Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Seconds FRONT ROW: Etherington. Jackson II, Gudewill, Kell, Burke I. CENTRE ROW: Mah ood I. McLaughlin, Bloemen I, Kacan, Large, Mr. Day. BACK ROW: Wood I. Looking back on the debut of soccer as an official School Sport in the Senior School at Ap- pleby, one cannot help admitting that it got off to a stupendous start. At the second team level, we had great spirit and enthusiasm for a game that was new to many of us, despite the stiff competition which we were up against. Most of the schools in the I.S.A.A. league had had several years of previous experience behind them, whereas this, for Appleby, was a first. Choosing the team of eleven players sometimes proved dif- ficult with the wide ranges of age, ability and size within the group of twenty-four players, who faithfully turned out for practice each day. However, we tried to give as many of them, as possible, a place on the team at one time or another, as they all could be counted on to go their best lick. We played a total of ten games, winning 3, tying 3, and losing 4. The two leading scorers were Al Keil and Stu McLaughlin, at inside right and left positions. They were fed by the wings - Nick Jackson on the right, and Ross Large on the left. The half- back line, consisting of Chris Wood, at centre, flanked by Dave Kacan and Des Burke, was indeed the backbone of the team. They could be counted on to rein force the defense as well as assist the forwards, by scoring the odd goal for them. Behind them, we had our fearless defen- seman, Rob Strudwick, Paul Etherington and myself. Steve Roloff and Peter Bloemen provided our last line of defense, as goalies, stopping many breakaways. Chris Bramall and Brad Mahfood were our backups, as some players were going to be going up to the Northern Campus, and others were injured during the course of the season. The relatively low scores in many of our games indicated that perhaps our main weakness was the lack of accuracy in shooting on the forward line. This, hopefully will come with practice in future years. Lastly, the team would like to thank Mr. Day for his unfailing patience, both as a coach, and as a referee. We look forward to another successful season with him next year. G. Gudewill

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Chris Zahovskis who played our inside right acquired skills for not heading the ball. He was, however, very adept when it came to taking corners. His foot seemed to do a better job. The right wing position was con- tested by Peter Taylor, Greg- Marsh and Jim Wetmore. Peter ran very quickly, usually forget- ting the ball, whilst Jim showed us his dazzling footwork, only once in a while. The halfbacks consisted of Graham Johnson, Tomas Vieira and myself, John Morgan, at cen- tre back. Tomas played the left side rather well, and the right side too, to the consternation of Graham. Both Graham and Tomas were the backbone of our team and showed good potential for next year. Although Graham was not the tallest guy on the team, he was excellent in the air, and scored good goals from cor- ner kicks. We had a truly united trio at the back, with Rob Maslon or John VanTighem at leftback, Barry Durrant at centre and Howie Klymas at right back. These players worked together well. 10 with Howie shouting ice it and Rob, well I am not too sure what he said. Maarten Bleomen, our goalkeeper was a credit to our side, a courageous and depen- dable member of our team. He should do well as a regular mem- ber of our team in the next few years. If this team had been together for a few more months, we could have achieved greater success. In fact we did improve as the season progressed, not being beaten heavily at all throughout the season. I think that we sur- prised many of the teams we played, for we were praised on more than one occasion for our drive and sportsmanship. Throughout the short season we learned a lot about the game, and had fun doing it. Victories were hard to come by, and our defeats were hard to accept, but we did in a sporting fashion. On behalf of the team, I would like to thank Mr. Revill for a pleasant soccer season. Appleby had to start soccer some time, and we were all pleased that we were the ones to start this great sport on its way. I hope that the boys who play next year learn as much as we did, enjoy it, and have better success. Rr-.5f - APPLEBY ' S RECORD k ' vBMRRG t ' ' • ■• Games Played 8 feWP f Games Won 2 Games Lost 5 Games Tied 1 vV Points 5 Position (of 8) 6th

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Cross- Country FRONT ROW: Williams, Fournier, Keefe, VanTighem I. SECOND ROW: Dickens, Carpenter, Smith I, Hou, Jackson III. Duncan, Stewart II THIRD ROW: Walton, Mr. Crabb. BACK ROW: McCulloch, DavJes, Hall-Brooks, Baiz I, Boyd. Like every other sport, Senior Scliool Cross-Country had to ad- just to the effects of the eman- cipation of the Footballers. It took time for students, stunned and confused by their new freedom, to percolate and settle into appropriate activities. We lost a few strong bodies to more glamorous sports, but also gained some determined harriers. Apart from the usual training sessions, and trips over difficult terrain, the highlights of the season were the two big inter- school meets, one at Brock University, and the other, the second I.S.A.A. Championship held here at Appleby. The Brock Invitational is always very tough competition against large schools. Our U17 team placed 6th out of 11 and the U20 team, with Peter Taylor making a distinguished guest appearance with the harriers, placed 6th out of 9 in a tense race. For the I.S.A.A. Championship at Appleby, the traditional Senior School course was abandoned and a longer, more challenging, course substituted. Seven schools took part. Only three fielded teams in every event. Ap- pleby came third, overall.