Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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everybody else and were the League Champions was some consolation. Ten days later, we travelled to Ridley and by half- time, it appeared as though we were in for another trouncing. However, in the second half, we began to play together and the final score of 38-21 in Ridley ' s favour did not seem so bad. An exhibition game against Lakefield turned out to be one- sided, and a disappointment for both schools. Our opponents had played a game the previous day, and we could do no wrong. The final score of 62-0 for Ap- pleby was probably unrealistic as a measure of either team ' s true potential. Our next League game was against Hillfield in Hamilton. There was a strong wind blowing, it was cold and had rained most of the night before. Going into the fourth quarter, we were leading 16-14, but Hillfield had the wind and a high spirit in the last fifteen minutes, and they used both to good advantage to score three converted touch- downs and win 35-16. Our last three games were at home and all were exciting and closely contested. Against Trinity, we unfortunately played only half a game - the first half! It is almost painful to admit it, for we were ahead 25-7 at half-time, but we ended up losing 28-25. We threw the game away with fumbles and interceptions. The following weel , we had a very hard fought game with Upper Canada on a slippery, muddy field. They scored the winning touchdown in the last five minutes to win 21-16. And finally, on the last day of our season, we beat the Old Boys for the second year in a row, this time by a score of 12-9. Ricl Wilson scored both of our touchdowns, one a long pass and run play, and the other on a fifty yard return of a punt. On the scoreboard, therefore, we fared rather poorly over the season. But the 1975 football team will not be remembered for that. They were the most deter- mined, high-spirited and gritty team to have played for Appleby for many years, and each player found out eventually that he really did win something even in losing. The following boys were awar- ded their colours: J. Rosseel, T. Green, F. Bethell, S Hall, N. Jamieson, G. Kolle, J. McCarter, J. Slattery, N. Waterfield, and R. Wilson. W.D.R.S. rjj -

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Under 16- Undefeated! FRONT ROW: Wilson II, Benson I, Green II, Gaskin, Leggat, Suchanek, Morrison II, Manbert, Bateman, Hogaboam, Piatt I, Gibson II. CENTRE ROW: Mr. Manbert, Stacey, Josselyn, Fulford, Stott, Benson II, Logan II. Halliday, Lytle, Roberts, Hubner, Mr. Landry. BACK ROW: Mckenzie II, Stuart IV, Beckett I, Merrill, Beasley, Woolley, Thompson II, Redmond, King, Parks, Yustin II, Sell, Kishino. On a muggy September af- ternoon, about 65 boys gathered on the east football field in shorts, ready to tackle the up- coming season. After dispensing with twenty or so individuals who preferred to play soccer, we, the coaches started to assess the talents of the U16 football team. At first, both of us, Mr. Landry and myself, were somewhat skeptical about our chances this year. We knew that this group had had a relatively successful time last year, but at the U16 level, this could easily change. We were also painfully aware that many of the boys would be leaving for our northern campus. We certainly did not feel, at the outset, that another undefeated season would unfold within eight weeks. Perhaps the keynote of this year ' s offensive team was ver- satility. We were fortunate that no one had to go two ways but numerous changes on the line and backfield had to be made due to injuries and the northern campus. At centre was John Piatt, a very willing young man who seldom made a mistake. (As I told all the offensive linemen, games are won and lost in the trenches: our winning season certainly can be attributed to the efforts of these ' unsung ' heroes.)