(who sent a video to the Class of 2009 graduation and visited Kenmore West on 4/9/10 to speak with the school) Jeff Czum, guitarist in the band Cute Is What We Aim For Frank H. Easterbrook, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Gregg Easterbrook, author and journalist Geoffrey Gatza, editor, publisher, poet Edward Gibson, Skylab astronaut (who spoke to the student body at the 2010 Homecoming rally) Green Jellÿ, musicians and theatrical group Beth Krom, two-term mayor of Irvine, California, and U.S. congressional candidate Dan McFall, NHL hockey player Jim McNally, former offensive line coach in the NCAA (1966–1979) and in the NFL (1980–2008) Gary McNamara Class of '73, former talk host at WGR and WBEN. Nationally Syndicated Talk Host, "Red Eye Radio" Neal Smatresk, marine biologist, former president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2009–2014), current president of the University of North Texas (2014–present) Bob Smith, comedian and author Richard Kermode, keyboardist who played with Janis Joplin, Malo, and Santana. Zachary Patton, class of 2009, designer and creative entrepreneur. Founder of Cretaceous Clothing, Bxllion Brands, Attractive Stranger and co-founder of software development company Atlas Digital Group. Kyle Sobon, USPA Powerlifter and NYS Men's raw Junior 18-19 82.5 kg squat record holder, World Record holder for most 100 pound conventional deadlifts in one minute School colors and mascot The school's colors are royal blue and white, and the mascot is the Blue Devil. There are many different images used for the Blue Devil all throughout the school, and most have been designed by students. In recent years, the old mascot costume was replaced by a newer, more 'pumped-up' Blue Devil costume. Athletics The Blue Devils compete in the Niagara Frontier League (NFL) in most sports. Exceptions include the football team which competes in the Class AA North division and the gymnastics team which competes in the Erie County Interscholastic Conference (ECIC) Division I. The school's sports teams have produced numerous championships throughout the school's 60-year history. The Blue Devils have a long-standing cross-town rivalry with Kenmore East High School. Sports offered are: Basketball Boys' basketball 1978: Advanced to the New York State Basketball Championship final game Girls' basketball Football Voted #1 in New York by the New York State Sportswriters Association in 1969 New York state champions: 1969 Cited as "National Champions" in 1969 by a computer calculation operated by the Junior