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

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JUNIOR BASKETBALL Kneeling: Alan Sternberg; Robert Pinkerton; Ken Shulman, George Cervoni; Mike Seguin. Standing: Mr. Wilson, Marty Vaivado; Ted Farr; Pat McCabe; Joe Hauth; Allan Hedderwick; Jack Arbus (Mgr.) With a squad of twelve, including nine rookies and three veterans, the junior team undertook to make a good showing in the basketljall circuit. The campaign started at home against Humberside. With Pat McCabe leading the way with 20 and 10 each for oJe Houth and Allan Hedderwick, Oakwood won 57-45. The next game was also at home with Western Tech supplying the opposition. The final score was 52-34 for Oakwood with McCabe scoring 13, Frank Pitcher 14, and Houth 7. The third game was played at Parkdale were the baby Oakers with a great come from behind in the final quarter won 51-41. McCabe and Houth led the way with 21 and 12 points respectively. The fourth game, for first place in the western division turned out to be a disappointment. Harbord won 62-46. In the fifth game Bloor met Oakwood with a final score of 49-35 for Oakwood led by McCabe and Houth with 16 and 14 points respectively. Still in full fHght Oakwood defeated Central Com- merce with a score of 52-36. Ken Shulman came off the bench to lead Oakers with 11 points as did McCabe with his 11 points. The seventh game was the one which began Oakwood ' s slump. (A perennial nemesis to Oakwood ' s junior team.) With three of the first five-men out of the game owing to fouls the juniors went down to defeat to Central Tech losing by a score of 46 to 44. In the next game Oakwood lost another heart-breaker. In this thrilling game which went into overtime, Hum- berside won 46-45. Ted Farr at 17 and Houth at 15 contributed to this losing cause. In the worst game of the season for the baby Oakers the team went down to a smarting defeat of 53-29 for Western Tech. Houth had 11 points and McCabe 7 points. In the final game of the season, Oakwood played its best game of the season and trounced Parkdale 66 to 29. Leading the way in the scoring parade were McCabe with 20, Marty Vaivado with 12 and Sternberg with 11. In a playoff game to decide the fourth and last play- off position. Western Tech defeated Oakwood 48 to 45 to advance into the quarter-finals. The high men for Oakwood were McCabe with 20 and Farr with 11. And then there was an unsung rookie whose name hasn ' t been mentioned yet in this article — Mr. Wilson and, doesn ' t one think this coach would be discouraged by the showing his team made. No, of course not .One only has to come to the gym after school during basket- ball season to see a smiling coach, having fun playing ball and showing up his towering juniors. Hats off to Mr. Wilson this year for the championship he will win next year. This year the Bantam Basketball team, won the championship under the coaching of Mr. Whitewood. Much can be expected from them, as Juniors, next year. 90

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HOCKEY Front Row: Chris Evans; John Swanson (Capt.); Bill Gries; Frank Moore; Garry Boyles; John Carnio; Mr. Cooper Back Row: Rick Mateer; Tim Turner; Phillip Bade; Ivan Morten. Absent: Walter Boag, George Coull, Ted Fulton, Garry Ross, Steve Turbey, Alex Weeks, Mike Wolfe. HOCKEY TEAM Dedicated to all our Hockey Spectators Many things could be said of Oakwood ' s Hockey Team of 1964-65 and if one were to examine the statistical aspect of the story, one would not be too impressed. There are however, only two sides to every story and since the numerical side doesn ' t render itself available for very much elaboration I shall deal mainly with the more human aspect of our experiences. If I were to say that one gets a great deal of pleasure from losing, I would of course, be lying. Losing in itself is not very enjoyable. There is, however, a great deal of dignity to be derived from losing when one is certain that one has given of himself the utmost to further the pursuits of the team as a whole. This in my opinion was the es- sence of playing for the Oakwood Hockey Team. On this team (which beat Nichols School in Buffalo for the first time in eight years) there played a group of men who, unselfish in their be- haviour both on and off the ice, contributed to making losing a somewhat dignified occurrence. You may be wondering now, why we didn ' t win more games. My only answer to that is that for all but three members of the team the rem aining, including myself, were all rookies : first year men, who lacked experience in playing school hockey and who also lacked the consistency that players achieve by playing together for a season or so. (We beat Harbord then lost to them.) In spite of this, the entire team was always in the highest spirits, both before and after a game, win or lose, and this, I feel, is where a hockey player, or a player of any sport, for that matter, shows his true worth. We did not, however, do it all on our own. A great deal of credit must be given to our most capable coach, Mr. Cooper. This man, a giant in more ways than one, was responsible for much of the height that our level of morale obtained. By displaying complete confidence in the team, before and after a game, he transferred some of his strength of character to us. In closing, I shall stick my neck out and predict that next year shall be our year to achieve a great height on the statistical scale as we did this year on the scale of morale since all, but three players, will be back. And then we will have men, experienced, con- sistent and just as spirited as ever to bring honour to the Oakwood Hockey Team and to you, the members of Oakwood Collegiate. Frank Moore (goalie on hockey team) 89

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Kneeling: Jim Grant, Gus Falcioni, Sid Ackerman (captain), George Dubinsky. Standing: Mr. R. Q. McKinney, Greg Swaluk, Izzie Horowitz, Doug Richardson, Fred Gentili, Bruce McCully (Mgr.) Absent: Chip Harper, Ed Bobot. Although Seniors opened the season as defending T.S.S.A.A. title-holders, they were somewhat of an un- known commodity. With only three players, Sid Acker- man, Gus Falcioni, and Eddy Bobot returning from last year ' s squad. Blues chances of winning another league crown were rather debatable. In the first league encounter, Oakers started slowly but nevertheless managed to overpower Humberside 42-46, Ackerman was the leading scorer with 21 points, Izzie Horowitz adding 17. Continuing their slow starting procedure, Blues next met Western Tech, whom they beat 69-60. The outstanding player in the game was Doug Richardson, who scored 21 points as well as grabbing 22 rebounds. Parkdale was Blues next victim as Oakers triumphed by the score of 66-55 in a fast moving game. Richardson and Ackerman headed the scoring card with 16 points apiece. Battling for first place Seniors then met Harbord. After the first few minutes there was little doubt as to the outcome. With Gus Falcioni, doing a tremendous defensive job on the opposition ' s leading scorer, Oakers walloped Harbord 68-45. Edy Babot notched 24 points to lead Blues. Oakers ran into foul trouble in the following en- counter as 3 regulars fouled out. They still managed to top Bloor 71-62 due mainly owing to Falcioni ' s excel- lent playmaking. Babot scored 24 with Horowitz adding 11 points and controlling the backboards with 18 rebounds. Rolling along merrily Blues edged Central Commerce 94-57 in a strong team effort in which they hit on 54% of their field goal attempts. Babot hoped 22 points, with George Dubinsky and Ackerman adding 21 each. In the following two weeks, Oakers clinched first place as they crushed Central Tech 77-41, Humberside 61-44, Western 72-33, and Parkdale 72-56. For the Blue and Gold, it was their second consecutive undefeated regular season. Danforth Tech provided the opposition in the quarter- finals, a two game total points affair. Blues bombed Teachers both times by scores of 90-60 and 88-77. In the second game, Ackerman totalled 40 points, the highest individual output by an Oaker in many years. The semi-finals saw Oakwood slated to meet Jarvis. Seniors immediately built a huge lead by downing their opponents 67-38. For the second contest of the series, Blues seemed to be bothered by the huge Jarvis gym. At any rate, they emerged with a narrow 42-40 win, their 33rd victory in a r ow. By now the finals were upon us, Oakwood meeting Harbord. As the game progressed, it was apparent that Blues had suffered a letdown in playing a team they had previously beaten so easily. Oakwood could not get untracked while Harbord had a hot shooting hand. Thus Harbord beat the Blue and Gold 56-46. Oakers hit on 24% of their field goal attempts, their worst average all season, but made 20 out of 24 foul shots. The amaz- ing feature of the game was that Blues lost by only 10 points in a game Harbord dominated. Congratulations to coach, McKinney, all-stars Gus Falcioni, Sid Ackerman, and honourable mention Eddy Babot, and the rest of the squad for a fine season. From the players; our deepest thanks to the best coach in the city, Mr. McKinney, Oakwood! You have a coach to be proud of. 91