Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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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.

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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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The First Cricket XI The team has had a most en- joyable and successful season, in spite of the fact that it started very badly on the playing fields of U.C.C. on the last bitter Satur- day in April. As the sun came out and warmed our backs every player began to show real im- provement. Our success has been built on a varied array of skilful bowlers. Tim Pike, after converting from a stumbling run-up into a rhymical approach to the wicket, developed speed and accuracy. He successfully demoralized most opposing batsmen. Opening with him was Hueton, a wily and accurate left arm bowler who teared batsmen ' s off stumps with tireless accuracy. The openers were ably supported by Gerald Baiz ' fast improving off- spinners, Glen Wright ' s steady medium pace swingers and cut- ters, and David Burke ' s left arm in-swingers. Stephen McBride was a reliable ' stopper ' behind the stumps, but in such a short season he never learned to stand up and ' attack ' the batsman from behind. By contrast the batting showed itself to be woefully inept at the beginning of the season. We scraped 53 miserly runs in an- swer to U.C.C. ' s 140 in our first game, and a timid 39 in response to their 50 in the return. However with the arrival of May and the sun things changed. At Ridley, after being put in, we declared at 95 for 7 and against S.A.C. we scored 36 for 2 in response to their 33. The climax of the season was undoubtedly our match with T.C.S. In response to their 103 for 4, we collapsed feebly to 14 for 3. Yet Glen Wriaht and Tim Pike refused to FRONT ROW: Burke. Durst, Holland. Washington. Baiz. Gray. BACK ROW: Mr. Nightingale, Wright, McBride, Smith, Pike, Hueton, Stevenson, Bund- schuh. Jamie Washington then came in and with great composure set about the bowling so that by the time he was out the score was 95 and victory was in sight. David Stevenson and Gerald Baiz scored the remaining runs together, and the victory was by a margin of 4 wickets with about five minutes to spare. i The final game was with the Fathers who, hearing of our fear- some attack, turned out to prac- tice in the nets. As a result they showed their power by scoring a massive 143 in response to which the school could only raise 86. Thus ended a season marked by tremendous enthusiasm and a fine team spirit form a group of boys who each gave their very best and followed the directions of their captain, Stephen McBride, with great good humour. M.N. surrender meekly; they settled down to play correctly and carefully, but they hit the loose balls hard. When Wright was out the score was 64, and they had made 50 fine runs together. 149