Thatcher School - El Archivero Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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EL ARCHIVERO 71 Back Row: Mr. Miller. Helmholz, Labbe, Bolduan, D. Williams, White fMgr.D. Middle Row: Heard, Nicolaus, J. Lewis, Pleasants. Clyde, Bellnke. Front Row: Myrin, Rich, Cates KCapt.J Bryan. Petit, Coleman. S O C C E R FIRST TEAM SOCCER IS year Captain Perry Gates and Mr. Miller led the varsity soccer squad to a successful 4-2 won-lost record for the season. Gates booted in 12 of the 30 points which the team scored in all its games, while Thacher's de- fense let only 12 balls enter the goal. On October 8 Thacher got off to a strong start by defeating Midland 5-2. George Helmholz sparked the team with two goals, which he headed between the posts on corner kicks from Bryan and Petit. Forwards Gates and Rich contributed one and two, respectively, to cancel the threat of the two goals which Midland scored during the third quarter. The next weekend the varsity traveled to Caltech to Win an easy 12-0 victory. Captain Gates led with five points, while goalie John Lewis had an easy job, touching the ball only six times in the entire game. On the following Saturday the team faced its toughest competition of the season when it met U.C.L.A. at Westwood. The team this time got off to

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72 EL ARCHIVERO a slow start, and the experienced collegiate players took advantage of the fact by scoring three goals in the first quarter. Gates retaliated with one and Rich with two, but the fast U.C.L.A. forwards matched them with three more, making the final score 6-3. After the game Thacher was the guest of its opponents at the U.C.L.A.-Stanford football game at the Coli- seum, and on the way back to school the group stopped at Tip's for an enormous dinner. On November lst the entire Cate School arrived at Thacher to see its varsity defeat a favored Thacher squad. With Gates and Rich each scoring one, the home team dominated the first half of the game completely, and many more attempted shots were stopped by the agile Blue goalie. The third quarter found the situation reversed, and the Cate team racked up 3 points before they could be halted. Neither side could score again, and the game ended a victory for Cate, 3-2. The weekend of the Fall Dance found the Green Zebras facing Webb. With the added encouragement of the girls, the team started fast. Rich, Helmholz, and Gates each tallied one goal during the first period. When Rich broke his leg, the Captain moved to center-forward position and slammed three more shots past the Webb goal guard before the gun went off. The Hnal game of the season Was against Midland. On the results of this match depended the winner of the coveted Lowery Cup. The Varsity also hoped to maintain the clean sweep which the three lower teams had thus far managed to attain for Thacher that day. Petit and Nicolaus kicked through one apiece in the first half. Although the Midland forwards did score once in the third quarter, the remainder of the game was a stand-off. The final whistle blew, and the field immediately became a mass of Thacher rooters who swarmed around the team and carried Captain Gates and Coach Miller from the field to receive the Lowery Cup and complete the first clean sweep for either school in many years. This was the first time that Thacher had won the Cup. At the banquet Wendel Nicolaus was elected to captain next year's team. After the season was over, the various soccer coaches chose Tony Bryan and Perry Gates as members of the All-League Team. Chris Rich and Dave Behnke received honorable mention. This year's squad consisted of: Forwards: Bryan, Petit, Gates, Helm- holz, Nicolaus, Labbe, D. Williams, Halfbacks: Pleasants, Heard, Bolduan, and Coleman, Fullbacks: Myrin and Behnke, Goal Guard: J. Lewis. SECOND SOCCER TEAM Coached by Mr. Thacher and led by Co-captains Tom Bell and Harry Wyeth, the second soccer team compiled a 2-win, 3-loss record. The initial game was played at Thacher against Midland on October ll. The visiting team was fast and showed superior ball control, which paid off