South Mountaineer Volume 21, Issue 11

              Vol. 21 — No. 11
NOVEMBER 21, 1978
BETHLEHEM, PA.
LU Raps Lafayette In Finale
Lehigh closed out its sixth
consecutive winning football
season last Saturday with a 23-15
victory over Lafayette before
17,000 fans at Fisher Field,
Faston.
The Engineers posted eight
victories against three defeats
while the Leopards ended with a
1-7 mark.
Quarterback Rich Andres, of
Millville, N.J., fired touchdown
passes of eight and 15 yards to
split end Steve Kreider, of
Reading,   Pa.,   defensive   back
Keith Conley of Rockville, Md.,
returned an intercepted pass 45
vards for a score and Ted Iobst of
Fmmaus, Pa., kicked a 38-yard
field goal and two extra points.
Kreider, who caught six passes
for 65 yards and his pair of TDs,
was winner of the 1978 Most
Outstanding   Player   trophy   as
Engineers Lose Bid For Playoffs
Lehigh has lost out in its
bid to represent the East in
this year's first NCAA Div.
1-AA championship
playoffs.
The NCAA announced
Nov. 21 that Massachusetts
(7-3 and champion of the
Yankee Conference) had
been selected as the
eastern entry over the
Engineers (8-3).
In first round games Dec.
9 Massachusetts will play
at undefeated Nevada-
Reno and Jackson, Miss.,
State will host a game
against an at-large team to
be named Dec. 3. Nevada-
Reno is 11-0 and Jackson
State 10-1.
Lehigh is not an at-large
contender.
selected by news media
representatives covering the
game.
Lehigh was more dominant
than the final eight-point margin
would indicate, with advantages
of 17-10 in first downs, 199-71 in
yards rushing, 131-85 in yards
passing and 330-156 in total yards,
but penalties and turnovers cost
the Engineers an opportunity to
run up a score.
One of the turnovers shocked
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Matmen To Be Featured on 18 TV Channels
Lehigh University wrestling
will be featured on 18 public
television channels in six states
this season. The telecasts will be
originated by WLVT-TV Channel
39, of Bethlehem, Pa., and additional channels may be added.
The U.S. Army Reserve is
underwriting a series of nine one-
hour highlight shows, each including a brief mat clinic
supervised by coaches Thad
Turner of Lehigh and Ron Pifer
of the U.S. Military Academy.
They will feature Lehigh in
action against Rhode Island,
Iowa, Slippery Rock, LSU, Iowa
State, Pittsburgh, Navy,
Springfield and Syracuse.
Some  of  these  channels,   in
cluding Ch. 39 of Bethlehem, will
carry all of the meets in their
entirety. Others will feature the
edited, one-hour version.
WLVT-TV, Channel 39, also will
feature the title round of the 1979
Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Assn. championships.
This telecast will be shown Feb.
26 at 8 p.m.
Viewers are advised to confirm
dates and times with their
respective television outlets.
LEHIGH   Vs.
WLVT Channel 39
Lehigh Valley, Pa.
Rhode
Island
X   Dec. 3
at 11 a.m.
Iowa
X Dec. 6
at 10 p.m.
Slippery
Rock                  LSU                      Iowa St.
X Dec. 10           XJan.7                 X Jan. 21
at 11 a.m.          at 11 a.m.                at 11 a.m.
Pittsburgh                  Navy
X Jan. 22               X Jan. 28
at 10 p.m.               at 11 a.m.
Springfield             Syracuse
X Feb. 1              X Feb. 18
at 10 p.m.             at 11 a.m.
WQED Channel 13
Pittsburgh, Pa.
X Jan. 27
at 5 p.m.
WQEX Channel 16
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dec. 6
at 8 p.m.
Dec. 10
at 7 p.m.
Dec. 14              Jan. 11
at9p.m.           atSp.m.
Jan. 24                   Jan. 31
at 8 p.m.               at 8 p.m.
Feb. 4                    Feb. 21
at 7 p.m.                at 8 p.m.
WITF Channel 33
Hershey, Pa.
Dec. 10
at noon
Dec. 17            Jan. 14                 Jan. 21
at noon            at noon                  a{noon
Jan, 28                  Feb. 4
at noon                 at noon
Feb. 11                   Feb. 25
at noon                   at noon
WQLN Channel 54
Erie, Pa.
Dec. 8
at midnight
Dec, 9
at midnight
Dec. 15              Jan. 12                  Jan. 26
at midnight      at midnight           at midnight
Jan. 27                  Feb. 2
at midnight          at midnight
Feb. 3                 Feb, 24
at midnight          at midnight
WMPB Channel 67
Baltimore, Md.
X Feb. 4 (Time
to be selected)
WNPI Channel 18
Norwood, N.Y.
(WNPI will show all nine on dates and times to be selected)
WGBY Channel 57
Springfield, Mass.
i
X (Date and time
to be selected)
WLIW Channel 21
Garden City, N.Y.
Dec. 7
at 9 p.m.
Dec. 14
at 9 p.m.
Dec. 21
at 9 p.m.       (Others will be shown in their entirety on dates and times to be selected)
WHA Channel 21
Madison, Wis.
(WHA will show LSU and Pittsburgh meets in their entirety on dates and times to be selected)
WCFE Channel 57
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Jan. 6
Jan. 13                Jan. 20                Jan. 27                 Feb. 3
(Times to be selected)
Feb. 10                  Feb. 11
Feb. 24                Mar. 3
WNPE Channel 16
Watertown, N.Y.
(WNPE will show all nine on dates and times to be selected)
WCNY Channel 24
Syracuse, N.Y.
X (Time and date
to be selected)
WJCT Channel 7
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jan. 6
Jan. 13                  Jan. 20                Jan. 27                   Feb. 3
(Times to be selected)
Feb. 10                     Feb. 17
Feb. 24                Mar. 3
WAPB Channel 22
Annapolis, Md.
X Feb. 4
-
WWPB Channel 33
Hagerstown, Md.
X Feb. 4
WCPB Channel 28
Salisbury, Md.
X Feb. 4
WPSX Channel 3
University Park, Pa
Meets m
arked with an "X'
(WPSX will show ali nine on dates and times to be selected)
' will be shown in their entirely. Others are one-hour highlight shows.