Gordon Bell High School - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

Page 57 text:

jMAkmjarL SojcjcWl This year the most important team in the school was changed from a Junior to a Freshman classi¬ fication. After numerous practices, and exhibition games against the Junior High teams, the Gordon Bell freshmen entered their league, the South Division. This division con¬ sisted of four teams: Churchill, Grant Park, Kelvin and Gordon Bell. The first league game was played against Churchill on their home grounds. The guest team came away with a close 1-0 win. The second game was against Grant Park at the Technical - Vocational school grounds, again, Gordon Bell came away on the long end of the score 2-1. The third game was against Kelvin. Here, the locals snowed Kelvin under by an 11-0 margin, although playing on Kel¬ vin’s grounds. As they won their league Gordon Bell entered the semi-final. At River Heights Gordon Bell came from behind to take a 3-1 victory. In the final game Gordon Bell met St. John’s, at Tec-Voc. Both teams battled to a 0-0 tie in overtime However, in the rematch the much bigger opponents came away with a 7-0 win on the same grounds. Just the same it was a most suc¬ cessful season for Mr. Speechly’s Freshman Soccer team. S fUOt SojOCCA, The senior soccer season got un¬ derway early in September. All the practices were held at the Techni¬ cal-Vocational school grounds with approximately seventeen boys vying for the starting eleven positions. The team, coached by Mr. Bothe, was in the south division. This division consisted of four teams: Grant Park, Churchill, Kelvin and Gordon Bell. The senior footballers played their first game against Grant Park. Gordon Bell took the lead when the Grant Park defence kicked the ball into their own net. However, the Gordon Bell defence duplicated the feat and this added to a Grant Park goal made the score 2-1 in favour of the latter school. In their second league game at Churchill, Gordon Bell was soundly beaten by a strong squad from Churchill 6-0. The third and last game of a brief season was played against Kelvin on their home grounds. This match was similar to the first when Kelvin scored on themselves. However, Kelvin won by a 2-1 margin. Although they fail¬ ed to score a goal on the opposition, the Gordon Bell aggregation enjoy¬ ed themselves, as did their coach. 55

Page 56 text:

jAadc J ' hdcL For the second time in as many years Gordon Bell has participated in the indoor track meets. Under the able guidance of Miss Morton, Miss Johnson and Mr. Anderson, many students participated in this sport. Daily groups of students would be seen running in the halls in the morning, at noon-hour and after four making ready for the first track meet. Time trials were held in Minto Armories and many Go rdon Bell teams qualified to run in the Indoor Track Meet January 20, at the Winnipeg Arena. Gordon Bell gave a good account on its behalf. In March Gordon Bell again participated in the indoor track meet at the Arena. Again Gordon Bell students proved that they could be counted on for a good showing. Again Gordon Bell was brought into the limelight, this time by the speedskaters. With a tremendous showing Gordon Bell triumphed over all other high schools. This success can be attributed mainly to the daily noon hour prac¬ tices, the excellent calibre of skaters, and our coach, Mr. Solar. The two girls’ relay teams placed first and third, while the boys’ teams placed fourth due to un¬ fortunate spills. To Mr. Solar, who made it pos¬ sible for us to enter the competition, who dropped a few hints on how to improve our skating, and provided excellent chauffeur service—a big thank you from all the speedskaters. The girls first team for the second year in a row placed first in the city finals. 54

Page 58 text:

JhsAkmavL (BaAkfdbalL UaMih fia JvdbalL This season has been the most successful one since varsity basket¬ ball originated at Gordon Bell. In their first game of the season the Panthers walked over an unorgan¬ ized Churchill squad by a 64-21 score. The second game was a different matter as Gordon just managed to squeeze by Daniel 38-35. Travelling to Elmwood, G.B. played a fine game and walked out with a 68-37 victory. Gordon had to come from behind a twelve point margin to beat Tech Voc by 46-35. The Kelvin-G.B. game proved to be a real thriller and this time G.B. came out on the short end of a 51- 49 score. The game against Sisler proved to be a tough battle. This time Gordon had to come back from a 16 point deficit to beat the Spartons 46-43. The Grant Park game proved to be no match as Gordon walloped their opponents by a 88-28 score. Thus Gordon advanced to the semi-finals against Kelvin. This series proved to be very close but Gordon managed to walk away with a 101-82 score. This was a two game total point series score. This victory put Gordon in the finals against Daniel Mac. Daniel won the first game, just squeezing by with a 43-42 victory. Now the stage was set for the second game. Before a capacity crowd of about nine hundred stu¬ dents, G.B. went down to a 50-41 defeat. Thus Daniel won the series winning two out of three games. All we can say is congratulations fellows for a job very well done. We’re all proud of you. The freshman team opened the season with a bang. Their first game matched them against Churchill’s team and the G.B. squad rolled to an easy 35-17 victory over the blue shirts. However, in their second game against Daniel Mac, the shoe was on the other foot as the power¬ ful “Daniels” romped to a 40-14 win. Accurate shooting on Daniel’s part and poor defence on G.B’s. part proved to be the deciding factor. The following week G.B. travelled out to Elmwood, but here, also, they ended up on the short end of a 33-21 count. The Tech-Voc game proved to be Gordon’s best effort of the season. Playing as a unit for perhaps the first time in the season, they put on a great show. But the score at the end of the game read 50-33 in favour of Tech. Gordon almost won their second game of the season, but three last minute points by the Katies, sent them to a 30-27 defeat. The Sisler game proved to be no match as the powerful Spartans waltzed over G.B. by a 44-26 score. The team ended the season on a sad note as they were beaten soundly by Grant Park 50-28. Better luck next year! 56