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Varsity Soccer
The varsity soccer team had a slow start this year but improvement came with each game. By the end of the season the team was playing good, controlled soc­ cer. The teams 6-8-1 record obscures its good points. Because the squad was completely new, it took hard work and a lot of getting used to each other before they could play well. High points of the season were the homecoming game in which the Rams shocked them­ selves and their opponents by beating Morristown Beard, a team seeded far ahead of the Rams, and the
final game in which the Rams upset Montclair Kimberly, also seeded higher.
This year’s team was led by Alex Helander and Dave Lombardi, the leading goal scorer and the outstanding defensive player, respectively. Coach Freeman summa­ rizes the season, "It was a totally new squad from last year. We did a lot of developing in a lot of areas. We developed some of goals-better defense and toward the end of the season, better offenses. We improved with work and began to control the ball which was evident in the games against Metuchen High School and
Montclair-Kimberly. This success came directly from the efforts of the team members.”
Schedule
OPPONENTS 0 Peddie 8
0 Dwight-Englewood 1 4 Neumann Prep 2 0 Hoffman H.S. 2 5 Middlesex H.S. 1 1 Saddle River 1 1 Neumann Prep 2 3 Ranney 2
1 Woodbridge H.S. 5
2 Morristown-Beard 1
0 Pennington 6 0 Princeton Day 5 0 Newark Academy 1 3 Metuchen H.S. 2 1 Montclair Kimberly 0
Record 6-8-1
VARSITY SOCCER: LEFT TO RIGHT, FRONT ROW: J. Yusko. S. Ashton, C. Russ, J. Friedlander, D. Lombardi, A. Helander, P. Prasser, G. Boff, T, Yoder, J. Hayes, G. Hagstoz. BACK ROW: D. Bouterse, B. McCormack, J. Callan, D. Park, F. Popolo, S. McMullen, D. Mclsaac, S. Botlagudur, R. Brandi, B. Flynn, D.
RAMS