Alright, the gals got to me.
On the UNIVERSITY SHOW, Heather Bansley from the University of Toronto convinced me to come out and watch her play volleyball. She’s a three-time Ontario all-star in the indoor game and, I am told, may be even better playing beach volleyball.
We never did get the truckloads of sand delivered to the studio or I could have watched and worked at the same time.
Sports info officer Mary Beth Challoner, from the U of T, accompanied her to the station - and they beat up on the ‘ole guy. All this gender equity stuff, and to top it off the male guest - from York University - didn’t even stick to his arranged guest appearance. So much for hockey and York.
So, more women.
Then, on the HIGH SCHOOL SHOW, Leaside hockey player Emily Rose Galliani Pecchia - she had five of the six goals scored by her team in its league opener - spokje up about girls getting more ice time in T.O.
And what a show put on by Ryan Dixon - on the field with six touchdowns and 471 yards rushing for Donald Wilson of Whitby in the Ontario Junior football final (yes they won 40-28 over St. Michael’s of Toronto). But, this 15-year old spoke like a university student in sharing his observations of a year he’ll remember - and how he’s going to treat his offensive lineman. That’ll cost him a few bucks. Go easy guys, he doesn’t have a fulltime job.
George Mason, no relation to TV’s Perry Mason, talked about his new school - St. Michael’s and playing basketball. He’s from Orillia and played at Park Street until he decided he wanted to finish his education and play hoops for the private school in the big city.
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