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SPORTS NEWS THE GAME
Th;y are rough and tough Sometimes that's not enough.
PracUce every nlgpt. • Nobody to-wat~h in sight.
They're out thereifor ihe school. Thereis no breaking the rules.
Losing most of the games. This isn't quite their-aim.
Going horne with back aches. ·Not as bad as the·heaq ache..
T.hey play througn sriow, sleet i.)Jld raitL Is tfiis gam~;rw~rth all the pain?
Terry McEachern, Jim Asoai & Kevin Sly JRS MAKE HISTORY -
SECOND PLACE SENIOR$ -
The C .U Senior ~ootballTeam had an outstanding year, finishing second in a powerfulten team ··,Simcoe Count;y League. The·team beat Alliston in the semi-final before b6wing out on a frc>zen
field, loosing the.C.B,S.S.A. championship.
A 'high pq,wered off~nse averaged over 23 points per game and completed more touchdown
.passes than MY C.C.L!eam in 2()./'ears., . . .• ,. . , •
Our defen~ team was a small, but aggressive unit, which lefl.much larger opponents 'to an average
The 1986 Jr. Fighting Owls made h,istory! They won the GBSSA Championship for the second successive year! "'
An enthusiastk and talented group of veterans (lnd rookies Went through an undefeated season of 7 le<;~gue games and 2 play·off games. The championship game was played on a·cold, snowy field on November 15, ih front of an en· thusiastic hometown crowd. .
The OIA{Is had to dig deep to overcome a spi,rited te<~mfrom Innisda[e .by a 1~ to 3 score. One notable feature'of the game was the SHEFFIELD brother~, REG imd RAY, scoring all 15 points.
~uch a season 1-J~s many highlights. There were 45 hard-working players on the
r large 1986·roster and 4 coaches. Each petson contributed to the.team's record. The following highlights are only a sample of the exploits ofthe '86 fighting Owls: ·the tremendous help of Coach MIKE CHEEVERS from !he Collingwood Police Dept. ·• ,
· the game saving pass-r~ceptions of DARREN. SMITH . . • .
- the strong .running-back s'quad of DEAN LOCKHART, TROY FERGUSON,
:RAY SH~FFIELD, REG SHEFFIELD AND JAMIE SHOWERS
· the consistently, excelleht performances of J£f;F McWILLIAMS at centre and TODD GUZZWELI., at quarterback
- th~ h"ard work and dedication of the' offensive line; SEAN RENN).E, GLEN f>.;tO~AGHAN, BOB ROBINSO:l'i, SCOT1:'GERNOWISZ and BILL'JENSI;:N
- the stubborn resistance· of the defensive..line of KEVIN ASTILL. KELLY SCUD·
'DER, EZRAGROVES.and MIKE FARNESS
the tough tackling of Unebackers CHRIS SPROULE, KEITH McLAUGHLIN,
TIM BULMER, BILL GOURLAY AND REG SHEFFIELD
. the smaJ1,. detensiv<? workof TIMFOLEY, BEN TKATCH and JIM. SPEARS
- th¢ active participation of f{le rookies who h<1d to coniend with back-up rol<?s, but who should assume leading roles next year!
,GIRI,.S B.R HA.S GOOD SEASON -
The Senior Girls Basketbqll sea.son has proven to be a great success with an im· 1:1ressive 9 win, 2 l()ss record in league and exhibition play. These girls ex- p~rienced a 59-30 win over Bradford which enabled them to proceed to the Simcoe County Championships.· ·
.. As well, t~e Senior Fighting Owls wrapped up a silver medal at the Colling\\I()Od Invitational after loosing ..a heartbreaking game by only one point to the strong Lotne. Park team. ·
With this team's abundance of skill, hvstle.and enthusiasm,they should have an excellent shot at the GBSSA Championship. ·
The C.C.L Junior Girls Basketball Team put together a winning season in· 1986. Although they Ciidn't win the league title, they ex- perienced several highlights some lopsided victories over a number of new .schools in the league and a consolation .cham- pionship in the Collingwood In- vitational Tournament. All te(lm members displayed spirit and had fun during the season.
Under the dual coaching of Mr. Beckett and Mrs. Stoutenburg, the Midget Girls blended into a good team. However, the season's record was not sufficent'to put the girls into the play-offs.
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qf less than two touchdowns per game,
Trophy winners at the Monster Banquet.were : TITUS-ROBERTSON
OFFENSIVE PLAYER QFFENSICE.LINEMAN
OFFENSIVE ROOKIE DEFENSIVE PLAYER DEFENSIVE LINEMAN DEI'ENSIVE ROOKIE
MOST IMPROVED
GAME BREAKER AWARD
"F A!N:f GONNA Qt.JIT" AW:ARD
·
IAN McLEOD
TERRY McEACHERN
ANDREW TOPP
ROB.BUCHANAN
GRANT SPEARS + DAVE MARTIN TOM MciNTYRE
MERV MEEKS
CHRIS RHODES
COLIN McCLURE
MARK EAGLES .