Isaac Newton High School - Newtonian Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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FIRST ISAAC NEWTON SENIOR SOCCER TEAM Winners, Gardiner Shield, 1921-22 ISAAC NEWTON JUVENILE BRITISH RUGBY TEAM Manitoba Champions, 1927-28

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Newtonian 41 Paul Kuzma and Lou Labovitch formed the nucleus of Mr. Davey’s soccer team of 1933, while J. Mushy and Carl Wozny stood out for the junior footballers. Starry performers on the Senior Girls’ Volleyball Team were Olga Kolodie and Julia Matoski. The girls of that year also had a fine basketball team, which was headed by Nan Foster and Phyllis Krett. John Sokolowski and Mike Schir were the stare of the Senior and Junior Boys’ Basketball teams, respec¬ tively. Field Day was one of the highlights of the year 1936. Kasmir Geneja was the boys’ individual star, while Ruby Carlson excelled for the girls. Julia Matoski and Kay Sguzanski were stars on that year’s Girls’ Inter High Volley¬ ball team. Inter High hockey produced such notables as Paul Kornek (Reo Fly¬ ers) and Wally Koster (East Kildonan Bisons). Basketball was very success¬ ful with Leslie Carlson pacing the juniors and Carl Wozny and Wall Chic- kowsky sharing honors for the seniors. 1937 was a year that will go down in the annuals of Isaac Newton history as one of its most successful seasons in athletics. The boys’ Senior Basketball team, spurred on by the superb play of S. Ogradnick, P. Dack, J. Holinaty and Carl Wozny, won city honors, while the Junior team was less successful but still displayed a thorough knowledge of the game. The Senior A Soccer team of that year was best represented by Stan Shurgott and Rubin Ludwig. The outstanding field day performers in the boys’ were Kasmir Geneja, Willie Westman and Stan Pankow. The hard- checking pucksters for the hockey team of 1937 were W. Gibb and W. Koster. The girls who impressed in athletics during this term were Zena Bonder, Kay Skuzanski and Julia Phillips. The year 1938 was spotlighted by the winning of two basketball champion¬ ships. Harry Tchir, Nick Harrison and Mike Matoski aided greatly the copping of the junior cup, while Wally Chick- oski, Butch Ogradnick, Percy Dack and Stan Pankow excelled in the Senior cage tilts. Phil and Walter Harrisko paced the senior soccer team with their kicking, while those doing the honors for the juniors were Henry Leban and Frank Gunter. Although unsuccessful, these two teams fought gallantly and were an honor to the school. Those who stood out in hockey were Bill Mo- sienko (Chicago Black Hawk fame), Bill Conway and Walter Nider. The Senior cage artists of 1939 again captured the city Championship. Henry Leban, Joe Masick and George Gregory proved to be the main cogs in this sparkling quintet. The Junior basket¬ ball team was best served by two Nicks, Bobby and Mozel. That year marked the first appear¬ ance of Newton on the Gridiron. The Rugby machine, mentored by Bill Boivon and the late Jeff Nicklin, both of Winnipeg Blue Bomber fame, was a smooth-running ' outfit, high¬ lighted by the playing of Sammy La- vitt, Stan Black, T. Gibb, M. Kushman and S. Smando. Mr. Floyd and Mr. Connaghan strove hard to get equip¬ ment for the squad. They received some aid from the Winnipeg Rugby Club, but this was not enough; they haunted the second-hand stores, look¬ ing for old equipment. The practice ses¬ sions looked like fashion shows because the equipment was of all the colors of the rainbow. Much praise is due to Mr. Floyd and Mr. Connaghan; when things looked very hopeless during that year these two men refused to admit defeat. More than likely, Rugby would still be unknown in these parts if it hadn’t been for their fine work. The educated toes of the following players aided immensely in the 1939 league play of the Senior and Junior soccer entries — Stan Rohantynski, Henry Keller, Steve Koroby and Henry Leban. Inter-High hockey was still going strong during this, one of New¬ ton’s greatest sports years. Ted Hall- much, Joe Warecki, Sam Lavitt (who later won the most valuable player trophy while speeding down the ice lanes in Dallas, Texas), Archie Law, Peter Kapusta and Max Labovitch star¬ red on the team. Field day artists in the girls’ events who took honors were Margaret Roth and Connie Krajarski. Jean Tvirdochleb and Jennie Kereluk

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Newtonian 43 showed excellent spiking ability in the girls’ volleyball. 1940-1941 was a banner year for the Nor’Wester rugby aggregation. Every¬ body was a star and therefore we could not pick any one individual. The team romped to city and provincial glory. The players were: J. Douglas, A. Hall, J. Haydack, B. Janes, M. Labovitch, S. Lavitt, L. Offerovich, F. Welch, R. Ward, R. Wareham, J. Mazik, P. Ru- benstein, C. Baron, G. Bergh, B. Bras- chuck T. Dudar, D. Kaplan, V. Kern, S. Kenowicz, S. Markell, W. Olynik, M. Pollick, J. Placentine, J. Solilo, E. Slu- goski, F. Soltys, T. Wach, B. Turkula, T. Waitrowski, P. Yakimeschuk. The guidance of Coach Ches. McCance and the aid of Messrs. Armstrong, Babb and Floyd were prominent factors in the winning of the championship. Basket¬ ball was not so successful this year, but the boys did their best for our Alma Mater. John Roscoe, Percy Rubinstein, Steve Lacomy and Alex Sharowski were the best for the seniors, and Pete Moslovsky and Mike Brock worked hard for the juniors. Field day was also an important event, with Sammy Lavitt and Bill Turkula doing the hon¬ ors for the boys and Wanda Bay and Olga Chelada for the girls. Aileen Ca- par and Wanda Novak were the spark¬ plugs of the championship girls’ senior volleyball team. The junior girls’ vol- leyballers were best served by June Bauer and Audrey Freeman. In 1942 Newton entered an aggressive team in the rugby tournament. Ches. McCance was again the coach of the team included such all-stars as Percy Rubinstein and Ed. Slugoski. Although the team did not win a championship, Ted Wach, Bill Bell, Nestor Swystun, Tom Anderson and Paul Yakimischuk were impressive with their hard-hitting style of play. The Boys’ Junior bas¬ ketball team of 1942 was sparked by the clever playing of Danny Panisko and Ted Homenick, while Met Sawiak and Steve Krymski were the standouts of the Senior team. In the Girls’ sports division of that year, Tillie Stefanik and Jennie Sypush did well for the Senior volleyball team, as did Emily Shipel and Sophie Gregory for the Juniors. The rugby team of 1943 was not vic¬ torious, although S. Scazinetski, G. Webster, F. Hans, G. Heggie, W. Mal- kiewich, J. Stroppa, F. Shero, G. Zakala and B. Bell were standouts on a fight¬ ing team. Wally Romanow and Cyril Cartwirght were the ace footballers on the Senior A soccer team. The Senior “B” team boasted such players as Pete Wesioly and Bill Aronec. The Senior and Junior basketball teams did not win any championships but were high¬ lighted by the skill of Met Sawiak and Orest Hykawy for the former, and Pete Wesioly and Ted Lozanski for the lat¬ ter. 1943 was a gala year for the Girls’ Junior Volleyball team ' because they were declared city champions. Audrey Haine and Vera Pitel were the main cogs of the team. For the Girls’ Senior Volleyball team Olga Goshlak, Lovey Baydack, Violet Lulewick and Audrey Haine always showed top form. In the field day events, John Spottar, Joe Kostecky, Ted Homenick and Max Pol¬ lick were the high individual point-get¬ ters for the boys, while Vicky Fedoruk and Florence Prochera were tops in the girls’ events. The rugby team of 1944, coached by Bill Orban and Larry Desjardins, came very close to taking the honors, but were stopped by Kelvin in the finals. George Gordienko, Harold Bella and Sid Scazinetsky were on the all-star teams of that year because of their fine performance on the gridiron. An injury prevented Johnny Stroppa from showing his real ability. The Senior and Junior basketball teams met with very little success in the term of 1944. The Girls’ Senior Volleyball team won all their s cheduled games and were de¬ clared city champions. Miss Griffiths, who showed them the fundamentals of the game was their capable coach. The Juniors did not win any honors, but gave a good account of themselves. In the boys’ Feld day events Ted Lozanski was the leading point-getter and was closely followed by Wally Koltek, Tom