Victoria High School - Victorian Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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Year Book 23 GIRLS ' TRACK TEAM BACK ROW—Ethel Adams, Melicent Cook. Ada Castor, Isabel Macdonald, Barbara Groat, Doris Johnson, Bonny Philips, Margaret Moore, Rhumah Utendale. MIDDLE ROW—Kathleen Gimblett, Kathleen Gee. Ivy Stanley, Florence Brent, Winnifred Gee, Mar¬ garet Kruger, Gertrude Reichert, Helen Malanchuk. FRONT ROW- Marion Dow, Margaret Gilbert, Marion McKinley, Miss Maguire, Clara Hildreth, Helen Warzaski, Vivian Bellamy. BOYS’ TRACK TEAM TOP ROW—J. Hamilton. P. Trupchak, L. Lawrence, H. Byers, A. MacEachran, J. Garfin, J. Melnyk. SECOND ROW—P. Pullishy, A. Hurtig, G. Forbes, L. Mullett, F. Davis, E. Nepstad, J. McIntosh. SITTING—M. Hrchirchek, C. Willetts. R. Bolander (Capt.), H. J. Towerton, R. K. Colter, E. Falkenberg, R. Adamson.

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22 Victoria High School TRACK TEAMS A FTER having been postponed from day to day on account of in¬ clement weather, the high school sports finally got under way on September 28 at the V.H.S. grounds. The day’s events were slightly hindered, due to the antics of a large number of non-competitors who crowded so close to the competing athletes that, in some cases at least, the latter did not have a chance to perform as well as they might have otherwise done. The winners of the Girls’ High Jump were Peggy Gee, first in Class 1, Division 1; Ethel Adams, second in Class 2, Division 1; Barbara Groat, first in Class 1, Division 3; Doris Johnson, first in Class 2, Division 3. Barbara Croat also made a record running broad jump of 15 feet 8 V 2 inches. The running events were held on October 3 at the South Side Athletic Grounds. The girls winning the most credits for Vic at this meet were Barbara Groat, Bonnie Philips, and Clara Hildreth, the first two being “letter winners.” In the boys’ events we had three champions: Bob Bolander, Ernest Falkenberg, and Frank Richard. Bob captured the championship in Class 2, Division 2; Ernie in Class 1, Division 2; and Frank in Class 1, Division 3. Clifford Willetts, also a star, was runner-up to Falkenberg, securing about fifteen points for the school. The other three each got more than this, and together their total approached one hundred points. In inspecting the scores, it may be seen that the winners of the girls’ events were of a greater number than in the boys’. The girls drew a first here, a second from somewhere else, and so on. On the other hand, the boys had a few athletes each of whom brought in a large number of points. Thus the girls’ total is the sum of many small scores, while that of the boys is made up of four or five large individual scores. The success of Victoria High School at this competition is in a large measure due to the hard work and encouragement of the coaches. Miss Hegler and Miss Maguire were in charge of the girls, while Mr. Colter and Captain Towerton ably directed the boys in their training. The Rooters Club held up its end of the struggle by successfully out-yelling all the other schools put together. As in the sports proper, our greatest rivals in the cheering was Garneau. Competition between the noise-makers of the two schools caused several battles which threatened to become serious, especially among the girls. Victoria’s biggest victory in the rooting game occurred when a plane, piloted by “Vic” Horner, a former student of our school, flew over the grounds carrying a Vic pennant. All the shouting from rival schools promptly ceased.

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Victoria High School DIVISION WINNERS Ernest Falkenberg Bob Bolander % JUNIOR HOCKEY C OACHED by Mr. Poole, our junior hockey team started out to make a real record. Eight games were played in the schedule, out of which our boys managed to win seven. Some of the opponents were Technical, East- wood, Westmount, Garneau, and South Side Commercial. The brilliant playing of the team had its effect and the boys reached the finals. Here two games were played against Eastwood. Unfortunately, we lost both games, with scores of three to one and two to one. The line-up was: Rimstead, Shevchishin, Woyewitka, Souch, Naidrett, Marshall, Loftus, Sammus, and Stewart.