La Lumiere High School - Lamplighter Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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Six and two; not bad, I guess. A little bit better than most; not as good as seven and one, but almost. Three words, six and two, not a fair summation of the season. Numbers cannot express hard work and dedication. They do not show the sweat and muscle that went into every game, win or lose. For the linemen, it was hour upon hour of hitting the sled and each other. For the backs, it was running a countless number of patterns, catching passes, and perfecting moves. For Mr. Kirkby, it was a great pride in seeing his players perform to their best, a pride that he spread to his staff and, even more importantly, to his players. This record of six and two was the best this team could compile. Only a disputed call prevented seven and one, which would have been the best in the school ' s history. The team was a success; the season, a triumph. . -

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Who would have expected it? After losing to eventual league champion Westview in the third game of the season, certainly not Mr. Coppens. After losing to defending champion Argos next, in overtime, certainly not the student body. After tieing pre-season favorite Bethany Christian in the following game, certainly not the team. But wait! Yes, the team did plan to beat Argos, for the first time ever, in the Regional Championship. It did plan to continue all the way to the title game of the State Championship Finals, to send four players to the All-Conference team, and to wind up the season with the most wins ever for a La Lumiere Soccer team. Sure, it is inex¬ plicable how a bunch of hard working soccer fanatics, led by a solid core of enthusistic seniors and coaches, achieved such a level of greatness. But La Lumiere often steps over the boundary into impossibili¬ ty. And toward this end. Soccer 1975 stumbled upon an unchallengeable truism: that the surest way to win is through refusing to lose. 37