Sewickley Academy - Panther Yearbook (Sewickley, PA)

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Soccer The vars1ty's f1rst lnterscholastmc game th1s year was w1th W1lk1ns on home ground After f1ght1ng to overcome W1lk1ns early lead the Panthers lost 1n the overt1me Next the eager Panther went to Shady S1de Academy and lost a close contest Havmg been beaten tw1ce the team went to Western Pennsylvanma School for the Deaf Here they tasted the1r f1rst v1ctory a shutout The squad now looklng for 1ts second v1ctory went to W1lk1ns but fell apart and was beaten After a long hard battle the team won at home agamst 1ts old r1val Shady S1de Slxghtly overconf1dent the vars1ty played the f1nal league game w1th W P S D and t1ed At the end of a hard fought season the vars1ty team had two wxns one t1e and three losses Regretfully the boys were 1nformed that the annual game w1th the Hawken School of Cleveland was cancelled Kerr also dropped from the league But for the f1rst t1me there were two spec1al games for the second str1ng vars1ty They were Wlth Shady S1de Even though we lost both matches lt was wonderful to start a new ser1es of games The Jun1or varslty had a large schedule th1s year The openlng game w1th L1gon1er was a close contest but the boys lost The team next met an energetlc team from St Edmonds and lost They also lost the f1rst Shady S1de M1ddle School game In the second meetmg w1th L1gon1er they were aga1n beaten Playlng aga1n w1th St Edrnonds the team was caught by a late rally and St Edmonds won I the second meetmg w1th Shady S1de M1ddle they were defeated by a sl1ght margln After loslng the flrst s1x games they shut out Falk endlng on a happy note Th1s year s 1ntramural soccer program was very 1nterest1ng The Eldredge Bunnles Just hopped by the Weaver Stompers 1n the last days of the season The Dav1e Darts took th1rd place and the Murphy M1ce were 1n the cellar Vars1ty Record J V Record W1lk1ns 4 4 A L1gon1er 1 5 Shady S1de Sr Z 2 St Edmonds 4 3 W P S D Shady S1de 4 4 Fa k 0 Intramural Won Lost Tled Po1nts Bunn1es 5 Stompers O0 Darts M1ce 2 . . . . , . ' . , , . G . n . , . . . S.A. 3,0 ' ' , S. . 0.2. ' ' , 1,4 ' , . , 2,2 . , 3,3 .... 1,3 0,3 ' , ll 5 1 ' lO 5 3 ll 8 6 4 1 9 8 1 95 ' 10 6 50