Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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,«m%ww«« » streaked in behind the defence, and, floating in the air, caught and sank a perfect back-door alley-oop pass from the Deeb. It was a victory worthy of both the ears and tail for no Appleby basketball team had ever defeated UCC twice in one season. This was, undoubtedly, the high point of the season for the team. The team, in practices and games and post-mortems over brew at the Coliseum, achieved a balance between skill and determination, gravity and fun which must have been good to watch, because it was great to be part of. Keith Morrison

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First Basketba This year ' s Senior Basketball team had the best record in Appleby history, finishing second with thirteen wins and two losses, both to Ridley, who went on to become the undefeated cham- pions. Our success is owed completely to our coach, Paul Martin, who took nine players with no height or speed ad- vantages and molded them into a successful team. It may never be knovwi whether it was his cunning strategy or halftime coronaries which carried us to victory, but it is certain that without him we would have been battling it out with Crescent and St. Georges for the wooden spoon. The players were a mixed group. The backcourt was probably the most experienced and best balanced in the league. When one watched the deadly drives of deceptive Deeb Josselyn , the quickness of Snake Leggat and The Chief ' s perimeter bombs and inside strength, one found it hard to believe they could ever miss - but occasionally they did! In the FRONT ROW; Halliday. Josselyn, Morrison. Leggat. Goddard. BACK ROW; Mr. Larsen, Boyle, Wood 2, Casey, Jackson. event of this rarity occurring, Doc Halliday, Raymondo Casey and Jamaal Goddard were ever present to clear the boards. Throughout the season the bench personnel improved considerably and this inspired confident play. Boards Wood took over well at centre when asked to. Rabbit Jackson, swift of foot and long of burner, (at once the smallest and hairiest player in the I.S.A.A.) and Pistol Pete Boyle proved their worth, especially on the fast break. Early in the season, we were forced to rely on defensive play, since our multi-phase offence was, as yet, in the embryonic stage. It was this defence, quick and aggressive, which carried us to success. Its merit was initially established in the opening game against UCC; it was on it that we relied when we played the Goliaths from Ridley. We played very well and victory seemed assured when, with three seconds to play, we scored to take a two- point lead. However, we had reckoned on neither the gods ' disfavour nor the referees ' in- competence, and consequently lost by two points in overtime. This loss sickened us but thanks to the coach and an inbred doggedness which seems to be almost a part of the school, we pulled together. As the season continued, we rolled over op- ponents without mercy (but with occasional ineptitude). One of the best points of our game was the fast break, which we honed to a fine edge over the length of the season. It was with this dagger carefully concealed under our cloaks that we took on UCC in their ov ti gym. In the first half, we wielded our daggers with great skill and succeeded in plunging them in repeatedly, up to the hilt, into the exposed areas of the UCC side. As they lay writhing in agony in the second half, we brought our North Carolina stall into play and, with the grace of a master bull-fighter, lured them out to us. They came un- suspectingly, and then in a flash and with a cry of triumph we dealt the death blow. The Chief

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FRONT ROW: Faria, Hornick, Gordon, Markley, Ho, Da Re. BACK ROW; Mr. Richardson, Distelmeyer, Robinson, Paletta, Segiiin, Manifould, Forsyth. U15 U16 Basketball The majority of this year ' s team was Grade 9 ' s, so our per- formance was shaky at times. But with the experience we gained this year and with Mr. Richard- son ' s help I am sure that we will be league champions. We found early in the season that most of the other teams we played were under 16 while we were under 15 and this certainly lowered our morale. But nevertheless when Crescent came to Appleby we were prepared for victory. After the opening tip-off we played very well and held them to a tie until half-time. After our pep talk at half-time we could feel victory in our grasp, but Crescent gained the upper hand and won by three points. The highlight of the year was our next game against TCS, the league champions. We played very tight defence and lost only by a stingy six points. Another high point in everyone ' s minds was the two games against SAC, which we won. The guard position was stabilized by John DaRe, Brad Hornick, John Markley and Adam Gordon whom we relied on heavily and who calmly brought the ball down the court even when being pressed. Our defence was the strong point with centres Mark Tex Manifould, David Distelmeyer and guard and captain David Tasi playing well. These three were also the highest scorers. Guard positions were played by Angelo Paletta, Peter Coco Faria and Will Seguin. Peter Ho mastered the fifty-foot set shot while Angle provided the himiour on the team. We had a lot of fun this year and I would like to thank Mr. Richardson for faithfully coming out to every practice and putting up with us and our antics. We shall all remember the look of shock and surprise on Mr. Richardson ' s face when the lady referee at Ridley gave Mr. Richardson a technical. I would also like to thank Mr. Martin who coached us while Mr. Richardson was up north. We did not win many games but I think everyone enjoyed this year ' s season. David Tasi