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LEFT Sawyer and Duffy converge on a loose ball LEFT BELOW:
Nobody wants it. RIGHT BELOW: Achterberg setting to pass off, FAR
BELOW RIGHT: Wiley carefully analyzing the situation.

insides, and Wally Hanson played right wing.
Kevin Barcohana, Billy W iley, and Steve
Triedm an also added their skills to the
offense. A tough but rewarding pre-season
practice was run by enthusiastic Coach Nat
Earle. After an encouraging 2-0 scrimmage
victory over Hope High School, in which
Trip W oodbridge and Jo h n Gower each
scored a goal, the team was pronounced ready
for its first game.
The first team to be faced was a strong,
experienced St. George’s team. Wally Hanson

could manage the team’s only score as the Steve Colella and Richard Sawyer manned the
Blue lost by a respectable score of 2-1. was unable to penetrate a strong Abbey
Disappointed but not discouraged, the defense as M B. lost 3-0.
team traveled to St. Andrew’s, where Colella, The next game took place on a cold, rain-
Wiley, Sawyer, and Woodbridge all scored soaked field at Moses Brown against Provi­
against a magnificently talented goalie. The dence Country Day. In spite of two break­
convincing 4-1 victory gave the team valuable away goals by P.C.D., M.B. controlled the
encouragement. ball well and dominated the gamemntil condi­
The team went on to Portsmouth Abbey tions became so bad that neither team could
where, hindered by the absence of injured move the ball. The game was halted midway
Trip Woodbridge, the offense sputtered and thmugh the second half with the score 2-1.
Many experienced lettermen returned to Kevin Barcohana scored the only goal for the
play on Moses Brown’s 1975 soccer team after Quakers. When the second half was replayed,
what was termed 1974’s rebuilding year. The Doug Bonoff quickly evened the score with a
defense, backed by Co-Captain Doug Bonoff penalty shot. Again, M.B. dominated, but
in goal, consisted of veterans Jim Procaccianti P.C.D. scored on a break-away, making the
and John Erikson, playing center and left final score a disappointing 3-2.
fullback respectively, with Frank Duffy add­ Next, Thayer visited Moses Brown and the
ing his powerful foot on the right side. Ted two evenly matched teams battled until dark,
Achterberg, Mike Barrall, and co-captain Trip but neither was able to score. Late in the first
Woodbridge made up the halfback line. A half, Doug Bonoff suffered a mild concus­
second halfback line consisted of Kirk Sykes, sion and loss of memory. He obviously didn’t
Peter Flink, and Robert Abedon. On the forget how to play goalie, as he held Thayer
front line, John Gower played left wing, scoreless in double overtime.