The Highacres Collegian
Paterno
Joe Paterno, head mentor of the
Lions "feels indifferent towards
the rankings. At this point in the
season the rankings are unimpor
tant. We have plenty of time left
to prove ourselves."
Penn State is the fifth team to
be selected as number one this
year. Before being named the top
team in the country, the Lions
bided their time and patiently
watched as one team after
another suffered from the
"number one jinx."
On Saturday, October 24, Penn
State broke the "number one
jinx" when they downed the
Mountaineers of West Virginia,
30-7. Curt Warner, who is on his
way to becoming one of the na
tion's top rushers, was unable to
see action due to a hamstring in
jury. His replacement, Johnson
Williams, did a fantastic job
Intramural program draws interest
The Hazleton Campus In
tramural Program is currently
drawing much interest according
to program officials.
"This term we didn't have any
trouble getting the students in
terested," says coordinator
Bruce Young. "In fact the
turnout was surprisingly high.
We have seven basketball teams,
seven volleyball teams, and ten
three-man bowling teams."
While getting the students in
terested may not be a problem,
Young says that keeping them in
volved is a different story.
"Every year we have the same
problem in basketball. Most of
the men participating have
played before and are quick to
realize everyone's potential. If
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rushing for 151 yards on 27 car
ries.
"Being able to perform and pro
duce as well without one of our
key players shows the team has
plenty of character," commented
Coach Paterno about the absence
of Warner.
According to Paterno, "The
defense has done very well this
year." In their first six victories,
the Nittany Lion defense has
allowed their opponents just 54
points. This averages to just nine
points per game.
Meanwhile the offensive unit
led by sophomore quarterback
Todd Blackledge has scored a
total of 221 points, an average of
37 points per game.
Penn State's victories have
been over Cincinnati 52-0,
Nebraska 30-24, Temple 30-0,
Boston College 38-7, Syracuse 41-
they lose a couple of games, they
start thinking it's all over and
then they stop showing up," said
Young. "Volleyball doesn't seem
to have that problem because it's
not as intense; it's mote of a
social sport. Every Tuesday and
Thursday we have about forty
five people here and they're all
having a good time. For example,
one team has only won two games
while losing sixteen, but they
haven't quit."
As a reward for participation,
each member of the winning
team in each sport will receive an
"intramural champion's" T
shirt. The T-shirt costs are
covered by a seventy-five cents
entry fee.
"Next term we may have to
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16 and West Virginia 30-7.
The Lions' next game is in the
Orange Bowl against a fiesty
Miami of Florida team. At this
point in time this is the only game
Coach Paterno is concerned with.
Coach Paterno does not believe in
looking too far into the future; his
philosophy is that "the next game
is always the toughest."
The remainder of the season
will be a tough one for the Lions.
After Miami of Florida they
travel to North Carolina and then
return home to Beaver Stadium
where they will entertain the
Alabama Crimson tide and the
Fighting Irish of Notre, Dame.
Finally on November 28, they will
close out their regular season at
the University of Pittsburgh, cur
rently ranked number two on
both the polls.
raise the entry fee to $1 because
of the cost of the shirts. I really
don't think this will cause the
number of students participating
to drop because if you think about
it where else can you get at least
eight hours of competition for on
ly one dollar."
-During the winter term basket
ball, volleyball, and bowling will
once again be offered along with
a one day foul shooting contest.
"We've tried to offer special
games like super stars, pinochle,
water basketball, and frisbee, but
they've never caught on," said
Young. "Only four or five people
will show any interest. But if
anyone does have a suggestion of
something different we'll be only
too happy to offer it and see what
happens."
Women's
volleyball
underway
The new head coach of the
Women's Volleyball team said
that he is well pleased with the
team's 100 percent improvement
since the beginning of the season.
Bruce Young said that he took
the post with no returning players
from last year's squad. However,
he said that he is pleased with the
way the squad is playing
together.
This year's squad is comprised
of sophomores: Yvonne Cormier
(rapt.), Cathy Grey, Linda Zim
merman, Cindy. Porreca,
Michalene Prohaporid, and
freshmen: Ann Martino, Andrea
Koretz, and Wendy Wertz.
While the team's record is 2-7,
one of their victories was over
Ogontz, P.S.U. (13-1). Ogontz had
beaten all of its opponents in
two straight games of a three
game series, but the Hazleton
girls took them to the three game
limit handing Ogontz its first loss.
The team's other win was over
Wilkes-Barre P.S.U. 15-8 and 15-
Roberts writes
Are women's sports soon to
become a thing of the past at
Hazleton P.S.U.? Well, if the cur
rent trend continues then the
answer will inevitably be yes.
For example, the women's
volleyball team consists of just
eight members; it takes six to
play a game. At orientation 16
freshmen said they were in
terested there are two on the
team.
The Intramural Program is
another good example: there are
but a few women playing
volleyball and just one is on a
bowling team.
Many times you'll hear some
one ask why there isn't a
women's basketball team or a
Hazleton harriers
close season
The PSU Hazleton Campus Cross-Country Team opened its 1981
season by defeating PSU's Worthington Scranton Campus 27-28 on
October 6.
At one point in the meet, Scranton had runners in the first four
places, but Hazleton battled back to place runners in the second,
third, fourth, eighth, and tenth spots.
Scranton's John Casey posted a first place time of 16:17, followed
by Hazleton's Jerry Trently, Mike Demangone, and Keith Auten,
who finsihed second, third, and fourth, respectively. Bob Davies and
Steve Thomas also placed in the meet held at Highacres.
Carol Clarton and Cathy Garrity ran the course in 23:07 and
25:49, respectively, for the Hazleton women's team.
On October 17, Hazleton traveled to University Park to compete
against other Commonwealth Campuses in the PSU system. The
Hazleton men finished fourth, and the Hazleton women finished
third, earning them a plaque. Hazleton was paced by Jerry Trently
and Mike Demangone, who placed fifth and eleventh overall in the
men's meet, and Carol Clarton, who placed fourth overall in the
women's meet.
Hazleton competed in a tri-meet against Scranton and the
Luzerne County Community College at the Worthington Scranton
Campus on October 20.
Scranton squeaked by LCCC 33-34. Hazleton finished third with a
score of 57. Scranton's John Casey won the meet, covering the four
mile course in 20:45. LCCC placed runners in the second and third
spots, with Hazleton's Jerry Trendy finishing fourth.
The next Hazleton runners were Mike Demangone, seventh,
Mark Diehl, thirteenth, Wayne Gross, seventeenth, and Ben Yanof
sky, nineteenth.
by Donna Rose Roberts
women's softball team. The
reason is that most of those who
are asking are nothing but talk.
When the sport is offered, they
never show up.
According to Bruce Young, "A
few years ago we tried to form an
all women intramural basketball
league because we had so many
interested. When it came time to
play we had maybe eight or nine
players. You would need at least
four teams to have a league."
If more women on this campus
don't stop sitting around and do
hag nothing or worse yet sit
ting around, doing nothing, and
complaining, then they will be the
ones to blame for the lack of ac
tivities for women.
November 1981-11