Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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The Tournament Team In December Appleby hosted the annual under fourteen hockey tournament. Teams from Lower Canada College, Ridley, St. An- drews, Crescent, St. George ' s, Hillfield, St. John ' s Ravenscourt and Appleby competed. The Appleby team, a com- bination of first and third hockey team members, played its first game against the favoured con- tender, Lower Canada, and lost six-four. The next game ended with a five-three victory over St. John ' s Ravenscourt. Next day Appleby played Ridley to a five-three victory. Our semi- final was against the team ' s nemesis, Lower Canada. Playing perhaps their best hockey of the whole tournament, Appleby sur- prised Lower Canada in a thrilling 6-2 victory. FRONT ROW: Dorion, Freeman, Cockell. McConnell I, Schmidt. CENTRE ROW: McKenzie, McGuiness. Giffin, Sopinka. Gilroy. BACK ROW: Mr. Singer. Sutherland, McNair, Bates. The final game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens against the other finalists, St. George ' s. Despite the fact that it was Ap- pleby ' s third game, the team strolled to a 11-2 victory, and the championship - the first Appleby had ever won at any level of com- petition. The team members were: Wright, Sutherland, Griffin, McNair, Dorion, Freeman, MacKenzie, Bates, Mueller II, Schmidt, Gilroy, Sopinka, Cockell, McGuiness and McConnell. Congratulations to the team and coach Dave Singer. The First Hockey Team From a group of unknowns, this year ' s team produced an 8 win and 3 loss, and 1 tie record. The first six games, including a two- game road trip to Ashbury College, produced victories. At this point, the team lost the ser- vice of its Captain and leading scorer, Mike Sutherland, through injury. The remaining players slowly learned the meaning of true team work. Under the leadership of Glenn Wright, the team went on to a record of two wins, two losses and one tie. The boys seemed to gel I as a team with everyone pulling his weight. Offensively, the team scored sixty-six goals. All three lines - Wright, Griffin, Sutherland; McBride, MacKenzie, Hickling; Freeman, Dorion, and McNair - achieved balance. Defensively, FRONT ROW: Cockell, Freeman, McBride II, Sutherland, Wright, Giffin, Smith, Dorion. BACK ROW: Mr. Singer, Appleby, Mueller, Washington, Hickling, Durst, McNair. McKenzie. Coxon. pairs Washington and Mueller I, and Coxon and Appleby, helped goalies Cockell and Smith to a three goals per game against average. The 1974-75 First Hockey Team was successful, not only from the aspect of wins and losses, but also because the boys learned to play as a team. 147

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Fifth Soccer Team With the co-captains Ross II and Sidford charging down the left side, and Campbell and Phillips racing down on the right, the fifth team presented a strong offence. While we were shorter than most of our opponents, our half-backs and full-backs disorganized op- ponents by their hard work and driving play. Leading this work were Sutton, Duncan II and Samuel. When the opposing teams did break through, they had to face our goalie, Toles II, who was remarkable. After losing the first two games, we played as a team to win four of the remaining five games. Members of the ' Fifths ' will have to be reckoned with as they gain experience and play still more as a unit. FRONT ROW: Phippen, Sidford, Vernon II, Ross III. Duncan II. Toles II. BACK ROW: Wood II. Campbell. Vernon I. Mr. Sharpe. Samuel, Phillips, Sutton. The Cross -Country Team The cross-country teams have enjoyed quite a good season, with especially promising per- formances from some of the juniors. Early in October a team ran in the invitational High School meet at Brock University. Although their overall 15th position seems rather low, our eleven and twelve year olds were running in the under 15 division. David Burke, Craig Dowling and Andrew Ross turned in fine per- formances. The best indication of how the teams compared with others was in the Independent Schools meet held here in November, in which there were two divisions - under 12 and un- der 14. David Burke won the un- der 14 race and the team, with strong performances from Stephen McBride, Jamie Washington and Craig Dowling came third. In the under 12 race we also had the individual win- ner, Andrew Ross, who led us to a second place behind Hillfield. vv. ' FRONT ROW: Washington, Burke, Ross II. BACK ROW: Dowling, Pike, Mr Nightingale, Hickling, McBride II. With some of our younger run- ners gaining plenty of ex- perience, we should look forward to several strong years and con- tinued success.

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The Second Hockey Team This year the second team did not have a satisfactory season with respect to its won-loss record. However, as the season progressed, the team members learned many lessons and im- proved their skills considerably. At the beginning there was much room for improvement; we had difficulty with our shooting, the forwards were unable to connect their passes and work together, and we could not clear the puck out of our own end. But Mr. Tur- ner taught us to correct our mistakes. With respect to the enjoyment of playing the game, the season was quite satisfactory. Playing particuarly well throughout were Mark Lanch, Greg Beckett, Chris Scott, John Gilchrist, Steven and Ian Fife, and the Captain, Dave FRONT ROW: McGuiness. Johnson, Gilchrist. Gray. Gratton, Stevenson. Gilroy, Morgan, Fife II. BACK ROW: Dowling, Scott, Fife I, Hughes, Beckett, Lanch. Stewart, Johnston, Stark, Mr. Turner. Stevenson. Our goalies, ' Louis Gratton and Jim McConnell, played very well considering the circumstances. We were a rather large team, The Third Hockey Team with eighteen players, but everyone had a good chance to show what he could do on the ice. Without doubt, we were very weak on defense; we began at least half of our games two goals down because of defen- sive errors. However, we managed to pull through in the end, as can be judged by our record of seven wins and two losses. Our Captain, Pat Bates, always gave a strong effort and scored several of our most important goals. Scott Campbell, Craig Fretwell, and Bruce Burchmore contributed an enormous amount to the team effort as did our ' cor- ner man ' Conrad Schmidt. Mike Mueller topped the goals scored chart with 16, and played with great ability all through the season. Our goaltenders. David Toles 148 FRONT ROW: Filipovic, Copestick, Toles, Phillips. Connor, Schmidt. CENTRE ROW Weisbaum. Campbell, Bates, Fretwell, Hughes III, Burchmore II BACK ROW: Halman, Streight, Husebye, Turnbull. Mr. Boyd, Sopinka. and Simon Weisbaum, did much to keep us in the game when our forwards weren ' t scoring and the defense was weak, and deserve vast amounts of credit for this. All in all, it was an excellent season for the Thirds, and it is hoped that we will be able to equal our record next year, or even better it. D.K.R.B.