Students at Bucks aren’t
exactly aware that the college
has sports teams. Believe it or
not, Bucks has a variety of
sports teams including basketball,
baseball, soccer, and volleyball
just to name a few.
Both the men’s and women’s
soccer teams have started their
seasons. Many students may
not even know that Bucks has a
soccer team, or that the season
even started. Maybe the reasoning
for this is because the
soccer fields aren’t exactly the
easiest things to find.
Some students just simply
don’t have an interest in watching
the sports teams compete.
“I think I played enough sports
in high school, I don’t need to
watch them now,” said, Lauren
Lafrince, 19, an English major
from Gettysburg. Soccer isn’t
the most popular sport around,
and students just aren’t too
enthused to cheer on a golf outing.
Some students would rather
go to a baseball game such as
the Phillies, or a football game
such as the Eagles. Football is
a popular sport for many to follow,
and Bucks does not have
a collegiate football team.
Students don’t have the luxury
to watch a Bucks team on TV.
Many students aren’t aware
of when and where the sporting
events are taken place. “I
didn’t know we had any sports
teams here at Bucks, I’ve seen
other college sports but not
Bucks,” said Bruce Frosho, 19,
a graphic design major from
Rushland.
The only way of really
knowing when a team is playing,
is by going onto the Bucks
website and checking the
schedule. Students need to be
more informed when a sporting
event is going to take
place.
Since Bucks is a community
college, students don’t have
the ability to always be on
campus while these sports
teams play.
“Seeing a team play is too far
of a commute for me, I’m not
going that far out of my way to
see a sporting event,” said
Alexis Fanbelli, 18, a nursing
major from Philadelphia.
There are also many other students
who have a commute
that is too far.
It seems like the biggest reason
that students aren’t able to
attend sporting events at Bucks
is because they are too overwhelmed
with their classes and
have jobs.
“This is my first semester
full time, and I also have a full
time job so I really don’t have
the time,” said Matt Wagner,
25, a cinema video major from
Levittown.
Jackie Jefferson, 18, nutrition
major from Newtown,
added: “I am too busy, too
much work and school, and I
don’t really know when they
are,” said Jackie Jefferson, 18,
nutrition major from Newtown
But for those who have the
chance to attend a sporting
event at Bucks, they might
find they really enjoy it.
Want to know more about
sports at Bucks? Visit the athletics
webpage at
http://www.bucks.edu/athletics/
Bucks soccer looks promising
By: Michael BercheM
Centurion Staff
Six years ago, Justin
Burroughs, Bucks’ Men’s
Soccer coach, took over a
struggling team that had finished
the prior season with
only three wins. Since then,
Burroughs has helped mold a
high-caliber program that has
included three straight play-off
appearances.
Bucks has five players
returning from last year’s
squad, who went 11-7 and lost
early in postseason play. The
Centurions also have three
returning players from the
2008 season, where they won
both the EPCC and PCAA
championships.
Tom Drabyak, sophomore,
and Josh Baush, sophomore,
will be serving as Co-Captains
for this team and are a force to
be reckoned with. Veterans
will be counted on to help continue
with the success of the
Bucks’ team, and talented newcomers
Damen Custer, Shane
MacFarlane, Dom Tucci and
Jim Traynor are also expected
to be key parts of the Bucks’
team’s game plan.
This year, Bucks’ soccer
team has moved up to join the
National Junior College
Athletic Association (NJCAA)
in Region 19. Region 19 consists
of teams in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware.
Burroughs says, “We are
going to do well this season.
We moved up to the National
Junior College Athletic
Association, and if we do well
this season, we can actually
play for Nationals.”
Bucks’ schedule is rigorous,
with five nationally-ranked
opponents on tap. These
include away matches against
Ocean CC (12th), Union CC
(1st) – the defending national
champions-, Brookdale CC
(9th), CC of Morris (10th) and
Mercer CCC (8th for Division
1, scholarship schools).
The Centurions dropped their
first game to Ocean, 2-1, on
Sept. 9. They also lost their
second game to Montgomery,
1-0, on Sept. 14, with the
opposition scoring the game’s
only goal 11 minutes into the
second half.
“We lost to Montgomery and
we looked pretty lazy. We
showed slashes where we
showed skill but our work rate
really needs to improve.”
Burroughs says.
The third game seemed to be
the charm as Bucks beat longtime
rival Northampton, 3-1,
in their first home game on
Sept. 16. Two days later, however,
Bucks’ lost again, losing
to defending national champions
Union 4-0.
Despite the lackluster start to
the season, Burroughs remains
positive.
“At this rate all the games are
going to be crucial. We need to
start picking it up, but I’m confident
we will and we will end
this season strong.”