Englewood Christian School - Shield Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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Mike Semrick in the starting gates! A prime example of how the Knights began the season and each game ready and set! Englewood played excellent first halfs and their never die attitudes and con- stant hustle left them with a certain pride, Look out everyone, it's the ECS fans again! Ves, it's true, the Englewood fans never failed on the guys soccer team, They never let up or gave up on the guys ability to give the fans a good time, Their loyalty was a sign of true school spirit. 1 1 F i- nf' l K In x ,f N ' J I fi' L' 5 . '-V-s,. rl.-mann-v.1 VARSITY SOCCER SCHEDULE Bishop Ward H.S. K.C, Lutheran H.S. Wentworth Mil. Acad, Northwest R-V H.S. Winnetonka Southeast Fort Osage H.S. Tournament Piper H.S. Barstow H.S. Independence Tournament Wentworth Mil. Acad. lmmaculata High K.C. Lutheran H.S. La Monte R-A H.S, Smithton H.S. Sacred Heart H.S. , 1, , ,, 5 . A' slr' 'v ' ' U ., . JI gy! A: i y , , 'M- i a W 41 2-lrqghzg' . it .W U... ......:Ll- .4 r. - -.., .'

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I S EBV! 10, Somebody should tell Steve Venable A Gary Wrong Way Cooley chases 7 Mike Semrlck congratulates John Long il's only a Technncal nol execution! 44. Shelley Templeton jusl fOIIOwS the 5 The umpire looks on I0 dlsbelref as Kevln 8 Buffle Bollrnger slaps The game wllh her bouncing ball. 'l2. Could I have your alfenlion for a min- 5 Kelly Lalhum wllh an Excedrln head 9 Hey guys were playlng soccer not ure? My name is Joe Shortand I'm running fOl' Pl'9Sld9DT . . . H A p .4 Qi' -w Ar , s f vw. -5 . ,-'Iris MJ,-k , ir' ly it l wfgfxfi f: W., 1,7-fp nf l ? C ' ' '1f:Q',4s 4 11

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The Scoreboard Doesrfi Tell The Whole Siory Ernglevvoocl Soccer 'I' The 4987 ediTion of ECS soccer followed much The Trend of The T986 squad-we were very high on efforT and hearT buT fell shorT on The scoreboard. The year was highlighTed by some excellenT efforTs and individual plays. Goalie Gary Cooley played Tough The enfire season, unselfish- ly sTaying in ThaT posiTion when The going gof rough. AnoTher senior, Kelly LaTham, played well wiTh a parTicularly good game and shoT versus LaMonTe. DexTer Snyder, in his firsT year of soccer, husfled very well, making up for lack of knowl- edge wiTh efforT. MaTT LaTham, Mike 'W Semrick, John Long, Mike Dirck and Jason Cooley added some much needed de- fensive sTrengTh, FirsT year players STeve SmarT, Jeff Baker, JonaThan Eubanks, Johnnie Wilson, lan JohnsTon, Niel Temples all played an imporTanT parT of This Team. We had many disappoinTmenTs, yeT The real quesTion of success is sTill yeT To be seen. The experiences we gained and Trials we faced can be sTepping sTones To bigger Things. The characTer and disci- pline gained can prove valuable Tools in The conTesT of life. 1. ' v aif f f f- KT! is Z9 M A T i f ijfir T , iilgig f ':'- 3- -'Tp ,TY '. ,qw ., T v ,fi ' ,gif w wf, f V. I Ti , ' 1,1 V f . ,, ., T YQ' . .g, if' 3 - T 5. T f f. If-igif T Q - , ' any . 4 J, . , r . gm,,g M W T . ff, 4, ' T , , , A T - T-My v s i ,fp ' r- f T iw , M My V304 W i f ,vs :T ,MQ J Q, 42,5 n1W,,,,,,,,,,p,, ' , ,W . V ' , if ,f K v' Z fx 'f 1 ,1 A 'Af Lefl To righT: Kelly Lofhom, Johnny Wilson, Dex Sny- der ond lan Johnsfon are breaking info The open wiThouT o defender in sighT. During The course of The season The Knighfs had very few of These opporfuni- Ties. For The mosf parf The Knighfs offense consisled of one long kick and a mad dash for The ball. The Knights spenf a major porlion of each game baffling around Their own goal. IT seemed like we qfhe defensej were playing on The down side of a Tilfed field, as soon as The defense would clear The Leff, Once again The Knighfs are backed up againsf Their own goal John Long and Mike Dirk sTand poised To defend Their goal. ball iT would be back, fGoalie Gary Cooleyy The reason behind our offensive inepTiTude is sim- ple, we lack The soccer experience necessary To dribble and pass wiTh our opponenfs. l'm hoping ThaT The soccer skills ThaT I have Tried To insTill in The players will Take rooT and we can build a winning program in The fufure. As for This season, husfle made up for much of our inexperiencef' fCoach Luchfj