Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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J! -Q Fourth Row fleft to rxghtl L Duff MacW11l1am R Jones Gomez Thlrd Row fleft to nghtb Heldsxeck Sagal Plants C Hall Kohn Second Row Cleft to nghtl W Turner Palmer Aschenbach Tosx Alrcandrl Hoyt Jackson W N Gordon First Row Cleft to rxghtj D Hall Antolxnx Sexfert Anrd Falrchxld Van De Water Wxllxams Spyropoulos Sregel Mr Loveland SOCCER SEASON 1959 Thxs years soccer season started on a hrgh note as forty five boys reported to pre season practlce called by Coach Loveland Out of th1s group sxx returmng lettermen were present to boost the team sp1r1t Many new faces were there addmg to the team Thus by opemng game trme Avon was able to field a credltable soccer team one that was capable of g1v1ng any team rn the league a tough fight The team traveled to New Haven to face Hopk1ns Gram mar ln the first contest After a scoreless first quarter Hopkzns punched through two goals Three more tallles were added by the hlgh scormg Hopkms offense before the game was over Avons defense sadly lacked the necessary depth and the lme could not provlde the much needed scorxng The final outcome was 5 0 ln favor of Hopk1ns A hrgh spmted squad prepared to meet Kmgswood on the follow1ng Wednesday Imtxally the game was a defensxve battle but 1n the thnrd quarter Kmgswood managed a score Roy Attrlde scored Avons first tally of the season a few mmutes later The regulatton txme ended wnth the score knotted at 1 1 In the first overtxme perxod Sam ackson scored on a penalty knck and thxs proved to be the wmmng margm Outstandmg backneld support by goalre Buddy Sxe gel and fullback Bob Fanrchlld also were mstrumental nn provndmg Avon wrth a 2 1 vxctory over the Wyverns Pomfret followed the next Saturday Lackxng the startxng go he and msnde both the offense and defense of the team were weakened Byron Tosl scored for Avon but nt wasnt enough as the team went down to a 4 1 thrashmg dealt them by the much superxor Pomfret team An undefeated Loomxs squad journeyed to our field and A. .vw 1 ' L if Ik t I 1 , I I Y 'T 2' f a P' .- A' It 1 ' : . , ' ' , . , l l 5 I l 1 1 1 - 1 l 3 - 1 1 1 .1 A .1 1 1 - . U . I I , . ., . , . v . . , , . . , Y 3 ' . 1 - ' , ' - a 1 s ' ' 3 . , . . ' 1 ' 9 - ' 1 J 9 1 7 . y - a . . .. , F . . . I . 4 , 1 - - 1 . - , . l - , ' , . . ' a 126

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on the play Before the period ended Monson moved the ball down the field to t1e the game at 7 7 During the second period Andy Murphy moved from the full back slot through the center of the Monson lme bull mg his way to a score The half ended wrth the score in our favor by a 14 7 margin In the second half Avon got its first taste of a team that wouldnt give up The Monson team repeatedly fought its way down the field rolling up two vital touchdowns Avon fatled to tally durmg the second half and thus lost a heart breaking game to Monson Academy 21 14 Parents Weekend was the setting for the Avon Tabor meeting Tabor New England Prep School Champions the year before was expected to provtde strong opposition On a wet and muddy field they overwhelmed the hapless Avon squad Perhaps the lack of reserve strength proved to be the dCC1SlVC fac tor here At any rate Avon suffered its worst defeat in recent years as Tabor piled up a 56 0 score Cranwell was the last game of the season Rlddled by mjurres the team sorely missed the services of Bob Bogrno B111 Davnd and Mike Fawcett who were side lined The game was dlsappomtmg though Corky Cookman and Scott Smith played fine ball Avon dropped its final encounter and closed out the season wrth a record of three losses and no victories But no matter how the season turned out the team has a lot to be proud of The boys have demonstrated ability and though it will involve a lot of hard work they should make Coach Cochrane a wmnmg coach next year 125 . , - Q ' ' 9 , . , . l v ' ' x 9 1 1 a - , . . . . . . . , , . 1 ' ' y , . . . ' a s a 1 . , . f 5 f ' and N- .-

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a sprrrted clash ensued rn which we were defeated by a 2 1 score Chrp Hall scored rn the fourth perrod but agarn the lrne could not come up with the tying tally Wrlbraham and Wrllrston were the next two scheduled contests Avon suffered two more defeats by rdentrcal 2 1 scores Agarn rt was the failure of the lrne wrth regard to scoring power that resulted rn the losses Sam jackson agarnst Wrlbraham and Byron Tosr agarnst Wrllrston were the only goalgetters Bob Farrchrld once agarn displayed hrs prowess at the fullback positron and john Arrd demonstrated hrs abrlrty at halfback Parents Week End found the team playing host to Wat krnson A pourmg rarn greeted the two teams as they took the field In the first half Watkrnson bombed through two fourth quarter Steve Spyropoulos pushed through a goal for the home team but rt was not enough as the team lost once again by a 2 1 score The next Saturday Windsor Mountain was Avon s foe up rn Massachusetts Again rn a pourmg rarn the low scoring Avon team lost by a 4 0 count The defense was hampered by the drrvrng rarn as rt crossed up rts signals qurte frequently A resurgence now took place on the Avon team With a new type offense Westmrmter became an easy prey and was dealt a 2 0 defeat A hard shot bounced off therr goalre rn the first half and Tony Hoyt scored rn the second perrod The defense far exceeded rts past performances as Westmrn ster had but few shots at the Avon cage Kent was our next opponent rn a hard fought struggle nerther team could manage a score Both goalres were superb to say the least Bob Farrchrld and Pete Antolrnr were rnstru mental rn helprng Avons Buddy Sregel obtain hrs second shut out rn a row New England Champions Suffield arrrved confident of a vrcrory A strngy Avon team fell before the Black and White 3 1 Sufiield scored two of rts goals on penalty krcks as Sregel made many saves Brll Palmer played well as drd the entrre lrne rn general Roy Attrrde set up Chrp Hall rn the second half for Avons only score Monson was our last game and rt was played on a frozen field at Monson After a scoreless game Monson dented the Avon nets rn the first overtrme perrod and held on to a 1 0 well rn closing out therr soccer careers at Avon Because of rnabrlrty to score and weak reserves the team finished the season with a 2 9 1 record Whatever credrt due the team may be attributed to the leadership of Co captarns Bob Farrchrld and Cole Van De Water Coach Loveland was rnstrumental rn organrzrng the offense A lot of close decr srons were lost and the record mrght easrly have been re versed rf the team had lrved up to rts potential as rt drd rn the last four games The outlook for next year rs rather bright Four lettermen are expected back and many talented JV players are expected to come up through the ranks Thus this year s medrocre record should be improved upon Van De Water, Mr Loveland, Farrchrld goals while holding the hungry Avon offense to none. In the victory. Bob Fairchild and john Aird played exceptionally 127