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a Salle soccer started this season with cautious expectations. The team definitely felt that the playoffs were within reach. Because it was relatively young (7 seniors, 6 juniors, 5 sophomores), there existed a major problem. This problem, usually the trademark of a young team, was inconsistency. This inconsistency was obvious early in the season, when La Salle earned a spirited victory over Father Judge but turned around to tie a lowly Egan. It happened again when La Salle achieved a stand off against a very talented North Catholic, but then proceeded to tie an unskillful Kenrick. This inconsistency be路 came extremely frustrating in parts of the season but not one coach or player gave up. Instead, everybody worked even harder. The hard work paid off with a gratifying draw with Dougherty, and the destroying of Egan, Kenrick and McDevitt in the second half of the season. At the beginning of the soccer season, coaches Tom Turner and Seamus McWil路 Iiams associated each game with climbing a ladder. The ladder consisted of ten rungs and the objective was to reach the tenth
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On the attack
1984 Varsity Soccer. Top Row: Seamus McWilliams, asst. coach, Mr. Steven Krol, moderator, Ed Deangelis, Mike Hoban, capt., Todd Hellman, Gavin Muir, Brian Barr Jeff Steuer, Mike Sawicky, John Wilkins, Fran Bruno, Mgr., Tom Turner, coach; Bottom row: Chris Branscome, Joe Belcher, Glenn Stockmal, Drew Tripodi, Dre Stockmal Matt Schools, John DePaul, capt., Greg Scandone, Jim Hoban, statistician. Missing: Tim Lefevre, Mike Flannery, capt.
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