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If the rest of the season goes like its opener, the Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball team will have little to worry about."Actually, I didn't see anything bad," new coach Chris Howard said of his team's doubleheader split last Saturday at Westmoreland County Community College. "We came out hitting the ball well.

Baseball is more than just a game to Chris Howard. From his days as a summer league youth player in Overland Park, Kan., to the University of Oklahoma to a decadelong run in the pros, mostly in the Seattle Mariners organization, baseball has been his passion. Now, as the new coach at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Howard is ready to give back to the game.

From the golf team's third straight unbeaten season to the archery team producing its 30th All-American, Pennsylvania College of Technology athletic teams have completed a record-setting year. Competing in the Penn State University Athletic Conference for the first time, Wildcat teams won five championships and finished second in two other sports.

Michelle Wright's second All-American honor as a representative of the Penn College archery team is just the latest in a rich tradition of Wildcat champions, as noted in this roundup compiled on behalf of the Athletics Department: Penn College EPCC/PCAA/CCAC/PSUAC Champions Baseball Team1996 Penn College (Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference) 1999 Penn College (EPCC) 2000 Penn College (EPCC

Pennsylvania College of Technology archer Michelle Wright, a junior from Kendall, N.Y., earned collegiate All-American honors for the second time in her career last weekend.Competing in the United States Intercollegiate Archery Championships on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, Wright's outdoor scores from last Friday and Saturday, combined with her totals from the indoor nationals earlier in the ye

Six Pennsylvania College of Technology spring-sports athletes four in baseball and two in softball have earned Penn State University Athletic Conference all-conference honors. Baseball players cited include Jordan Staib of Williamsport; twin brothers Phil and James Woodring, both of Waynesboro; and Mike Daciw of Sun Valley.

For each of the past nine years, Pennsylvania College of Technology has had at least one All-American archer. Coach Chad Karstetter, a four-time All-American himself, expects that streak to continue this weekend. Eleven Penn College archers will compete Friday through Sunday in the U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championships on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles.

The staff/faculty team defeated the student team 12-10 in campus softball action Friday evening. The student team started quickly by scoringthree runs in the top of the first inning; the staff/faculty team struck right back by scoringfour in the bottom of the first.

Before his team ever played its first game this spring, Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball coach Rees Daneker knew what it would take to be a champion."We're sitting pretty good right now. If the guys come out and play like they did in the fall, we should be in pretty good shape," Daneker said in early March, as his squad prepared to open its season.

"We're ready to go."Those were the words of Rees Daneker, Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball coach, as his team prepared this week to play for the Penn State University Athletic Conference championship.Penn College, 30-11 overall, will face Penn State Delaware County (23-7) in a best-of-three game series. Games at Shaner Field, near Boalsburg, are scheduled for 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday.