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1946-1947 VOLLEYBALL
(lNTERFORM)
K e i t h l~orgrave
'the volleyball played this year mnoug ~he 1boys was c01uirmed, for the mOt;t part, to the lOwer forms lirades Nlm~ a n u ~en. T h e s e r i e s h a d o n l y a ~oLal of ten games played on Tues- Liay m~hts. Nine B was conceded the W•nller amongst the Grade .Nine's while '!'ell .b was unanimous choice for the honou1·s over Ten A. The only close game when Nine A met Nme l::S in the lll'St game of the series: Nine A took ttte set in two straight games but they had to take extra points in both games. '!he scores were 17 to 15, and 19 to 1'1. The worst runaway of the series came when Ten A blitzed Nine C in the last game before the Christmas holidays, with scores of 15 to 1, and 15 to 3.
Grade lOB had the best balanced team of any in the series with very few mistakes being made.. Paul Pur- siainen was a powerhouse both on off- ense and defence with the rest of the team, Graham Leonard, Paul Mirrlees, Bert ;Bendell, Willard Holroyd and Charlie Fryer turning in excellent per- formances to 'back him up.
Nine B, champions of the first forms, had a team of which better things should come. It was made up of Peter Pursiainen, Laury Mason, Bud McAllister, Billy Gartlan, Arthur Os- borne and Eddie Discepolo. While one or two of the team became lax at times, the whole team came through when the chips were down like good champions should.
Next year, it is hoped to have an even better series with all gaJp.es being harder fought and closer than those of this year. It is also hoped that all in each form take part, in each of their form plays in next year's schedule.
So until next year, this is the end.
COSSA BASKETBALL By Bob Wright
Mr. Gooday was confronted last fall with an enthusiastic group who would rather play basketball than eat. Early morning and noon practices were the order through November, Decem'ber and January. The coach picked 10 Juniors and 8 Seniors, and the two teams worked out together from 8:00 to 8:30, four mornings a week. Two pre-season exhibition games were play-
ed with a .team from the Globe Plywood plant, and the Seniors looked like strong contenders for Cossa honours, winnmg 66-39 and 41-25.
Our first cossa effort was against Orangeville High and we chalked up a n e a s y 3 7 - 2 : : S v i c t o r y . T h e vi~itors sEemed baffled by our big gym floor, l'UL ttle1r shooting was ternfic. Fred .hentner and Wally Cook led the C.C.I. scorers.
On January 25th, we played host to the ·blue-and-white lVleatord :Seniors only to taK:e a 50-21! trouncing. Col- lmgwood's ball handling was much im-
iproved but the lVleaford squad made their shots count far more. Lanky .bob Burns was a standout for Meaford, while W ally Cook was Collingwood's best.
On Wednesday, January 29th, the Juniors met their first test at Owen .::>ound. 'l'he team work of Pursiainen, Miller, .F'awcett, and ;Bell had the 0. ::iounaers running in circles, but time after time poor shooting spoiled sure chances of overcoming the early 0. S. l~;ad. F i n a l s c o r e w a s 2 4 - 2 0 a g a i n s t us; but with the Juniors promising re- venge in the return game. In the sEcond game of the doubleheader, the l::>eniors held the highly Owen Sound squad down to a five point lead in the first half, but fell apart badly in the second, to drop the game 83-35. All the Collingwood players shared in the scoring.
The return games were 1both hard fought and very close. The Juniors let the visitors pile up an early lead, and then couldn't seem to organize a successful decisive attack. The Owen Sounders weathered the 4 quarter rally to win this close game, 33-28. The battered Seniors surprised everyone
(especially Mr. Windorff) by a smooth, fast breaking attack, and near-faultless ball-handling holding 0. S. boys to a 31-24. Capturing a lead early in the first quarter the old men set the pace until midway through the last quarter. Fred Rentner ran wild with 18 points. W ally Cook spearheaded the continual attack, and "Meatball" W right broke the Owen Sound hearts by baling in one from centre; Fred Bell and Bob Wright held the Owen Sound scorers down to their lowest total of the season.
The last game of the schedule was a combined Junior-Senior effort in .Meaford. The hosts didn't take long to wipe out our first quarter lead and go on to an easy 56-28 work-out. The Meaford team showed marvellous con-
C. C. I. GLEANER