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

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3tiiwwduri£ oothoJl BACK ROW: P. Wyatt, M. Gardner, . Sherman, J. Shoemperland, B. Saywell, G. Thomas, S. Shandro. MIDDLE ROW: . Finlayson, G. Swartz, S. Searle, J. English, M. Payne, B. Spaith. FRONT ROW: Mr. Leonard, C. Vonvegasake, M. Castling, P. Lewis, G. Morris, D. Spaith, Mr. McKenzie. Si %m Joe tkM BACK ROW:). Barnes, R. Moir, J. Styffe. FRONT ROW: K. Manziuk, J. Lawrence, N. Kobrinsky. Junior six-man football got off to a well organized start. Enthusiasm was high among the winning teams and absenteeism rampant among the losers. The Skin Mags,” backed by stalwarts McMurray, and McDonald, nailed down second place despite re¬ peated attempts by the D.J.’s.” Throughout the short season these two teams provided a great deal of well- fought action. The Surfers,” under the guidance of Bracken, Manzuik, Lawrence, and sometimes”Henderson, man¬ aged to romp unscathed over all opponents until one 50 Although only one outside game was played this year, we feel that it was a most successful year. In a house type system, all our teams were evenly balanced, and thus we developed a sense of keen competition. Football fundamentals, team play and good sportsman¬ ship were stressed, and each boy profited immensely from the experience. We played Assiniboia Residential School in the out¬ side game, and won by a 33-24 count. All boys saw plenty of game action, and certainly showed the value and skills of the year’s work. It was a job well done, and the team was a worthy representative of St. John’s Ravenscourt School. fateful afternoon when they tangled with the last place Stones.” The mighty Stones,” fully manned (for the first time) and ready for blood, were after their first win in nearly twelve heartbreaking games. When the dust had settled and the broken bodies were carried from the field, the once haughty Surfers” had been bowled over 46-6 by the triumphant, tired, and sur¬ prised Stones.” In two hotly contested games on a bitterly cold Fathers’ and Sons’ Day the D.J.’s” defeated the Stones” for third and last place respectively. The Surfers” walloped the Skin Mags” 28-0 to take the Junior Six Man Football laurels. What these players lacked in weight they more than made up for in determination. The quality of football, sportsmanship and just plain fun in general increased tremendously by the end of the season. When the final games were chalked up all the boys, bone-weary, bruised, battered and bemused, could look back with well-deserved pride on the effort they had just set forth and the enjoyment they had shared.

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Smoi Jootkll mmvm BACK ROW: M. Jackman, G. Black, B. Williams, R. Kennedy, M. Stethen, P. Leatherdale, D. Boult, J. Murray, P. Bowes, C. McEwen, D. McKelvie. MIDDLE ROW: D. Kiddell, D. Everett, J. Little, G. Hill, L. Simmons, R. Little, J. Lawson. FRONT ROW: Mr. Bredin, G. Smith, H. Verges, B. Clemis, C. Fudge, D. Sprague, D. Brown, J. Macdonald. This year the Senior football team was much smaller than past teams, both in number and in size, and so by design was kept to a minimum of games and a maximum of practice. This partial sacrifice of one year was necessary so as to teach many of the boys the fundamentals required for a future team. Although there was no twelve man team, three six man teams were drawn up and set loose on each other. In the end, McEwan’s team finished first, closely fol¬ lowed by William’s team, with Stethen’s team coming third. The reason for the team to start at the six man level was so that the coaches could see how everyone played, for in six man, unlike twelve man, everyone’s ability or inability could be easily noticed. Near the end of September, after numerous laps and windsprints, hours of play running, and about three hundred side tackles, we were ready for nine man. Two teams were drawn up, acting as both offence and defence. With the possibility of several games, things settled down for a while. Our first game was against St. Pauls, and turned out disasterously. We were bigger and faster, but we still lost by twelve points. The game would have been closer if we hadn’t had a sixty yard pass and run T.D. from Williams to Leatherdale called back on a holding penalty. Smith managed to choke on another touch¬ down pass, this time from Kiddell, but McEwen did even better, for somehow he threw five perfect inter¬ ceptions. Yea Clever”. Our next game was against Pine Falls, who, after beating us soundly, 18-7, stayed on for dinner. On Fathers’ and Sons’ Weekend, we played St. Pauls again and this time there was no doubt who had the better team. Williams started our team on the way by turning, what was supposed to be an off tackle dive play, into a quarterback keeper, romping seventy yards for a T.D. No sooner had we gotten hold of the ball again when Bowes managed to scramble thirty yards on a broken play for another T.D. With Jackman getting another touchdown, we easily won by a score of 21-6. Our next scheme was to play some twelve man games against other schools’ B squads. These plans fell through though when the other teams refused to play us. Was this a compliment or an insult to our playing ability? Before closing we would like to thank Mr. Bredin, whose patience and quiet words of advice improved our precision, and Mr. Broderick, who took great pleasure in sadistically drilling us in cal. 49

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Stum Swm BACK ROW: E. Naiman, R. Paul, D. Timmerman, B. Dunstan, A. Wiswell, D. James, T. Mc- Gaughey, J. Harasym, Mr. Ainley. FRONT ROW: D. Gargett, M. Dallas, J. Macbeth, P. Sheen, S. Truelove, R. Van Haren, K. Rowley. The Senior Soccer Team this year enjoyed its most successful season, gaining the most wins and the most goals ever. The schedule opened with a game against Glenlawn Collegiate in which the team, playing on a strange field and still needing some practice, lost 4-0. In the next game played against Dakota Collegiate, the team played well but were defeated by the league cham¬ pions again 4-0. The third match against St. James Collegiate was a very hard-fought contest. Late, in the game, Peter Sheen scored a goal to tie the game 1-1, (he smiled and blinded the goalie), but with only minutes left to play, a momentary lapse by the defence cost S.J.R. a goal and the game. Final score: 2-1. In the match against Silver Heights Collegiate, the team was not able to generate an attack in high winds and Silver Heights won the hotly contested game 4-0. In the final game of the season, S.J.R. dropped a 1-0 decision to Westwood Collegiate despite brilliant play- ing by John Macbeth, Errol Naiman and Andy Wiswell. BACK ROW: D. Allison, S. McPherson, C. Smith, Mr. Stewart, J. Campbell, G. Morris, H. Malcolmson. FRONT ROW: M. Milne, S. Johnson, D. Riley, R. Briggs, J. Beech, C. Bowes, M. Lewkin. In a rematch, S.J.R. tied Westwood 1-1 on a goal by Peter Sheen. In the annual Masters game, the Senior Team had a real goal-to dethrone the champions of S.J.R. Despite brilliant playing by Mr. Cowie and Mr. Hammond the Masters were no match for the far su¬ perior Senior Team. Final score: 2-1. In two exhibition games against the Fort Garry Midgets, S.J.R. managed to win one and lose the other. Both games were played on windy days and on a very muddy field. In the first game Fort Garry scored early and held off all attacks by S.J.R. to win 1-0. In the re¬ match, played on the Fathers’ and Sons’ Weekend, John Macbeth scored late in the game for S.J.R. and the solid S.J.R. defence held off all Fort Garry attacks to gain a 1-0 win. The Senior Soccer Team would like to thank Mr. Ainley, Mr. Harding and Mr. Glegg for their assistance and coaching of the team this year. fitotuM Soem A new endeavor was attempted this Fall by the Junior Soccer section; the invasion of a school team into the outside world of competition. From the Junior Soccer group (boys from forms 8-10) and the ranks of the Lower School, a Junior Soccer Team was selected to play in the Fort Garry Junior High School Soccer League. After a month of practice and one exhibition game against Viscount Alexander, (lost 2-0), the league be¬ gan in earnest. Viscount overpowered us again 1-0 and 2-0, Pembina Crest rolled to a 3-0 victory, and we never did get to test Byng or Richmond Park. Riley was quite steady in goal. The defence was physically strong but not mobile enough, Jamie Camp¬ bell, at centre half, covered miles. The forward line led by Briggs worked hard but were not hungry enough around the goal area. A good start to a new endeavour, and it should be a more successful future.