Escambia High School - Escambian Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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.V soccer gains playing experience This year 's J .V soccer team end- ed the season with a 0-5-4 record. HI feel that team work and functioning as awhole is one of the most impor- tant things to accomplish in any sport, comments Coach Paul McEwen. Victory is not the most impor- tant thing to obtain in a J .V game, exclaims Coach McEwen to gain valuable playing experience, to help next year 's team is . . . The team 's ties were with Pine Forest 0-0, Tate 0-0, Washington 1-1. I really enjoyed playing with the team this year, I gained a lot of valu- able playing experlence which will help me better next year, states Pat Davis. ww- , ' wf1-.,f,..,-.- ., 3 .,,, 4 5 M . 6 2- V 5, -. JI., A. .V opposite page: Coffman chases ball. 2. Davis 'kattacksn ball. 3. My ball. 4. Pirote waits for ball. 5. Soccer team. 6. Adam hits the ball on the head. 7. In your face. 8. Opponents attempt to score. 9. We scored. 10. Who has the ball? 11. Davis goes after the ball. 12. Oops! Sorry. this page: 1. Gators go for the ball. 2. Sorry, no ball. 3. Goalie goes after the kick. 4. Players on a collision course. 5. Gator chases ball. 6. Goalie chases ball. 99

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This year 's Varsity Soccer Team finished the season with a 10-8-2 re- cord. I feel the varsity has contrib- uted by hard Work and team unity, stated Paul McEwan, soccer coach. Their wins in regular season play were against Milton 8-3, Bay 5-2, Crestview forfeit, Tate 1-0, Pine For- est 6-4, Pensacola 3-2, and Washing- ton 3-1. Their losses in regular sea- Varsity Soccer has Winning Season son play were to Tate 0-2, Pine For- est 2-4, Gulf Breeze 0-1, Niceville 4- 7, Choctohatchee 0-3, Rutherford 1- 2. In the District tournament play the team is 1-1. Their first and only victory was against Pine Forest. That advanced the team to serni-fin- als where they lost to Gulf Breeze 5- 8. K, 1 x. S 4 1

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For the first time in Escambia High Schoolls history there was a girls soccer team. The team finished the season with a 0-1-3 recrod. This team has improved greatly over the past year, explained Mr. William Christofferson, head coach. We went from five exper- ienced and eleven unexperienced players to a team that can compete in the district. The team consisted of 17 mem- bers including: one junior, 15 sopho- mores, and one freshman. The team members were:,,Sabrina Albney, Dawn Audiffred', Shelly Ball, Dawn wwmN , Nicole-E12 gangg, Michelle Harton, IQnzell9 - Y Girls soccer is new sport at Escambia .lah-nson..aVTamm ones Algsa Jus- -tiss. -Kristi Lasungq, Tam-my Nr. -1hoE,Klp , Carol Small Ami Stewart, Kelly Taylor. Even though we are a first year team, we got in there and showed them that We have Gator spirit! ex- plained Robin Barrow, sophomore. The team played in matches against: Washington fthree timesjg Gulf Breeze Qfive timesjg Woodham fthree times? and Foley High ftwicej. Sixteen girls lettered. UI know that we didn't win a game, but we still have team spirit and that great Gator pride, ex- plained Kristi Lastinger, sopho- more. 4 --- ,ty e 100