Abbey School - Bruin Yearbook (Canon City, CO)

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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

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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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,ff Game photographer Father Bonaventure takes a half time break. Mfr! A Kevin Holcomb hangs on to a Swift pass and scores against the Shamrocks. After battling to a 12-12 tie, the Bears and Shamrocks met one week later to determine the champion for the S.C.P.l... Playing without the services of Kevin Hol- comb, the Bears fought to the bitter end. Dominating the first two and a half periods of play, the Shamrocks scored the initial 14 points of the game. Midway through the third period Jim Solfisburg ran up the middle for 45 yards and the Bears began to melt. Play after play the Bears ran over the Shamrocks. The Bruin opening score came early in the fourth period when Jim Swift dropped back to pass. No receivers were open so Swift ran the ball into the zone from 14 yards out. The fourth period was a fine exhibition 'of Abbey offense but the Bruins managed to score only once and that came late in the game when Swift completed two consecutive passes to Tom Hickey. The final score-Abbey 12 Pueblo Catholic 14. The Bruins talk over the game with Coach Apgar as the Mainliner is ready to head for home.