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News and Notes -- February 3, 2005
A lot of roundball recaps to rattle off in this edition. Without delay, let's get started.
> The Presidents' Athletic Conference raised nearly $500 Jan. 24 during PAC Tsunami Relief Night as collections were held at three PAC doubleheader sites that evening -- Grove City, Thiel and Westminster. Student-athletes from those schools collected donations, which will be sent overseas to help the unfortunate people who were affected by the late-December earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
The PAC will hold a second round of collections Feb. 12 at the opposite sites of the first collection. That day, Thiel is at Waynesburg, Grove City visits Washington and Jefferson and Bethany hosts Westminster. If you are interested in making a donation, send me a note and I'll give you the necessary information.
> Former Sharon standout Dustin Golub is in his freshman season as a member of the Indiana (Pa.) men's basketball team. Golub has played in 18 of 20 games for the Indians. He has made one start this year, coming against Henderson State Nov. 14.
Golub is averaging 13.7 minutes per game. He averages 1.4 points and two assists per game. Against Pitt-Johnstown Monday night, Golub went 2-for-2 from the floor, including a three, in the Indians' 82-72 win. IUP is 16-4 overall and 2-2 in the PSAC-West.
> Kennedy Catholic grad Barb Fabianova is in her senior season as a member of the Youngstown State women's basketball program. She has played in all 20 games for YSU (9-11 overall, 3-6 Horizon League) and has made 19 starts. Fabianova is second on the team in scoring, averaging 12 points per game. Her 48 three-point goals lead the team while her 2.7 assists per game are second. Fabianova is also shooting 85 percent at the foul line.
> Lakeview graduate Tenesha Aden is having a solid sophomore year at Penn State Behrend. Aden leads the Lions (10-9, 5-7 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference) in scoring (14.1 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg). She is also shooting a team-best 48.6 percent from the floor this season.
> Slippery
Rock University head football coach Dr. George Mihalik announced that seven
standouts have signed on to play football at The Rock this fall. The group
includes:
Nate Sipes, RB (5-11, 215), Curwensville, Pa./Curwensville
Brad Sopic, DL (6-5, 230), Curwensville, Pa./Curwensville
Brad Galvan, QB (6-2, 185), Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville
Tyler Boudreau, DL (6-2, 220), Harrisburg, Pa./Trinity
Michael Kutchko, LB (5-11, 195), Springdale, Pa./Springdale
Patrick Marsilio, LB (6-2, 215), Ambridge, Pa./Ambridge
Richie Barnes, DB (6-0, 205), Washington, Pa./Washington
> Youngstown
State University announced its incoming football players for the 2005 season on
Tuesday. The list includes:
Mike Barlak, LB (6-2, 218), Monroeville, Pa./Gateway
Derek Bush, TE (6-4, 250), Circleville, Ohio/Circleville
Halley Ferrell, K-P (5-11, 180), DeLand, Fla./DeLand
Da'Michael Horne, WR/DB (5-11, 175), Twinsburg, Ohio/Twinsburg
Codera Jackson, CB, (5-10, 170), Rochester, N.Y./East Rochester/Alfred State
J.C. (N.Y.)
Greg Jacobs, DE, (6-3, 274), Midlothian, Va./Fork Union Military
Academy/Vanderbilt
Ben Lane, FB, (5-10, 250), Hubbard, Ohio/Hubbard
Antonio Magnone, QB (6-2, 210), Steubenville, Ohio/Steubenville
Jim Phelan, DT (6-3, 310), Chicago, Ill./De La Salle/Joliet Comm. College
Jarvis Richards, CB (5-11, 170), Daytona Beach, Fla./Seabreeze
Todd Rowan, QB (6-3, 185), LaBrae, Ohio/LaBrae
Mychal Savage, DT (6-2, 305), Hartsdale, N.Y./New Rochelle/Hargrave Military
Maurice Smith-Davis, LB (6-1, 240), Warren, Ohio/Howland/Michigan State
Brandon Strapp, CB (5-10, 185), Daytona Beach, Fla./Mainland
Ray Taumalo, DL (6-2, 270), Honolulu, Hawaii/Kaimuki/College of the Sequoias
> Mercyhurst College has extended the contract of head football coach Marty Schaetzle until June 30, 2007. Mercyhurst went 4-7 overall in 2004 and is 11-22 in three years under Schaetzle. The Lakers did upset nationally-ranked Saginaw Valley State this past season and suffered three Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) losses by a total of 13 points.
> Finally, this: Venango Catholic is not in Mercer County. It's not even in District 10 any more as it joined Rocky Grove, Cranberry, East Forest and West Forest in a mass exodus to District 9 and the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference. But I thought this tidbit would interest the loyal readers out there.
Venango Catholic's girls basketball team is 5-15 overall and 2-8 in the KSAC. Tuesday night, VC earned a 46-29 win over host North Clarion in Frills Corners. It is the fourth time this year that Venango Catholic has defeated the She-Wolves (great early 80s-style nickname), yet it is the first time that it counted in the KSAC standings.
Because the KSAC has grown from a 9-team league to a 14-team loop, the teams now play a single round-robin for league standing (a 13-game conference schedule). However, some of the teams still play twice during the season. Only the second meeting counts in the KSAC standings, however.
Venango Catholic opened the season with a 44-16 win over North Clarion Dec. 3 in the East Forest Tournament. VC then dropped eight straight before earning a 48-38 win over North Clarion Dec. 28 in the consolation game of the North Clarion Tournament.
Sixteen days later, VC handed the She-Wolves a 43-26 defeat. On Jan. 21, Venango Catholic shocked perennial power Cranberry in the Berry Dome, 56-54, in double overtime, giving VC its lone win over a school not based in Frills Corners. Then Tuesday night, VC completed the sweep of North Clarion.