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High school basketball actian These players are using all kinds of facial expressions and gyrations to talk the basketball down at Thornlea-Bayview The result was én impressive 63-38 triumph for the Thors under coach Dennis Herbert. It was quite a night all around with the Bayview Midgets edging the Thors And it did last Friday night when the unbeaten Bayview Secondary School Bengal Seniors took on the unbeaten Thornlea Secondary School Thors. By Dennis Herbert THORNHILL â€" When two un- defeated teams collide head on the basketball court it’s like the old song, “Something’s gotta give.“ It’s happened again. The January doldrums. Just when I thought I had it licked: I guess what fooled me was getting them a week late this year. Over-confidence will kill you every time. Ieven took extreme measures this year to beat them. Followed my mother’s advice and took one-a-day pills. Great idea except that it didn’t work. Couldn‘t find anyone who would coâ€"operate. Then I tried popping some other- type iron pills but they didn’t work either. This was brought brutally home when I went out to my car the other day and it wouldn‘t start. The battery was okay. Didn’t have the strength to turn the key. Dreary You know what it’s all about. One d-â€"- thing after another. I’ve been saving my money for the last 15 years. Not go go anywhere special. Nothing grandiose like the Bahamas, Acapulco or south of Steeles Avenue. I want a psychiatrist. I need one. I tried to get a doctor to send me to one years ago but he came up with some lousy advice. He told me to go out and get a job. I did and I‘ve never been happy since. All I needed was a psychiatrist. Back to the January doldrums. You have to face this world alone. Not all bad It's really not all that bad. The Richmond Hill Provincial A Rams have perked up a bit and look like a reasonable bet to hang on to the seventh place spot or even, pray, advance a little. Eighth place, of course. is the cutoff line. Lower and Be a good ball January do/drums Then, of course, the Jewellers are off to the sunny climes of North Bay to partake of the Ontario Winter Games against other hockey hopefuls. Then there‘s the Oak Ridges Dynes Jewellers and Thornhill Thunderbirds of the Mid-Ontario Junior B loop. Both look like winners this year sharing first and second place respectively. Luverly Wouldn’t it be luverly if both clubs met in the finals? There I go again. Off on a cloud of wonderful fan- cifying. January gets to me all the time. I’m not going to make any predictions or even hoped-for comments on that deal. I’ll tell you why. Where will it all end? I suppose I’ll lose my toe rubbers before it’s all over. I don’t think I could stand that. However, it’s certainly not that unlikely. Both clubs going great and I’ve got a feeling the Thunderbirds are coming on real strong. Beware them. More woe The other night I arrived at the Rams-Royal York game and as I entered the door a Rams’ official waved frantically for me to leave. Didn’t know why until I realized the score was tied 1-1 and, it seems, every time I get to a game the Rams come up losers. Take it easy, I said, I feel lucky tonight. Naturally, the 'Rams lost 2-1 and, to boot, I lost the 50-50 draw for the 800 thousandth time. Never a win- ner. that and you’re out fred simpson Who’s who? “This game is really a who’s-who contest. They haven’t lost in league play and nor have we. It will be nice to know where each of us stands after 32 minutes of play.“ A pre-game comment by Thomlea coach Herbert summed up the ex- citement preceeding the final senior game: 36-32 and the Thor juniors coming up with an impressive 55-38 win against their “up the road" Bayview Livals: Secondary school seniors game. That's Rich Levy (light) for Thornlea and Dave Mercer (22) for Bayview. Guess who won? Bayview vbas'the team standing, as of (Photo by Hogg) THORNHILL â€" That suddenly high- scoring line of Rocky Pantalone, Mike Johns, and Bud Shirley, was still in high gear Monday night but not so the rest of the Thomhill Thunderbird gears. “They just didn't want the game enough,” summed up coach Ralph Beer. Outhustled “Barrie really hustled, they got a couple of good goals, and we were playing catch-up hockey the rest of the night.” The Birds were for the birds as they dropped a 74 game to Barrie Colts at the Thomhill Community Centre. ’Birds kicked by Colts! Oak Ridges Thornhill Barrie Onilia Midland Owen Sound North York North Bay Markham Royal York Aurora Wexford Richmond Hill Toronto Nats. Weston Newmarket Ajax Dixie NorthYork 37 27 6 North Bay 37 23 9 Markham 3628 8 Royal York 37 18 12 Aurora 38 16 15 Wexford 38 17 18 Richmond Hiil 37 17 18 TorontoNats. 37 16 19 Weston 36 13 19 Newmarket 35 11 17 Ajax 37 12 22 Dixie 35 2 29 Futuregames Wednesday â€" Dixie at Royal York. 232 235 196 180 169 174 169 187 154 177 168 131 147 162 153 158 163 187 167 212 186 192 195 250 Thursday â€" Royal York at North Bay; WestOn at Newmarket; Markham at Alax; Aurora at Nationals Thornlea's league play record of five wins and no losses has to be matched against Bayview’s seven and one with both teams possible contenders for the York County championship for the southern division in early March. Over-Confident The junior tilt saw Bayview looking a little overconfident as they came to Thornlea sporting a seven and one record in league play having beaten Thornlea in an exhibition match earlier. Playoff drama 17 points Top scorers for Thornlea were Drew with 17 points and Lothrop with 15 while Waler and Killian had 16 and 7 respectively for the Bengals. now anyway, as they led 27-20 at halftime pumping in 14 points alone in the second quarter. Barrie led 4-2 at the end of the first on Thornhill Thunderbirds’ Jamie Kennedy (11) shows plenty of finesse here as he flips puck high into the rigging (see puck in net) Mid Ontario Ir. 8. Provincial Juniot A Rams facing the music Wednesday, January 26, 1977 G W 37 37 36 37 38 38 37 37 36 35 37 35 27 23 28 18 16 17 17 16 13 11 12 L T F 6 4 232 9 5 235 8 8 196 12 7 180 15 7 169 18 3 174 18 2 169 19 2 187 19 4 154 17 7 177 22 3 168 29 4 131 187 171 139 128 128 116 105 154 137 154 163 157 147 162 153 158 163 187 167 212 186 192 195 250 Classified Thornhill replied from Jamie Ken- nedy, a juvenile up for the game, and a power play effort by that line consisting of Shirley, Johns and Rocky Pantalone. Shirley pulled the trigger on this one. N 0 go Johns was back to take his turn at 7:36 of the second period from Pan- talone and Shirley but two more goals by John Garner and Don Martin killed any idea of a big rally. Kennedy got his second goal of the game in the second from Daurio and Wally Stankov but Barrie’s Don Martin came right back to score. goals by Tim Clayden, Jim Angus, and two by Bob Coulson. RICHMOND HILL â€" The Richmond! Tough loss Hill Provincial Junior A Rams had a The 2-1 loss to Royal York was a week off to worry_ ' toughie all the way in a free-skating, They worried, . free wheeling game particularly in the first two periods. Along with five or six other hockey RoyalYork,S Paul Skjodt got the only clubs who are fighting it out for the! goal in the first period at 13:25 but flihfil‘é‘é‘sd. “"a‘ may“ 5"” “mg with fiiebeenéflm’s Dawefiamahellfltieslét As of writing, the Rams are holding down seventh spot just two points in front of the Nats in eighth and, woe, only six points ahead of a fast-closing Weston team. “You‘ve got something like seven clubs in there battling for the last two or three playoff spots. If one team gets hot and wins three or four games, or if you lose three or four, you’re out." Concerned “Sure I’m concerned," said coach Carl Brimblecombe in the wake of a disappointing 2-1 loss Tuesday night of last week to the Royal Yorkers here in a game which saw the Rams play good enough to win. Top scorers in the game were Migotto and Lothrup of the Thors with 14 and 18 points respectively. For Bayview it was Service with nine points. Thors’ coach Michael Charles, a former Bayview teacher, was naturally elated with the victory. Inspired ball Said Charles: “Everyone of my boys was playing inspired basketball, they were super. We are finally beginning to jell as a team." The Thors‘ recora is now four and two while Bayview has won seven and lost two. The Thomlea Thors proceeded to outscore Bayview in every quarter of play leading 24-15 at halftime. Squeaker The midget game was a squeaker all (continued on 8-2) Section B Atta boy, Jamie for the first of his two goals in Monday night's Ontario Junior B Mid Ontario hockey game against Barrie Colts. It all Suspensions The Thunderbirds lost more than the game. Out for three games is high- scoring Pantalone on a suspension after he was caught butt-ending; and Kerry Pimm. two games for his misdemeanours. What he meant was that the Thunâ€" derbirds meet first place Oak Ridges Dynes Jewellers next Monday night at Bond Lake Arena. Such is life? 3-3 tie The Birds fought to a 3-3 tie against Stankov; and, yes, Shirley scoring at 15:11 to take the lead from Pantalone and Johns. It wasn’t to be as Owen Sound tied it at 18:40 courtesy of Jeff Nichols. Shots on goal were even at 39 apiece. Dean Dorsey and Ed Takamatsu shared the nets. Both were shaky at times. Barrie outshot Thomhill 38-35. “That just what we needed," sighed coach Beer. Goalie Brian Stankiewicz skated out to clear the puck at the blueline,- just got a piece of it and it wobbled to the side and onto Patterson’s stick and he slid an easy empty net shot into the rigging. Oooh. Coach Brimblecombe tended to Fatal Then came the fatal third period on one of the type of plays that turn coaches into worrying types. Oops That’s when the puck got behind defenceman Billy Stephenson at centre and KC. Patterson out behind in a race for the disk which was sliding over the Richmond Hill blueline. Royal York’s Paul Skjodt got the only goal in the first period at 13:25 but Richmond Hill’s Dave Campbell tied it at 12:22 of the second from Bill Colville and Mike Walker. “Leave my ball alone," could be what Steve Robb (14) of Thornlea is howling as he It's my ball! went for nothing for juvenile Kennedy as the Birds dropped a 7-4 game to the Colts. On came Thornhill at 32 seconds of the final 20 minutes with Glen Daurio scoring from Kennedy and Wally Stankov. ' Then it was, yes, Mr. Pantalone scoring at 10:46 from Johns and Stankov; and, yes, Shirley scoring at 15:11 to take the lead from Pantalone and Johns. Owen Sound led 2-0'going into the third period on a Shorthanded goal by Kent Pollard and a power play one by Todd Schaffer. Owen Sound in Owen Sound Friday night but it wasn't easy. The Rams are at home next Sunday to Markham in a crucial game starting at 7:30 pm. and are host again to the hot Aurora Tigers the following Tuesday at 7:45 pm. “We have our usual walking wounded type of injuries but everyone’s in good spirits. It’s just a matter of going out there and doing the job. Not easy “It won’t be easy but it never is at this stage of the game.” ' Unlucky He noted that “the guys have been playing very well but we’re still not getting lucky around the net. A couple of posts here and there and it meant the difference between wins and losses in our last few games.” ~ Brimblecombe said his line-up is about “set right now. We‘ve added Bill Leaman from Peterboro and he’s got to be a big asset with his experience. cringe at the thought of that last goal but added that “we had enough chances to win it early but we didn’t. That’s the game." wrestles with Dave Mercer for control of the ball at Bayview- Thornlea game Friday. [Photo by Hoggl (Photo by Hogg]