both layers sheep. The first thing that we had to do ethyl alcohol disrupts brain passages, of my Gore-Tex jacket. Then we went today was separate the rams from the rendering the person’s mind lifeless after to a site that Mike had scouted out, to rest of the sheep. The whole corral was continuous abuse. cut wood for the family. I had never cut divided into two pens, both of which wood like this before. My Boy Scout were covered in a greenish turf of sheep Wednesday, training from four years ago was not dung. Our first task was, well, funny, February 20 helpful, except with safety. I had trouble if you could watch. We were supposed We woke up early today and went at first, but quickly passed the cautious to grab them by the horns or the leg, to the Dine Community College, where stage and started whacking those logs but the rams were huge and as soon as Harry Walters, an anthropologist, gave so well. I learned that the trick is to hit we approached, they would bolt with a us a fascinating and extensive tour and the wood and follow through as if I am force that seemed a little overwhelming lecture on Navajo cultural history. hitting the ground and not the wood. This if we got in the way. So we cautiously He took us down into this beautiful way, the force of the swing carries all the chased the rams into the other corral. ceremonial hogan with wooden walls and way through the wood. I then drove with Phyllis, one of the a clean dirt floor. Surrounding the hogan While we were cutting, a guy who other matriarchs in the area, to the water in a round corridor were pictures depict- Entering the lived in the house came over and started station; we picked up the water tank on ing the history of the Navajo people. The talking with us. He was such an awesome stadium the way. It worked like a gas station. images portrayed the Long Walk, the The Serra football guy. He talked not like a stranger, but When we returned, we brought a huge arrival of the Europeans, and, most inter- players focused on like a friend. He told us that he had never 12 foot metal trough over to the corral, estingly, the influence of Junípero Serra. playing as a team seen the ocean before and had always and I emptied the water from buckets In this one image with Junípero Serra, this season. wanted to go there. He then told us that into the trough. As soon as the water the Native Americans were driving him he was a silversmith and offered us the was placed in the pens, the rams shoved out and killing the Catholic missionar- over Bellarmine — for the first time in six years. to player all year. He was voted MVP by his opportunity to look at his work. So after their heads in there and I could feel the ies. Junípero Serra was being responded The Padres ended up winning the game 27-6. teammates, and received the Serra Blanket cutting some more wood, we walked over rough texture of their horns, objects that to quite negatively. We avoided saying With a 6-0 record, they were off to their best start Award. Brandon started all ten games at running to his hogan and he let us in. The hogan I previously feared. what high school we were from. The in ten years. back and led the was literally a workshop with a wood After lunch at the church, we drove image presented by the Navajo is in sharp “ I t w a s team in tackles furnace in the middle, a work table, and around for about an hour looking for a contrast to the perception created by the truly a night to “Our symbol for this year is a chain. You and in rushing. some machinery. He showed us how he remember,” said Brandon will place to work. Finally we stopped and school, in which Junípero Serra is a saint have to be committed to your brother. made all sorts of jewelry, from rings to cut wood, and I picked up trash, which and a hero. I certainly don’t want to take Wa l s h . “ We most likely s m a s h e d o u r a t t e n d t h e bracelets to necklaces. He held pieces was everywhere. I noticed the most pe- sides, as I do not have enough informa- You’ll get love back from him and it will rivals, in front College of San of silver, gold and turquoise before us. culiar thing. No matter where we went, tion on the topic, but the discrepancy or of our families elevate your play.” Mateo in the One on one Some of the turquoise was polished, hair spray bottles, metal ones, would be difference is certainly ironic. smooth and glossy, while other peices and many Serra — Coach Walsh fall. Coach Patrick laying all over the place, often in great From the community college, Walsh talks were freshly mined and coarse. I would alumni.” B r e n t frequency in a concentrated location. we drove to a lookout of the Canyon de The team lost Tenbrugencatte with senior never have been able to tell that they And in each hair spray bottle, a hole Chelly Here we ate lunch and some momentum during the four final games of played defensive end and tight end this quarterback were turquoise if they weren’t polished. would be punctured at the top. After hiked around a bit. The Canyon is the season, finishing with a record of 6-4. But the year. According to Walsh, “he made some Sean Murphy. He even polished Mike’s wedding ring, seeing dozens upon dozens of these, I absolutely spectacular! The valley at the team handled its defeats well, and overall, it was unbelievable plays at tight end seeing that it was dirty. seriously began to wonder if the Navajo bottom has green fields, a hogan, and a an exciting year that helped build the foundation and flew to the ball on defense. The farthest he has ever been was Las people really, really, really care about farming field, all lying below this huge for a program that is heading to the top. Brent was our major target in Vegas. He talked about it humbly and their hair. Sadly, that is not the case. intricate zigzagging One of the season’s stand-out players was the red zone.” Brent will most almost shyly. I can only pray that he may While eating dinner, Mike mentioned of red and orange rock. We hiked senior Jermaine Randolph, who played at the left likely attend CSM in the fall someday see the sea. having gone to the supermarket. Father tackle position for the Padres. Coming into the as well. We stopped working around 4:30 Philip, the pastor of the church in Pinon, season Jermaine had only started in one varsity Finally, senior Billy p.m., and for the rest of the night we sat then asked if he noticed all of the hair football game in two years, but Walsh recognized Armanino won the Scott around the hogan. It started snowing an spray bottles behind the counter. I im- his potential. Award for his courage at the hour later, with some fierce winds. Vis- mediately remembered all the ones I had “The first time I laid eyes on him I knew that he tail end of the season, when ibility dropped to 300 feet or less, even to seen half buried in the dirt, so I asked could be a major contributor for the 2001 Padres he played under an extreme 100 feet, and about 2 to 3 inches of snow Father Philip why there were so many and a major Division I prospect,” said Walsh. His amount of pain. As it turned instincts proved to be right on target; Jermaine out, Billy played the last fell. It was absolutely beautiful to see bottles laying about. His response was has earned a full scholarship to the University of four games on a partially the desert landscape suddenly a mystical startling. white, a billion microscopic diamonds Oregon. torn Achilles tendon. Despite Alcoholic beverages of any type are Brandon Ramsey was another leader and go- the injury, Billy cemented

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FOOTBALL NEW COACH, NEW PERSPECTIVE

Padres, he wanted to emphasize brotherhood. he first thing that Patrick Walsh did when he T “Our symbol for this year is a chain,” said took over the Padre football program was to kick Walsh. “You have to be committed to your brother. off mandatory summer training sessions — 29 Scenes from You’ll get love back from him and it will elevate workouts, all starting at 7:00 am. Each member Pinon your play.” on the team had to attend 22 rigorous workouts Right: Both the flat To reinforce the teamwork concept, Walsh to be eligible for the varsity team. He expected landscape and its had the team commit the following sentence to brutal climate were to hear some moaning and groaning about the memory: “People working together can accom- foreign to Serra early mornings, but all 49 players made at least plish things which no individual acting alone students. 22 workouts, and most players made more. “The Bellarm- could ever hope to bring about.” Bottom: Senior Ed- “It was obvious that I was feeling out the The oft-quoted phrase by Franklin D. Roosevelt ward Boenig poses ine game was players and the players were feeling out their new is plastered all over the team’s weight room as in front of the Grand coach,” Walsh said. “With a new coach comes truly a night to well. Canyon. new expectations and many changes. The 2001 With this foundation in place, the Padres were remember. We Padres handled these changes with maturity and off to a phenomenal start, and defeated their the inside and then collapsed the did. helped build the foundation for future teams.” down into the canyon, and the trail took smashed our opponents in the first five games of the season. roof beams. Walsh, fresh from three years of coaching us down to the canyon floor. The first Their record was so impressive that Walsh was After lunch that day, we split up into rivals, in front running backs at De La Salle High School in thing I saw when I walked out of the Friday, February 22 recognized as a Charlie Wedemeyer Coach of the two groups, and my group went to visit Concord, takes his cues for conditioning players tunnel at the bottom of the trail was We packed the van and cleaned the of our fami- Week in early September, which was presented the house of May Tso, Phyllis’ sister. We from football legend Bob Ladouceur, who has an old woman herding sheep into their hogan this morning. We left camp at 9:15 by 49ers coach Steve Mariucci. picked up trash. Again, it was unbeliev- lies and many helped De La Salle achieve the longest winning pen next to a hogan, with a stunningly a.m. and instead of heading east in the “It was a team award, signifying the work we able! There was trash everywhere. But streak in the nation. The summer program, which magnificent sheer cliff right behind direction we came, we went west over Serra alumni.” put in this summer, the effort of the coaching was new to Serra, helped give the team the edge her. The trail becomes a soft dirt road even worse, there was a ditch about 150 a dirt road. At 1:30 p.m., we got to the — Coach staff, and the performance of the kids during the it needed to start the season. feet away from the house that was loaded Grand Canyon. We had lunch there. It games,” said Walsh. that follows the river on the canyon Walsh “We proved that we were in great shape by with rusted cans, soda cans, plastic and The Padres had their proudest moment on the floor through forests of white, pearly was pretty cool but not as beautiful as physically wearing down our first five opponents,” glass. I even got a shovel to start gather- field on the night of the Bellarmine game. Going aspen trees. The road finally reaches the the Canyon de Chelly. We continued the said Walsh. ing garbage, and when I thought I got into league play, the Padres were undefeated, and Anasazi ruins, brick houses carved into drive back to Flagstaff, dropped off the But the summer program wasn’t the only key to it all in one area, I ended up digging Bellarmine was almost as intimidating with its a sheer part of the canyon. Absolutely van, ate pizza, and lounged around before the team’s growth this year. Walsh also established up more. We filled up 42 30-gallon 4-1 record. However, with 2,500 fans crowding incredible. The road goes on, but I don’t boarding the train and heading home. an important grounding element for the football trash bags in three hours, and we barely the bleachers to witness the Homecoming game, know how far. players — a special service in the chapel the day scraped the surface. the Padres had a clear advantage. before each game. “There was an electricity in the air and every- After returning to our hogan, we had The quiet time lets the athletes “relax, tap into Thursday, body could feel it, except Bellarmine,” said Walsh. this incredible discussion with Phyllis. their spirituality, and pray,” said Walsh. “We flew around the field, made plays, worked February 21 Talking about medicines, she described “We talk about our relationships, how we’re together and played with heart.” After waking up at 8:30 a.m., how the hospital wanted to burst a boil getting along, and what role God plays in all The team pulled through at an especially Mary Lucy and Phyllis treated us to a that her son had, which would have left a this,” he added. “It centers us. We get focused on critical moment during the third quarter of the breakfast of eggs, potatoes and ham, scar. The medicine man, instead, put tree what’s important. We talk about football maybe game, when they were facing a 3rd down with and Navajo tortillas. Then we started sap from a pine tree around the boil. The 2 percent of the time.” 8 yards to go from the Padres’ own 5-yard line. tearing down a hogan between Mary sap sucks out the oils and cleans out the The third component of Walsh’s new team- Although the team had a small advantage on the Lucy’s house and the sheep corral. The boil without leaving a scar. Phyllis also building program involved a rotating dinner tradi- scoreboard (13-8), the Padres were still in dire whole inside was loaded with metal described the time when her daughter tion. Parents volunteered to open up their homes straits, until senior quarterback Zach Rand took and heap players’ plates with carbohydrates on and roofing supplies that we took out was riding a horse and was thrown off a snap from Alex Resh and dropped back to pass. the night before each game. and stacked. The reason Phyllis wanted into a tree. The observers had to keep Somehow receiver, Chris Denny-Brown slipped “It was an opportunity to get off campus and the hogan torn down was that homeless Phyllis and others away from her body. behind the free safety. Rand hit him in stride and come together as a team,” said Walsh. people would stay there in the summer The medicine man was called, and he Chris sprinted the final 80 yards to complete the Walsh calls himself a “symbols guy.” He de- and drink beer and hair spray, which we brought the horse back to the girl. Tak- score. cides on a symbol for the season, and uses it to found plenty of. After moving the sup- ing the horse’s saliva, the medicine man The landmark pass set a school and WCAL reinforce values that his players should keep top plies out, we pounded the roof boards rubbed it into the girl’s wounds. Only the record for the longest pass and catch of all time, of mind during the year. For his first year with the out from horse, it is believed, could heal her, and it and was just the icing on the cake of a victory

20 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 13 Of Padres ‘Giant’ Scholarship News BARRY BONDS GIVES BACK TO THE SERRA FAMILY

is face wreathed by a mega-watt smile, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds entered the Junipero down the field in the last two minutes of H s a grammar school student Serra Gym on February 13 and couldn’t get over the packed bleachers and roar of applause that welcomed him A the game, which helped teammate Adam at St. Gregory’s, Tommy Brady home. Viniateri kick the game’s tie-breaking 48- had to contend with three other Although he was taken aback by the amount of local press that was present to record the scholarship an- yard field goal, Brady was named MVP of Bradys who were bigger and nouncement, Bonds was touched by the enthusiasm of the students. the game. bossier than he was — his three “I’m almost ready to cry because this is so very, very impressive,” he said. Underdog? Not anymore. Brady, a sixth older sisters, Maureen, Julie and Bonds was at Serra to announce the creation of a four-year academic scholarship that will benefit a low- round draft pick in 1999, propelled his Nancy. income, black freshman in the incoming class of 2006. Praised as a team to the biggest upset in Super Bowl “He was just as cute as could Padre “on and off the field” for his generosity to the San Francisco history, with a sure, steady confidence that be, with three big sisters who Bay Area, Bonds said that the scholarship fund is a way of expressing calls to mind another legendary Bay Area bossed him around,” said his old gratitude for the education he received at Serra. quarterback, Joe Montana. principal Lorraine Paul, who has “As time goes by, I appreciate the school even more,” he said, In fact, exhilarated fans back in Boston known Tom since he was a first- adding that he credits several priests, faculty members and coaches have embraced Brady as a hero of Mon- grader. for buoying him during “down times” as a teenager. tana proportions — a quarterback who His childhood experience as “The relationships I had here were so good,” he said, adding that helped their home team win the Super the underdog may have served although it seemed like “there were only maybe three black kids here Bowl for the first time since the franchise him well when he signed on in the 80s, I never had a race problem.” opened in 1960. with the New England Patriots Looking around the gym, he was pleased to see a diversity of faces “It’s been pretty crazy,” said Brady. in the year 2000, as the number in the student body in the year 2002. “In Boston, I’ve become very recogniz- four quarterback to the fifth “I see Hispanics, Asians, blacks,” he said. “You can see the prog- able. There’s not the sports tradition there highest paid player in the NFL, ress.” that we have here in the Bay Area. Boston Drew Bledsoe. For a first-year, Bonds created the academic scholarship in order to help more hadn’t won a Super Bowl in 36 years, their 23 year-old rookie like Brady, students who might not otherwise be able to attend Serra. baseball team stinks. So this is huge to the odds were against seeing “God has given me the opportunity to help others,” he said, adding them.” any playing time in the foresee- that there are too many would-be Padres who are motivated students But for Brady, the sudden fame is all a able future. but lack the financial resources for a Serra education. little bit unsettling. He’s hesitant about the But despite Bledsoe being “What Barry’s gift means to us is that another young man will be buzz that has made him an instant celeb- “one heck of a competitor,” able to afford a Catholic education,” said Principal Michael Peter- rity and heartthrob, and wants to focus on Brady decided that he was going son. the future instead of resting on his laurels. to be the best football player he Despite the fact that he hasn’t been a student at Serra for more Photo by Lanelle Duran of the San Mateo Daily News “I have a long way to go,” he said. could be. than two decades, Bonds still identifies with the Padre spirit, and “I’m only 24 years old, and while all these School ties “A lot of people set their goals expressed how proud he was of fellow MVP, Tom Brady ’95. proclamations and honors are incredible, I Above, Barry about here,” he said, gesturing “We have a lot to be proud of as Serra Padres, and I’m very proud just don’t feel like I deserve them yet. I’ve Bonds relishes knee-high. “I set my goals in to help a future Serra Padre,” he said. played one season, and I still have a lot to the excitement the stars. Only you know what Senior Kourosh Safavi, the sports editor for Serra’s student news- accomplish.” of being back you’re capable of.” paper, The Friar, had the opportunity to join the group of media who Former coach Tom MacKenzie remem- on Padre turf. It turned out that one year waited after the assembly to chat with Bonds. At left, Bonds bers Brady as a motivated and goal-ori- Tom Brady later, Brady was capable of taking over “It was pretty amazing,” said Safavi. “I see guys interviewing him reminisces with ented player even as a high school football The 1995 graduate returned to for Bledsoe when he was severely injured on ESPN. It was just an awesome privilege.” former coach Serra on March 14 to share his player. Hopefully Bonds will have the opportunity to inspire many more and teacher Russ MVP story. in the season’s second game. As starting quarterback, Brady’s Patriots compiled a Serra students. He expressed the desire to become even more involved Bertetta. record of 14-3, the most important win be- with the school in the coming years. ing the Super Bowl match-up against the Russ Bertetta, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, St. Louis Rams. After his stunning drive couldn’t be more pleased with the rewarding relationship. “Barry is stepping up to the plate, and knows what Serra education

JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 19 development 1992-1995 Island Breezes high school beginnings TROPICAL FUN GENERATES SUPPORT

Over 630 members of the Serra family gathered in the Padre gym in late November for “When he was a sophomore, I told him a taste of island paradise and a chance to bid on that if he worked very, very hard at his items ranging from a grand piano to a puppy. footwork and his mechanics, he could be a Over Mai-Tais and a sit-down dinner, the guests Division I quarterback,” raised $227,000 for Serra’s building fund, and, said MacKenzie. “I only had to tell most importantly, had a blast. him once.” “It was a wonderful event, and very success- As a senior at Serra, Brady won ful,” said Ginny Dedrick, one of the auction’s four the Blanket award in football, and was co-chairs. selected for Blue Chip Illustrated and the Dedrick, along with Sharon Dooley, Anna All-American Prep Football Report. He Ramacciotti and Debbie Tenbruggencate, chose still holds the school record for the most the “Island Breezes” theme for the feeling of completions — 22 out of 41 attempts laid-back fun it would bring to the event. against Cardinal Newman High School in “Everyone adored the fact that it was casual!” 1994. He’s also on the record books for said Dedrick. “One of the “We wanted to have a good time, and make Aloha! scoring the most touchdowns in his high Top: Tiki school career — a total unique things people feel relaxed,” added Dooley. torches light The night’s bidding started off with numerous the way. of 33. about the silent auctions, which were set up in the cafeteria. Left: Ed Padre fans also remember his talent on Footballs and soccer balls signed by every player Taylor says the baseball field. As a 6’4” left-handed auction is that “Aloha” to a on the JV and varsity teams proved to be one of new friend. catcher, he could have succeeded in the the Serra family the most popular silent auction items. Bottom left: Major League, and was in fact drafted by When the live auction began over dinner, Auction chairs the Montreal Expos. always comes Debbie Ten- guests began a bidding war for reserved pews at bruggencate, “I always thought he was going to be a through with graduation. Ironically, the two winning bidders Anna Ramac- professional baseball player,” were Dedrick’s and Dooley’s husbands. ciotti, Ginny said his sister Nancy Brady. “But then he donations. It’s Dedrick and “They were dueling on opposite sides of the started playing football, and he loved it so heartwarming.” room, and they had no idea they were bidding Sharon Dooley celebrate the much.” against each other!” said Dedrick. — Ginny Ded- night’s suc- Supported by his family and friends, he However, the auction item that proved to be the cess. rick, hit of the night was a yellow Labrador Retriever Bottom right: chose to pursue glory on the gridiron, and puppy, garnering $2,900. Guests enjoy attended Michigan, where he honed his Auction the luau. “The Serra family always comes through with skills, and prepared for the day when he Co-Chair would be able to play in the NFL. “Knowing him, I thought anything was possible,” said Nancy. “I just never thought it would happen so soon.” For Lorraine Paul, who has seen Brady Serra Snapshots grow from a six year-old boy to a 24 year- Clockwise from top left: Catcher Tom Brady tags out a runner at home base in old man, witnessing his journey has been 1993; Brady pulls up for a shot during a pleasure. a basketball game as a sophomore; As a “Any student you have, you hope the high school senior, Brady had big dreams best for,” she said. “But to see someone and the drive to make them happen; Brady grow to be this great is amazing.” hams for the camera after being voted Best Athlete during his senior year; Brady wore No. 12 for the Serra football team.

18 JUNIPERO SERRA HIGH SCHOOL/ Winter 2002 Super Bowl mvpmvp quotesquotes Principal Michael Peterson “There is no school in the United Stars States that has had so much take Twenty six years apart, two different Junipero place on its behalf by its alumni. Serra alumni took home the “hardware” on Super Bowl Russ Bertetta, Sunday — Lynn Swann in 1976, and Tom Brady in This is just one little school in 2002. San Mateo. This will not take Alumni To celebrate the athletes’ impact on the sporting place again in our lifetime. I am Relations and world, Serra invited its decorated alums back to the just awed by it. It is just huge.” gym on March 14. Older faculty and staff savored the Development moment, recognizing that they were witnessing an Director incredible moment in sports history. And Serra students Tom Brady ’95, collectively leaned forward in their seats, absorbing the “You guys might think easy rapport between the two legendary athletes. Super Bowl XXXVI Proving why he has had such a successful broad- MVP about his this happens everyday… casting career post-football, Swann ribbed sports pre-game nap but this is one heck of a media for faulty math, and corrected their claim that 24 great day!” year-old Brady was the youngest player ever to earn the Super Bowl MVP. How is he so sure? Swann himself “When you’re really Nick Carboni was only 23 when he took home the same honor. prepared, there’s a lot former Meanwhile, Brady, seven years after graduation, led a “Padre Whisper,” and showed off his famous arm of peace within you. I Assistant Prinicpal when tossing autographed footballs to lucky students in put my head back, fell “There are a lot of his audience. asleep for about a half professional athletes who Both proud Padres, Swann and Brady urged their hour, woke up, and can’t even put together younger counterparts to reach for the stars, to follow said, ‘Oh, it’s game their dreams, and strive to become MVPs in the life a complete sentence, path they choose. time.’” who don’t have time to sign autographs, who don’t have time for little Lynn Swann ’70, guys. Lynn and and Tom Super Bowl X MVP are a real credit to pro on following dreams... athletes.” “Fear is nothing to worry about. ...and on the It’s nothing to be scared of. It 1976 MVP just depends on what you do announcement with that fear.” “Who’s the MVP? I’m the MVP???? I feel good!” 10 year-old Michael Rowan’s only MVP Excitement question for Tom Brady Clockwise from top left: Tom Brady “Is the car really the team meets future Serra Padre Michael Rowan; Lynn Swann hams it up, car?” and later demonstrates why Tom MacKenzie, he was a wide receiver instead of a quar- terback; Brady leads students former Serra head football coach, with in a Padre Whisper; junior Andrew advice for Brady Kochevar and senior Donovan Boyle show off their autographed “The one area I think you could footballs; and students give a Padre work on is your touchdown welcome to the two famous alumni. ’dance.”