Behrend
Vol. XVIII No. 4
After two weeks of daily
practice, and with only two weeks
remaining before the opening game,
Behrend's intercollegiate basket
ball team is shaping up into what
is expected to be the strongest
cage team ever fielded by the cam
pus. Six sophomores return from
last year's 14-7 squad which set a
number of records including total
victories and total points.
Leading this year's team will
be newly elected co-captains Joe
Williams and Ron Hornyak, number
one and two scorers on last year's
team, respectively. Williams, who
also led last year's team in re-
bounds, will play a forward, while
Hornyak, the team's leading play
maker, will team at guard with
"Barney" Etsel, third highest scor
er on last year's team. In the
pivot will be another sophomore,
Tom Taylor, who let last year's
team in shooting percentage (50%).
Vying for the fifth starting pos
ition are sophomores Rick Dylew-
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ski and Bruce Reinhart, both of whom
looked good before being slowed by
pre-season injuries, and freshman
Howie McGregor. All three are ex
pected to see considerable action at
the forwards.
Other candidates for these twelve
uniforms include freshmen guards Tom
Rutkowski, Dave Merritt, and Bob Ham
ilton, Sophomore John Pyle at center,
and freshmen forwards Bob Locke, Dave
Frazier, and "Dusty" Kurtic. Of these
Rutkowski and Merritt have the most
experience and appear most likely to
get regular playing time.
This will be a relatively small
team--Williams, at 6' 3-0" and Tay
lor and Pyle at 6'2" are the largest
--but Coach Sweeting believes that
good scoring balance, team speed,
experience, and aggressive defensive
play will be the factors which will
help overcome lack of size.
The team and spectators will g 0
to Oil City against Venango Campus
of Clarion State on Nov. 22, 8:00 p.m.
Nov. 14, 1966