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

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their clears and pave the way for a tough 6-1 triumph. Particularly satisfying was faceoff man Hill- iard's tally against Harvey's obnoxious goalie. lt was the first game so far in which all the subs had not been in action, although several did, including goalie Adam Lesberg fwho might be the best ASLC goalie ever by ninth grade!! and defenseman Greg Demirjian. Another act worthy of mention was de- fenseman Bradley Kulman's beautiful assist to Hill- iard - the only point scored by a defenseman all season! After a ten-day lay-off, the ASLC faced four oppo- nents in five days, two of them unknown prep schools. To begin this tough week, the Unicorns warmed up by toasting St. Bernard's 20-3 and Buck- ley 10-2. Everybody played, and it seemed as though almost everybody scored. Attackmen Willie Duryea and Eric vanLeight broke scoring droughts, while teeny 5th grader Brian johnson became the first of his grade to ever score a varsity goal in any sport! Even Evans fplaying at attack! netted one! If 3' 6

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fi 1V LACROSSE - back row: Coach English, Mills, P. Cohen, S Thompson, Burr, Goldfischer, Bryant, Speyerg middle row Miller, Leibg front row: lon Levy, 1. Sinclair, Anderson Kleefield, A. Seplow, Couloucoundis The following day the Unicorns faced a weak St. Bernard's team at home. York, johnson 81 Co. quick- ly went to work, building a 7-1 halftime lead, aided by outstanding play from Robinson, Kinlock and midfielder Peter Livingston. 14-2 was the final in this fiasco, which saw the Unicorns take 71 shots! Things were tougher the following Friday against Englewood, also at home on RandalI's. Suffering from the first quarter jitters, the ASLC found them- selves knotted at 1-apiece at the end of the first period, thanks to a beautiful solo effort by Liv- ingston. Things looked up quickly after the break, however, as York and Tiedemann combined for three tallies to put the Unicorns ahead to stay. Tiedemann's goal was particularly pretty, as he dod- ged two defenders to score from close-in. The sec- ond half was dominated by Robinson's play ftwo goals and an assistj as the ASLC went on to a hard- fought 8-2 win against its first tough opponent of the season. Confident from previous years' successes, and newly equipped with a potent Maryland 2-2-2 of- fense, the squad took to the busses to visit Harvey School in Katonah, longtime A-S rival in all sports. Although the Unicorns scored quickly lRobinson and Tiedemannl, the team was in for a bloodbath as the totally incompetent referee allowed flagrant vio- lations to go unnoticed. Harvey's play got increas- ingly rougher, and only enforcer tactics by Hilliard and defenseman jimmy Croc Krissel kept things in order. Fortunately the novel Boys' Latin ride kept the Katonah lads off balance enough to mess up in

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,gift Then, on Friday afternoon, the team boarded its first air-conditioned bus to journey to Lawrenceville, New jersey, for its first prep school outing and overnight trip. Nervous and ill at ease fielding groundballs on the rock-hard Lawrenceville varsity field, the Unicorns trailed only 2-'I at the half, mainly on the incredible goaltending of Evans, who turned away 13 difficult Larrie blasts. Baffled by a tough .zone ride, the Unicorn clearers failed to get the ball to their attack, and defeat seemed only a matter of time away. Although A-S hopes rose in the third period when Livingston knotted the score at 2-all, Lawrenceville pulled out in front early in the fourth as the Uni- corns seemed to wilt under the heat and pressure of keeping the first midfield in most of the time. But then the break all had been hoping for occurred, scooping the ball past two opponents, Robinson dredged up all his strength to race upfield and pass to the Rabbit for the tying goal with less than three minutes left in the game. The Larries called a time- out, followed by A-S so as to give the shock troops more rest and then it happened. Taking the ensuing faceoff, Hilliard raced down field, looking for the open man on the break, finding nobody open he shot to score the winning goal in what was undoubtedly one of the greatest moments in A-S sports history. The Unicorns had upset a potent prep school ninth grade opponent, certainly one of the ASLC's greatest coups. Coach Nichols received well-deserved dousing with the remains of the ice bucket, and a jubilant bunch of kids went off to explore what was for most their first prep school. The following morning the team hit the road again, for the TW hour trip from Lawrenceville to the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa. Arriving in insufferably hot weather and having to endure Hill's food, the boys learned for the first time that their opponents would be chiefly tenth graders. lHill started 8 of themlj Undismayed the squad rolled up a seemingly comfortable 4-O lead by halftime, outshooting their bigger opponents 20-7 and just narrowly missing several other tallies. Robinson scored twice, fol- lowed by Livingston and York. But the second half was another story, as the Hill gorillas came out for blood, to play football with sticks in their hands. Quickly the smaller Unicorns were beaten and pummeled, Kinloch was KO'd and many other starters were walking wounded. Al- though the Blue 84 Gold continued to get some good shots off, they weren't going in, and by the end of the third period the roof fell in. Hill went on to score 6 unanswered goals to send A-S to its first defeat ever, 6-4. Needless to say, it was a long bus ride back, although the boys certainly had nothing to be ashamed of lmaybe the Hill athletic depart- ment did?j The season ended anticlimatically, with easy wins, 9-0 and 11-2, over King and Greenvale. York contin- ued his scoring blitz long enough to get himself elected captain along with Robinson, and the ASLC's third season was history. As 64 of this year's 98 goals were scored by returners next year, the 1978 squad should be dynamite for Mr. Nichols' farewell season. 69