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an all-round good fellow and here's wishing him the 'best of luck in all he trys.
George Lawrence was born August the first, 1929, with a table tennis bat in one hand and a basketball in the other. As you see, he had his hands full didn't he? At the age of twelve he completed his Public School days at Victoria P.S. while at the same time, he pitched his softball team to victory over all competitors. In his first year in High School, the C.C.I, that is, that table tennis bat, with which he was born, proved to he too sup2rior for all comers. He captured the Table Tennis Championship and he still holds that title. Doing his school work better than anyone else, George, at the same time, plays rugby and hockey very efficiently. Having returned late in the term, George was unable to take part in the Tudhope and Owen Sound meets in the fall of 1945. During that win- ter he played on both cage squads of the c.c.r. being both a great defensive and offensive player. Last fall George took part in the Owen Sound and Tud- hope meets, and this winter he played on the Senior basketball team. George is one of those fellows who "excels in athletics and at the same time takes top honours in his school work." In all George envied by all, not only because of his Scholastic and Athletic abilities, but he can also make the women swoon. Wishing George luck would be well warranted and we are sure he'll suc- ceed in all he attempts.
I have tried my best to salute two fine fellows, but whatever I say can- not be worthy enough of either of them. All I can add is that these young men are truly "Gleaners."
INTERFORM BASKETBALL 1946 • 1947
On November 5 our Interform (Basketball Schedule was started. This schedule gave definite dates for all games with each team having a fair chance to play through the winter
months.
Now, the scheduled games have
been played and Fifth Form has emer- ged victorious as Senior Champs. Combining with Fourth Form in some games, they won in six out of eight starts.
Next in line is X-B, who won four otit of seven games in which they took part. Third place, according to the averages, is a three-way tie with
Grades XII, IX-A, and IX-B each win- ning half their games. Grades XI and IX-C are the trailing forms-XI win- ning four out of ten, and IX-C, one out of four.
A few of the stars of the game are Cook and Rentner from XIII; Faw- cett fo XII; Bell, Whitehead and Miller of XI; Pursianen, Bendell, Sandell and Reeves of X-A and X-B; and Discepolo, Osburn, Ivey and Dance of the Grade Nines.
In reality these scores are not a true estimate of a team's ability be- cause in some cases two forms were combined against a single team. How- ever, everyone had a lot of fun despite a few moments of hard-feeling here and there.
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SOCCER
By John Somerville
This year brought a new sport to the high school, namely Soccer, which was coached by Mr. Gooday and refer- eed by John ::iomerville.
'l'nree teams from grade nine, and two from grade ten, took part in the playoffs, w1th top honours going to grade lO,B. .Next year we hope to have a regular field with proper equipment; however that remains to be seen.
Members of the winning team were outstanding in that they fought hard and well all through the playoffs. The team line-up was as follows: G. Leon- ard as goalie, B. Walmsley, P. Pursiai- nen, H. McDermid, B. Bendell and G. Hill as forwards; defensemen were J. Sinclair and B. Holroyd, with D. Ran- dall, D. Crosbie and H. Liesk as second- ary defence.
This team, lOB, was a favorite right from the start, showin~ no mercy as they struck with a fast, hard hitting ort'ensive play.
C. Reeves, J. Keith and Morrill turned in first class performances for their home form grade lOA and gave their more fortunate opponents a run for their money. Although all the grade nines came out at the bottom, consideration must be given them be- cause they were outclassed only by age, weight, and more experienced players. The lower grades put up a very de!fi- nite threat to the winners, and some games ran fairly close, so keep up the good work and there is every possi- bility that you may win next fall in the '47 playoffs.
Other outstanding players were E.
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