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TigersMay BeTimidOnly one reluming regular is among the four lettermen who comprise (he nucleus for coach Johnny Sylvester's Ellsworth High basketball team this season,Paul Bellicini, a six-foot senior, is the lone holdover from last year's Tiger floor squad which posted an 11-3 mark in Sec. 18-B and compiled an overall 15-6 chart. The Tigers finished second (o Benlleyvilie in the section race.Other LettermeoA pair of seniors, Ricky Lee (5-11) and Joe Poye lt;5*1P. and John Hamilton, a 5-6 junior, are the other iettermen.Others who are expected to see action this season and are fighting for the fifth starting berth are John Mraz. a 5-11 senior, Ron Martos, a 5-10 junior, and a trio of sophomores, Dewey Wi likens (6-0. Jerry Blackburn (5-7) Lapcevic’s sophomore - studed and Bob Barisa (5-10). outfit includes 10 sophs and 15 juniors and seniors.Sylvester, a former Bentley-viile High grid standout a n d a product of the University of j Pittsburgh, is beginning his 15th | year of coaching. Sylvester has! been at Ellsworth for nine sea- j sons, having formerly coached at; Benlleyvilie and Fall owfield j Township Junior High. fAssists Sylvester jAssisting Sylvester for the j second straight year is Don Di- j Nardo, an Ellsworth and Califor-i nia State College standout. Paul! Lapcevic. Tiger grid boss,! handles the junior high basket-j ball coaching duties. !Under Sylvester. Ellsworth has: copped one sectional crown,! which came in the 1958-59 sea-; son. Three members of that squad are now in college. j John Maczu2ak is at Pitt on a -! football scholarship, John Dele- \ gram is a grid candidate at Penn j State, and John Dziak is per-' forming for Washington and; Jefferson’s floor team. jThe Tigers open their exhibi- i tion schedule Fri. Dec. 2r at Avel-' la.The schedule:EXHIBITION jDecember 2 — At A veil a; 6 ~ SAt Snowden; 9 — Avella; 13 — jAt Claysville; 16 — Open; 20 — |West Newton: 23 — Open; 27 —Qaysvilie; 30 — Open.January 27 — Perryooolis.SECTION 18-B January 3 — At East Washing- \ ton; 6 — Jefferson Morgan: 10 — I At Cumberland: 13 — West!Greene: 17 — Waynesburg; 20— At MapSetown; 24 — Bentley-: ville: 31 — East Washington. ;February 3 — At Jefferson j Morgan; 7 — Cumberland; 10— :
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Nov 22, 1960
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