Falmouth High School - Clipper Compact Yearbook (Falmouth, MA)

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Soccer The F.H.S. Varsity Clippers’ Soc- cer Team under the direction of Head Coach Fred Toran and Assis- tant Coach Joseph McCauley rolled through its third successful season. Led by Tri-captains Glenn Nowak, Peter Pratt, and Pat Hennessy the team kept the reputation of being one of the strongest in the league by posting a season record which in- cluded nine wins. The Barnstable victory came after a hard-fought duel on the home turf. Only four losses barred the Clippers from the Division Championship. High scorers for the Clippers were seniors Jim Hamill, “H”, with 13 goals, Glenn Nowak with 6, and up-and-coming junior Ky Dewan with 5 goals. The defense was anchored by seniors Lawrence Hob- bie, Andy Meade, and Barry Em- mons. Juniors Mark Thompson and Skip Blake both excelled in the net. At the annual banquet Glenn Nowak was named Most Valuable Player for his outstanding play in his senior year. Other awards went to Lawrence Hobbie for the most dedicated and Andy Meade won the coaches’ award. Captains Nowak and Pratt confer. VARSITY (kneeling) Lawrence Hobbie, Jim Lunn, Skip Blake, Pat Hennessy, Glenn Nowak, Peter Pratt, Carlos Santos, Andy Meade, Jeff Lunn; (standing) Ky Dewan, Donny Cross, Craig Martin, Dan Lynch, Mark Thompson, Barry Emmons, Jim Hamill, George Young, Cameron Astin, Doug Clements, Pat Connolly. High-scorer Hamill readies pass. 24

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Girls ' Cross Country SQUAD (standing) Coach John Carroll, Heidi Walz, Sue Mendleson, Anne Jennings, Christine Frazier, Liz Pierce, Dolly Farrell; (foreground) Kim Thorpe, Kathy Morton, Sue Wigley, Nancy Buguey, Kathy Bell, Joanne Frazier, Stephanie (248) nears finish. Anne matches pace. Good start for Kathy and Sue. Runners surge forth. Heidi runs the hill. Coach’s Comment The 1978 Girls Cross Country Team was another in the long line of outstanding cross country teams that have come out of F.H.S. in the last decade. Seniors Nancy Buguey and Susan Wigley did an outstanding job in showing inspiration and determination towards winning another state cham- pionship. Heidi Walz, back from her outstanding first year in ’77, together with new runners Stephanie Stevens, Christine Frazier, Anne Jennings, Kim Thorpe and returning senior Kathy Bell made up a powerful team. Falmouth won the D-Y Classic early in the season, the Dis- trict II meet in mic-October and the Division II Eastern Massachusetts Championships. Nancy Buguey impressively won all three races, each time establishing a new course record. Heidi Walz was second at D-Y and District II and third in the Easterns. Strong showings by the other team members boosted Falmouth to impressive victories. In the State Finals at Franklin Park in Boston, Falmo uth ran into a super team, Peabody H.S., and finished second, only 17 points behind. Other teams were 40 points behind Falmouth. Although Peabody kept Falmouth from their 7th All-State title in 8 years, the F.H.S. girls were not disgraced. Nancy Buguey was 5th, Heidi Walz 16th and Sue Wigley 25th, proving that Falmouth girls are the best runners in Massachusetts. Nancy Buguey, Heidi Walz, and Sue Wigley were selected as District II All-stars, with Nancy Buguey being chosen as a Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection at the close of the season. Nancy, Heidi, and Sue competed in the National AAU. Junior Cross Country Meet in Memphis, Tennessee, placing in the top 80 in the race for 14-18 year olds, with Nancy coming in an outstanding 31st. The entire team put in a lot of work, both on the road and on the track. Dedication was the main reason for their out- standing finish in the major meets and hopefully the inspira- tion of the seniors will carry over into other seasons and other teams so that the winning tradition will live on. The Falmouth High School Girls Cross Country Team proved a spectacular fall season with the impressive title of State Divi- sion Champions. Upholding the reputation of first in Massachusetts and third in the nation was no easy task for the team of only a few veterans and many “youngsters.” The rigorous training, which began late in August, paid off as the girls easily captured the D.Y. Classic and four dual meets. Climaxing the season with a stunning win at the State Division I Cross Country Meet, Falmouth outran the nearest competition by 20 points. In the All-State Meet, Falmouth finished a strong second with Nancy Buguey placing fifth. Nancy sets the pace. 23

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Hennessy follows bed! downfield. Pratt uses head. Coach’s Comment Looking back over a season in which the players “but for a point or two might have been able to give a good accounting of themselves in the state finals” is a joy for Coach Toran. Even the last game, a hard-fought loss with DY (2-1) and a seasonal see saw contest with Barnstable found the booters up to all competition. Lawrence Hobbie, Most Dedicated Player, typifies the qualities of sportsmanship that only a cog in the leadership wheel can provide. He is the kind Toran and Kipling extol because they can keep their heads “while others all about them are losing theirs.” “He has it on or off the field,” Toran adds. Another trace of the high quality of game play and sportsmanship Toran de- mands of his players rests with Andy Meade, this year’s Coaches’ Award fullback. Not only was he one of the bet- ter defensemen in the league, but “he never played a bad game.” 25