Weyburn Collegiate Institute - Weycollin Yearbook (Weyburn, Saskatchewan Canada)

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Girls’ Basketball BACK ROW: Valerie Kujat, Sandra Dodds, Carol Needrum, Darlene Fowler, Monica Fowler, Brenda Hurst. FRONT ROW: Ann Campbell, Marge Barnes, Joan Fowler, Jennifer Carson, Eleanor Dudar, Jeanette Scholpp. )uring the 1962-63 basketball season W. C. I. competed in four tournaments. For the first one, we travelled to Swift Current on December 7. Our first game was Against Biggar, in which we came out victorious. We next met the Swift Current Kenetics, the winner of the last two tournaments. We fought hard against this fast moving club, but were defeated. The second tournament was our own Girls ' Invitational Tournament. Our first opponent was the Virden Team which whitewashed us by a score of 31-8. In our second game, the Estevan Deuces edged us 23-18. Moose Jaw Sion came up with a 38-15 win to take home the honours of the tournament. Lehret defeated Estevan 22-19 to win the consolation event. Mr. McCarroi Next, we went to Western Christian College for our most successful tournament of the season. By defeating Fillmore in the first we were in the finals. That night we met W. C. C. in a game decided who could take the tournament. We defeated W. C. C Congratulations to our captain, Brenda Hurst, who was awarded the most valuable player trophy for the girls. In the annual McLeod Series, the Estevan Deuces won the first game by only five points. The second game proved to be the most exciting. We won by a score of 22-17. This brought about a tie to see who would go to the Provincial Playdowns. After several minutes of arguing, it was decided that another game would be held in our gym to determine the candidate. disap¬ pointing game. The final score was rather lopsided in favor of Yorkton. We met Yorkton Sacred Heart next, and at the end of regulation time the score was tied 19-19. We played a 3 minute overtime period. Yorkton got the first basket and never looked back. The final score was 27-19. Moose Jaw defeated Yorkton by a slim margin to cop the laurels of the tourna¬ ment. After eliminating the Estevan Deuces, we earned the privilege of representing the South East District at the provincial tournament held at Yorkton, We left on Friday, March 1 in very good spirits. Saturday morning we met the Yorkton Gems in what turned out to be a In our league games we defeated Radville, Fillmore, and Western Christian College. We lost one game to Estevan by a 20-19 score. Thus Estevan took top honours in our league. In the Alumni game held in January 4, the Eaglettes came up with a triumphant win over the past Eaglette team. Although the season did not have the results that we had hoped, we particularly enjoyed working under our coach, Mr. McCarron. We would like to extend a vote of appreciation for the extra time he spent on us, and the interest he gave us. - Valerie Kujat.

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BACK ROW: Chris Montgomery, Abe Winters, Dale Hemphill. FRONT ROW: David Hanna, Sherry Abells, Dewayne White. Again this year, volleyball was one of the big fall attractions. The boys ' team was again coached by Mr. Archibald. On September 15, an invitational tournament was held out at Western Christian College. Girls ' and boys ' teams from W. C. C., Estevan Collegiate, and W. C. I. took part in the tournament. The W. C. I. boys lost only one game during the competition and emerged as tournament champions. The W. C. I. Invitational Volleyball Tournament was held on October 27 in the W. C. I. gym. The teams participating were W. C. I., Moose Jaw Tech., W. C. C., Riverview, Gravelbourg, Carnduff, and Fillmore. W. C. I. ' s first game was against Carnduff. Our boys were defeated in the hard-fought battle and Carnduff went on to win the tournament. | This loss put W. C. I. in the consolation which we won with two inspiring victories - first I over Fillmore, and then over Estevan. Next, the boys went to Moose Jaw where they competed in another tournament at Moose Jaw Central Collegiate. Here the boys went down to two bitter defeats. Carnduff beat I them in their first game and then Assiniboia knocked them out of the tournament in their I second game. This year ' s team was composed mainly of grade nine and ten students with only one senior, I Ed Ralph, on the club. With a year of experience behind them, they should be even more I successful in ' 63.

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BACK ROW: Dewayne White, Chris Montgomery, Fred Dorsch, Gordon Boyko, Gordon Hulburt. FRONT ROW: Allan Mulhall, Lorrie McNaughten, Ian Miller, David Hanna, Pat Murray. - Ron Shupe The Eagles were hard-hit this year through the graduation of a number of last year ' s regulars I and only two veterans returned, thus presenting Coach Kot with a tough rebuilding problem. The team turned out to be smaller and younger than teams of previous years but still put on a spirited, determined show. The season got underway on November 30 when the Eagles travelled to Fillmore. They lost ufl in their bid to open the season with a victory by dropping a close 25-24 decision to the Fillm re j squad. The following evening the Eagles met W. C. C. and were again defeated, this time by a three four point margin. On December 8, the Eagles travelled to Swift Current for their invitational Tournament. In the opening round, W. C. I. met a team from Malta, Montana. The southerners completely o it-1 classed W. C. I. and walked off with the victory. The eagles then faced Biggar in the consola ■ tion event. At half-time the score was tied, but in the second half Biggar outscored the Eagles by a five or six point margin and thus eliminated them from the tournament. As Christmas examinations were close at hand, this proved to be the last game until after the holidays. On January 9, the Eagles met Radville for a regularly scheduled game in preparation for the big invitational tournament on January 11. The W. C. I. boys played sound basketball and beal the Radville club by a score of 33-26. The W. C. I. Invitational Basketball Tournament was held in the W. C.I. gym on January 11 audl 12 with nine teams competing. The Eagles met the Swift Current Collegiate Barons in their first game of the tournament. The Barons were too tough to handle and the Eagles went down I to defeat 33-17 and dropped down into the consolation event. On Saturday, the Eagles met Riverview, beaten earlier byGravelbourg, 52-34. In this game , Riverview proved themselves I the superior team as they trounced us by a score of 65-26. This eliminated the W. C. I. con¬ tingent for the tournament. Moose Jaw Central went on to eventually win the tournament by edging Gravelbourg 43-38. Ia I the consolation event, the Riverview Royals met the Estevan Royals. The game was hard fought all the way but Estevan came out on top. Final score - 42-38. Both the championship and Consolation finals were extremely close and proved highly attractive from the spectators I point of view. On January 19, the Eagles played the W. C. C. team and ecked out a narrow 34-31 victory. On February 7, the Estevan Collegiate Royals journeyed to Weyburn to play a regularly