.- 136 Soccer ...--..- ' Fastest growing sport attrac "WOW look at all those guys with cute legs," mayor may not be a typical reaction of one of soccer 's female followers. But for the members of the recently formed Searcy Soccer Club, the truth has to come out on the playing field. The only exception to bipedal scrutiny is the goalie who can choose to wear a type of sweatpants instead of the revealing shorts the rest of the players wear. Harding University was the source for most of the players on the club this past fall , with the rest of the 15 or so who showed up for scrimmages coming from the working world. The team was organized by Robbie Shackelford, Ken Rutherford and Nelson Whittington but failed to find a sponsor in time to sign up for league play. Instead the team scrimmaged a team composed of local high school talent and played a game against Ouachita Baptist University, losing 3~2 in a closely contested game that was decided in the final minutes of play. Late in the fall, Searcy Steel offered to buy the club uniforms, and the players were told they could look forward to join~ ing a league in the spring . Practices were held twice weekly I even on into December on nice days, on one of Harding's intramural fields. One Harding coed soccer nut (which is what people turn into when they start playing the fast moving game) ventured to kick it around some with the boys and ended up impressing everyone with her soccer skills. Soccer is the fastest growing team sport in the U.S. and can be played by both boys and girls at all age levels with a minimum amount of skill and financial input. But it takes years of practice to produce world~ class professional players, something American coaches are just beginning to see their long hours of labors payoff in. ~ - John Kulczyckyj u.mt 1. SOCCER TEAM. FRONT ROW RuthecfMd. O. Whittington , Sawyer, Edwards, lamison, Yingling. BACK ROW: Summitt. Kulczckyj, Kimmel , Scott, Shackelford , N . Wilittington, Adams, Wallers. 2. GOALIE Ricky Sawyer makes a quick dive to save the ball. 3. IN A SCRIMMAGE game against fellow team members. Robbie Shackelford dribbles dowl1~ field. . -.- . - .- -.-
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