Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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2nd Basketball Team FRONT ROW: Jennings II. Havill, Polakowski. BACK ROW: Gall I, Cheng, McMurchy II, To, Mr. White Mr. White, in trying to build a team this year, worked on fundamentals more than intricate plays. His hope was to prepare us for next year. The season could not be described as a successful one (4 wins-7 losses) because the team was often defeated by inexperience. The loss of Elgin McMurchy, our starting center, after the second game left our offense somewhat less potent than it had been. John Gall took over the posi- tion and for a newcomer to basket- ball, filled it quite well. Though the opposition often gave us more trouble than we expected, our de- fence at times was surprisingly good. We would like to thank Mr. White for his coaching but especially for his patience. MEMBERS OF THE TEAM: HavUl, Jennings II, Co-Captains; Gall I, Van Tighem I, To, McMurchy II, Cheney, Cheng, Leung, McMurchy 1.

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it. In the five game winning streak that resulted, we revenged our earlier loss to UCC quite convincingly 67-47 and won a close game against Ridley on the merit of our good foulshooting. We beat TCS again but didn ' t play well, consistently leaving us vulner- able to a good team which would take advantage of such lapses. Such a team was SAC and we weren ' t able to come back from a dismal first quarter that found us down 24-8. We eventual- ly lost 56-48. This season was a break from the tra- dition of past seasons as we won as a team and lost as a team. There was no dependence on one or two men for scoring, thus putting opposing defences at a disadvantage. When we won, it was because of a well-balanced effort by everyone in the game. When we lost, we usually lost badly due to a breakdown of the whole team and not because of only one man. All in all it was a very rewarding season for the players as we improved steadily during the year and compiled the best record for the First Basketball Team at Appleby in many years. The success of the team is due almost entirely to the dedicated coaching of Mr. White whose practice sessions enable a player to improve tenfold during a season if he attacks them en- thusiastically. This, combined with his preparation of the team for games, was the major factor behind our suc- cessful season and we give him our hearty thanks.

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3rd Basketball Team If one was to look over our record one might think we just had an average season, with four wins, four losses, and one tie. In the eyes of the players, it was different. In two of our games, against SAC and TCS, we played teams made up of older players, although the real reason for our loss was lack of experience. How- ever, in the guard positions, there was some experience with Phil Taylor and Mike Rosseel. These two were our play -makers and they helped us come from behind in certain cases. In the forward position we had Vincent Stewart. He added many points to our scoreboard with his long range shot. Under the basket we had excellent re- bounding with Matt Gall and Lance Thomson. Others must be mentioned for their hard work. These were for- wards J. P. Rachmaninoff, Mike Bierbrier, Mark Van Tighem, James FRONT ROW: Rachmaninoff II, Rosseel II, Thomson I, Taylor II, Gall n, Stewart I. BACK ROW: Rev. Sharpe, Van Tinghem II, Kishino, Brown, Beatson, Bierbrier, Hou II, Cannon II. Brown, David Hou, and the four foot wonder, Ashley Kishino. Also, the two substituting guards, Carl Cannon and David Beatson, are deserving of praise. Squash Team Since the beginning of the year, the Squash team has had to make up the loss of three of its five members who left last year. It has succeeded in doing this most effectively. The ad- dition of John Partington, a player from the Junior Schoo l, helped im- mensely, as did that of Roy Timmins, who besides playing as our number three player, was also a member of the Third Hockey Team. Martin Caird, the team ' s senior member, was just as instrumental in rejuvenat- ing the team. He played steadily throughout the season. James McKenzie and Wayne Sims rotated consistently for the first two positions, and both improved as the term wore The team had a winning season, only losing two matches, one to TCS and the other to Ridley. In the Appleby Invitational Squash Tournament the RSHJ HHIH SEATED: McKenzie, Sims, Farrington I. STANDING: Timmins, Mr. Larsen, Caird. team was defeated by the Toronto Cricket Club while UCC went on to win the competition. A word of thanks is necessary to Gerry Droge, Tim Menzies, and Rob Maslon who faithfully came to the rescue when another player was needed, and also to our coach, Mr. Larsen. 59