Around the horn
AROUND THE HORN: King of
Kings Tournament
With Craig Dewalt
Ladies and Gentlemen,
with two articles left in my college
career I regret to inform you that
Around the Horn must officially
come to an end. Over the course of
two semesters I have brought sports
news and fierce competition to the
table, in a creative article known as
Around the Horn with Craig Dewalt
As a special gift to you, the reader,
I am returning all of the past ATH
contestants and letting them loose
in the King of Kings Tournament
Edition. The first round of action
will feature Matthew Carroll vs.
Matthew McComas; Charles Kupfer
(the PSU Harrisburg sports guru) vs.
Matthew Sarver; and Kris Aumiller
vs. Joshua Eggleston (Around the
Horn alumni member). The winners
will face off in a three way bout in
round two of the winner's bracket.
The losers of round one will face
off in a three way bout in round 1
of the loser's bracket. From there,
the winner of the second round of
the winner's bracket will wait for
its opponent in the championship.
While he is waiting, the winner of
the first round of the loser's bracket
will face off against the two losers
from the winner's bracket to declare
the champions opponent. From
there the winner of the loser's
bracket would have to defeat the
winner's bracket champion twice to
take the title.
In case you don't know the
rules; I prepare a series of questions
and ask the contestants for their
responses. The contestants will give
their answers and be scored with
pluses and minuses. If a comment
is really good they can receive up
to three pluses. If their comment is
downright awful they can receive
up to three minuses. If their answer
is so terrible I will shut them up
by putting them on mute. After
each question one person will be
eliminated. The winner will then
get their time to shine in the fimil
"Moment of Fame" section.
Let's meet the contestants:
The number one seed
belongs to Mr. Matthew Carroll.
Carroll is a business student, known
for his business casual appearance.
He is known for his cocky yet
sophisticated style, which has been
very impressive. He is 2-4 lifetime,
with a .25 win percentage. His two
career wins earn him the number
one seed.
The number two seed
belongs to Mr. Charles Kupfer.
Kupfer is the Penn State Harrisburg
sports guru. He is known for his
unique, yet incredible dress style
and his idolized hair. He teaches
Sports History and has an eclectic
range of sports knowledge. He
is 1-0 lifetime, with a 1.00 win
percentage. His impressive amount
of sports knowledge, and win
percentage earn him the number two
seed.
The number three seed
belongs to Mr. Joshua Eggleston.
Eggleston is a Penn State alumnus
who specializes in football
knowledge. He is soft spoken but
hard hitting when arguing sports.
He is 1-1 lifetime with a win
Penn State Harrisburg fall sports wrap-up
By KAY MAKISHI
Staff Reporter
KEMS 1 50@PSU.EDU
Rapid growth and an increase
in success can define this year's
Penn State Harrisburg athletic
program. Starting only three
years ago, it has taken tremendous
leaps in terms of status. It is not
common for an athletic department
to start in NCAA only three years
young and move up very quickly,
said Rahsaan Carlton, athletic
director of Penn State Harrisburg.
This foreshadows the school's
athletics and proves their
path in the right direction.
Penn State Harrisburg
Intercollegiate athletics are officially
a Division HI school with the goal
of moving from being a provisional
member right now to an active
percentage of .5, which earns him
the number three seed.
The number four seed
belongs to Mr. Kris Aumiller.
Aumiller is known for his modeling
career and his Colgate smile. He
specializes in baseball and football
knowledge, but can find the stats to
help him with others. Aumiller is 1-
4 in his career with a win percentage
of .2.
The number five seed goes
to Mr. Matthew "Sary Money"
Sarver. He is known for proposing
to women in front of church
congregations and sweet talking
senior citizens. He
is 1-5 lifetime with a
win percentage of .17.
He has been on a hot
streak lately with a
string of good answers
The number
six seed goes to Mr.
Matthew McComas.
He is known for his
impressive dance skills
which include "Beat
It" and jazz. He is 0-
4 lifetime with a win
percentage of 0, but
don't let that fool you.
He has a wide array of
sports knowledge.
Let's go to the
first round of action:
CARROLL (1) VS.
MCCOMAS (6)
Question: "Who is the
best QB (skill-wise,
with Super Bowl wins
not included)? Marino,
Montana, Elway,
Favre, Manning,
Brady?"
Carroll: "To start off
the question, we need
to define what makes
a QB the best, and if
we're not counting
championships then we might as
well not count wins or any records
When you're a top QB in the NFL
foil cowl-4a the highest of salaries
and in sports that means that the
money you get is taken from a pool
that could go to players at other
positions. (+) Peyton Manning
has learned this first hand. If you
want the weapons then you better
use them because your defense
might be a sieve so you better
make up for a poor defense with
overpowering offensive on thing
that despite Marino's lauded stats
(2nd in career completions 4967,
Ist in yards 61,361 and 2nd in
TDs 420) could not overcome. (-
) Favre the gunslinger may have
the intangibles and records but his
career INTs of 273 rank him first as
of the beginning of the season, this
carelessness eliminates him. (++)
Peyton Manning is great but not yet
the greatest to wear the horseshoe
on his helmet as Johnny Unitas
may still be the greatest Colt of all
time and Brady needs a few more
years and possibly a separation from
Belichick before he becomes one
of the greatest of all time. (+) This
leaves us with Elway and Montana
and in head to head competition
Montana wins 55-10 in Super Bowl
XXIV. (-)"
(2 points)
member to be able to compete in
NCAA championships.
Highlights from this fall season
include: men's soccer placing second
at PSUAC Championship with
Danny Francis and Ben Richards
being honored with All-Conference
Selection and Justin Sheaffer and
Daniel Saenz receiving Honorable
Mention All-Conference honors.
Katelyn Roberts and Katie
Hollinger are the first-ever women's
soccer players to earn NEAC Second
Team All-Conference honors. Seth
Grove and Matthew Kurcina earned
NEAC Athletic Conference Second
Team and Honorable Mention
All-Conference honors. Mary
Henneman, junior women's cross
country runner earned NEAC
honors.
Heather Grosser, Jayme Michael,
and Michelle O'Donnell are the first
McComas: "Dan Marino is the best
quarterback, especially given his era,
team, and injuries. (+) Tom Brady
is not listed in the record books yet
and Joe Montana and John Elway
are scarcely listed. Elway is also the
most sacked quarterback of all time,
at 516, while Montana is considered
great because of his Superbowl wins,
which we are not taking into account
here. (+) Peyton Manning does not
currently hold any career records,
while Bret Favre is starting to break
records, but Favre has also thrown
more interceptions than any other
quarterback, 273. (+) When Marino
retired he owned every major passing
record. Now he is ranked first and/
or second in 21 different passing
categories in the NFL record book.
(+) Nobody has thrown for more
yards, 61,361, only one person has
thrown for more touchdowns than his
420, and he is second in completions
with 4,967. Marino may be passed
someday, but as for right now, he is
the best quarterback ever."
(4 points)
Me: "McComas hit the nail on
the head. Carroll, you answered
the question telling us how a team
becomes successful, and how
a quarterback needs to react to
become successful.
The question talks about talent, and
Marino holds most of the records
without ever having a big time
running back or stellar defense.
Montana was great, don't get me
wrong, but his success which you
talk about came from having a good
team around him. McComas pulls
off the upset."
KUPFER (2) VS. SARVER (5)
Question: "With off-the-field
problems aside, who's the best WR
on-the-field? Chad Johnson, Terrell
Owens, Randy Moss?"
ever women's volleyball players
to have earned NEAC Honorable
Mention All-Conference honors for
PSH. Ashleigh Roach is the first
women's tennis athlete to win a
NEAC championship.
Athletes and coaches both faced
numerous obstacles throughout the
season, but all seem to hold their
head up high, as everyone is aware
that with change comes challenge.
The quality of players we competed
withdefinitelychanged,they are more
experienced than the ones we played
against last year, said Ben Richards,
a sophomore soccer defender.
In the next five years, there is no
doubt that our team is going to be
one of the best in the division, said
Richards.
Finding and training enough
women to enable us to participate
in the Conference was the largest
ith Cra
Kupfer: "I'm sorry, what's the
question? I mean, there really isn't
any doubt, is there? Randy Moss
is playing like he came down from
a higher league. (+) Chad's being
Chad, which means he's selfish and
good -- but on a mediocre team. (+)
TO's hot for a hot team. (+) But
Moss? lie's the most explosive
offensive force on the most
dominant team. Case closed. It's
Moss. (-)"
(2 points)
Sarver: "With the off field issues
aside or not I would want the
original 81 on my team. Honestly
for a while I could not stand T.O.
and I thought he was the biggest
wuss in the world. However
watching the man play in the last
couple of years as changed my
mind. He gives 100% every game
and he doesn't care if he catches 10
passes or 2, he just wants to win.
(+) The best part about watching
him is he is a good run blocker too
(+) I know that Moss is having a
great year and has 3 more TD's
than Owens, but Owens has put up
great numbers with every team he's
played for. (+) Moss likes to walk
out on his teams in the middle of
games, just because he couldn't get
10 catches. (+) I would rather have
a show-boating, hard working; play
with a broken ankle in the Super
Bowl, dedicated player on my team
that will do whatever it takes to win
games. Give me T.O. (+)"
(5 points)
Me: "Kupfer, you acted like Moss
on this question and only gave 50%
This is the King of Kings, you need
to provide stats and argue you're
case. T.O. is currently ahead of
any current wide receiver in terms
of touchdowns and is a great all
around player. Moss is catching
up to him on touchdowns, but he's
basically only a deep threat. If you
challenge we faced, said Becky
Cecere, girl's tennis coach.
However, Cecere knows that the
team will improve year to year
and as the word gets out that PSH
athletics is developing, it will attract
players to the campus.
The athletic department has
been getting encouragement from
everybody. The chancellor is very
supportive and wanted to help.
In fact, the administration is the
one who made the first step, said
Carlton.
One of the biggest differences PSH
athletes had to face this year was not
only the skill level of opponents, but
also the necessary travel students
had to make.
The travel was all right; some of
it was too far though. The farthest
we had to go though was three hours
and it was nice how the school
THE CAPITAL TIMES
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provide contact to Moss you take
him out of the game because he
hates it. T.O. has had his run-ins
with the media, and has been the
center of controversy on teams, but
he continues to go out game after
game and give it his all, 110%.
Moss is a close second, but T.O. is
the man."
EGGLESTON (3) VS. AUMILLER
(4)
Question: "You're starting your
team, which RB do you want?
Emmitt Smith, LT, Barry Sanders,
Marshall Faulk?"
Eggleston: "You have to
go with LT, but Marshall
Faulk is an extremely close
second. In today's NFL,
you need your running back
to be a pure dual threat, both
running and catching. (+)
LT gives you that and has
even thrown for 7 TDs in his
career. Marshall gives you
the same threat; however,
LT has reached all of these
accomplishments with less
around him. (+) Marshall,
at his best, was in St. Louis
when is was surrounded by
an MVP caliber Quarterback
and two very good
receivers. LT has excelled
through most of his career
without an outstanding
quarterback and with a very
small threat of a passing
game. (++) Emmitt and
Barry are two of the best of
all time; however, they were
known as pure runners. You
have to go with LT, who has
128 TDs in his short NFL
career. (+)"
(5 points)
Aumiller: "Barry Sanders
In all 10 years he made
the Pro Bowl. (+) He
never missed 1000 yards (even in
the season that he only played 11
games). (+) But, more impressive
than his stats, he played his
whole career with the dreadful
Detroit Lions. (+) Imagine what
he could've done with a good
team. Why wouldn't you start a
team, which typically would have
nothing else, with a guy who can
make amazing production out of
nothing?"
(3 points)
Me: "Both good answers, but due
to today's NFL calling for the dual
threat running back, I'm going with
LT as well. Barry Sanders was my
number two. It was tough grading
both answers because they were
good, however Josh advances,
and Aumiller falls to the loser's
bracket."
LOSERS BRACKET ROUND
l: CARROLL (I ), KUPFER (2),
AUMILLER (4)
Question: "Compare and contrast
Barry Bonds and Pete Rose."
Carroll: "Both Barry Bonds and
Pete Rose were two of the greatest
hitters of all time with Rose holding
the career hits record and Bonds
with single season and career HR
records as well as many other
provided us with money for food,
said Bello Galadanchi, a sophomore
cross country runner
As the athletic program continues
to grow, coaches and administrators
hope to attract students to stay for
all four years at PSH.
As this season wraps up, coaches
have been looking forward
to next year. Recruiting has
already begun in local areas.
Coaches are now even recruiting
heavily outside Pennsylvania as
well. A lot of scouting in Maryland,
and New Jersey has been happening
already for next year.
"In order to build the campus as
a four year school, we need an
athletic program to compliment
the academics," said Cecere,
athletic program attracts a more
diverse student body which is good
for everyone "
December 3, 2007
records. (+) Pete Rose's gambling
tarnished his image and will
keep him out of the HOF but did
nothing to diminish or improve his
performance as a player. (+) Bonds
though, roided up as he was didn't
actually break any rules governing
MLB. His performance may have
been improved, but just as in the
dead-ball era and war time eras we
now have the juiced player era. You
cannot take anything away from
either players' accomplishments
on the field. Bonds simply used
all possible means to gain an
advantage, just like stealing signs
or any other questionable yet legal
practice in baseball. (+)"
(3 points)
Kupfer: "Two jerks who put
themselves ahead of the game,
ahead of their teams, ahead of
baseball. (+) They thought their
star status put them above the rules.
(+) For •nearly a century, baseball
had only one commandment:
Don't gamble. Rose did & lied
about it. (+) Now, there's a second
commandment: Thou shall not juice
up. Barry did, Barry lied. (+) They
can buy tickets to Cooperstown, but
there's no room at the inn for either
one."
(4 points)
Aumiller: "You cannot compare the
two. (-) One broke a rule (Rose)
and the other one didn't (Bonds).
Barry allegedly enhanced his play
when there wasn't a steroid policy
in place in Major League Baseball.
(+) Also, even if he did, he still had
to hit one of the two strikes he saw
per night. (+) Pete was a slap hitting
guy who played all over the field so
he could play forever. He has the
national league record for playing
24 seasons. A slugger and a singles
hitter are complete opposites and
shouldn't be compared. (+)
(2 points)
Me: "Wow, good answers, tough
results. Carroll, Bonds broke
a major law, and it aided in his
accomplishments as a player.
Kupfer has the idea here; both guys
put themselves above their teams
and defaced the game of baseball.
I know there are many others who
used steroids and they should be
punished as well, but Bonds lied to
a grand jury, and he should have the
book thrown at him.
I personally believe Rose should
be allowed into the Hall of Fame
because of his playing status which
wasn't enhanced, but Bonds should
not. He cheated, lied, and is a
complete mockery of the game, no
matter how gifted and talented he
once was. Kupfer, you advance.
Carroll and Aumiller, your Around
the Horn days are OVER!"
Part two of Around the Horn: King
of Kings Tournament Edition will
appear in the upcoming January
edition of the Cap Times, and we
will announce the King of Kings.
McComas (6), Sarver (5) and
Eggleston (3) will square off in
round two of the winner's bracket.
The two losers will then face
off with Kupfer (2) to determine
who will flux the winner in the
championship.
"I think a lot of people are going
to stay and athletics are going to
grow because it'll give us more
opportunities, and more conferences
to compete in. I'm staying," said
Jessica Karl, a sophomore women's
tennis player.
All athletes this year are
sharing the same mentality:
this is only the beginning. PSH
athletics will get bigger, stronger,
and more well-known as more
people are added to the teams.
"This was a benchmark year
trying to see where we're at as
a department," said Carlton.
As the fall sports season
has been wrapped up, the
athletic department and school
continues to encourage
students to come out and
support fellow student-athletes as
winter sports arrives.