Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School - Collegiate Yearbook (Sarnia, Ontario Canada)

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THE COLLEGIATE 121 SENIOR BASKETBALL TEAM Standing-H. Lockhart, A. Hayne, XV. Reid CCapt.D, Mr. Meudizabal, B. lllillman, B. Prcutt, I. Lewis. Kneeling-S. Austin, R. O'ticld, P. James. wards. Hutton was perhaps St. Thomas' best although Vicary and Ioliffe were the main factors de- fensively. The Sarnia team, on the whole, were off form and although everyone tried hlard, the basket could not be reached. Paul Hatch of the VVestern University handled the game and did so very credit-ably. St. Thomas 43-S.C.I. 22 The return game with St. Thomas was played in the school gym on Friday, February 7, before a large crowd. The St. Thomas team Won by a score of 43-22 and consequent- ly eliminated Sarnia from the VVO. SSA. race. Although Sarnia pen- etrated the St. Thomas defense for points, they could not stop the Saints from scoring at Will. The score was quite even at half-time, but in the last half t.he Saints dis- played some brilliant baskeftball which sent them far into the lead- For Sarnia, Ofield played good bas- ketball and led the scorers, while Reid and Millman played good de- fensive games. For the winners Saunders led in points scored with fourteen to his cred-it, but it would be impossible to pick an individual star. Paul Hauc-h again refereed. JUNIOR BASKETBALL This year, Mr. Mendizabal decid- ed to enter a team in the boys' jun- ior basketball race. It was the first time the school had been represented by a junior team and consequently none of the play-ers had previous experience. Mr. Mendizabal took charge of the juniors as Well as the seniors and it was due to his un- tiring efforts that the team sho-wed

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120 THE COLLEGIATE S.C.I. 8-Petrolia 0 The S.'C.I. juniors cinched their group title when they defeated the Petrolia juniors 8-o on Nov. 2 in Peltrolia. The game was played in a heavy rain and it was impossible for the pllayers to han-dle the ball safely. Fumbles were numerous but none of them resulwted in major scores. The game was much cl-oser than the score would indicate and it was impossible to determine a win- ner til'l the final whistle blew. Fras- er netted the only touchidown of the game when he gathered in an onside and raced over the Pe-trolia line. For the winners no individual star coulld be pickedg their team work alone couniting for their vic- tory. For the losers Rose and Nap- per played very effective games. S.C.I. 15-Assumption 5 Assumption college of Windsor were our next victims in the W.O.S. S.A. sem-i-finals. First game was played here on' Nov. I4Q tlhe S.C.l. succeeding in chalking up a I5-5 victory over the Assumption twelve. The heavy Windsor team was rather handicapped by Uhe muddy under- footing and' could not stop the run- nig offensive of the Sarnia team. The Sarnia team put up a great game and certainly earned their ten point lead. T.he Windsor score was made by McKay, who intercepted a Sarnia pass and ran the length of the fie.ld for a touchdown. ' S.C.I. 2-Assumption 17 T'he tables were turned complete- ly in VVindsor on Nov. I7 and the seconds were on the wrong end of I7-2 score. The determined Windsor huskies sailed into the lighter Sarnia te-am from tihe sltart. The S.'C.l. put up a stuibborn ba-t'tle against their heavier opponents and .although beaten, they were certainly far from disgraced. For the winners Posp-echil, Raten- bury, and Borsche -bore the brunt of the attack, w'hile Burden and Mc- Millan kept trying hard for the locals. SENIOR BASKETBALL S.C.I. 17-Old Boys 24 O-n january 4, the comparatively inexperienced school team met in the annual clash with the Old Boys, who had one of the strongest teams in years. It was not surpris-ing that the school wfent down in defeat, be- cause the Old Boys' quintet consist- ed of Car-ter, McKay and Vanl-lorne on the forward line and Son Jen- nings, Millman and Nichol at guards. The school team started off fast and Proutit scored five points in as many minu-tes. The sc'hool was leading by two points at half-time, but in the last half, Carter and jen- nings cornfbined well and punt the Old Boys in the lead which they held un- till the whistle blew. The sc-hool team played good basketball with Pro-utt taking individual scoring honours For the Old Boys, Carter was undoubtedly th-e star. St. Thomas 24-S.C.l. 7 i This year our team was grouped with the St. Tho-mias Collegiate which had one of the bigigest and most experienced teams in years. The first game took place in St. Thomas on Friday, January 31, when our team lost by a score of 24-I7. The Sarnia forwards could not break through the St. Thomas defense and were ,forced to shoot from centre, while the guards could not stop the f-ast St. Thomas for-

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122 THE COLLEGIATE JUNroR BASKETBALL TEAM XV. Teskey CCapt.J, O, Fleet, I. Fraser, F. R. Ewener, K. McMillan. Mollitor, D. Kelley, I. Houston, G. Fraser, W. Carter, such rapid improvement., Unfort- unately the juniors were grouped with tlhe strong Strathroy, team and it was not surprising that they were eliminated. w-v Strathroy 18-S.C.l. 10 S The S.C.l. juniors met- our old rivals Strathroy, on Friday, jan- uary 31. The game was fairlyhfast but Strathroy dominated the play throughou-t, not only because of their superior shooting and passing but because of their greater exper- ience. Don Wri1gh't of Wes'tertn Uneiversity refereed the contesft. Strathroy's defense was impreg- nalble, all the Sarnia field goals be- ing score-d from well out. It would be impossible to pick out individual stars on either team as an me boys p-layed good basketfball and were un- selfish with the ball. T s.c.1. 5-strafhmy 14 On Friday, February 7, the S.C.l. juniors played their return game with the Strathroy team, and were forced to take the short end of a I4-5 score. Although outscored from the stiarrt our juniors never gave up and were battling as hard at the last as at the beginning. De- spite the fact that Sarnia garnered only five points their team work was on a par with that of Strathroy youngsters, but the latter players took advantage of their scoring op- portunities and kept well in the lead. HOCKEY Hockey was rather a dead issue in the school this year, and it was rather surprising that they entered a team alt all. Ice was unavailable until two days before the 'first game and this accounts a good deal for Sarnia's elimination. Nearly all of last year's team had left tlhe school and consequently the' team was composed almost entirely of untried material. Added to this was the fact that they were grouped witih Watford which had one of the stron- est teams in years. S.C.l. l-Watford 4 . The team played their opening game in Watford late in january. Although they put up .a good fight the more experienced Watford ag- gregation 'had little trouble in de- feating them 4-I. The ice was in good condition and a large crowd was on hand to see Wa-tford ru-n up a 3 point lead. Sarnia resorted al- most entirely to indiviflual rushing