(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15)
their fans, it did not stop
us from defeating their
team 82-79 and giving the
Hazleton campus the Eastern
Regional Championship and a
chance to play in the
C.C.A.C. Championship Game
on Saturday, February 28th,
at PSU - Capitol Campus
against PSU
Kensington.
P.SU - New Kensington
had a quick start which
lasted until halftime. The
score at that point was
46-30, in favor of the
opposition. However, the
Hazleton Lions staged a
furious comeback in the
second half of the game to
close the deficit to 4
points.
Yet early foul
problems helped lead to 3
players fouling out of the
game, including Jeff
Dutzer, who left the game
with 6:37 remaining. Bill
Lawrence and Jim Saawn
later joined Dutzer on the
bench in the final minutes
of the game.
In the end, New
Kensington claimed the
C.C.A.C. Championship with
an 87-74 victory over the
PSU - Hazleton Lions. The
team was led by freshman
guard Marty Biasi's 23
points, including 5 three
point field goals. Dave
Maff, Ed Zukowski, and Jeff
Dutzer also were in double
figures in scoring, each .
with 10 points. Zukowski
pulled dorm 15 rebounds
while his counterpart, Bill
Lawrence, scored 9 points
and pulled cbwn 8 rebounds.
Jim Seaton finished the
game scoring 2 points.
Although they lost the
game, the PSU
Lions basketball team won
our hearts. Overccming a
horrid start and tremendous
adversity, they went on to
enjoy one of the best
seasons in PSU
basketball history. Night
after night they played
with fire in their eyes and
determination in their
hearts. They should not be
remembered as a team that
lost the championship or of
individuals who broke
milestones but as a class
act team who never heard of
the word quit. They are the
real winners.
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took us a year
were granted our
permission to
country.
time since our arrival into
the United States. Since
then, Jacob has graduated
from college and medical
school and is now a
successful doctor.
daughter,
graduated with honors from
college and law school and
now is a partner of a major
law firm in New York. We
get together every other
Hazleton
month and enjoy each
other's company. We never
talk about the war - ever.
Hazleton
an individual experiences
an event or occurence, it
stays with him forever. I
am inclined to agree. The
day we arrived at Auschwitz
has stayed with me since
that day and shall be a
part of me until the day I
remember.
before we
visas and
leave the
It has been a long
Katerina,
It is said that once
I will always
EDITOR'S NOTE: A FEW
OF THE DATES ARE CUT OF
TIME SEQUENCE IN THIS
STORY. HOWEVER,. DISCUSSING
DAM IS NOT MY INTENTION
HERE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS
NARRATIVE IS TO PROVIDE
YOU, THE READER, WITH A
CLEAR air UNDERSTANDING OF
THE EMOTIONAL
EXPERIENCED BY
SOLDIERS ' LURING
LIBERATION OF
CONCENTRATION AND
CAMPS DURING THE
WORLD WAR.
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