Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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FRONT ROW: Lloyd. Sopinka, Locke. Cobham, Withey. Stiefenhofer. Kotulak. Locke 2. SECOND ROW: Dal Bianco. MuD. Cockell. Dineen. Fife, Dejaray, Wilson, Bolt. THIRD ROW: Stewart. Follows. Weisbaum. Husebye. Seguin, Alton. Morgan. Rabb. BACK ROW: Wildman. Gregory. Hughes 3. Bates. Manifould. Faria. Mr. Snowden, Mr. Singer. The team this year was small and not very quick, which can at least partially explain the team ' s poor showing. There was per- sistently the nagging feeling, however, that it never quite played up to its potential, a failing caused in part by a lack of drive and in part by insufficient at- tention to the basics of running and blocking. The victories we had were good ones, but we should not have lost the games we did by such big margins. Offensively we were very uneven. Plagued by numerous fumbles in our first few games, we nevertheless managed to hang on to the ball long enough to win against both TCS and SAC. Of all the games we played, the two best were the tie with Lakefield and our second loss against Hillfield. In the first of these two games, we succeeded in marching the ball down the field twice only to lose it on fumbles. Near half time Lakefield was leading 14-0, when we finally managed to crown one of our drives with a beautiful long U15 Football