JFIFC    $ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@=C  =)#)==================================================" }!1AQa"q2#BR$3br %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz w!1AQaq"2B #3Rbr $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ?mMk,9FH5iv.U(8=km3hNg?Y:1lBRULGRMDf2Fc+GR(CȠQj! dXh/q9i- A/'G +U9◘[jLЅ[H5}$F!q\j]jD_UHn`?"D+rI]÷֭X>|p+Cq& S<|drqVe-hqB}imm488z z{+[^5$Qې9<}/ sJΦNȤHNo/lIb>|!E1%v5[eWa_&7z\6*t_)hjEM;#yL"(\3VlVtQs =jϖp{k_ö_H*ԞR*ڝ``J3V2\s֭$0?Pin EPn)byr;wa,+$_dUTT`O('=A&cdh@G_XFywSmX`8朜t0M&v jcF2sruR:{W$`H5iz0eV@lu2qHռed a&9rdU듊r^MW=F;=Z+K9 k/Vؾ@l8l?Z%yF+BE~ЎT?!)8Mvvk&o`Z?e~s]Zǜ\ZY g;@b9ǧQ#pI=džb||zZ| tOrj8 !n}KtU誸$'MIrsڦJ&\+!󢵔,`,@}}IQ!P s1Im<c`OЎ 靉b+ԵʰjVm^ T<֊MSbF'˻hͼ3W uɬVcv~bqZAV#Ԯ@?) WE6`@bgu[v'IWe9  ݤak: jZ`}ҪG@)nWɃ qp٨mKR'~@ŷ9m-S/J5lfj*Cc:9`?xhE>8$(d=2pEYӴV-li~ w9^iMh?3kӴM.2(ɮ.mBRIh-hZ"kl<>AQMv-10?ʺqԟrnWu5SJWie˽s>k<;I=&R`qg/!c߭s+h})Zg hJ4sjBJ" 5cBdE<MvvHoaܺEiMqWg% xntRg@9*Arxu&%@}M"U)Ij$rF+f=k]< qrf#k-j}d΀磎5j:Ճ"2GW|*3AEH֕yCNja5"0xƺԹUduzc|!c8RV Gkqn|QwexY(!{'^(EYaløqF_V(~+Kn)q2v25>X /8\ e ʫ/Jq1ݳUFR'Ҫt#4 ~b#@:c*Cō;8:h:IȧF9 AE3xz=@QcMO8< r3YJs`ٯJ(x`q]ېO+k[f(8b=.IL4D#9bvn0㊶NGjWP;lW[[p0h i#Wv{gנWɾt-41LgꞠ_mɜ0 \eKsHϡ+rck㊿Hb'?Tm9`v54"CQ[L/iGh3b'Q_W=nį'bp ?3?~x:(VLr?s.Q]09s_k]& ?cE7,)Eo(Q@e new program were denied a spot on the team. This, of course, momentarily hurt the Pirate football program but Coach Calcagno commented  we knew we had to do it. We couldn t have returning starters leading younger players astray by not training as a team in the off-season and performing the core lifts in the weight room. <br>Since eight returning starters had been cut from the team, the opening 1997 football season found nine sophomores starting on varsity. They were a small team but most importantly they trained as a unit in the off-season and started a leadership program which inspired younger athletes to follow. The Pirates finished the season 4-6; not as good as they wanted but better than last season. It was a pretty good season for such a young team. That same year they added former NFL football players Eric and Greg Zomalt to their coaching staff and switched their offense to a wing-T because of the talent they had in the running back positions. <br> One of the key ingredients to their success believes Coach Calcagno is spending a week of two-a-days up in Jackson; a camp in the mountains. Here, the kids are taught discipline, hard work and sacrifice. They start each day off with a swimming workout in the pool at 5 a.m. and the rest of the day finds them involved in vigorous training and conditioning drills in temperatures that reach over 100 degrees. Calcagno reports,  the kids really bond and come together as a family. This starts each football season off on the right foot. The Pirates are ready to take on any team after this intense training session in Jackson.<br> In 1998 the San Leandro Pirates were ready for battle. They had been training intensely on the BFS system. They had prepared and fulfilled all the requirements to become champions. They were ready to go-fight-win and that is exactly what they did. Their defense was an offense s worst nightmare. This lethal force rose to the top and was labeled as the #1 defense in all of Northern California. They physically punished their opponents and finished the regular season with an astounding 9-1 record. The Pirates best game of the season came when they did battle with their arch-rivals Bishop O Dowd. Bishop O Dowd had been undefe