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good enough to retain the North Jersey Little Ivy League football trophy which Wardlaw had held successfully for the past three seasons.
JUNIOR SOCCER
This is the first year that Wardlaw has fielded a soccer team on the junior level.
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Coached by Mr. Ralph Harris, and Mr. Robert Vietor, the squad had a very brief season of only three games. In their first contest the Wardlaw Juniors lost to FAR HILLS by the score of 1-0, but in their second game, playing against MONTCLAIR ACADEMY, Ward- law emerged with a 2 to 1 edge. The final game of the season, in a return match against FAR HILLS, the Juniors were forced to settle for a 0 to 0 tie. This early soccer training will prove invaluable when these boys progress to Mr. Harris' Varsity Soccer team.
JUNIOR BASKETBALL
Junior Basketball for this past year proved to be the most successful of the Junior
Sports for 1959-1960. Although Coach Ralph Harris' Juniors did not emerge with a winning season, they did place second in the N.J.L.I.L. competition by virtue of a four-win, one-loss league record, which is certainly a feather in Mr. Harris' cap, as this is his first year coaching Junior Basketball.
JUNIOR BASEBALL
Coach Harold Breene is facing a difficult job in organizing a winning Junior Baseball
team for 1960. Most of last year's lettermen have progressed to Upper School athletics, leaving Mr. Breene only a small nucleus, along with "green" material, with which he hopes to launch a successful baseball campaign.
1959 JUNIOR BASEBALL
The 1959 Junior Baseball team played "fairly well", according to Coach Harold
Breene. Although at the beginning of the season many of the players were not too well- versed in baseball fundamentals, Mr. Breene soon molded these boys into a successful "ball club", ending their season with a five-win and three-loss tally.
Sports are considered as essential a part of the Middle School, as is its excellent academic program. Not all boys participate in all sports, but whether carrying a football down the field or applauding a base hit, the Wardlaw boys learn that "WATCHING . . . AS MUCH A SPORT AS PARTICIPATION . . .".