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

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BACK ROW: Castling, McCreath, Wyatt, McGee, Schwartz, Andison, Hefilefinger, Boult. THIRD ROW: Mr. Petrencik, Little, Lawson, Searle, Hutching, Orton, Fulton, Shandro, Gardner, Schoemperlen. SECOND ROW: Stethem, Jewell, Gosko, Sprague, Thomas, Simmons, Richardson. FRONT ROW: Spaith, Kiddell, McEwen, Ramsey. There is not much to say about this year’s Bantams: we had a pretty poor season. There were times when we looked like a bad team, and times when we looked like first place material. We did have quite a good back- field, but most of our faults were in blocking and tack¬ ling. We played more games poorly than we did well and, as a result, we ended up in last place. There were several excuses for our poor showing. One was that we did not get enough practice. The public schools had almost a month of practice while we only had one or two weeks. Also, public schools had a wider area to choose players from when we only could choose from about forty boys. After our first game, we felt we could at least make the play-offs. However, after North Kildonan severely beat us, our morale dropped and we lost to St. Boni¬ face. We did not expect to win any of the remaining games until we faced Winakwa. We were sure we would win this game and it was a great blow when we lost. Our last game was against Fort Garry and we never expected to win it anyway. JootJxd This year the Intermediates learned a lot under Mr. Bredin’s coaching (three of the boys were able to graduate to the Senior team near the end of the season). We played a number of games, mostly between our¬ selves, except for a couple of games we played against the Seniors and a mixed Bantam and Intermediate team. The game against the Seniors was a close battle with a final score of 6-0 for the Seniors. A week before Fathers’ and Sons’ Weekend, the Bantams and Inter¬ mediates formed two mixed teams: the Old Bantams” and the New Bantams.” The Old Bantams” won in the match played on the Fathers’ and Sons’Weekend. BACK ROW: Jackman, Anderson, Sampson, Riley. FRONT ROW: MacDonald, Everett, St. John.

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m ' SQVi ' him I wish to thank the members of this year’s squad for giving me their co-operation. Especially, I would like to thank that small nucleus of players who were always present at practices and who supplied team spirit, set fine examples for their team mates, and came to work at playing football. Football, I think, unlike many sports of S.J.R., re¬ quires preparation which is not fun. A football practice is compounded of hard work, hard work, and more hard work. It is the coach’s job to bully, cajole, reason with, entice, and whip his players into a set of disci¬ plines and requirements which do not come easily. A footballer must be fit. This means spending a good deal of time toughening up the body with rigorous calis¬ thenics. These are not fun. Then, there are basic drills which must be mastered. These include blocking, tack¬ ling, throwing, catching and running. Perhaps one of a footballer’s greatest needs is courage. This must be developed. A coach must also try to train how to mini¬ mize their chances of getting hurt and to show them that they will not be hurt if they take the bull by the horns. This will help to instill confidence. This con¬ fidence leads to wholehearted participation. Perhaps the greatest need on any football team is that of togetherness;” that spirit which leads to a co¬ ordinated team effort on the field. In the final analysis, it is the team togetherness” which really makes a foot¬ ball team. When each man gives 100% of himself for his fellows, the team will play as it should, a solid unit having one purpose. As coach this year, I have learned much about human nature. Some can be counted on for one hundred per cent effort all the time; others for very little effort any¬ time. Generally, though, I think S.J.R. can be proud, as I am, of our football team this year. Our game record was two wins out of six games. This is not outstanding. If, however, you had seen, as I did, a team of young athletes playing hard and with determination to hold their own with dignity, to be able to say we did our best,” then I think one would agree, it was a good year. ! IV W ’ WL L ■. 1 I JF A. • • v m M - Vq f .«« • - | • | 1 1 A A i, ' Tt—I it ijRS Ml PS ■ J . .. •■i ' I- PKhvS tot- □ m By-kJ tv rTv • i UXy t r $ LUl ± uMii 1

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Senm Horn %ootlxd As in previous years, as senior house football series was held after the league games had been completed. Their was bitter rivalry between the three houses, but Hamber was superior and secured the cup. In the first game Hamber trounced Richardson by 13-6 with Magnus playing an excellent offensive game even though he was drafted from the soccer team. The next game was between Young and Hamber, but as Young did not have Pete Hammond, they were easily beat 7-0. Richardson and Young then played for second place with Richardson emerging victorious with a score of 13-7. BACK ROW: Mark Jackman, Bill Cottick, Keith Yonge, John Nanson, Jim Fulton, Bob Colquhoun. FRONT ROW: Craig Francis, Kerry Magnus, Bill Gardner, Peter Schludermann, Bruce Young, Hugh Swan. Horn Jootiall There were three games in intermediate house games. Young won with two wins and no losses. Richardson was second with one win and one loss. Hamber with a change of pace pulled through gaining third place with no wins and two losses. All the games were hard fought and the final scores in all three games were within a touchdown of each other. Spirit was high for all games and everyone except Hamber had a good time. Horn Jootidll Junior house football kept up its tradition of pro¬ viding a great amount of entertainment for its spectators. These little fellows have as much courage as seniors, but seem to be more cheerful and funloving with the game. Hamber won the series by quite a considerable margin of touchdowns. In the first game Hamber beat Richardson 28-14 with Robbie McDonald, Smiley” Castling, and Brian Spooner leading the victorious squad. Hamber then beat Young 28-7 and in the final game between Young and Richardson; Richardson won 13-0. BACK ROW: Eddie Myers, John Anderson, Edward Orton, D’Arcy Brown. FRONT ROW: Tom Ramsay, Doug Kiddell, Clive Mc- Ewen, Jim Richardson.