Essex District High School - Argus Yearbook (Essex, Ontario Canada)

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GRADE XIII BASKETBALL We feel our intramural basketball team showed great genes sity this season. Having already won the volleyball championship, t hey decided to let their arch rivals, 12CD, have the basketball championship, but rot before they proved they could beat them. The following ensued: The 13 team, using a split T formation, ran a le; ' ;-side d. uble-reverse. Vicary received, faked t o Milne, faked t Mann, then passed to an opposing player, but a fine tackle by Sridgen ended this threat. However, the referee disliked Bridgen ' s tacti s, since Wes was wearing his shirt backwards, and he was ejected from the game. Vhat a catastrophel This left 13 with only twelvemen and Milne to 12DC ' s five men. But Pettypiece rose to the occasion. Angered by the vicious evict! v i of Bridgen, he fiercely seized the i ball and pounedibd- it into the basket, too late realizing that he had grabbed Art Vas3 by mistake. Cichon scraped up and buried the remains. But 13 was in danger of losing Suddenly, O ' Neil had a brainstorm. With all his basketball knowledge, he would referee the game. When Shewan stopped laughing, the game continued. A vote was taken by 13 and O ' Neil made referee. Bridgen was 7‘0-admitted, bringing with him into the game 13 ' s pet project ,30 day multi-propyl muckets. This restored their energy and then they squabbled over who would command the team, Vicary or Milne. Since Milne wore the brighter pyjamas, he was chosen, much to Vicary 1 s di-gust. 13 was slightly behind, 32-1, but was gaining when Milnetried a forty---’rd field goal, hit the balcony, and was forthwith replaced. Cichon got his right running-shoe dusty, and stormed off the floor in a feud. The issue was in doubt, for now the sides were even, and Comrade Bulganin issued an ultimatum from our local cell, loc ed downtown in the Happy Times Poolroom. Win, or receive a free, all expense paid, 99 year vacation trip to that land of beautiful cities and universities, Siberia, to inspect at close range our improved salt-mining facilities. Being loyal party members, (this means that all dues are paid, and an ess on the 99 million starving peasants in the U. S. A. is finished), answered the call. Three solutions were offered. Vicary got stilts to add to his height, while Shewan sold ice-cream on the side-lines. But Mann had the answer. GET BRIDGEN 1 S 3H0TGUN lll May we again congratulate the players, not only on their fine athletic display, but also on their strong attendance at the funeral services. We realize that it was an accident that the referees were in the line of fire, but perhaps it was just as well. Written by a neutral, non-partisan, unbiased, fair-minded. Grade 13 player.

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BOYS ' INTER-SCHOOL BA°J Hl r T 1 R4LL Last year ' s junior tea showed some cromise, but due to the stiff competition they had to face, they had a rather unsuccessful season. But the potential of this year ' s squad was realized and they played a very adequate brand of basketball, as they broke even for the season, winning I: and losing !•. They showed their great scorin cower by best¬ ir every other tearn in the Southern Conference at least once, except Leamington. The Essex Junior Basketball team finished its schedule in third place, a great improvement over the previous few years. Roger Crane in his first year with Essex displayed rreat profi¬ ciency at the game plaving in the centre Position, and at a meeting cf his fellow players and the coach, he was voted the Yost Valuable Player on this year ' s bas ' etbsll team. Fecause he was awarded this distinct¬ ion, he will also receive the rutts Troohy later this season. Other stars on the team were Greg Johnston, Gary Gurbin, Jesse Gerard, Donald O ' Weil, Don Pettypiece, Ray Muxworthy. In the Tenior boys ' league of the Southern Conference, our senior bas v etba 1 1 tea- fared much better than their iunior compatriots, losing only two rames throughout the season. They lost these two carries to the same team, a strong, a d experienced squad from Conns Christi. e Corpus Christi squad was composed mainly of the same team which was beaten by our school last year, while the Essex hooosters lost two of their more prolific scorers. Despite this, the Essex seniors lost both games by only [ points, showing their great team spirit and aggressive¬ ness, endinr the season in t e runner-up position. At a special meetin;- of the coach and Players, Dale Collins, the team ' s tor- ooint-scorer, was selected the team ' s w C st Valuable la er. He will also be awarded the Butts Trophy later this season. This tro¬ phy requires much skill to earn, and D ’le certainlv deserves it. This year for the first time, the Southern Conference selected an All-Star from its ranks. We are very proud of the fact that Jack Vicary was chosen the All-St r centre for the league, while both Dale Collins and Ron McDermott made the second team. Other stars of the Proficient and capable Essex squad were Roger Ellis, Gary Jessop, C-arv Cooper, Dick Gibb, ”aul Muxworthy, Tom Pettypiece, Jim Milne, Richard Ward, Charlie Durocher and David Hilliard.

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BOYS ' INTER-SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL This year, after much practice, the Essex High Junior and Senior Boys ' Volleyball team took part in a District Tournament held at Wallaceburg in December. This tournament was well attended with teams from Chatham Vocational, Chatham Collegiate, Wallaceburg, Petrolia, and Essex competing. Our senior boys displayed very good ability and placed third in the top-notch competition. Several disputes over irregularities in rules and regulations arose, and Essex filed an official protest with W. 0. S. S. A. officials. However, the protest was not allowed to stand and the tournament was won by Wallaceburg. Roger Ellis and Gordon Geddes were co-captains for this year ' s team. Some of the other outstanding players were Dale Collins, Bill Lozinski, Roy McMurren, John Cichon, Don Batten, Sybren Wassenaar, and Art Mass. The Essex Junior boys had an excellent team and were just barely edged out of first position. They met a strong team from Wallaceburg •in the subsequent play-offs for the championship. Again they played excellent ball but were beaten twice by ' their more experienced opponents. The starring players for Essex were Roger Crane, Bill Keane, Don O ' Neil, Nelson Willis, Jim Douglas, and David Blythe. INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL In Grade. 9, 9A, the undisputed football champs, again displayed their proficiency by repeating their conquests and capturing the Volley¬ ball title from 9D. Don Plant, ' Wayne VJatson, Ralph Wills, Garth Brown, Dave McKenzie, Ron Gignsc, Cecil Dutot, Mac Kennedy, again led their class to victory. Grade 10A captured the Grade X Volleyball Championship by virtue of a furious struggle in which they defeated IOC. The winners were led by W. Greenwood, S. Graham, J. McAuliffe, B. Taylor, M. Andrews, and R. Brown. The Upper Grades Championship ' was wrested from some strong, deter¬ mined 11CD representatives by a beleaguered, at times bewildered. Grade 13 team. The 13 champions were led by Jack Vicary, J. Milne, V . Brid- gen, G. Geddes, B. Mann, T. Pettypiece, A. Wass, J. Cichon and E, O ' Neil. SENIOR BOYS ' VO LLE Y,-XL TEaM SEATED: Dale Collins, Roger Ellis (Co-Captain), Don Batten, Roy McMurren. STANDING: Mr. R. Battagello, Art Wass, Bill Lozinski, John Cichon, Missing--Gordon Geddes (Co-Captain). JUNIOR BOYS ' VOLLEYBALL TEAM SEATED: David Blythe, Jerry Bol, Bill Keane, Gary Gurblt; Ron Kettle, Jim Douglas. STANDING: Ray Chajkowski, Don Pettypiece, Mike Lozinski, Donald O ' Neil (Captain), Mr. G. Meuser. Left to right: Left to right: