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3 -~SKETB.ll.LL Colllngwood Seniors Are COSSA Champs
The C. c. I. t:en.ior Basketball ream brought to the school. the Georgian Bay Chamrionship and for the first time the Inter- colbrtate "B" OCISSA title. The ~2am-went through the fourteen ""?m€•S of the season without a la~s. commencing early i.n, the y.o~r w i t h t w o g a m e s e a c h a - tToinst Midland, Alliston and Pa.rrie. I t followed un by win- ring two Pxhibitio•n, games with nwpn ~'-'Ol'Dd and th?n wen' on h bP.at Hunstville twice and ~llfl"lr'l. twi ce. These vir.tories """V0 t.he tParm th~ Gooraian Bav rp~rrroionshin anrl 011a.ltAed it. t" renreoent the dist.rict in the
" P" C'C'SSA. fin~.ls in Toronto. About l'l hw:Jdred Collingwood nmport.ers went to Toronto with th<> t e•am on Saturday, March 15th. and WQ,',ched the Bla.rk and Gold win throrugh to vict.ory in tw'l exciting games at Danforth Toh:-icaJ School. The first g·ame "th'ch was p.la;yerl against P~<>msville w;~s . f o r t h e f i r s t half. 'oo close for comfort. but '11e second half saw the C. C. J.. players rally to even up the rcore amd .push through to a \:ctorious fini•sh with a score o,f 70 to el. John Hill wa.s the star r·lay::r of the game, his speed and the ·accuracy of his sho•'s ,Jui!ding up a total of 45 points
.~ his favor.
1h~ final ~ame of the serie-s was played the same evening b ~!.we e•n A l b e r t C o l l e g e f r o m E:lleville .and Collingwood. This time Collingwo•od took the lead in the be-ginning and held it throughout 1the game to finish with a 71 to 49 point victory. ThroughoUJt both games the team combined &mooth passing and fine team-work, and in the S[C.Ond game John Hill was
again high scorer with 39 points followed by Jack White with 18 pJints.
Th;:;se g,ames ciosed a record mason for 1the C. C. I. Se•n-ior Ba ~ketball ' I l e a m , a t o t a ,l o f 14 rames played, all wins and no losses, and much credit must
C. oDI. C. I. GLE~ER
i,e given to the Coach, Mr Par- kin, whose enthusiasm a .n,d r::>P3ful coaching were respons- ible for turning out a team of all-round good players.
Bio~raphies of C.C.I. Sr. Basketbf.lll Champs
John Hill, Ce1:11tre-John was the team captain this year. John couldn't be stopped when hP. ·got near t.ha. opponent's r asket. He ,or,ored a'bou1t half of the entire rcint~' for th~ season.
· .T~i"k ' W i h i t e . F o r w a r d - J a c k played a 1'1t'•lendid game. Hr> w1as rl•~·<:~dly w i t h hi>'> s e t s h o t a n d b(lnk .~hot.
Glen Leeper. Forward-Glen wss a very jjast and good play- rn"king forward. He was th~ ~hm·test pl.ayer OITl• the ·team but he more than made up for this bv his jumping.
Rllv Crew. Guarrl-R'lY was innior r ,layer who was brou~ht lJT) to the senior when the .iun- Jors were out out. He was bril- 1il'l.nt at geltting rebounds UJnder hi8. rwn baskel~· aJnd was good on sei shots.
M!llcolm MacLeod. Guard -
: t v r i 1 ! c o l m w a .s a g o o d m a n f o r eating the oranges aJnd corn syr- lA'P at half time.
!Dona.ld "Glen" Hewson, "Oz- ~rk," F1orward-Don was a fast player and good shot. He pos- sessed ,a deadly ''peg·· shot as dEmonstra.ted in Aurora.
Gary HeJWson., "The All-Can- adian," Gu·ard--G.ary was good at getting 11e1bounds. He holds ohe all time record of three fouls in one minute. He has a good set shot but it doesn'.t ''click" too often.
John Blakely, "The Bib," Forward-John· was good at get- ting rebounds a n d sinking hook shots. John is well known for his "Biue Mountain Boy" yell.
George F 1em l n g, ''Supi," Guard-George was .a clean p:ayer. He finished the season with a record of no fouls .againslt h:m. He was good at getting re- tounds.
JErry Rae, "X-Ray," F'orward -Jerry pl.ayed the first games c.f the season and was a great
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