HARRISBURG - Bob Lombardi wants the PIAA to present a kinder,
gentler face to Pennsylvania scholastic sports.  When he takes
over as the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
executive director in July the 56-year-old Lombardi will become
that face.  He's been the PIAA's No. 2 guy to Hanover native
Brad Cashman for much of the past two decades after joining the
organization in 1988. He is considered much more personable and
approachable than Cashman, who was considered efficient but
somewhat distant.  Lombardi's goal is to make the organization -
one that's long suffered in the PR arena - more human.  "What
we'd like to do is to tell the (PIAA) story a little better,"
said Lombardi, who was officially approved by the Board of
Control in late March. "Sometimes organizations like PIAA get
bashed because we're nebulous. There's no face with it.  "But
the face of PIAA is all those students in the local communities
and their coaches and athletic directors. We have 300,000 kids
playing athletics in the