Some high points in Liverpool high school sports

That was the year when the LRHS baseball team not only won the Provincial Headmaster's Association's banner, but carried on as the Liverpool Kinsmen Juniors to capture baseball's Provincial and Maritime Provinces Titles.

In their final game in the title series, The Liverpool Kinsmen Junior Larrupers defeated the Charlottetown Abbies 8-6 on the Liverpool diamond. Oliver Millard on the mound for the Kinsmen, pitched eight innings, giving up seven hits and striking out nine batters. Millard retired in the last of the ninth frame in favour of Teddy McIsaac, who held the Abbies hitless and scoreless. To accomplish this remarkable feat, the LRHS and Kinsmen players played 35 games, chalking up 29 wins, five losses and one tie. Along the route to victory, Teddy McIsaac is credited with 16 victories and two losses, while Ollie Millard and Jim Wickwire were about even in the win column.

Members of that remarkable team were: Buster Thorbourne, Tickie Smith, Horton Winters, R.K. MacKinnon, Bunny Armstrong, Teddie McIsaac,, B. McLean, L. Spinks, Sonny Dexter, Cecil Dexter, Walter Murray, Jim Wickwire, Eugene Pyke, M. Smith, J. Cunningham, E. McLeod, Billie McLean, and Oliver Millard

The manager was Len Pottie and the coaches Dannie and Kal Seaman and Archie Huskins.

In 1954, high school track star, Roberta Legault, daughter of Romeo and Ruth Legault, Liverpool, won distinction for the school at the Acadia Relay Games in Wolfville. Despite a leg injury during training, she won gold in the 75 metre dash in record time. Later that same year, the high school baseball squad brought the second championship of the season by winning the Headmaster's Association Banner by defeating King's County Academy in a best-of-three series. Billy Whalen and Jerod Kaulback shared the pitching chore in the final game. The previous fall the Liverpool High rugby team claimed the South Shore title and advanced to the Mainland finals before being eliminated by Stellarton High, the eventual provincial champions. Members of the team were: Robert Mouzar, Phil Sapp, Paul Cross, Ron Nowe, John Kaulback, Bud Miller, Bill Scobey, Earl West, Ron Laing, Frank Martin, Lewis Smith, Nick Oldale, Bill Whalen, Clarence Johnson, Jim Richards, and Paul Freeman. Mac Bowers and Billy Rice were coaches. Bernie Doucet was the teacher rep and Alan More, the manager.

These championships followed the first ever boy's basketball banner for the school. The team that year boasted a 24-2-1 record losing only to Acadia Junior Varsity and to Clarke's Harbour. In the finals against Mount Carmel in New Waterford, the teams tied in the first game at 32 and, in a storybook finish, the Liverpool quintet overcame a seven point deficit in the fourth quarter of the second game to win 38-35 and the total point series by three markers. Members of that team were: Nick Oldale, Jordan Kaulback, Paul Cross, Bud Miller, Doug Parker, David Pottie, Ron Nowe, Jim Richards, Paul Henderson, Doug White, Philip Oldale and Bill Whalen. Foch Seaman was the coach and Jim Pottie, the manager.

In 1960, Liverpool Regional High School fielded a championship baseball team. Defeating Bridgewater and Kentville High schools on their way to the finals against the Halifax Vocational squad, the Liverpool nine thrashed the city crew 18-0 in the first game of their championship series forcing them to forfeit.

Members of that team were: Fred DeChamp, John McGowan, David Foley, David Bradbury, Weston Chivers, David Macleod, Jim McEachern, Art Howard, Eddie Hupman, Doug Mailman, Robert Smith, Gerry Whynot, Victor Jollimore, Joe VanBuskirk, and Coach Dannie Seaman.

In 1961, the record shows that the same team with the addition of Paul MacFarlane, Peter LeGrow H. Jones and R. Freeman, made it to the semi-finals against Kentville. There the record blurs and maybe someone can remember what happened that year. The coaches were Bernie Doucet and Dannie Seaman.

In 1968 the Liverpool High Girl's Golf team won a provincial championship. The members of the team were Lorraine Jollimore, Jill Hemeon, Linda Doggett, and Ginny Verge. The male members of the High School Golf Team were: Reid Conrad, Richard Dumeah, Brian Robinson, and Eddie Dumeah.

There was also a cross country running team that year, which was enthusiastic, but failed to set any records. Members were Anna Balcom, Janice Williams, Carol Clattenburg, Betty Ann Minard, Eleanor Fraser, Billy Rogers, Jerry Roy, Lee Frellick, Lloyd Schmidt, David Clattenburg, and Bobby Swaine. The team coaches were teachers Beatrice Delong and Mr. Davison.

In 1972-73, Liverpool Regional won the Girl's Field Hockey Championship. Miss Hebb, a teacher, coached the team that comprised Karen Murphy, Anne Winters, Charlotte Langille, Julie West, Pam Wood, Becky MacKinnon, Barbie MacKinnon, Wanda Whiting, Gail Hazeldine, Debi Hadskis, Leslie Armstrong, Lorna Milford, Anne Anderson, Joanne Crowell, Pat Wigglesworth, Patti Bell, and Cathy Lohnes.

The girls, with a few additions to the team, repeated their feat when they again won the Nova Scotia Title in 1973-74.

Also in 1972-73, The Liverpool Regional High School Girl's "A" basketball team (The Warriorettes) won the Nova Scotia Championship, after ringing up an impressive 23 win-3 loss record. Members of that classy squad were: Debi Hadskis, Charlotte Langille, Valerie Dyer, Karen Murphy, Lynn Cochrane, Dee McIsaac, Leslie Armstrong, Patti Bell, Joanne Crowell, Pat Wigglesworth, Cathy Kelly, Sally Robart, Julie West, Patsy Pyke, and Debbi Huskins. The coach was Chuck Ernst, a teacher. Julie West was named an All-Star and was chosen the Most Valuable Player.