Miles Macdonell Collegiate - Macadonian Yearbook (East Kildonan, Manitoba Canada)

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GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL Front Row: Sandra Johnson, Liz Tanner, Gail Scott, Sonia Smerchansky. , -i p Q j Back Row: Nola James, Maureen Dejong, Brenda Witwichi, Diane Bell. Darlene Iwanson, Carole Beard. GIRLS ' VARSITY BASKETBALL The girls’ varsity team has again put away its uniforms after a valiant effort to reach the finals. The team of 59-60 consisted of Sonia Smerchansky, Nola James, Brenda Witwicki, Gail Scott, Liz Tanner, Darlene Swanson, Sandra Johnson, Diane Bell, Carole Beard, Maureen de Jong. The season opened with a game against West Kildonan on their own court. The final score was in our favour 18-11. As the boys met Brooklands the second week the girls had a “bye.” The girls’ next triumphed over Norwood 28-21, but only to lose by 17-10 to Glenlawn on the following Friday. Glen- lawn then travelled to our home court where they met defeat in our only overtime game by a score of 28-26. Again the girls received a “bye” and then went to Norwood only to be defeated 24-12. West Kildonan then played a return game and was handed another defeat to the tune of 19-12. The team thought that this game was the last of the year but found out one week later that they were tied with Norwood for last play-off position. In an after four sudden death play-off game Miles Mac triumphed 24-11. That week four games were play ed in five days, one being an exhibition. On Wednesday St. James paid us a visit and trounced us 46-30. Thursday the team rushed to St. James hoping for revenge only to lose by ONE point with a score of 23-22. The team would not wear their uniforms again this year. The top three scorers for the 59-60 year are Gail Scott, Sonia Smerchansky and Brenda Witwicki res¬ pectively. We would now like to take the opportunity to thank Betty Greschner, a former player of this school, who turned out to coach us. We greatly appreciate her splendid effort and regret that her hard work did not produce better results. Rene Day was appointed by Betty to take our after four prac¬ tices. We thank Rene for all his hard work. We would like to wish the future teams of Miles Mac all the luck to go all the way. Gail Scott Liz Tanner 55

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Front Row: Bob Smith, Dave Confrey, Garth Mitchell, Bob Brickey, Bob Jackson, Jim Gillies. Back Row: Jim Westmacott, John Mellin, Gary McEwan (Equipment Manager), Wayne Zurba, Doug Birt. BOYS ' VARSITY BASKETBALL TOP SCORERS Rene Day 130 pts. Garth Mitchell 92 pts. Doug Birt 60 pts. TOP PERCENTAGES Dave Confrey 38% Robert Brickey 36% Rene Day 35% RECORDS: Rene Day scored 34 pts. against Brooklands as MMC won 78-15 ALL STARS: Garth Mitchell, Doug Birt, Rene Day “Up and at ’em, ruff, ruff, ruff; We’re the team that’s really tough.” These words made everyone’s heart thump at fever pitch as game conditions brought hoarse throats and slaps to the backs of teachers and stu¬ dents. Ron Brickey’s “Buckeyes” travelled to West Kil- donan and returned with a 47-42 squeeze. Garth Mitchell’s no-look jump shot netted him 8 points. Robert Brickey had the crowd gasping with his swishers from center. The three shorties, John Mal- lin, Wayne Zurba, and Doug Birt played well on defense. Dave “the mouse” Confrey’s end zone layups give him 16, top for the night. Norwood left with a 54-48 decision. Smiling Doug Birt scored 25 points for his best game of the season. The experienced Brickey machine swamped the “never-say-die” Brookland Chappies 96-15. Deadly shooting by Glenlawn left MMC at the short end of a 65-32 contest. Rene Day, improved play originator, and Garth Mitchell chained 10 points apiece. Shifty eyes Bob Brickey still remains as “eazel” (cool) man for the team. John Ayotte and his mates provided thrills aplenty as they crept by 75-59. Rene Day, leading scorer, scored 18 while Garth Mitchell and Dave Confrey netted 12 apiece. 51-50 reminds 11 players of the night when their playoff hopes vanished. A large MMC crowd cheered hard, but the fellas couldn’t net the extra points. Team captain, Garth Mitchell did his best with 19 points. Wayne “Pierre” Zurba’s injured heel added anxiety to the night’s excitement. Spirits fell as Norwood squeaked by with foul shots in the last 14 seconds. The season’s largest crowd, and the retirement of coach Brickey, inspired the “Buckeyes” to a de¬ cisive 67-30 bout over West Kildonan. Rene Day scored 19, while Bob Brickey and John Mallin bombed 14 and 13 respectively. Ed Smith had the bench on their feet as he chained his first basket of the season. CONFIDENTIAL CAPERS??? BEST BOOB: The dressing of the team manager in blue shorts and size seven sneakers. EMBARRASSMENT: The cork from the green jug popped and flew across the gym floor. —Gary McEwen XIA 54

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Back Row: Wayne Russell, Arnold Dettman, Bill Galbecka, Ell- wood Smyrl, Marvin Weselake. Front Row: Gary Milne, Gordon Goodman, Gordon Spearing, Ralph Lamoureaux, Orville Buffie. XI-B—GIRLS INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL CHAMPS Pat Haigh. Luellyn Hunter, Dale Knoll, Dawney Kwiatkoski, Wendy Horrick. BOYS ' INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL In our Intra-Mural basketball league this year there were fourteen teams all told; there were three grade twelve teams, four grade eleven teams and seven grade ten teams. Each team played six sched¬ uled games plus the play-offs and the final, if they qualified. The final between the grade twelve and eleven series was won by twelve C, by a score of 22-17. The senior boys then met the grade ten champs, ten E, who previously had beat ten H 20 to 13. Incidentally the big boys of Twelve C won the game by a score of 46-9. High scores for the winners were Lamoroux and Spearing with sixteen points apiece. Yaciuk got the high score honours for the losers with four points. It is regrettable that Eleven C did not play any games throughout the regular season, but due to a misplaced entry sheet somewhere along the line they did not appear on the schedule. They were however, allowed into the semi-finals, only to be beaten out on their second game by Twelve C, who as was mentioned before went on to be school champs. The thanks of the Intra-Mural teams goes out to the men of the Varsity Basketball Team and to the P.T. instructor who kept the league running. —Bryan Krecsy GIRLS ' INTRA-MURAL BASKETBALL At the closing of the intra-mural basketball year, XA and XIB were the winners of the two schedules. These two rooms met in a knock-down, drag-out series with XIB winning two out of three games with scores of 10-8 and 12-7 respectively making them intra-mural champs. This same team has won the championship for two consecutive years. There was active participation in the latter part of the schedule, with good sportsmanship through¬ out. Thanks goes to the sports reps, and the students for making this a successful intra-mural basketball season. —Luellyn Hunter XIB 56