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Vol. XXVI No. 6

Lock Haven State College

Tuesday October 20, 1981

Errors Overcome
Bald EagleS) 24-20
By Dan McGurgan
The undefeated Shippensburg Red
Raiders, playing before a partisan
homecoming crowd of 8,700, scored all 24
of their points within 15:22 of the first half,
and then hung on to defeat LHSC, 24-20.
The Bald Eagles mounted a furious
comeback in the second half, but they
simply ran out of time. Shippensburg is
now 6-0, while Lock Haven falls to 4-2.
"We played a real good ball game," said
head coach Jack Fisher. "I think we would
have beaten them if we had another
quarter to play."
Sophmore tailback Mike Kresovich had
his best day in a Bald Eagles uniform,
rushing for 201 yards on 18 carries. "It's
too bad that I had to have my best game in
a losing cause," said Kresovich. "The
offensive line blocked better than they oid
all year."
Quarterback Ben Pavalko did not fair as
well as Kresovich, though, completing only
one pass in 16 attempts for seven yards.
Pavalko, only a sophmore, is finding the
going tough this year, completing only 33
percent of his passes.
On the Bald Eagles first play of their
second possession Kresovish broke several
tackles, and proceded to ramble 92 yards
for a touchdown, and LHSC grabbed an
early 6-0 lead. The extra point sailed wide
of the uprights. This was the first rushing
touchdown that the Red Raider defense
had allowed all year.
The Red Raiders were able to score their
24 points largely because Lock Haven
committed many mistakes.Shippensburg's
first score was set up by a poor 15 yard
punt by Brian Sekarak.
Red Raider

quarterback Tim Ebersole tied the game
with a one yard run, and Ship converted
the extra point, giving them the lead, 7-6.
Shippensburg's second score was set up
by an interception thrown by Pavalko,
which gave the Red Raiders excellent field
position on the LHSC 36 yard line.
Ebersole scored his second touchdown of
the day on a two yard run, and Ship led,
14-6.
A Bald
Eagle
fumble
enabled
Shippensburg to score their
third
touchdown. Pavalko fumbled the snap from
center, and the Red Raiders once again had
excellent field position on the LHSC 38
yard line. The Bald Eagle defense, now
tired from being on the fleld so long, was
weary of hbersole running, but this time
the Red Raider quarterback threw a two
yard pass to flanker Ed Noone, who
was wide open in the end zone.
Shippensburg suddenly erupted to take a
21-6 lead, and the 8,700 fans at Seth Grove
Stadium went wild.
Yet another turnover committed by
LHSC gave Shippensburg a chance to score
again.
Pavalko
threw
his
second
interception on the day, allowing Shin to
start a drive on the Bald Eagle 48 yard line
line, which ended in a Jeff Auker 33 yard
field goal. The half ended
with
Shippensburg leading 24-6.
Shippensburg started all of their scoring
drives on Lock Haven's side of the field. In
LHSC's four victories, the main reason for
their success ivas due to the fact that they
did not allow the opponent to have good
field position.
Fisher knew before the game even began
that his team could not afford to make
(Continued on page 4, col. I)

While Mike Kresovich, pictured above against Randolph-Macon,
rolled for over 2(X) yards against Shippensburg,
the Red
Raiders(below) stayed on top of the Bald Eagles for a 24-20 win.

Sportsline Tuesday, Oct. 20,1981 page 2

Price Prepares for Future With Eagles

Lock Haven defensive end Dave
Price hopes to have a different
football
career when he
graduates.

Many Lock Haven State Coiiege stuaents
spent their summer at the shore; others
worked or went to summer school. Yet one
LHSC student spent his summer at West
Chester State College, the Philadelphia
Eagles training camp. This student is Dave
Price, who worked as an athletic trainer foi
the Eagles football team.
Price is a senior and is majoring in
Physical Education. He was chosen for the
job out of 300 other applicants. "I sent a
letter to Otho Davis who is head trainer for
the Eagles. I had some interviews, sent a
follow-up letter and was chosen to train fot
the team," said Price.
Price said his summer was a learning experience but it wasn't a "joy ride." His day
started at 5:13 a.m. Breakfast was at 5:43
a.m. Price had to be in the field house to
prep the tape rooms by 6:13 a.m. From
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. the players had to be
taped. "I taped 126 people a day, that
comes to about 250 ankles. This had to be

done at least twice a day," stated Price. He
was on the field from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30
a.m. during practices and giving the players
treatments from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Price was on the field again from 3:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Price said he made injury
reports from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and
gave the injured players treatments from
9:00 p.m. till midnight. " I t got to be a
strain after a while," commented Price, " I
really missed going to the shore." He said
he drove alot of the injured players to the
hospital and was even allowed in the
operating room while the players had
surgery.
"I can't measure how much I learned this
summer," said Price, "not only in dealing
with training but also just working at the
pro level. I got paid very little but I would
have done it without pay."
Price, who is a football player himself,
plans to work for the Eagles when he
graduates from Lock Haven. He hopes to

go to graduate school for Physical Therapy
and train at the pro level. Price still trains
for the Eagles home and away games when
possible,
" T h e players are really beautiful
people," remarked Price, "they are a very
close knit team." He said that the players
showed interest in him and in his football
career. Above all they "really appreciate
what the trainers do for them."
Price said the player he has the most adm i r a t i o n for is t a i l b a c k Wilbur
Montegomery, "He gives his all for the
team. His body takes so much abuse and he
gets so injured, not once did I hear him
complain."
Price says he is lucky to have had this opportunity. When asked what was his most
memorable experience this summer he said,
"The Eagles-Pitt game. I ran onto the field
behind the players and best of all right between the Liberty Bell cheerleaders.'^

Amway Looking Ahead to Regionals Next Week
By DAN McGURGAN
The sport of cross country is not the most
glamorous in America, and recognition is
hard to come by, but when you're as good
as Mark Amway, recognition comes easily.
Amway has finished first in every Bald
Eagle dual meet this year, and along the
way he has broken a few course records.
Right now, though, Amway and his
teammates are preparing themselves for the
PSAC championships at Kutztown, which
will take place this Saturday. "I doubt if
we'll finish better than sixth at the
PSAC's," said Amway. " T h e PSAC is the
toughest conference in this region."
A week later, October 31, Amway will
put his running skills to the test at the Divi-

wasn't very big in high school, so 1 decided
sion II Eastern Regionals held at Lowell,
to get into endurance sports." Amway said
Mass. "My goal is to finish at least fourth
that he never really got into cross country
at regionals," said Amway. "If I can do
until his senior year. In his junior year the
that I'll be able to advance to Nationals."
Hempfield high school cross country team
Commenting on how tough the PSAC is,
finished second in the state.
Amway said, "Seven of the top ten
finishers at regionals will probably come
Amway's father was the cross country
from this conference."
coach at Hempfield, but he retired two
years before his son entered high school.
Amway imd his teammates are preparing
"My father never pressured me in any way,
themselves by concentrating on speed,
and that was good for me. He was definitely
rather than endurance. "We're running a
lot of V* miles and Vi miles," said Amway. a positive influence on m e , " said Amway.
Amway was red-shirted his freshman
"We practice endurance over the summer
year at LHSC because of a strain fracture in
and the beginning of the season."
his left leg. He also pointed out that he grew
In high school Amway ran cross country
six inches that year, which helped cause the
and he was a member of the Hempfield
fracture. A year later his friend and
(Lancaster) swimming team. He said, " I

roommate, Steve Zerphy was killed when
his car was struck by a train. "After Steve
was killed I had a hard time getting back into running. Now 1 run for the both of u s , "
said Amway.
" I feel that mental training is a big part
of running," said Amway. "If you can
train yourself to work harder than
everybody else, you can succeed in cross
country." Amway also said that running is
a good way to relieve stress.
Even though cross country is an individual sport, Amway stressed the fact that
this year's squad has much team unity.
"We push each other and we have a lot of
fun together."

Field Hocl By JUSTIN NEWMAN
"I'm a lifer," said Junior forward Jill
Ridley jokingly. I'll be here (LHSC) for ten
years. No, seriously, if I could play field
hockey for ten years, I would.
Number 22 for the Lady Eagles is used to
winning. In her senior year in high school
she was part of Delaware Valley High
School's Pennsylvania State championship
Field Hockey team in 1978/
nil's whole family is involved in field
hockey in one way or another. Jill's sister
Jennifer,
is a
three-year
Varsity
letter-winner at Bucknell, and plans to
graduate this May. Earlier in the year Lock
Haven defeated Bucknell 6-1.
"It took me a couple of hours after the
game to get over beating them that badly.
It was really hard on me, because I know
half of the team through my sister," said
Ridley.
Jill's father also plays field hockey. He
plays for an Allentown,Pa. area meij's
team. But don't expect to find Mrs. Ridley
on the field during the game. You will
usually find her behind a camera, taking
pictures of her hockey troop.
Jill finds the major difference between
college and high school field hockey to be
the pace of the game. She said, "College is
so much faster and there is also a lot more

competition amongst the team itself.
When asked why she chose to continue
her field hockey career at LHSC she
replied, "I heard a lot about the quality of
the team and my high school coach was a
graduate of LHSC.
"Personally, this has been my best
season. We should have another good
season next year. The freshmen are a
pretty good group of girls. They are a lot of
fun and 1 enjoyed playing with them this
year," said Ridley. "Eyeryone gets along,
really well, and one can see it in the way we
play. We've been playing very well lately.
It's important to take things one step at a
time, so that's what we are doing. Our
chances of making it into Nationals look
pretty good."
Although Jill suffered an ankle injury in
practice last Monday a week ago, she
scored the only goal of the game against
the Division 1 West Chester Golden Rams
to lead the Lady Eagles to a 1-0 victory last
Friday in her first game back in the line-up.
With two games remaining, plus the
EAIAW Regional Championships and the
PSAC playoffs, Jill leads the Lady Eagles
in scoring with 15 goals.
Jill has mixed emotions about next year.

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Jill Ridley's intensity has led her to 15 goals, and the Bald Eagles
to a nine game unbeaten streak
She is looking forward to her Senior year,
but will definitely miss playing field hockey
for Lock Haven after she graduates.
"I'm hoping to play for a club team back
in my home town after graduating,"

commented Ridley.
"My major goal,
though is to coach field hockey on the high
school level." Who knows? Maybe Ridley
will someday be the successor of Coach
Sharon Taylor at Lock Haven State College.

Sportsline Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1981 page 3

Parker Building A
Soccer Tradition
By MARTIN PFLIEGER
In five years as head coach of the Lock
Haven State soccer team, Mike Parker has
compiled a superb 70-14-2 record, led his
teams to three national championships,
captured five PSAC titles, and put Lock
Haven on the map.
Parker wasted no time at his first
coaching position, as he led his 1977 squad
to an NCAA Division III national championship in just his second year.
"That flrst national championship has to
be the most rewarding achievement I've had
as a coach," said Parker. "It had never
been done before and no one dreamed it
could have happened. We were underrated
and we were given no chance of winning."
In 1978 the Bald Eagles captured the title
again while posting an 18-2 record. The
1979 season was a disappointing one for
Lock Haven as they finished fourth, even
though the team in Parker's words, was
"better than the previous year's team."
Parker attributed the poor flnish to overconfidence.
Last season, after moving up to Division
II, Parker's team went 21-0, and captured
the national title on that level as well.
It seems as though Parker has had an
easy time of it the past few years. Well, he
has, because once Lock Haven established
itself as a national soccer power, many
I>otentially outstanding players chose this
school to continue their soccer careers, thus
making Parker's job that much easier.
A few of Parker's current players could
very well go beyond the college ranks and
play at the pro level.
All-Americans Tim Gargan and Trevor
Adair have had contacts with professional
teams. Parker has also said that sophomore
Robby "soccer head" Gould is a deflnite
professional in the future.

Adair, who is nursing a broken leg and in
doubt in regard to his future soccer status,
said that Parker doesn't get good players,
but instead he gets average players and proceeds to turn them into good players.
"Coach Parker has the ability to maximize a player's ability," said Adair. "He
helps them tremendously in developing that
ability, and at the same time instills a great
deal of confldence in them. He lets them
know just what their capabilities a r e , "
Parker attributes a lot of his success to
the free spirit atmosphere surrounding the
team. "I believe in leaving a lot of responsibility to my players," said Parker, "but in
return I expect them to approach that
responsibility with a mature attitude."
"We work hard in practice," said Adair,
"but Coach Parker beheves we should have
fun playing, because if it isn't fun, there's
no reason to play."
Unlike Bear Bryant who appears aloof
from his team, standing on a tower high
above the practice field, Parker doesn't feel
superior to his players.
" I feel as though I'm part of the team,"
said Parker, "and hopefully they look upon
me in that way. I feel if the players not only
respect you, but like you, there will be no
conflicts."
What the future holds for Lock Haven
and Mike Parker remains to be seen, but
one thing that has been seen is the growth
and success of Lock Haven State soccer
since Parker arrived on the scene.

Taylor's Troops Rolling
By JUSTIN NEWMAN
The 1982 edition of the LHSC
hockey team is building toward the upcoming playoffs riding a nine game unbeaten
streak. Under the direction of Coach
Sharon Taylor, the Bald Eagles have amassed a 97-20-16 record since 1973.
The Lock Haven field hockey home
season winds up today on Lawrence Field
when the Bald Eagles host third ranked
Ithaca College in a battle of Division II
powerhouses.
Following tomorrow's game. Lock
Haven will travel to Slippery Rock to defend their PSAC title against Shippensburg
in the opening game. The Bald Eagles are
the top seeded team for that tournament,
and hope to face the winner of Bloomsburg
and Millersville in the title tilt for all the
marbles.
" I am really pleased with the way things
are looking at this stage of the season. If we
beat Ithaca, the chances of us gaining the
number one seed at the Eastern Regional

Championships are very good," said
Taylor.
The Bald Eagles, who dropped to Division II this year, will find out on November
Ist if they will be the top seed of the six
teams that go to regionals. That competition is set for November 6th and 7th at
LaSalle College.
Freshman Sherry Derr noted, "Playing
hockey for Lock Haven is much different
than playing high school hockey. Here the
pace of the game is much faster and the girls
seem much stronger, and more skilled. I
was amazed at how fast all the girls started
to work together. It didn't take us long at
all to start playing like a team."
Junior Jill Ridley is the team leader in
goals with fifteen.
Lock Haven finishes out the regular
season next Monday at Delaware, but that
game will have no effect on the Bald Eagles'
tournament seeding.

Robby Gould outmaneuvers an opponent for possession of the
ball en route to another goat.

Booters Fall to U.D.C.
By MARTIN PFLIEGER
The Bald Eagle Soccer Team completed
a disappointing week of play Saturday,
losing to The University of The District of
Columbia 3-1. Before Saturday's setback.
Lock Haven tied Cortland State 1-1
Wednesday night.
Senior Tim Gargan provided the only
scoring for the Bald Eagles, as his shot
from the edge of the penalty box deflected
off a UDC player and went into the net.
UDC had a 3-5-2 record going into
Saturday's game with the Bald Eagles, and
according to Head Coach Mike Parker,
"They were a more than pathetic team.
We played without guts, heart, and desire,
and we didn't deserve to win."

'Prophet' to Play
For Benefit
The rock group "Prophet" will be performing this Fridiy night from eight to ten
o'clock in Price Auditiorium.
The band has its roots in Lock Haven
and has played at Assantes' Cafe in
downtown Lock Haven. Carl Snare is the
lead vocalist for the group.
Tickets for the concert are three dollars
in advance and four dollars the night of the
concert.
Tickets can be obtained from any Lock
Haven State College wrestler, with the proceeds going to help defray travel expenses
for the wrestling squad.

The loss could seriously affect Lock
Haven's chances for a NCAA bid.
Tomorrow's game at Scranton is an
important one if the Bald Eagles wish to
get back on the winning track and keep
their bid hopes alive.
Tomorrow's contest will not be easy by
any stretch of the imagination. " W e have
never beaten Scranton on their home
field," said Parker. "It is difficult to go
there and win." The Bald Eagles enroute
to a 21-0 record, defeated Scranton 2-0 last
season.
Saturday
the
Bald
Eagles
host
Shippensburg, the first of five consecutive
home games before the end of the season.

Sportsline Tuesday, Oct. 20,1981 page 4
(Continued from page 1)
mistakes against Shippensburg.
At
halftime I told the players that we need to
be more consistent," said Fisher. "In this
conference the most consistent team is
going to win."
The Bald Eagle's played, perhaps, their
best half of the football this year in the
second half. They ran inside and outside,
and they proved that the Red Raider
defense could be penetrated.
Junior powerback Baron Grantham, who
rushed for 60 yards on five carries, brought
the Bald Eagles closer with a brillant 50
yard run that resulted in a touchdown.
Like Kresovich, Grantham also had his
best day in a Bald Eagle uniform. Holder
Doug Shilling threw to tight end Terry
Crecraft to successfully complete the two
point conversion. LHSC was suddenly
back in the ball game, but still trailing
24-14.
Grantham scored his second touchdown of
the game on a two yard run late in the
fourth quarter.
The extra point was
blocked, but the Bald Eagles still had time
to pull the game out with 6:28 remaining,
trailing 24-20.
Following the kickoff, the Red Raiders
started on their own 20 yard line, and ran
the ball very well, and gained critical first
downs. The clock dwindled down to near
the 2:00 mark before LHSC gained
possession of the ball.
The Bald Eagles were unable to move
the ball this time, and Sekerak punted the
'btdl away. The ony thing that Shippensburf
nao to do now was maintain possession
until the final second ticked away on the
clock.
This week the team hosts California St.
in what should prove to be yet another flne
football game. The Vulcans lost their flrst
western conference game to Clarion last
week, 28-14. "California is a good football
t e a m , " said Fisher. "We're not worried
about what Ship does from here on out.
We're concerned about California, and
that's all."
Fisher said that the chances of LHSC
coming back to win the conference title are
slim to none. But, it should be noted that if
Shippensburg goes undefeated, they will
undoubtedly get a bowl bid. If this should
occur, the western conference runner-up
will play in the state championship. This
makes this week's game against California
even more important.

Vaz, Day
Lead LH
Batsmen
By Kevin Campbell

Karen Cann smashes a volley off the forehand side.
Her wins in singles and doubles led LHSC over lUP.

Netters Peak for PSAC's
With Win Over lUP
By CHRIS BROOKS
The Lady Eagles' tennis team, led by two
strong matches from sophomore Karen
Cann, raised its record to 4-7 with a 5-4 win
against Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Saturday.
Cann won her singles match against
lUP's June Boyer convincingly, then came
back along with senior Lori Emich and
defeated lUP's tandem of Lori Rupper and
Mary Beth George, 6-4,6-2.
Other winners for Lock Haven included
sophomore Denise Lebert, freshman Edna
Roth, and the doubles team of Lebert and
Roth.
Coach Kathy Peterman had started in the
beginning of the season that she hoped to
better last year's record of 6-6. Although

the team will not reach that goal, Peterman
should see a lot of potential for the teams in
the next few years. Only one top player,
Emich will be lost because of graduation,
and with the other top six players returning,
experience should play a major role in the
team's success over the next few seasons.
A review of the fall season clearly shows
who the toughest opponents were for the
Lady Eagles. Penn State dominated the
Lady Eagles in a 9-0 trouncing. Slippery
Rock and Shippensburg also proved overwhelming as each allowed Lock Haven just
one victory.
Coach Peterman takes her team to the
conference playoffs on Saturday with
something to prove and the season comes to
a close when the Lady Eagles travel to lUP
next Wednesday.

Baseball Team Rounds Out
Good Fall Season

By KEVIN CAMPBELL
The 1981 Fall baseball season has come
to a close for the Lock Haven State Bald
Eagles, who compiled a 6-4-1 record. The
season has been termed a success according
to coach Steve Delisle.
"After playing a schedule such as ours
and finishing above .300, we accomplished
two of our objectives," said Delisle. The
first of these objectives was obviously to
finish with a winning record. "Beating the
teams we've faced leaves us with reassured
optimism. This will give us great confidence
going into our regular spring schedule."
The second objective we accomplished was
the opportunity for the coaches to get a
good look at the players who traveled with
the squad."

Lock Haven played three different teams
throughout the Fall season. In four games
with Cortland State, the Eagles remained
unbeaten, going 3-0-1. The team was also
successful against rival Mansfield, winning
three of four contests. The only school to
dominate the Eagles was Penn State, who
swept all three games.
Delisle cited several Lock Haven players
as standouts both offensively and defensively. Among these were Ray Billotte
(shortstop), Scott Day (right field), Ernie
Vaz (catcher), Glenn Fultz (second base),
Kevin Swisher (catcher), Jeff Regal (first
base) and Jeff Rheinoehl (outfield).
The pitching staff was also solid with
standouts such as Bill Wortman, Dave

Stanko, Paul Harench* and Pat Guerriero.
Several younger players were voted by
the coaching staff for outstanding play.
Two freshamn outfielders, Tom Reichenbach and Gil De Cicco, were among these
young players. Mike Meyer, a transfer third
baseman, also played superbly.
The team will take one week off before
returning to face the first cut on Monday,
October 26. The roster will be trimmed to
thirty players at that time. There are currently fifty team members. This cut will be
based on how well each player performed
during the Fall season.

Of fifty players on the Lock Haven State
baseball team, two are seniors. It may be
possible that never has there been a better
duo of seniors than Ernie Vaz and Scott
Day. If there are any two players responsible for the success of the Bald Eagles this
fall, it has been these two seniors.
Vaz came to Lock Haven State College in
1978. After making the team his freshman
year, Vaz was cut from the squad in 1979.
Following a long period of hard work and
practice, Vaz turned it around in 1980.
Vaz hit .398 that year to lead the team in
batting. He also led the team that year in
doubles, home runs and runs batted in. The
clean-up hitter for the Eagles was voted to
the 2nd string All-Conference team as a
DH.
Vaz returned the following year to bat
.329 for the Eagles, collecting 28 hits.
"For us to have a successful season, a
large portion of responsibility will be given
to Vaz," said Coach Delisle. "He is big and
strong - a guy we can always rely on for the
extra base hit. He will be very tough to
replace."
Scott Day is a transfer student from lUP.
Day bats third in the Eagle line up. He led
the Eagles in RBI's, home runs and doubles
last year as a juiuor. He was voted to the second team All-Conference.
Delisle said, " Scott, like Ernie, is a
power hitter. He possesses the ability to
open up the game with his offensive power.
We rely greatly on Scott's extra base hits
and runs batted in. He will also be difficult
to replace."
It has been a successful year for the two
seniors thus far, with both displaying great
ability and leadership this fall. There is a
long spring season ahead. If the Eagles can
win and Vaz and Day play to their
capabilities, there could be a future in professional baseball for this duo. For the present, though, both will be happy helping the
Lock Haven State Bald Eagles to a spectacular spring finale.
The Eagles will then continue their indoor
practice schedule, practicing hitting,
fielding and pitching. According to Delisle,
these indoor sessions will give each player a
chance to receive more individual attention
from the coaching staff on the finer points
of the game.
The team will remain indoors until
Christmas. With the break of the weather
the Eagles will return to their regular spring
practice schedule, preparing for a 37 game
spring schedule. After months of preparation, it will be time for the Bald Eagle
baseball team to put its optimism to the
test.