Sydney Academy - Record Yearbook (Sydney, Australia)

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Pro Salute Academiae et Discipulorum Editor-inJOhief Associate Editors Mtenary Editors Sociasl Editors .... Feature Editors . RECORD STAFF Huunnour Edmitors ...... Artist ................... Photograrpwhers .... .Sydney Mifflen .. ,.......... John Brown, Ruth Newman Patsy MacLean, Charles Ferguson Shelley Glaum, Theresa MacNei1 Tom Roach, Helen Bfonavisrky, Joyce M1atcLeod Donald MacMi111an, Arthur Maclsaac Donald Ward Haddon McCarthy, Edward Bruno CLASS REPORTERS X A-W1arren Chiasson X B-Hugh MacDonald X rC+Sfheila O'Nei11 X D-4Henrietta Maolntofslh X E-aGeorge Beckwith X F-Murdoch Rudderlmam XM XII XII XII XI A-Robert Jones XI B-Rutlh Newman XI C-Eugene Binns XI D-.Henrietta MacDonald XI lEHlE'ileen O'F1fa.herty aBri11 Matheson Gordon Chiasvslon C--Allan Robertson -Cia,m.il1a Monahan

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The Intermediates, made up of Midget and Juvenile players, have won the Cape Breton title and will soon meet New Glasgow to defend their Nova. Scotia championship. Displaying solid checking and an effective attack, the Academy boys unleashed terrific power in the closing minutes of .play to dump Sydney Mines High 5-3 in the first of a two-game, total-goal series. The second game played on Sydney ice was an even closer o-ne and Sydney came from behind several times to take the game 8-7 and the series 13-10. New Waterfords Centrals provided the opposition in the Cape Breton finals, but they were no match for Mr. Chafe's fast skating aggregation who trounced them by a 9-3 s-core. Intermediates : Goal. Bunty Forde. Defence: J. MacAskill, Norm MacAu1ay, Bill Gibbs. Forwards: Arnold Alexander, Bob MacGregor, Farmer Maclnnis, Frank Dixon, Don Phinny, Charlie Ardelli, Bill Taverner, Mike March, Ken MacDonald. ..agi1.1fg,.... BASKETBALL A As we go to press, the Academy Senior basketballers 'have received a few acid tests b-ut we have yet to see what kind of a team we have with thc chips down. Playoff time, that 's when everything counts, and unless we miss our guess, Sydney Academy will give an excellent. showing as usual. The Senior hoopsters under coaching of Mr. Pat Patterson have dominated inter- scholastic basketball in Nova Scotia since 1944. The 1950 edition of the Senior basketball team, under the capable man- agement of Mr. J. 'Chaisson had only three holdovers from last season's cham- pionship squad, John Campbell and Dave Rogers Ceo-captainsj and that agile guard Syd Mifflen. Coach Pat Patterson relied heavily o-n graduates from last year 's team and a couple of ne-w comers. The B graduates, Tommy Roach, Bunty Forde, Alex Maclsaac and Billy Beak Darrow, came along like a prairie fire and played well all yea.r around. The new new comers were Jim Monahan and Malcolm Gint Maclnnis. Jim came up from last year's Jun- ior High School League, where he was top scorer. Gint Maclnnis, coming from St. Anne's College at Church Point, Nova Scotia, showed up well with the Academy Seniors. In their opening ga.me, Academy blasted Glace Bay St. Anne 's, 53-13. After that convincing victory, they tangled with St. F. X. Junior Varsity in an exhibition home and home series. The collegiates took the opener on their home floor 53-36 and repeated 64-45 in Sydney. Although they -dropped both games, the High schoolers gave a creditable showing. Following that series came 311 exhibition tilt with Y. M. C. A. Seniors. Playing out of their class, the Academy team were leading the Y 21-17 going into the last half, but they loosened up defensively and their older rivals won hands do-wn. A home and home, total--point series with Morrison High was the next step. Morrison High won the first game at Glace Bay, 29-24, to take a 5-point lead. In the second tilt, held on Academy's home floor, the Sydney boys 57 .

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showed tremendous power in the last half, but were edged out 30-28. They were trailing 25-10 after the first half. As a result, Sydney plays St. Anne's for the right to meet Morrison High who won the bye into the Cape Breton finals. In the B division, the Academy team finished fourth in .schedule play, failing to get a berth in the league play-offs, although they definitely had one of the circuit-s strongest teams. Judging from the large number of good prospects who showed their wares in C basketball, it looks as if the Sydney Academy will continue to do- minate interscholastic basketball for a number of years to come. Senior Team: Guards: Syd. Mifflin, J. Campbell, T. Roach. Forwards: M. Maclnnis, Dave Rogers, J. Monahan, B. Darrow, A. Mac- Isaac and B. Forde. . --e-o-se GIRLS' BASKETBALL Early in November, practice sessions in girls basketiball, under the coaching of Misses Joan Andrews and Lorna Lewis-, and under the manage- ment of Mr. Johnson of the teaching staff, began at the Sydney Y. for all Academy girls interested in basketball. The coaches, former graduates of the Academy, put the girls through their paces, and soon after Christmas, the A and B teams were picked. In January, Miss Freida Wells from Halifax came down to Cape Breton and conducted classes for all girls throughout the Island where she went over the rules of Girls Basketball with them. It .should be noted that two new rules -have been introduced in Girls play this year, they being: 1. When a for- ward is taking a foul shot, the ball is dead, and whether she scores or not, she takes the ball out of ibounds either to the right or to the left of the 10-second line and play resumes again. 2. Whe-n a player is going in to substitute, she is beckoned 'by the referee on the floor and does not have to report to him. -43-0-km A SQUAD qsnmom The members of the A team are: A Forwards Helen Slade-The tall, blond centre of o-ur team, Slugger, playing her second year on the Senior squad, is a good passer and gets in fast for her layup shots. Lois lVIacLe-an-Our short, diminutive Lois, on the A team for her sec- ond consecutive year, fools her guards by her fake passing and swiftness of foot, and is good on her long, one-handed shots. Erna Rutherford-Up from the B to A team, Erna uses her height to advantage in getting the ball and cannot be stopped on her effective, overhead shots. 58