Scope’s Sports
Hazleton Enjoys Excellent Bas
In case you haven’t noticed, the Penn
State Hazleton basketball team is having a
superb season, the team is 9-7 overall and they
have a magnificent 6-2 league record. The
team’s overall record may not sound that
impressive only because Coach Tom Caccese
has stacked his non-conference schedule with
powerful teams including two games against
Bucknell. the team is in second place in the
Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference
and is in serious contention for the Conference
championship. The playoffs begin on February
28, and Hazleton has a strong chance of host
ing a playoff game here on campus.
Coach Caccese is very pleased with the
progress the team has made and he says that the
team is coming together and that they are
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Basketball Scheduli
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AT Penn State York
AT Penn State Schuylkill
AT Penn State Ogontz
AT Penn State Berks
C.C.A.C. Eastern Regionals
C.C.A.C. Conference Finals
SPORTS PROFILE
Kuhn Dunks Balls—Creatively
by David Scopinich
The purpose of this feature is to pro
file a Penn State Hazleton athlete who shows
excellence in both his or her sport and aca
demics. The featured athlete for this issue is
basketball star Chris Kuhn.
Chris Kuhn is one of the more excit
ing players on the basketball team. When
Chris comes into the game there is not a fan
in the gym who doesn’t anticipate one of his
thunderous dunks. Chris’s favorite part of
the game is when he is able to ignite the crowd
with one of his trademark dunks. Chris loves
this phase of the game to the point where he
names his dunks. The most creative name so
far this season is the “ supersexaphonic
thunderkiss 65 dunk. ’ ’ Chris tries to emulate
his game after another famous dunker, Charles
Barkley.
When asked about his feelings for the
remainder of the season and the playoffs,
Chris said that he feels that the team clearly
has the most talent in theleague and if they
focused on what they have to do. the team’s
leading scorers are Tom Edwards and Jason
Bodnar. Coach Caccese said that he is ex
tremely pleased with the overall play of the
team with guards Mich Marsilio and Joe
Nemschik blending together extremely well,
Paul Reilly rebounding and playing super de
fense, and the overall excellence of Chris Kuhn.
The team just recently added Nemshcik to the
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play to their potential they should win the
championship. He also points out that the
losses that the team has suffered may help them
in the long ru because they know now that they
must truly focus on the task at hand which is
winning the championship.
Chris hails from York, PA, where he
attended Central High School. He is an Envi
ronmental Resource Management major. Chris
plans to attend Veterinarian school after gradu
ation. When he isn’t playing basketball, Chris
is working to excel at another sport, skiing. He
also likes to play with his iguanas. Chris does
have a problem though, he needs a name for
one of his iguanas. One is named Lucifer and
Chris will take name suggestions for the other.
Chris also said that he would like to thank the
fans at Alter St. for their consistent support. He
also said that the only regret he has about this
season is that he can’t share it with his grand
father who passed away. Chris is dedicating
this season to his grandfather.
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squad and he has provided them with excellent
play at the guard position.
The team has suffered two tough losses
on the road recently and Tom Edwards was
injured in one of those games but the team feels
that the losses will help them once again focus
on the task ahead of them and tom Edwards
should be back playing for the Ogontz game.
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