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PAGE 4 THE DAILY NEWS, Huntingdon and Mount Union, March 25, 1976 Super Nancy Dunkle Is Still Improving Game All In The Family It was family reunion time for All-American Nancy Dunkle last night at Penn State's Rec Hall after her Cal State-Fullerton team won 103-85 and she had 27 points. Father George is in from California for the AIAW tournament and grandmother Mrs. Gladys Cree, Huntingdon, watched the action. ByBEADAMBACH Nancy Dunkle, the All-American from California State at Fullerton with Huntingdon connections, proved she is the best college basketball center in America today. Playing within a stone's throw of her father's birthplace, she pumped in 27 points to lead the Titans to a 103-85 victory over the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse in the first round of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national championships at Penn State Wednesday.

Nancy is the daughter of George Dunkle, a 1945 graduate of Huntingdon High School, and the granddaughter of Mrs. Gladys Cree, 626 Church Street. Even considering her impressive statistics, Dunkle and her coach, Billie Moore, felt she did not play her best game last night. "She was a little slow getting going in the first half. Even though she wasn't playing 100 per cent, she was still the best player on the court," Moore said.

"I had those first few minute jitters, my timing was off and I had cramps in my calfs. But then I didn't think about anything else but Farrell Rips Schenley's ChanceAsRepeatChamp There will be a new PIAA Class AAA basketball champion in 1976. Farrell took care of that Wednesday night by eliminating defending champion Pittsburgh Schenley 69-50. Cornelius Holmes scored 18 points and Clarence Gilchirst 17 to lead the Steelers to their 26th victory in 27 games. Farrell will meet another Pittsburgh team, unbeaten Fifth Avenue, in the semifinals of the playoffs Friday evening in Hershey.

Fifth Avenue gained the semifinals by trouncing Altoona 80-59. In other Class AAA games Wednesday night, Norristown, edged Plymouth-Whitemarsh 57-53 and Nanticoke nipped Lower Merion 50-48. They will meet in the nightcap of a doubleheader at Hershey Friday night. The Class AA and Class A semifinals will be held today in Hershey. Weatherly takes on Bishop Klonowski this morning in PIAA Pairings Games At Hershey AA.

Turtle Creek vs Midland 8.30 p.m. Holy Ghost Prep vs Wyomissing 4:30 p.m. A. Weatherly vs Bishop Klonowski 11 a.m. Uniontown St.

John vs DuBois Central Catholic 12:30 p.m. AA. Pottstown St. Pius vs Darby ColwynSp.m. Union Rimersburg vs Sharon Kennedy Christian 7p.m.

Class A action. Uniontown St. Johns meets Dubois Central Catholic in the second game of the doubleheader. Holy Ghost Prep takes on Wyomissing this afternoon in Class AA competition and Midland, the 1975 runnerup, meets Turtle Creek tonight in a return match. Midland handed the Eagles (27-1) their only defeat in the District 7 championship.

Farrell led all the way in its game with Schenley, holding a 39-27 lead at the half. Schenley played part of the third quarter and the entire final quarter without its leading scorer, Sonny Lewis, who fouled out with 4:06 remaining in the third period. When he walked the plank, Lewis had only four points. Gary Washington led Schenley with 12 points, while Roosevelt Jackson had 10. Schenley finished the season with a 12-4 record.

Fifth Avenue, with Sam Clancy pumping in 26 points, rallied to beat Altoona and post its 13th victory without a loss. Altoona jumped off to a quick lead in the first quarter and at one stage held an eight-point advantage. But the Archers went to work, overtook the Lions and led by 40-26 at the intermission. Curt Miller was high for Altoona with 20 points. John Bates scored 19 points to lead Norristown to its victory over Plymouth Norristown held the lead until the beginning of the third quarter when Plymouth-Whitemarsh went ahead 33-30 with 5:22 left in the third quarter.

The teams traded hot streaks until Bates made it 49-47 on a field goal. Ken Herbert was high scorer for Plymouth Whitemarsh with 18points. Jerry Shekletski hit a 22-foot jumper at the buzzer to give Nanticoke its victory over Lower Merion. Shekletski, inserted in the game when starter Wayne Morris was injured early in the fourth quarter, hit his shot after Lower Merion, champs from District 1, had tied the game 48-48 with 52 seconds remaining on a Jim Brogan jummper. Nanticoke led by as much as 11 points in the second half.

Garry Verazin led the Trojans with 20 points while Ken Casey added 17 points and 20 rebounds. Sam Brown led the losers with 20 points followed by Brogan with 12. Hyndman Tops Titans The Tussey Mountain girls' volleyball team was defeated by Hyndman at home Wednesday in two games 15-7 and 15-1. "All the girls did a good job serving," said Titan Coach Diane Casacia. "Everyone got at least a couple serves over the net.

"The girls seem to play a good first game but get discouraged and throw away the second one," she added. The Titans' junior varsity team also lost to Hyndman 15-3 in both games. The Titans' record now stands at 0-7. They will face Bedford at home on Friday at 7 p.m. SCORES WHA Standings East.

W. L. T. Pts. AIAW TOURNAMENT First Round Delta State 88 Penn State 46 Baylor 76 Southern Connecticut 72 Mississippi 91 Queens 80 Wayland Baptist85 Utah 46 Cal St.

Fullerton 103 Wisconsin 85 William Penn 78 Tennessee Tech 70 Montclair St. 86 Portland St. 49 Immaculata 84 Cal State Long Beach65 PIAA PLAYOFFS Class AAA Quarterfinals Nanticoke 50 Lower Merion 48 Norristown 57 Plymouth Whitemarsh53 Fifth Avenue 80 Altoona 59 Farrell 69 Schenley 50 Cincinnati 34 40 Cleveland 32 37 NewEnglnd 31 37 Indpls Houston Phoenix San Diego x-Minn GF GA 69 273 311 69 252 262 69 242 275 66 225 229 3037 West L. T. Pts.

GF GA 47 25 0 94 298 240 3632 3333 basketball and I got into the game," Dunkle said. Dunkle's father and grandmother, who stationed themselves right behind the Titans' bench, seemed relaxed as they cheered Nancy and her teammates on. Mrs. Cree doesn't consider herself a basketball fan particularly. "But when it is someone in the family, I'm a big fan.

I have seen Nancy play in California, but I am especially excited and proud to see her in the championships," she said. George Dunkle played basketball in his day for Huntingdon and in the service. But I have never influenced Nancy in anything. She has always been interested in sports, and she was exceptional at any sport she tried. I am glad she choose basketball though," he says.

The 6-2 junior, who sports baggy sweatsocks a la Pete Maravich, is very agile for her height, a good ball handler, and a definite team player. She passes up good shots to feed off better ones to a teammate. "I'm mainly out to help the team. Some people consider a good player one who shoots a lot, I don't. A good player to me, is an all-around one," Dunkle said.

Dunkle was a member of the U. S. women's national team and a gold medal winner in the Pan-American games in Mexico. She is an All-American and was recently written up in Sports Illustrated magazine. In lieu of all these accomplishments, Dunkle is in the process of learning to cope with the pressure.

"I am not used to large crowds when I play. Also people who have heard about me, come and watch and expect an outstanding performance every time I am on the court," Dunkle said. Nancy has two specific goals set for herself. One is to play in the Olympics in Montreal this summer, but that's the second one. "My first goal is to improve my playing to such a point that I can call myself, the best in my field.

Others may call me but I am tougher on my self, "she said. Dunkle is a criminal justice major at Cal State-Fullerton, and coaches a high school girls' basketball team in her free time. She is considering a career in police work after graduation, but has not ruled out the possibility of playing professional basketball. "At this time women's professional basketball isn't a big thing, but it is bound to come into it's own sooner or later," she said. Third-seeded Cal State-Fullerton will advance to the quarter-finals today at 7 p.m.

The champion, the third place winner and the consolation-round champion fifth place will be determined at a tripleheader on Saturday. 78 276 259 72 279 261 64 211 212 6 6 3025 4 Canadian L. T. Pts. GF GA 49 25 2 100 326 238 4 90323291 80284260 57 250 314 NOTICE W.

Winnipeg Quebec Calgary Edmonton Toronto x-Ottawa x-Team disbanded Wednesday's Results Houston 3 Cleveland 2 Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 2 Calgary 7 New England 6 Cincinnati 5 Phoenix 4 4327 3832 1645 2345 1426 51307356 29 134 172 The Mount Uinon Youth Baseball Organization will hold work details Saturday and Sunday, March 27-28, at the Municipal Park Teener and Little League fields. Saturday's detail starts at 9 a.m. and Sunday's at p.m. All parents and friends of Mount Union youth baseball are asked to help. UNB Wins Spot In Semi-Finals Union National Bank of Huntingdon zipped into the semi-finals of the Huntingdon Community Center Senior Tournament last night with an 86-78 victory over Burnham.

SAS of State College won a forfeit in the other scheduled game when Juniata Valley withdrew from the tournament two hours before playing its first scheduled game. SAS will meet J.L. Norris of Williamsburg and UNB tackles Huntingdon Community Center at 7 and 8 p.m. respectively this evening in the semi-finals. Tom Rupert poured in 25 points, and Rubber Frank 21 for UNB.

which had a 49-37 halftime lead and then held off a second half Burnham challenge. Mike Timmons scored 19 and Dave Downing and Steve Deck added 18 each for Burnham. BURNHAM Eby Mozzo Houtar Timmont Downing. Deck TOTALS ..36 6-13 78 UNB And.r» Franki 1 Slrickler 2 Kevin Block 3 FG F-FT Tot ..0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 4 6 Christopher 3 0-0 6 Frank 10 1-2 21 Dlcklon 4 0-1 8 Keith Block 6 2-2 14 TOTALS SCORE BY QUARTERS BURNHAM UNB .40 6-8 86 .20 17 20 ..24 25 18 Hot Shooter Nancy Dunkle of Cal State-Fullerton scored two of her 27 points on this jumper against LaCrosse, in a first round AIAW game at Penn State. NEW YORK (UP!) -The New York Rangers announced Wednesday the signing of much-traveled goaltender free agent Gilles Graton to a two-year contract.

Delta, Macs Move Past First Tests UNIVERSITY PARK. Pa. (UPI) Top seeded Delta State (Miss.) met Baylor and second seeded Immaculata played Montclair State of New Jersey today in the quarterfinals of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women's national basketball tournament. Delta State, led by All- American Lusia Harris' 29 points, trounced host Penn State 88-46 Wednesday in the opening game of the four-day tournament. In other first round games, Immaculata trimmed Cal State of Long Beach, 84-65, Baylor nipped Southern Connecticut 76-72, Mississippi College beat Queens College of New York 91-80, Wayland Baptist smashed Utah 85-46, California St.

(Fullerton) defeated Wisconsin 103-85, William Penn (Iowa) rallied in the second half to nip Tennessee Tech 78-70, and Montclair St. topped Portland State 86-49. Other pairings today showed Wayland Baptist versus Mississippi College and Cal State (Fullerton) versus William Penn in the winner's bracket. First round losers advance to the consolation bracket in the double-elimination tournament. The finals will be held Saturday.

Delta State's Harris was outscoring Penn State alone before being pulled from the game. She hit 12 of 24 field goals during 27 minutes of action, Cornelia Ward had 14 points and Mady Fortenberry chipped in 10 for the victorious Lady Statesmen. Toni Clarke's 14 was tops for Penn State. In Baylor's triumph over Southern Connecticut, Suzanne Snider scored the winning points by breaking inside for three layups in the last minute of play. Southern Connecticut led 39-34 at halftime and used a full court press to build an 8-point lead early in the second half.

Snider led scoring for both teams with 33 points. Lynn Spagnesi scored 20 points to pace Southern Connecticut. Mississippi ran up an early lead over Queens and held on for its 32nd victtory against eight losses. Freda Kraft scored 20 points for the victors. Gail Marquis of Queens led all scorers with 25 points.

Wayland Baptist had four women in double figures, while completely dominating the entire contest against Utah. Baptist led 42-21 at the half. Pearl "The Earl" Worrell led Wayland's attack with 16 points. Montclair St. dumped Portland St.

behind the shooting of Carol Blazejewski, who scored 25 points. Karen Strong was the only Portland player in double figures with 22 points. California St. (Fullerton) raced to a 51-34 halftime lead on its way to defeating Wisconsin LaCrosse. Nancy Dunkel had 27 points and 14 rebounds to lead California St.

Tennessee Tech, shooting 62 per cent, built up a 49-31 lead over William Penn shortly before intermission. But the Golden Eaglettes went cold and fell behind in the early minutes of the second half. Susie Kudrna and Bonnie Foster scored 26 points each for William Penn. Janet Bowden had 17 for Tennessee Tech. Immaculata, last year's runnerup, jumped off to an early 12-4 lead over Cal State and were never headed.

Mary Scharff, Marianne Crawford Stanley, and Sandy Miller tossed in 16 points each for Immaculata. ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (UPI) Buffalo Bills running back Vic Washington was released Wednesday from a San Francisco hospital following successful knee surgery March 12, the National Football League team announced. A club spokesman said the surgery, performed by San Francisco 49ers team physician Dr. Lloyd Milburn, was to remove cartilage from Washington's knee.

Juniata Recruiters See Human Side (This is the final of three articles on how Juniata College recruits its student-athletes.) ByMAILANDMcILROY Sports Editor To many observers, the recruiting side of college athletics is the dirty skeleton in the family closet. There was a time at Juniata College not too many years back when you never heard the word recruiting mentioned on campus. It went on after a fashion, but was talked about in hushed tones and never at important social functions. One almost got the feeling the stork delivered Juniata's athletes. Bob Newcombe, who later went on to help build outstanding football teams at Penn State, Bucknell and Lycoming, was probably the most influential figure in beating down this image during his stay on College Hill.

Newcombe and Coach Bill Smaltz started importing football players, mostly from Western Pennsylvania, on a grand scale and their efforts paid off in three straight unbeaten seasons (1953-55) and a trip to the Tangerine Bowl. No other single athletic event changed the complexion of Juniata athletics like the trip to the Orlando, classic and won JC so many friends. Juniata's appearance in the Stagg Bowl in 1973 was also worth untold good will and do for him." If you ask most coaches what they dislike most about college athletics, they invariably say recruiting. It's a hassle, even at the small college level, and drives many good men to practices they normally wouldn't consider. Every year there are several major recruiting scandals uncovered by the NCAA, which has beefed up its investigative work in this area considerably in the last three years.

Some of the picture isn't too pretty. Dean Rossi, who coordinates Juniata's recruiting this time of year, is a tireless worker. Unlike most coaches, he thrives on recruiting and has visited as high as seven high schools in one day while working in Western Pennsylvania. That pace staggers the mind of most college recruiters. "I guess you are out there selling yourself as much as you are selling the school," says Rossi, who is extremely proficient at his job.

He'd rather recruit than coach, which puts him apa rt from the rest of the fraternity. Dick Reilly, who covers Eastern Pennsylvania and the fringe areas of New York, New Jersey and Maryland, says he'd rather coach than recruit. "I do enjoy talking to parents who really appreciate your efforts, but I get turned off by an athlete who wants to know what all you're going to do for him." Carl Meditch, basketball coach, says: "I really don't mind recruiting like some people, but with our season the time element is the big factor. You can only get out on the road during breaks and immediately after the season plus what you can do before the Athletic Director Walt Nadzak depends mainly on the information being fed to him by other members of the staff. Then he'll follow with visits or start chasing down hot prospects.

Like most of the JC recruiters, he likes to work with the parents. Reilly has the toughest geographical area to work of any of the Juniata people. "Many times it's primarily a question of educating coaches to Juniata since not all of them know about our school. The same goes for the parents farther away from Juniata," he says. Reilly must depend more on referrals, many times from alumni in his recruiting area.

Because he's now better acquainted in his traveling area, he has built up a good information pipeline with coaches, especially in New Jersey where Juniata is expecting its biggest recruiting year. The Juniata football aide keeps in mind the athlete who is a good solid prospect who is going to last four years. "I'd rather get that kid on campus and coach him in our style than have maybe a real hot-shot type. I try to look at what a boy will be like when he's a mature college junior or senior," Reilly relates. Meditch employs an additional avenue.

"You can find out a lot about a prospect by talking to gas station attendants, store clerks and so forth. And school custodians are a very good source of see the coaches working with the athlete and can tell you a lot." he says. "Probably the most important thing I try to do is sell the smallness of the school to the family," claims Rossi. "I really try to be honest with a family and tell it the way it is at full rides, no special dorms, a good education and a chance to play good small college athletics." All the recruiters have an additional tidbit for the prospect. He can play other sports since there is no spring football to conflict and this is enticing to the boy who doubles in baseball or track.

Now that Division I has limited the number of players that can be included on a team, there is a better chance for smaller schools to get quality players. "I'm talking to athletes now that wouldn't even have looked at you a couple years ago I don't mind bumping heads with Villanova, Temple, Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette and the like," Rossi explains. "But you can't go up against Penn State. Pitt and West Virginia in our recruiting Rossi especially loves Western Pennsylvania where he is well known in many schools. "Schools there expect their athletes to be recruited and usually welcome you with open arms.

You've got to have the cooperation of people in the front office and the coaches or you're dead," he says. "Contacts are important and you've got to be very patient in many cases and not push too hard. I try not to seem over-anxious, I want that boy to think I've got all the time in the world to talk to him even though I am usually on a very tight schedule on the road. "Whenever possible, I like to visit the prospect in his home after school hours and get the parents involved. You just can't stress the parental involvement enough and 1 insist the Mom and Dad visit the campus with the students." Juniata adds another touch which the recruiters feel is important, sending out home town news releases once a recruit is locked up and headed for school.

"It's good press relations in the recruit's area and most news outlets are glad to receive this information. And it doesn't hurt you with recruiting that area in the future either," claims Rossi. So in view of the amount of recruiting that goes on in the United States every year, Juniata's effort may be small potatoes. But on College Hill, it's the life blood of the athletic department and also represents a big portion of the overall enrollment that passes through the admission's office. Small potatoes, maybe, but a tremendous amount of hard work..