Word: junior
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Other veterans who came through this year were co-captain Kevin McCall, who raised his point total from 26 to 34, senior defenseman Mike Belmont, the one consistent standout on the young, unsettled defensive corps, and junior Jim Michelson, who gave Harvard its best goaltending in years...
...every level-junior (ages 6 to 19), college and pro-soccer is attracting thousands of families like the Days. In 1964 the American Youth Soccer Organization started in Torrance, Calif, with 100 boys and nine teams. Today the association has 4,100 teams in 14 states and 62,000 kids, including 15,000 girls, booting the checkered, leather balls across the turf. The U.S. Soccer Federation estimates that more than half a million youngsters play organized soccer and projects 3 million...
...have the kids gone bonkers over soccer? Mainly because more of them can play it. The most appealing part of the game is its simplicity. In Atlanta, where there are 8,000 junior players, Y.M.C.A. Soccer League Coordinator Barry Christiansen explains: "Anybody can kick a ball. The kid doesn't have to be a certain size like football or basketball players." Other attractions are that kids need little equipment and are rarely badgered by overzealous parent-coaches. As in the pro leagues, no time-outs are allowed; once the game begins, the players are virtually on their own. Youth...
...three-mile junior varsity contest, the Crimson took a half-length lead early in the race and tenaciously held onto it for the first half-mile. But then the Elis came back, and moved into a length's lead of their own by the mile mark. They never relinquished their margin, finishing nine seconds ahead of the Crimson...
Despite a long illness, McPeth excelled in academics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior...