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··Lacrosse. anyone~" In Lhe 1931-3'2 Cleaner. Waller
Rice su8Besled lhis sporl as a possible aclivtly al
C.C.\..bullheideanevercamelofruilion.Asrealmany
sporls.lhoush.seinedinslanlpopularilyuponlheirtn·
tltal inlroduclion. Rusby and baskelball were favorile
pasl-limes unlil lhe bestnnins oflhe &cond World War
al which Lime l he uniforms were pul away and l he enersy
was channeled loward lhe war efforl. The end of lhe
war overseas saw a renewed inleresl m lhese lwo
sporls. 6imilarly. lhere have been years when parltcipa-
lioninaparlicularsporlslackened.onlylomounlasain alhleles-manyhavesoneonloplayinlheprofessional
dislance runner. conlinually made newspaper headltnes. The 1950's produced an excellenl lrack slar by lhe n a m e o f C r a t s C o o k . / \ mo n s ma n y o f L h e o l h e r s u c c e s s f u l alhleles fromC.C.\. are RyanPaller and &oll!.ecky. who have played wilh lhe Canadian Foolball Leasue. Remharl Keller led lhe Wilfnd Laurter Colden Hawks lo Lhe Canadian Umversily champtonshtp in 1991.
Durins lhe many years of sporls al Collinswood. awards and honours have been beslo••ed upon lhe oulslandins players. Whelher il be ala banquel or an assembly. lhe alhlelic deparlmenl has always slrived lo recosnize and pay lribul.e lo lhose who spenl counlless hours in lrainin&. all in lhe name of 6PORT.
For lhose of you lhal have represenled C.C.\. on i.hefield.onacourl. tndoorsoroul. welhankyou.You helped wrile lhis piece of C.C.\. hislory!
- llnila Miles
inlhe followins years. The 1968 foolba\1 season besan wilh only enoush players lo form one learn and. Lherefore. Juniors and & niors were amalsamaled. II few seasons laler. bolh learns were slronsly compelins for a C5 Lille.
6porls aclivilies have always been an inlesral parl of life in Collinswood Collesiale and our seosraphy has
world of sporls or represenlins Canada in lhe 0 \ym· pic Games. Jack 'Bis Train' Porlland. an exceplional all-round alhlele. was one suchindividual. For lenyears. he played in Lhe Nt\L wilh such learn-males as Maurice ·Rockel' Richard.Healsoexcelledequallyonlhefool- ball field. llnolher C.C.I. srad 'Hank· Welchplayed half- back for lhe HamillonTiser Cals. Alex MacMurchy. aIons
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impacled on lhe learns and lheir lravels. L.J. 6laplelon remarked lhal. "seosraphically. our school is placed i n s u c h a p o s i l i o n L h a l s a me s w i l h o l h e r s c h o o l s w e r e confinedLolhallimeofyear••henroadswereopen Lo molor lraffic... Prior lo 1970. sames wilh olher schools were scheduled haphazardly. Wil h Lhe forma- lion of Lhe Ceorsian Bay &condary & hool lllhlelic llssoctalion (G56611). more consislenl schedulins and compelilion amons hish schools occured.
C.C.I. has aproud hislory ofproducins manysuperb