Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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The First Basketball Team FRONT ROW: Waterfield. To II, Pendharker, Jennings II. Gall I. BACK ROW: Mr. Larsen, Cheney, McMurchy, Rosseel II, Hawthorne. Mr. Martin, Hodge I. As the 1974-75 season got under way, little hope was held for the First Basketball Team. Micheil Jennings, Para To and Milind Pendharker were the only veterans, and no new boys could be found to fill the vacancies. Af- ter the first game in which we were defeated 90-36 by defen- ding champion U.C.C., the forecast for the team seemed to have held true. However, we sub- sequently decided to disprove the predictions of disclaimers. With the addition of Nick Water- field after Christmas, we became a completely different squad. He filled the gap that we had and proved to be a tower of strength, being both an excellent reboun- der and play-maker. After our first post-Christmas game, when we defeated Ridley 62-48, we jelled as a team. Because we had no outstanding individual players we had to play as a unit, and we became a ' team ' in the truest sense of the word. Para To, at the guard position, played very well and as Vice- Captain, he provided the ex- perience and leadership that a young group like ours needed. Mike Jennings, in his last year at Appleby, played the best basket- ball of his career. He improved considerably over last year, and with his excellent defense and clutch shooting, he fit in very well. A lot must be said for Matt Gall ' s play this year. Coming from the Second team and in-experienced at the First team level, Matt star- ted at centre. His success was obvious as he scored 200 points. He improved greatly over the season and was quick to learn. Much of his success must be at- tributed to our coach, Mr. Martin, who helped Matt a great deal. Mike Rosseel, a guard, never stopped running, and he was the sparkplug of the team. His ex- cellent dribbling and ball- handling helped us out of many 50

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The Senior League FRONT ROW: Kishino, Benson II, Merrill, Jackson III, Richards I, Day, Jenkin, Milner, Wannamaker. CENTRE ROW: ' Dekovachich, Leggat, DeGroote II, Hebert I, Thompson III. Logan II, Falco II, Redmond, York, Parker. BACK ROW: Mr. O ' Leary, Bruce, Cambon, Marsh, Hodge II, Halliday, Johnson II, Hubner, Fisher, Robertson II. The Grade 13 vs. Masters Game 49

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tight situations. Mike was one of our four key players and we relied on him a great deal of the time to get us moving. Mike Cheney was a valuable ad- dition to this year ' s club. He was a good play-maker and an able ball-handler, and being a streak shooter, he came up with some incredible shooting exhibitions. Scot Hawthorne was perhaps our most aggressive player, and he helped Gall and Waterfield a great deal in the rebounding department. Vincent Stewart was another of our strong rebounders and he also played aggressively on offense - we are sorry that he will not be with us next year. Kevin McMurchy was injured early in the season and he un- fortunately played in only two games. The highlight of the season was the rematch with U.C.C., who had been undefeated to that point. With the entire school in a high state of excitement over U.C.C. day , the gym was packed for the first time all season. The game proved to be one of the most ex- citing sports events of the year at Appleby, as we battled U.C.C. to the end, and with just retribution, we defeated them 51-46. We ultimately finished second in the I.S.A.A. with a 7 win - 3 loss record. A very hearty thank you is due to our coach, Mr. Paul Martin, without whom the season could not have been such a success. We all look forward to playing for him next year, for we shall be losing only four players. In retrospect, it was indeed a very successful and thoroughly en- joyable season. M. Pendharker, Captain m - 31 ' THE RECORD U.C.C. Lost 90-36 Ridley Won 62-48 St. Georges Won 58-45 T.C.S. Won 39-32 Hillfield Lost 63-40 Crescent Won 48-26 Old Boys Won 67-18 S.A.C. Won 66-38 St. Georges Won 53-39 U.C.C. Won 51-46 Ridley Lost 55-52 Hillfield Won 59-47 INDIVIDUAL SCORING M. Gall 200 pts. M. Pendharker 180 pts. N. Waterfield 96 pts. P. To 60 pts M. Jennings 46 pts M. Cheney 41 pts. M. Rosseel 37 pts V. Stewart 30 pts S. Hawthorne 6 pts K. McMurchy 2 pts