Wallaceburg District Secondary School - Actiana Yearbook (Wallaceburg, Ontario Canada)

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GIRL'S BASKETBALL .... In basketball, as in volleyball, two junior teams and two senior teams represented each house. The senior games were fast and exciting while the jun- ior games were a little slower but no less exciting. The games were refereed by the girls, from the Leaders' Club. Plewes House girls captained by Lucinda Ayres won the senior championship but only after a hard battle with Helen Trella's team which represented Dundas House. It was the best two out of three games that determined the winner and Plewes managed to beat Dundas in the third and final game. In the junior division, Dickenson House team captained by Rosanna Tre- panier captured the championship after beating Louise Lee's team who inciden- tally is also Dickenson. BOY'S BASKETBALL .... The intramural basketball league in the senior circuit was dominated by Plewes House. Dickenson's number one team played a fast-breaking game but lacked the height. The fourth spot was held by the Laing five led by Gerry Ayres, Dickenson Two finished in fifth position having played a rather average schedule. Dundas Three lacked the playing ability of the other teams but did well at the end of the season. Turk VanSpybrooke led his Laing Six off to a good start but the team suffered a rather disastrous finish. Last but not least was Dundas Four who played well but with only four players. The playoffs ended up with Plewes Seven playing Plewes Eight. Plewes Seven were victorious. All who played in the league this year played their best and their hardest which resulted in one of the best leagues the school has had. TENNIS .... On October the nineteenth, a small but happy group of netmen set out for the Chatham Community tennis courts. We were entering for the second time a team in the annual Kent County Tennis Championships. Boys' singles contestants were James Hazzard, Martin Prachowny and Jim Sutherland. Little did these boys know that they were to fall prey to the late Dick Hinnegan of Chatham. Hinnegan beat our boys because he had far more exper- ience in that he had been playing for 5 or 6 years. Our tennis courts haven't even been up two years! Linda and Lucinda Ayres carried the mail for the girls' doubles but were intercepted by a cool duo from Chatham Collegiate Institute. On the whole our team played well for the amount of experience they had. Hazzard, one of the best net stars, was singles runner up while Prachowny and Sutherland were runners-up in the men's doubles. Linda and Lucinda Ayres were runners-up in the women's doubles. I know next year we will do much better after our boys and girls have taken part in some of the Western Ontario tournaments. I believe that if we could hold the next Kent County tournament here at our own courts, more would see just how difficult the game is and I am sure that we would have more contestants for next year's tournaments. -53-

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YJ! INTRAMURAL SPORTS .... SENIOR BOY'S VOLLEYBALL. . . The first game of the season brought the Plewes Prowlers against the Laing Lovelies. Apparently last year's champions were slow in starting because the ProWlers prowled right over them. The Dickenson Daffodils defeated the Dundas Doddle1's to help the season get under way. The Prowlers dominated the season with such combinations as Beno Ayres and Dave The Babe Domanski. The Dickenson Daffodils stayed in third place most of the season but managed to down every team at least once. The Doddlers doddled along as usual. The playoffs brought the Prowlers against the Lovelies but de- spite the Plewes' attempt to win by bringing in Mac The Track MacKenzie they lost rather poorly to the Laing squad. Soup Campbell, Big Art McFadden and Shorty Ayres starred in the playoffs for Laing. Credit must also be given to Simple Simpson and Field Marshall Prachowny. JUNIOR BOY'S VOLLEYBALL .... The junior division title also went to Laing House who played a hot game throughout the season. Ty Lapointe was the main feature of the winning Laing team. The Little Lovelies went in the playoffs with a spectacular team spir- it. Plewes and Dundas played well but didn't stand a chance. Dickenson was a total loss. Three cheers for Laing! GIRUS VOLLEYBALL .... Every noon except Friday both the P.T. room and the gym were filled with girls' voices cheering their volleyball team on to victory. The senior girls occupied the gym at 3.20 on Thursday and the juniors at 3.20 on Mon- day. There were four teams from each house, two junior and two senior The girls themselves refereed the games and there was keen competition all through the season. Plewes House senior team, headed by Lucinda Ayres came through on top after beating their close rival Dundas House by a score of 54-30. Laing House Juniors under the leadership of Dorothy Pharazyn succeeded in defeat- ing Agnes Johnson's team who was incidentally Laing also, by 40-20 to win the championship. Yea! Laing House. -62-

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W. O. S. S. A. MB TRACK AND FIELD MEET Saturday, May 7th, 1955 was a memorable day in the passing of many milestones by the athletes of W.D.H.S. The school track and field stars fin- ally reached the highest pinnacle of fame by winning the W.O.S.S.A. B Track and Field championship at the University of Western Ontario. As one student said, We carried home everything but the stadium. Out of fourteen possible honours, ten were captured by Wallaceburg. Among the awards was the Warwick Trophy, symbolic of the over-all team championship for boys and girls, which was presented for the first time three years ago. This is the first time that our school has won the high hon- ours and probably the last as our classification will be A next year. The girls made a clean sweep of their groupings by winning the Junior championship with 32 points, the Intermediate with 25 points and the senior with 36 points. The senior boys won their group with an amazingly high tot- al of 86 points. The individual champions were: Junior Girls', Gay McCreery, with 16 points, Intermediate Girls'g Jean Tracey with 11 points, Senior Girls'g Marion McGaffey with 18 points and Senior Boys, Doug MacKenzie with 32 points. First place ribbons were won by- Marion McGaffey, senior girls' 75 yard dash, Jean Tracey, int. girls' 75 yard dash, Gay McCreery, junior girls' standing broad jump, Doug MacKenzie, senior boys' pole vault and running broad jump, Jim Glasgow. senior boys' hop, step and jump, senior girls' 300 yard relay and intermediate girls' 300 yard relay. Second place ribbons were won by- Peter Ayres, senior boys' pole vault, intermediate girls' basketball speed throw, Barrie Davis, senior boys' mile, Doug MacKenzie, senior boys' hop, step and jump, Darlene Bastow, jun- ior girls' 75 yard dash, Doreen Bastow, senior girls' 75 yard dash, junior girls' ,300 yard relay and junior boys' 300 yard relay. Third place ribbons were won by- Gerald Ayres, senior boys' discus throw, Marion McGaffey, senior girls' standing broad jump, Jim Sutherland, senior boys' half mile, Jim Glasgow, senior boys' 440 yard dash, Gay McCreary junior girls' 75 yard dash and senior boys' 440 yard relay. Fourth place ribbons were won by- John Miller, junior boys' pole vault, Doug MacKenzie, senior boys' high jump. Fifth place ribbons were won by- Jim Glasgow, in senior boys' high jump and broad jump. Sixth place ribbons were won by- Wayne Turner, intermediate boys' 100 yard dash and Eldon VanSpybrooke, intermediate boys' pole vault. It is fitting that the athletic prowess of the W.D.H.S. girls and boys has been recognized by not only the school staff, but also by the mayor, W.J. Collins and by the school board. This accomplishment will give the students of W.D.H.S. something to aim at for many years to come. The old adage is still one worth keeping in mind. Aim high and consider yourself capable of great things. -64-