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Yearbook 1950-1951
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THE HOCKEY STORY

THE SCHOOL DOES NOT DIRECTLY SPONSOR ANY SCHOOL HOCKEY TEAM, BUT AS NEARLY EVERY BOY IN THE SCHOOL PLAYS ON SOME LOCAL TEAM, WE WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THESE HOCKEY HEROES OF WHOM THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN ARE SO JUSTLY PROUD,
THE JUVENILE HOCKEY TEAM IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF BOYS FROM GRADES XI AND XIII, AND OF BOYS WHO GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. THIS TEAM OF THIRTEEN PLAYERS, SPONSORED BY THE LEGION WAS COACHED BY JOHN ROLSTON,AND MANAGED BY WINSTON SHOEMAKER. THIS TEAM ENJOYED ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASONS IN IT'S HISTORY, IT WAS ENTERED IN GROUP TWO OF THE W.O.H.A. JUVENILE SERIES. THIS INCLUDED "C" TEAMS FROM CHESLEY, WIARTON, AND SOUTHAMPTON, AND "D" TEAMS FROM PAISLEY AND ALLENFORD, KILSYTH MIDGET "C" ENTRY ALSO PLAYED IN THIS GROUP.
PAISLEY LOST ONLY THREE GAMES DURING THE SCHEDULE. IN THE SEMI-FINALS PAISLEY OVERWHELMINGLY DEFEATED DUBLIN, THIS WIN BROUGHT PAISLEY INTO THE FINALS. IN THIS ROUND, PAISLEY DEFEATED LUCKNOW IN THE LAST GAME, BUT PAISLEY LOST OUT ON THE ROUND BY EIGHTEEN TO FIFTEEN.
THIS ENDED PAISLEY'S PLAYING SEASON, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE BOYS WON THEMSELVES A HOST OF FRIENDS BY THEIR COURAGEOUS BRAND OF HOCKEY. AS A REWARD FOR THEIR EFFORTS, THE LEGION IS CONSIDERING BUYING THE BOYS LEATHER JACKETS IN THE TEAM COLOURS, GREY AND RED.

 

THE MIDGET HOCKEY TEAM.

THE MIDGET TEAM WAS COMPOSED ALMOST ENTIRELY OF LOCAL SCHOOL BOYS FROM THE SENIOR GRADES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL,AND GRADES IX AND X OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE ODDFELLOWS LODGE OF THIS TOWN. THIS TEAM DIDN'T HAVE NEARLY THE EXPERIENCE OF ITS OLDER BROTHER TEAM ABOVE. IT DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO PILE UP ANY HIGH SCORES FOR ITSELF, BUT THE BOYS REMEMBERED "TORY" GREIG'S DEFINITION OF A GOOD SPORT, "YOU ALWAYS WIN, IF YOU LOSE WITH A SMILE", THE MIDGETS WERE "GOOD SPORTS",




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