Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Soccer Team Upsets State Champs Opposite page: (top) Garner and Stout, (middle hgtit) K. Humphries highkicks Wooddale. (left) Evidence ot ttie battle. This page: (top) Kyle moves past Sewanee defender, (bottom) Mike Wagoner. The 1971-72 soccer team, under the tutelage of Coaches Tom Shearon and George Kon, completed a very successful season by finishing with an 8-4 record and by defeating some of the best teams in the state. The suc- cess was even more outstanding when one considers the fact that it was the team ' s first year of prep com- petition and the first time many of the players had played soccer. The Owls opened the season by falling to Wooddale 1-0, as a tying goal for MUS was called back; howev- er, in a rematch a week later the team romped to an easy 7-1 victory behind Gary Garner ' s 3 goals. In their first prep competition the Owls lost to Nashville ' s Father Ryan, probably the state ' s best team, 2-1. MUS then returned home to meet Wooddale again and walked off with a 3-1 overtime victory. The next game with McCallie, last year ' s state champion, proved to be the high point of the season. Playing under freezing conditions, the fired-up Owls defeated the heavily favored Chattanooga team 3-1 . Kenny Kyle tallied twice for MUS, and Carroll Todd got the third goal. MUS then travelled to Nashville, where the Owls stomped MBA 5-0. The very next day the exhausted team took on Father Ryan, but could not get a score and was defeated 1-0. The Owls later defeated a strong Baylor team 2-0, as goalie Russell Day re- corded his second shutout of the sea- son. The following afternoon MUS dropped a 3-1 overtime decision to McCallie in a game played in freezing rain and mud. The final two regular season games were with Sewanee, and MUS pre- vailed both times by scores of 3-1 and 4-1 . In the first round of the state tour- nament, the second seeded Owls were upset by Baylor 2-1 in overtime. Prospects for next season are bright. Garner, Kyle, and Jim Korbel, this year ' s leading scorers, all return, in addition to players from the unde- feated freshman team. . X. - . ....

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Baby Owls Show Excellence The 17-3 season ' s record of the eighth grade basketball team is ample proof of their proficiency on the court. Under the tutelage of Coach Larry Shurlds, the team repeatedly demon- strated their superiority in all facets of the game. While maintaining an aver- age score of 46 points per game, the Baby Owls magnanimously permitted their opponents to tally a 28 point av- erage. The nadir of the team ' s season consisted of three defeats, all sus- tained in the St. Dominic games. Strong competition was found in the contenders from Sherwood, Fairley, Opposite page: (top) Coach Shurlds pensively watches the game, (bottom left th rough right) Stockley, Pool, and Schaefer lift the orange sphere toward the rim. This page: (top row) Mill- ford, Pool, Stockley, Halle, Phillips, Schaefer, and Jones, (bottom row) Lambert, Thompson, Preston, Mathieu, Morris, Varner, Hickman, Har- ris, and Eaker. and Frayser. However, these narrow victories were negated by the total ob- literation of Grace St. Lukes in two outstanding games, the scores re- corded as 82-10 and 89-2. The players also achieved 2nd place status in the St. Dominic Christmas Tourna- ment. Leading rebounders on the team in- cluded Bob Halle and Jay Stockley. More importantly, John Pool uplifted the score with his 18 point average. Steve Hickman and David Preston ex- celled as guard and floor leader re- spectively. Basketball 95

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fc.-,c , » . ' ' i ' S ' ■ ' ■ ■ • . . Vu ' WR ' S ' -JwWbSsS (front row) V Jagoner, Lackner, C. Humphries, A. Jones, Kyle, Wilder, Day, Chow, Phelps, Woodruff. (2nd row) Pearson, Todd, Young, DeSaussure, Korbel, K. Humphries, Weber, Hutton, Hobson, Garner, Stout. Soccer — 97