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intercollegiate basketball season opening game against Baptist Bible College.
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Bowl Decision 'Unfair'
According To Cerula
On Christmas Day, Penn State will meet
Arizona State at the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe,
Arizona. The game will be telecast on CBS
and is assure of filling the 58,000 seating
capacity of Sun Devil Stadium.
Asked to share his views on the game,
Paul Cerula said he was disappointed in
that he would have liked to see Penn State
in a game that would decide the National
Championship, such as in the Cotton,
Sugar, or Orange Bowls. He believes Penn
State was the victim of conference politics,
•in that since Penn State is independent, it
does not belong to a conference, the con
ference members ganged up with the Bowl
people, trying to get their own members in
the Bowls. The reason for this being
money ; they share the receipts of the Bowl
among the conference members. He
believes we were unfortunate in that the
independents don’t have the backing of
influential sports writers as much as the
conference members do, we didn’t have
the numbers backing us that spread in
fluence. He also believes the University
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Collegian Staff Writer
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made a mistake in postponing the
University of Pittsburgh game. The Bowl
people were picking the teams the week
before Penn State played the game, and
since Penn State won, if the game would
have been played at the scheduled time, it
would have had some influence in which
Bowl we played in.
Besides that, Mr. Cerula is sure it will be
a good game and that Penn State will win.
Also, that the players will have a good
vacation in the Arizona area, since they
will be staying there from December 19 to
27. All the teams which have previously
been in the Fiesta Bowl have agreed that
the Fiesta’s hospitality was the best they
have experienced. Their schedule of
events include a Desert Mardi Gras,
banquets, luncheons, the famous Fiesta
Bowl Parade, and many other exciting
happenings. The State of Arizona actually
begins celebrating the 21 event Fiesta
Bowl festival the first weekend in
December unttt'Beeember 31. It should be
quite an unforgettable eveptr
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An abundance of rebounding power
coupled with an impressive fastbreak that
forced many turnovers, spelled victory for
the Hazleton Condors’ 1977-78 basketball
debut as they defeated Baptist Bible
College 111-85 December sth. The lead was
exchanged early in the game, but Hazleton
eventually held a lead of eight points by
the end of the first half and protected the
lead for the rest of the contest.
Nick Young of Hazleton lead all scorers
with 22 points; with John Galasieski and
Joe Bruno canning 18 points each for
Coach Tom Caccese’s Condors. Terry
Havens led Baptist with 18 points, Dave
O’Neal had 16, and Doug Wiseman and
Steve Moisoff got into double figures for
the Defenders with 12 points each.
Baptist outrebounded the Condors 46-31,
but were unable to make efficient use of it
as did Hazleton. The Condors shot 53
percent from the field; while Baptist shot
41 percent. Hazleton made a total of 14
turnovers in the game, which also led to
the victory.
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Attendance was marred by poor
weather, with a crowd of about 250 on
The question has Deen raised by many
students as to what the requirement is for
swimming in physical education. It came
to my attention as to many others on just
what the requirement was. I had heard
many rumors but nothing concrete. So, as
an interested student and as an official
duty as Sports Editor, I approached Mrs.
Deidre Jago, swimming instructor of
Hazleton Campus. Mrs. Jago informed me
that ALL, I repeat, ALL, students must
pass a test in order to graduate. That test
constitutes diving in the deep water of the
pool, circling around once and remaining
in the water successfully for 10 minutes
afterward. Another rumor I heard in
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Condors Open Season
With Decisive Win
SporTalk
By JIMDINO
Collegian Sports Editor
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The Highacres Collegian, Monday, December 19, 1977
By JIM DINO
Collegian Sports Editor
hand, including campus director William
J. David. The student attendance was also
down for the contest, but those that were
there were very supportive of the team.
Other activities that occurred for the
game included the first ball being tossed
up by Hazleton Standard-Speaker’s Sports
Editor Ray Saul, and a giveaway of prizes
at halftime. Officials for the game were
Jack Shema and Sam Esposito.
In their second exhibition encounter, the
.Condors weren’t as successful, losing to
Keystone Junior College 106-75. Details
coming up on that game and the C.C.A.C.
opener against Scranton Campus will be
featured in the January issue of The
Highacres Collegian.
The box score is as follows.'
Hazleton: Young 11 0-0 22, Stepanski 5 7-8
17, Creasy 20-04, Bruno 9 0-018, Galasieski
7 4-5 18, Weirick 4 0-1 8, Palmieri 1 0-0 2,
Imperiale 12-2 4, Simpson 10-0 2, Kuzo 20-
0 4j Boyle 3 0-0 6, Minier 3 0-0 6.
Baptist: Moisoff 3 6-10 12, Wiseman 6 0-0
12, Muller 2 4-4 8, Spink 1 0-0 2, O’Neal 7 2-3
16, Carman 1 0-0 2, Cughan 0 0-0 0,
Bargfeldt 10-0 2, Hutchings 0 2-3 2, Havens
5 8-10 18, Chittock 1 6-7 8.
regard to the requirement was that if you
already completed the necessary Phys Ed
credits you didn’t have to take the test.
WRONG. You MUST take the test either
here or at University Park, If you haven’t
completed all Phys Ed credits and fail the
test, you must take a beginning swimming
course. So, all of you, including me, get
your flippers on and practice!
The Hazleton Condors started the season
out in impressive style with a rousing 111-
85 victory over Baptist Bible College. The
Condors combined their exciting fastbreak
with an ample amount of rebounding and
an all-around aggressive style of play that
forced a total of 14 turnovers. This fast
break tendency was exhibited in a
scrimmage with Williamsport Area
Community College, but a lack of
rebounding there was crucial.
The Condors managed to shut down the
Defenders’ big gun, Bill Muller, who had
seored 31 points against Scranton Penn- 1
state, to only eight points. Hazleton made
better use of their rebounding, shooting 53
percent from the field while BBC only shot
for 41 percent. The BBC outrebounded the
Condors 46-31.
In their second exhibition tilt, Hazleton
wasn’t as successful, running into a much
taller team in the person- of Keystone
Junior College and losing 106-75. More
details on that game and on the league
opener against Scranton Campus coming
up in the future.
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