Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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Soccer ls Growing Fast Soccer, a sport which has never achieved much pop- ularity in America, is one of the most rapidly growing sports around. Rarely has this growth been as evident as it was last year at Seaholm. There was a new interest and enthusiasm for the sport last year, not only among the student body, but among the players themselves. Workouts started as early as August, and by the season's start there were nearly 50 boys out for the team. Seaholm's coach, Berge Garabedian, himself stated that in the years he had coached at Sea- holm, he had never seen as much interest among the players. The team's 3-7-4 record doesn't appear to be much to celebrate about, but it is really not indicative of the progress that was made this year. First, it represented the best season's record at Seaholm in its four years of soccer. Secondly, there was opportunity for a vastly im- proved mark, as the Stompers lost 3 matches by a single goal. There is no doubt that with a couple more breaks, they could have beaten anyone on their schedule. Probably the high point of the season was Seaholm's decisive 3-1 victory over Cranbrook. Previously, Cranbrook had viewed the Seaholm game as an easy victory, but no longer. This year's match was probably the most con- vincing piece of evidence that soccer had come a long way at Seaholm. Seaholm's defense, which had looked to be rather weak early in the season, held up admirably due to the performance of Phil Mease, Bill Strain, Kelly Gaskill, and Steve Dewey. On oliense, high-scoring Jay Lawrie was joined by Duff McAlpine, Per Rodert, and Paul Vining to do a more than adequate job of scoring the Stomper's goals. The future looks to be growing increasingly brighter considering the material of players Coach Garabedian will have to work with next year. It appears to be only a matter of time until soccer is recognized here as a truly great sport, as it is throughout the rest of the world.

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WM--ffff 5, , , , 4 U ,gui 5 WWA 645 655 C1 2 Highest scorer in Seaholm history, Jay Lawrie, dribbles around a defenseman. C22 For- ward line of M cAlpine, Lawrie, M islinay, and Vining watch as a Groves player breaks up their, attack. C32 Three-year veteran for the Stompers, Duff McAlpine, slides for the ball. 141 Goalie Bob Slater prepares to take the field against Groves. f5j Offering words of encouragement is coach Gara- bedian. f6j Phil Mease de- flects a shot with Doug Herrick coming on to help out. K 71 Per Rodert, Swedish exchange stu- dent, wus injured during the first half of the season, but played strongly in the final matches. 75

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425 1 I W, 455 KU Aggressive halfback Doug Herrick brings the ball out of his own end. f2j Mike ,Mislinay demonstrates the second- effort that made him a star. C32 Clearing the ball past a Ferndale halfback is Park Carman, M2 Kelly Gaskill hustles to loose ball during the Stompers 3-0 loss to Ferndale. f5j Doug Herrick breaks up an Eagle attack with Mike Sauoie looking on.