Acalanes High School - Aklan Yearbook (Lafayette, CA)

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Running wounded. Chris Hausser leads a fast break against Las Lomas. The Varsity was greatly weakened by injuries; Chris had to have surgery on his foot when the season was over, and several other players were out for the season. Driving force. In a league game against Campolindo, Doug Hamilton attempts to kick the ball through a Campolindo forward. The soccer team enjoyed beating Campolindo since they had been the cause of several frustrati ng losses in earlier seasons. Head rush. Rick Biro goes up for the ball with lohn Wells of Campolindo. Fullbacks had the unenviable job of heading back the towering kicks by opposing players. 54 SOCCER

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Foul play. Todd Morrish gets a Balboa plaver ' s knee in his ribs as he moves the ball up the field. Soccer was a non-contact sport, but some teams often got belligerent late in the game when thev were losing badly. Our practices consisted mostly of complicated drills. Mr. Kleir would have a new one each day: he ' d try to ex- plain it to the team, and then he ' d get angry when we didn ' t understand him. Many of the players disliked drills, but I think in the end they definitely helped us. Drew Peterson Firm foothold. Effective passing and ball control were marks of a good team Ron Hansen dribbles at midfield to create openings in the Las Lomas defense while laime Ponsford follows in support. Varsity We They Opponent 8 Las Lomas 5 Campolindo 3 Miramonte 6 1 Las Lomas 3 1 Campolindo 3 1 Miramonte won 6, lost FAL Champions Frosh-Soph We They Opponent 3 1 Las Lomas 1 Campolindo 2 1 Miramonte 5 1 Las Lomas 3 1 Campolindo 2 Miramonte won 6, lost FAL Champions Goal-Oriented Up until their last game, the soccer team looked back upon their season as an indistinct succession of mild practices and easy wins. They effort- lessly achieved a perfect record in league play, won the FAL Cup for the fourth year in a row, won the Montgomery Tournament in Santa Rosa and built up a thirty-five game win- ning streak. Team co-captain Ron Hansen said, We never really had trouble with any of our games, even when we scrimmaged the Cal Junior Varsity. After advancing to the finals in the Tournament of Cham- pions, several team members planned a massive party to be held at Ernie Sponzilli ' s house. Historically, soccer parties had always been rather wild, and the attitude was, Let ' s win the game and go celebrate. But it was not to be. Matched against Montgomery, a team which they had beaten at the begin- ning of the season, we managed to overcome a two goal deficit late in the game to achieve a tie. The game went into overtime, then into sud- den death, and finally into penalty kicks, a rather arbitrary way of deciding a game. Mont- gomery triumphed, the Dons went home with intense feel- ings of frustration and dissatis- faction, and the party never materialized. We didn ' t dwell on our one loss, since there was no question that we out- played them, commented (continued) Beheaded. In the FAL Cup semi-fina Scott Hoetker beats his Campolindo opponent and slams the ball to a went on to win the game, 5-1 , and the Cup for the fourth consecutive vear. 53 SOCCER

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Grounded. In a pre-season scrimmage, Ernie Sponzilli leaves a Balboa player on the ground with his lightning-fast moves. The Varsity met Balboa twice more, once in the FAL Cup final and again in the Tournament of Champions, beating them each time. Goal-Oriented Chris Hausser. After the game, parents from the other team came over to our side and said they thought we should have won. Few people can remember the last time a frosh-soph soc- cer team lost a game, and this year ' s squad maintained the winning tradition. Unbeaten in league play for the fourth con- secutive year, they pushed the frosh-soph winning streak to forty-seven games, along with winning the FAL Cup. Since Mr. Klier ran most of the Var- sity practices, Mr. Thurling was free to concentrate on frosh-soph, mentioned Jeff Biggs. If frosh-soph successes were indicative of future Var- sity chances, then the soccer teams have a promising future. The frosh-soph still have a few years ahead of them, but for the Varsity, this year repre- sented the culmination of many years of experience. Many players had travelled to such exotic places as Europe, Hawaii, Las Vegas, and beauti- ful Fresno, trashing motels, harassing waitresses and gen- erally being a nuisance in be- tween competing in tournaments. Ron said, We ' ve been playing on the same team for seven years, and it has given us the chance to go places we never would have seen otherwise. It was sad this year, since this may have been the last time we ever played to- gether. Varsity Soccer Bottom row: loe Parlette, Patrick Wickens, George Pastor, Ron Hansen, Kevin Sargent, laime Ponsford. Second Row: Peter Isola, Jim Parlette, Mike Worthington, |ohn Farrell, Ian McRae, Jim Holden. Top Row: Al Thurling, Scott Hoetker, Rick Biro, Drew Peterson, Doug Hamilton, Todd Morrish, Chalo Berrocal, Fred Leach, Rich Klier. Frosh-Soph Soccer Bottom row: Joe Millette, Brad Goldblatt, Mitchell Hurtz, Carlos Caicedo, Harry Kamian. Second Row: Derik Rost, Brian Tuemmeler, Doug Bea, Don Marshall, Alvaro Pastor, Rick Iverson, Mark O ' Neill. Top Row: Jeff Biggs, Dave Olkkola, Brad Gamble, Dan Sullivan, Greg Holmes, Mike Embree, John Guess, Cesar Gronning. Punishable offense. Fred Leach is fouled by a Campolindo player as he goes up for the ball. Referees used cards to sanction violent players; a yellow card was a warning and a red card meant the ejection of the offending player. 55 SOCCER