Page 6 The Highacres Collegian Tuesday, October 31, 1978
SPORTS
byWiUDonner
Sports Editor
The Girls Volleyball team af
ter playing all the teams in their
division twice, has come into
some tuff-luck this season, losing
some very close matches while
they beat only Wilkes-Barre
Campus twice. The small girls
team despite of their record is
doing a great job and trying
hard to win, we should all help
to support them.
The men’s soccer team, which
is 3-5-1, and has two more games
remaining, is looking forward to
a 5-5 season this year. The
coachs Bill Lockwood and Archie
Warnock are very pleased with
the effort of the team. The
remaining two games will be
played on Oct. 28 at Berks Cam
pus and Nov. 4 at home against
Schuylkill.
Men’s Basketball will begin
Dec. 6 against Keystone Junior
College, come and cheer our
players on.
PENN STATE HIGHLIGHTS
In Penn State’s last four
outings they have been very im
pressive with two shutouts
against Texas Christian, and
Kentucky, the only team to beat
the Lions last year.
On September 23 in the All-U-
Day game the fans turned out to
a really exciting game when the
Lions won by a score of 26 to 21.
In the Texas Christian game on
September 30 the Lions whipped
the Horn Toads by a score of 58-
0 in a runnaway game.
On October 7 the Lions took
revenge on Kentucky in a night
game, winning by a score of 30-
Drawing done by Bob Geffert
0. Oct. 21 put the Lions up
against Syracuse in the annual
Homecoming Game. In an ex
citing game the Lions won with
a score of 45-15.
•Penn State is riding three
long streaks. The Nittany Lions
have won 14 consecutive games
(longest among major colleges),
have clinched their 40th con
secutive non-losing season (ex
tending Penn State’s national
record) and have scored in 134
consecutive games.
Penn State has had only seven
turnovers, all interceptions, in
the first six games this year.
The Lions have fumbled seven
times, but have recovered every
time. The Penn State records
are seven funbles lost in a
season (1968 and 1969) and 14
turnovers in a season (1968).
Defensive tackles Bruce Clark
and Matt Millen and defensive
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oncustom-imde
end Larry Kubin each have five
quarterback sacks in the first six
games. Clark leads the team
with 13 tackles for losses.
Split end Scott Fitzkee ranks
in the top 10 in three Penn State
career receiving charts. Fitzkee
in ninth in receptions with 51
(he needs six for sixth place),
sixth in yardage with 977 (he
needs 82 for third place) and
fourth in touchdowns with eight
(he needs three for the record).
Fullback Bob Torrey has
RING DAY
Nov. 20-21 in Commons
Hazleton Campus Book Store
Photo By TERRI WINTERS
gained 923 yards on 189 at
tempts in three seasons. He
needs 77 yards to become the
13th Penn State back to gain
1,000 yards in a career.
On their road to a number one
national rating the Lions played
West Virginia on Oct. 28,
Maryland on Nov. 4, and North
Carolina State on Nov. 11. On
Nov. 24 the Lions will be taking
on Pittsburgh in the last game of
the season which will be at
home, starting, at 1:30.