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December 14, 1987
THE METEOR
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by Brad Davison
The Virginia Episcopal School varsity soccer team ended its
season by setting a record for most wins in a season. The pre- vious record was held by the 1972-73 team, when soccer was a winter sport. Overall, the team's record was 12-3-2, an out- standing improvement from last year's record of 6-8-4. Within the Virginia Prep League, the soc- cer team placed fourth in the standings, finishing with a 6-3-1 record.
Unfortunately , the Prep League championship eluded the Bishops this year, although they have improved and look to
be even better next year. " We finished in fourth place as we knew we would," explained Coach Steve Culbertson, " the teams that beat us finished ahead of us." The only teams that the Bishops lost to were the day schools of Richmond : Col- legiate, St. Christopher's and Trinity. "Collegiate was really disappointing because we didn't go against the best [in the league] with our best team," says Coach Culbertson of the V.E .S.-Collegiate game. "We didn't play the game we could have because we didn't have all our players."
On the brighter side, the soc- cer team has its record of wins in a season and three of its members, Owen Williams, Mar- shall Thomas and Hunter Tyree
were elected to the All-Prep soc- cer team. "That doesn't happen too often," stated Mr. Culbert- son. "The last time that happen-
ed was in 1983, when Jim Hill, Ned Tyree [Hunter's brother], and Joel Williams [Owen's
brother] made it."
Of the team 's success this
year, keeper Marshall Thomas thinks "In the past there was skill but there were a Jot of at- titude problenu and this year ther wasn't any attitude prob- lem what&oever The coaches hav been a Jot more serious.
Wrestling Gets Underway
Guitar Player
by Rob Hing
Brian Rash, who is well known
for his exploits as a running back on the V arsity Football field, is also well known off the
field.
Brian is an accomplished ac-
coustic and electric guitar player. He has been playing the guitar for the past five years. It all started when he found an old accoustic guitar lying around the house and began to pluck away at it. Brian took lessons for a year, but mainly taught him- self to play by ear, listening to a song and figuring out the chords. Brian has become very good at this, as anyone who has heard him will tell you.
Before corning to V .E .S., Brian played in an unarned band with another guitar, a bass, a drummer, and a key boardist.
They played at parties in their hometown of Charlotte, but the group had to split up when its members went off to college and high school.
Brian is now teaching himself to play the slide guitar and the harmonica, on which he is learn-
ing to play the blues. He enjoys playing the guitar and is going to continue playing through col- lege, although he doubts he will
of Mr. Flournoy additwn of Coach Flournoy,
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made a difference." With
techniques. As Worsham has been taught not
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Coach Culbertson, "and I'm very proud of the guys."
ly two yeara. It i an improve·
ment upon laat year'1 on and
four record. Although the team
wa not &raced with an abun·
dance~crowd'"PPfJit,theydid p rform well . Their mo1t memorable match waa the final
Federation
a diatmction that few,
only the mechanics of trackin&, but equally important, th ideology of the pursuit. To track
an animal successfully
try to think a the animal thinb.
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th animal to
and what it wa at tim whn
made, the
mind,
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Jicen1ed
taxing event
the art of animal tracking. The group was fortunate enough to have Charles W orsham , a Lynchburg denizen and expert
tracker, give a presentation and take th group tracking. Mr. Worsham, whose aon Josh Ia a
aophomor at V.E S., ahowed alidet and talked about hla
if any, other high school teams in the nation can claim.
Says Chuck Flournoy of the season, "We set high expecta- tions for ourselves. We included everything from style of play, to
personal conduct, to motivation, to pre-game prep. In essence, we refused to be mediocre. There were a lot of opportunities for us to fold and our seniors and others provided the leadership that we needed. We were suc- cessful because we were deter- mined to be successful.'' One of the predominant traits of this team was its positive attitude; as Mr. Culbertson states, "No- body detracted from the positive attitude, that's why we were 12-3-2."
Soccer for players like Owen Williams and Marshall Thomas, who have played at V.E.S. for the past three seasons, has been frustrating, with a 6-8-4 record last year and a worse record than that the season before. But through their dedication to im- prove, the team improved. A number of starters gave part of their summers to go to soccer
camp together to improve as a unit.
Next year looks to be great, with returning starters Mike Bradshaw, Hunter Tyree, Peter Trible, David Purdie, Tommy Edwards, Scott Hudson, Mike Locke and Ned Williams. With
the influx of talent from the J .V. team and from new recruits, the 1988-89 season should be corn- parable to, if not better than this
season. According to Marshall Thomas, "this was a building year; there's more of this to come." But as Mr. Culbertson states, " The challenge is going to be on those guys who come after to make their goals a bet-
tetment to this year."
V.E.S. soccer is definitely on
the upswing. However, before the season gets too far out of our memories, Jet us recognize de- parting seniors for their out- standing efforts: Owen Wil- liams, Marshall Thomas, Bill West, Mark Stanton, V Foun- tain, Chip Tydings, Stephen
Wooten, Bert Miller, Sean Thrash and Brad Davison. "It
by Brad Davison
The 1987-88 V.E.S. wrestling team has started its practices
and is looking to improve over last year. "Last year we were a- bout .500 [record]," explains Coach Bill Magnan. "This year
should be better than that." When asked about the team's strong point Coach Magnan
believes, "the lighter weights and
the unlimited class will be the strongest weight classes." This will only be reinforced by the
Winter Track
by Robert Hing
Winter Track is preparing for
another season with many new faces and the return of only a handful of veterans . The inex- perienced team must prepare for the three meets it has before Christmas vacation: a quad meet at St. Christophers, the Lynchburg Invitational, and a meet at Woodberry Forest.
Coaches Bloor and Watson note that although the team is young and inexperienced, there is a large pool of talent to draw from. Clyde Stevens and Dannie Seow are potential sprinters and will be tough competition. Veteran Ed O'Keefe is com- peting in the high hurdles again
this year. Brian Rash, who holds the pole vault record, will again be hard to beat this year . Distance runners King Evans, Morgan Huff and Dave Jeter, who are corning off a good cross country season, will be the backbone of the distance and relay teams. With some work, V.E .S. has the potential to have a victorious season this year.
by Hugh Edmunds
Since the Outdoor Challenge Program started in September,
fact that wrestlers Mike Sylvester, Mike Cothran, Howie
Grover, and Ashby McNally, all lighter wrestlers, attended the Lehigh Wrestling clinic this past
summer.
The coach also goes on to say
that "middle-linebacker Mike Bolognesi has looked impressive in drills, as does Ben Beale." As for the team as a whole, Coach Magnan states, "We'll know pretty much how we'll stand be- cause we have six matches be- fore Christmas including two Prep League matches."
Gym Floor Repaired
by Brad Davison
The 1987-88 basketball pro- gram at V.E.S.·will start prac- tices and games on a newly re- finished and repaired hardwood
floor. Water damage in the past had Jed to some warped floor board in the Bishop's horne court. It was necessary to repair the floor for good dribbling .
"When it [refinishing] was last done," says athletic direc- tor Steve Culbertson, "it was done with the feeling that, 'this
[refinishing] will do for now,' " because a new gym was
expected.
"The job that's being done
now [refinishing] will last about five years," explains Mr. Culbertson, "and by that time, there will be a new field house."
One additional reason for re- finishing the floor is to lay down a three-point shot line according
to new Prep League basketball rules .
play
professionally .
Coming Soon
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CONCERT
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" says
its members ,
Armstrong and Mrs. Goodrich, have gone orienteering, white water canoeing, rock climbing
and rappelling. However, per- haps the most difficult and un- doubtedly the most mentally
By inspecting and measuring the tracks, he was able to tell the deer's gender, age, speed, and the amount of time since it had made the tracks. Fox, squirrel
and mice tracks were also found close to the V.E .S. campus.
To understand an animal track one must take many fac- tors, such as stride and size of
Brown. Taught to track by an
Apache Indian, Brown, since his
apprenticeship, has become per- haps the most widely recogniz- ed tracking expert. He has writ-
ten many books on the subject
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guided by Mr.
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However, one of the major clues
as to what the animal was doing lies In what is called a pressure
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release.
the soil was
or hoof hits thto ground. When a deer is stoppina, Its
thrown forward, cauail'll the aoll to bt' toaaed In front of the track.
Goodrich
Tentative Date: Jan. 23, 1988