February 19, 1953
MOUNTAIN LIONS DISPL AY THEIR FANGS
With timber-topper Norm Hall, the Mu Delta Sigma contribution to the Hazleton
Center Mountain Lions, pacing the focal five through all four quarters of the
Hazlcton-Johnstown tussle, our Mountain Lions gave the ever-powerful Johnstown
quintet a terrific struggle before stepping down to a 78-71 thriller at Altoona
last Friday night*
Hated as the underdogs, the Mountain Lions surged ahead in the first quarter
19-16, but the boys from Johnstown grabbed a slight margin and had to fight hard
all the way to retain it#
Norm Hall, six foot four skyscraper from Scranton, who is the much needed
spark added to coach Frank Antinozzi's squad, blazed a fiery path through the hoop
by dropping in a trio of foul shots and 11 field goals, eight of which flipped the
cords in the first quarter surge#
Joe Scarcella 12, and Mike Mistiszyn dropping in 11 added an effective
point-producing duo, which, when teamed up with lanky Clint Frank formed a strong
trio summing up 33 points among them,
The Mountain Lions continued their westward jaunt to Johnstown where they
took on Altoona S+.ate •
The Box Scores Hazleton
Burcin—Bj Kobrich—l; Frank—lo; Kerutis—l; Hall—2s; Scarcella—l2;
Mistiszyn—ll j Evancho—2; Schulte—l,
Johnstown:
Andrews—26j Phillips—l 2; Dragovich—ll; Bacha—ls; Welk—ll*.
MOUNTAIN LIONS CLAW ALTOONA—7B-60
Norm Hall, out-standing Mountain Lion pace-setter in the Hazleton-Johnstown
gsme, ran wild for 2h points as Hazleton State Center drubbed Altoona 78-60 last
Saturday night in Johnstown in a glittering surprise victory forithe Mountain Lions#
Chalking up their second victory of the season with high hopes of continuing their
winning stread, the Mountain Lions held a commanding lead overtheir defeated foes
and not once throughout the second half were they in trouble#
Joe Scarcella, dead-eye speedster, also took scoring honors as he held the
number 2 spot with 23 points immediately behind our timber-topper Norm Hall#
Bib Bill Burcin who played marvelous defensive games this season fully lived
up to his expectations Saturday night dropping in 10 and playing his part of taking
possession of the rebounds* Purcin was aided by Evancho, who also deserves
laurels for his defensive ball playing and those 8 markers he added to the Lion’s
total#
The Box Score: Hazleton
Burcin—lo; Kobrick—2; Frank—7; Hall—-2it; Scarcella—23; Mistiszyn—hi
Evancho—B.
Altoona:
T# Kleiner—6; Lackand—26; Obermyer —hi E, Kleiner—s; Kelly—l 7;
Curcell—2#
MOUNTAIN LION'S TRIUMPH OVER KEYSTONE JUNIOR COLLEGE, 56-53
The Mountain Lion’s roar of triumph was heard at La Plume, Wednesday night
as their local boys rallied in the last quarter to chalk up their second straight
victory* The vanquished foe, Keystone Junior College, held command of the game
until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. At half time, the Lions retreated
to their den nursing their wounds and planning a new strategy which proved success
ful when they returned to the floor for the second half in which they overcame
a 32-18 defeat <* Playing inspired ball, the Penn Staters from the Hill cut down
the margin in the third period ii3-38# In the fourth stanza the Lion's racked up
18 tallied to the Keystone 10 which placed the Lions in the winning column.
Once again, Norm Hall, the catalyst used to revitalize Coach Antinozzi's
Mountain Lions, paced his teammates by dropping in 17 markers, while dependable
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