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

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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- [

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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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JUNIOR BASKETBALL ' i % ' % FIRST ROW (Left to Right): George Dubinsky, Chip Harper, Gord Hutcheson (Cap ' t), Stan Brown, Burt WUliams. SECOND ROW: Fred Stoppel (Mgr.), Fred Gentili, Dave Gilmore, Pat McCabe, Izzie Horowitz, Greg Swaluk, Mr. Gordon (Coach). Absent: Marty Vaivada. The junior basketball team won twelve of its first thirteen games. Then, the Oakers went into a tailspin and ended out of the money. With the starting five of Brown, Hutcheson, Horowitz, Harper, and McCabe it looked as if the O.C.I, juniors would be tough to beat. The campaign got under way at Parkdale where the baby Oakers won 55 to 43. Horowitz scored 29 from long and close shots. McCabe added 10. For their first home game they bombed Bloor 69-39. Horowitz scored 22, Harper 14, Hutcheson scored 12 on long jump shots. For the third game of the year, the Blues again had little or no trouble as they beat Humberside 45-33. For the next contest before a full house at O.C.I, the Oaks were chopped down 41-40 at the hands of Harbord. Izzy Horowitz pumped 14 points in. Harper notched 12 and Hutcheson 9. Oakwood got back on the winning track in the next game by smearing Central Tech 67-35. Stan Brown hit for 21 points to pace the juniors to an easy 76-28 win over the Western Tech squad. Horowitz had 17, Harper 13 and Hutcheson the same. Oakwood continued to annihilate the lesser clubs in the junior circuit. This time it was Bloor. It was the best game the team played all season and the final score was 75-38 for Oakwood. Hut- cheson and Horowitz led the way, Gord getting 16, Izzy tallying for 25 and Brown hitting the target for 15. 86 Parkdale ended Oakwood ' s chances of catching Harbord as they surprised the Blue and Gold 54- 51 in a ding-dong battle at Oakwood. In a tight defensive struggle the Oakers lost their second in a row. Humberside ' s tight zone defence prevented the team from shooting and Humberside hung on to win 36-33. In the next game the Oakers played, they were beaten badly for the first time this year. The story was that Oakwood only hit 19 percent from the field while H.C.I, hit 45 percent. The score was Harbord 69, Oakwood 32. Oakwood ' s next encounter was with Central Tech for third place in the league. In the first minute Harper scored three quick baskets and the game wasn ' t in doubt. Oakwood outdistanced Cen- tral by 77-33. Horowitz counted 21, Hutcheson scored 17 and Greg Swaluk scored 7 points. In the finale at Western Tech, Oakwood was going for 100 points. They fell short but still beat Western by a country mile 89-40. Horowitz poured in 41, Hutcheson hitting from the outside hooped 30, and Bert WiUiams netted 6. In the playoffs in which Oakwood wound up third in the West, the team took on Jarvis which was second in the East. In the first game of the two game total-point series Oakwood came back and won 58-52. Hutcheson had 17, Horowitz 18, and Brown 10. However it was the last basket of that game scored by Jarvis that spelled Oakwood ' s defeat. O.C.I, lost a heartbreaker in the second game 38-30 and lost on the aggregate score 90-88. Horowitz was tops with 12. Congratulations to Mr. Gordon and all the players for a good season. mm fl Wi Wi » 5Wi ! ffl