Condors
By Mark Brennan
The Hazleton P.S.U. Condors
recently took first place in the
Fourth Annual ilighacres Holi
day Basketball Classic by whipp
ing Dußois P.S.U., 91 - 75. and
then rolling over Delaware
P.S.U., 65 52, in the champion
ship game. Dußois took the con
solation match by trouncing
Wilkes-Barre P.S.U., 102 - 85.
The Condors were paced by Jim
Donlan in the tournament who
scored a total.of 56 points; thirty
against Dußois and 26 in the
championship game. Dußois
Coach John Earley said, "Never
before had we met anyone with
Donlan's talent." Other stand
outs for Hazleton were Lenny
Kott who had 16 points in the
opener and 12 in the final, Mike
Jones who had 18 and six points
Volleyball Review
By Will Robertson
Coach Bruce Young made his debut as head coach of the women's volleyball team. His team posted
a 6-10 record.
Coach Young commented on the team record. "We had no returning girls this year. It is hard for a
group of girls who never met before to get together and play as a team."
Despite their 6-10 record, the Condorettes were the first team in the league to take first place Ogontz
to a three-game series. In the third and deciding game, the Condorettes were edged by a score of 14-16.
The match against Ogontz was the starting point at which the Condorettes soared through a four
game winning streak, bringing their record from 2-10 to 640.
Coach Young is confident that with the returning of co-captain Andrea Kortez and teammates Wen
dy Wertz and Anne Martino, he will have a successful second season.
Pictured above are the members of this year's squad: Mikelin Prokopovitch, Cindy Perecca, Linda
Zimmerman, Wendy Wertz; second row: Coach; rtice Young, Yvonne Cormier, Andrea Koretz, Cathy
Grey, and Anne Martino.
take top honors
and grabbed eight rebounds in
the second game; Steve Markle,
who had 13 points in the first
game; Brad Guise, who had 12
points against Delaware; and
Mark Brennan, who took down
six rebounds against Dußois.
The Condors' coach Tom Cac
cese substituted freely, playing
everybody on the team in both
games. He said, "It's certainly
nice to be champions of your own
tournament," adding, "we've
finished runner-up the past two
years."
"I wish we could have been a
better representative," said
Wilkes-Barre Coach Bill Kaiser.
"We lost four of our five starters
because of grades (less than a 2.0
cum)." He also commented on
how well the tournament was
planned and organized, the
tremendous facilities, and
everyone's hospitality. Wilkes-
Barre no longer has a team, but
with trophy
Coach Kaiser hopes to field a
team next year.
"We enjoyed the tournament
and it was well run," said Dußois
Coach John Earley, whose team
took the third place trophy by
drubbing Wilkes-Barre 102 - 85 in
the consolation game. He also
pointed out the excellent of
ficiating of the games, that the
Hazleton players were excellent
on and off the court, and Coach
Caccese's excellent job of
coaching and running the tourna
ment. He said the only problem
was that his boys missed classes
Reminiscing
the Fiesta
By Mark Brennan
The pre-game attention of the
media prior to the Fiesta Bowl
may have been mainly focused on
Reisman Trophy winner Marcus
Allen of U.S.C., but he was outrun
by Curt Warner, Penn State's
junior tailback, who rushed for
145 yards and Awo touchdowns as
compared to Allen's 85 yards. It
was the first time this season that
the senior had been held to under
100 yards.
Penn State, who defeated Ohio
State last year in the Fiesta Bowl
and lost the 1979 Sugar Bowl
game which cost them the na
tional championship that year,
capitalized on Allen's fumble on
the Trojans' seventeen yard line
when Warner scooted the 17
yards around the left end to score
on just their second offensive
play of the game. This all oc
curred just fifteen seconds into
the game.
The game, the first between the
two schools since the 1923 Rose
Bowl, attracted a Fiesta Bowl
record crowd of 71,053 to the Sun
Devil Stadium.
Penn State coach, Joe Paterno
said he believes the Nittany Lions
deserved consideration for the
national championship. When
questioned by reporters, he said,
"I thought the winner of this
game should be number ONE."
But the Lions finished third in
both the A.P. and U.P.I. sports
writers' polls.
The Penn State defense, which
wasn't as potent in the late
season as it was in the middle of
the season, rose to the occasion.
Not onl did the defense hold
Photo by Jerry Trently
because the tournament was held
on Wednesday and Thursday.
Coach Ron Case of Delaware.
whose team took second place
honors by beating Wilkes-Barre
and then losing to Hazleton in the
final, was not available for corn
ment.
Bowl
Heisman trophy winner, Allen, to
just 85 yards on 30 rushes, but
they also held U.S.C. to a net total
of 60 yards rushing. This was the
lowest total for a U.S.C. team in
recent years. The Lions, on the
other hand, had 218 yards
rushing.
Besides Curt Warner's rushing
touchdowns of 17 and 21 yards,
other scoring came on a pass
from Todd Blackledge to split
end Gregg Garrity, a 21 yard
field goal by Brian Franco in the
second period, and a safety in the
third quarter when Dave Pat
fenroth blocked a Trojan punt
and the ball rolled out of the
U.S.C. end zone.
Southern Cal had tied the game,
7-7, late in the first quarter when
linebacker Chip Banks returned
an interception of a Blackledge
pass 20 yards for a touchdown.
The rest of U.S.C.'s points came
on a 32 yard field goal by Frank
Jorden in the third period.
Penn State's defense was led by
Roger Jackson and tackle Leo
Wisniewski. Jackson grabbed
Allen's first fumble out of the air
to set up the Lions' first score.
Wisniewski picked up Allen's se
cond fumble, with Jackson mak
ing the tackle to set up Franco's
field goal in the second quarter.
Penn State quarterback Todd
Blackledge, a sophomore, fin
ished the game with completions
on 11 of his 24 throws for 175 yards
and was intercepted twice, while
Southern Cars John Mazur con
nected on 11 of his 23 passes for
123 yards and had two balls
picked off.
The victory closed Penn State's
season at 10 - 2 and the Trojans
finishedi - 3.