by lakecountry | Nov 4, 2016 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Carol
In these days of modern secondary education it’s almost impossible to visualize a high school with all grades in one room. It’s equally difficult to imagine one teacher instructing about 25 students in every subject in that classroom. Such was the...
by lakecountry | Nov 1, 2013 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane
Oyama High School, under the leadership of coach Clause Bissell, had a great record on the soccer pitch. Their greatest rival was the Mackie Prep School in the Coldstream and in 1943 the Oyama team was victorious, winning the prestigious Silver Pheasants trophy for...
by lakecountry | Aug 16, 2013 | Bloggers, History of Lake Country, Thomson, Duane
Soccer was a popular sport in the Central Okanagan while Claude Bissell was teacher and coach, first at Oyama High School and later in Rutland. This photograph of the Okanagan Zone Soccer Champions shows the Rutland team about to leave by bus for Penticton where they...
