Hazleton High School - Janus Yearbook (Hazleton, PA)

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January l 8 Hazleton'-79 BethlehemM69 Hurricanes tamed in vital battle for second place... Serany's team shows definite improvement. . .Skernolis gives finest individual performance to date. . .scores 21 points and plays a remarkable rebound game. . .Pifl' scored a brilliant 27 points for Bethlehem. . .St. Joseph Gym filled to capacity for the first time this season.. .Mounts fail to let up... improve as the game grew older. . . January 21 Hazleton'--66 Allentowne72 Undefeated Canaries barely get by Mountaineers. .. first quarter proves disastrous to Mounts. . .stirring last quarter rally just falls short of victory. . .Farace gets 21 and plays brilliant floor game. . .Mindick does an excellent job of breaking full court press. . .Mounts deserved better fate in this ball game. , . January 25 Hazletone67 St. Clair-59 St. Clair suffers second loss of season at hands of Mounts . . .Hazleton's improved fast break allows them to get big early lead.. .St. Clair makes heroic bid last quarter... Petrilla gets 19 while Pecile and 6' 4 Grebowski get 11 each. . .Mindick and Skernolis play fine reserve roles in Blu-e and White victory. . . JOE PENDAL-FORWARD JOE l LIRILI A GUARD 128

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January 7 Hazleton-52 Allentown Central-58 Opening game of Eastern League proves bitter disap- pointment. . .Hazleton leads most of game. . .final Viking surge downs Mounts. . .Farace leads team in scoring... game previews keen competition in Eastern League.. . Hazleton's failure to retrieve ball from banking boards main factor in defeat.. .100 Hazletonians return home broken hearted. . , January 10 Hazleton-e61 Reading Central-49 H. H. S. gains 7th victory of season by defeating Cen- tral. . .junior Frank Grebowski leads Mountaineers with 20 counters. . .Hunsinger scores 12 while Nastanovich, Far- ace, and Pendal each get 6. . .All State Ed J ablonski forced to leave game in third period. , .big third quarter gives Hazleton easy victory. . .Hazleton anxiously awaits second Eastern League fray against Easton. . . January 14 Hazleton--56 Easton-49 Hazleton gains first Eastern League victory. . .hard driving Rovers stopped by solid Hazleton zone. . .Pecile, Petrilla, and Farace lead the Hazleton offensive attack.. . Skernolis does excellent job of guarding Easton's star, Bob Miller. . .game never close as Mountaineers win decisively . , .win gives Hazleton tie for second place with Bethlehem . . .Sancantino plays hard in losing cause. . . .. 7 ...-r- . 1 .,. - .. - ..,.. L., ...A , i 1 ...avr ,.,n..,-3:lraQ,.f -.tk if Y.-,,,M1xt..f. gf K if ' Q k -ii MIKE NASTANOVICH FORVS ARD MARIO PECIIJE-FORWARD 127

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January 28 Hazleton-71 Pottsville-43 Hazleton travels to Pottsville and disposes of Crimson Tide. . .game gives Hazleton important victory in Eastern League. . .although substitutions were made early there was no stopping the Hazleton Ball Club...Pottsville proves no match for the aggressive Mounts.. .entire squad plays bang up game. . . February 4 Hazleton-70 Allentown Central-59 Opening bid for 2nd half championship successful... game very slow in first quarter. . .Mounts break ice in second half by making outstanding percentage of shots...Little Joe Farace again paces home club with 25 counters. . .Petrilla grabs 20 while Mindick and Nastanovich star on defense ...game gives Hazleton revenge after disappointing first half loss. . .after victory Hazleton looks forward to Senior Day at Easton. . . February 8 Hazleton-86 Reading Central-81 Improved Central team bows to Hazleton for the second time Mounts score most points in one game to date game fills opening in rugged Fastern League schedule Mountaineers pressed hard to achieve victory Farace Nastanovich and Mmdick score in double figures Farace comes close to tying scoring record wlth 29 points game well ea ned JOE SCALLION-GUARD DAVE SHAFER-GUARD 129