Churchill High School - Victory Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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JUNIOR HIGH SENIOR BOYS BASKETBALL FRONT ROW: Trevor Kusmack (equipment manager), Rick Ross, Bruce Sanguin, Joe Ives, Randy Swarek. BACK ROW: Mr. W. G. Chubaty (asst, coach), John Parker, Brian Paul, Dave Davis (captain), Dave Venchuk, John Benson, Mr. G. P. Kornyk (head coach). Missing: Joe Ciuro. This year ' s edition of the Junior High Junior Basketball team was the most successful in Churchill ' s history, winning the city championship. With much pre-season practise and 5 exhibition games, the team was ready for their five league games in which they won quite handily including a 62-5 decision over J.B. Mitchell. By defeating River Heights for the South Division Championship, they advanced into the city finals. After losing their first game to Elmwood by a score of 22-19. They came back to win their next game by 26-6 over Aberdeen to put them back into the city championships, against Elmwoou. This time they won and so brought back the trophy to Churchill. ON BEHALF OF THE PLAYERS THEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION TO MR. KORNYK FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT HE SPENT IN COACHING THE TEAM. PAGE 64

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BASKETBALL JUNIOR HIGH SENIOR BOYS This year, the seniors had a fairly successful season winning 2 games and losing 3. Unfortunately a 25-21 loss to J.B. Mitchell prevented the boys from entering the playoffs. Even though the team started off slowly, at the end of the season they gained much poise and experience. The boys would like to thank Mr. Puchniak for his time and devotion given to the team. A good showing is expected from the boys next year. ROW 1: Ian Wood, Eugene McNutt, Ross Bonner, Jim Waggoner, Andy Morris, John Alerdice. ROW 2: Richard Karkota, Mike McKee, John Nelson, Richard Westwood, Tony Klymchuk, Gerald Marks, Coach Puchniak. FRESHMEN BOYS This year the boys lost several key games by one or two points. They had a league record of 3 wins and 6 losses and a seventh place finish. In exhibition games the boys had a record of 5 wins and 3 losses. The leading scorer on the team was Tom Stadnyk. The boys will form a good bench strength for the Varsity team next year. ROW 1: Robert Craig (manager), Dennis Nault (manager), Dave Lyons, Jeff Wood, Arland Haus, Pete Zeglen, Gerry Wilson. ROW 2: Mr. B. Trump, Gerry Bell, Robert Morrin, Tom Broadway” Stadnyk, Reg Star Foidart, Peter Nikkei, John Paulishyn. ROW 1: Randy Nibble Wlosek, Glen Downie, Gary Aubert, Andy Stefaniuk, Don Paulus, Ken Fowler (manager). ROW 2: Coach Chubaty, Joe Di Curzio (manager), KenValainis, Abraham Kicis, Ted Rathbone, Bernie Nikolai, Bruce Wasylik, Ricky Ross (manager). Missing: Barton Evans. VARSITY BOYS Coach Chubaty ' s first year at the helm of the Varsity Team was a disastrous one. The boy ' s finished in 8th place with a record of 2 wins and 6 losses, with 4 of the losses by less than 4 points. In the first Bulldog Invitational Tournament, Churchill defeated Garden City 43-40 in double overtime to win the championship. Churchill also made a good showing in th e U. of Brandon Tournament. Bernie Nikolai, headed for the U. of W., was a co-captain and second team all-star. Bart Evans was also a co-captain. The grade 11 boys on the team should form a strong nucleus towards winning the Provincial Championship next year. PAGE 63

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JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS TEAM MEMBERS: The girls trained hard this year but did not have an opportunity to display their ability. There was no Inter-School competition for them this year but many showed their great potential and fine form at their field day. Sharon Ashley Linda Gordon Mary Phillips Bev Lechowicz Deb Bilton Barbara Everatt Carol Townsley Fern Hampton Jane Gobeil Wendy Wallace Su Daniels Grace Smeall Kathy Kimball Kathy Byman Vivian McGuire SENIOR HIGH GIRLS The girls made their first appearance at the Red River Relays and the Centennial Relay made up of Milka and Marinda Stretausky, Bev Galbraith, Trudy Parkinson and June Singleton proved to be an unbeatable combination. The girls continued their training and due to hard work obtained a third place in the Inter-high standing. ROW 1: B ev Galbraith, Karen Fletcher, Sharon Doney, Joan Marowitch, Clara Donato, Wendy Aftree, Bev Lechowicz, Vicki Cox, Kim Pestrak, Carol Townsley, Trudy Parkinson. ROW 2: Carol Galbraith, Kathy Lloyd, Karen Land, Vivian McGuire, Joanie McPherson, Deb Bilton, Pam Reid, Debbie Ives, Donna Lambert, Laurie Waddell, Su Daniels. ROW 3: Marinda Stretavsky, Milka Stretavsky, June Singleton, Barbara Wuirch, Claire Lloyd, Janice Whitlock, Charlene Ritzer, Barb Swarbrick, Pat Qua. INTER-HIGH RESULTS This year the girls were very successful in Inter-High competition. At the first day of the meet the Stretavsky twins both broke records in the 220 yards, Marinda in the Senior classification and Milka in the Junior. Both girls won the 80 yard hurdles in their respective classifications. The 4x110 yard pursuit relay also took a first. In the second day of competition June Singleton, Karen Fletcher, and Deb Bilton all qualified for the provincials. The Churchill girls dominated the shuttle and the shuttle hurdle relays. The boys although they could not match the performance of the girls managed to get some provincials representatives with Vic Nishi, Brian Fellows and Neil Feir in the High Jump at the Primary, Junior and Intermediate levels. Laurie Mclvor will represent the city of Winnipeg school division in the 880 yards. The boys won all classes in the shuttle relays. At the end of two-day competition the boys stood 6th, the girls 3rd. PAGE 65