OSHAWA, Ont. - Make sure you tune into Rogers TV on Thursday night at 8 p.m. as Anthony Batchelor, the all-time leading scorer in Canadian collegiate basketball history will be appearing live on the Home Team with Roger Lajoie.
Batchelor will become the fourth player in Durham College men's basketball history to have his uniform and number permanently retired. The retirement for Batchelor's No. 32 will take place on Friday, November 23 when the Lords host the Georgian Grizzlies at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre.
Batchelor will join former Lords No. 3 Ken Upshaw (1982-86), No. 40 Augusto Duquesne (1994-97) and No. 5 Bill Crowdis (1996-99) in have their jerseys retired. The presentation will take place prior to the men's basketball game at 8 p.m.
Following the jersey retirement ceremony, Batchelor will return to the Lords bench as an honourary member of the coaching staff alongside former head coach Desmond Rowley.
THE HOME TEAM WITH ROGER LAJOIE
Roger has worked as a sports writer and broadcaster for more than
30 years, much of it spent right here in Durham Region. He is an
on-air talk show host on Sportsnet 590 The Fan, and is the author
of "The Goal of My Life" hockey icon Paul Henderson's memoir and
"The Road to Hockeytown", the story of hockey executive Jimmy
Devellano.
He has broadcast more than 1,200 junior hockey games and is
currently the play-by-play voice for the Mississauga Steelheads of
the Ontario Hockey League. Lajoie also does some writing for the
Toronto Sun and is one of the official scorers of the Toronto Blue
Jays at Rogers Centre. He also teaches at the College of Sports
Media, is a consultant to Ryerson University, and is the PA voice
of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Intercounty Baseball League.
Roger is best known in Durham as a long-time Oshawa Generals
broadcaster and he alsoworked for the Oshawa This Week, Oshawa
Times and Durham Post. Coming back to Rogers TV this fall to once
again host a sports talk show (Goal Line), which allowed him to
connect with Durham Region sports fans every week for five years.
"I'm really looking forward to connecting with some of the best
sports fans in the county every week again on Rogers TV." For more
information about Roger check out his website at www.rogerlajoie.com.
Source: Durham College