Lowe High School - Towers Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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PAGE SIXTY-FOUR •THE TOWERS ' 1 9 4 8 — 1 9 4 9 BOYS ' SPORTS • GYM TEAM lPictured l.elt to Right) Al Harris, Mac Dunbar, Fred Alienhoff, Richard l.aieunnessc. Carl Glaaewaki, Nicky Krayacich, John Gordash, Rolland Hcwson, Marvin Johnson, Bill Ewaschuk. Rudolphc Gclinas, and Philip Burback. (Absenf from photo ) Ron Harris and Mike Sozonchuk. • GYM TEAM The Vocational Gym Team is still progres¬ sing rapidly towards becoming the best in On¬ tario and maybe even in Canada. The gym team has been active since the beginning of the year. They have visited the University of Michigan at AnnArbor twice, and have had the Turner Club over to our school once. Marvin Johnson, all-around Provincial Champ in 1948, made a trip to Montreal for a well-known health magazine. In Montreal he demonstrated his gymnastic ability along with other top-ranking performers. Mike Sozon- chuck and Mac Dunbar visited the Turner Club of Detroit once to display their showmanship abilities at a party. Under the guiding hand of “Flash Bulb Bernie Newman, the Gym Team practices every night if possible. The Team plans on entering the Provincial Gymnastic Meet in Toronto this year. • CROSS COUNTRY The Cross-Country Track Meet was held as usual this year with a good list of entries. Joe Sobocan broke the tape for the seniors when he crossed the finish line at 20 minutes and 21 seconds. John Bryant and Bill Veres came in second and third respectively. Bill Fioret won in the junior group with a time of 24 minutes and 24 seconds. Stan. Aver and C. Rossell came in second and third respectively. These boys can be proud of their time in these events. Red Cross Assembly . . . (Continued from Page 58) Lady Provincial Nursing Officer, and Mrs. M. Jones, O.B.E., Lady District Officer. Mrs. Anderson gave out the certificates. She told us that the St. John Ambulance Bri¬ gade goes as far back as the Crusades and is the oldest order of chivalry in the world. It is a British organization, but any nationality may enter. By completing our First-Aid course we can contribute greatly to the public after we graduate. Some of us may want to devote our life to the nursing career. It is not an easy task to complete your First-Aid course successfully, but it is an hon¬ our worth striving for.

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• W.S.S.A. FINALS The Vocational Rough Riders (as usual) and Kennedy Clippers were the teams lined up for the W.S.S.A. Vocational showed their su¬ periority by whizzing the puck past the Clip¬ pers’ goalie six times while Kennedy put it past Vocational’s goalie only three times. The second game of the series was the most exciting and nerve grinding of the entire season. At 8:50 of the third period, Vocational was trail¬ ing by one goal and needed two to win. So Elmer Skov saw this and took the puck from Martin Zorica and scored. Then Elmer got a pass from Dick Bendick and pulled the goalie out and trickled the puck in the open goal at 19:00. The star of the W.S.S.A. Finals was Elmer Skov. Facts About The Hockey Team— Guess who the two players are who spent the most time in penalty box, yes, that ' s right, Martin and Joe Zorica . . . The most gentleman player is Elmer Skov . . . The first official goal was scored by Elmer Skov. Elmer ' s brother Glen made it last year . . . The first penalty was given to Joe Zorica . . . The Windsor Star calls Martin Zorica the “Bad Man of the Vocational team . . . The three top scorers of the team: Martin Zorica, Elmer “Flash” Skov, and Scot¬ ty” Bissett . . . Close behind them came Dick Bendick, Bob Brown, and Rudy Daldin. • Semi-Final Playoffs When the Semi-Final Playoffs came around we found Patterson our oppo¬ nent, the same as last year. We played the first game on a Monday and beat the Panthers 7 to 3. We played the second and last Semi-Final game on a Wednesday and white¬ washed them 5 to 0. We won the Semi- Finals by a good-looking score of 12 to 3. BOYS ' SPORTS • HOCKEY TEAM ONTARIO HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPIONS Back Row — Bob Smith, Trainei Robert Bridges. Middle Row — Jim Ash. Student Manager Rudy Daldin $te e Slavik Jack Siddlc Elmer Skov Jerry Slavik Mr. F. Barnes, Coach. Front Row — Bob Brown Martin Zorica Ronald Bendick Murray Cameron Dick Bendick. Absent — Scotty Bissett Joe Zorica Basil Vandenhcrghc • HOCKEY W. D. Lowe Vocational students can again claim the best secondary school hockey team in Windsor. For the third year in succession, Vocation¬ al ' s brilliant hockey team remained undefeated. No words we know could express praise enough for captain Martin Zorica and his team. The hockey schedule for the 48-49 season started on December 15, 1948, with Tech lined up against Sandwich, whom we defeated 5 to 3. The next game was against Assumption whom we trampled 9 to 2. Then, after trampling As¬ sumption, we walked all over Patterson 7 to 0. Then came the toughest team we found to beat — Walkerville—they held us to a 3 to 3 tie. Kennedy, the second place team, met us, but we defeated them too—6 to 2. We had played every team in the league now and we started all over. We met Sandwich again and plastered them 7 to 2. Patterson and Assumption came up to meet us and went down to a tune of 9 to 1 and 4 to 2 respectively. We met Walkerville again and made up for the tie in the first game by edging them 4 to 3. Around Kennedy came again, and again we spanked them 4 to 1. This completed the schedule for the 48-49 season. The next games we played were the Semi-Final Playoffs.

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PACE SIXTY-IIVH • SENIOR BASKETBALL —By JOHN KUPICKI The uaion of 48-49 found the luckless Lowe (quad without a playoff birth. In the opening game against St. Joei, the Roughriders walked off with a 33-28 victory. The fir»t half of the game wa» exceptionally rough with many foul being called against both teams. Play was very fast in the first half although the scor¬ ing was very low, and ending with St. Joes, on top by a 17-14 score. In the second half both teams slowed down and played a smoother brand of ball. Macko, Skarbek and Bissett were scorers getting 8, 6 and 6 points respecti¬ vely. In the followinj game with Sandwich. Lowo lost a heartbreaker by the score of 48-41. The game was featured by smooth playing on the part of the Lowe team. Bissett and Skar¬ bek were high scorers with 10 and 8 points. Losing their next two games to Kennedy and Walkerville by scores of 43-32 and 43-38, the Roughriders had a 3 loss and 1 win record. Coach Arnold Harrison, very determined to make the play-offs, began to bear down on the squad in practices. Entering their fifth game against the Assumption Purple Raiders, the Lowe team were heavy underdogs. Flooring their regular team, the Roughriders got off to a good start and built up a comfortable lead at half time by the score of 21-19. The feature of the first half was a freak shot executed by Ed¬ die Rocheleau. In the second half, the Assump¬ tion team began to roll and steadily cut down Lowe ' s lead to one point late in the third quar¬ ter. In the fourth quarter, Lowe increased the lead steadily but again was cut down when BOYS ' SPORTS • SENIOR BASKETBAI.I Ufl to Right — P ul Macko Eddv Rochclcau Ed Skarbek Johnny Pillar Bob Dawson Scotly Bissett Pat Mailloux. Macko and Mailloux were put out of the game for committing five fouls. The game ended with Lowe on top by a 33-31 score. With their 2 win—3 loss record, all hopes were shattered when Patterson trounced them by a score of 52-39. Dawson and Bissett scored 10 points each during the contest. In the last game of the season, Riverside edged Lowe by the score of 28-21. This game featured a fast, accurate shoot¬ ing Riverside team taking the measure of a poor looking Lowe squad. • JUNIOR BASKETBALL The opening whistle of the season found St. Joseph ' s visiting Lowe on our floor. The game featured very rough play on the part of both teams. The Lowe cagers started slowly and trailed St. Joe’s by the score of 14 to 10 at half time. This lead was cut down in the sec¬ ond half, Puioll and Varga scoring six points apiece, until final victory, 27 to 25. In the next game. Sandwich took the mea¬ sure of the Roughrider five, and scored a close 29-28 victory over them. This game featured fast, smooth ball-handling on the part of both teams. Late in the last quarter, with Lowe leading by a point. Sandwich scored a fast bas¬ ket which won the game. With a win and a loss under their belt, the Lowe players dropped four straight games—to Kennedy, Walkerville, Assumption, and Patter¬ son—all thes e teams proving to be very tough opponents. In the final game, Lowe trimmed Riverside and ended the season with two vic¬ tories and five defeats. • JUNIOR BASKKTBAII Botk Ron — J. Siddlc 0. Burkoski J. Pillsr B. Bortolloltl N. Ysrco M. Invcrarity Front A’oir- I.. Panontin L. Truant D. Scott M. Cameron M. Uhrin.