Goshen Central High School - Yearbook (Goshen, NY)

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Sports and Activities: A Prologue The word school means more than a place to learn the basics of academic life The high school of the twentieth century must be a prologue. It must be able to prepare its students for a life that will perhaps be a struggle for existence. We feel that the variety of activities our school has to offer should give every student, whether college-bound or not, an honest look at different subjects. The idea of sports to keep one physically fit is often stressed, but more important is the enrichment of the parti ci-P”6 characters as they learn the value of co-operation and optimism despite the odds, This is also true in our competitive Youth-in-Government program. Every student who participates is able to get a fair look at the political system under which we live in order to better understand it and its relation to our way of life. Without these sports and worthwhile activities, our school would be a place where automatons were trained. With them, it is a mold in which character is formed.

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Harragin. 3rd ROW: T. Wheeler, R. Roberts, F. Noteboom, R. Jantzen, S. Monat, R. Fogg D. Heller S Callc, J. Visser, R. Boyle, L. Grohoski, S. Kohl, Coach Innocent. Booters Whip Chester and Middies In Most Successful Season Yet Goshen Central experienced its best soccer season ever this year, ending up in third place in the OCL. We had an over-all record of 6 wins, 9 losses, and one tie putting us behind Florida and Washington-ville in league standings. There were two real thrills this year. In the season opener, the Countyseaters handed rival Chester a 3-1 setback, and, as all of us remembered last year's much-wanted-but-not-to-be-had win, the victory was very sweet. The game went through one overtime period with a 1-1 tie, but Tom Davis scored a clutch goal, and Jimmy Jennings iced the contest with another. The second big game was the final match of the season against Middletown. Since Middletown is a much larger school than Goshen and a member of the DUSO league, we were ready for an all-out battle to win this one. The leaky backfield that had been plaguing us all season was finally plugged, and we quickly took a 1-0 lead. The Middies roared back, however, with two goals and took a 2-1 half-time edge. In the third period, they tallied another and the game began to look like a rout. At the start of the fourth quarter, however, we aided our defense by touching a spark to our offense, which had been stymied throughout most of the game. Robbie Gillian finally showed us some of Ids’ speed as he faked the Middie fullbacks and added a point for us with a beautiful 45 foot shot. We had hardly stopped cheering when, on the ensuing Middie kickoff, Jim Jennings stole the ball from the center forward and went all the way into the nets with it. The back-to-back goals had taken just 27 seconds. We were back in the game. As the fourth quarter ended with the score tied, overtime was needed. With just seconds remaining in the overtime, Jennings managed to move to the Middie nets and take a shot. It was blocked by the