82 - CAPE GAZET-E, Friday, June 20- June 26, 1997
People
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right in front of the speakers. I
want the bass to shake me like my
backbone was its own. (Don't get
excited, Brad Travis.) And then
I'll get up the next day and do it
all over again.
SNIPPETS- Congratulations to
Dave Pavlik and Ted Nowakows-
ki for running with or behind their
children in Sunday morning's Fa-
ther's Day 5K in Rehoboth...J.D.
Maull and Tyon Chiistopher will
begin practice this week as mem-
bers of the Gold squad for the up-
coming June 28 Blue-Gold high.
school all-star game...Former
Cape football players Bobby
Adair and Richard Aydelotte
pump massive amounts of iron at
the Firm and also work together.
building high-end homes for the
rich and marginally amusing.
Their construction company is
called Double A...Congratula-
tions to Steve Nieblas and all the
local coaches who donated their
time working with the athletes
who participated in last week- "
end's Special Olympic competi-
tion. 'And thanks to all the Polar
Bears who plunged last February
for Special Olympics...Last Sun-
day morning Wild Dog Walking
Club pack man George Glenn and"
I commenced on a 6:30 a.m. walk
on the boardwalk in front of the
Henlopen. Five minutes into the
walk I looked up ahead and saw a
deer on the boards. "There's a
freakin' deer (Sussex species) up
there," I screamed while quickly
sliding to the left to keep him in
sight. A middle-aged guy on a bi-
cycle jammed on his brakes and
mumbled something unflattering
as tread and Fred almost rubbed
together the wrong way. "Consid-
er your near miss the luckiest day
of your life," I shot back, going
right into idiot drive. Doggy
George also barked a few direct
invectives. The guy pedaled on
but his wife, riding high in the
saddle, sternly turned our way and '
nastily remarked, "If you would
walk in a straight line it would not
have happened." She had given
me my opportunity. "Go on now,
git up oia outta here! Go on now,
git!"
Sussex soccer with a Philly twist
Warren Beideman
using decades of
experience to push
downstate soccer
By Scott Friedenreich
If a person were to look for
someone who has contributed
immensely to the game of soc-
cer, that person would have to
look no further than Lewes resi-
dent/player/coach Warren Beide-
man.
Born and raised in Philadel-
phia, Beideman began playing at
the age of seven with the Light-
house Boys Club intramural pro-
gram which was the dominant
soccer program from the 1930s
to the 1960s. "The Boys Club
won a junior national champi-
onship," said Beideman. "It was
a soccer factory."
From there, Beideman went on
to play for Philadelphia power-
house Northeast High School,
which held a 13 year streak of
being unbeaten and unscored up-
on in league play. "We were city
champions quite often," said
Beideman of his alma mater. "A
lot of the players came from the
Lighthouse Boys Club."
WARREN BEIDEMAN "
"When I was 16 1 started play-
ing with the men," said Beide-
man. While still in his adoles-
cent years, Beideman ventured
into the rigors of third division
amateur ball. After winning a
couple championships there, he
found himself being drafted into
the Korean War with the army at
the age of 21. When he returned,
Beideman went back to his nat-
ural element - the soccer field.
He coached the same Light-
house Boys Club - with his son
Warren III on the squad - that
had taught him to play the game.
While coaching the club nick-
named the Phantoms, Beideman
led the team to league champi-
onships in each age group, which
stret6hed from under 10 years of
age, to under 19.
"As the team grew up each kid
that wanted to go. to college to
play; got to go," said Beideman.
"That was my biggest accom-
plishment."
In addition.to the score of Bei-
deman products that went on to
play in college, a couple of play-
ers ventured further. "Two of
my kids became professionals,,'
said Beideman of Joe Harvey
and Eddie Sheridan who played
for the Philadelphia Atoms.
Enjoyed coaching son
"I enjoyed coaching my son,"
said Beideman of his years fielp-
mg out with Chesterhill Acade-
my, where his son attended. In
Warren III's senior year,
Chesterhill Won the inner acade-
mic league championship.
"Soccer is a huge thing in
Philadelphia," says Beideman.
"There are thousands of kids
playing. Bucks County and
Montgomery County are two
very large leagues."
In addition to this there is an
adult league that stretches from
Allentown, to the Delaware Riv-
er, down into Philadelphia, and
as far west as Reading. "It has a
majors division, reserves, with a
first division, and second divi-
sion," says Beideman. "The
league is semi-professional,"
Beideman's affiliation with
soccer in Philadelphia includes
his being named Man of the Year
in the junior league, and being
the coach of allstar teams in the
junior and senior league.
In 1993, Beideman followed
his grandparents' venture into
lower Delaware, in 1936, with
one of his own. Beideman im-
• mediately jumpedinto the soccer
pool " Lewes by assisting John
Myera in coaching the Cape
Henlopen High School boys var-
sity team, where the team fin-
ished with an 1 I-5 record and
made the school's first appear-
ance in the state tournament in
four years.
The freshmen from B'eide-
man's first .','ear would eventual-
ly become part of the best team
in the history of the school with a
15-2-1 record in their senior
year.
Presently Beideman is an as-
sistant coach with both Ihe boys
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Cape Region Athlelles Of The Week
JOHN CASTLE
A patron of Old Landing
Golf Course, John teed off
late last Sunday but made
up for lost time by putting
the 15th hole in his back
pocket with a single stroke.
"I used a nine iron on the
par three 106 yard hole," It
was a great moment but I
haven't been able to find my
driver since." Steve Hoyt of
Glassdenberry, CT was
John's partner and swore on
a divot that the ace actually
occurred. John is a book-
keeper for a rehabilitation
company servicing Harbor
Health Care in Lewes.
DAVID RODRIGUEZ
Sporting his new black
running suit with his confi-
dence soaring from a rigor-
ous training schedule of one
five-mile run per week, the
6'5" 240 lb. twenty-six year
old Cuban-German surged
across the finish line in un-
der 21 minutes at last Sun-
day's Father's Day 5K. When
asked how he does it, David
just pointed to his heart
while those standing near
him pointed to his head. "I
got into this for health rea-
sons. One morning I looked
in the mirror and didn't like
what I saw."
TRACY JONES
The 32 year old former
Cape Henlopen all:stater
poured in 35 points on Sun-
day, June 8 as a team featur-
ing Tracy and brother
William Jones along with
Cardell Bolden, Jonathan
Whaley, Steve Hood, Kevin
Brittingham and Chuck
Melton defeated a George-
town squad with DeRon
Pritchett and Willie
Reynolds 64-57 to win the
Seaford League post-season
tournament. "I had two discs
removed recently in a back
operation so I don't go.inside
as much," Tracy said.
JONATHAN GRAYBEAL "
"Nine year old Jon has al-
ways been a fish andhas
been swimming since he was
two years old," according to
his mother, Kathy. Coached
by Steve Nieblas and swim-
ming for the Sussex County,
De-Terminators, Jon won
two gold medals, 15m and 25
m, and a silver, relay, at last
Saturday's Special Olympic
competition at the Universi-
ty of Delaware. "Jon seemed
to enjoy all the excitement
and clapping and cheering,"
Kathy said. Jon has a sister,
Kate, 15, and a brother, Josh,
who is 11.
Ted and Clair Nowakowski
at the Father's Day 5 K.
