The Highacres collegian. (Hazleton, PA) 1956-????, April 04, 1975, Image 11

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    Students Trounce Faculty in
Basketball Action
The students came out
victorious in the student
faculty basketball game played
March 17* They won by the
score of 73-58* However, the
teachers vere leading, 11-7,
at the end of the first quar
ter. They couldn't keep their
lead for long as the students
made a come-back to lead, 29-
22, at the end of the first
half. They maintained the
lead throughout the rest of
the game. Third quarter score
was students-21, teachers-16.
The students got a bigger lead
in the fourth quarter and won
the game by 15 points.
Students in double fi
gures were: Krajnik with 16
points; DePue with 10 points
and Skordinski with 23 points.
Teacher in double figures
were: Bobby—l 2 points;
Caccese—lo points; and Nea
lie—2l points. The faculty
shot 63$ from the foul line
while the students only a
chieved 38$.
Joe Melnick and Brad
Filippone drew first round
byes. Pete Koval defeat
ed Bob Schoppe 2 games to
0 including a 9-0 victory.
Brad McNafe defeated Tom Bur
ton 2 games to 1 after lo
sing the opening game 9-6.
Tom <Botley won the first
round match by forfeit.
Craig Franczak defeated
Mike Mercante 2 games to
1 after losing the open
ing game. Ev Binns won
the first round match by
forfeit. Mike Gondell de
feated Jerry Gibala two
games in a row. Kim DePue
won 2 games to 0 over Bon
Hartzel. Joe Kokinda won
9-8 over Joe Bodnar in the
first game and followed with
a 9-2 victory in the second.
Air Hockey Champ Named
In the second round Brad
Filippone scored two straight
impressive victories over Joe
Melnick. Pete Koval opened
hes second '
, 9-7 victory
HcMab won tl
The coaches for the fa
culty team were Mrs. Jagg and
Mr* Concannon. Coach for the
students team was Chris Sliv
ka. Clair Fries was the re
feree. Bean McCallus was the
umpire and Valter Kropf was
the score keeper. The time
keeper was Alex Brodowski.
Scoring went as follows:
Students
Ackerman 2 3-8 7; Krajnak 6
4-6 16; Finerfrock 1 0-2 2;
Noxk 2 0-3 4; DePue 5 0-0 10;
Miner 0 0-2 0; Marnell 1 2-5
4; Skordinski 10 3-3 23; Con
nelly 2 0-2 4; Brownell 11-3
3; Franczak 0 0-2 0.
Totals: 30 13-34 73*
Faculty
White 1 2-34; Bobby 6 0-2 12;
Biacchi 0 0-0 0; Caccese 3 4-4
10; Vanßeventer 0 0-0 0; Bree
kenridge 0 1-2 1; Krone 1 0-0
2; Binns 2 0-0 4; Nealie 9 3-3
21; Russel 0 0-0 0.
Totals: 24 10-16 58.
Joe Bissol won over Tom Ru
binate 2 games to 1 and Jaok
Tough defeated Dr* Dill 2
games to Q. Dave Dulsey won
2 games to 1 over Phil Mar
nell. Bob Walker defeated
Ricky Nork 9-8 in the third
game after an exchange of vic
tories in the first two. Jay
Braokinridge defeated Chris
Slivka 2 games to 0. Kurt
Nenstiel came from behind in
his first game to defeat Jim
Durso 9-8; then he followed
with an easier victory in the
second to win 2 games to 0.
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Koval came from behind to win
the third game 9-8. Craig
Franczak scored over Tom Bot
ley 2 games to 0. Ev Binns
struggled over Hike Gondell
in their first game 9-7• Gon
dell came back to defeat Binns
in the second 9-5* But Binns
But Binns managed to come back
to win the match 9-5* Joe Ko
kinda scored two straight wins
over Kim DePue. Joe Bissol
won 2 games to 0 over Jack
Tough. Bob Walker defeated
Dave Dulsey 2 games to 0 in
two tough defensive games.
Kurt Nenstiel scored two
straight games over Jay Breck
inridge.
In the quarter finals
Brad Eil'ippone forced the ac
tion throughout the match to
win 2 games 0 over Pete Koval.
Craig Eranczak and Ev Binns
exchanged victories in their
first two games then in the
third game Binns lost 9-5*
In the two offensive games
Joe Bissol scored two straight
wictories over Joe Kokinda.
Kurt Nenstiel defeated Bob
Walker two games to none.
In the semi-final rounds
Craig Pranczak scored two
straight victories over Brad
Pilippone to earn a spot in
the finals. Joe Bissol and
Kurt Nenstiel slugged it out
all the way exchanging tough
hard-fought victories in the
first two games and Bissol
won in the final game 9-8.
Nenstiel had a six game
tournament winning streak
snapped in the opening game.
In the final round Craig
Franczak and Joe Bissol ex- -
changed victories in the first
two games. Both were hard
fought, but Franczak began
forcing the action and played
a more controlled game to win
the next two games. This gave
him a victory in the final
round and the title Air Hockey
Champion. He reoieved a tro
phy from Dean McCallus who was
also the referee for the tour
nament.
A college education
shows a man how little other
people know.
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