Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Under 16 Football The success of this year ' s U16 squad was a surprise to both its coaches and its players. The team as a whole ha d excellent potential, but excursions to the North not only reduced our ranks but forced the remaining mem- bers to play in positions which they were unfamiliar with. Nevertheless, through sheer effort and determination the rest were able to make the season successful. Offensively, the team was quite productive and consistent. Led by our quarterback, Ray Casey, our offense was based mainly on speed rather then power. Our major scorers, the two half-backs, Stevenson with 42 points and Pollen with 36 points, were very effective with the running game. Peter Boyle, through his pass- catching ability, scored 24 points to be our major receiver. Other outstanding efforts were supplied by John Myers and John Da Re. Of course, without an excellent offensive line we would not have FRONT ROW: Bethune, Stark, McNair. Freeman, Casey, Wright, Paletta, Cartotto, Wood, Crawford. SECOND ROW: Benson, Gibson, Dorion. Bunting, Skinner, McKenzie. Rockett, Meyers, Pollen, Stevenson. THIRD ROW: Gardner, Stott, Tasi, Goddard, Morgan, Boyle, Washington. Da Re. FOURTH ROW: Mr. Landry, Lanning, Robinson, Werda. Hughes, Gratton, Johnstone, Mr. Manbert. been able to reach such heights. Defensively, the squad was equally successful. Because of the fine leadership and example of Glenn Wright the tackling and pass coverage became extremely efficient. With some effective plays by ends Wood and Skinner sweeps and reverses were staunchly halted. Jamie Washington and Stephen Rockett played extremely well on the corners while Jon Stark, Ron Werda andd Keith Stott held the line superbly. Together, the defense always put forth a great effort at crucial times when either the lead had to be held or the ball retrieved. With such terrific performance from every member of the team, it is obvious to me that, playing with

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tff fHlflSHHtt Our Greatest Loss The last game of this eight day period was played away at Hillfield. In the first half, we scored every time we had the ball, bar one. Tim Pike on two beautiful break-away runs and Graham Leggat on one not so beautiful broken play pass. Bill Benson proved why he used to play tight- end when he leaped to intercept a Hillfield pass from the defensive end position. One of the coaching staff was reputed to have later said, in a moment of frustration, If our receivers could catch as well as our defensive line we ' d have it made! This game was marred by only one thing. That was the loss of our statistician Sean Baines. Un- fortunately Sean missed the last two games of the season with a mysterious injury. His absence was especially mourned by the quarterbacks who were 100% passing that game and wanted THAT recorded. The last game of the season was against TCS, the championship favorites. It was a very physical game and injuries badly hurt the team (not to mention the hapless injured). TCS scored a pair of lon g, unexpected touchdowrns in the first half which we merely chalked up to experience, daring them to try it again. Un- fortunately, they did try again, and succeeded, trampling us 40-1. (Thanks for the single. Reef, it saved a bit of face). Beautiful So, when everything was totalled the only thing that the statistics couJd say for all our blood, sweat and tears was that we had tied for second in the league. All the effort and emotion just to come second. It seems like a waste of time. But it wasn ' t, because the season was great. Thanks, sirs, Zuk, Pork, JB and everyone who made it beautiful, winning or losing. Graham Leggat

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our handicaps, we deserved the 5 wins, 2 ties and one loss that we earned. Especially sweet was our final victory against TCS, a great way to end the season. Dave Stevenson M0 ' -tf