South Salem High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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Firsr Yeor Soccer. . A group of freshmen, sophomore, junior ond senior orhleres come rogerher rhis yeor ond gove South Solem rhe mokings of o soccer dynosry. ln o leogue in which oil Solem schools were expecred ro flounder, Sourh Solem quickly esroblished irself os o reom ro be reckoned wirh. This firsr yeor reom finished rhe seoson wirh o leogue record of ren wins ond one loss ond ourscored rheir opponenrs 41 gools ro 9, os well os hoving five ployers vored ro rhe oll leogue reom. They were Sreve Cirron, Mike Smirh, Ren Sonro, Fernondo Cezor, ond Lorry Pruirr, Sourh's reom wos plogued wirh injuries rhroughour rhe seoson. The reom coproin, John Honey, broke his leg ond missed oil bur rhree gomes, fullbock Doryl Gossock injured his ribs, ond goolie Bruce Finneron dislocored his righr shoulder, nor ro menrion Fernondo Cezor who neorly hod ro be roped rogerher before every gome. Forrunorely rhe deprh of rolenred reserve ployers were copoble of filling in when needed ond Sourh eorned o ployoff berrh irs firsr seoson. As senior Sreve Cirron pur ir We were o tremendously rolenred reom rhor worked well ro- gerherf' Four weeks ond ll gomes offer rhe seoson srorred Sourh's reom, srill wer behind rhe eors, rroveled ro Oregon Ciry ro roke on Rex Purnom High School in rhe firsr round of rhe Srore Ployoffs. Unfomilioriry wirh ployoff rules, inclemenr weorher condirions ond per' hops o lock of experrise, oil leod ro Sourh's downfoll ond rhey losr rhree gools ro one. Srill, rhis firsr yeor reom hod no reoson for sorrow. The reom did rheir besr ond occording ro junior Mike Smirh, We were greorf' Soccer hod orrived or Sourh Solem High. A. Teom Coproin, Senior John Honey lofrs rhe boil rowords rhe gool in Sourh's gome ogoinsr Crescenr Volley, D. The comero's eye corches rhe power of Junior Lorry Preuer's kick . Him.. B SOUTH'S 1979-1980 SOCCER TEAM Top Row: Cooch Mike Cooley, Teom Coproin John Honey, John Mirchel, Morc Horch, Nelson de Silvo, Mike Mcl.oin Gronr Schoffer Mike Leisren Dove Wensley Mike Buchord Doryl Gossock, Chrisroph Neuendorf, Borr Crockerr, Bruce Fineron, Dovid Knopke, Jim D'eogle, Wyorr Koro Mork Hursr ond Ron Koskondy Dorrom Row Sreve Cirron John Chesrer, Lorry Preuerr, Sven Olson, Jordon Posell, Ren Sonro, Poul Reilly, Mike Smirh, ond Don Sreele Nor Picrured Fernondo Cezor John Shofer 22 VARSITY SOCCER

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A A. Freshmen Dovid Thorserr, Eric Prirchord, ond Gory Wolnez Cheer on rhe girls coming rhrough rhe cleoring on rhe course, B Perer Gillis ond Morr Fogrz rry ro figure our whor is going on or rhe finish line while Joe Chrisrensen fries ro rolse Q lxnor our of his shoe. C The Saxon lnvirorionol rools pioce or Bush's Pos' rure Porl-2 where rvvenry reoms porricipored from oil over Oregon ond Woshingron, Here is one porr of rhe meer gerring undervvoy, D. While frying ro moinroin his posif non, Jim Hurchinson opprooches rhe cleoring of rhe course running down o sreep hill. Nf f,.f ' gd.. 'W' 'N' 'fgwa I ,--lip J' Q, .2-' 1413, 5' 1. , K y-fa N: -1 . r z'::MQ'l,. pvqtsfiss 1' ,px 3 . P' wi 'rt is 'iihifw C A 'VA J, f .7 I, qi: 4 ' J 3 Rv , w ' X LQ i gl gy fx 4 f .3 I V r A Moryf'-Xnn Ahmed 0 sophomore ex pressed her rhoughrs obour rhe seoson ond hovv well rhe reom did The seo son srorred our reolly good olrhough we losr ro Sprague our firsr meer Our reom vvos very young vvirh few experienced runners In rhe Soxon Invirorionol every one seemed ro be reolly excired be couse If vvos our firsr big meer rhor ony one of us hod ever been in Everyone on rhe reom reolly vvorlsed hord rogerh er during rhe procrices ond when we didnf hove o procrice mony of us would run obour six miles Besides rhor I rhinls ir vvos 0 good seoson ond every one hod lors of fun y .i B CROSS COUNTRY 21

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. . .l-los o GREAT Yeor, Ev Goes ro STATE! NW C A A Senior, Fernondo Cezor, rhe reom's only exchonge srudenr, chollenges S AIbony's goolle whale Sensors John Chesrer Cforegroundb ond Ren Sonro lools on B The Soxons rollx over srroregy or holfrlme C Sopho more Wyorr Koro llmbers up before procrlce The only vvoy I could describe rhls yeors soccer reom vvos AWESOME Abour holf of rhls yeors reom oloyed rogerher losr yeor so we lsnevv how good we vvere ond vvhor ro expecr from eoch orher We exceeded every one s expecrorlons exceor for rhe reom members rhemselves Cvvho vvonred ro vvun or Sroreb Thus yeor vvos o lor of fun The reom rhor everyrhlng rhey dld number of shors soves offenslve ond defenslve oloys erc vvos golng ro be o school record Anyrhlng vve dad good or bod wos rhe besr Sourh s soccer reom hod ever done before Also rhere vvos relo rlvely no pressure on rhe oloyers Thor vvos probobly rhe brggesr odvonroge ro belng o flrsr yeor reom No one expecr ed us ro wan bor we dld Cvvunb so If vvos on rhe reom mode rhe seoson fun or rorher roleroble for me Afrer I brolse my leg rhey srlll rreored me lllse o mem ber of rhe reom Wlrhour rhelr comro dery I never vvould hove mode ll rhrough rhe seoson Worchlng from rhe sldellnes my senlor yeor vvos rhe hor desr rhlng rhor Ive ever done B , , I sf, P , M , , vvenr lnro every gome vvlrh rhe ldeo T Vzgg C, si r , l ,S I 1 Y o lor of fun. Cooch Cooley, ond rhe guys VARSITY SOCCER-23