Abbey School - Bruin Yearbook (Canon City, CO)

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On a wet and raining night the Bears opened their season play against the Montrose Tigers. The Abbey defense held tough through the whole game except for one play in the second period when a Montrose halfback went around right end for forty yards which set up the sole touchdown of the game. Abbey scored twice during the contest. Both scores were safeties which were set up on punts by Kevin Holcomb. Final score-Abbey 4 Montrose 7. The board of strategy talks things over. Coach Bill Apgar flanked by .lim Siegel and Father Thomas Trujillo. Brilliant kicking by Kevin Holcomb and excellent passing by ,lim Swift were the key factors in the Bruins first triumph of the season. The opening score came on a 58 yard pass play from ,lim Swift to Kevin Holcomb. The second score was set up as Jim Solfisburg intercepted a Trojan aerial. Three plays later Solfisburg carried over from the one. Holcomb,s punts kept the Trojans in constant trouble throughout the entire The tW0'WaY Stretch that failed bl' inches- game. Swiftis timely completions kept Las Animas on defense the majority of the game. Final score-Abbey 14 Las Animas 0. After recovering from bitter defeat in the first game, the Bears marched into Rocky Ford and shut out their second opponent in three starts. Victory never tasted sweeter for Coach Apgar. Abbey drew first blood in the contest midway through the first period when Jim Swift threw a 38 yard touchdown pass to Kevin Holcomb. Defense was the main factor in the victory as the Abbey's hard-rushing line kept the Melloneers in their own field through- out most of the game. With one second remain- ing on the clock, the Rocky Ford quarterback was intercepted by Tom Hickey who went 20 yards for the final six points of the game. Final score-Abbey 12 Rocky Ford O. 60

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Captain Chris Slavsky sits on the ground and watches Jim Solfishurg start on a gainer in the homecoming game. Wearing their new uniforms for the first time and playing host to St. Mary's of Walsenhurg, our Bruins made our guests feel most unwelcome as they made them our third shutout victim of the season. .Although reserves played much of this game, Swift and Holcomb again sparkled in this Abhey victory. Holcomb's kicks again were nothing but sensational and again Swift threw a touchdown pass to Holcomb. This one covered 68 yards. Jim Solfisburg continued to run over oppo- nents as he scored one touchdown and helped to set up another. Joe Rodgers hit the scoring column for the first time this season as he went 19 yards on one play and carried over on the next. Final score-Abbey 25 St. lVIary's O. For the first time in thirty-eight outings, our Bruins went down in defeat without registering a point. Al- though the statistics showed the teams to be equal, the Plainsmen from Laramie capitalized on the Abbey mis- takes. Solfishurg, Swift, and Slavsky turned in their usual fine games. The game marked the fourth year in a row that the Bears have gone down in defeat to Laramie. The Bears have yet to win a game against the Plainsmen. Final score-Abbey 0 Laramie 21. bl