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Ft. with 12 squat racks, 12 benches, 12 trap bars, 12 clean bars and a multitude of weight belts.&nbsp; Over 90 players lift before school from 6 a.m.-7:15 a.m. during all seasons.</P> <P>After the first year, the next six years saw consecutive playoff appearances.&nbsp; In 1993, the first BFS Trojan senior class made it to the semi-finals only to lose in overtime.&nbsp; The 1996 team saw no stars, just a cohesive group of athletes who believed in their training, their coaches and themselves.&nbsp; There was a time when the players were mocked and taunted with the word, '14'; now the whole school, community and town finally understood the importance of a verbalized vision.&nbsp; BFS -- we couldn't have done it without you!&nbsp; Any Time, Any Place: and pigs really do fly in Yucca Valley!</P> <P><STRONG><EM>A Special congratulations to my good friend Mark Beckham in his miraculous 1996 C.I.F. Championship.&nbsp; There is no coach in America who cares more for his athletes or works harder than Mark.&nbsp; I would also like to thank Mark and the Yucca Valley Football team for inviting me to their celebration dinner at Mark's house.&nbsp; I feel truly honored to have been able to speak in front of this exceptional group of young athletes.</EM></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><EM>-John Rowbotham:<BR>Yucca Valley's BFS Clinician</EM></STRONG></P>9+00~MxkXѡOzz}sWN/V&ֈر`S^U)* kmaၑ|ȿq|, =p}j075z`1K/*8=?9W=]ݠ<*LlzP:~|" 0zHVku풒?8z9t#M6KY,4~u4VY>u؞Y-̓`z*=)Rg'%|zIZ~xuHKuhp:rrs'8q=:SjT_8ݮlgdb`)i4CYt+Z3ӭS.D{Hrw:.(̻ 3ǂ tsX Z$_ƻ5k;$k}9kt1!+p; 殒jdwEcFHSqM u)̒;qNx*=if? 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Both were born of mixed races. Both have Irish surnames. Both came from small schools and towns. They have each enjoyed immese popularity and adulation, and also humiliation. For Thorpe, stripped of his medals after a controversial decision by the governing Olympic board redemption and restoration of those medals would occur only after his death. Dan O Brien was able to set the record straight and place his own name for all time on the list of the World s Greatest Athletes. But his story is far from finished.<br><br>Dan feels strongly that his story is one that can help inspire and fuel<br>other young athletes.  I don t try to hide from the fact that I ve made<br>mistakes; e re all only human, says Dan.  There were a lot