Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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a sprrrted clash ensued rn which we were defeated by a 2 1 score Chrp Hall scored rn the fourth perrod but agarn the lrne could not come up with the tying tally Wrlbraham and Wrllrston were the next two scheduled contests Avon suffered two more defeats by rdentrcal 2 1 scores Agarn rt was the failure of the lrne wrth regard to scoring power that resulted rn the losses Sam jackson agarnst Wrlbraham and Byron Tosr agarnst Wrllrston were the only goalgetters Bob Farrchrld once agarn displayed hrs prowess at the fullback positron and john Arrd demonstrated hrs abrlrty at halfback Parents Week End found the team playing host to Wat krnson A pourmg rarn greeted the two teams as they took the field In the first half Watkrnson bombed through two fourth quarter Steve Spyropoulos pushed through a goal for the home team but rt was not enough as the team lost once again by a 2 1 score The next Saturday Windsor Mountain was Avon s foe up rn Massachusetts Again rn a pourmg rarn the low scoring Avon team lost by a 4 0 count The defense was hampered by the drrvrng rarn as rt crossed up rts signals qurte frequently A resurgence now took place on the Avon team With a new type offense Westmrmter became an easy prey and was dealt a 2 0 defeat A hard shot bounced off therr goalre rn the first half and Tony Hoyt scored rn the second perrod The defense far exceeded rts past performances as Westmrn ster had but few shots at the Avon cage Kent was our next opponent rn a hard fought struggle nerther team could manage a score Both goalres were superb to say the least Bob Farrchrld and Pete Antolrnr were rnstru mental rn helprng Avons Buddy Sregel obtain hrs second shut out rn a row New England Champions Suffield arrrved confident of a vrcrory A strngy Avon team fell before the Black and White 3 1 Sufiield scored two of rts goals on penalty krcks as Sregel made many saves Brll Palmer played well as drd the entrre lrne rn general Roy Attrrde set up Chrp Hall rn the second half for Avons only score Monson was our last game and rt was played on a frozen field at Monson After a scoreless game Monson dented the Avon nets rn the first overtrme perrod and held on to a 1 0 well rn closing out therr soccer careers at Avon Because of rnabrlrty to score and weak reserves the team finished the season with a 2 9 1 record Whatever credrt due the team may be attributed to the leadership of Co captarns Bob Farrchrld and Cole Van De Water Coach Loveland was rnstrumental rn organrzrng the offense A lot of close decr srons were lost and the record mrght easrly have been re versed rf the team had lrved up to rts potential as rt drd rn the last four games The outlook for next year rs rather bright Four lettermen are expected back and many talented JV players are expected to come up through the ranks Thus this year s medrocre record should be improved upon Van De Water, Mr Loveland, Farrchrld goals while holding the hungry Avon offense to none. In the victory. Bob Fairchild and john Aird played exceptionally 127

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J! -Q Fourth Row fleft to rxghtl L Duff MacW11l1am R Jones Gomez Thlrd Row fleft to nghtb Heldsxeck Sagal Plants C Hall Kohn Second Row Cleft to nghtl W Turner Palmer Aschenbach Tosx Alrcandrl Hoyt Jackson W N Gordon First Row Cleft to rxghtj D Hall Antolxnx Sexfert Anrd Falrchxld Van De Water Wxllxams Spyropoulos Sregel Mr Loveland SOCCER SEASON 1959 Thxs years soccer season started on a hrgh note as forty five boys reported to pre season practlce called by Coach Loveland Out of th1s group sxx returmng lettermen were present to boost the team sp1r1t Many new faces were there addmg to the team Thus by opemng game trme Avon was able to field a credltable soccer team one that was capable of g1v1ng any team rn the league a tough fight The team traveled to New Haven to face Hopk1ns Gram mar ln the first contest After a scoreless first quarter Hopkzns punched through two goals Three more tallles were added by the hlgh scormg Hopkms offense before the game was over Avons defense sadly lacked the necessary depth and the lme could not provlde the much needed scorxng The final outcome was 5 0 ln favor of Hopk1ns A hrgh spmted squad prepared to meet Kmgswood on the follow1ng Wednesday Imtxally the game was a defensxve battle but 1n the thnrd quarter Kmgswood managed a score Roy Attrlde scored Avons first tally of the season a few mmutes later The regulatton txme ended wnth the score knotted at 1 1 In the first overtxme perxod Sam ackson scored on a penalty knck and thxs proved to be the wmmng margm Outstandmg backneld support by goalre Buddy Sxe gel and fullback Bob Fanrchlld also were mstrumental nn provndmg Avon wrth a 2 1 vxctory over the Wyverns Pomfret followed the next Saturday Lackxng the startxng go he and msnde both the offense and defense of the team were weakened Byron Tosl scored for Avon but nt wasnt enough as the team went down to a 4 1 thrashmg dealt them by the much superxor Pomfret team An undefeated Loomxs squad journeyed to our field and A. .vw 1 ' L if Ik t I 1 , I I Y 'T 2' f a P' .- A' It 1 ' : . , ' ' , . , l l 5 I l 1 1 1 - 1 l 3 - 1 1 1 .1 A .1 1 1 - . U . I I , . ., . , . v . . , , . . , Y 3 ' . 1 - ' , ' - a 1 s ' ' 3 . , . . ' 1 ' 9 - ' 1 J 9 1 7 . y - a . . .. , F . . . I . 4 , 1 - - 1 . - , . l - , ' , . . ' a 126

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11551 T -ode A v ' 'A' T-, ?:4 14 rw , - if A -14' iz gig iw- ' 11-.Q iv faq -v-04' 'Q Frrst Row fleft to rxghth Emrxch Powers Second Row lleft to rxghtb Berry R Duff Thrrd Row fleft to rrghtb Marvm Emmons Mr Etmger CROSS COUNTRY Durmg rts fourth year at Avon, cross country contrnued to flourrsh as a sport The team weakened by the loss of such top runners as Garces and Olson nonetheless worked hard to lxve up to the tradmon of fine cross country teams To krck off the season Avon met near by Loom1s Wrth Dan Berry unable to run because of a last mmute vrrus, the team found rtself hampered consrderably Mrlce McCorm1ck drd a commendable job as a fill ln but even hrs efforts were not enough Powers won by a large margrn and broke the exlstmg course record It was obv1ous from the start how ever that the team was lackrng rn depth Thrs latter factor resulted rn a 19 40 score The next contest was a trrangular affalr Competmg agamst Avon were near by Glastonbury and Conard Once agam B111 Powers fmrshed a strong first, and desprte the fact that he found support rn Berry and Dui? the team once agam floundered In the thlrd race of the year Brll Powers came wrthrn five seconds of bettermg hrs own course record agamst a strong Lenox team Dan Berry ran h1s best race of the season and fimshed fourth The teams hard earned efforts were to no avall as Lenox gaxned a 23 57 v1ct0ry Seekmg a vrctory Avon next met the Cheshrre Academy team By now, second nature to hlm B111 Powers agarn fin ti , . .7 . . - , : , . - ', 1 . . . G 3 . . , , ' a . ' a . , I . , ' , ' . Y ' 3 - A . 3 . 128