Page 12 - The Highacres Collegian, April 4, 1975* Highacres Cagers Place Third The Hazleton Campus bas ketball team came out in the third place in the Northeast division of the Commonwealth Campus basketball league. They had. a 5-5 record. Scran ton Campus came out first with a 8-2 record. Ogontz Campus came out in first place in the Southeast division with an 8-2 record. New Kensing ton captured the Commonwealth Campus State Championship by beating Altoona Campus, 86-78. The Un-Basketball Game (or “Bring Back the Thrill”) On March 17 a bunch of ruffian students and some very out-of-shape faculty members met at a oozy gym in Hazleton to show how to add the rules of soccer, football, and vol leyball to the already absurd regulations of basketball. The referees unblew the whistle numerous times and the official times unstopped the clock and unscored the game so that the audience could join in un-understanding what was going on. The coaches unsubstituted liberally to enable everybody in short pants (except the fa culty cheerleaders) to practice their karate chops. On oc casion the ball went through the basket-the score was 4 to 4 after ten minutes-but that's how it should be with a square ball aimed at a round basket. At first the participants appeared embarassed, but, as time wore on, that feeling faded as everyone displayed his talent for knowing how to unplay the game. After two hours of combat the faculty relented and al lowed the students to win the fiasco-they feared that the students' tears would flood the gum and future wars might not be fought on those sacred grounds again. Some observers felt that the game really ended in a tie since the students had more injuries. Doctors and nurses boycotted the game as a fringe benefit. Returning next year for Highacres will be three starters. However, they will still be lacking a "big man" unless if they get someone next year. Improvement is needed on the defense. 6'5" freshman Rick Wor man is the leading reboun der averaging over 15 re bounds per game. He is also the leading scorer averag ing 19*9 points per game. Intramural Bowling Stats A total of fourteen teams participated in intramural bowling. The Boro Bums came out in first place. They had 26 wins and 10 losses and 25,691 total pins. The Half-A-Kegs came in second place with a 24-12 record and 22, 718 total pins. Although the Ghetto Five had the same win—loss record as the Half-A-Kegs, they came in third place because they only had 22,660 total pins. The Beavers were in fourth place, 22-14 and the Ace's Strahds were in fifth with 19 wins and 17 losses. The Lap pers, Kings and The Strikers all had an 18-18 record but had 22,495—22,029— and 21,862 total pins respectively. Hen rey's Bar had a 17-19 record and Gaylord and The Ignatz had 16 wins and 20 losses. Rick- ■ y's Boys and James Street Gang both had 15 Wins and 21 losses but Ricky's Boys had 21,759 total pins and James Street Gang had 19,100. The Sifcs had a 12-24 record and came in thirteenth place even though they had 21,933 total pins. The Alcoholic Super-Stars had 8 wins and 28 losses with 14,045 total pins. Blaine Bates SOPH. 8.5 Ed Berge PRESH. 7.3 Rich Tombasco SOPH. Dante Molino Joe Kovatch Alex Brodowski Paul Dubendorf Mike Gondell Clair Fries Women Season The Highacres women's bas' ketball team, coached by Mrs. Jag?, ended the season with a 6-4 overall record. Highlight' ing the season was the team's second place finish in the Eastern Commonwealth Campus Women's Basketball Tournament which was played at the Scran ton Campus. Captain Deby Everett led the scorers throughout the season with her 20 point per game average. Other members of the team included sopho mores Mary Tack and Ginny Lawson, and freshmen Lynn French, Ondie Neifert, Lin da Rowlands, Mary Ann Bar letta, and Danadee Miller. Special thanks are in order for Theresa Piccola and Jo Ann Ondo for their assis tance in timekeeping and scorekeeping. Tax Break Continued from Page allow middle-income taxpayers to deduct from their taxes tu ition and fee costs up to $2,000 annually for both high er education and post-secon dary vocational education. Persons earning $25,500 or less would be eligible to take the deduction. Senator Scott has intro duced sinilar proposals in the Senate each Congress since 1958, but they have been de feated in conference with the House. "I am extremely disturbed by the spiralling costs of ed ucation which seem to hit the middle-income persons the hardest," Scott said, terming his legislation "a long over due financial aid for tax payers." 5.5 5.4 5,0 4.5 3.3 2.1 FRESH. FRESH. FRESH. FRESH. FRESH. SOPH. Close 6-4
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