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Capitol's basketball coach Dan Phillips.
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By Kathy Kern
Basketball. Whether the competition
is collegiate or pro, the game combines
split-second accuracy with strength and
finesse. The players must be ready,
willing, and able to play intensely for the
ball and to let their competition know it.
With these thoughts in mind, Head
Coach Dan Phillips is preparing his
Capitol team for a competitive schedule
of play this season. Coach Phillips, who
has been on the basketball coaching staff
here for four years, is beginning his
second season as head coach of the
Capitol Campus Nittany Lions. He
brings his coaching experience from
Bishop McDevitt High in Harrisburg
where he is presently a faculty member.
The head coach anticipates this sea
-son's play to be very competitive with "a
tough schedule all around." This is
Capitol's second season in the N.A.I.A.
league (National Association of Inter
collegiate Athletics), and the team will
play District 19 schools which include
some ram
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Risible sound:
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Dull gray
Homeric work
Less youthful
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Wapiti
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Soft, white
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Thursday, November 6, 1980
Messiah College, Spring Garden College,
Eastern, and Philadelphia Pharmacy, a
league powerhouse. The coach notes that
a win here in this league is a big win,
with Philadelphia Pharmacy leading the
challenge.
This year is also the inauguration
season of the Keystone Athletic Confer
ence. Five colleges are members of this
conference, including Beaver, Cabrini,
Miseracordia, Alvernia, and Capitol
Campus. A tournament for this confer
ence is slated for November 28--29 at
Averett College in Danville, Virginia.
A post-season tournament for all five
of the Keystone Conference teams will
be held here at Capitol, a school which
was instrumental in getting the confer
ence established.
Despite a rough schedule ahead, the
former Bishop McDevitt coach is enthu
siastic. He says that with a number of
intense Capitol players on the floor who
want the ball, "There is no reason why
we wouldn't be confident."
The head coach admits that Capitol is
at a disadvantage with most other
schools when it comes to player selec
tion. Because Capitol is exclusively a
two-year, upper-division campus, there
are no freshmen or sophomores on the
team, yet other schools can recruit
players as freshmen straight out of high
school. For the first time, however,
Capitol Campus did participate in the
recruitment of players for this season
during the end of the last school year.
Despite the above disadvantages,
Capitol will have several strong players
on the floor this season.
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self be true"
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Amend color
W. J. Bryan,
for one
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Backs as a
Three returning senior lettermen,
Jackie Wilson, Bobby Hassel, and Ron
Kuzo, along with Bloomsburg State
College transfer Dave Shannon, will give
the Penn State Capitol Campus Nittany
Lions the experience it takes to play
competitive roundball.
Juniors Barry Cummings, Bruno
Tucci, Jim Flattery, and Bobby Hume
will also be players to watch for in the
coming season
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beams
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WSDC members J.R., Joe, Kathy, and Erie celebrate during All U-day,
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Rounding out this season's coaching
staff will be assistants Jim Natale, a
former Penn Crest High School coach,
and Steve Frank. The experience of
Coach Natale and the enthusiasm of
Coach Frank will add to the overall color
of the team.
It is important to note here that this
is the first year Capitol has two assist
ants on the coaching staff -- a sign,
according to Coach Phillips, that the
Capitol Campus basketball program is
improving.
Whether Capitol will have a primar
ily offensive or defensive team this
season is hard to predict.
According to the head coach, the
team seems to be moving in the offensive
direction. "We are better offensively
than defensively at this point; he added,
also offering that time strengthens all
aspects of the game.
As for the basketball program itself,
the second-year head coach is anxious to
present Capitol to the competition.
"We'll be much more competitive this
year than we were last year," he said.
The coach is also anxious to present
his team to the Capitol Campus students.
With new uniforms, warmups, and ob
vious talent, the team is more than ready
to play for the students.
Coach Phillips admits that student
participation in the basketball program
has been sparse over the past few years,
yet he, his staff, and team and enthusi
astic in hoping for more student involve
ment this year.
So, how about it?
The season begins on November 17
with Capitol's first home game on Nov
ember 19 against Spring Garden College,
followed by 15 more home games sched
uled throughout the season.
The coaching staff and team would
like the students' support, and one way
to show support is to cheer the team on
at the game,
Try it! It might become a good habit!
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