St Johns Ravenscourt School - Eagle Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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SmoiOoh kJl SECOND: Anderson, Palmer, Mr. Hardy, Denmark, Black. FRONT: Verges, Spooner, Finlayson. The 1967 edition of the senior volleyball team was a strong combination and was just starting to tick when the Zone 12 tournament was held. The members of the team who went to the Zone 12 Play-offs were Wally Finlayson, Don Denmark, Brad Palmer, David Black, Brian Spooner, John Anderson and Helmeut Verges. The team finished second in its division behind the U. of Wpg. squad and in the play-offs lost out to the home team — the Mennonite Brethren, eventual winners of the tournament. A little more practise time, a few exhibitions games and the team would have done much better than a tie for third overall. The hard spiking by Don Denmark and Brad Palmer, and the capable setting of Wally Finlayson should be a good foundation for another creditable team next year. The team would like to extend its thanks to Mr. Harding, the coach, whose hard work and intensive knowledge of the game were invaluable assets. Stmitmi-GwWuf This year the Senior Cross-Country Team got off to a rather slow start. In our first meet at St. James we came in ninth out of ten starters. In the next four races we progressively improved so that in our final division we came six out of ten. On the twenty eighth of Octo¬ ber the team went out to Brandon for the provincial cross-country meet when we increased our score by 120 points. The team members were: Bob Dunstan who managed to come in 6th in two races. Tom Bugg running sec¬ ond for S.J.R. Jim Rowed who ran well but not often, Mark Dallas, Kit Rowley, Brian Spooner, Morgan Thomas. Though our standings dropped somewhat in this sea¬ son we are looking forward to a more successful sea¬ son in the years to come. SECOND: M. Thomas, Rowed, Spooner, Rowley, Mr. Ainley. FIRST: Dunstan, Bugg, Dallas, Mr. Glegg. 51

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Smm Socwi SECOND: B. Spaith, Cambell, Spooner, Dunstan, Mr. Glegg, MacBeth, Rowley, Wood, Mr. Penaluna. FIRST: M. Thomas, Lauder, Rowand, Wiswell, Donahue, Dallas, Payne. MISSING: Shandro. The senior soccer team had a mostproductiveyear this year. The team won three games and were not by any means pushovers in the other six. The team was led by Captain Andy Wiswell, John Macbeth, Kit Rowley, and Mark Dallas from last year’s soccer team and a number of surprising newcomers like former football players Sandy Shandro and Bob Spaith. The first game of the year was against Dakota Collegiate and we went down to defeat against the defending champs. Andy Wiswell scored with a few minutes to go and sent the game into overtime, but a few minutes before the end of the second overtime period Dakota scored. Jim Rowand and the goalie Brian Spooner were the stars in this game. The second game played in a gale against Silver Heights was won by S.J.R. 3-2 in a hard fought contest. Sandy Shandro was the star here, in scoring two goals. Other stars were Bob Spaith and Mark Dallas, and Jamie Campbell who scored the other goal. The third game against St. James was a disaster for Ravenscourt as they were bombed 4-0 on four first half goals. Eddie Myers, a lacrosse import, was the star here in a losing cause. The fourth game against Glenlawn was another hard fought contest but Glenlawn finally won after a colossal struggle 1-0. The stars in this one were Morgan Thomas and Danny Donahue. The fifth game and last game against Westwood, the eventual Champs of the league was fairly close and we lost 3-1 in a respectable game. David Wood in goal and Drew Lauder were the stars here, as well as John Macbeth. After the season we played two exhibition games against Fort Garry and won them both. The first one Payne rapped in two goals and was the star. In the second game, played on Father’s and Son’s Weekned, the score was 1-0 in a bitter battle for Ravenscourt. Sandy Shandro scored the winner while Kit Rowley and Andy Wiswell turned in fine games on defence. Although we had probably the best team that Ravenscourt has ever produced for inter-school competition, we were handed a solid 2-0 defeat at the hands of the masters on goals by Mr. Penaluna and Mr. Cowie. There are many players who will be back next year and the team should be as strong if not stronger than the 67-68 team. Last, but not least, on behalf of all the team, I would like to thank Mr. Penaluna, Mr. Harding, Mr. Ainley, and Mr. Glegg for their expert coaching and encouraging support. 50

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SECOND: Wyatt, Barroll, MacBeth, Denmark, Didur, D. Black, Sherman, Mr. Hardy. FRONT: Rowley, Finlayson, Palmer, Dallas, Verges. The win-loss record of our senior basketball team at this mid season date leaves much to be desired; how¬ ever, the games have been exciting and we are narrow¬ ing the gap each time we play. Our team lacks the height of our opponents and, it would also appear that we are much younger and have less playing experience. But what we lack in height and age and experience we make up for in our team spirit. The players representing S.J.R. are as follows: first line - Brad Palmer, John Macbeth, Don Denmark, Bob Didur and Phil Wyatt. Completing our twelve are Tom Barroll, Wally Finlayson, Helmut Verges, Kim Sher¬ man, Kit Rowley, David Black, and Mark Dallas. The most outstanding player on our team has been Brad Palmer. Brad is our team captain and has been the spark plug of the team. In addition, Brad is the team’s leading scorer and may even be the league’s top scorer at this date. While it is doubtful that we will make the play-offs, there is no doubt that we will contin ue to improve and give our best until the final whistle. Games and scores of games played to date are as follows: S.J.R. 24.M.B.C.I. 96 S.J.R. 30.St. Bon. High 55 S.J.R. 58.Old Boys 54 (exhibition) S.J.R. 56.U. of Winnipeg 79 S.J.R. 37.St. Bon. High 44 S.J.R. 50.U. of Winnipeg 55 S.J.R. 39.St. Bon. Col. 43 52