SportStars Vault | The Night The Pirates Stole The Show
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With The ’91 Pittsburg Football Team Going Into The Pittsburg FB Hall Of Fame This Weekend, We Dug Up Our 2011 Feature On That Famous Win •
EDITOR’S NOTE: This Article First Appeared In SportStars #37 On Dec. 8, 2011, Marking The 20th Anniversary Of Pittsburg’s 1991 Win Over De La Salle — Still The Last North Coast Section Win Over The Concord School. De La Salle’s Winning Streak Vs. NorCal/Bay Area Teams Was Snapped By St. Francis-Mountain View On Sept. 10, 2021 (Nearly 10 More Years After This Story First Ran!!). The NCS unbeaten streak is now at 265 games.
The most unforgettable moment of Chris Shipe’s memorable Pittsburg High football career was taking a knee.
This was no obligatory, run-of-the-mill, end to a football game mind you.
This was on the floor of an NFL stadium — the Oakland Coliseum — on a damp and muddy...