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

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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

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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

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(JaA ih (JolkijbalL For the second time in as many years G.B. has entered a team in the volleyball tournament. This year Gordon Bell hosted the tour¬ ney. Eight teams divided into two divisions took part. In their first game G.B. was matched against Elmwood. Inability to spike cost Gordon the game and they ended up on the short end of a 15-6 score. Next day Gordon was matched against Grant Park and Kelvin. Flawless play at the net and desire proved to be a tonic and G.B. beat Grant Park 15-8 and 15-1. Although Elmwood had won the division Gordon took the floor and beat Kelvin 15-3 and 15-9. It seems too bad that the one bad game that the boys played cost them a spot in the playoffs. Congratulations to Mr. Mutchmor and the boys for a job well done. JhsL SwiwL tfluJb A meeting was held in the fall and the response was so great that the Swim Club was forced to split up into two sections. Joe Mitchell was re-elected for a second year as over-all President of the Swim Club. Under Joe in the Senior High divi¬ sion was Allan Dahlberg, President and Clayton J. Yeo, Vice-President, while in the Junior High Division Carolyn Cooper was elected Presi¬ dent and Motria Haywoski, Vice- President. A great deal of thanks must go to the sponsoring teachers of the Swim Club. These are: Mrs. Macintosh, Mrs. Babcock, Mrs. Brown, Miss LaBarge, Miss Johnson, Mr. Brady and Mr. Moore. A vote of thanks is directed to Ted Cowton who gave up a great deal of his time to help instruct the Junior High members unable to We trust the smooth operations of the Club will continue in future years. 57