Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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li Multiple Sports

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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.

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First Cricket Sandwiched between successful matches with Ridley was a series of defeats, two of them heavy. However the scoresheets do not tell the whole story of th e season ' s cricket. Tremendous advances in individual technique have been made and the team has played very well together giving encouragement to each other when mistakes have been made and praise when good results have been achieved - and, most important of all, morale has been high in adversity. The bowlers have made great strides. Bill Giffin has smoothed out his action and is becoming a menacing fast bowler, while Tom Hughes, Eric Morgan, Louis Gratton and Adam Boyd have all had their successes. Each one has a sound enough technique to enable him to continue next year. Our batting has shown great promise in the nets, but the ten- sion of the ' middle ' has caused too much rashness and old m m ■ f nt mm. -■k - FRONT ROW: Boyd, Shaw, Freeman I, Morgan, Dorion, Kay, Gratton. BACK ROW: Neumann, Stewart, Fife II, Giffin, Hughes, Goddard I, Stark, Mr. Nightingale. habits have too frequently recurred. How difficult it is to school oneself ball by ball! While a bowler can take a wicket after bowling a wide, a batsman has no second chance. Nevertheless, Don Freeman, David Dorion and Bill Giffin have shown that they will soon be scoring many runs, and Tim Shaw, Stephen Fife and Jeff Goddard have shown an eagerness to hit the ball hard. It is unfortunate that the cricket season is so short, for I believe that given a little longer, en- thusiasm and ability of this team would have been turned to good account. Nevertheless it has been a rewarding and enjoyable season and I am sure that many of these boys will make their mark in Senior School Teams. M.N.