Orange County Community College - Colt Yearbook (Middletown, NY)

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Chairman of the Selection Committee to pick the Junior College All-American Soccer Team for 1958. Long an active member in the national asso¬ ciation and always eager to bring greater pres¬ tige to Junior College sports, Chachis advocated a year ago that two-year colleges not be ex¬ cluded from All-American consideration. He was asked to survey the Junior College soccer coaches to ascertain their feelings. As a result of his poll of 250 two-year institutions, the National Association decided to establish a Junior College All-American Team. The COLT booters have been in intercollegiate competition for seven years with varying success. Outstanding players in the 1957 season who may return for the next year include: Steve Pappas, Ulrich Schaafhausen, Teddy Smiehorow- ski, Ivan Irkliewskij, Bill Barnes and Dennis Baldwin. Manuel Tejeda, big point winner for the last season, expects to go on to Eilzabethtown Col¬ lege, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. SCHEDULE Date Opposition At We They Oct. 3 Pratt Institute Fr. Home 8 2 Oct. 11 West Point J. V. Away 2 6 Oct. 17 Union College Fr. Home 4 2 Oct. 22 East Stroudsburg J. V. Home 3 3 Oct. 25 Yale Fr. Away 2 1 Oct. 26 Mitchell College Away 1 2 Nov. 1 New York Aggies Away 2 3 Nov. 2 Hofstra Fr. Away 0 0 Nov. 9 Union College Fr. Away 1 0 Nov 11 Frosh-Senior Inter-Squad Srs. 1 Fr. 0 1957 Record—4 Wins, 3 Losses, 2 Ties 73

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SOCCER S TUDENTS returning in September found the varsity soccer team practicing under the watchful eyes of coaches Chris Chachis and Robert K. Lake. Their task was not an easy one, for they had to replace nine letter men who had performed for the crack 1956 squad. The Orange men started their season off with an impressive victory over Pratt Institute. The Black Knights of the Hudson were our second opponents, and they rallied in the last three minutes by scoring four goals to give the Orange men their first defeat. Our third and fourth games were played at the Middletown State Hospital field, with a win over Union College and a three to three tie with East Stroudsburg. The biggest victory of the year was downing the Yale Frosh 2-1. Our next two contests found the Orange men losing two close games to Mitchell College and the Long Island Agricul¬ tural and Technical School by one point. The next encounter found us battling to a 0-0 tie with the Hofstra Frosh. The season was climaxed with an exciting victory over Union. At the conclusion of the soccer season, the college inaugurated an alumni game to be held every year. This year the alumnae proved to be the stronger of the two teams in a very exciting victory, leaving a score 1-0 on the record book. As a tribute to the entire soccer team we of the college are very proud of the sportsman¬ ship and teamwork displayed by the squad. NEW HONOR FOR COACH CHACHIS At the Winter meeting of the National Soccer Coaches Association, Chris G. Chachis, Director of Physical Education at Orange County Com¬ munity College and Coach of Soccer, was named Left to right: Mr. Lake (Assistant Coach), D. Dill, D. Baldwin, W. Barnes, P. Swenson, R. Daye, T. Eaton, I. Irkliewskij, B. Earle, Mr. Chachis (Coach), (back of Earle), P. Vignola, T. Smiehorowski, M. Tejeda, H. Lazier, U. Schaafhauser, S. Pappas, G. Brockett, F. Schleutermann (Manager). Missing: R. Prause, (Player Manager) and R. Ellis. JTfl; } L 72

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VARSITY BASKETBALL T HE Orange County Community College court- men started the season by defeating the Alumni team. Robert K. Lake was coach for the Orangemen throughout the seascn. The team’s record was 7 wins and 14 losses. Although the boys had a losing season, it was a “winning season morally” as expressed by Captain of the team, John Modder, at the Winner Athletic Ban¬ quet. Mr. Lake made it evident that the Orange¬ men never ended their aggressiveness, although the team knew it was inevitable that they would lose at times. Because of the aggressive spirit, there were several games which might have gone either way. Every team has its outstanding player. As far as the Orangemen were concerned, this player was Warner Westrau of Kerhonkson, N. Y. Wes made the third team of Section 15 ' s All-Stars. He averaged 19.0 points per game for the season, playing all 21 games. Second to him was Bill Lord of Port Jervis, N. Y., with a 9.0 average per game and a total of 189 points for the season. Bill was the only other man to play in all 21 games. John Modder from Tuxedo, N. Y., was the only returning player from last year ' s team. He was third with an average of 7.0 points per game and a total of 148 points for the season. John was not only an asset to the team as a ball player but also a morale builder. Coming up late in the season were Walt Green of Chester, N. Y., and Tom Walters of Middletown, N. Y. They helped the team con¬ siderably when the courtmen lost some of their ballplayers at the end of the first semester. Little Lenny Henderson from Newburgh, N. Y., came through in the three remaining games of the season to reach double figures each game. 74