BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE FALL SPORTS 1968 Flanker back and end, Stan Kucharski, who received a tryout with the Green Bay Packers earlier this year, is shown gaining yardage for the B .S.C. Hu skies during the 1967 campaign. VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE September September October O ctober October October November NovemLer 20 27 412 19 26 19- Lock Haven ........ .. . H Mansfield ............. H Susquehanna ........... H West Chester ........... A Millersville (Homecoming) H Cheyney .... . . ........ i\ Kutztown . . .... . .... .. H East Stroudsburg ......... \ 8:00P.M. 8:00P.M. 8: 00 P.M. 8: 00 P.M. 2:00P.M. 2:00P.M. 8:00P.M. 1: 30 P.M. ~ ~, ~ HEAD FOOTBALL COACH JERRY DENSTORFF, head football coach, joined the Health and Physical Education Department of BSC last January and had his first look at the BSC gridders in spring practice. A native of Danville, Ill., he matriculated at Louisiana State University and later transferred to Evansville U niversity, Evansville, Ind. , where he eanned his Bachelor's degree in Physical Education. His Master's degree was awarded from Indiana University, Bloomington, Incl. From 1960-1963 he served as head football coach at Mitchell High School, Mitchell, Incl., and four years prior to coming to BSC was assistant football coach at Morehead State University, Kentucky. During his senior year at Evansville, he was team captain and was selected to the All-I1ncliana Football Team as a guard. In his third year of coaching at Mitchell High School, his team lost only one game and the following year was undefeated and unscorecl upon in conference competition. This resulted in his being voted Southern Indiana Coach of the Year by the Louisville Courier Journal. ~ - ATHLETIC DIRECTOR RUSS HOUK resigned his position as Head Football Coach dur~ng the past year in order to concentrate on his duties as Athletic Director and Head Wrestling Coach; the latter two positions he has held at BSC since 1957. A graduate of Lincoln High School in Elwood City, Pennsylvania, he won several varsity letters in football , wrestling, and track at Lock Haven State College where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree iin 1952. He received his Master of Education degree from Bucknell University in 1957. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg State College, he coached successful wrestling teams at South Williamsport and Muncy High Schools. When Houk became Athletic Director, Bloomsburg State College had the five varsity sports of football, basketball, wrestling, baseball, and track. Under his direction, the intercollegiate varsity sports program was expanded Lo include tennis and cross country, which were re-activated , and golf and swimming as new sports. Throughout his tenure, these various teams have at one time or another exce lled in Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference competition and, in some instances, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics aind National Collegiate Athletic Association competition. It is anticipated that as the athletic facilities of the college expand, consideration will be given to the addition of other varsity sports. Season's Outlook Varsity Following the several weeks of spring football practice, coach J erry Denstorff more or less conceded the fact that 1968 could be a lean year for footb all at Bloomsburg State College. Quite a gap is apparent in the Husky offense with the loss through graduation of the "big three" offensive punch - ends Bob Tucker and Stanley Kucharski and quarterback Dick Lichtel - all three of whom were given consideration hy the pros. Selecting a starting quarterback will be one of the important steps to be taken by Denstorff prior to the openin g with Lock H aven S.C . on September 20. The position has been n arrowed down to two sophomores-Terry Lessman and Tom Schneider. R egardless of the starting selection, either player will need a certain a mount of seasoning as both played on last year's winless freshman team. Leading the returning letterm en will be lin ebacker Mike Barnhart who should be a candidate for the all-conference selections. Other returnees include Roy Smay a t center, John Stutzman at guard , Bill Derr and Norbert Forcheskie at end, Bill N agy and Bruce Krammes at tackle, Art Sell at halfback, Dave Shell at defen sive back, and Jim Bonacci at safety. Th e nucleus of the squad will be made up of the above players and the balance to provide most of the depth will be comprised of untried sophomores. Denstorff will he introducing a slightly different offense ( basically a wing T ) in co mparison to that of former coach Russ Houk, and this will take time to install. VARSITY FOOTBALL ROSTER Name No . Pas . Class Lessman, Terry 11 QB Soph. 19 Schneider, T om 12 QB Soph. 19 ·*Sell, Arthur 20 TB Sen. Age 21 K o lojejch ick, Mike 2 1 TB Soph. 18 Firestine, Bill 22 TB Soph . l 9 D avis, J ohn 23 TB Soph. I 9 J ones, Hugh FB Soph. 18 R ossi, J ohn 30 31 FB Soph. 19 Skrimcovsky, Paul 32 FR Soph . 19 Ht . 6' 6' 5' 5' 2" 2" 9" 7" Wgt . High School 190 175 170 155 Selinsgrove Selinsgrove W. H az leton W . H az le ton Souderton Souderton Wyoming Valley West Athens Area Swoyersvi Ile Athens Nazareth Nazareth Nazareth Nazareth 175 5' 10 1/," 175 5' 11 " 185 6' 0" 195 5' 11 " 180 5' 9" 160 5'10" 170 5' 9" 40 WB 41 WB Sen. 21 Sen. 20 H ollan d, Mike 42 WB Soph . 19 5' 9" 170 Serb an, Marvin ·•·Berger, Greg. 43 WB 44 WB 46 FB 50 C 51 C 53 C 60 G 63 G Jun . 19 20 5' 10" 6' O" 5' 8" 6' 0" 5' 11 " 5' 10" 6' 1" 5' 9" 160 175 180 185 144 190 190 175 Soph. 19 5' 10" 5' 10" 5' 7" 6' 0" 6' I" 6' I" 6' O" 6' 0" 6' 2" 186 190 180 205 216 200 200 204 235 21 6' I" 205 *Bonacci, J ames * Shell, David ·•Barnhart, Mike Bernoski, David H armanos, Steve ·•Smay, R oy Vedral , Ernie Rumbel, Larry Jun . Jun. 20 Sop h. 18 Soph. 18 Sen. 22 Soph. 2 1 Soph. 19 M cCue, Jim 64 65 66 67 70 71 72 73 74 Petkas, Ed 75 T Sen. Lastowski , Gerald Swan, Daryl 76 77 78 82 83 84 85 87 T T T Soph . 19 Jun. 20 Soph. 19 86 *Forcheskie, Norbert 88 E E Litt le, Th omas ·*Stutzman, J ohn Mill er, T om Sacco, Mark Schaedler, D on Ba rretts, Harold Christina, R onald ·•Krammes, Bruce Nagy, William Kerstetter, Lamar Bottiglieri, J oe Lyons, J oe *D err, William W a lborn, J erry Hall, Bob ~· Lett er me11 G Soph. 19 G G Jun. 20 Soph . 19 G Soph. I 9 T Jun . 20 Soph. 19 T T T T Sen. Sen. 21 20 E Soph. 19 E Soph. 19 E Jun . E Jun . 19 Soph . 18 E 20 Soph. I 9 .Jun . 20 6' 0" 2 10 6' 3" 215 6' 3" 225 5' 10 1/," !90 5' 10" 190 6' l " 190 6' 0" 205 6' O" 185 6' 2" 6' 3" 2 15 2 15 Home Town W. H azleton W. Hazleton Jim Thrope Ben Franklin Jim Thorpe Cedar Cliff New Cumberland Carbondale Lansdale Catholic Lake Lehman North Wales H arveys Lake Ph oenixville Valley Forge Shikellamy Sunbury Swoyersville Swoyersville Wyoming Area Exeter Curwensville Clearfield Shamokin Shamokin Southern Columbia Cedar C liff Numidia Camp Hill Tri-Valley Hegins White Hall Fullerton W. Hazleton W. Hazleton H ellertown Hellertown Northwest Area Shickshinny W. H azleton W. Hazleton Blue Mountain Orwigsburg Bernards Binghamton Central Nanticoke Bernardsville, N.J. Binghamton , N.Y. Nanticoke H a\'erl ing Bath , N.Y. Dunellen Dunellen , N.J. Sh amokin Shamokin Easton Area Easton R evissidi Moosic \.fechanicsburg Mechanicsburg Montgomery Area Liberty Montgomery Beth lehem Our Lady of Lourdes Shamokin CROSS COUNTRY OUTLOOK 1968 The 1968 edition of the Cross-Country Team appears to have a brighter future than B.S.C. teams of the last few years. Barring unforeseen in juries or acad~mi~ casualties, the Husky Harriers should have a wmnmg season. Coach Herbert is confident that his team will vastly improve upon last year's season record of 4-4. His optimism is based on the addition of a number of last year's freshman standouts to the varsity squad. Included in this group are: Mike Engel, Mark Sepkowski, Mike Horbal, Jim Carlin, and Dave Kelter. This group of sophomores should comprise a nucleus which will give Bloom~burg State College a formidable group of distance runners for the next three years. Team captain Charles Moyer will be relied on by Herbert to lead the way for the young runners. The participation of another veteran, Dave Smithers, is questionable unless he makes a rapid recovery from a recent operation. Returnees Jim Gauger, Tom Henry, Charles Moyer, and Bob Matukaitis will also be on hand to give the Huskies the best team depth in the last five years. New additions to this season's ten-meet schedule are Lycoming College, Kutztown State College, and Mansfield State College. HEAD COACH WHEN DR. MICHAEL HERBERT joined the faculty of Bloomsburg State College in 1963, he immediately became one of the staunch rooters for the Maroon and Gold. Over the past five years, he has been vitally interested in the overall program of the nine varsity sports. Two years ago when Earl Voss became head basketball coach, "Mike" became his right hand man as far as taking motion pictures, supervising photographs, and scouting for the team. Through his keen observation and basketball sense, he soon became a raclio guest commentator on B.S.C. games. Last fall Dr. Herbert was appointed coach of the cross country squad and, working with a limited number of personnel, did a very commendable job. In the spring he took over the :nucleus of a good tennis team and applying his coaching precision, produced a very good team. In his teaching assignment at B.S.C., the University of Maryland and Lehigh University graduate is a Professor of Biology. He was formerly a member of the faculty of the University of Massachusetts and Johns Hopkiins U. CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER Cla ss High School Nam e Hometown Bowman, Charles Sr. Loyalsock Twp. Williamsport Henry, Thomas York Suburban York Smither, David Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Carlin, James Soph. Msgr. Bc1nner Dre-xel Hill Engel, Michael Soph. Williamsport Williamsport Horbal, Mike Soph. Woodbridge Woodbridge,N.J. Kelter, David M. Soph. West Catholic Philadelphia Sepkowski, Mark Soph. So. Plainfield S. Plainfield,N.J. Matukaitis,Rob'tJ. Moyer, Charles Mt. Carmel Mt. Carmel Southern LehighCenter Valley Reading Reading CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE - Mansfield A 4:00P.M. October 5 - Kutztown H 2:00 P.M. October 8 - Lock Haven H 4:00 P.M. October 10 - Susquehanna A 4:00P.M. October 12 - Millersville ....... . .. . H 2: 00 P.M. October 22 - Kutztown A 4:00 P.M. October 24 - Mansfield H 4:00 P.M. October 26 - Cheyney ............. A 4:00 P.M. October 30 - Kings ................ A 4: 00 P.M. October 1967 CROSS COUNTRY RECORD BSC OPP. Kings . . ............... . 21 Susquehanna .... .. .... . . 43 Lock Haven ............ . 43 Bucknell . .............. . 15 30 Millerwille ............. . 50 ............. T'renton ............... . 23 ... . .. . ...... Cheyney ....... . ....... . 24 ............. Lycoming .............. . 4 win s / 4 losses 34 17 17 40 25 15 32 31 GENERAL INFORMATION Location : Bloomshurg, Pennsylvania President : Dr. Harvey A. Andruss Athletic Director: R ussell E. Houk Head Football Coach : J erry Denstorff Director of Public Relations: Boyd F. Buckingham Sports Information Director: Bruce C. Dietterick Member: NCAA, NAIA, PSCAC Nickname: Huskies Colors: Maroon and Gold Home field: Athletic Park Capacity: 3,000 Press table : Accommodations for eight persons Enrollment : 3,450 Year founded : 1839 Conducted by: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1967 RECORD VARSITY FOOTBALL BSC COLLEGE 31 34 42 34 28 28 . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ........... Shippensburg ...... . .. . . . Lock Haven ............ . Mansfield .. .. . .. .. .. ... . Susquehanna ........... . West Chester ........... . Millersville ............. . Cheyney ............... . Kutztown . . .. . . .... . ... . East Stroudsburg ....... . . 6 Win s / 3 Losse s OPP. 20 20 37 19 50 19 12 26 58 ASSISTANT COACHES Offensive Backfield - RONALD PUHL was a three letter winner in football, swimming, wrestling. and track and field while attending Lock Haven State College from 195 7 to 196 l. He was named to the N.A.I.A. "Little All-American Team" in 1960 for football and was a Pennsylvania State College Champion in the 220-yard low hurdles in 1961. He began his coaching career at the Phoenixville Area Senior High School, where he served as varsity track and field coach for four years, assistant wresting coach for one year, head gymnastics coach for three years, and varsity backfield football coach for several years. He earned his Master of Education degree in physical education at West Chester State College in 1966. Puhl also serves as head track coach and has been a member of the football coaching staff for the past three years. Defensive Backfield - DOUG BOELHOUWER, who came to Bloomsburg State College in 1965, was born in New Brunswick, N.J. and is a 1959 graduate of Rutgers University where he played his college football. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg State, Doug was a member of the faculty of South Plainfield High School, New Jersey, where he served as varsity line coach. An excellent recruiter and handler of players, Boelhouwer instills enthusiasm in his team. He also is freshman basketball coach, and will be starting his fourth year as a member of the football coaching staff. During the 1966 and 196 7 seasons, Doug hand led the freshman football program. Offensive Line - CECIL TURBERVILLE joined the BSC Physical Education Department in January 1966. He received both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Alabama in his native state. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg, he taught and was active in the athletic programs at the two Alabama high schools of Southside in Selma and Lowndes County in Fort Deposit. For the past two years at BSC he has been trainer for the various athletic teams. Defensive Line - CLARK BOLER a member of the University of Alabama's I 961 National Championship Football Team, joined the faculty of BSC in August of this year. A native of Alabama, he also received his Master of Arts degree from the University of Alabama. In addition to playing football at his Alma Mater, he was a member of the varsity baseball squad for three years and played freshman basketball. Following his college career, he was a successful player-coach of a semi-pro basketball team in Alabama. He previously taught at Gadsden High School in Alabama. where he also served as head baseball coach, assistant football coach, and assistant basketball coach. During that time, Gadsden won Etowah County championships in football and baseball. End Coach - RICHARD HAUPT is also a newcomer to the Bloomsburg State College faculty. A native of Shamokin, Penna. , he received both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees from Shippensburg State College. He was a center and middle linebacker for the Red Raiders for three years. During 1966-67 school year, he taught at the West Perry School District in Elliotsburg, Penna., and served as the assistant football and assistant track coach. From June 1966 to September 1966, he was a resident assistant at Shippensburg and assisted with football activities. At Bloomsburg State College, he is an instructor and Assistant to the Dean of Men.