Oakwood Collegiate Institute - Oracle Yearbook (Toronto Ontario, Canada)

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T.S.S.A.A. FINALISTS First Row: Gord Sturgess, Larry Brundage, Terjo Valve, Neil Stephenson, Bob Hewett, Blair Slade, Gary Dean. Second Row: Mr. Wright (Coach) Dave Webster, Warren Haller, Doug Tickner, Jim Reid, Ian Campbell, Chip Barrett, Stewart McBain, Bruce Paul, Fred Gentile (Mgr.). F E N S E First Row: Jim Stevenson, Gino Ricci, Fred Stoppel, Rick Mori. Eldon Nagy, Wayne Broom, Arne Tori, Syd Wil- liams. Second Row: Mr. Wright, Wally Switalski, John McDonald, Dave Duffy, Gary Boyles, Bill Franklin, Rick Matsugu, Dave Acheson. Dave Gasparini, Doug Clute (Mgr.) Fted Gentile (Mgr.). 2 i h SENIOR FOOTBALL It was back to school early in September, and the sound of football rang through the lower quarters of the school. The seniors had a lot of potential, but no one knew how far they would go. Many thought that after the East-West game, and our first game with Central that the Oaker ' s weren ' t going too far. We lost our first game 13-0. The next encounter showed otherwise as Oakwood trounced Western 40-0. This was a new team as Warren Haller and Ian Campbell scored two touchdowns each with Chip Barrett and Bruce Paul finishing off the scoring. But again a letdown occurred when a weaker Northern team beat us 13-6. Ian Campbell starred with a great running effort and also scored Oakwood ' s T.D. We made it into the playoffs when T.D. ' s by Bruce Paul, Ian Campbell, Chip Barrett and Larry Brundage led the attack against Harbord 24-19. The quarter-finals marked the start of a determined drive as Ian Campbell scored twice with others going to Gord Sturgess, Warren Haller, Chip Barrett and Dave Gasparini, to give the Oakers a semi-final berth against Central Tech. In that semi-final game, nothing went wrong except for ten minutes of the game. We built up a 25-0 lead going into the last quarter, with Chip Barrett and Ian (Campbell getting two majors each. Then the roof fell in, but we hung on in the final minutes of an exciting game to win 25-20. Then came the big one. What happened? A great many excuses can be given, but Humberside did play the better game and I don ' t think anyone could have beaten them that day. The score was 48-12 and Chip Barrett scored all of Oakwood ' s points. As the season came to an end we were able to look back and be proud of what we did do. The team would like to congratulate Chip Barrett for winning the Most Valuable Player Award and Larry Brundage, Ian Campbell and Chip again for winning honors on the city ' s all star team. Special congrats to Mr. Wright and Mr. Simpson for their excellent coaching. 82

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N First Row: Mike Wolfe, Bob McLeod, Joe Paiero, Jim Serba, Brian Williams, Bob Hewitt, Arnold Marcus, Jolin Swanson, Jeff Moe. Second Row: Gary Longstaff, Mr. McKinney (Coach), Bill Gries, Brian Toll, Peter Lucie, Ed Jurczak, Peter Muel- ler. Peter Petzold (Mgr.) Luigi Gabrielle (Mgr.). First Row: Richard Home, George Dubinsky, Dave Knox, Aldo Buccioni, Chris Evans, Paul Gould, Jack Ranniste, Paul Baker, John McLeod, Ray Fortner. Second Row: Gary Longstaff, Mr. McKinney, Allan Bayley, Cam Dawes, Steve Turvey, Ivan Morten, Frank Toffoli, Tony Lea, John Carnio, Peter Petzold (Mgr.), Luigi Gabrielle (Mgr.). JUNIOR FOOTBALL From the opening practices, it was evident that the ' 63 Juniors, coached by a determined Mr. McKinney were des- tined to reach great heights. The return of some former Juniors and the acquisition of several promising Bantams insured their success. Brian Toll, Mike Wolfe, and Bill Gries scored the touchdowns to pace the Baby Blues to a 19-6 victory over Cen- tral Tech to successfully open the season. Oakwood ' s second encounter resulted in a lopsided 49-6 score over a badly disorganized Western squad. Overcoming an early 6-0 deficit the Blue and Gold stormed back on T.D. ' s by Jurczak, Moe, and Lucie who also threw touchdown passes to Toll, McLeod, and Wolfe. Our third victim was a weak Northern team, which was unable to mount any type of offense against our strong de- fensive team. The offense, led by Lucie ' s five T.D. passes, outclassed the Northern crew by a score of 47-1. The Juniors concluded the regular season with a 26-6 decision over a stubborn Harbord team. Brian Toll led the way with two touchdowns. The quarter-finals pitted a fast Jarvis team against our so-far undefeated Juniors. Brian Toll and Jeff Moe sparked Oakwood to a solid 20-6 win and entry into the semi-finals against Lawrence Park. The semi-final game produced the Blue ' s toughest contest of the season. Trailing 13-7 in the third quarter, John Swan- son caught a Lueic pass on L.P. ' s two yard line from where Ed Jurczak crashed over to tie the score. With only minutes to play, Brian Toll broke away on a spectacular 40 yard run to win the game and give the Blue and Gold a berth in the City Finals. Malvern were the opponents. On several occasions the Oakwood offense was stalled deep in the Malvern zone. The only scoring play of the first half was Alan Bayley ' s 27 yard single. The second half saw a scoreless see-saw battle until the Malvern offense started to grind out yardage in the dying minutes of the game. Their desperation drive was halted when Pete Mueller intercepted a pass to give Oakwood possession on their own 20 yard line. The final gun sounded and Oakwood left the field as City Champs for the 1963 season on the strength of a 1-0 win. Congratulations to the Juniors on winning the cup for the first time since 1929, to Mr. McKinney on a great coach- ing job, and to Brian Toll who was later elected Most Valuable Player. 83