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THE METEOR
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March I, 19771
season.
Walker (also Honorable the standings. The Bishops' Mention All-Prep), John schedule will include Blue
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we are weak in the hurdle department," says Coach Jim
Hornor.
Outstanding participants this
season should include Pete
Thornhill, who the coach says
has the portential to be the best
sprinter ever at V.E.S. Pete's
specially is the 220 and the long
jump. Mr. Hornor expects
Preston Belcher to break his old
record of 12'9" in the pole vault.
David " the H effer" Heppner
will be throwmg the discuss and
shot. Abott McClintic will also
be competing in the latter event.
In the distance department Mr.
Hornor will be relying on the
services of T om Brockman and Jeff Evans.
Mr. Hornor hopes that Mr. Kiefer, who will be working with the weightmen, will carry over some of the success he had with the wrestling team to the track
program. B. K. "the Bulldozer" Mundy will aid with the field
events.
BY BILL FIX
Coaches for the spring varsity
inexperienced and will need down the ladder, perhaps "The Golf Team, the most hard work. Returners Jim stronger at the bottom and
teams look optimistically toward
the season ahead. The spring
coaches will be: Lacrosse- Jim
Pettyjohn, Track- Jim Hornor,
Baseball - Max Meador, Golf-
Bruce McCormick, and Tennis Steve Morris, both Honorable - John Foster. Here are their Mention All-Prep last year, give opinions on the up-coming the team backbone, while Steve
Coach Meador
"This spring the track season should be successful, although
Baseball
"The team will be more
experienced than last year. We have eight returning players that will add to our depth," says Coach Max Meador.
Paul Holmes and Carl Danbury will be assets at pitcher. Returning players will be: Ted Robertson at third base, Clark Daugherty and Danny Daugher- ty at short stop. Burton Moomaw, Guy Dirom and James Magill in the outfield, and Billy Hobbs at second base.
Meador cites Collegiate and Woodberry Forest as the major Prep League rivals; E. C. Glass and Holy Cross will also be tough challenges.
Coach McCormick
First National
Soccer Struggles BY BRIAN LANAHAN
varsity netters, Mr. Murchison, remaining, the Bishops' overall The offense ground to a halt as
last year's coach, gave his record stands at 7-6-l, 5-5 in the the Bishops were then blanked2·
opinions on the team's Prep League. A combination of 0 on a muddy Collegiate field
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Hunter and Bob Bowden will vie with middie-turned-defenseman
weaker at the top than last year. The schedule this year is tougher than last year's but he predicted that the team would have a winning record as they did last
year, should dominate the Prep League again this year," says
Bill Fix for the pos!lwns.
Coach McCormick.
Co-captains Sam Martin and
defensive The Prep League will be very
Craddock, Richard Bunting and Tom Stoughton add strength.
The team will miss All-Prep Stewart Sigler, but McCormick believes that the team will compensate for this loss.
The team was undefeated in the Prep League last year, and
expects Collegiate and Woodberry Forest to be the teams to beat this year, along with in- town rival E. C. Glass.
Mr. McCormick says that "the team will practice at Colonial Hills again this year and will
carry ten people.
Coach Pettyjohn Lacrosse
Ridge, Woodberry Forest, St. Christopher's, Norfolk Acad- emy, Albemarle County High,
Charlottesville High, and E.H.S., a new addition that is a
perennial powerhouse.
"With a few good breaks, a the top of the ladder, probably
The team has played Christchurch team 2-1 after a 'lillboys·..
consistent effort, and hard work we should have a good team," says Coach Jim Pettyjohn.
joined by new ninth-grader Paul Owen who has a state ranking in the 14-and-under age group.
consistently well, but has lacked
the explosive punch needed to
four-hour bus ride. The offense was sparked on goals by Billy Hobbs and Peter Fredericks. The
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Since Mr. Foster is taking over
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The next day, the tired team
prospects. He noted returnees Blitz James, Ford Mays, and Bill Driskill will certainly be up at
bad luck, bad weather, and and 2-0 by a fired-up Northcross inexperience have hampered the team. The Bishops then bounced
put the ball in the goal. The
"There is great depth and Post-graduate Louis Darden is defense, brilliant at times, and defense and goalie Jim Herbert Mtdiocre then
experience at midfield." He expects strong play from Bruce Carrington, Bill Carrington, Jeff Frassinetti, and Dawson Rascoe.
The attack should also be strong, with high scorer Bo Walker and sophomore Ross
also competitive with this group, though unfortunately he is only eligible for non-Prep League matches. Robbie Pearson, who was on the Varsity last year, Alex
Roddey and Rob Marshall from last year's J.V., and any other unknown ringers among the
new students will vie lO fill the other spots on the eight-man
team.
Mr. Murchison felt that the
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game. The lack of offense, however, has led to many close
defeats.
During this month, the
Bishops have had to play twice as
many games as usual in order to
make up the games postponed
fromJanuary.Intheirfirstgame
also had a spectacular day, shutting out the powerful Christchurch attack until the last ten seconds of the game. In their next contest, the Bishops met Collegiate at home, bound for revenge. However, the loss of big
play-maker Peter Fredericks due to the flu hampered the team.
They lost by a score of 2·1, with the lone Bishop goal madeby
rugoing to ~ughed and
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