Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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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?

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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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as did the quality of their efforts. It ' s been said that a good football team must have a stingy defence. During the season the defence allowed a mere 63 points or one touchdown per game. Led by Captain Bruce Gibson, the defence utilized a 5-4-3 and 5-5-2 formation. The front four con- sisted of Mark Francis, George Stott, Al Halliday and Dave Suchanek. At the ends many a ' sweep ' fell prey to the head- hunting tactics of Keith Morrison and Peter Logan. The Linebackers consisting of Rob Manbert, and Bill Beasley at the c orners, Dan Yustin, Dave Gib- son, Stuart McGlaughlin and Don Green patrolling the interior and Graham Leggat, Leslie Connor and Chris Falco as defensive backs provided excellent ' pur- suit ' defence. Don Green and Dan Sell at the halfback slots, this offense produced 140 points in 4 games. With the exception of Dave Suchanek and Don Benson, the offensive line remained the same The skill of the ' specialty ' teams matched the quality of the of- fensive and defensive units. The combination of Graham Leggat ' s toe and Mark Wilson ' s snaps produced 33 points in converts and fieldgoals. Graham was deadly from the 35 yard line in.