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

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BASKETBALL FIRST ROW: Lynda Foster, Bonnie Gislason, Betty Kostick, Pat Kostick, Captain; Joyce Mary Craven, LAST ROW: Joan Wilkinson, Mavis Dixon, Shirley Dudeck, Miss Y. Strimbiski, Coach; Fran Negrych, Manager; Audrey Baldoke, Linda Walker. The Girls ' Varsity Basketball team won 5 games and lost 3 in the 1961-62 season. This placed them in the semifinals against West Kildonan. The first game was played at Miles Mac with West Kildonan the victor. The second game was played at West Kildonan with West Kildonan once more coming out on top, thereby shattering Miles Mac ' s hopes of entering the finals. The girls had a very successful season, however, and deserve to be congratulated.

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VARSITY FIRST ROW: Mr. Cyr, Sponsor; Bob Jackson, Captain; Mr. Martin Terry, Coach. SECOND ROW: Ted Chmielowiec, Manager; Gord Murphy, Don Hunter, Dave Confrey, Dave Walker, Ken Mailey. LAST ROW: Vic Romanov, John Mallin, Richard Taggart, Adriaan Van Reede. MISSING: Brian Rowden. The regular season play began on January 5, 1962, at Windsor Park Collegiate. The Buckeyes registered their first league victory 35-31. By the end of the season the Buckeyes had won 4 games and lost 5, tying with West Kildonan for third place in the league, calling for a play-off game to determine who would go on into the semifinals. The Buckeyes made sure of this game as they salted away a 65-50 victory over the visitors. Wednesday, March 21st found the green and gold tribe playing the second place team in the first game of the semifinals. The boys suffered a discouraging defeat 59-43. The second game of the semifinals found the Buckeyes with their backs against the wall and they rallied to take this game with a 63-51 victory. The game that counted in this series took place on Saturday night. The Buckeyes made no mistake about who was going to win. They grabbed an early lead and held it throughout the game. The final score was 76-61. March 27, found the Buck¬ eyes out for the big stakes, the championship, which they played their hearts out against the Normacs in the early part of the first game. The Buckeyes had a 14 point lead but by the end of the third quarter it had dwindled to 3 points, and the fourth quarter was disasterous as the Buckeyes lost their lead and the Normacs went home with a 58-50 victory. After a very successful sea¬ son, the boys of the Varsity Bas¬ ketball team would like to thank the cheerleaders and all the loyal supporters for the moral support they gave the team. A

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VARSITY FIRST ROW: Bob Jackson. SECOND ROW: Gary McEwen, Ed Smith. THIRD ROW: Jerry Webb, Gord Murphy, Terry MacDonald, Dave Schab, Mr. L. Elfenbaum. FOURTH ROW: Dave Walker, Alvin Barrett, Allan Flatt, Dave Kisil. The league opener for Miles Mac was at West Kildonan on October 2nd. This was a disasterous afternoon as the Buckeyes walked home with their first defeat. The following Wednesday the green and gold spikers travelled north to River East Collegiate to play the neighbouring North Kildonan six. The game was close at the begin¬ ning but near the end the experience of the Miles Mac Club started to show as they made fewer mistakes than their opponents. A week later Miles Mac played their first home game against West Kildonan Collegiate. The Buckeyes did not seem to have enough steam as West Kildonan gained another victory after a hard fought game. On Monday October 18th, Miles Mac made a trip to Windsor Park. This game was Miles Mac ' s from the first serve until the last whistle. They had very little trouble knock¬ ing over the short St. Boniface team. The following Wednesday the Buckeyes were host to Norwood. This proved to be a very exciting game with Miles Mac losing on the last serve. It was a well fought game all the way Miles Mac ' s first encounter with Transcona was a successful one. They dumped the green and white Furies in championship style. This was the best team effort of the Buckeyes this season. Windsor Park travelled to the East Kildonan Collegiate and made another unsuccessful attempt to tame the green and gold team from Miles Mac. The East Kildonan lads made good use of their height advantage. The game on October 30th at Nelson McIntyre was a thriller. The Buckeyes won the first match by six points. They lost the second match by two points. The rubber match was finally lost by the socre of 20-18. Transcona then travelled to East Kildonan Miles Mac again showed the green and white Furies who was boss. The Furies never seemed capable to rally more than two points at any time. The final league game was played at home on November 1st against the River East lads. Our own boys had very little trouble in subduing their opposition in two straight games. Thursday, November 9th was the big night the valleyball playoffs were held at the University of Manitoba Students ' Union Field House. The Buckeyes played the league win¬ ners, West Kildonan, in their opening game. This was a disasterous night for Miles Mac as the Buckeyes were wiped out in their first game. West Kildonan was the eventual winner of the tournament. After a successful season theBoys ' Varisty Volleyball team would like to thank their faithful supporters who never gave up until the last whistle. The team is sorry they did not bring the championship home to Miles Mac but with more experience next year they hope to do better.