Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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U-15 Footbal The team this year was not brilliant, but hard work and a lot of team spirit led us to five wins and four losses. It was quite a sight seeing the expression on Mr. Manbert ' s and Mr. Landry ' s faces when only twenty-three players turned out for the first day of practice. Anyhow, we did manage to set up a team for our first game against Ridley, although a few players had to go both ways. Being the first football game for most of the guys, we were very edgy but got off on the right foot, with a single. From there on in we were thoroughly beaten by the older, more experienced players from Ridley, and ended up losing the game 20-1. As was expected, poor blocking, disorganization and weak tackling led to our downfall. The following Saturday pitted us against T.C.S. We got off to a good start with Peter Senst scoring our first touchdown of the year on our first play from scrimmage on the old razzle-dazzle. T.C.S. followed up with a 60 yard sweep around the end for a touchdown but from there on we dominated the play and ended up winning 20-6, even though four T.D. ' s were called back because of penalties. FRONT ROW: Peer, Plank, Mann, King, Petersen, Freeman 2, Hughes. MIDDLE ROW: Maier, Rahn, Baker, DeKori, Senst, Appleby, Charron, Pritchard, Mr. Man- bert. BACK ROW: Mr. Landry, McNab, Benson, Guthrie, Young, Duncan, Crawford-Brown, Machan. In Lakefield we learned how they chose the school name. Most of the field was under four inches of water and as we expected there were many fumbles. In fact, we fumbled the ball on our first four plays, but recovered each one. Nevertheless, we did play a strong game, losing 12-0 mainly because each Lakefield player weighed about thirty pounds more than we did. As the season progressed it was quite evident that the team was improving substantially. Led by half-backs Mark Freeman and Steve Mann, flanker Chris King, and the excellent play of Jeremy Hughes on defence, the whole team took the initiative and gave their best, winning the last four of five games. The highlight of our whole season though, was our eighth game, against Ridley. Ridley, up to this point, was 7-0 and was looking forward to having an undefeated season. The two previous en- counters were won by Ridley, with 20-1 and 26-15 margins, and we really wanted to win this one. As the outcome showed, our spirit won us

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sweat and tears, we did it! The end of that game summed up our season. Who would have thought on that sunny afternoon in September that we would go un- defeated. I would like to thank the coaches Dave Singer of defense and Bob Snowden of offense for that one chance in our life to be winners. I believe their high at that game was as big as ours. The Defence was led by Mark Cobham, an example to all, who ' d rather go through ' em then around them. He was backed up by the smallest members of the team, Rob DalBianco, Dave Roberts, and Craig (Too Tall) Mull, who proved that height had nothing to do with making the other player eat his own dust. The tackle masters Buck , Pat Bates and Gordie Moffat. Then there were Hal TurnbuU and Jeff Locke who liked eating quar- terbacks as a snack during the game. Keith Stott and Eric Morgan, whose manners would scare away a herd of charging rhinos, not to mention half backs. Alton and Tom Husebye who refused to let any sweep, sweep by. Not to mention Mike Lloyd (who would look at the moon at times of no excitement) and Hunter Wilson who collected quarterbacks for their fireplace mantles. The two safeties J.B. Dineen and Mike De Jaray who covered so well the receivers thought their shadows were becoming three dimentional. Finally there was the rookie Jobin who was a late trade. Not to forget Steve Cockell who was best described by Mr. Singer in his poem IN PRAISE OF THE NO NAME DEFENCE, And Cockell whose status was influenced by Satis quote. Unquote. The Offense was lead by Rich Withey whose skill and mental ability would even impress Fran Tarkenton. Behind him was the powerhouse of Randy Sopinka (full- back) who opened gigantic holes in the middle not to mention his amazing touchdown catch. Doug Locke had determination and moves would impress O.J. Simpson. John Prichord ' s running power would impress Earl Campbell. At one point I remember John running with half the team on him. To help the backs there was the offensive line, Will Segun, Mark Manifould, Dave Tasi (who was injured in the middle of the season), Keith Stott and Mark Cobham, Dave Pollock and Pat Bates would replace in times of trouble. The amazing thing about Dave Pollock was that he was so geared up he usually forgot the count the ball would come up so we made sure he remembered. Mark Manifould was the only kicker in the league who managed a spiral from a kicking tee. The split end, Chris Wildman alias Golden Richards, was most of the time dependable on the dreaded flea- flicker. Jeff Hughes the primary receiver made some spectacular catches. The tight end is best described by Rich Withey, Kyle O ' Hearn proved to be an excellent blocker for the backs but also was the key factor in the last game against Hillfield, catching four passes, three of which were touchdowns! The team gives best wishes for our manager, John McBean, which without his efforts we could not achieve our goal! Kyle Hearn

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the game. The first quarter was tough defensive battle with neither team putting any points on the board. Th en the breaic came. On a simple Petersen to Freeman handoff up the middle, Freeman evaded two or three tackles, and broke away for a sixty yard romp, making the score 6- 0. The extra point was blocked and this score remained at half-time. A real pep-talk from Coach Manbert led us back onto the field deter- mined to win. The score remained the same for the rest of the game, and the climax came when Hughes made a diving tackle to save the game for us. We ended up the season by thoroughly trouncing T.C.S. 69-6, with Mann getting five touchdowns. Other highlights of the season were: Chris King scoring a touchdown for Tracey, our famous No-Name defence gracing the scene from time to time, and, watching the look of disgust on Mr. Landry ' s face in practice when a few members of the defensive squad kept dropping perfect forty-yard long bombs. Anyway, it was a fun and satisfying season and thanks must go to Mr. Landry and Mr. Manbert for their excellent coaching. Steve Petersen