Port Perry High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Port Perry, Ontario Canada)

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The Cheerleaders of P.P.H.S. A ' CSondra Jamesl . D F-o-r-t P-e-rHr4y,' what does that spell? Port Perry, of course, which is the ringing cry of victory echoing 1 through the whole school. Vitality, energy, ambition, looks, the height of under five foot three, and the ability to yell good and loud are the requirements to become one of the outstanding cheerleaders of Port Terry High School, Donna Dowson, fthe leaderl, Kay Hallet, Marion Forster, Yvonne Eilner, Barbara Hunter, and Isabel Gibson fsubstitutel certainly fill these requirements and you would agree if you only saw them in action. We are sorry that Helen Judge, one of our cheerleaders, has left us, but we are sure Parbara Hunter is quite capable of filling the vacancy. HRed and 'hite, Red and White. These are the colours for which We fightv. The five darlings come tripping into the centre of the gymnasium in their flashing red and white uniforms composed of red corduroy skirts, collars and pealol caps. 'hite sweaters, socks and red and white saddle shoes. They stand for a second, and then the action begins. It is a thrilling sight to see these girls perform-- a sight which means courage for our team and likely'a Winning game, which may put the school on top of the league. Yes! They are the cheerleaders of Port Perry High School and we are very proud of them, Whether it be on the home floor of in distant places such as the gymnasium of the College of Education or the Inter-School Track and Field Veet at Bowmanville,' ' The cheerleaders aopreciate the efforts and encouragement of their staff advisor, fiss Freel. Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, , We have a school, haven't you heard? We've got the coach, we've got the team, Come on Port, put on the steam! Razale dazzle, zip-bing-bang!- We belong to the Port Perry gang, Are we happy, well I should smile, We haven't had a trimming in quite a while!

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Junior Basketball Team CKay Aldredj This season was a successful one, but unfortunately we were unable to place first in the league. We took second place however, and are still looking forward to a more successful season next year. Our team this year was in competition with Lindsay and Uxbridge. The first 'a Q was played in Port Perry against Uxbridge and proved to be the best game for the fans. The last few minutes caused our defeat, as Uxbridge came from behind to win the game 26-25. We won two out of the four league games played, thus placing second behind Lindsay and ahead of Uxbridge. We also won three exhibition games which were played with Oshawa Central Juniors at Oshawa, Whitby juniors at Port Perry, and O. C. V. I. fOshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute? Juniors at Port Perry. Jean Williams was our star forward and Vera Howsam proved to be our most effective guard. We are sure that everyone did their best and enjoyed playing every game. Forwards uuards Jean Williams Vera Howsam Kent Gerrow Freida McCullough Marina Lee -Libby Drake Kay Aldred Nancy Kight Marilyn Walker Mary Jean Dobson Joan Chapin Beverley Mfchell Betty Powell Jean Samells Barbara Love GRADE lX -- UKBRIDGE BASKETBALL TOURKAHENT CCaroline Naplesl Grade nine girls were notified by Miss Mac Gregor that the P.T. teacher at Uxbridge, Mrs. Keating, had asked them to take part in a Basketball tournament between four schools These schools were Richmand hill, Pickering, Uxbridge and Port Perry, each of which sent two teams. Full of life for the day ahead, the girls met at the school on Saturday morning. We left Port at approximately ten-thirty arriving in Uxbridge just in time to be notified that we were to play right away against Pickering's WAN team. Port'sNAN team played th's girls and we won 23-3. This proved to be a very good game. Next the HBH team of Port Perry played Uxbridgels NEW team and Port was defeated 23-6. Tnis was an excellent game and even if we lost, our girls were good sports to the finish There were many contests betweei the other schools, before we played our next games. The next exhibition of interest to us took place when our first team played Richmond Hill. The teams were about evenly matched throughout the games until Richmond Hill got a couple of free shots and won the game l3-lO. . when the fanal tallies were made, it was announced that the tournament winners were Uxbridge, who truly deserved it.

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SENIOR GIRLS' BASKETBALL TLAM l953 Doris DeNure The senior basketball team had a very successful year. They won their inter-school league which consists of Lindsay Uxbridge, and Port Perry. Uxbridge gave them some close games but as usual Mayrene James broke the tie to come up with the winning basket. The team then ventured on to Bowmanville to play against the winners of the Bowmanville-Whitby league. We lost our first game by one basket after keading through most of the game, but managed to cover it up by defeating them l5-7 on the return trip. Peterborough league came next. The first game, which was at T terborough, was very exciting. Port Perry took the lead until during the last quarter when the lead was taken first by one team and then the other. Both teams potted a few long fluke shots, but the final score was l7-16 for the Petes. Port Werry made up for this by trounging them l7-8 on our home floor. Peterborough played a good game, but couldn't get any points due to Port's close guarding. This victory gave the girls the Lakeshore title. Te then entered the C.C.S.S.A. semi-finals in the O.C.E. gymnasium in Toronto. Central Cntario is divided into four districts, Bay of Quinte, Lakeshore, Niagara, and Georgian Bay, so it takes in a large territory. We first faced Bellegille, Bay of Quinte champs in a sudden death game. The first half time of the game was a close struggle, with a tie after half time of the game, Then Port took the offensive and held the lead until the whistle went to end the game with a score of l7- 13. - In the evening we played against the Beamsville team which had won the Niagara title and badly defeated the Georgian Bay champs, Newmarket. Thisiwas the final game for the C.C.S.S.A. championship. The guards could not hold back these tall for- wards. Both teams played the same type of game, but Beamsville had it all over us in height. Two of the Beamsville forwards got a total of forty points out of the fifty. The final score was 50-18 but in spite of the score Port played a hard game until the last minute. Port won exhibition games with the two Oshawa schools and Whitby. The guards did fine work and much of the credit goes to their close checking of the opposing forwards. The for- wards always seemed to save the day by sinking a shot just when it was needed most. This is a great tribute to first- year coach Miss MacGregor, who has done a wonderful job in coaching this team through so many victories and also our former teachers5Miss Lawrence and Miss Smith. Guards Marv Nilson Shirley Vance Vera Howsam Bmry Munroe Marion Kight Margaret Leask Joan Cook Forwards Mayrene James Cathryn Hall Georgia Brock Doris Dehure Margaret McKee Catherine Hewitt Jean filliams