Those Heffner Kids: This crew will need new Colts swag with the hiring of Chuck Pagano in Indianaplis. Shown here are L-R: Tami, Tim, Tom, Tina, Terry.

It should be noted that Tad Miller had a try-out with the New York Jets following his incredible career at Boise State, and Zach Thiry got a look in Philadelphia. And Cody Hawkins did pilot Team USA to a World Title following a record-setting career at Colorado. But BKfootball.com used an elaborate  rating system to determine that being the wife of a Head Coach in the National Football League is slightly above all over Alumknight performance. If  you have an opposing viewpoint, please send your thoughts to  midknightmedia@gmail.com for our review and consideration.

Chuck Pagano: Tough enough to be a Heffner brother-in-law, tough enough to tell Ray Lewis what to do.

Although she wasn’t actually a member of the football team at BK, Tina was an important part of the program’s success. And her three brothers were all outstanding during their days on the gridiron, including Tom ’82, Terry ’86, and Tim ’95.   The athletic achievements in the Heffner family weren’t limited to the boys, as Tina and her sister Tami ’78 were both involved in athletics at BK as well, including multiple seasons on the school cheer leading squad. And it was on those many Friday nights in the  fall that Tina, working on the sidelines for dozens of football games throughout the Snake River Valley as part of the cheer squad, established her personal credentials in the BK football program.  The NFL was but a distant thought.

Congratulations to all the Paganos and Heffners. Go Colts!

Former Bishop Kelly linebacker and current Boise Mayor Dave Bieter will be roasted at Catholic Charities of ldaho’s Sixth Annual Loaves and Fishes Gala Feb. 4, at the Stueckle Sky Center, Boise State University. The team of roasters includes Father Thomas Faucher, pastor of St. Mary Parish; John Bieter ’80, the mayor’s brother and a professor in the BSU History Department; Mary Bieter ’76, the mayor’s sister and foreign language teacher at Bishop Kelly High School; and Michael Kennedy, Coeur d’Alene City Councilor and former CCI board member.

“We are thrilled that Mayor Bieter has accepted our invitation to roast him at Loaves and Fishes,” said CCI Executive Director Landis Rossi. “Mayor Bieter and his family, as active and supportive members of our Catholic community, exemplify the values of Catholic Social Teaching by putting faith into action through acommitment to help those in need in Boise and throughout the state.”

Chuck Tacke

The evening’s program also will include presentation of the 2012 Marie D. Hoff Social Justice Award to Chuck Tacke, popular and longtime teacher and coach at Bishop Kelly High School. Named for CCl’s founding executive director, the award recognizes an individual, group or organization that“passionately seeks to engage people in transforming social structures that perpetuate injustice and poverty,which, in turn, threaten family life and community well-being.”

Two of the L&F co-founders John and Andy Brunelle

The concept for the Loaves and Fishes event was the brainchild of Andy Brunelle ’78, who teamed up co-founders John Brunelle ’79, Marc Johnson, and Father Faucher to establish the unique political banquet in 2006. Rep. Mike Simpson, Gov. Butch Otter, and Bishop Michael Driscoll have been among the headliners in past years. The 2011 event was attended by 275 CCI supporters and raised more than $100,000.

To purchase tickets or for further information contact CCl’s Director of Development & Communications,Myfanwy (ma-VON-wee) DeVoe at 350-7484, or e-mail info@cciaho.org. Information is also available at CCl’s Web site, www. ccidaho. org

The college football season has finally come to an end with Alabama picking up the 14th National Championship in school history.  It’s been a big year for Coach Nick Saban, who also had a chance to meet BK’s Shea Seigert last summer in Tuscaloosa.

The Knights are expected to return to action sometime around August 31, 2012, so plan to be at Nick Ysursa Field in about 236 days. Roll Knights Roll!

2010 Hoopfest Men’s Division Champions (L-R): Max Adcox ’07, Kyle Cefalo ’07, Cody Hawkins ’06, Brock Hyder ’09, Josh Osich ’07

Registration begins at 8 a.m. and games start around 9 a.m. Cost is just $10 per player, and you get a special commemorative t-shirt.

BK alums, men and women, are encouraged to form their own teams or just show up solo and join a squad for the event, which is a fun-raiser conducted by the Bishop Kelly Alumni Association.

Established in 1988, the Alumknights 3-on-3 tourney attracts dozens of players back to the BK campus every year. For additional information contact info@alumknights.org or call tournament director Dave Bruce at 866-1244.

The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is today in Boise. BK Football provides advertising support for this event and is cheering for a great game today, no matter who wins. If ESPN cameras can ignore the inversion that would be nice, too.  Old timer John Brunelle ’79 is a member of the 36-person Potato Bowl Chairman’s Council, and BK dad Kevin McDonald is ED of the bowl.

Former BK coach Wil Overgaard and wife Megan (Donahue) ’80 have a son, Mikel, playing in the Belk Bowl. A senior for the North Carolina State Wolfpack, Mikel is an outstanding offensive lineman. The Pack faces Louisville on Dec. 27th in Charlotte, NC. Go Pack.

When Mike Bokan, father of a key BK player, received a text message while boarding a return flight at the Spokane Airport the next day and saw the play had been dubbed “The Immaculate Deception” he replied, “Perfect. Absolutely perfect name for that play.”

The date of the game was Nov. 3, 2006, five years ago today.  BK had made it to the  quarter-finals on grit, determination, and the skills of a handful of guys. The Knights were down – way down, on the road, in the fog, with a bunch of underclassmen – and Cody Hawkins, who had ended his 24-0 run as starting QB the season prior, wouldn’t be walking through the mist to save the day for the Knights as he had in the past.

Just 4:31 remained that night in Sandpoint, down by 10 points, 3rd  down for a sputtering BK offensive attack that could barely muster a first down all half.  In fact, it’s taken all game to score just 14 points. It’s foggy, wet, slippery and hostile conditions with boisterous fans ringing the field. Knights are 9 yards from a 1st down, 41 yards from the end zone, and 430 miles from home.  Time out, Brennan enters the huddle. With a shrug and a grin he suggests the schoolyard gadget play they had devised earlier in the season.  The play does have a code name, it’s called “Mexican Left.”  The players agree, nothing else is working, why  not?   With a cautionary reminder to the ball carrier to “be patient,”  Brennan leaves the field.  Seconds  later the players saunter to the line of scrimmage — and BK football immortality.

On the snap, QB Kyle Cefalo #2 and the entire offensive unit runs right, bringing most of the Bulldog D along. Then suddenly left guard Javier Galindo bolts to the left.

The Immaculate Deception from jpbrunelle on Vimeo.

Running with the stride of a seasoned halfback, #77 outlegs the Bulldog secondary to the pylon. The play  is followed by an extra point (Bokan hold, Cefalo kick) , a successful onside kick (recovered by 9th grader Nik Buich), and the drive to the end zone for the winning touchdown, a drive, mind you, keyed by sophomore guard Brock Hyder and sophomore RB Justice Mariscal guided by junior FB Josh Osich.   The Knights escape the foggy shore of Lake Pend Oreille with yet another win over Sandpoint (4-0 all time).

Javier Galindo - Played guard for B.K.; shown here at guard for the U.S.A.

Where are they now?  Kyle Cefalo, who engineered the comeback rally as QB, played DB, kicked extra points, returned punts, and scored the gamewinning TD that night in Sandpoint on a 4th down quarterback sneak, is a senior wide receiver in the Pac-12, playing for the Colorado Buffaloes.  #79 Dan Schaffeld is playing ball at Western Montana. Javier Galindo, the gifted athlete who played offensive line at BK but might have been a runningback at any other SIC school, served his country overseas, and is currently stateside as a member of the U.S. Army. Aside from his football heroics, Javier is a man to thank each and every day.  Ryan Bokan #12 wrapped up a basketball career at Case Western University and is in graduate school, as is Max Adcox #7, who is in medical school at University of Washington. Brock Hyder is among the best offensive lineman in the Frontier Conference as a three-year starter at Montana Northern, and Josh Osich was recently drafted by the San Francisco Giants following a stellar pitching career at Oregon State.

Nice group of boys, and we left out a dozen other success stories such as two-way starter Gavin Gamboa who went on to start at College of Idaho for 4 seasons in baseball and flat out hit the ball for the Coyotes.

So here’s to the anniversary of a great moment in BK football history. Here’s to the Immaculate Deception, and to the kids who were on that team. They made this memory for the all-time enjoyment of BK Nation, and we are grateful. Salute!

TEAM HYDER: Post-game family photo for Butch #13 and Brock #64 following another Frontier Conference win for the Lights.

Cedric Febis,  Spencer Gerke, Jake Hardee and the BSU Broncos are in Sin City to demonize UNLV….Brock Hyder, Butch Hyder and the Montana Northern Lights won last night 24-0 over Rocky Mountain in a special Friday Night Northern Lights edition….Erik Wylie and Hastings Broncos are 5-3 heading into today’s game against Northwestern…Colorado and Kyle Cefalo got upended by the USC Trojans last night on ESPN…Cody McCarthy and Eastern Washington are idle…Nate Lothrop at Carroll and Devin Felton at Eastern Oregon have Frontier Conference games today, both are redshirting this season…Cory Miller and Colorado Mines are home vs. Chadron State…Dom Chumich and Navy beat Army last night to wrap up the Sprint Football title.

Montana State Northern is in LaGrande to battle Frontier Conference leader Eastern Oregon.  Brock Hyder and little brother Butch hope to spring an upset on the Mounties, and you can see it live at 1 p.m. right here.

Colorado Buffaloes are at Arizona State for a Pac-12 game, and Kyle Cefalo is doubtful to return to action at receiver. He’s been out with a knee injury.

In a game played yesterday, Dom Chumich and the Navy Sprint Football squad beat Cornell 42-21. Navy remains undefeated heading into next week’s game against Army at West Point.

It’s the season finale for BK, final game for this year’s 12th graders and it’s at Skyview (2C) at 7 p.m. Wherever you are, you can hear it here. Go Knights!