Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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t r £ Quarterback Jim Wetmore, who is to be congratulated and thanked for the leadership that he displayed throughout the season, now realizes the frustrations endured by coaches on occasion. Without good blocking, otherwise good and successful plays do not work, and we were very weak in this respect. Paul Crosbie was the only offensive lineman with any experience, and this fact was a fearsome obstacle to good play execution. On defense, we were also plagued by injuries, evidenced by the fact that in ten games we had no less than four defensive captains! We were particularly vulnerable on the corners, since a variety of cornerbacks found it difficult indeed to withstand the blocking and shut off end sweeps. The Hodge brothers played particularly well at middle and right guard, as did Mike Cheney at a variety of line positions. Matthew Yustin, Brian Smith and Graham Kolle did a good job in the interior positions, and the latter, a rookie, showed perhaps the best progress on the defensive squad. We were ' bur- ned ' on occasion by missed pass coverages in the secondary, with obviously diastrous results. The so - called ' rubber band ' defense held on occasion, but at times it unfortunately snapped with an overwhelming ' twang ' . On final comment - football is a game that is not only played with muscle and fibre, but also with a certain amount of intelligence. Too often we were offside or did not give yards on a third down kick or clipped or GAVE yards on a kick-off or moved before the ball was snapped, etc., etc. These are things which should already be known by the time a lad plays football at this level. To sum up, although we had too few good moments and many trying times, everyone did his best, and in the long run this is of no slight importance. - .: a id i a ; ' Mj£] w rn:»:n.l -?« jjfe •.-.-. aim mill v 1 ' ' auv °. :l . ' -°

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The Second Football Team y fe s- ' v 3 1 3 ,B il 3 tc tit . »n «F «?o J , 7 1 »: a?. V (JX ™ ' g fc •« !? ' I V . f: FRONT ROW: Yustin I, Bloemen I, Cheney, Hodge I, Webb I, Wetmore, Slattery II, Hodge II, Graham, Kolle, Van Tighem I, Hebert I. CENTRE ROW: Mr. Landry, Stuart II, Paterson II, Thomson II, Gudewill, Davies, Stewart I, Crosbie II, Stuart I, Mr. Manbert. BACK ROW: Morrison I, Withey, Moffat, McCarter, McKenzie, Smith II, Jackson II, To I, Bethell, Spongberg, Bourne. From the coaches ' point of view, this year ' s team, with a 3 win- 7 loss record, was a drastic change following two undefeated seasons. However, considering the fact that there were many rookies on this team, the season on the whole was a satisfying one, though at times a little frustrating. One of our main problems was that, due to a multitude of in- juries, we seldom entered two consecutive games with the same offensive unit; thus we lacked consistency, and despite a reasonable defensive effort, we were not often able to score enough points to defeat our op- position. At the onset of the season our of- fensive backfield looked fairly strong, but with the loss of Jim Slattery to ' mono ' and Rick Webb to a knee injury, we began to sputter and stall. Ferron Bethell played particularly well on oc- casion, but it was impossible for one man to do it all - we simply hadn ' t enough depth to produce a well-balanced backfield. IHHi

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The Under 15 Football Team QSWSOS. ASl (9- 4Lt5 £T 8P 5 ft. FRONT ROW: Kishino, Beasley, Yustin II. Falco II. Manbert, Gibson II, Gaskin, Sell, Green III. Stafford I. Keates II. CENTRE ROW: Mr. Singer, Leggat. Roberts, Glffin I, Morrison II, Suchanek. Francis, Halliday, Stott, Piatt, Bloemen II, Mr. Turner. BACK ROW: Stacey, McLaughlin, Hubner, Marsh, Parks. Gallagher, Logan II. Burchmore I, Bateman, Benson, Lytle, Connor. The 1974 Season was an ex- cellent one. The nine win-one loss record was the product of enthusiastic team spirit and to a lesser extent, the coaching. At the season ' s start there were only nine veterans from last year. The season, in terms of per- sonnel was split in two due to the northern campus. Both groups moulded together well. The offence for the first half of the season was run by Mark Gaskin at quarterback. With Dan Sell and Maarten Bloemen at halfback and Paul Batemen and Paul Hubner at the flanker slots, the offensive unit amassed 134 points in 4 games. The offensive line of Bill Benson, Dune Roberts, offensive captain Rob Manbert, Mark Francis, Tom Gif- fin, George Stott and Chuck Stacey provided the blocking. Thirty-one touchdowns during the season attest to the hard work of the offensive line. The offense for the second half of the season wasn ' t any ' weak sister ' . Led by Dave Keates with •S «g s £ j35?