Viscount Bennett Junior High School - Terminal Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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SENIOR HIGH SPORTS GRADE X .HOUSELEAGUES ■; t -... i ' A ' . F • • ‘ The changing scene here at. Viscount is everywhere apparent this year - the com¬ pletion of the new wing, increased staff and enrolment, High School classes for the first time and the necessity to find some extra space in our Yearbook for High School affairs. Grade X houseleagues featured boys ' basketball, girls ' volleyball and-, mixed volleyball. The latter proved very popular, funny how much better the boys could play with ' all those girls on their teams! ... ■ ... v Herb Ryll 10-30 ;o.SY GIRLS ' ALL-STAR .VOLLEYBALL Coached by Mrs., Ghitter, the Senior, High Volleyball team, Hodger ' s Hens , con- ;-. v sisting of Enid Donpvan {Captain),.Evelyn Fraser Dorothy.Lamb,■ Gail Bracken, Judy . Armfield, Sherih Rarbidge, Val McLeod, Roberta Smith, Pat Webb, Donna Sewell, Gloria Stroh, and Carol Powers became champs after a great deal of competition from Queen Elizabeth, Congratulations girls on the wonderful spirit and sportsmanship shovrn throughout the games. GIRLS ' ALL-STAR BASKETBA LL The Senior Basketball team, ably coached by Mrs. Ghitter and Mr. Semkuley, showed great enthusiasm from the start. There are certain doubters who have wondered if this enthusiasm was engendered entirely by the game itself! T e te ara,consisting of Ruth. Coe, Joan ' Japkson, Jackie Patrick, Kathy-McDaid, Gail Bracken, Enid Donovan, Roberta Ross, Helen Mercer, ' Marilyn Loucheed, Sandi.Roginson, and Carol Powers,.played valiant¬ ly but we were forced {,0 concede victory to our sister ' school and arch-rival. Queen Elizabeth. ' ■ 1 , .... !, v . .. ' ; y • Carol Powers 10-32, ' r . boys ' all-star basketball In late November, under the watchful eye of Mr. Dow, tryouts were held for the -.1,. Grade Ten Boys ' Interschool Basketball Team. On Friday, December 7th, the” chosen. ' .. team lost its ' : first ganie to Queen Elizabeth by, a 29, to 25 score. The fact ' that this.vn v. r as not a home game is a possible excuse for our defeat. Three days later we jour¬ neyed to Earl Gfey ' s gym where we defeated St. Mary ' s team 40 to 16. Tom McKenzie starred by sinking half of our points. The third game was,played here in the V.B. gym against Q.E. on the 14th of December. Our sturdy V.B. team showed them How to play real basketball by winning 70 to 44. ' Twenty-two of our points were scored by j- Stah BTack. This was our ' centre, Dave Erskine s ' ,last game . ,.. , ; ' Our first game in the New Year gave us a 24 to 13 victory over St. Mary ' s. Four days later, on January 11th we ventured to Queen Elizabeth where we were outplayed to a 37 to 22 loss. Dean Ross did his best by making seven of our points. On the 14th, St. Mary ' s team came to Viscount where we were kepi on our toes to win by a close ' 27 to 24. Top scorers were Tom McKenzie with 11 and, Jim Dunsmoor with 5, Probably the season ' s most exciting game was the exhibition against some of Western ' s Junior team,. The final score: Wester n 62, Viscount: Bennett 53. This was ' much better than we ' had expected ‘to do. Top scorer, Stan Black (17 points) and Dean Ross (10 points) we re both fouled out. Wendell Nicholson did h is best to make up for them‘by scoring 14 points. On Monday, January 21st, we played our last, game against St. Mary ' s. Their much— quickened pace gave them a hairline 34 to 33 victory. ' Nick topped Viscount Bennett ' s scoreboard with 8 points and Stan Black and Jim Dunsmoor followed with 7 each. Four days later we lost our final game to Queen Elizabeth by a 41 to 27 score. Our Nick again starred with 10 points. . Tom McKenzie followed with 8. , T ' V It seemed that we were cursed with bad luck from the start,for early in the ' season Dave Erskine and Graham Larke left the province- and the team. About mid- season ' the’ team was hit by an overdose of sprained fingers, thumbs, wrists and ankles. Other players-on the. team, not ,formerly mentioned,., were Len Fenn, Bob Grant,Alan , A - Smith . : Sack Truran ' arid DaveJdmls. . ’ , . j.. „ , ... ,, • 7 r; - i - . - ' •- ' ! ■ ' • • - - • ' i : ■ . ' ■ • cun • ' ;

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BOYS ALL-STAR BASKETBALL (Continued ) played outstanding ball for his first year. Unfortunately, our best efforts were not enough to beat out Colonel Walker for the championship of the league. Abie Okazaki 9-7 The Senior Boys opened the season with a loud bang by trouncing King Edward. Twenty-eigfrt of our forty points were netted by those fabulous Smith brothers. The Purple and Whites were brought down to earth in their second game by the stalwart Colonel Walker squad. Too soon, the final whistle of the season was heard and we walked off the floor with a respectable tally of three wins as against three losses. All the team members listed below extend their sincere thanks to Mr. Semkuley for his fine coaching: Ron Cummings Gordon Brewer Gary Reynolds Gerry Smith Jim Smith Jon Constable Chuck Ross Glen Hartley John McKay Laurie Sherman Gary Lee Bob Stull Derrill Lade11 Doug Grant. Chuck Ross 9-3 BORDENBALL ...... For a short time last fall each, grade seven boy was another Jackie Parker, for through bordenball he was able to’ get hands on the eccentric oval pigskin for the first time. In the competitions, 7-16 and 7-17 emerged with the two- top teams. The grade eights played their last games of school bordenball this year, for next Fall they will go on to touch football. Room 8-8 managed to vrin the honours, but 8-15 was not far behind. Brian Sykes 8-8 ALL-STAR SOCCER The Junior Soccer team, coAched by Mr. Hodgert, was made up of boys from all three junior high grades. This aggregation displayed a real fighting spirit but did not have enough playing time together to develop into a smooth-operating machine. Kind Edward and Colonel Walker gave us a bad time — but never mind boys — there ' s always next year! The Senior Soccer team, coached by Mr. Vogel, used a few tricks of the trade to gain advantage over two of tRe opposing teams, Rideau and King Edward. One of these tricks was the Smith brothers unique foot-gear — a one runner, one soccer shoe combina¬ tion. But our tricks ran out and we lost to the powerful Colonel Walker squad in the semi-finals. • ' Brian Sykes 8-8 JUNIOR HIGH IfJTER-SCHOOL BADMINTON Rideau did it again! But their crown is in real jeopardy as Viscount Bennett threatens just a little more each year. This year it was a repeat ' performance of last year, with Rideau placing first and Viscount second. Next year watch us break Rideau ' s chain of victories. Our team included Susan Alexander, Gerry Smith, Joan Talbot, Jon Constable, Sally Burkell, Jim Smith, Sharon Smith, David Willis, Carol Evans, Lome ' j cott, Maureen McKinley, Jim Perkins, Dixie Birney, Jack Mayell, and Sandra Lougheed, manager. Many thanks are extended to Mr. Bryan for his time and effort in training this fine team. . Sandra Lougheed 8-22 INDOOR -TRACK MEET Our first attempt at an indoor track meet took place in the gym on the afternoon of April 29. ’ Everyone enjoyed the half holiday from school work and the event also served to help the Phys. Ed. teachers sort out the better athletes from the just hopefuls ' . ' When the total points were tallied, the winning grade-rooms were 7-i4, 8-8 and 9-3. This preparatory track meet was such a great success, we hope it will continue as an annual event in future years. Joan Wray 9-7

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I BOYS ALL-STAR BASKETBALL (Continued) . Though the team did not bring hone any trophies, Mr. Dow deserves all the credit we can give him for his terrific coaching. Not counting the exhibition game, we won fifty percent of the games we played, so we may say it was a fairly successful season, Jim Dunsmoor 10-30 GRADE TEN BOYS ' INTERSCHOOL TOUCH FOOTBALL Last fall, when the houseleague touch football was over, Mr. Semkuley began training the grade ten boys who were interested in making the interschool teams. During the first week of tryouts Jack Truran and Ron Huck were chosen as team captains. Jack and his team played the first game against our one and only opposition, Queen Elizabeth. The game, which was played on Viscount Bennett soil, ended in a 0 - 0 tie. In the second game, which was also played at home , Ron Huck ' s team was de¬ feated 24 to 0. The final game was played at Queen Elizabeth. Viscount was repres¬ ented by a combination of the best of our two teams. The victors ' - was ours by a 2 to 0 score. A safety touch gave us the two points. Although the season was short, the bcy3 enjoyed the play while it lasted. It gave over two dozen Viscount Bennett boys a chance to get out and show how well they could play football, or at least have fun trying, Mr. Semkuley deserves a big applause for the time and effort he put in to coach these rugged teams. Jim Dunsmoor 10-30 BOYS’ INTERSCH00L ALL-S TAR STV-M4N TACKLE RUGBY Think back. Autumn 1936, You may remember seeing a dozen little white men doing unusual manoeuvres in Richmond Park. Though you may have doubted it, they were earthlings - Viscount Bennett ' s six-man tackle teams at practice. As for the Inter¬ school part of their title, the only other school they played was Queen. Elizabeth. There were two teams: junior and senio - ”. The junior team ranged from Joe Burrit up,while the senior team ranged from A1 Smith down. There was no middle point, as several players played on both teams. The junior tearnfe captain vras Greg Horton and Stan Black piloted the senior team. The first game was played at Broadview Field. Stan Black starred with three touchdowns and Dave Erskine made one to give the senior team a 24 to 12 victory. The junior team played the second game on the Grid Iron at Mewata. Greg Horton was the hero .of the game, making three touchdowns, two of which were runbacks from kickoffs, Tom McKenzie and Jack Truran each made a single touchdown. A single point was also made by McKenzie on a running convert from Truran. The other players on this ruff ' r : rugged team were Dave James, Wendell Nicholson, Ron Huck, Bill Winship, Jim Clark, Bob Grant, Dean Ross, Grahame Larke, Jim Kelly and Bob Carver. Jim Dunsmoor 10-30 TRACK AND FIELD : The Junior Hi i Trac k team under the Readership of Mr, Semkuley, Mr. Hodgert and Miss Carson, together with cheerleaders, band members and spectators, turned out in full force for the A Division Meet at Mewata on May 29th. There was plenty of action and excitement as the athletes gave all they had in an effort to win points. Special mention goes to Charles Tiegiand, who placed first in the 220 yard dash, setting a new record in that event. He also earned seconds in the high jump and shot put, plus an invitation to the Olympic Twilight Track Meet, Saturday, June 8th. The following competitors also scored points for our school: Marilyn Moe, Peggy Smith, Bev Lawrence, Christine Pifer, Shirley Zmurchyk, Karen Hertzberg, Marge Kali- phant, Claire Fraser, Bev Wilkinson, Joan Wray, Susan Alexander, Georgine Ross, Bernice Starlight, .Linda Sheppard, Joan McNab, Ivor Huston, Ted Willis, Dennis McCracken, Laurie Sherman, Dorrill Ladell ' and Charles Elliot. Although we only placed fourth, a fine effort was made by all, including Glen Hartley, who was unable to run in the afternoon events due to a leg injury suffered during the morning heats.