Eisenhower High School - Pantherama Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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We've Onl just Begun For the first time in its history, Ei- senhower had a soccer team. It was a young team, with fifteen freshmen and sophomores. The team was coached by jan Loftus. The season started before school did, as the tryouts were conducted in blistering heat. The situation was so bad that nobody was ever really sure if there would be practice some days. Eisenhower had the honor of play- ing in the first Decatur High School soccer game. Unfortunately, so did MacArthur, who won four to two. The team finished with a six to five record. 1. The team warms up before their big game. 2. Richard Wallace watches as three players struggle for the ball. 108 Soccer This was easily the best among the city high schools. The most valuable players were Doug Morton and Todd Martin. Todd Martin played sparkling defense, while Doug Morton anchored the offense, and scored five goals. Other important players were Steve Merli with eight goals and Dustin Miller with seven, Chad Coberly, an offensive header, and Scott Morton, the defensive header. Not to be forgotten was Gudrun Gyl- fadottir, our foreign exchange student, who played fine Finnish offense. ' Q 'wind 'fr ' .Za-f-sf: 'R be If

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4 1 Ni , Z 4 i Scores: MacArthur 4-2 L Mt. Zion 1-4 W Springfield Griffin 0-3 W Normal 3-2 L Stephen Decatur 7-2 W St. Theresa 5-4 fo.t.j L Taylorville 2-1 L Springfield Griffin O-1 W .4 tmr- -...rye-age , ff'-2.54 .QQ-5 Alf? N' .. p , ugh' fy St. Theresa 4-1 L xi fit - X, , Stephen Decatur 3-7 W n A N K MacArthur 2-3 W YT Vj l. st rowzj. Hall, C. Purdy, second row: M. Monahan, B. Ronnow, S. Merli, T. Martin, third row: S. Morton, D. Morton, D. Miller, C. Coberly, D. Farns- rth, R. Wallace, fourth row: Coach J. Loftus, M. Patterson, johnson, A. Martin, T. Walclrop, R. Romager, S. Whited, G. Gylfadottir Soccer 109