OUTLOOK
Husky Coach Charles Chronister will have a
comparatively young team for the 1978-79
campaign. He'll be counting on a nucleus of five
returnees who saw considerable action on last
year's 14-10 team, plus the largest group of
newcomers he has had to date on varsity status.
Included in the returnees are senior co-captains
6'4" John Bucher, Ephrata (6.6 p.p.g.) and 6'3"
Miles Reitnouer, Reading (9.2 p.p.g.) along with
sophomores 6'4" Bill Tillman, Cranford, NJ (5.3
p.p.g.) , 6'2" Mark Cable, Bethlehem (7 .3 p.p.g.),
and 5'11" Don Mccann, Dalton (5.5 p.p.g.).
Bucher, Reitnouer and Tillman are good leapers
and maneuver well inside while Cable and
Mccann are steady backcourt performers.
The Huskies lost three 6'5" regulars in Steve
Bright (14.0 p.p.g. and a two-time Academic
All-American), Al Williams (19.3 p.p.g.) and Jeff
Slocum (6 .1 p.p .g. and a great off-the-bench
player). Williams and Brights were the top
rebounders and also became the fifth and sixth
career scorers in BSC history with 1158 and 1029
points respectively.
Chronister, who has had seven consecutive
winning seasons since coming to BSC, said this
year has been his best recruiting year.
Newcomers include: guards James "pewee"
Thomas, Philadelphia, and Jon Bardsley,
Lansdowne, and much-needed height in 6'7"
center Don Greenholt, Hanover, 6'7" center I
forward Ed Nichols, Williamsport, 6'5" forward
Mike Wenrich, Reading. In addition, junior John
McNaughton, Newport, last year's leading JV
scorer, moves up to varsity status.
"If this latter group gains the necessary
experience early enough, the Huskies should be
headed for another winning season and,
hopefully, be in contention for eastern division
Pennsylvania Conference honors," Chronister
said.

Duke University's Bill Foster, former BSC cage
coach, is shown with Coach Chronister at a
recent get-together.

A native of Lansford, Pennsylvania, Herbert
received his degrees at the University of Maryland
and Lehigh University. He is a professor of
Biology and also coaches women's tennis. He
previously served as head golf coach and a
number of years ago as head tennis coach.

A native of Taylor, Pennsylvania, he received
both his Bachelor of Science and Master of
Education degrees at East Stroudsburg State
College. At ESSC he assisted in the basketball
and tennis programs as a graduate assistant.
After leaving ESSC, he joined the faculty of Old
Forge (Pa.) High School where he was assistant
basketball coach at Abington Heights High
School , Clarks Summit (Pa.) for three and one
half years.
Reese has also been an extremely successful
tennis coach at BSC having produced some
outstanding teams over the past nine years. He
and his wife Marion and their three year old
daughter Meredith reside in Scenic Knolls near
Bloomsburg.

GARY TYLER
FRESHMAN COACH
Gary Tyler, a former
Husky standout for Coach
Chronister (1972-75),
served as assistant JV
coach last year and will
direct the JV squad this
year.

MICHAEL HERBERT
ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH
During the past 13 years ,
Dr. Michael Herbert has
served in numerous capacities on the basketball staff.
Prior to this season, he was
freshman coach for three
years . This year " Doc" has
the responsibility of aiding
the varsity team as a
practice and game assistant. His knowledge and enthusiasm for the sport
has been a significant asset to the overall cage
program.

CHRONISTER'S
SEVEN-YEAR RECORD
Year
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78

Won
18
20
22
15
13
17
14

MEN'S VARSITY BASKETBALL ROSTER
No.
10
24
22
20
42
12
34
43
40
14
30
32

Name
Pos.
Jon Bardsley
G
John Bucher
F
Mark Cable
G
Jim Fertig
G
Doug Greenholt
C
Don Mccann
G
John McNaughton
F
Ed Nichols
C/F
Miles Reitnouer
F
James Thomas
G
Bill Tillman
F
Mike Wenrich
F

Kevin Baggett
Dave Kiersnowski
Brian Klinger
Brian McHugh
Doug Meier
Dave Ogden
Chris Versak
Brad Webber

G
F
G
G
C
F
F
F

Cl.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
So.
Fr.
So.
Jr.
Fr.
Sr.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
So.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
So.
Fr.
Fr.

Ht.
Wt.
5-10
140
6-4
185
6-2
172
6-2
175
6-7
200
6-0
165
6-4
180
6-7
180
6-3
195
6-0
170
6-5
180
6-5
190
JV ROSTER
6-1
180
6-3
175
5-8
155
6-0
165
6-5
200
6-3
160
6-4
190
6-4
200

High School
Landsdowne-Alden
Ephrata
Freedom
Lansdale Catholic
Delone Cat ho I ic
Abington Heights
Newport
Bishop Newman
Olep
W. hiladelphia
Cranford
Wilson

Hometown
Landsdowne
Ephrata
Bethlehem
Lansdale
New Oxford
Dalton
Newport
Wil I iamsport
Reading
Philadelphia
Cranford, N.J.
West Lawn

Wi 11 iamsport
Lourdes Regional
Cedar Crest
Marple-Newton
Owen J. Roberts
Central Columbia
Lansdowne-Alden
Parkland

Williamsport
Shamokin
Lebanon
Broomall
Pottstown
Bloomsburg
Lansdowne
Schneckville

Lost
7
5
6
10
10
7
10

CHARLES CHRONISTER
HEAD BASKETBALL COACH
Charles Chronister, beginning his eighth year at
Bloomsburg State College,
can look back on his
previous seven years with
pride. He and his varsity
Huskies have compiled a
119-55 won-lost record. His
teams have won numerous
'
in-season tournaments, established over 30 team and individual Bloomsburg State records, participated in post-season
tournaments and had the first Bloomsburg State
team to win a NCAA Regional Tournament and go
on to Evansville for the National Championship
Tournament.
Prior to coming to Bloomsburg in 1973, he was
an assistant coach and freshman coach under
Bob Hulton for four years. He previously coached
for three years at Hanover (Pa.) High School
where his JV and varsity teams were 59-9 while
winning county championships and participating
in the PIAA District II play-offs. He also served as
freshman coach at East Stroudsburg and guided
the team to a 17-2 record.
Chronister has been successful in attracting
good basketball talent to Bloomsburg. He has
coached two All-Americans, John Willis (1972-74)
and Jerry Radocha (1974-77).
Active in the National Coaches Association, he
conducts his own BSC basketball school and has
served as a guest lecturer at other schools and
clinics in the East. In 1974 he presented a
two-week clinic to players and coaches in Brazil.
A native of East Berlin, Pa., Chronister earned
both his bachelor's and master's degrees in
health and physical education at East
Stroudsburg State College. He is married to the
former Carol L. Strausbaugh of Hanover. They
have two children, Lee Ann, age 11 and Caryn
Lynn (9) and reside at 1276 Pine St., Skyview
Acres, Bloomsburg.

BURT REESE
ASSISTANT VARSITY COACH
After coaching
the
Bloomsburg freshman
teams to 83 victories
against 27 defeats over a
seven-year span, Burt Reese
moved into a different role
three years ago with the
basketball program.
In addition to working
directly with Coach Chronister and the varsity players, he continues to
coordinate the basketball recruiting efforts which
have been so successful at the college. He is
considered by Coach Chronister as "one of the
outstanding assistant coaches in the state".

RETURNING LETTERMEN
JOHN BUCHER-6'4" senior cocaptain, became a starter last
year ... has good versatility up
front or at guard . . . excellent
driver ... could cause match-up
problems for opponents.

1\

MARK CABLE-6'2" sophomore
who as a freshman started the
last six games, five of which
BSC won . . . best outside
shooter on team . . . steady
performer.

It

JOE FERTIG-6'2" sophomore,
following in his brother Rick's
footsteps (1960) . . . good
outside threat as second guard .
. . good on defense, shoots well.

DON McCANN-6'0" sophomore,
as a freshman played last six
games as point guard . . .
demonstrates talent for running
offense ... good shooter.

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)

I

MILES REITNOUER-6'3" senior
co-captain, second year as
starter . . . small for a forward
but smart and aggressive . . .
shoots well and has better than
average quickness.

BILL TILLMAN-6'5"sophomore,
great frosh recruit last year .. .
injury cut into his playing time .. .
good leaper and shooter ... has
talent to progress to an all-time
great.

LEADING
ALL-TIME CAREER SCORERS
••Jerry Radocha
**John Willis
Robert Herzig
Richard Lloyd
Al Williams
Steve Bright
Howard Johnson
James Platukis
Robert Snyder
Paul Kuhn

1778*
1467
1362*
1339*
1173*
1026*
946
878
859
851

1973-1977
1971-1974
1961-1965
1958-1962
1975-1978
1975-1978
1969-1972
1968-1971
1967-1970
1969-1972

*Indicates Four-Year Record
All other Figures Represent Three-Year Totals
••All-Americans

COLLEGE FACTS
Location: Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Enrollment: 5400 U.G.
President: Dr. James H. McCormick
Nickname: Huskies
Colors: Maroon and Gold
Athletic Director: H. Cecil Turberville
(Phone: 389-3225)
Associate Athletic Director: Joanne McComb
(Phone: 389-3912)
Coach: Charles Chronister
(Phone: 389-3225)
Member: NCAA, ECAC, PC
Home Court: Nelson Fieldhouse
Capacity: 4,000
Director of Public Information and
Acting Sports Information Director:
Bruce "Nick" Dietterick
(Phone: 389-3411, Office; 752-7578, Home)

TITLE IX

Bloomsburg State College is committed to providing
leadership in taking affirmative action to attain equal
educational and employment rights for all persons, without
regard to sex, handicap, or other legally protected
classification. This policy is placed in this document in
accordance with state and federal laws including Title IX of the
Educational Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Please direct equal opportunity
lnquirias to: Ms. Deborah Ellis, Carver Hall, 389-2523.

1978-79 SCHEDULE
Opponent
Time Site
• Lock Haven
6&8 H
25
Cheyney
8
A
6
*Bucknell
6&8 A
9
*Millersville
6&8 A
13
Philadelphia Textile
8
H
16
A
28-29 Best of Both Tournaments
(at St. Vincent, Clarion, Lock Haven)
Keystone Klassic
H
Jan. 5-6
(W. Maryland, Delaware Valley
& Mt. St. Mary's)
Muhlenberg
8
A
Jan. 8
*Kutztown
6&8 H
Jan. 13
Allentown
8
A
Jan. 15
Mansfield
8
A
Jan. 17
*East Stroudsburg
6&8 H
Jan. 20
LeMoyne
8
H
Jan. 22
*Shippensburg
6&8 H
Jan. 24
*Cheyney
6&8 H
Jan. 27
King's
8
A
Jan. 31
*Millersville
6&8 H
Feb. 3
*York
6&8 H
Feb. 5
• Kutztown
6&8 A
Feb. 7
Mansfield
(Alumni) 6&8 H
Feb. 10
*East Stroudsburg
6&8 A
Feb. 14
Feb. 17
*Shippensburg
6&8 A
Feb. 19
*Wilkes
6&8 H
Feb. 23
Conference Championships
JV's at 6:00

Date
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

1977-78 RESULTS
BSC
70
Lock Haven
53
Philadelphia Textile
102
Allentown College
54
Bucknell University
61
Shippensburg
54
Cheyney
59
New York Tech
85
Shippensburg
96
Muhlenberg College
80
Carnegie-Mellon University
75
Clarion
112
Millersville
61
Kutztown
60
Cheyney
83
Shippensburg
59
East Stroudsburg
57
LeMoyne College
72
Millersville
76
Kutztown
74
Mansfield
61
East Stroudsburg
70
Wilkes College
71
University of Scranton
76
Mansfield
Won 14, Lost 10
Pennsylvania Conference: 8-4

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