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...Doyle when in entered Marian High School in September of 1987. Big, bad and brusing Bob Otolski was--and still in--the high school coach for the Knights. He graduated from Indiana Central and was somewhat of a standout as a guard there. He then did a brief four or five-month stint with the Washington Redskins as a specially team player before turning to coaching...
...Catholic schools. In athletics, they always seemed to be so much better than us public schoolers. Take football; I mean Jackson High might as well have stayed inside the locker room and popped sits for 48 minutes than bother showing its colors on the same Tupper Field as the Marian Knights. Granted, Catholics had a rich tradition being from South Bend-Notre Dame-Golden Dome-Fightin' Irish-Fraternal Order of Polish Falcons, Nest No. 9 country; but still, that can't be the only reason...
With the graduation of Creevy, Doyle took ever the reins of the team in his senior year of 1970, and the results were more of the same for Otolski, the Knights of Marian, and the Catholic organization. Doyle led his squad to its second straight unblemished 10-0 record and a third-place rating in the polls...
Doyle was on the lunch for the Knights that night, and I who on the floor for the Tigers. That in itself should give you a little insight into just how menial the task St. Marian had in staying the not-so-mighty Tiger that night of March 1. I had visions of State Basketball Title, front page picture in the South Bend Tribune, a fire engine ride through the streets of South Bend, a tale for future kids and grand kids, and a victory banquet...
...same was true in track. Doyle ran track for three years at Marian. His event was the 440-yard dash and he and his teammates naturally excelled...