February 2016 to April 2016 Newsletter SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2020 College Drive Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 2W4 (306) 664-6744 Saskatoonsportshalloffame.com Photos of all inductees on touch screen at Field House Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame on Facebook t is my pleasure to bring you greetings from the hard working board of directors Bob Reindl, Ron Walsh and Ron Woodley. I of the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. This year we will celebrate our 31st induction ceremonies and dinner on Our 30th induction dinner on Nov. 7, 2015 was a fantastic success with over 400 Nov. 5, 2016. I hope all of you can attend to celebrate this year’s inductees. We people attending. Thanks to all of you who came out to celebrate and congratulations ask all members of the Hall to consider attending this event, the only one we to the new inductees. hold throughout the year, and support the Hall and the new inductees. Keith McLean We are very fortunate to have great volunteers that step forward to serve on our Submission deadline is April 1 for nominations for team, builder and athlete Hall of Fame president board of directors. A special thank you to past president Ed Bryant, who is retiring categories. I encourage all of you to consider nominating a deserving individual from our board after six years of service. Ed has been a tireless worker for the Hall or team to our Hall. We know that there are many athletes and builders that Builder inductee, 2006 and will be missed. deserve to be in the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. We must ensure that these We welcome to the board, Jacki Nichol. people are recognized. Thank you as well to returning board members, Jerry Shoemaker, Nomination forms are available at the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame office at Don Cousins, Allan Few, Mary Green, Ken Gunn, Ian Mirtle, John Neufeld, the Field House or on our website: Saskatoonsportshalloffame.com

Major honour for McDonald Hall of Fame will induct Don McDonald as a builder in 2016

Don McDonald’s stats In Football Hall as a builder Saskatoon Hilltops lineman...... 1951-52 and have Saskatoon connection Coach Eskimos minor flag football in Saskatoon...... 12 years *Inducted into Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame Hilltops director...... 45 years Larry Haylor Hilltops president...... 1975 U of S Huskies quarterback...... 1966-67 Co-founder Prairie Junior Football Conference...... 1975 U of S Huskies assistant...... 1971-73 Prairie Junior Football Conference president...... U of Dalhousie Tigers assistant...... 1974 Amateur Football Association president..... 7 years U of Western Mustangs assistant...... 1975-83 Canadian Junior Football League commissioner...... 8 years U of Western Mustangs head coach....1984-06 Football president...... 3 years *Ed Henick Hilltops player ...... 1947-48 McDonald is enshrined into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame Hilltops assistant...... 1949-50 as a builder. He is a former director with the Saskatoon Hall Don McDonald Saskatoon Minor Football League...... 1957-80 Kinsmen Tackle League commissioner...... 1962-82 Hilltops president...... 1963-64 Football Sask president...... 1973-74 Football Sask. secretary treasurer...... 1975-2000 PJFC president...... 1984-85

Vern DeGeer Bob Hughes Lloyd Saunders Ed Tait Don Whitman In Football Hall as a reporter and has Saskatoon connection. *Inducted in Saskatoon Hall Vern DeGeer Mal Isaac Jack Wells In Football Hall as an athlete U of S Huskies quarterback Newspaper reporter: Radio broadcaster, sportscaster: and have Saskatoon connection Columnist/sports editor: Saskatoon StarPhoenix Saskatoon Saskatoon StarPhoenix Regina Leader-Post Winnipeg CJRC, CJOB, *Ron Atchison Windsor Star Radio sportscaster: CJAY, CBC Saskatoon Hilltops player...... 1948-50 Globe and Mail Weyburn, Yorkton, Saskatchewan Roughriders Montreal Gazette Sudbury, Regina Don Whitman Saskatoon Hilltops player 1956 middle guard defence...... 1951-69 Bob Hughes *Lloyd Saunders Radio sportscaster: Reporter, columnist, author: Saskatoon Hilltops player North Battleford CJNB —Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame photo Regina Leader-Post Radio sportscaster: TV news/sportscaster/commentator: Gene Makowsky Saskatoon StarPhoenix Regina CKCK Saskatoon CFQC Marauders Calgary Albertan TV sportscaster, commentator: National CBC Saskatoon CFQC, CBC TV U of S Huskies offensive lineman...... 1991-94 Saskatchewan Roughriders Ed Tait Reporter, columnist: offensive lineman ...1995-2011 Saskatoon StarPhoenix Winnipeg Free Press Saskatoon sports hall of fame, february 2016-april 2016 newsletter

Evan Hardy Collegiate turns 50 50 in the 2015-16 school year grand ’s connection with the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame

Evan Hardy teachers, staff enshrined in the Hall David Earl...... Team, U of S Huskies football QB Dean Faris...... Athlete, multi sports Bill Gordon...... Builder, Bill Gordon David Earl Doug Humbert...... Team, Hilltops football coach Humbert was also a student in Evan Hardy Blaine Knoll...... Team, Merchants softball. Athlete, multi sports Al Ledingham...... Team, Hilltops football OL, LB. Builder, football

Doug Humbert Tom Sargeant...... Team, Hilltops football TE and coach Bill Seymour Bill Seymour...... Team, U of S Huskies hockey coach. Builder, hockey Brian Thorstad...... Team, Hilltops football receiver Pat Wegner...... Team, Harmony Centres softball catcher Ross Wilson...... Builder, basketball Al Ledingham Ross Wilson

Evan Hardy students enshrined in the Hall

Erin Bullee Joanne Dempsey Darren Hockman Bob Korpan Ben Mitchell Ken Redl Tim Schnitzler Kevin Tysowski Lesley Wright Rob Achs...... Team, Hilltops football DB Chris Mossing...... Team, Hilltops football K Imran Akhtar...... Athlete, Carey Nelson...... Athlete, track and field

Pat Babichuk...... Team, Hilltops football OL Olatunde Olatunbosun... Team, U of S Huskies football DB Bo Blackmon...... Team, Hilltops football DL Garett Olver...... Team, Hilltops football QB Erin Bullee...... Athlete, synchro swimming Justin Powlowski...... Team, Hilltops football DB Louis Christ...... Athlete, track and field Ken Redl...... Team, Hilltops football OG Ryan David...... Team, Hilltops football LB Joanne Dempsey...... Team, U of S Huskiette athlete Paul Rogal...... Team, Huskies football coach Chris Eckert...... Team, Hilltops football DL Kent Sangster...... Team, Hilltops football DB Jon Foster...... Team, Hilltops football LB Tim Schnitzler...... Team, Hilltops football LB Tony Gagnon...... Team, Hilltops football QB, P Jeremy Sears...... Team, Hilltops football LB Dr. Gary Goplen...... Athlete, speed skating Dan Servetnyk...... Team, Hilltops football RB. Athlete, football, wrestling Dr. Gord Goplen...... Athlete, speed skating Brian Skrudland...... Athlete, hockey Darren Hockman...... Team, Hilltops football WR Ed Smith...... Team, Hilltops football CB Bob Korpan...... Team, Hilltops football DB Jeff Sopatyk...... Team, Hilltops football K, RB Jay Kost...... Team, Harmony Centres softball OF Rob Symchyck...... Team, Hilltops football, Huskies football K, RB Don Listwin...... Team, U of S Huskies volleyball athlete Marshall Toner...... Athlete, football, track and field Gabe Mackesey...... Team, Hilltops football LB Brent Turkington...... Team, Hilltops football S and coach Chris Masich...... Team, Hilltops football DL Bonnie McAskill...... Team, Harmony Centres softball OF Kevin Tysowski...... Team, Hilltops football RB Charles McLennan...... Team, Hilltops football LB Ian Walker...... Team, Hilltops football WR Ben Mitchell...... Team, Hilltops football DE, LB Lindsay Wincherauk...... Team, Hilltops football QB Greg Moe...... Team, Hilltops football K Bob Molle Lee Wolfater...... Team, Hilltops football WR Bob Molle...... Athlete, football, wrestling Lesley Wright...... Athlete, synchro swimming Sean Morton...... Team, Hilltops football DB Larry Wruck...... Athlete, football —Canadian Press photo/StarPhoenix archives Sports personalities on Evan Hardy’s Wall of Fame *Inducted in Saskatoon Sports Hall Gregg Adams...... Football, wrestling athlete Gavin Schmitt...... Canadian volleyball team athlete Mike Anderson...... Hilltops, CFL offensive lineman *Brian Skrudland...... Blades, NHL centre *Erin Bullee...... Synchro swimmer *Bill Stefaniuk...... Huskies, Olympic hockey manager Martine Gaillard...... Rogers Sportsnet commentator/host *Gina Smith...... Olympic dressage athlete *Dr. Gordon Goplen...... Olympic speed skater *Marshall Toner...... Huskies, CFL slotback *Bob Molle...... CFL lineman, Olympic wrestler Garnette Weber...... Soccer athlete Kevin Molle...... CFL offensive lineman *Lesley Wright...... Olympic synchro swimmer Doug Redl...... Huskies, CFL lineman *Larry Wruck...... Hilltops, CFL linebacker Scott Redl...... Huskies, CFL lineman Trent Yawney...... Blades, Olympic defenceman, Mike Anderson NHL coach Martine Gaillard —StarPhoenix photo Gavin Schmitt Gavin schmitt, an evan hardy grad, will be playing for the canadian national volleyball team in world league matches june 24-26 at the sasktel centre in saskatoon. canada is joined at the event by teams from china, korea and portugal. Saskatoon sports hall of fame, february 2016-april 2016 newsletter Passings Don Brownell, 1935-2016, age 80 With Saskatoon Team inductee, Bayne Secord rink Don Brownell played lead on Bayne Secord’s Touching base Sports Hall inductees rink that won the Sifton Trophy as the Canadian Inductees Janet (Cook) Gamble and Cathy (Nixon) were on the coaching staff of the Canadian under-19 school boys champions in 1954. Brownell, a native of Laura, second Stan Aust- New continue to make news on the waterfront. Gam- football team that was defeated by the U. S. 33-0 in the man of Kenaston, third Don Snyder of Pleasant- ble competed in swimming in the 2000 Sydney Olym- recent International Bowl Series in Arlington, Tex. Playing dale and skip Secord from Richlea — students Don pics. In 2015, she ranked in the top 10 in the United on Canada’s team were Hilltops running back at Saskatoon Tech Collegiate —­­­ defeated Gene Brownell States in three swimming sprint events for women age Adam Machart, receiver Jason Price, defensive back Walker of Winnipeg’s Gordon Bell High 10-7 in Jay Yausie, linebacker Cody Peters and defensive the final at the Thistle Club in Hamilton. 35-39. Gamble, a registered dietitian, is an instructor lineman Connor Guillet, University of Saskatchewan The rink was met on its return on Saturday night by a big in the College of Education, Health and Human Devel- Huskies linebackers Eric Thakurdeen and Ben Whiting Evan Hardy Collegiate’s connection crowd at the Saskatoon airport. They were driven through opment at Montana State University in Bozeman. downtown in an open convertible and taken to the Nutana and defensive back Payton Hall and from Aden Bow- New and Karen (Clarke) Dumas are enshrined in the with the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame Club, where students and staff of Tech provided dinner. Mayor man Collegiate, defensive lineman Nathan Cherry . . . Hall Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame for marathon canoeing. John McAskill and Tech principal Robert McGregor were inductee Cliff Koroll, 69, played for the Chicago Black- among the guests of the function. Dumas was also New’s coach in synchro swimming. hawks alumni in an outdoor hockey game against Min- Secord qualified for provincials by defeating Bob Postlewaite New was a bronze medallist at the world masters of Bedford Road 8-7 in the northern final. The Saskatoon rink nesota North Stars alumni in February in Minneapolis. beat Doug McVety of Regina Balfour Tech 13-6 and 19-7 in the synchronized swimming championships in Italy in 2012 Koroll is president of the Blackhawks alumni association. best-of-three provincial final. and a silver medal- Ken Moir was coach of Saskatoon’s rink. list at the Canadian Thank you sponsors Hiatt honoured championships in imon Hiatt is the Don Campbell, 1933-2016, age 82 l Al Anderson’s Source for Sports Calgary in 2014. Now voice of the Sask- Builder inductee, golf l Cherry Insurance S Don Campbell’s course was the Riverside based in Regina, New l Hunters Bowling atoon Sports Hall of Country Club, but his influence on golf reached has coached with the l Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon Fame, serving as the far and wide. Regina Synchronized l Realty Executives Saskatoon citation reader at the He was a charter member in the Canadian Golf l Superintendents’ Association and helped to estab- Swimming Club . . . Saskatchewan Blue Cross annual induction banquet. l Travelodge Hotel lish the Saskatchewan Turfgrass Association. Don Inductee Catherine In January this year, he Campbell Campbell’s start in golf was playing with his Wedge, who competed was on centre stage at brother Rod and their father Don as well as BRIT, the 48th annual being a caddy at Riverside in the 1940s when he was a student in the 1976 Olympics Hall directors Bedford Road Invitation at Victoria School. He went on to work the ground crew and in equestrian, was the l President Keith McLean l Ian Mirtle Members at large Tournament for high later became Riverside’s superintendent, Riverside’s manager presiding judge at a l Past president Jerry Shoemaker l John Neufeld Gerry Heskett school boys basketball. and Riverside’s executive director. recent trial in Vancou- l VP Dana Kidd l Jacki Nichol Walter Mudge As an athlete, he played first base for the Saskatoon Moores l Ken Gunn, treasurer l Bob Reindl Mark Tennant “BRIT gets incredible junior team. He was a goalie for the Wesleys juveniles ver with Olympic con- l Don Cousins, secretary l Ron Walsh Bob Florence media coverage,” said and juniors — three times being named the Wesleys’ MVP — nections. Wedge is a l Allan Few l Ron Woodley Kelly Bowers to the and played semi pro with the Quakers in the early ’60s. Supreme Court Justice l crowd at Bedford before Campbell’s teammates in hockey included Saskatoon Sports Mary Green in B.C. In her ruling on the tipoff to the 2016 Hall of Fame inductees Bobby Dawes, Hal Laycoe, Vic Lynn, Jack McLeod, Bill Remenda, Peter Semko and Andy Voykin. a case, she absolved BRIT final. “The leader Laycoe and Lynn were coaches on the teams. John Furlong, the former CEO of the 2010 Vancouver of this coverage is the Olympics, in a defamation lawsuit that was filed by folks at Shaw (TV). One guy is responsible for that — Simon Hiatt.” Hiatt was presented a plaque by Maizie (Johnston) Howard, 1925-2015, age 90 journalist Laura Robinson. Maizie Johnston was on the rink that won the BRIT chair Nicole Poier . . . Hiatt has a hand in the Saskatchewan women’s curling title in 1954 and BRIT title won by the Walter Murray Marauders in went on to compete in the Western Canadian Remmen races with Legends 1990. He was manager of the team . . . Hall inductee and championship in Edmonton. This was before Ray Remmen, who is enshrined in the Saskatoon director Ian Mirtle is Saskatoon Kinsmen sportsman Canada had a national women’s curling champi- Sports Hall of Fame, was one of eight drivers in the onship. of the year for 2015. The Hilltops were named team Johnston played third on a rink from the Hub Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame who com- of the year. Becky Richter of the Cyclones Road and City Club skipped by Joyce McKee, with Muriel Maizie peted in the annual Legends Day Trot on the final Track Club is the Saskatoon Kinsmen athlete of the year. Chris Mossing...... Team, Hilltops football K Coben at third and Vi Nesbitt at lead. Howard day of the 2015 harness meet at Clinton Raceway Richter won a bronze in club throw at the world cham- The McKee rink won the northern final 17-3 pionships last October in Doha. She won gold in club Carey Nelson...... Athlete, track and field in Clinton, Ont. . . . Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame and swept the best-of-three provincial final in two games. The inductees Ed Bryant, Muriel Coben, Don Cousins, throw and bronze in discus at the ParaPan Am Games first game was in Yorkton. Because ice was not availble in York- Olatunde Olatunbosun... Team, U of S Huskies football DB Bob Silzer and Len Yonkman are among the inductees in Toronto. Her coach is Hall inductee Rick Reelie . . . ton for the second game, it was played in Regina. Hall inductee Steve Laycock won his third consecutive Garett Olver...... Team, Hilltops football QB In 1986, Johnston was runner-up in the Saskatchewan senior in the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in Battle- women’s final. ford. The ball hall is home to the biggest bat in Canada. SaskTel Tankard as the provincial men’s curling champion Justin Powlowski...... Team, Hilltops football DB The 1954 provincial title was the first for McKee, a five-time The one-tonne, 15-metre bat was made by Progres- in February . . . Brianne Theisen-Eaton of Humboldt had the best heptathlon performance in the world Canadian curling champion — four in the women’s event, one sive Yard Works of Saskatoon . . . Inductee Jerry Friesen Ken Redl...... Team, Hilltops football OG in 2015, scoring 6,808 points in the annual Götzis in senior women’s . McKee and Coben are both enshrined into served as linebackers and special teams coach with the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame. multi-discipline meet in Austria . . . Hall inductee and Paul Rogal...... Team, Huskies football coach the Langley Rams in the B.C. Junior Football confer- three-time Olympic medallist Catriona Le May Doan ence last season. The Rams reached the league semi- Kent Sangster...... Team, Hilltops football DB Wally Yuzdepski, 1933-2015, age 82 is the new senior director of community engagement Team inductee, Frank Scheirich rink final. The B.C. league champion Okanagan Sun were and marketing with Sport Calgary, an organization that Tim Schnitzler...... Team, Hilltops football LB Wally Yuzdepski played second on Frank Schei- defeated by the Saskatoon Hilltops in the Canadian supports amateur sport in the city . . . Bryan Kosteroski rich’s rink from the Nutana Club that won the Bowl . . . The Hilltops have been playing at the new and Jeremy Sears...... Team, Hilltops football LB Canadian senior men’s championship in Yorkton of Saskatoon was selected as Canada’s sports volunteer improved Saskatoon Minor Football field since 2014. of the year at the recent annual PRESTIGE awards in Dan Servetnyk...... Team, Hilltops football RB. Athlete, football, wrestling in 1986. The team qualified for nationals by defeating Now they’re getting a bigger house. The Hilltops are Ottawa, presented by Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance. Vern Vallevand of Regina twice in the provincial Wally going to build a new clubhouse at their site on Kilburn Kosteroski was chair of the International Softball Federa- Brian Skrudland...... Athlete, hockey Yuzdepski final in Unity. Avenue . . . Hall inductees Brian Guebert and Jeff Yausie tion men’s world championship in Saskatoon in 2015. Ed Smith...... Team, Hilltops football CB Yudzepski, lead Alex Wasslen, third Dr. Joe Golumbia and skip Scheirich had a 10-1 record at the national Jeff Sopatyk...... Team, Hilltops football K, RB championship. Look at them now Rob Symchyck...... Team, Hilltops football, Huskies football K, RB Seven Saskatchewan rinks have won the title In the history of the Canadian senior curling championship, including the Don Sask. athletes, coaches, volunteers make news Marshall Toner...... Athlete, football, track and field Wilson rink in 1968, the Morrie Thonmpson rink in 1977 and the Eugene Hritzuk rink in 2008. Wilson’s team, Thompson’s Brent Turkington...... Team, Hilltops football S and coach team and Hritzuk, as an athlete, are inducted into the Saska- toon Sports Hall of Fame. Kevin Tysowski...... Team, Hilltops football RB Yuzdespki reached the semifinal in the 1972 Saskatchewan Ian Walker...... Team, Hilltops football WR Tankard, playing second for Bruce Schell. In recent years he was a marshal at The Willows Golf & Lindsay Wincherauk...... Team, Hilltops football QB Country Club.

Lee Wolfater...... Team, Hilltops football WR Dale Zeman, 1946-2016, age 69 Dale Zeman was an accomplished athlete in Lesley Wright...... Athlete, synchro swimming baseball and hockey, winning provincial titles in both sports. Johnny Marciniuk Kylie Zirk Emmanuel Akintunde Larry Wruck...... Athlete, football Zeman played for the Optimist Dodgers base- Kayak Basketball ball team, which were the Little League champi- Football ons in Saskatchewan in1953, and the City Park Johnny Marciniuk is one of the Kylie Zirk of Saskatoon Whitewa- Emmanuel Akintunde is a starting hockey team that won the Saskatchewan juvenile founding members of Friends of ter Kayak Club is a member of the guard on the St. Joseph Guardians, who title in 1962. Dale the Bowl, a group founded in 2012 Canadian national junior team in had the highest finish among Saskatoon He was a pitcher and infielder with the Saska- Zeman to provide Saskatoon with a new whitewater canoeing and kayaking. teams in the recent BRIT basketball toon Commodores in the Northern Saskatch- football field and facilities. She competed in K1 slalom at the tournament, placing fourth. ewan League, consistenly hitting better than .300. They’ve delivered. world junior and U23 champion- Akintunde is in Grade 12. After a season with the Saskatoon Blades in the Saskatch- Saskatoon Minor Football Field, ships last April in Foz do Iguassa, The Guardians were second last sea- ewan Junior Hockey League, Zeman went to the University of formerly known as Gordie Howe Brazil. son in Hoopla, the provincial high school Denver. He was a defenceman on the Denver Pioneers, who Park, has artificial turf, a new Kirk was 133rd among 248 championship. won back-to-back NCAA titles in 1968 and ’69. scoreboard, improved lighting and women in the International Canoe At the Canadian under-17 champion- He was an assistant coach with the WHL’s Spokane Chiefs sound and a clubhouse. Federation world rankings last sum- ship in Halifax last summer, Akitunde led and coached youth hockey in Denver. Marciniuk, who is a full-time mer for the K1. Saskatchewan in scoring (14.5 points per Dale’s father Joe is inducted as a builder into the Saskatoon physical education consultant with She competed at previous world game) and rebounds (8.3 rebounds per Sports Hall of Fame. Among Dale’s hockey teammates were the Greater Saskatoon Catholic championships in Slovenia and game). Saskatchewan placed sixth. Hall inductees Gord Barwell, Cliff Koroll, Keith Magnuson, school system, is operations man- Australia. Herb Pinder and Bobby Schmautz, and in baseball Len Breck- ager of Saskatoon Football Inc. Kirk’s coach with the Saskatoon ner, Murray Eddy, Randy Munch, Murray Richardson and In the last year, the total hours Club is Brendan Curson. manager Spero Leakos. booked for competition at the Dale’s sister Brenda was a provincial high school champion facility have tripled. for in sprints, hurdles and long jump and coached track and field.