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."
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