Allen Stevenson School - Unicorn Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Certainly one of the strongest points of this year's mat season was the adoption of new conditioning methods, along with weightlifting. This latter ex- ercise was ushered in by Mr. Daly, with great assist- ance from Messrs. Kersey and English. With great enthusiasm shown by Chucky Evans and David Hill- iard, who could resist building his biceps, etc., on the new bench press? New weights abounded, and were hidden away in the boiler room until an unsympathetic and beaurocratic boiler inspector or- dered their removal for some strange reasons. Next year it is hoped that some more permanent wrestlingfweight room can be found, especially in view of Allen-Stevenson's planned expansion into the 128 E. 78th Street premises next door. Already the winter program is overcrowded in its present facilities, and the addition of a weight room would doubtless aid all sports, as Unicorn athletes of all persuasions could better build their bodies. ' Returning to staff next year's mat squad will be some experienced stalwarts who will doubtless do very well in interscholastic competition. jon and jeremy Levy, well-supported by Tim Ruenitz, Peter judson, Robert Raines, Luis Ubinas, jason Anderson and others will lead a host of aspirant A-S matmen into fhopefullyj wrestling's first winning season. t ' WRESTLING TEAM -fourth row: T. DeVido, Reunitz, Hedges, B. ludson, lon Levy, McLain, McKhann, third row: Mr. julian, luly, P. Aston, T. Rice, Kaminsky, Ubinas, Mr. Webb, second row: Marchant, R. DeVido, Greef, S. Thompson, F. Brown, Burr, first row: Anderson, Evans, Hilliard, Kulman, Robert Raines, H. Wydlerg absent: Sammartino C' 5a

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WRESTLING WRESTLING began its second year at Allen-Ste- venson this fall, and although the team failed to win a meet, much enthusiasm was generated by a host of eager matmen, led by Messrs. Webb and julian. The program improved in leaps and bounds, as Billy Judson, Robert Raines and Richard july became true standouts. The first match of the year was at St. David's, where only ludson managed to win his match. Next came Buckley, and although the team still lost bad- ly, four matches were won, by ludson, Raines, je- remy Levy and David Hilliard fborrowed from the hockey team on non-skating daysj. On February 2nd the boys journeyed to the Dal- ton gym, where both lon and jeremy Levy outlasted their foes. Luis Ubinas, Chaz Greef and Timmy Ruenitz all demolished their opponents, but al- though the Unicorns came close, the final was Dalton 42, A-S 30. This was to be the Blue 84 Gold's best showing of the year. A week passed, and then the team travelled 'cross town to grapple with Collegiate. Astoundingly, three A-S losers were called winners after their matches because it was discovered their opponents had been over the permissible weight limits! leremy Levy again excelled, winning with a quick pin, although A-S lost the match by a comfortable margin. The following day the boys traveled up to Kato- nah, where they faced the formidable matmen of the Harvey School. Only two Unicorns won their matches, but nevertheless Coach Webb termed this the finest hour of A-S wrestling iremarking, no doubt, as to the Churchillian origin of his remarksl. Next came the re-match with Buckley, where only Brad Kulman won his match and one notable A-S stalwart Qalso borrowed from the hockey teaml was disqualified for allegedly biting his opponent. 58

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fl f HOCKEY L ACK of size and depth made the '76-'77 season a disappointingly long one for the Unicorn hockey players. Despite some talented smaller play- ers like wings Clifton York and Clinton Rabbit johnson, the Blue 84 Gold could muster only two large starters: center David Hilliard fwho also fre- quently played a shift at defense when the second line was outj and defenseman Charlie Evans. And, although he played with great courage and made many tough saves, goaltender Adam Lesgerg's total lack of experience showed through on many occa- sions. For example, Adam had never even played in a full rink scrimmage before facing the Harvey var- sity fwho strafed him for nine goalsj. Despite Coach Nichol's repeated pleas for more ice time over recent years, the usual twice-a-week routine remained in effect, so all the boys could do on non-skating days was to work out in Central Park. There, under the direction of Messrs, Nichols and English, the boys did leg strengthening drills, many adapted from the Russian training patterns of Tarasov. Tarasov or no Tarasov, the Unicorns could have used a few players with CCCP on their jersies as they faced the always tough Harvey varsity away at Katonah. Scoring four quickies, Harvey never worked up a sweat in handing the Unicorns a 9-4 defeat. Bright spots were York's two goals, Hilliards solo, and second line center Greg Demirjian's tally. Next A-S faced a super tough Greenvale squad. Playing perhaps its best game of the year, the Uni- corns lost by only 5-3 as Hilliard was a tower of strength scoring twice. Unfortunately the return match was no repeat performance, and the Locust Valley lads waltzed to an 8-O triumph as they played 60 VARSITY HOCKEY TEAM - back row: D. Zaloom, Evans, Hilliard, A. Zaloom, vanLeight, R. Whitmore, middle row: B. johnson, C. Johnson, L. Siskind, Briger, Duryea, Lesbergg front row: York, D. Landis, G. Demirjian, Y, Thrush, J lenoureg absent: Sommers