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

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■fc (ft jE, B «|f f Bi i H JI K J KJIBI jjfell jgiffifltf fcyBII ' HOCKEY Except for a 4-2 victory over Central Tech, this was a very dismal year for Mr. Bell and Oakwood ' s Hockey squad. Pete Winnel played very well in goal. However, there was ab- solutely no scoring punch to compliment his fine work. Better luck to Mr. Bell and the team next year. SEATED: Chris Evans, Paul Winnel, John Swanson, Steve Turvey, Rick Matier. STANDING; Mr. Bell (coach), Pete Sellito, Steve Relyea, Glen Matthews, John Gibbin, Dave Hustler, Bob Turkington. ABSENT: Dan Waterfield, Tim Turner, Mike Wolfe, Ivan Morten. 91

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SOCCER Oakwood had a fine season in soccer this year as the team won 4, lost 3, and tied one. In the opening game of the sea- son against Central Tech, the even- tual city champs, Oakwood dropped a close 2-1 decision. Lenny Pezzelli was Oakwood ' s lone scorer. Oakwood avenged their loss on another school by scoring 3 second half goals to defeat Western 3-2. Vince lozzo scored twice and Len Pezzelli once. With Sandy Gentili ' s 5 goals and Alex Pasut ' s shut-out goal-tending, Oakwood whipped Humb- erside 5-0. Oakwood set a school scoring record by trounc- ing Bloor 11-3. Vince lozzo counted 5, and Sandy Gentili 3 to lead the Oakwood scoring parade. With two minutes left in the game, Danforth Tech scored to rob Oakwood of the victory. John Giovanelli was Oakwood ' s scorer. A stubborn Harbord crew handed Oakwood its second loss of the season 1-0. An inspired Oakwood crew came back to defeat Northern 3-1 in the last game of the regular sea- son. In the semi-finals against Danforth Tech, two late goals gave Danforth a birth in the finals by eliminating Oakwood with a 3-1 victory. Congratulations to Mr. Martin and all his play- ers of a successful season. SWIM TEAM The Oakwood swim team this year was an un- known entity. For the three meets that were held at home, an average of only ten persons turned out. The team was divided into three classes: Bantam, Junior and Senior. Ken Kucharchuk was a finalist in the free style event at the City Cham- pionships on Feb. 24. He was also selected as the most valuable swimmer of the Bantams. Four Junior swimmers made the finals: Stu Campbell, Donald Lea, Doug Pearse, and Allan Weiman. Weiman, last year ' s city champ in the Bantam breaststroke event, was voted the most valuable swimmer. The seniors were a never-say-die crew. Howard Labranch made the city finals in the backstroke. Don Fletcher swam very strongly and was picked the top senior. The relay team consist- ed of Campbell, Lea, Pearse and Weiman. Three meets were held in our pool. They were against Lawrence Park, Northern, and North Toronto. The only meet away from school was at Harbord. The rookie Bantams and Juniors triumphed against Northern. The Seniors and Juniors thrash- ed Harbords crews while the Bantams lost a close one. The North Toronto swim team showed super- ior training as they buried us in all three divisions. But, as 1 said before, the spirit on all three O.C.I. squads was tremendous. A great deal of credit must be given to the coaches, Mr. Gorman and Mr. Taylor for groom- ing these swimmers into a good team. 90

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SENIOR BASKETBALL SEATED: Pat McCabe, Greg Swaluk. Ed Bobot, Gus Falcioni, Bert Williams, George Cervoni. STANDING: Mr. McKinney (coach), Chip Harper, George Dubinsky, Joe Hauth, Jim Grant, Jack Arbus, Warren Pidhirny (manager). This year ' s senior squad was one of the most well-balanced clubs Oakwood has ever fielded. With offensive stars Ed Bobot and George Dubin- sky, and defensive ace Gus Falcioni, it is no won- der that Oakwood romped to the city finals as the only undefeated team. In our first league game against Humberside, the Blues unleashed a crushing full-court press to trounce Humberside 84-64. George Dubinsky and Ed Bobot led the scoring. Against Central Tech, Ed Bobot notched 36 points to lead Oakwood to a 86-52 victory. In the game against last year ' s city champs, Harbord, Chip Harper scored the winning basket with 8 seconds left in the game as Oakwood edged Harbord 55-54 in one of the most exciting games in basketball history. With first place clinched, Oakwood easily de- feated Parkdale and Bloor by one-sided scores of 67-53 and 74-38 respectively. However, an in- spired Humberside squad came within a basket of defeating Oakwood. The final score was 56-55 for Oakwood. Oakwood continued its domination over Cen- tral and Western Tech with convincing 80-63 and 65-40 victories. Oakwood ' s scoring was too much for Bloor as Bobot and Dubinsky scored 26 and 25 points to lead Oakwood to a 92-46 win. By the end of regular season play, Oakwood had outscored its opposition 725-492. In the two game quarter-final total point series, Oakwood outscored Malvern 140-105. The seniors won the first game with an impressive 64-43 vic- tory. Ed Bobot played outstandingly as he scored 29 points. Eddie netted another 20 points in the second game as Oakwood breezed to a 76-52 decision. In the first game of the semi-final series, Oak- wood trounced Parkdale 81-37. With a 49 point cushion, Oakwood breezed to to a 78-62 decision to win the total-point series 159-109. The final game at Jarvis, however, proved a disappointment. Last year ' s champs, Harbord, were able to control the court against the weaker performance of the Oakwood squad to win the game and the championship 72-57. Congratulations to Mr. McKinney and all the players for a brilliant season. 92