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YOUNGSTOWN—As he heads into his seventh season at the helm of the Youngstown State University soccer fortunes, head coach George Hunter and his squad have set one goal that they hope will he realized come season end — to have a second straight winning season . Last season, he Penguins posted a 7-6 mark, the only winning season in the sport’s nine-year history. “We have the nucleus to post a better than .500 mark,” Hurer noted. “We did lose several main cogs in last seasons line-up due to graduation, however, with the experience that our back-ups have had over the past two campaigns, I feel cautiously optimistic as we begin the ‘83 campaign. Seniors expected to lead valuable leadership are Ron Baker (Ashtabula Harbor) and Hassan Makki (Beirut, Lebanon). Four juniors, Mark Hall (Worthington), Mark Jataison (Willoughby South), Tim Worrell (Akron Ellet) and Nick Cindric (Willowick St. Joseph) will be counted upon heavily as well with Hall in goal for the Penguins. Underclassmen include sophomores Curt Bodamer (Boardman), Dave D’Apolito (Boardman), Neeraj Jain (Eastlake North), Kelly Simpson (Austintown Fitch), Mark Syms (Canfield), Dave Stipanovich, (Austintown Fitch) and Paul Whitney (Lyndhurst), and incoming fresh Glen Behra (Canton Glen Oak), Mike Sabula (No. Royalton), Mike Drought (Boardman), John Lengyl (Austintown Fitch) and Todd Waters (Con neaut). ‘We were able to set and establish several new records last season due to our aggressive type of play,” Hunter added. “If we can combine our veterans with several un derclassman, we should be able to realize our goal that we set at the beginning of training camp.”
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Hubbard News
Hubbard, Ohio, US
Wed, Oct 12, 1983
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