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

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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

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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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SENIOR BASKETBALL T. S. S. A. A. C H A M P S FIRST ROW (Left to Right): Ray Nielson, Arne Tori, Ed Bobot, Blair Shotsy Slade, Eldon Nagy. SECOND ROW: Bruce McCully (Mgr.), Bob Ajitonyshyn, Gus Fakioni, Marv Morten, Gord Sturgess (Capt.), Sid Ackerman, Mr. R. .Q McKinney (Coach). Oakwood made it two T.S.S.A.A. titles in a row Be- sides winning the Toronto Championship, they won the ■St. Michael ' s College Invitational Tournament, and placed second in the Carleton Tourney in Ottawa. In the season ' s first league game, with four of five starters back from last year ' s champs, Oakwood over- whelmed Parkdale 93-48 Marv Morten led O.C.I, scoring with 25 markers, Ackerman had 20 points — mostly on long 20 foot shots, and Gord Sturgess pumped in 19. At Bloor in their next conference game the boys played sloppily, but still won 64-51. The next league encounter was against Humberside. The Huskies, who had lost their big scoring threat. Bill Moody, didn ' t stand a chance Final score — O.C.I. 78, H.C.I. 36. At this point in the season Oakwood and Harbord were tied for the Western Division lead. Playing at Harbord ' s court (smallest in TSSAA) the boys got off to a slow start in the first half, but outscored Harbord 23-9 in the third stanza, and pulled away to a 76-55 victory. Sturgess was the best player on the court grabbing 25 rebounds and scoring 18 points. Central Tech was the blue machine ' s next victim, as the Oakers drubbed the Engineers 75-50. In the next one, the boys walked off with a 77-33 bat- tering of Western Tech. The boys in blue came up with their highest score since the last Parkdale game as they squeezed by the Dales 87-50. Sid Ackerman was red hot in this one. He hit 12 of 18 field goal attempts and wound up with 29 points. Next they took on Bloor at O.C.I., and as in the pre- vious game with Bloor the Oakers threw away passes, shot erratic, didn ' t hustle, and with two minutes to go led 60-58. Then Morten scored 8 straight to pull it out — final score O.C.I. 71, Bloor 60. Playing on foreign soil at Humberside, the boys led only 5-3 at the end of the first period; but from then on it was Katy bar the door as Oakwood won over the once invincible Humberside 66-44. When Harbord moved in for a crucial game, O.C.I. ' s gym was packed beyond its seams. In this fast, exciting game Harbord tried to outrun the Oakers, but they fell as all others 100-89. Oakwood mowed down the two technical schools in the final week to finish undefeated in the West. They beat C.T. 71-37 and W.T. 78-46. The following week Oakwood played the East ' s fourth place team, Jarvis, in a two game total point series. Oak- wood won both games easily 84r50 and 72-51 to gain a berth in the semi-finals. Morten was terrific in this series; he ripped in 50, and Antonyshyn 32. In the semis first game at Riverdale, O.C.I, was both- ered by the Dales ' bruising tactics and just managed to win 53-45. Morten starred, scoring 22. Back in Oakwood ' s friendly confines, before a capacity crowd of 357, the Oakers manhandled R.C.I, and easily won 67-36. Thus it was that on Saturday night, March the 6th, Toronto ' s two unbeaten cage powers fought it out for the TSSAA championship. It was Oakwood (16-0) versus North Toronto (16-0). Oakwood led from the start, played great defensive ball and moved the ball well. They won coasting 55-31. The difference was Morten who out re- bounded the entire opposition 28 to 27, and almost out- scored them 26 to 31. Gus Falcioni was outstanding in this game. Congratulations to the entire ball club. Special thanks and congratulations to head coach Bob McKinney, and the manager Bruce McCully. To Bob Antonyshyn, Capt. Gord Sturgess and Mary Morten, who will not be back next year, the best of luck. They will surely be missed. 87