Abbey School - Bruin Yearbook (Canon City, CO)

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if M Homecoming game. If statistics counted the Bears would have a feather to put in their bonnet as they would have defeated one of New Mexicois top rated teams, the Raton Tigers. The Tigers capitalized on two plays in the game which enabled them to score. The first was a pass play on the second play of the game and the second was a third period pass play which was deflected and came down in the arms of a Raton defender who had an open field ahead of him. The New Mexican team couldn't stop our offense and couldnft run against our defense. On the final play of the game the Bears scored their only T.D. of the game as Jim Swift hit Tom Hickey in the end zone. Final score- Abbey 6 Raton 12. Jim Tonso takes a pitch-on from Jim Swift as two Irish close in for the kill. A tense moment in the walk. 333

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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

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The calendar read November 3, Homecoming for the Trinidad Catholic Tigers. It also showed the Bears had been unsuccessful in their two outings and had not had a victory since September 28. It was time for a Bruin victory and well did the Bears put on a display of power. On the first play of the second quarter, Swift threw 60 yards to Holcomb for the score and again late in the second period Swift threw to Holcomb for a 53 yard touchdown play. Sophomore fullback, Carlos Ordonez, playing his first game as a starter, scored twice during the contest. Jim Solfisburg was his usual self as he picked up a great deal of yardage and scored one touchdown. Final score--Abbey 34 Trinidad Catho- lic 0. Before a crowd of 4,000 fans, the Bruins played Pueblo Catholic in the Abbey thirty-first Homecoming tilt. The teams were evenly matched and it was a hard fought game from start to finish. The Bears drew first blood late in the first period when Jim Swift intercepted a Pueblo pass and returned it tothe Shamrock one yard line. On the next play Jim Solfisburg carried over. Later in the fourth quarter, the Bears scored their second touchdown of the game when Swift threw 24 yards to his favorite end, Kevin Holcomb. But the Shamrocks were not finished yet. Fired up and deter- mined, they returned to the field of play and pulled the game out of the fire as they scored two touchdowns to tie up the game. Final score-Abbey 12 Pueblo Catholic 12. ' Jim Solfisburg picks up a few precious yards against the Shamrocks in the homecoming game. Tom Hickey gets a Bear-hug from one of Pueblo's defenders on a pass play. Couldn't he interference? 63