Walkerville Collegiate Institute - Blue and White Yearbook (Windsor, Ontario Canada)

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W.O.S.S.A. SOCCER CHAMPIONS Back Row: J. Crossloy. J. Downantuk, B. Patkau. I. Main, D. McNaughton, J. Welsh. M. Kozina. 2nd Row: Mr. Young, Mr. Allison, J. Stankov, A. Inchowlek. A. Wilson. W. White, E. Keyes. H. Marchand, S. Wlster, Mr. Ball. Front Row: G. Puloll. E. Scarbek. G. Irimescu. M. Vorkaplch. C. Pollard, G. Neely. SOCCER For the second successive year, the Trophy Craft Cup. emblematic of soccer supremacy in Western Ontario, again reposes among the tro¬ phies of W. C. 1. A great deal of the credit for the team ' s excellent showing should go to Mr. Young, for it was his coaching and advice during games and practices that kept the fellows on the mark. Credit should also he given for the spirit shown by the fellows during the games. At times their playing looked pretty ragged, but when they had to play hard to win. they gave everything they had. In the fight for W. S. S. A. honours, the Senior team played nine games, two each against four other schools in the city and one sudden death game against Patterson for the city champion¬ ship. Of the eight games. Y. C. 1. lost one and tied one. to top the league with thirteen points. Walkerville won the W. S. S. A. championship In- defeating Patterson 1-0: Pollard got the only goal in the first few minutes of play. The fine defensive work of the Walkerville backs and goalie stopped all the Patterson attempts to score, in the W. (). S. S. A. semi-finals, the Tar¬ tans went to Chatham to play CAM. Chatham tallied their goal in the fourth minute of play ami held off all W. C. I. attacks until the last two minutes of play, when Puioll scored on a high looping shot. There was no scoring at the end of regulation time and four more five minute overtime periods had to be played. Play was finally called because of a combination of fog and darkness that had fallen over the field, ob¬ scuring the vision of players, spectators and referees alike. Because only two substitutes were allowed most members of the team played the full eighty minutes in what was, for them, their hardest game. The next day Chatham played at Walkerville. The Chathamites again scored in the first few minutes of play, hut a shot by Keyes tied up the game. Stankov and Welch made certain of victory when they forced the goalie and ball into the net. The Tartans won the W. O. S. S. A. champion¬ ship with an easy 6-0 victory over the same Hanover team that they played last year. The team that played at London lined up with Bill White in goal. Ian Main and Andy lnchowich as fullbacks; (Jerry Xecly. F.d Skarbek and Mike Kozina at the halfback positions: Stephen Wis- ter. Karl Keyes. George Irimescu. Joe Stankov and Chits. Pollard oil the forward line. George Puioll and Art Wilson w ere the alternates.

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BOYS’ ATHLETIC EXECUTIVE Back Row: D. Richard. H. Aston. J. Brown. J. MacLachlan. I. Main. G. Sale. W. Baker. Front Row: J. Catozzi, R. Montrose. Mr. Allison. I. Wilkie, Mr. Ball. G. Neely. L. Postovil. HOUSE LEAGUE RUGBY CHAMPIONS

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4 BLUE AND WHITE 1947 BOYS TENNIS TEAM JUNIOR BOYS’ CITY TENNIS Lust year, for tlu- first time officially. Wind sor ' s secondary schools had a tennis rivalry created, under the auspices of the Jackson I ' ark Tennis Association. With their assistance and the use of their courts in Jackson I’ark each school presented a tennis team. However, it may he added, that the tournament was open to any hoy of 18 and under, whether he was going to school or not. thus acclaiming it a city-wide tour¬ nament. Walkerville hoys took full honours in lutth singles and doubles. Stuart Musgrave won the singles champion¬ ship after many games of keen and closely con¬ tested play. Then Musgrave doubled up with | ' ' red Clarice and defeated Stuart Johnston and Alex Adsett after a very close match of. 8-6. 0-4. It may ' . noted that even the finalists besides the champs in the doubles were from Walkerville. There ' s no stopping Walkerville once they get on the march. Next summer the school hopes to send a tennis team to compete in the W.O.S.S.A. tennis meet held at London. More power to you boys. A is for Alex who writes you this poem, □ SENIOR BASKETBALL Although suffering from the loss from last year’s W.S.S.A. championship squad of such stars as Frank Marchand. Jack Newby and (ilenn Gilliland, the team did justice to its coach. Mr. Allison, and the school. The squad had tough luck against several strong teams in pre-season exhibitions, but they started the regular sechedtile with an upset oyer a supposedly superior Kennedy five. Then fol¬ lowed two hard fought games with the Raiders and the Panthers, which the quintet dropped. Pitted against Riverside, the Tartans rallied to keep in the race by defeating the continuation school hoys by score of 36-34. Having a 50 ' Jo average as they came in contact with the Spar¬ tans, the lighting five lost a thriller to the league leaders. At this point the fellows, with their backs to the wall, put forth a drive which swept St. Joe ' s and Tech from their path, and thus cap¬ tured the fourth play-off spot. Against the strong Sandwich squad in the semi-final. Walkerville lost out in a hard fought game which really showed the fighting stulT in our fellows. All the players on this year ' s squad worked hard, showing team play rather than individual¬ ism. Points scored were usually well distributed. Andy Inchowich a hard fighting forward up from the Juniors did very well this year, and is a promising star for next year. Mike Kozma another forward from the Jim iors, where he started with his sharp eye and one hand shot, came through to add a big lift to the squad. Unfortunately he will not be with us next year. Bill Meeke a forward and hold-over from last year ' s W .S.S.A. championship squad, played as usual, capturing rebounds for a number of points. Alex Bondar was an outstanding, tricky guard, helping the team along with bis steady play. He will be back next year. Leo Postovit back from last year ' s squad, di¬ rected the team on the Hour as Captain, lie also will be back next year. Buck Tustanosky our tallest player, was in there fighting and using his height to advantage. He will be back. Tony Techco up from last year ' s junior ' s, sprained his ankle in a pre-season practice, but returned later to add a helping hand and gain experience for next year. Mike Kozma, Leo Postovit and Alex Bondar were given all-city mention. With nearly all these seasoned players coming back, next year’s team promises to make a bright showing. □ JUNIOR BASKETBALL TEAM With only two players left from last year ' s squad. Mr. Young found it necessary to rebuild his team and concentrate on giving the green placer .the experience that will make a winning team next year. This dearth of exper ienced players and the concentration on players who will be eligible for the ' 47 season accounted for the team ' s finishing the season in fifth place with two wins and five losses. High point-get¬ ters for the Juniors were Chuck Yernes with 43 points. Ed. Schepannwsky with 30 points and Gil Robinson with 24 points. In line with this policy of giving players more experience, a Junior “B team was formed, com¬ posed of boys not quite good enough to make the Junior team but who will be Juniors again next year. In games against other collegiates and senior public school teams, the Bees won six games and lost two.