Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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2nd Soccer FRONT ROW: Headley, Ben- son. Sustronk, Stewart, Gilroy. CENTRE ROW: Mr. Berriman, Mueller II, Cockell, MacKen- zie. OHearn. BACK ROW: Bonfield, Powis, Mueller I. In order to fully appreciate the en- deavours of the Second Soccer team, we should ignore the rather dismal and misleading results, and concentrate on the talents of the various com- ponents of the team. Collectively the components were rarely able to control their various tremendous energies to produce the kind of syn- chronized play that would have won the matches for them. In- dividually, they were frequently highly effective, confusing the oppposition, and occasionally each other with a bewildering variety of tactics. Under 13 Soccer FRONT ROW: Senst, Bates, Connor, Bronson, Thomson. BACK ROW: Mr. McLean, Sopinka. Strucken, Mann, Tnjpke, Gordon I, Rolin, Fretwell, Haldane. 11 jgn j H £ i The Under 13 team had an ex- cellent season going undefeated in eight games, with seven wins and one tie. The tie, the only blemish on an otherwise perfect season, was played in the rain, wind and snow on Hillfield ' s all - too - exposed mountain grounds. The team often found itself playing older, larger and more experienced teams but usually remained undaunted, com- pensating for lack of size, with quickness and skill. There were no weak links with the team, representing the sue- 4th Soccer FRONT ROW: Vernon II, Reid. Schmidt, Morris, Millar. CENTRE ROW: Wlldman, Duncan, Kelly, Toles, DalBianco, Freeman II, Bolt. BACK ROW: Mr. Boyd. 148 We had a most rewarding season, mainly because we always played aggressively yet fairly. Our goals came, usually at the most opportune times - that is to say, when we were tired and needed a quick lift. Our captain, 0. Schmidt, provided a strong bastion of defense with his partner I. Rober- tson; and the halfbacks Dal Bianco, Sullivan, and Reid II, were always willing to dig deep for extra effort. Morris, Bolt, Freeman II, and Wildman were fleet forwards and pressed our opponents continually in their zone.

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With a major portion of last year ' s third team returning, the nucleus of our team was established. Halfbacks Boyd, Dorion, Ryan and Hughes provided a strong, and at times, highly efficient unit. Ryan, especially, established himself as a strong shooter and untiring defender. Our forwards were lead by Freeman, Giffin, and McNair, who consistently improved as the season progressed. The able boundings of Paletta and Shaw often discouraged any would-be attackers. Last, but not least, is our most consistent performer, Morgan, who continually boosted our morale by making spec- tacular stops in goal. In the opening game of the season, we met a strong U.C.C. team. The first half belonged to Appleby, scoring two goals. In the second half however, U.C.C. pressed hard, consistently tying up our defence with a six goal result. We travelled to S.A.C. next and after a see-saw game, Appleby won 2 - 1 with Joey Ryan spearheading th e team with spectacular displays of heading. Our home and home series against Ridley were evenly mat- ched contests characterized by strong defensive play, accurate passing and quick goals. Un- fortunately, Ridley had the last word and won both contests 4-3 and 3-2. With a strong defensive effort, especially from Scott Hughes, our return match with U.C.C. resulted in a 3-1 win. Against Ashbury we were not as ef- fective. Continual off-sides and an inability to clear the ball from our own end provided the op- position with many scoring op- portunities which they capitalized on for a 3 - 1 victory. The final two games brought us against a huge Pickering team and a strong Crescent side. By continually beating Pickering to the ball, our forwards, led by Freeman and Giffin, slipped 3 goals past their goalie, while our defence allowed only two suc- cesses by the opposition. Under 14 Soccer FRONT ROW: Fife II, Kay, Dorion, Morgan, Hughes. BACK ROW: McNair, Giffin, Boyd, Mr. Bailey, Freeman I, Ryan, Paletta, Shaw. ? K, Against Crescent, we led 2-0 at the half, displaying strong of- fensive play. Failure to carry the play in the second half gave them the ball control necessary to come back and win 6-2. The score would have been con- siderably higher had it not been for the efforts of our goalie, Morgan.

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Paul Sustronk captained the team well. He has some good ideas and is a fairly natural ball player. He did his best to give some direction to the activities of his teammates. In goal, Geoff Benson quickly learned the need for agility and used his excellent skills to smother almost anything that moved in front of him. Without his efforts, the results would have been even more dismal. Fullbacks Mark Gilroy and lUike Mueller played steadily and also helped to keep the flood of goals against down to respec- table proportions. Mark Gilroy had the advantage of being able to kick the ball fairly hard. The half-backs - Paul Stewart, Stephan Bonfield and Kyle O ' Hearn worked hard to produce an effective midfield line. Paul, particularly, ran many miles, of- ten exhausting himself before the end of the game, whereas Stephan, not relishing the run- ning, would prevent the op- position from getting away from him by a variety of means, mostly legal. The forwards were perhaps the most interesting group in the team; they ran everywhere, with and without the ball. Mark Mueller and Carter Powis patrolled the wings with Peter Meredith, Carl Headley and Steve Cockell weaving an in- tricate pattern of play in front of the opposition ' s goal. In times of need, the team was ably supported by Sandy MacKenzie and Dodson Crawford who enthusiastically substituted when regular team members were indisposed. J.B. cessful welding of twelve highly skilled individuals into a cohesive group. Sopinka, very solid in goal, used his size to ad- vantage, becoming more energetic as the season progressed. Good positional play was frequently absent on defence but Fretwell, Gordon and Bates through a combination of individual skill, speed and good fortune managed to keep the wolves from the door on most occasions. The play of the half- backs often lacked authourity but Strucken, Connor, and Mann were excellent on the attack. The forwards proved to be the key to the success of the team. Brillian- tly led by Adam Bronson they were tireless in attack and always quick to follow the play back into their own half. Richard Trupke played a fine left wing, consistently executing the ball control and centering passes which gave nightmares to op- position defenses. Thomson, Rolin and Senst filled out the for- ward line and were responsible for initiating and completing many scoring plays themselves. Haldane proved an able sub- stitute when called upon and himself played an energetic brand of soccer which com- plimented the play of the others. They boys are certainly to be congratulated on a fine season. Consistently, exhibiting the spirit and determination others will choose to model, they played soccer at a standard which gives hope of successful teams for years to come. Young even for under 13 soccer, the team was able to defeat the first team in two friendly exhibitions. While the coach would like to claim credit for the fine season he is all too aware that most of the recognition for the team ' s suc- cess is due to the boys them- selves. We were disappointed when some visiting teams arrived with players that were twice our size, and obviously older than our- selves, but we still played with determination. Perhaps our best game was our second match with U.C.C. which was a terrific contest between two evenly-matched teams. Our victory left us elated at the close of the season, and looking for- ward to next September.