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

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Senior Basketball fDonald Dowsonl - The senior basketball team had quite a successful season this year as they duplicated the record compiled in league play bv last Vearfw team-this beiqetwng'fbr the league title with Whitbv, but eventually being beaten out bv our Whitby rivals in a two-game, total point play-off. The inter-school league comprised teams from Uxbridge, Port Perry and Whitby. The team was composed of Captain Norman Hatgsnfan ex- perienced seniorj, John Waldinsperger Clast year s junior captainl, while the remaining players were either juniors or seniors of little experience- assistant captain Peter Sulman, Don Dowson, Larry Kendall, Don Ccdk, Poster Rowland and Sin- clair Robertson. lt should, hofever, be mentioned that considerable of the teams success should go to-the juniors who were allowed, by league rules, to play one senior game, and still be classified as junior. While all the junior thus participated in one senior game, Don Cook moved up to senior and played permanently for them-contributing nuch toward their success. ' In regular league play Port Perry Seniors downed Uxbridge twice by scored of hh-50 and 5O-ZO3 they trimmed Whitby by a 61-L3 count on their home floor only to lose out in the last game of the schedule by 74-35 at Whitby-this game eventu3llY costing the locals their league championship. In the play-off 'which followed and being unable to use any of the first string juniors, Port seniors lost to Whitby L3-39 at home and by a decisive 72-L5 count at Whitby. ln exhibition games with Lindsay A seniors the locals were beaten 59-29 an Lindsay and 39-25 at home. They were also outclassed badly by the Oshawa Cnntral A seniors 55-23. However the P.P.H.S. senior quintet came up with a fine showing against the Oshawa O.C.V.l. seniors being narrowly beaten out at home 33-3l and 38-33 in Oshawa. They did win two exhibition contests, one against St. Peter's seniors L7-24 and the other against Oshawa Central Junior A's by a 56-46 tally. 'Big Norm Haugen, on whom the team relied for its scoring punch, deserves much credit, while Pete Sulman whoaifine play and team spirit earned him the first by winner of the Jack Griffen Memorial Trophy as WThe Boy Basketball player of the yearn. Mr. Parkinson,as coach of the team, also deserves congratulations. The scoring statistics for the past season were- Norman Haugen, l9hg Peter Sulman, 89, John Waldinsperger, 735 Larry Kendall, 553 Don Cook, 95 and Don Dowson, 8.

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Qgys Intramural Qports While the track and field meet of the fall, and the winter basketball schedule highlighted this year's athletic activties, there was nevertheless an interesting intramural programme. Taking apeak into the basketball picture we note that while the junior and senior team practiced before school beganlthose 7 A 9 affairsl, the noon hours onfMondey and Wednesdayialloted to the boysl provided time for intramural bisketbill lelgue. Fifteen teams, each captined by a A junior or senior team player, played twenty gdnes in which every boy attending P.P.H.S. had Q chance to participate. Thanks.to some enthusiastic co-operation from student referees CJohn Ugldinsperger, Peter Sulmen, Jack Owen, Bud Werrinerl headed by Norm Haugen, the schedule ran through smoothly. - With teams lined up for an intergrade basketball play-off, the gymnasium underwent a complete face-lifting, rendering it unavailable so that the 1951-52 Cage Champs may not be declared until our year book has been published. ns for-volleyball, numerous glnes were played during the latter. pert of P.T. periods and the game caught on very well as a boys' game. ln a special 91 vs 93 volleyball game, John Somerville's 9B's downed Keith Bacon's 91's by an 18-5 count. With sonerville as Grade 9 captain and Jack Owen heading the grade lO entry, the lO's triumphed 26-18. Larry Kendall lead the Grade ll volleybellers to e 21-14 victory over John Naldinsperger's Grade 12 squad. ln the finals Grade lO and Grade ll put on quite a display with the Tenners winning out es the P.P.H.S. Boys lntergrade Volleyball Champions for 1951-52 by score of 21-14. With an eye to future interschool volleyball a junior and senior exhibition series was played with the Uxbridge lads. The senior game was a real thriller, with the Port lads finally winning out 21-16, while the P.P.H.S. juniors won in convincing fashion, 21-5., While all the Port lads played well, George Cochrane and Bud Uarriner were partic- ulerily strong offensively for the Juniors and Seniors respectively. While the intcrgrade softball plly-off is at present underway, the 12 ell-stars headed by Pat Hayes eliminated Gary Lawrence's Grade ll squad 7-5, with Roy Lane turning in some fine pitching for the winners. The winners of Grade 9 Ccaptined by George Cochranel and Grade 10 Kled by pitcher Stan Naylor! will eventually play Grade 12 for the intergrade softball'championship. This looks like a fine series as a finall to our intramural programme. A pleasant after-four softball double header wie played at Port Perry on May 6 with the Uxbridge Juniors and Seniors providing the opposition for the locals. The senior game was a close one, with the P.P.H.S. seniors coming out on the long end of a 12-ll score, with Pete Sulman getting the pitching victory with John Pallock pitching shutout ball in the final frame to protect our one-run lead. ln the junior game young Stan Naylor of Grade lOB twirled a fine gime.striking out 7 and being the winning pitcher in L gene that saw the Port lads down the Uxbridge Juniors lO-5. Lawrence, Owen, Drake, Peel and Warriner, who were key figures in our basketball success, looked equally at home on the softball diamond and, together with Naylor's steady pitching, spelled defeat for their Uxbridge rivals. Before leaving softball, we must note that John Pallock, who will still be eligible for junior high school competion next year is undoubtedly one of, if not the finest, young softball pitchers seen in Port Perry in many a year, when the high school challenges the town softball all-stars it will be young John who takes the mound for our junior-senior P. P. H. S. all-sttrs. Still to be coupleted this year is a inter-grade floor hockey play- off with the Grade ll squad capteined by Earl Dobson having edged Don Hadden's l2's, 6-5. Oapitalizing on this year's experience we hear that plans for next year call for an earlier scheduling of intergrade play-offs.