Westmount School - Review Yearbook (Edmonton, Alberta Canada)

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Girls’ Senior Basketball N OTHING ventured, nothing gained. That, in a nutshell, was the motto of the Westmount Senior Girls’ Basketball team this year. The girls worked hard under Miss Hegler’s guidance and Tommy McLaughlan’s coaching. Al¬ though there was no regular schedule this term they had lots of keen athletic enjoyment and Exhilarating fun. Thanks to their efforts they were able to win a good percentage of the games they entered. Among the scalps they gained were two from Sep High and Scona, scores 26-14 and 15-13. The first game of the season was played against the Y.W.C.A. girls. The date was January 10, a black date, for our lassies were defeated to the rather dismal tune of 56-29. Several recruits, though new to the team and rather ner¬ vous, played exceedingly well. On February 1st the seniors were defeated by Vic at their school, 21-17. To Tommy McLaughlan, whose coaching was largely responsible for the varying successes attained, we want to express our appreciation. And perhaps a hearty “Thanks” will do it just as well as any other way. A vote of thanks also goes to Joan MacDonald, for her support. Joan ac¬ companied the teams to every game, keeping score for them. It was to her the girls looked for moral support. ; Phillips (captain), lughlan (coach), Norma Reyn

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Senior Hockey E ARLY in the season Harvey Crawford was elected captain of Westmount’s 38-39 hockey club. After considerable spade-work Harvey and Mr. Mc- Naught selected a hockey team to represent W.H.S. The first game saw Westmount defeated on home ice by Tech, three to one. Ross McKinnon scored Westmount’s one and only goal. For the second game, the Westmount squad journeyed to Vic’s rink for one of the fastest games Westmount ever played. Vic scored in the first period, and Crawford returned the compliment from the blue-line. Harvey scored again in the second period. Vic again evened things up towards the end of the same period, with two more in the third which gave Connel, in goal, no chance to save. Westmount next played Commercial in a rather slow game with few dan¬ gerous rushes. Hence the goal keepers had little to do. Scona was the fourth opponent. Ross McKinnon opened the scoring in the first period, by a cheer-raising goal that had the Scona keeper guessing all the way. In the second period one of the opposition developed a habit of working his way right into the goal and loosening lightning shots that had Connel “hop¬ ping” to clear. Final score: 4-1, Scona. On Westmount ice the home club was defeated in the fifth game by the powerful Eastwood squad, while in the last game our boys squeezed out a nar- Standing, left to right: Ken Bradshaw, Bob Weeks, Willard Hall, Mr. McNaught (manager), Bill Duff, Tommy Pinkston, Jim Clarke. Seated: Hugh McKinnon, Donald Packabusch, Donald Connel, Ross McKinnon, Harvey Crawford (captain). Page forty-one

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Standing, left to right: Muriel Duke, Marguerite Riley, Miss Hegler (manager), Louise Stoughton and Betty Skov. Seated: Margaret Smith, Joan Craig, Pat MacLean, Mary Travers, Joan Blackburn and Edith Livingstone. Girls’ Junior Basketball A LTHOUGH the Westmount Junior Girls’ Basketball team was only suc- eessful in winning one game out of the seven played this year, the effort put into the sport by the girls was really worthwhile. They played a good brand of basketball this year and their record for fairness and fair play is one of which to be proud. After all, the important thing is not whether one wins or loses, but how one plays the game, and our girls showed they had the fight¬ ing spirit—the will to give their best, even when it was impossible for them to win. Their record shows that besides learning the rules of the game and hav¬ ing a lot of fun, they learned the meaning of good sportsmanship, and showed they were good losers, which is about as fine a tribute as can be paid to any sportsman—or sportswoman, in this case. The winning game was against Scona, and the score board read 25-22. High scorers for our girls were Marguerite Riley and Muriel Duke, both of whom played exceptional games. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Miss Hegler for all her work. She put up with all our wise cracks and, we all agree, “You’re swell.’’ Page forty-three