Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute - Volt Yearbook (Ingersoll, Ontario Canada)

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i 4 I UAT '7 Boys' Athletics The executive of the Boys' Athletic Society for 1955-1956 consisted of: President, Bruce Meckbach, Vice-Presidents, Frank Allison, Muir Sumner, Secretary, Bill Chisholm, Treasurer, Mr. Hillis, Assistant Treasurer, Auke Faber, Press Reporter, Martin Herbert, Assistant Press Re- porter, John Gazzola. Form Representatives were: 9A, Peter Bowman, 9B, Doug Fitzmorris, 9C, Larry Ross, 9D, Doug Wilson, 9E, Allan Cox, 9F, Allen Mott, IOA, Gail MacKay, 1OB, Blair Foote, 1OC, Chuck Gurney, IOD, Alfred Neave, 11A, John Moore, 11B, Bill Wituik, IIC, Charles Ranson, 12A, Jon Pellow, 12B, Ken MacArthur, 12C, Lorne Jef- fery, 13, Bernie Houston. Senior Football Although they defeated Norwich in their first game of the season and finished the year with a win over the Grads, the senior football team didn't enioy too successful a season. Be- tween their opening and closing game triumphs, the boys dropped six games in a row. How- ever, prospects for next year's team are ex- cellent. A 6-3 triumph over Norwich in the open- ing game, gave the boys a little confidence in themselves, but they were not so fortunate in their other league encounters. St. Thomas hung an 11-7 verdict on the locals in Ingersoll. The game was played on the new playing field beside the school, but that factor did not seem to have much effect on the outcome. They next lost another home game, this time to Aylmer 6-O, in a nip and tuck affair. lngersoll's next three games were out of town. A fourth quarter splurge by Delhi en- abled that team to gain a 23-11 win. In Aylmer, the Blues scored a touchdown the first time they got their hands on the ball, but from there on it was AyImer's ball game, as they won by a 21-6 margin. In St. Thomas old Lady Luck was against the boys, as they suffered a 6-5 defeat. They outplayed the Red Devils in every aspect of play, but unfortunately they iust could not score that extra point. The final league game was played in Ingersoll and over again Ingersoll scored an early touchdown only to see Paris, who won the league championship without suffering a defeat, come back with five touchdowns and gain an easy 28-12 victory. The team got some consolation for their dismal season, however, as they pasted a 10-O on the Grads in the season's finale. Offensively Bruce Meckbach scored 16 points and was easily the team's leading ground gainer as he picked up 582 yards. Butch Freemantle, who didn't see too much action for the first three games, scored 15 points and gained 167 yards. Bill Bradfield who quarterbacked the team scored 10, Ken MacArthur who did most of the kicking scored 6 and John Osborn came up with one touch- down for 5 points. Page 42 its 1 -. Ken MacArthur, the most underrated player on the team, anchored the line defensively and offensively. Ken came through time and again with spectacular plays, particularly from his defensive linebacker position. Dave Poyntz, another linebacker, also played terrific ball. John Gazzola and Frank Allison also played well defensively throughout the year. Muir Sumner was the top pass receiver and Jon Pellow added more offensive power from his fullback position. The members of the senior football team were: Ends - Sumner, Mott, MacPherson, Foote, Boniface, Tackles - MacArthur, Allison, Mc- Kay, Whitwell, B. McLellan, Guards - Poyntz, Gazzola, Baxter, Hammond, Snaps - Mac- Donald, Holmes, Flying Wings - Houston, Os- born, Quarterbacks - Bradfield, J. McLellan, Halves - Meckbach, Freemantle, Pellow, Fisher, Chisholm, Pembleton. Junior Rugby The iunior rugby team represented the school in the annual two-game series with St. Marys. Being held scoreless for two years in succession, we lost our first game here, 12-O and in St. Marys, 24-O. The line-up for the team was: ends, D. Robinson, G. Cuthbert, K. Nancekivell, D. Oliver, D. Riddle, middles and insides, D. Bent, D. Smith, M. Brown, B. Coles, J. Cofell, P. Noe, G. Emery, G. McMillan, R. Jette, S. Smith, snaps, T. Bowman, W. Morgan, backfield, J. Shad- clock, D. Wier, D. McKenzie, M. Hutt, co-captain G. Wright, co-captain J. Fitzmorris, J. Queen, C. Johnson, D. Wilson, B. McCready, K. Long- field, manager, J. MacGinnis, J. LaFlamme. Mr. Hillis and Mr. Montgomery coached the team. u ll JOIN THE THE VOLT

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Field Day For the first time, the annual field day was held on our new track. ln spite of rain during the morning, many records were broken. The new records were: Juvenile - 75 Yard Dash - D. Fitzmorris , , 9.3 sec. High Jump - L. Hartnett , ,. , . . . 4' 7111 Junior - Relay Team, 440 yard dash- G. MacKay, T. Bowman, C. Johnson, D. Buck . ,, 55.7 sec. Inte.rmediate - Hop, Step and Jump - J. Pellow . .. , . . 33' 6 Senior - Pole Vault - B. Meckbach , , ,, 9' 8 The iuvenile championship was taken by D. Fitzmorris, followed by L. Hartnett and B. McCready. The iunior champion was B. Armes, fol- lowed by G. Wright and G. MacKay. J. Pellow won the intermediate champion- ship followed by M. Herbert and C. Gurney. The senior championship honours went to B. Meckbach followed by A. Faber and M. Sumner. l.N.D.A. This year the l.N.D.A, meet, Ingersoll, Nor- wich, Delhi and Aylmer, competed for the various trophies. For the second year in a row Ingersoll took the grand championship. Inger- soll also took the iuvenile class trophy. Two of the local boys won individual championships. Doug McConnell took the senior cup with 8 points and Doug Fitzmorris, the iuvenile cup with 8 points. W.O.S.S.A. B Track Meet The l.D.C.l. track and field stars outshone by far any previous performances by Ingersoll at the W.O.S.S.A. B track and field meet held in the Little Memorial Stadium in London on May 7, as they placed second behind Wallace- burg in the over-all point standing, second in the intermediate class, and first in the iunior class, while Jon Pellow took the iunior cham- pionship and Bruce Meckbach, the intermediate title. Previous to the 1955 W.O.S.S.A., the l.D.C.l. had only won one first place, but this year the Blue and White came through with no less than six firsts, four seconds, two thirds, three fourths, one fifth and four sixths. The individual winners were: Senior: 100 yards-Ron Billings, 440 yard relay-Leigh Naftolin, Doug McConnell, Joe Wallace, Ron Billings. Intermediate: pole vault-Bruce Meckbach lfirstl, Don McAllister lfourthl: broad lump- Bruce Meckbach lsecondl, Martin Herbert THE VOLT lfifthl, 440 yards dash-Bruce Meckbach lsec- ondl, lOO yard dash-Bruce Meckbach lsixthl, hop, step and iump-Martin Herbert lfourthl: 440 yard relay - Martin Herbert, Jim Vyse, Bruce Meckbach, Charles Gurney lsixthl. Junior: hop, step and iump-Jon Pellow lfirstl, broad lump-Jon Pellow lsecondl, lOO yard dash-Jon Pellow lthirdl, 220 yard dash -Jon Pellow lthirdl, shot put-Larry Ross lfirstl, 440 yard relay-Jim Fitzmorris, Gail MacKay, Larry Ross, Jon Pellow lsixthl. The winners of the W.O.S.S.A. B meet were allowed to compete at the W.O.S.S.A. A meet where Bruce Meckbach placed first in the broad lump and third in the pole vault, while Jon Pellow placed fourth in the 220 yard dash. Bruce Meckbach added to his laurels by placing second in the broad iump in the Ontario Secondary School Association track and field meet at Lake Couchiching on May 20. Touch Rugby A seven team touch rugby league was organized this year for the first time. The following were the captains: Allen Mott, Gary Wright, Karl Longfield, Doug Wilson, Jim Fitz- morris, Cliff Martin and Ralph Boniface. The games were played on half the rugby field with two games going on at once. Great enthusiasm was shown by all teams which made the com- petition stiff. The league was supervised by Mr. Brown and the referees were the members of the senior rugby team. The final game was a sudden death match between teams one and five, with team one coming out on top. The members of the winning team were: Allen Mott, Larry Dorland, Wally Wilson, Ron McKibbon, Eppie Mulder, Don Weir, Dan Min- ard, Wayne Hunter, Bob Caffyn, Brian Blancher, John Murray and John MacDonald. These players were presented with crests. Lloyd Beckham G' Son Ingersoll, Ontario MASSEY-HARRIS-FERGUSON SALES - SERVICE + Office 373 Phone Res. 599M Page 43