San Leandro hangs one on O'Dowd

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: January 19, 2008| Author: Michael Bower | Copyright information

OAKLAND -- Bishop O'Dowd High football coach Paul Perenon gave boys basketball coach Doug Vierra a comforting message Friday night after the Dragons fell to visiting San Leandro 54-50.

Vierra said Perenon told him: At least it isn't like football. You don't have to wait a whole year to play them again.

That's the approach the Dragons will have to take with Castro Valley, Hayward and now the Pirates, as O'Dowd dropped its third Hayward Area Athletic League contest and is 5-3 at ...

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