St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Back Row: Mr. Stemshorn, Fudge, Stethem, McKelvie, McEwen, Kiddell, Little, Leatherdale, McGee, Williams, Mr. Wellard. Middle Row: Davis, Semans, Jackman, Diamond, McCaskill, Read, Ander¬ son, Lederman, Gall, Vinsky. Front Row: Riley, Mackay, Cox, Trew, Sprague, Ramsay, Simmons, Kilgour, Kelly. Holding Ball: Merrihew, Young. This year’s team sometimes displayed itself as the best team in its league and sometimes the worst. Inconsistency and other factors gave it a disappointing sixth place in an eight-team league. There was a lack of leadership, but mostly there were too few boys playing too much football and as a result we were not known as a “second-half” team. The season began with a rousing game against Fort Garry, our last year’s conquerors, and with a little more experience and some breaks we might have won. Although we lost 13-0 we fought hard and several Fort Garry players had to be helped off the field. Even after this we expected no lower than second place, and we managed to beat St. Boniface 7-6 even though five of our touchdowns were called back. Then the incon¬ sistency began to show. We lost to Transcona 12-8 in the last minute after leading them 8-0 and on the Thanksgiving Weekend we beat Weston and Champlain 25-0 and 33-12 respectively. We played a poor game against the league champs, North Kildonan, losing 30-0. In the last game, all our frustrations of the year came to a head when we lost to St. Vital, 25-12. After this we lost our “fight” as well as several of our regular players and Weston beat us easily in the consolations. We thank Mr. Wellard and Mr. Stemshorn for their coaching. Stand-outs during the season were Gall, Read, Trew, Cox, McCallum, Williams, Young and Lederman. 34

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S.J.R. vs. ST. JAMES Down twelve points in the second game of a two game total point series, and with five losses behind us, Mr. Bredin fielded the best team possible. The team was unable to keep up the drive it started with, and although we moved the ball consistently, we could not score. St. James took the lead in the first quarter with two uncon¬ verted touchdowns, adding a converted T.D. in the second quarter. S.J.R. fought hard in the second half but could only gain a single point on a good punt by Lamb. St. James scored once more before the end of the third quarter to make the score 25-1. With no scoring in the last quarter, that’s how the game went to St. James. While this last quarter seemed the best for our defense, the offense just couldn’t click. S.J.R. vs. GRANT PARK To get more practice before the important games with St. James, Mr. Bredin arranged for a game with Grant Park. Rick Matthews opened the scoring when he crashed over the goal-line from the three-yard line, in the first quarter. The touchdown was converted by a pass Moncrieff to Hartley, who ran in from the ten-yard line. Grant Park scored their only touchdown of the first half on a long pass play. The half ended with a punt for a single by Craig Lamb, making the score 8-7 for us. There was no further scoring until the fourth quarter when Grant Park faked a punt on their third down and ran in for a touchdown. Late in the quarter, Moncrieff completed a 25-yard pass to Sam Freed, for a touchdown. However, Monty missed the convert, and the game was tied 14-14. On the very last play of the game, the Grant Park quarterba ck passed to his halfback, who managed to kick for a single point, and ended the game in a 15-14 victory for Grant Park. S.J.R. vs. PORTAGE This time the seniors thought they were ready for Portage, but when the game got started, it soon became evident that they weren’t. Portage capitalized on a fumble in the first quarter for a converted touchdown and had two more T.D.’s, one converted, before the half was over. Still spirited, and ready to go after half-time, the de¬ fense set to work to stop further scoring. This toughening up of the defense showed point-wise, for the Portage team managed to eke out only one converted touchdown in this half. However, our own offense still couldn’t score and Portage took the game 27-0. 33

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ienior J Cc ouse In the hard-fought post season inter-House football league, Young House emerged victorious. It was evident that Young would beat Hamber even before the kick-off, and despite the opposi¬ tion from “Battering Raam”, Hamber’s star player, and Bill “Stan” Gardner, who managed to baffle both teams with his running of a Power 50, Young shut down Hamber 6-0 to confirm this belief. The next game Young played was against the highly overrated Richardson squad. A1 Graham proved he was no tenderfoot when it came to football by pulling an old Indian trick on the first play, leaving the Richardson boys flat- footed. Aided by “Bashful By”, “Dazzling Der”, and “Moving Rand”, the rambling ends, Ian “Shadow” Hartley, and the “Man.Mountain” Hammond, “Y.A.” Read pivoted the team to a 14-13 victory, and Young’s most successful season. Back Row: Mr. Ainley, McDonald, Toy, Read, Graham, Wal¬ ton, Freed, Honeyman. Middle Row: Neal, Hammond, Hunter, Funnell, Arnett, Hartley. Front Row: Meredith, Gray. intermediate J Cc ouse The Junior House Football teams consisted of the players who played Six-Man Football during the Fall. Each House played the other Houses once each; Hamber was highly favored to win. Young and Hamber played the first game, and Hamber won by a large margin. The next game, between Richardson and Hamber, was important in deciding whether or not Hamber would be the champs. Although Hamber was once again favored to win, Richardson managed to score a converted touchdown in the last half, gaining a narrow 7-6 victory. Richardson then went on to beat Young, gain¬ ing itself the Junior House Football title. Another enjoyable and exciting House Football season was played this year with Hamber topping the league. After not having been scored upon in Soccer, Hamber pulled through without having a point scored against them in Football. Despite the fact that Richardson and Young House played well, Hamber proved itself the best of the three teams. Everyone on the teams had a good time even though the games were played in mostly cold weather. There were the usual complaints, of the refereeing by the boys of the Senior Team, etc., but we must thank them for their hard work, and for their sometimes disputed decisions. All dis¬ agreements were forgiven and forgotten at the end of the games, and we all hope next year’s season will be just as much fun, when Hamber House will return to defend its title. Back Row: Colson, Willis, McCreath, Dodds, Thomas. Front Row: Gemmell, Andison. 35