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THE ERA Aurora KetwIckOnt Wed FebM flB Section B Basketball shenanigans at Huron Heights and Sutton Paul Krause exhibits mans defence in a game that featured more than one irthodox basketball Referee Linda Bleary Is dwarfed by Morris ID and Paul Krause as she against Krause for knocking off her hat Running into a forearm the size of Paul Krauses can be a shock technical foul as Sutton District High School staff member Scott Wooding discovered Friday night Argos Diploma School and Sutton District High School several hundred people were treated to a rich exhibition of basketball shenanigans last On Wednesday Huron hosted the Harlem Diplomats a crew of five men who put on a spectacular display of orthodox and unorthodox basketball The Diplomats whose act resembles that of the long established Harlem Globetrotters took on the Huron Heights senior boys basketball Amid the hilarity and nonsense an accurate score was impossible to maintain It is known however that the Diplomats won by a narrow score and that the score was kept close more by the generosity of the visitors than by the skill of the home club This does not in any way reflect badly on the Huron for Heights the abitlities of the Harlem performers are close professional calibre giving an ample display of their passing shooting dribbling and comic talents On Friday Sutton played host to he Toronto Argonaut footballers from the double blue Offensive tackle Paul Krause linebacker George Anderson defensive back Wayne Allison defensive back Cor Porett offensive guard Stew Francis and centre Morris made up the Argo Keith and Bill Allison students at sutton District High and brothers of Argo Wayne Allison who lived years in Sutton Normally the basketball team which is in its first year of existence consists of 12 players but for various Although the players were not sharpshooters and tricksters like the Diplomats their athletic prowess showed as they downed the Sutton team after five quarters Not satisfied after the regular four quarters the Argos demanded another period Their Judy and Linda and perhaps a little partisan score keeping the Sutton club was able to catch up so that the score was a respectable for Argos after regulation time The spectators who packed Sutton High Schools spacious new gymnasium did not seem to care who won but they cheered loudly whenever the home club managed to pick up a point Obliging Diplomat gives Huron Height painters on how to shoot foul shots Harem with little difficulty John Cole photos Tigers bow out in four Wexford Raider Andy Vince raises his arms In Jubilation as shot fcy John Fielding beat Peter Helmsman to tie the game in the second I period was turning point In the game AURORA The end of a frustrating season came for the Aurora Tigers Wednesday as they bowed out to the Wexford Raiders 72 in Provincial Junior A playoff action According to coach Jack Ferguson nothing has gone right for the Tigers since the beginning of Injuries have plagued the club making it impossible to get all the talent together at any one time Aurora managed to nail down the last playoff spot in the final week of regular season play and Wexford the team Ferguson thinks will go on to win it all this year was the team it met in the quarter finals I think Wexford will win the league said Ferguson They have determination and they are tough Theres no defence against them Throughout the series it was the strong Wexford defence that neutralized the Aurora attack Tiger forwards showed no scoring power and were unable to put plays together They were forced to resort to shooting the puck from outside the Wexford then chasing it in hopes of a scoring op portunity The opportunities were few and far between Wednesday nights contest opened with rather medicore hockey on both sides con sidering what was at stake Passing was not sharp and the now of the play was continually interrupted with offside and Play was rough with both clubs indicating their willingness even eagerness to resort to fighting It was a precursor to what was to come in the ensuing periods Finally Bruce Smith put Aurora into a lead at the mark on a fluke shot from behind the Wexford goal It Aurora goals five penalties were assessed In the period 13 penalties were called as the rivalry that has existed for some time between these two clubs steadily intensified The opening frame ended But the lead was cut in half when only seconds of the second period had expired as positional play of the Raiders became more apparent as Auroras attack was rendered At point Aurora saw its slim lead erased on a goal by Bruce as Ron Phillips was sitting in the penalty box went between Heintzmans legs A few seconds later See TIGERS page displays Wednesday night