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

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SfijmmdjAte JootM THIRD: David, Styffe, Kabinsky, Hutching, Menzies, Thompson. SECOND: Mr. Leonard, Rolf, Alms, Bigelow, Burns, Thornton, Woodhead. FIRST: McDonald, Mitchell, Spaith, Nicholson, MacDonald, Bredin. For reasons of inexperience and lack of size, the intermediate football team was not entered in a league this year. The added incentive provided by league play and prolonged competition was all but forgotten. The team played four games: two against St. Paul’s High School and two against Assiniboia Residential School. The second games against both teams, both of which were home games, resulted in S.J.R. victories. With the immeasurable amount of football know¬ ledge gained this season, the team may be able to enter league competition next year if it remains relatively consolidated as a unit. We would like to thank Mr. Leonard for the hours of competent coaching he put in and the gathering sponsored by him at the end of the season. SfitmjdijQte Socca SECOND: Mr. Wellard, Allison, McIntyre, Moss, Mr. Stewart, Wright, Johnson, Noble, Mr. McCrachen. FIRST: Mitchell, Thomas, MacGregor, Smith, Law, Malcolmson. At first glance, one might not agree that this year’s intermediate soccer team was a good one. In face one might not agree even at a second look; however, the playing was much better than in the previous seasons. Team spirit was not lacking, but unfortunately our skills as a team in some aspects were. Our combined grade nines and tens fought well against the opposition, who, although not all in our age group, were equal or great¬ er to us in size. In our one encounter with Pembina Crest we were walloped and even though I’d rather not tell you, for statistics sake, the score was 11-0. I offer no excuse for our team except that our competitors were by far super¬ ior. However spirit remained high even though we were defeated in our last four games as well. We played two games against Viscount Alexander and two games against Richmond Park and in each game we showed definite improvement. The defence was well played, but we had trouble scoring goals. Finally, I wish to congratulate the team members on their well fought fight. 56

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Smoi Jjwwm SECOND: Sherman, Andison, Hutchings, Denmark, Mr. Broderick, Smith, Myers, B. McKnight, Rowed. FIRST: D. Boult, Shwartz, Riome, Nesbitt, Richarson, Kennedy, Nothstein, Laberge. This year a new autumn sport was introduced to S.J.R.: lacrosse, a fast moving sport originated by the Canadian Indians. About fifteen boys joined lacrosse. These were boys who had played soccer or football and had either dis¬ liked these sports or had just wanted to try something new. The way we wanted to play required an enclosed hockey rink area to play in. As S.J.R.’s outdoor rink was unavailable, we ran down North Drive everyday to work out in the Wildwood Community Club rink. It took us quite a while to get the feel of the game but finally after many bruises and sore muscles, we began to play a little better. We were finally able to move back to our own rink and went out everyday to practise. After a short period of calisthenics we would pick teams and scrimmage for about three quarters of an hour. Mr. Broderick took on the mountainous task of coaching us. He tried to tell us that he was as new to the game as we were but his vastly superior skills showed through when he joined the scrimmages him¬ self. In the latter half of the season we picked two per¬ manent teams under John Hutchings and Gavin Smith. We all had fun and learned a fair amount about a tough game and want to thank Mr. Broderick for all his time and help. 55

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6 Iflm J(ML THIRD: Johnson, Boult, Tulloch, Wier, Dickson, A. Kiddell, Shore, Riley, Strachen, Ferguson. SECOND: Mr. G.D. McLeod, Gibbons, Gillespie, Stanton, Brock, Morgan, Barnes, Dickson, Powell, Patterson, Wallace, Milne. FIRST: Mathews, Harris, Whittaker, McMorris, Lewkin, Young, Hammond, Richardson, Sauders, Forsythe, Rowand. Six man football provided sport for all the eager grade eights and nines during the fall. The name isn’t really suit¬ able because each team had ten men, but usually only six showed up per game. We had four captains — Mike Ham¬ mond, Mark Milne, Mike Lewkin, and John Barnes. The only casualty throughout the season was the morale of John Barnes’ team. We would like to extend our special thanks to the three referees who devoted their time to come out and referee the games. They were Mr. McLeod, Mr. Chorney and Mr. Gorrie. The session ended up with Mike Hammond’s team winning the trophy, Lewkins’ team taking the consolation prize and John Barnes’ team capturing the Booby Prize. SrtmwIjMte, Uolktftxd This season the school’s intermediate volleyball team has played very well. Because the team consisted entirely of grade ten players, we were caught between junior high and senior high leagues. Never-the-less the coach, Mr. Stewart, ar¬ ranged some games on an exhibitional basis. This was a somewhat ironic situation because our grade ten team’s aver¬ age age was reasonably lower than that of the opposition’s grade nine players. The challengers were from Pembina Crest, Viscount, Alexander, Richmond, and General Byng. General Byng later went on to win the Fort Garry division. This year, though not in an organized league, the team has shown outstanding effort. Next year many of us will be playing on the senior team, a time to which we are all looking forward. 57