SOCCER Steel Has International Flavor The Searcy Stee l soccer team posted a hot 4-1-1 record last spring, but cooled off in the fall with a 5-5-1 showing to finish 9-6-2 for 1982 and fourth place in the nine team Central Arkansas Soccer Association. Coach Jim Berkley has coached the Steel for the past three years, and helped start the soccer program in Searcy back in 1974 along with Dennis Hadden and former coach Chuck Wilson. The Steel, an independent team composed mainly of Harding students, began the year as the defending state champions after posting a 15-3 record last year. Veterans David Smith, Dave Jenkins, Mike Cash, Tim Whaley and Robbie Shackelford helped keep the Steel in contention during the spring, but were lost to graduation or other factors . Ronnie Moore, Doug Carmack; Wade Dunn, David Burton, Doug Phillips, and Enoch Thweatt helped anchor the team in the 150fSocce r fall, along with Conway students Mark Wil· son of the University of Central Arkansas and K. J. Wrobel of Hendrix College. league competition included Westside Footba ll Club (this year's champ ions) of Little Rock, the Hot Springs Tornadoes, the North little Rock Soccer Club, Hendrix Co ll ege, University of Arkansas at little Rock, Little Rock Air Force Base, University of Arkansas Medical School, and International Brotherhood (Little Rock). The Steel truly had an international flavor, with members representing several foreign nations. Moore, from Italy; Thweatt, from Taiwan; and Wrobel, who has lived all over Europe, added some culture to the team. Nigerian Newton Ekpo also played for the Steel, as did former Harding students Nelson Whittington and Bob Herrington of Canada. The mixture helped make the Searcy Steel a highly competitive team.~ • - John /. Radelifle 3 1. Ronnie Moore makes his way toward the goal. 2. 1982 Searcy Steel Soccer Team. Front row: Wrobel, Maxwell, Wilson, Williams, Thompson, Burton, Hall, Johnson. Back row: Young, Thweatt, K. Williams, Berkley-coach, Moore, Yingling, Phillips, Gendron, Mhlanga. 3. Jamie Yingling tries to head the ball to Chip Carmack. 4. David Burton is given a free shot after being fouled. S. Enoch Thweatt tries to hook one past the opponent. 6. Wade Dunn looks to pass the ball off to one of his teammates.
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