St Albans School - Albanian Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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K g H pt M h I ky lt d W Th d V g D VHFSIIY Soccer HIS YEARS soccER TEAM was one of the strongest m the Schools hrstory Sweepmg the first seven games the team then was hampered by mjurxes whlch marred the record for the last half of the season DCSPIIC the handlcap lmposed by lI'1JL1l'1CS the team under the leadersh1p of Captam Geoff Mrller complled a fine record and captured the I A C t1tle The Varsxty team mcludmg nme returnmg lettermen opened the season by playmg Sldwell Friends and routed the ualcers 71 Inslde Mlke Paige scored the first Blue goal and Matt Hawes Brent Blaclcwelder Alex Bass and 1m Reston followed su1t wlth subsequent tallles The confldent Blues edged a welldrxlled St ames eleven 21 on Satterlee Fleld The boys from Hagerstown held a 1 0 lead at the end of the half but left msxde Hawes scored the tyxng goal 1n the thlrd period and the wmnmg goal late m the fourth quarter An rnexperxencecl Georgetown Prep squad was defeated 41 by the Blue booters for thelr thxrd stralght victory Unable to penetrate the Prep eleven man defense durmg the first part of the game the forward lme finally broke through for four tallres St Albans tradxtlonal I A C rxval Landon fell to the Blues 4 3 The eager Bears put up a tough fight but the Varsrty scored twlce on penalty lcrcks and Captam Goeff Mxller boomed a 40 yard luck past the All Metropolltan goahe from Landon for another point An lmproved Frxends team was trounced 40 by the Blues as center forward Reston 1n slde Blaclcwelder and wmgs Paul Hoff and Ed Vlllmoare scored St Stephens also fell twlce to the Varsrty 2 1 and 4 0 Hawes Reston and wmg Phrl Wheeler tall1ed ln the second game as the Blues captured thelr seventh stralght I A C vnctory THE ALBANIAN 91 l 1 Front row I. lo r.: in , awes, Palmer, Miller fCa ainl, Pritchard, Reston, ee an Second row I. In r.: Sherwin, Damon, Bass, Whee er, Dic e , Blau: welder, Bear . alker ir raw, I. In r.: illmoare, Carr, Brooks, Lea, Hoi. Pai e, . White Back row I. to r.: Mr. Hall, Ikard, Yatsevitch, Hartman, Stuart l , . , . . 9 - 9 y , . . . . 7 9 Q 7 ' ' , , J - - . J , - , . - , - 9 ' 1 , . , . . . , n I A 7 ' Q 9 a a ' Y ' a ' . . . , . , . . 9 ' ' ' 9 a

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130 Pound Team Front row I to r Merrill W Green Sullivan Clum D Irwm Abernethy M MacDougalI Burke Adams Second r W I to r Polak Rogers Rood OBrxen D Symmgton Todd V Wilcox G Constantinople Back row I to r Fnuley M C White Mr Hlser Mr Bauer Cross Qountr Track Fronl row I lo r Walker Parge Bennett Hoff McPeclc Back row I lo r Coulter Trenbath, Becker Splro Beale, Hopper ATHLETICS 1959 Un- -5 lv y, vlyllvl- h lv- v- ll l Third row, I. to r.: Hobart, C. Walker, N. Constantinople., Schoellkopf, D. Millet, D. Graham. C. Thompson, N N L

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The Varslty booters lost to Woodberry For est, 3 1, ln a close overtlme game The Tlgers scored first but Blackwelder scored the only St Albans goal to tle lt up Scorrng tw1ce xn the second overtlme, the hustllng Woodberry team won rn an lmportant game 1n the Metro polltan League Montgomery Blaxr handed the Blues their second strarght loss as they ran all over the mjury riddled VBISIIY Right Wlng Palge scored the only St Albans goal 1n the 6 1 loss The Varsrty booters broke the1r losxng streak by ldentrcal 2 O w1ns over St ames and Epxscopal I-I1gh The v1ctory over the Maryland Maroons gave St Albans 1ts elghth stralght I A C w1n and a sure t1e for the champxonshxp Eplscopal was agam defeated by the Blues 4 1 Woodberry proved too strong for the Blues agam as they beat the booters 5 2 In the sec ond game wrth Blalr, Bass and Reston scored, and the Varsity tied the Blazers 2 2 The only IA C loss that the booters suffered was a 3 0 defeat at the hands of Landon on the wmners field The Bears outplayed the Blues who were hampered by the small field cer team won the I A C Champwnshrp Reston scored three tlmes once 1n the second quarter and tw1ce ln the last quarter By the fourth quarter Reston had txed Hawes rn the number of goals scored durmg the quarter, but Hawes went ahead wlth hrs second goal of the game a penalty klCk The strong Blue defense which allowed few goals, consisted of goalle B111 Kmg fullbacks Ed Meehan and Buzzy Clxft and halfbacks Muller Brooks Palmer and WOOd16 Hartman The Vars1ty was arded by an unusually strong bench which saw no small amount of acnon After the season ended Blackwelder, Reston Hawes and Mlller were chosen to represent St Albans rn the annual game between the Prep School All Stars and an all star team from the Sunday League The Prep Schoolers lost 1n an excxtrng game 2 0 It IS a tribute to the Var slty soccer team that Mlller Hawes, and Reston were named to the All Metropolx tan team Thls was the thxrd consecutrve year that Mnller has been so honored and the second consecutlve year for Reston Left wlng Alex Bass recerved honorable mentron Wrth many returnmg let termen, mcludmg the new Captam Brooks Palmer the Blues look forward to captur mg the I A C Champxonshlp agam next year 92 ATHLETICS 1959 , I . . . . . . . . , D D y ' ' ' , - 0 U , . . . . , . Closing out its season with a 6-2 rout of Georgetown Prep, March 3, the St. Albans Varsity soc- . . . . , . . . , . D 7 Y 7 , 7 ' . , . 7 7 ' , - I . - , . , ,