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Recruits make noise in local All-Star games this weekend

In case you were wondering, the East squad beat the West team, 37-22, in the PSFCA All-Star Game Friday in Altoona.

But more importantly, at least for Nittany Lion fans, was the performance of Penn State's lone recruit in the contest, Christian Kuntz.

The Camp Hill native caught five passes for 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns in his West team's defeat.

Kuntz will be joined in the fall by Curtis Drake, another wideout. Or so we thought.

Drake was a dual-threat quarterback for the Pennsylvania squad in its 38-31 loss to Ohio in the Big 33 Game Saturday in Hershey. He completed 8-of-18 passes for 166 yards and racked up 88 yards and two touchdowns on 17 rushes.

That sound you hear is a sigh of relief from Jay Paterno, who would appear to at least have some insurance should injury strike Penn State in the quarterback spot this season.

A pair of other Lion recruits, tackle Mark Arcidiacono and tight end Garry Gilliam, both suited up for the Pennsylvania squad. Future Penn State defensive lineman Jordan Hill had a sprained left ankle and did not play.

-Fortuna

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Matt Fortuna is a sophomore majoring in journalism and a football reporter for the Collegian. He has previously covered the men's tennis, soccer and basketball teams. A traditionalist, he would like nothing more than to see Joe Paterno throw it back to his Brooklyn days and install the single-wing offense this season.

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Nate Mink is a sophomore majoring in journalism and a football reporter for the Daily Collegian and a 5-foot-10 sesquipedalian from Allentown who has tried to grow facial hair for 20 years. Sadly, he has been unsuccessful thus far. He is anxious to get a new driver's license in September and hopes the bartenders at Zanzibar in Ann Arbor believe he's 21.

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Wayne Staats is a junior majoring in journalism and history and is a football reporter for the Collegian. He previously covered the baseball and women's basketball teams. He never made it far playing competitive football, unless Nerf football in grade school counts.

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