Hugh John Macdonald School - Searchlight Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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|| V: .! SENIOR BASKETBALL By Jack Carrie re In Senior basketball, Hugh John Macdonald was entered in the North Division, he boys put forth a great effort. Out of the total of eight games they lost l ur. It was a sad loss because two of them were lost by only one point. We wan ' to thank the boys for their effort. We want to thank Lloyd Betker for chaufferir yhe team to its games. J3JB The players were: Jack Carriere Allan Hendrjckson Lyle Moose Siles Fung Will p 1 Seun Ron Dribbler Colombe Jerry ' vrishek Leroy Clarke Mascot v mes Stuait Coach:- Mr. D. Mutchmor Chauffer: Lloyd Berke Jay Cee Basketball By Jack Carriere | This year our school was again represented in the • . Cee etball clinic nd lie ague, but this year as defending champions. Of th eleve. boys, only me- %ack Carriere was a member of last year ' s team. We were very fortunate in having Mr. Hampton, Brian ' s father, and a former basketball player to act as coach and guide us to the d: r ision championship. Phis year instead of playing a round robin tournament, we played a knockovc series ifter defeating General Wolfe 38 to 24 and Gordon Bell 2“ go 15, we playec rincipal Sparling in a sudden death final for the Division Championship and won 5 to 11. After playing Earl Grey for the semi-final and beating them 56 to 1,., re played Aberdeen and won the City Championship. We played two more games ant oeat them 53 to 48. Our congratulations are extended to the following ys: Lyle Siles Lome Huff Sam Cascisa Norman Frederickson Leroy Clarke Morris Harris Brian Hampton Jack Carriere Jerry Browski Gerald Roxburgh Lawrence Harris ■ M Teachers Vs, Students - Our Volleyball ame One bright morning, the teachers of our school cl ilenged o r atarmediate |rirls to a game of Volleyball. ( The Glow Worms were lagging behind in score fo + ' .e first ' ■ ■ »lf ' of che game liss McVeigh must have threatened the teachers, as the 1 - ' t into the groove and eat the Dim Bulbs by an embarrassing margin. Mr. Mutchmor played a terrific game. (He must have practiced quite a bit.’). I ;j| Miss Redmond and Miss Hughes looked strikingly pretty in tur .cs, ( I think the Dim Bulbs played a good game and I ' m , re they enjoyed :‘t. he teachers must have had a good time as we didn ' t get much homework that night. The day didn ' t end as brightly as it had started for the girls. Better uck next time kidsi - One of the Dim Bulbs -

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TREBLE CHOIR

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The Game We Lost By Pat McGowan Most people say, Chi well, there is always a tine to win and a tine to lose! 11 Why, though, did we have to lose this game? Of course, I an referring to the Hugh John Macdonald and Aberdeen Volley-B ball game. It was scary ri ht from the start. When the two captains were flipping the coin for first serve, there was a I dead silence. Well, the game be--an. Aberdeen served the ball. It was over. Well, whatj do you know? One of rur players hit it back over the net. Aberdeen got about j six points before they lost their serve. Net ball, said the referee. What j luck , murmured the girls. This went on back and forth. Ceilin ' balls, re¬ serves, an ' , good serves. Time out , said the referee. The score, nineteen to fifteen for Hugh John Macdonald . The whole Hugh j John team was grinning, even Kiss McVeigh. We all agreed it was ,5 wonderful game so far. Time in . The grim silence again settled over the gym. The girls were ooing on to the court looking like a fierce band of cannibals. The battle was on again. Hugh John ahead! Aberdeen ahead! Tie! Then finally Time out y:-lled the referee. The score, ..berdeen thirty-five, Hugh John Macdonald thirty-four. We all know, it was sickening. The Aberdeen team was cheering. The Hugh John team was jeering. Miss McVeigh? Well, never mind. The Game We Won By Pat McGowan On Thursday, May 21st, the Senior girls baseball team played their first ball game. What a game! June Nielsen, our star pitcher, really chucked in her old fire-balls. Jeanette Stubb, our catcher and captain, made herself quite a reputation that day. The team, playing their best, defeated Luxton Sc! obi f or . t ’ Vo certainly weren ' t ashamed of this score. There weren ' . manyexn?tiro jpisodes in the game. Hugh John team went up to bats, hit a fev. homers ar ■ n went out to field. Then Luxton went up to bats. June fanned thr.e iris out. The whole game went along that line. We all knew Miss McVeigh was pleased with the girls, at least we thought so. Well, the game was finished and our hero, June, was a rather proud girl and had a reason to be ; as she oracticaBlly bitched a no- h i t v?j me. ‘ • . . .■ ■» ' d ' , The day of the game had arrived and there were r t of ox ...iled ill..gox players. Vo had won thron games out of four and at. result were in mho finals. When the game started, the opposing team had rot service. It was — all very exciting’ a,nd both teams seemed tense. Vo get e lea.d aru almost became overconfident. Aa the second half began, wo ji led intently to the instructions of Miss Redmond, our faithful coach. M -•re well regarded for wo won tho game. rr o ohoorod the other team and than- ' them for tho wonderful