Sydney Academy - Record Yearbook (Sydney, Australia)

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on defence. He played a steady bafckstop on the Academy Baseball line, and if he had been called upon he could have given ia good account of himself on the mound. John gained a berth as a regular on Mr. MacEachen's Senior football champiio-ns but injuries plagued him for almost the entire season. He was also a member iof the Academy's Track and Field team. In all probability, John H. will go to St. F. X. next. year and we know his showing in collegiate sports will be a credit to Sydney Academy and the men who coached him in his high school athletic activities. -.,5g-.-i.3,..- H O C K E Y Sydney Academy Hockey teams enjoyed exceptional success in '49-'50. Mr. R. Chafe was the mentor behind the whole setup and he did an excellent job, as usual. The school .sent out three hard fighting, fast skating teams and at the time of this writing, only one of these has been knocked out of the ruin- ning in its respective class. The Academy Juveniles failed to retain the laurels they Won last year, but bowed out in fine fashion. The strong school team carried a powerful Shipyard crew tofour games before being eliminated. Academy Juveniles: Defense: B-ob Muise, Hughie MacQueen, Norm Ma:cAulay, R. Pierry- nowski and Earl MacDonald. , For-wards: H. MacArthur, Lala Gillis, R. MacLean, N. Grawford, A. Mc- Gillivray and B. MacPhee. The 'Senior Intierscholastic Team, defending its Provincial honors, has so far made quick work of teams from New Glasgow and Glace Bay. On Cape Breton soil they downed Morrison High by sclores of 7-0 and 7-4, to win the ,to- tal goal round 14-4 and advance into the Island finals. Glace Bay 's St. Anne 's gave the Academy team an inte-resting battle before bowing out 6-4 in a two- game, total-goal seriesj The Sydney scholars bumped the Bay Boys 5-2 in the first game but St. Afnne's gave a better showing away from home and edged Academy 2-1 in the latter's home rink. Reaching the Mainland, the Seniors gave a real display of their power. Uncorking terrific scoring punch the Academy team trounced New Glasgow High 10-4. Norm Crawford practically beat the opposition single handed as he scored three goals and assisted on four others. Buck Gallant, the only play- er on the team up from Midget ranks, potted two goals while singles went to Ray Pierrynowski, Al MacGillivray, Ralph MacLean, H. MacArthur, Hughie MacQueen. The Seniors now tangle with Halifax St. Pats at the Sydney For- um to settle the Nova Scotia championship. Senior Team: Goal-Albert Rhymes. A Defence: Ray Pierrynowski, Bob Muise, Earl MacDonald, H. MacQueen. Forwards: Ralph MacLean, Lala Gillis, Jacques Cormier, Buck Gallant, Al MacGillivray, B. MacPhee, Jeep Macdonald, H. MacArthur. 56

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Florian to decide the top team for the first schedule. Meanwhile the second part of the schedule has commenced and at this time Dave Rogers IS ahead with Bob MacCarthy's four breathing down his neck. The highlight of the Curling season was the Round Robin series. held in Truro to determine Nova Scotia supremacy. Teams were sent from various high schools throughout the Province. An all-star aggregation was sent from the Academy and they made a .splendid showing, finishing runners-up in the tournament. Summary Of The Trip At 6.30 a. m. on February 9th., six enthusiastic curlers accompanied by Mr. R. B. Woodill, left for the Headmaster's Bonspiel at Truro. Arriving at 4 p. m. the boys were- met by the Truro curlers Who took them to the club where they were given their lodgings. Thursday evening the boys threw a few practice rocks and retired early CD. Up bright and early on Friday, the boys played four games, winning three and losing one. Friday night they atte-nded a special dance at the Col- chester County Academy. In the semi-finals on Saturday morning, Sydney defeated Q. E. H., 10-3, but lost 12-9 to Truro in an exciting ten-end final. Tir- ed after a long week-end the boys had a hearty dinner Cask Fritz about thisl .and then departed fo-r various. parts -of the town. They rejoined for supper and at 9 p. m. boarded the train for home. They arrived in Sydney' at 6350, happy but tired, after an enjoyable trip. At this time we wish to thank the people in Truro who worked so hard to make the trip enjoyalble. ALL-STAR TEAM: Skip, Gerald Boudreaug Mate, Bill Florian, Second, Dave Rogers, Lead, Fritz Reid 5 Spares, Jim Florian and Eric Bonnyman. ...,gf1,.,i?gp.. ACADEMY'S OUTSTANDING ATHLETE 1948-49 JOHN HUGH CAMPBELL O11e of the highlights of sports in Sydney Academy is the annual selec- tion of the school 's tofp athlete and the presentation of a silver cup emblematic of the 'honour. The choice is made by the tea.chers who coach the various school teams, and they lean towards the student who stands out in sports and at the same time maintains a good scholastic record. The selection for 1948-49, ve-rsatile John H. Campbell, as likeable a guy as you'd want to meet, in or out of sports.. Johfn H. participated in no less than five sports during the school year and established a very good scholastic record. He paced the Academy Senior Basketball team to its Sixth consecutive Provincial Chamfpionship, leading all male scorers at the Headmaster's tour- nament With 52 points in only three games. He started on defence with the Academyfs Intermediate Ho-ekey t.eam, but when they reached the Mainland he was moved up to reinforce the powerful senior team, which took the Nova Scotia championship. In Midget hockey Jim led a mediocre team to second place in its respective league and ia berth in the playoff finals. Incidentally, he was the league 's third highest scorer, although he played the entire season 55

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