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

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T.S.S.A.A. CHAMPS I I Front Row: S. Campbell, P. Lake, M. Katz, D. Pearse, W. Lopozansky, F. Stewart, D. Brody. Second Row: Mr. N. Wilson- (Coach). B. Cardell (Mgr.), D. Kushnir, J. Clark, M. Ingber, J. Spawls, R. Matsugu, F. Sayers (Mgr.). F E N S E First Row: M. Addler, T. Elek, G. Bell, J. Goldberg, S. Goldband, R. Lechnor, J. Brownlee. Second Row: Mr. N. Wilson, W. Pidhemey, M. Peitrangelo, W. Yatabe, J. Barnes, A. Marcocua, B. Sniderman, M. Sequin. ' , BANTAM FOOTBALL The Oakwood Bantams had great success in powering their way to an undefeated season and the championship. The year began w ith an exhibition game against our pre- season rivals Lawrence Park. We won with a hard fought 25-13 win. As the regular season opened and we faced Parkdale, a tight first half was scoreless but then we pulled together and won 12-0 with touchdowns going to John Clark and Ron Matsugu. Next week Bloor were our opponents. The offence scored quickly with John Spawls and John Clark tallying the points. The final score was 13-0. The following Monday a much improved Harbord team had us on our backs for a whUe until we settled down, contained their speedy quarterback, and took the game 12-0. Clark and Spawls got the scores. This marked the third game in which the defence had not given up a point. The North Toronto game promised to be quite a battle. On the Norsemen ' s first series of downs they pushed the defence to the shadow of the goalposts. Then we tightened up and held. The offense started to roll and started to score points. John Clark had quite a game by scoring 24 points on 4 T.D. ' s John Spawls scored the other 6 points to round out our 30 point total. When the dust had cleared we were on the winning side of a 30-18 score. In the quarter-finals North Toronto scored early and held a 6-0 lead until about 2 minutes were remaining in the game. John Spawls tied the score. The game finished in a tie and in the overtime period John Clark scored on a beauti- ful 65 yard run to give us the victory 12-6. In the semi-finals we easily overpowered Northern, inflicting a crushing 21-0 defeat. John Spawls scored 2 T.D. ' s. John Clark picked up 6 points and Walter Lappozanski scored 3 points with a safety touch and a conversion. The tight defense registered its fourth shutout of the season. In the finals the Oakers had the game well in hand as we marched to a 24-12 triumph. The point-getters were Dan Kushnir with one major, John Clark with one major and John Spawls who counted twice. Congratulations go out to all the Bantam players for a wonderful season. Special congratulations go to Mr. Wilson, our dedicated coach and leader. 84

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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

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HOCKEY FIRST ROW: (left to right) Ricky Mori, Ted Fulton, Gary Dean, Bruce Paul, Bill Gries, John Swanson, Pete Winnell. SECOND ROW: Paul Reynolds, Chip Barrett, Sam Tanaka, Ian Campbell (Cap ' t.), Brian Toll, Chris Evans, Norm Bracht, Sid Cooper (Coach). Absent: Rick Matias (Mgr.). Oakwood ' s hockey team was picked at the be- gining of the season for an almost sure last posi- tion in the league, but as the points were added at the end of the season, standings showed that Oak- wood finished up in first place. To start the hoc- key season, Oakwood took its annual trip to Buf- falo and took its annual drubbing from Nichol ' s College 7 goals to 3. In the T.S.S.A.A. Oakwood ' s crew got off to a much better start winning 4 out of the first 5 games with victories over Central Tech 3-1, Bloor C. I. 2-1, Harbord, Humberside, and losing a close game to Western Tech 6-4 which ended up be- ing their only loss of the year. In the second haK of the regular season Oak- wood had a perfect record, with wins over Central 5-0, Harbord 9-1, Western 2-1, Humberside, and Bloor. Oakwood ' s defensive unit of Bruce Paul, Gary Dean and John Swanson were a Uttle rusty at the beginning of the season, but as the season pro- gressed, Oakwood ' s defense ended up being the best in the Western League. The Oakwood forwards, who were shuffled around until the right combinations were formed, made the scoring punch equal on each line. All- star centre Ian Campbell led the scoring race with 9 goals and 7 assists with wing-mate Sam Tanaka picking up 3 goals and 3 assists and all-star left- winger Brian Toll scoring 7 goals and 7 assists. On the second line, behind Campbell in the scoring race was all-star Chris Evans with 8 goals and 7 assists with wing-mates Norm Bracht and Punch Gries scoring 6 goals and 5 assists and 3 goals and 7 assists respectively. Up until this point there has been no mention of Oakwood ' s goal-tending. The goal-tending of Pete Winnell was the best in the West although he was not placed on an all-star team. Pete ' s stand out performance showed up in every game and showed up best in the 2-1 victory over Western Tech which clinched the 1st place finish for the Blues. Though we didn ' t make it to Maple Leaf Gar- dens this year, Oakwood gave it an all-out effort but was defeated by our old rival Malvern, in a two-game total point series, 8 goals to 6. This year ' s success could not have been pos- sible without the hard work and time put forth by coach Sid Cooper, who had the job of pulling the loose strings together and organizing a team fit for league competition. Players and fans both would agree that it was a job well done. 85 r- [