Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Toronto Ontario, Canada)

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JUNIOR BASKETBALL FIRST ROW: Paul Duke, Jim Browning, Sid Ackerman, Jerry Jordan, Lome Solish, Doug Tsuchida, Bob Anfonyshyn, Bruce Attikin. SECOND ROW: Gord Sturgess, Marv Morten, Cliff Nelson, Vic Moncarz, Al Giachino, Mr. Gordon. Those terrific juniors. This year was one of the best for our team. Mr. Gordon ' s hard work with the teams, both last year ' s and this year s, finally paid off. The season started with a series of exhi- bition games. The boys dropped the first two, 35-45 to Humberside and 36-38 to Bloor. Getting into stride the Oakwoodites came back, lacing North Toronto 65-35 and Northern 79-44. Vaughan Road went down 37-32 under our guns. By losing a 49-48 squeaker to Forest Hill and taking U.T.S. 43-34 and Vaughan 55-39 the juniors ended their exhibition series. The regular season wasn t too hard for the boys. After losing a tight 31-30 to Humberside, they came back and trounced Harbord 58-19. Bloor ' s victory put blood in their eyes and the boys ended the season by clobbering Western, 44-20; Central Commerce, 53-28; and Parkdale, 42-31. In a playoff for the league standing the jun- iors met the Parkdale squad. The boys from Park- dale bounced back to life and scored a 53-25 victory. This left Oakwood in fourth plac e, ready to meet the first place team in the quarter-finals. The home and home total point series against Northern saw a 49-40 Oakwood victory in the first game. The second game, at Northern, was a 22-20 Northern victory. The Oakwoodites there- fore won the series 69-62. Parkdale was the opposition in the semi- finals. We went right to work taking the first game 48-25. The second game was a 41-26 Parkdale victory. The boys won the series 74-66. The city finals were upon us. Meeting Bloor on our floor we racked up what seemed a com- fortable 9 point lead by winning 40-31. But the Bloor team had other ideas. A terrific battle of giants took place at the packed Bloor auditorium. When the smoke cleared a 34-24 Bloor victory was evident. It is now history, but the Oakwood team lost the championship by one lone point. The f inal score was 65-64. heart-breaking way to end a tremendous season. 75

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SENIOR BASKETBALL FIRST ROW: Bruce Gleeson, Al Ruben, Ted Pickles. SECOND ROW: Mr. McKlnney, Robbie Allen, Doug Price, Dick Beamish, Ion Ross, Ken Sketchley. Pre-season exhibitions did no justice to the quality of our seniors. All the pre-season games went down on the record of defeats. The boys lost five games. Still in their slump, the seniors were defeated 53-43 by Humberside. Sparked to life, they bounced back taking a • ' 56-.52 overtime victory from Harbord, and then Bloor went down by a score of 65-60, and clob- bering Central Commerce, their old enemies, by a score of 89-48. Meeting Parkdale in the last regular season game, the boys seemed to have lost some of their grip. The Parkdale team emerged victorious, win- ning the game 62-43. Meeting Jarvis in a home and home, total point series for the quarter finals, the Oakwood team lost the first game at Oakwood 52-41. This put Jarvis up 11 points on the series. The next game played at Jarvis was more like it. The sen- iors settled down to the tough game they knew they had to win. fiut though they tried hard, they went down to defeat. It was a good try. STRE-E-E-E-TCH 74

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HOCKEY 1st ROW: Mike Driver, Jim Reid, Terry Moorehead, Andy Gemmel, Rick Matias. 2nd ROW: Chas. Moore, Ted Fulton, Jack Patterson, Pete Brady, Bill Bries, Brian Toll, Jim McCollack, Ken Wilson, Dave Whitson, Mr. Cooper. 3rd ROW: Bruce Gleeson, Jim Atcheson, Bruce Paul, Gary Dedan. The loss of many of last year s stars left our hockey team a little behind last year ' s. Mr. Cooper, the coach, organized a team of young players who got plenty of experience which will come in handy next year. Some people may say that they lacked polish but none can say that they didn t have drive and spirit. The team played one exhibition game against Jarvis. The Jarvis team won by a score of .3-1. The first game of the regular season was played at Ravina against Central Tech. The Oak- wood team played well and held Central to a 3-3 tie. Meeting Humberside next, the team went down to a 3-1 defeat. Bloor came next, and after a hard fought game the scoreboard showed a 5-1 Bloor victory. Finally showing some strength, the Oakwood team took the ice against Harbord. The team played terrific hockey and swamped Harbord 5-2. The next match came against Western Tech. The Oakwood boys still in their hot streak, play- ed a hard game, but Western cashed in on a coup- le of breaks and posted a 2-1 victory. Central Tech came around next for a second try. The fire under the Oakwood team was still raging, but Tech got the breaks and grabbed a 2-1 victory. The team fared no better in their last two games. They lost against Bloor 5-0, and Humberside walked off with a 6-0 win. The hockey team didn t do too well this sea- son, but many of our young players got exper- ience and we can look forward to a great season next year. ' Get out of my goal, Whitson! ' Get it, quick! ' 76