Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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Up and over! Demonstrating his soccer skills, Kevin Martin performs the difficult kick known as the bicycle kick. Perfecting these soccer skills takes time and lots of practice, which the team worked on after school. In control, sophomore Scott Rebane tries to en- sure the team an edge by giving the advantage of a good kick in the right place at the right time. As goalie, Scott's job is to keep the opponents from scoring in the goal and to try to keep the ball on the other side of the field. E , W , 5 , Look out! From the look on the goalie's IScott Rebanel face, playing soccer is serious business. Anyone who gets in Scott's way will bein trouble! BOYS' SOCCER 137

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In with the new . . . Over the goalie and into the net the crowd roared its approval as Nor- theast scored the winning goal against Gibbs. The boys, soccer team did get off to a winning start, beating rival Gibbs High School 2-1. In their next game against Clearwater, however, they lost 1-6. Sophomore goalie Scott Rebane stated, We found Tarpon Springs to be a good, competitive team. This year's team had a lot of get up and go. The new members of the team really pulled their own weight. Coach Ty McCraw had these com- ments on the team: This year's team was definitely a rebuilding year. The team was composed mainly of a lot of young players with a lot of hustle and desire. They gave one hundred percent at all times. The new players that con- tributed to our performance and gave it all they had were seniors Scott Lo- jewski, Fred Could, and Romey Daley, and sophomore Doug DeLorey. We have come a long way in three years since on- ly six players from last year's team returned. Only one senior returned, we lost sixteen seniors to graduation. We have won two city championships and one district, and gained three all-state nominationsg six players have been named all-county, all-conference first team. We have gone a long way and will still go a long way into the future, with a lot of hard work and determination. While soccer was a relatively new sport for Pinellas County and Northeast, attendance at the games was up. Front row - Toan Vo, Rick Pollard, Scott Lo- jewski, Mike Huber, Romey Daley, Fred Could, Brian Weissman, Guy Abell, 2nd row - Richard Etchison, Sanghane Syaphay, Glen Caneel, Dave Neff, Ieff Cigante, Mike Montanari, Mark Rutledge, Mike Tran, Clifford Keiserg Back row - Kevin Martin, Toby Kinney, David Wells, Scott Rebane, Doug DeLorey, Robert Polay, lack Caramello, Coach Ty McCraw. BOYS' SOCCER Two on one. Cuy Abell uses all the tricks in his book to maneuver the ball through the other team's defense in the pursuit of scoring a goal.

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Victor at last! Kicking off to a good start, the girls' soccer team finally gained their first vic- tory, without even stepping onto the field! Their first season of soccer started last year, but it left the team with a record of 0-10-1. It was the team's first home game of the season, scheduled to play against Gibbs, but because of the lack of players, Gibbs had to forfeit the game. This was an instant win. The team's next four games were not so fortunate. The second game, against Dunedin, was cancelled and changed to a later date, while the next games against Countryside, Tarpon Springs, and Seminole were all lost. During the game against Tarpon Springs, Ami Taylor scored the first goal of the season. The next game against Osceola was another first for the girls' soccer team. It was the very first game that the team won through their own efforts. The final score was 3-0 with the three goals scored by Christee Garrett, Shelley Marckese, and Ami Taylor, all made during the last half of the game. The team was coached by Mr. Ed Eloshway, who took over the job last year, after Mr. Don Howard had to quit because of a heart attack. The team was summed up by team member Nancy Marth, who stated, I think we're good, but we just have a few problems to work out. Fancy footwork! Christee Garrett shows off her soccer skills, demonstrating what it takes to be a well-rounded player. As one of the returning players from last year, their first season, Ghristee Coming through! Trying to fight off her op- ponents, Amanda Schubert tries desperately to gain possession of the ball. Playing soccer takes a lot of concentration and a watchful eye, which Amanda surely has. 138 GIRLS' soccER has contributed a great deal to the team. She scored one of the winning goals in the team's vic- tory over Osceola.