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Don is very proficient at dribbling.
ManI what astretch I
tie for second place with Midland. In out by one point 3 5 - 34, but due to e second game, Collingwood defeated gw(lo_d'j51Clyed a two game, total points
Midget Basketball
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BACK ROW: Left to Right; Bruce Abbots, John Bishop, Pork, Ron Murch, Doug McLeod, Mr. G. Paton (Coach). FRONT ROW: David Ockers, Ron Gibson, Don Blacklock, Jim Hay, Bob Simpson
"Confidence is the key to success" and our Midget Basketball team's success this year is due mainly to confidence. The team lost the first game to Midland but after this initial defeat, everything went well for them.
When the schedule ended,, they w~ ·
the first play off game( tfle team was nudge
poor scoring, the gam wasil\\:o_test!:d....C •
Midland 54- 26. In e leQ~,ue finals, ~o
series with Barrie Nor 0,arfcl"defeated t~ '~i>'31 points on' the round. This gave the
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team the regional cha 'pi'pnsbip and~·e"rig t-to g~ againsfRichmond Hill for the
G.B.S.S.A. championsn4 - ~
"The team," in the words oft err coach, Mr.
in the sudden death game wid) Rich~ond Hill. Richmond Hill.
The team played hard a ea an b:.:Rfayers like Don Blacklock, Bruce Abbotts, Jim Hay, John Bishop and Bob Simpson we should have a very good junior team next year.
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