—The Highacres Collegian
Sports Rap
by Eric Riedinger
Steve Podgorski? Never heard
the name? Well, neither did I un
til recently. He's a Canadian
who's been tearing up the World
Cup skiing circuit this winter. He
has won three consecutive World
Cup downhill ski races in the past
month, which is something that
doesn't happen that often in ski
ing. Skiing in the past has been
dominated by the Europeans but
it looks like Podgorski might just
change that fact.
Skiing in the Poconos this
winter has been very good with
all of the heavy snow we have
received this year and many
P.S.U. at Hazleton students have
been taking advantage of the op
portunity. I have enjoyed skiing
for a long time and would en
courage anybody who has never
been skiing to try it this winter. If
you can't convince yourself to get
up early enough to go in the mor
ning, there's always night skiing
at Camelback.
Well, the Sixers still have the
best record in Pro Basketball and
I think they deserve it. What
makes this year's Sixer team so
good is that they are playing
of in early moments of game.
Pal-Joey
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on individual talent, which they
have done in the past years.
Major League Baseball's first
trade this season happened
recently when Fred Lynn, the
Boston Red Sox standout center
fielder, was traded to the Califor
nia Angels. Boston made a smart
move in trading Lynn, knowing
that his contract was ending this
year and he would become a free
agent after that. If Lynn would
have been able to play out his op
tion with Boston, the Red Sox
would have received a sweet
goodbye note from him instead of
Joe Rudi and Frank Tanana, the
players they acquired in the
trade.
The New Orlean Saints, pro
football's worst team this season
with a 1-15 record, have just of
ficially named Bum Phillips as
their new head coach. I think
Texan Bum Phillips would be bet
ter off milking cows on his Texas
farm than taking over the hapless
Saints.
So why couldn't the Eagles
have been as lucky as the
Phillies?
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Condors fly back
despite slow start
by Donna Roberts
After starting out with no wins
and two losses in the conference,
the Condors came storming back
with five straight victories,
before dropping Saturday's game
to York P.S.U., 58-56. The losses
came at the hands of Scranton
P.S.U., 69-72, and York P.S.U.,
58-59; York's victory came with a
basket at the buzzer. The vic
tories were over: Ogontz P.S.U.,
48-44; Mont Alto, 62-61; Schuylkill
P.S.U., 83-45; Berks P.S.U., 59-
55; and Delaware P.S.U., 83-52.
The record of the Condors
overall is ten wins and five losses.
Recently, they took on Alvernia
College, which is a four year in
stitution. Except for playing
Hazleton, the Patriots only play
other four year schools and have
a record of five wins and three
losses. "Beating Alvernia, 67-66,
was a real lift for everyone in
volved with the team," according
to Coach Tom Caccese.
"At the beginning of the
season, our defensive goal, points
scored against us, was fifty-five
points per game. Right now, the
average is 58,7 points per game,
while offensively we are averag
ing 65.7 points per game."
The Condors have been dubbed
the 'Cardiac Condors' and so far.
we have been involved in ten
games where the difference in
scores was by four or less
points." Highacres has won
seven of those games.
Anytime you attend a Condor
home game, you become eligible
to win food prizes at McDonald's
and the grand prize trip to the
Bahamas.
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