Hillcrest High School - Impact Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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JUNIORS 64 JUNIOR CHAMPS ■ lm Dave Miller, Jim Chambers, Ross Webley, -r « H 3» Don Axford, Fred Tomlinson, Bill Leonard, Bob Wilson-Smith Al Sawyer Tom Scharfe, Mike La Brache, Jim Harrison

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Gerry Davies, Gary Swan, Coach Mr. Sheahan Coach Mr. McAskin A word From the Coach Helping to coach the Senior Football team was an experience To the boys who did come out for practices and games, I believe the student body owes them gratitude and respect. Some nights we managed to collect up to eighteen players, the other days the field was filled with eight players for practice. One thing about the Seniors, they never did quit, and to the solid core of a dozen players who persisted, heartiest congratulations. Maybe next year with participation who knows!

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Dennis Purton, Manager; Ron Austin NO PHOTO AVAILABLE Bill Barchet Pat Lafrange Tim Cavagham The Championship Junior Football team this year was the most interesting, exciting, and, at times, the most exasperating team which I have ever coached. Needless to say they were also the most satisfying. My own personal satisfaction was derived from watching the players progress from boys to men, becoming aware (many for the first time), that they were engaged in physical combat with other boys of equal size, strength and ability. Right from the outset I firmly believed that the team had the potential and desire needed to win the first Football Champion- ship for Hillcrest. Then it became a major problem to convince the boys of their ability. I think this deep, inner positive feeling of confidence in their own ability just began to show through near the end of the season and became most evident after the victory over Rideau (the invincibles) in the last game of the regular schedule. Credit must be given to all the players on the team for their interest, desire and all-out drive. Throughout the year many personnel changes were made due to injuries or need of different abilities in different positions. Key players in these moves were Neil Kowal, Mike LaBreche, Bruce McNaught, Tom Dempsey, Greg Morgan, Bill Leonard, Ross Miller, Chris Black and Sean Sauve. Fortunately, the moves paid off, and aided by the return of injured players, Jim Chambers and Alec Sawyer, and the help of the rest of the team, we defeated Rideau in the city finals in what I considered to be the most exciting football game I had ever seen. At this point I would like to extend my warmest thanks to Mr. Ray for his help and advice during the year and also the managers, George Tutt and Tom Gibbard and trainer Ian Moar for their assistance.