November 18, 1971 Coach Sweeting Sttidies Action Head coach Roger Sweeting watches the play of his hoopsters as they prepare for their season opener November 23 against Ashtabula-Kent. Grapplers Ready For Big Effort by Dave Ruef Sports Editor The 1971-72 edition of the Behrend wrestling team is heading for the last big push before their season opener December 3 at Edinboro. Thus far, Coach Ed Onorato has been whipping his chargers into shape and working on individual wrestling techniques_ But the hard working grapplers will be spending the next two weeks perfecting their moves, staying away from the cafeteria, and keeping the weight down. Coach Onorato received a bit of bad news this week, as two probable starters are out of action indefinitely. Larry Gladora will go under the knife soon because of a knee injury. He may be back later in the year and Levine Auto Supply 3341 Buffalo Rd. 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With co captains Paul Jazenski and Tom Staszewski forming . the nucleus, the squad should go far and win more than its share of games. The remainder of the squad included: Bob Newcomb, Denny Steadman, Larry Fabrizi, Julio Demarco, John Clancy, Tom Tillman, and Mike Deeb. The spirit is sky-high and the upcoming scrimma .6 ges with Lakeland Community College and Alliance should give a better indication on what to look forward to. Paperback Bookstores Student Reading Center The Last Whole Earth Catalogue limited supply Plaza 9 15 West Ninth Street Phone 455-0905 Open 10-9 Monday through Friday 10-5:30 Saturday West Erie Plaza Seven days a week 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Phone 455-2526 Levi's For Guys & Gals Isaac Baker & Son Inc. by Tom Harvey Sports Reporter Behrend basketball fans should be in for an exciting season this year, if the Cubs continue to be as impressive as they have been in pre-season action. Under the watchful eye of Coach Roger Sweeting the Behrend cagers scrimmaged Edinboro freshmen andsaccording to both coaches the contest was even. "I was quite pleased with the way we handled Edinboro's pressure defense," commented Sweeting. "although we did give up the ball on occasion, we got quite a few fast break baskets as a result of beating their press. They're not a particularly big team and the teams were relatively evenly matched size wise. Overall it was a good, even scrimmage." Once again Glenn McKinney had a fine performance in leading the hoopsters against the Scot frosh. Sweeting stated: "Overall Glenn McKinney did a good job of handling the ball against the press. He and Steve Johnson are working at the guards and they did a good job together. Joe Olzewski came off the bench and did a tremendous job. He made 11 out of 13 field goals and we have great hopes for Joe. We think that although he lacks some of the high school experience that others have, he could come on strong before the season is over and play a lot of basketball for us." Coach Sweeting's philosophy of basketball should make for numerous exciting nights of hoop action_ He feels that "pressure is the name of the game." Sweeting plans on using a fast break type of offense and a man for man All prospective tennis players: if you wish to join the 1972 tennis team, meet in the classroom of Erie Hall with Coach Lauffer on Monday, November 22, at 4:30 p.m. The Large Lion Head x,.514 Shop Shop Monday-Saturday amen noon-10 P.M. Standard Items Head Comics Baker's 629 Shop 629 State at 7th Behrend Collegian Behrend Cagers Hopeful Of Playing Pressure Game pressure defense all over the court. In the words of Coach Sweeting: "We will attempt to pressure the other team into giving up the ball. Offensively we feel we have to get the ball and get it down the court and get a shot before the other team gets five defenders down the court. As much as possible we're going to try and fast break. We have some continuity offenses where we try Trojan Rubber Co. Flag Football Kings and gentlemen Ladies introducing the 1971 Behrend Superbowl Champions : The Trojan Rubber Company, the only _team to beat every team they played. From the beginning of the season they were un derdogs. Coach Clarence Stoner didn't think they had the championship team in the beginning, yet laterhe ate his hat. They looked impressive from there highly organized huddles to the Dallas Cowboy Pro-set to the offensive formations. The team averaged over 25 points a game with the opponent having less than 15. On offense, at left end George Frola caught 3 TD passes with many short gainers. At starting at center Kent Ryan grabbed 2 TD tosses and several screen passes. The outstanding tackle was Denny Pa ttyn with 7 touchdown receptions, leading the running game was half-back Keith "Flash" Lustig averaging close to 100 yards a game towards the end of the season with Dan "Big D" Trisilo running strong up the middle. Rounding out the team was Al Lopus at quarterback with 13 touchdown passes. He also had the longest run from scrimmage, running 65 yards for a touchdown. On defense Will Everhard and Art Sprague put on the killing rush with Pete Houghton, Ted Kull, and Bill Remley (High School all conference-honorable mention) at linebackers. The and draw their big men outside and let our guards work inside. Steve Johnson is 6'3 and McKinney is 6'l and these boys can handle themselves extremely well." Coach Sweeting feels very strongly that "the team that can put pressure on and keep pressure on for forty minutes is the team that is going to win the ball game." softeys were Lustig (High School all-state honorable mention) and Pattyn. Others included Frank Bastion, Jim Schad, Steve Johnson. During the Championship game against the Bud Brigade, the Trjojan Rubber Company defense returned 4 interceptions from Dave Reuf for touchdowns, two by Pattyn, one by Lustig and one by Art Sprague. One reason was because of the strong rush from Will Everhard and Bill Remley. By the middle of the second half the T.R.C. jumped to an im pressive 36-6 lead. With victory in sight the great defense slackened and the Bud Brigade rallied for 2 touchdowns before the final gun sounded with the final score 36-18. The Trojan Rubber Company had emerged as the unquestioned champs. It was an exciting season for all participants and fans. ?fie &net .taelefee t 4445 Buffalo Road K-Mart East Hall Mark Goods Russel Stover Candy Candles and Posters Page Five
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