Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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JV Booters Kick Way to Winning Season by Stephanie Dixon The pressure was on. The crowd ' s noise had reached a deafening pitch. It was a perfect setting for the Boys Junior Varsity Soccer Team to strike into action. Swiftly and expertly, sophomore Jeff Kessier whipped in the winning goal to defeat Troy in one of the team ' s most memorable games of a victorious 12-2-2 season. After the season-opening victory over Troy, the spirited and supportive mem- bers of the JV squad, led by Steve the megaphone Wills, set a standard for other dedicated Varsity fans. The Maple ' s greatest strength was its defensive attitude. Each game, the players worked hard to keep their opponents off the scoreboard. The team ' s only real weakness seemed to be its lack of experience, but all 21 players gained valuable game minutes and improved their ability throughout the year. On every team, there are always a few members who stand out. Two of these dedicated and outstanding individ- uals were chosen to be team captains: juniors Steve Wills and Gunnar Winck- It takes a lot of skill and determination to play soccer; this year ' s team proved well in both ar- eas. COACH BOB BUKARI JV SOCCER OPPONENT SHS OPP Troy 3-1 W. Bloomfield 5-0 Kimball 3-1 Ferndale 7-0 Groves 1-0 Cranbrook 4-1 Andover 1-0 Troy Athens 0-2 Southfield 5-0 Adams 2-1 Troy 1-3 Kimball 1-1 Ferndale 0-3 Andover 1-0 Troy Athens 2-2 Southfield 3-1 ler. Other leading players included Jetr Milius, MVP Steve Sheckell, the recipi- ent of the coach ' s Award, Shawn Mc- Allister, and MIP Matt Ruggles. Junior varsity coach Bob Bukari stated, The team ' s attitude and willing- ness to get out and play the best they could and working together were the best things about this year ' s team. As the freshmen member of the team. Jay Page, noted, The team needs to be there for each other to assist on plays and give each other moral support. In assessing the overall efforts of the team throughout the 1985 season co- captain Gunnar Winckler said, This year ' s team worked extremely hard and definitely earned the games we won. The team had good skill and determination that led us to a successful season with a positive outlook for next year. Steve Wills expertly regains control of the ball before passing it off to an open teammate who ably assists him in keeping the ball away from the Groves team- Taking charge of the ball. Da vid Christopher looks for an open teammate to assist him in scoring a goal during an Andover Seaholm contest, played at Seaholm ' s home field. phoio by Bissa Sard 170 BOYS ' JV SOCCER

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In his last year at Seabolm. Coach Roman Kolodchin gives some pre-game advice to Chris O ' Neil before Seaholm ' s first game against West Bloomfield. phulo by Elissa Sard As one of Seahoirn ' s four captains. Alex O ' Kulich shows superb passing skills during second half action against the Lakers of West Bloomfield. photo by Doug Engle With intense concentration on his face, forward Cory Cotter races to the ball in one of three victories over tbie Kimball Knights. photo by Doug Engle IW - ' « H ■ . ■ F ' ki. % • FRONT ROW: Craig Ciccone, Brian Sard. Jon Bennett. Cory Robertson. David Wolff. SECOND ROW: Brad Schrage. Barrett Tripp. Harvey Light. Chris O ' Neil. Tom Freydl. Rich Bayman. J.J- Cromer. THIRD ROW: Coach Roman r v,occ:::n. Alex O ' Kulich. Scott Milius. Greg Serine. Tim Buese. Tom Dahlin. Cory Cotter. Colin O ' Brien, faithful fan Andrea Scampa. BOYS VARSITY SOCCER 169

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The exhausted Joost Dekker performs some .er tncky FRONT ROW: Derek Oldham. Larry Wine. Jay Page, Gunnar Wmckler.S:,. rr,aneuvers to keep the ball away from the Troy Athens David Christopher. Scott Eaman. Jeff Milius. ROW: Robbie ' ■ lf;j ' °°f £ ' ' . %- ' ' ' ' t ' , ' forward while attempting to break a tie during a Alexis Logethetis. Jeff Kessler. SECOND ROW: Steve Sheckell FOURTH ROW: Scon Marshall, 1 contested game. pho.o by Paul Dona, Matthew Ruggles. Tony Scolaro. Tom Da wson. Peter Landgraff. Mark Tanase. Coach Bob Bukan. BOYS ' JV SOCCER 171