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

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Smoi ' BcbMall BACK ROW: K. Rowley, M. Dallas, C. Fudge, Mr. Harding, R. Van Haren, D. Sprague, S. T ruelove. FRONT ROW: D. Black, P. Lemon, H. Verges, D. Gargett, J. Macbeth, T. McGaughey. The Senior Basketball team did not experience one of its better years. What we lacked most was height, personal depth, consistency, and experience. Our team could, at times, give the league-leading teams a real game but, as only two players were hold-overs from last year’s team, we couldn’t hope to build a winner out of inexperienced personnel. Against M.B.C.I., the league winners, we showed that we could play a sound game as we kept pace with them at the start. Their accurate jump-shots and height under the backboards proved to be too much, however, and the power¬ ful Mennonites won both games quite easily. Dave Gargett was a standout in the rebounding role under both baskets. A surprisingly strong United College team crushed S.J.R. using a neat pick and jump-shot from the top of the key. Again, height and experience were at our disadvantage, but we did manage to hold them off for a short while and, in the opening minutes of the game, we even held the lead. Helmut Verges played his best games against United, both offensively and defensively. We did not play well in our first game against St. Paul’s and we were rather easily defeated. Our rematch was a disaster as four players were not able to make the game. The already short S.J.R. team was completely dominated under both backboards and we never really got an offensive threat going. St. Boniface beat us quite easily in the first game as their accurate outside shots were quite effective. S.J.R. again showed its inconsistency as we had completely dominated them in the opening minutes. The return match at S.J.R. was perhaps our best game, as we were defeated by only seven points. Had we been a little more accurate at the foul line (19 shots were missed), we might have beaten them. John Macbeth played two of his best games in this series. Our bright spot this year, if there was one, was our lone win over Assiniboia. We did not play well but, never trailing in the game, we held on to win by a small margin. A high-spirited and vastly improved Assiniboia team squeeked out a two point win in our rematch, coming from two points behind with thirty seconds to play. Pete Lemon saved his best performance for the final game of the season as he scored 24 points including 8 for 8 from the foul line. Dave Gargett (captain) was our starting center and key man on the court. Although he was not noted as a high scorer, he was our top rebound and assist man, often blinding opponents with his flashy pink uniform. Pete Lemon, our starting and seldom subbed garbage man, was our top scorer with 11.3 points per game. Stein found his promi¬ nent facial feature to be quite useful on tip-ins. John Macbeth, undispute champion of the uncalled foul under the basket (hips, knees, elbows and what have you) showed great speed and rebounding ability as a starting guard in his first year. Our other startling guard, Helmut Verges, turned in consistent performances from game to game, but he was caught doing his dirty work under the basket and was normally in foul trouble. Macbeth and Verges should be key men in next year’s team. Van Haren was the other starting forward. Truelove, Black, Dallas, Fudge, Sprague, Rowley, McGaughey, Timmerman, and Barroll composed the rest of the team, the latter two players being forced to the bench with early injuries. The team would like to thank our coach Mr. Harding for his time and effort spent with and on the team. Although we did not reward Mr. Harding with a successful season, this year’s experience should result in further improvement and confidence next year. 53

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Smoi wu-6omU(f BACK ROW: Mr. Glegg, M. Jackman, S. Truelove, D. Gargett, E. Myers, K. Rowley, Mr. Ainley. FRONT ROW: K. Newbound, M. Dallas, M. Thomas, B. Dunstan, T. Bugg. We got off to an impressive start this year snatching fifth place out of eight at our first meet of the year. We fol¬ lowed this up with a fourth place the next week at S.J.R., one of the toughest courses in the city. We took sixth place at the last three races, two of which were run at St. Vital Park over a three and three quarter mile courses. The team members were: Bob Dunstan, who took third place at the provincial cross-country, Tom Bugg, one of our better but least consistent runners, Dave Gargett and Mark Jackman whom we could always count on to run a good race, Simon Truelove, Eddy Myers, Mark Dallas, and Kit Rowley who could always be counted to bring up the rear in good time. The season came to a close at the provincial cross-country meet which was run at Neepawa where we ran a three and one half mile course over rough terrain in near to freezing temperature. Overall, this season has been one of the best ones in a long time for the cross-country team. We averaged one place better for every race over last year. Our final number of points at this year’s provincial cross-country was seventy-seven less than last year. With this kind of result it should not be too long before we produce a winning team. CwU-CoMt Uj The S.J.R. Junior Cross-Country team competed in three cross-country meets this year. Two of the meets were held at St. Vital Park and the third was run along S.J.R.’s course. The team placed fifth out of the seven schools entered in the St. Vital area. The Lower School contributed some strong runners to the team while the Upper School was paced by Donahue, Campbell, and Spooner. Donahue, however, was not able to run up to his usual standards because of a bad knee. The team hopes to do as well, if not better, next year. BACK ROW: J. Campbell, D. Donahue, R. Spooner, Mr. Stewart, M. Tamblyn, B. Spooner. FRONT ROW: D. Allison, S. McPherson, R. Briggs, H. Mal- comson, M. Lewkin. 52

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Soum (JollufMl BACK ROW: Mr. Harding, G. Hill, G. Smith, D. Kiddell, J. Murray. FRONT ROW: H. Verges, P. Lemon, C. McEwen. MISSING: A. Wiswell (v. cap’t), R. Van Haren. This year’s team, consisting of Pete Lemon (Cap¬ tain), Andy Wiswell (Assistant Captain), Doug Kiddell, Clive McEwen, Greg Hill, Gavin Smith, and John Murray, with Helmut Verges, Derek Timmerman, and Rene Van Haren as spares, can contribute its success to the unending time and work put forward by our coach, Cal Harding. Mr. Harding’s knowledge, which accounted for the team’s skill, and his enthusiastic ap¬ proach which accounted for the team’s spirit were in¬ valuable assets to us. We sincerely appreciate his help and can look forward to even better success in the years to come. The place; Saint Paul’s High School: the date; November 19th, 1966: the time; 9:30 A.M.: the activity; the Zone 12 Volleyball Tournament. It was for this purpose that ten Ravenscourt boys collected that cold, damp Saturday morning. Unlike last year’s league play, the Zone 12 Volleyball championship was put up for grabs in one Round Robin Tournament which en- volved six teams. S.J.R. drew a bye in the first draw and then, much to the dismay of the home town fans, dominated the host school for our first two wins. Doug Kiddell was a standout in this series and the feature of the morn¬ ings play came when Peter Lemon racked up twelve straight serves in the second game. Our school match pitted us against St. Boniface High School, a new entry this year, and again S.J.R.’s skill was not thoroughly tested although the score might prove otherwise. Jake Murray and Gavin Smith were the standouts in this series. S.J.R. then met perhaps the weakest team in the tournament in St. Boniface College. We played perhaps our poorest games of the tournament but managed to squeeze through with two wins. The tournament’s most exciting match was played after lunch when S.J.R. met the suprisingly strong Assiniboia Residential School. Spirited play was promi¬ nent on both sides, and points were won only on out¬ standing play rather than on mistakes. Both games went down to the wire before S.J.R. could slip by their stubborn opponents. Greg Hill was a standout here. It was an anticlimatic match when S.J.R., the Tour¬ nament leaders, met the only other undefeated team, the powerful Mennonities. Against the taller, more experi¬ enced, and better conditioned opponents, we met our match. The scores were not significant in these games as S.J.R. did not go down without a praiseworthy fight. On this note the Tournament ended, and many of S.J.R.’s staff who attended, commented on the spirit and enthusiasm of our team. S.J.R.’s standouts through¬ out the whole Tournament were Andy Wiswell and Clive McEwen. Thus, our young, spirited, and relatively unexperi¬ enced team had captured second place in Zone 12 with eight wins and two losses, a feat which in itself, would label the team as S.J.R.’s finest. Next year, perhaps, with only two players being lost through graduation, the team will be able to defeat M.B.C.I. and carry S.J.R.’s colours into the Provincial finals for the first time.