Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Under 14 Hockey This year ' s team maintained one consistency; a steady stream of obstacles. Injuries, Satis and misdemeanours dissolved any benefit that might have been ac- crued from having nine members from last year ' s successful team return. Wary of last year ' s strength, many of the opposing schools sent older teams this season. Seven of the games played mat- ched Appleby ' s grade sevens and eights against opposing grade nines and tens. Two of the seven games ended in victories. Outsized and outbumped, the team especially showed great courage during the four games against an older Lakefield team. Two of those matches were lost by a slim one-goal margin. During the season, it was very difficult to rationalize playing these older teams. In retrospect, however, the fact that some of these schools felt it was necessary to play more mature teams against Appleby at this level, must indicate that the calibre of our hockey is ad- vancing. The boys of this year ' s team knew frustration and hardship. There were times when team morale slipped, but much to the team ' s credit, the spirit never disappeared. If one lesson were learned this season, it was that the effort is more meaningful than the number of wins and losses. Special thanks to Bill Giffin for shifting unselfishly from forward to defence, and to John Toles who filled the pipes during the frequent emergency situations. - oA ' .J? ' . FRONT ROW; Schmidt. Freeman I, Giffin, McNair, Dorion. CENTRE ROW: Cockell; Sustronk, Morgan, Meuller II, Mr. Singer. BACK ROW; Bates, Gilroy, MacKenzie. Mueller I.

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This has been one of the best cross-country seasons in the last few years, for not only has the general standard been higher, but also there has been more than the usual enthusiasm for training and racing. The competitive season was short, but concentrated. It began with the High School Invitational Meet at Brocl University. This course, which was the site of the Canadian Cross-Country Cham- pionship last year, is beautiful, having undulating meadows, a trail through the woods, and a very steep incline up part of the Niagara Escarpment. Our team, the youngest by far, came 9th out of 13 schools. Individually, An- drew Ross finished 27th, followed by Chucl McNair (37th), Geoff Benson (42nd), Sandy McKenzie (45th) and Don John son, 53rd. Although this does not appear as a major triumph, our twelve and thirteen year olds were competing in the under fif- teen division. Then at the beginning of Novem- ber, we had three races in the space of a weel . Our senior team ran with the Senior School in the Independent Schools Cham- pionship. Again, running in the higher division proved a difficult task. When we finished sixth, we thought that we had really done well. Andrew Ross, Chucl McNair, and Geoff Benson did particularly well. Two days later, we had the In- ter-Tribal races. Since new records were set in the In- termediate Division by Andrew Ross, and the Junior Division by Nicholas Nightingale, it was clear that the standard was high and the competition keen. Seneca, led by Chuck McNair, Andrew Ross, and David Toles were clear winners with the three other tribes scrambling for the next three positions. Holders of the wooden spoon were the Mohawks. The last race of the season was the Junior Schools Cham- Cross-Country pionship held this year on our course. Since we were first in both the under-twelve division and under-fourteen divisions, we emerged victorious ahead of Ridley, Hillfield and Crescent. Andrew Ross was a most worthy winner in the under-fourteen race, followed closely by Geoff Benson, Don Johnson, and Chuck McNari who had the misfortune to trip and fall flat on his face into the creek, but the fortitude to finish very strongly. In the under-twelve race, David Toles in second place was closely followed by Nicholas Nightingale, Adam Bronson, Christian Strucken and Mark Freeman. There is great pleasure to be had in working hard and en- thusiastically in a determined team effort, and I think the boys on both levels can be justifiably satisfied with the season. Cer- tainly, they gave a wonderful example to all boys in the school, FRONT ROW: Ross I, McNair, Johnson, MacKen- zie, Meredith. BACK ROW: Mr. Nightingale, Benson, Stalder, Morgan. SO many of whom tried hard and succeeded in improving their in- dividual performances each week. Congratulations must go to Don Johnson, Captain of the team, for his dogged perseverance in achieving his centipede for the third successive year, and to An- drew Ross for his outstanding performance in every race. Next year promises to be just as good, if not better. M.N.

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Second Hockey The performance of this year ' s second hockey team was a model of attainment and tact. When we didn ' t win a game, we gracefully arranged, after a show of superiority, to let the op- position score one or two goals in the dying minutes to eke out a tie. Three of our five ties were come-from-behind efforts by the other team. This measure of delicate success could only have been achieved, however, by a group of boys who were keen to learn, keen to play, and keen to contribute the extra energy needed to enjoy a sport. The style of the team was characterized by good positional play, good bodychecking and forechecking, and an uncanny knack for scoring goals when the opportunity was there. The defence worked particularly hard on their skating and passing, work which saw results in our proficiency with getting out of our own end. FRONT ROW: Gratton, Fife II, Stewart, Crawford I, Bronson. CENTRE ROW: Stalder, Bolt, Sullivan, H eredlth, Streight, Headley. BACK ROW: Turnbull, Benson, Sopinka, Hughes II, Johnson, Locke Mr Snowden. Like any team, we had several outstanding players, but the work of these few would have been in vain if a concerted and energetic display of teamwork had not been provided by the rest. Often the best performances came from unexpected sources - John Bolt, throwing his weight around at U.C.C. and Crescent, Adam Bronson shutting out an Oakville team in his first game as a goalkeeper, Dodson Crawford scoring the first goal of his career on a finely-placed wrist- shot from the point. In the category of individual per- formances, we must single out Carl Headley for his unparalleled eagerness and drive. Stephen Fife ' s hot shot led our offence. Doug Locke, arriving just after the season began, was the cor- nerstone of our defence. Special praise should go to Louis Gratton who played excellently throughout the season, enabling us to win several games in which we were considerably out-shot. It was a season for learning, and we spent many hours of ice-time going through drills and skill training. We were obviously not as strong as were last year, and our win-loss record made that very apparent. However, our en- thusiasm and willingness to per- sist did create the best at- mosphere possible, under the circumstances, with which to at- tack our opponents. All boys played their best, but special credit must go to our captain and goaltender, David Toles, whose special talents were very apparent in every game. As well, Freeman II, Camp- bell, Millar, and Mann were Third Hockey - ' f O ' f h FRONT ROW: Morris, Millar, Toles II, Vernon II, Vernon I. CENTRE ROW: Copestick, Schooling, Brabender, Young, Dal Bianco, Plasecki. BACK ROW: Mr. Boyd, McNab, Mutimer, Freeman II, Appleby II, Senst, Wood, always digging and keeping us within reach of a good win. Perhaps our best game was the last one with U.C.C. Even though we did not win, it was a fine example of good sportsmanship and effort under pressure. All in all, it was a good year for basics and training, and all team mem- bers deserve to be congratulated.