s 1 x, 4 1,•,, ~..,1.....:, '. ..•i,:-:,' ~%,. . .• ,--...-1... :......,i 1 • .. . , -‘ kI, CUBS DROP BIG ONE Last Saturday the cubs lost the "'Fig Game" to Altoona, 71 - 86. The loss means Pehrend won't be able to defend its State Championship title. The game was hard fought with the difference being made in the shooting percentages. Both teams attempted the same number of shots (44) - Behrend hit ting a "cold" 39% of they', while Altoona connected with 47%. High scores for the Cubs were Dan Try with 19 and Doug Moorhead with 15. Behrend dropped another one Tuesday night to T3ryant and Straton. This one came down to the last two seconds of the game with the Cubs loosing 63 - 65. High scorers were Den Fry with 19 and Doug Moorhead with 13. Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. the Cubs play their last home game against McKeesport. Do yourself a fa7or and cheer the Cubs on to victory in their last game. The all star game which was to pro ceed this game has been postponed untill next Friday at Bp.m. WREST= LIVES That's right, the wrestling team resumes it's activities this Saturday after a month and a half lay off. After a series of cancellations the Cubs will be on the mats once again. Saturday, February 17, the Behrend Grapplers travel to Clarion to wrestle the Clarion State Frosh at 2:00 p.m. It will be a first encounter between the two teams and proves to be an interesting one. The following Tuesday, February 20, the Cubs will meet Edinboro State Frosh on their own mats at 6:30 p.m. This will be a revenge match for Behrend. Earlier in the season the Highlanders all but shut out the Cubs on their own mats. The only victory went to Tom Lohse. The weekend of March Ist and 2nd, the Behrend wrestlers will go to Long Island, New York to participate in the Region XV Tournament. ATHI L ,777 This week t:5 - le Spc . nts Department of the Nitteny Cub sal - Ites the second member of e -,-Tfichenlaub by Pet the basketball team, Dan Fry, as "Athlete of the Week". In his first eleven games, Dan has a total of 187 points, for an average of 17 points per game. Since joining the team in early January, the 1966 Oil City graduate has become one of the leading scorers and rebounders for the Behrend Cubs. Last Sat urday night against the Altoona Campus, Fry led the Behrend Cagers with 19 points, and grabbed seventeen rebounds. Dan was once again high scorer for Behrend Tuesday night in their game at Buffalo with Bryan&Straton, scoring nineteen points. There he made six of eleven shots from the floor and seven of nine from the foul line, and brought down eighteen rebounds for the Cubs. Although he has only been playing a little over a month, Dan Fry has provided a vital punch that Behrend needed for the second half of the season. Erich Mehnert is a swimming star at Penn State. Erich is a former Behrendite. He attend ed Behrend last year. Hs is a 1966 graduate of Meadville High. Erich has set three school records in swimming. They are: 1000yds. in 12:29.9; 500yds. in 5:54.4; and 200yds. in 2:03.5. the most relied upon swimmer on the Penn State varsity team. It makes Behrend feel proud whenever we contribute any athletes to represent Penn State in competition. We are extremely proud whenever we can contribute athletes on the capacity of record makers. Congratulations Erich!!: BENJAMIN ELECTRItck- NAME BRAND TV 'S , APPLIANCES FACTORY DIRECT DEALER. . .YOU SAVE MONEY PSU SWIM STAR by Allen Dorchester 3207 BUFFALO ROAD WESLEYVILLE, PA. PHONE 899-3128 ZENITH -FRI GI DAIRE HOOVER-WESTINGHOUSE He is
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