Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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Seated Left to Rlght Attrlde Chase Slegel Carson Wllll3mS Hathaway Holt Marshall M Tnerney Sosa Donnelly P Ersklne Nelson Standlng Home Mr Carroll Stltt Chambers Van Water Ruddy Mogxelnxckl Frnlayson Carter Sellon Warren Waddy Mr Loveland VARSITY SOCCER RECORD Avon Westmxnlster Avon Hopkms Avon Loomrs Avon Watkrnson Avon Wrllrston The Avon Old Farms soccer team entered rts 1957 season wrth fxve lettermen and a new coach Mr Carroll Under hrs enthusrastnc coachmg early fall the game One week after school began the team faced the Granby Hrgh School eleven m a controlled scrnm mage whrppmg them by a score of erght to zero On October 4 the Red and Blue defeated Westmln ster three to one In the Hrst perrod B111 Donnelly allowed only one goal After that he settled down stoppmg a penalty krck and eleven other attempts at scormg ln the remammg three perrods Avon fought back hard wlth Dave Hathaway scormg on an assist from Peter Moglelnrckr and Xandy Carter scormg twrce wlth assists from jerry Sellon and Andy War ner Halfbacks jerry Sellon and Pete Moglelnrckr tlme after trme stopped dangerous scormg threats Avon Wnlbraham Avon Lenox Avon Suffield Avon Watklnson Avon Monson The next day Avons soccer team drove to New Haven to play Hopkms Grammar The Avonnans showed over confidence and want of sprrrt In the booted one more mto the net to end the half wrth a two nothrng lead When the thrrd perrod was only half completed Avon was forced by mjurres to make substrtutlons for Brll Donnelly goalre Doug Marshall rxght full back and jerry Sellon center half back Hopkms scored seven more trmes makrng the frnal score Hopkms nme Avon zero Four days later Avon played 1ts first home game agarnst Loomrs and was defeated five to one wrth Rocky Nelson scormg on an assrst from Dun Waddy After th1s defeat at the hands of a well matched op ponent the bug struck resultmg rn the mcapacxta tron of a great number of the squad a mlsfortune whrch necessntated playmg the Watkrnson contest y ,, y 'n , , D , -yi. I, .. Y , Y ,De 3 ' ' l 2 ' 2 0 ' 9 3 2 1 ' 5 I 1 1 ' 3 2 ' 3 1 ' ' 2 2 0 practice was devoted to the basic fundarnentals of flrst five minutes of the game, Hopkins scored, and 120