: 12 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 7, 1990 SPORTS Dallas Linemen Dallas linemen above, first row, from left, are Heath Williams, Bob Luke, Mike Durkin, Walter Fry; back row, Matt Buss, Len Kelly, Emery Yurko, Willie Whitesell, Justin Reich. (Post Photo/C.M. Denmon) Lake-Lehman Linemen Lake-Lehman linemen above, are from left, first row, John Thomas, John Lucas, Mike Tereska, Rich Thomas, Chris Castellani; back row, Tim Krochta, Joe Stash, Nick Kukosky, Mike Sholtis. (Post Photo/C.M. Denmon) Old Shoe (continued from page 1) with a win.” Senior Rich Thomas said, “If we play as a team and don’t make stupid mistakes we should win.” “If things go right it could be our most important game of the year in the conference,” said John Tho- mas. Senior Terry Martin, who has racked up more than 1,000 yards this season, said, “Statistics don’t mean anything in the Old Shoe game. There's a special feeling on both teams about winning this ame.” “The Old Shoe Game is always a good game. If we play as a team we should be able to win,” said Randy Parry. “It will be a rough game but we will bring home the shoe,” pre- dicted Ben Haughney. “I believe this year’s game should be one of the best games in a long time be- cause both teams were contenders for the conference championship,” said Dave Oatridge. “l think our line has enough power to overcome their line and our defense is good so we can drive the ball,” said John Lucas. The Lake-Lehman students have ~ planned a week-long schedule of activities to build up enthusiasm among the players and the student fans. Monday was ‘Sweatshirt and Band Day’; Tuesday ‘Tie-Dye and Hat Day’; Wednesday, 'Class Col- ors Day’ and 'Slave Auction Day’ when the cheerleaders, coaches’ and players were sold to the stu- dents and teachers; Thursday will be "Twin Day' and Friday, 'Black and Gold Day' with a pep rally in the afternoon. : Ifenthusiasm will win the game, the Black Knights have plenty of it. Mounts have had big year in athletics On the other end of the Back Mountain, Dallas students have been following the fortunes of sev- eral outstanding athletic teams. With the exception of a planned pep rally there are no reports of planned special days, but the en- tire student body is alive with excitement as they have been cheering all week for their athletes beginning with Senior Steve Oliver who won the state cross country title. Monday they were busy with enthusiasm over their Dallas Soc- cer team scheduled to play Wyo- ming Seminary for the conference title to advance to states. “Wednesday we have to cheer our field hockey team to victory at Kirby Park when they play their opponent from District 11,” said one of the cheerleaders as she was rushing through the hall. As the week goes on, the cheeer- leaders and other students plan their own specialties to keep the players high which ends with a big pep rally on Friday. “The Old Shoe should be a'great game,” said Mountaineer Coach Ted Jackson. “I've learned since I've been coaching at Dallas that anything can happen between the two teams in the Old Shoe Game. There's a special kind of spirit that comes to the fore in the game. Records don’t mean anything to these kids. They all seem to have the same idea-it's a game they have to win. Winner takes all-the Old Shoe. “The Knights have a great team this year with a lot of seniors and they have the home field. It will be a tough one. Our kids have to play their best to win,” concluded” Jackson. “It's a big game every year, one of the biggest in the conference,” said Eric Paczewski. Emery Yurko said, “It's a great rivalry, when we get together throw the team records out the window, anything can happen.” “It's my last game because I'm a senior and I'd like to go out with a win. That would be great,” said Willie Whitesell. “The Old Shoe Game is the toughest game allyear,” said Heath Williams. Mike Durkin said, “It's a bigger game than Hanover's and it's the last game for the seniors so I'd like to go out with a win.” “It's a pride game and it’s always a keen rivalry. I hope we can go out with a win and keep the Old Shoe,” said Walter Fry. “If we play up to our potential we have the capability to win the Old Shoe Game,” said Ray Russin. Win or lose, most fans will be headed toward Lake-Lehman Sat- urday to cheer on their favorite team. It will be interesting since some of the fans live in Dallas but teach in Lehman; some of them graduated from Dallas High School but now live in Lehman and have children in the Lake-Lehman Dis- trict and even the Knights coach lives in the Dallas District and has children in the Dallas schools. Township. TT The 43rd Old Shoe game matching the Dallas Mountaineers .and Lake-Lehman Knights will be played Saturday, November 10, at the Edward Edwards Stadium at the Lake-Lehman Senior High School. The traditional contest was first played in 1948. The bronzed shoe was initiated by the Dallas Rotary Club in 1948 when Rotarian Francis “Red” Ambrose suggested to the Dallas Township coach and faculty member Robert Dolbear that the Dallas Rotary club honor the Back Mountain Football team that won the championship. At the time there was an intense rivalry between Kingston Township, Dallas Township and Lehman The coaches pulled a shoe from a pile of Dallas Township shoes and the Rotary Club had it bronzed. In 1948, Kingston Township won the first Old Shoe Trophy. Originally, it was intended that the trophy would remain perma- nently with the team who won a certain number of consecutive games. That has changed during the years and now each year, the winner of the game between Dallas and Lake-Lehman takes the Old Shoe until the following year. : Kingston Township took the trophy the first year; since then it has become a part of the Dallas School District. Other winners in the early years were Lehman Township, Dallas Township, Westmoreland, Lehman-Jackson-Ross and Dalls-Franklin. In 1956, there was a three-way tie between Lehman-Jackson, Westmoreland and Dallas-Franklin. In 1957 Lehman-Jackson- First Old Shoe game took place in 1948 / Ross won the Old Shoe, Lake-Lehman won the old in shoe both 1958 and 1959, and in 1960 Westmoreland won the coveted trophy. In 1961, the Back Mountain schools had become individual jointures; Dallas School District, and Lake-Lehman School Dis- trict. Since that time, Dallas teams have won the Old Shoe 22 times, Lake-Lehman teams have won it six times, and they tied twice. The Mountaineers kept the shoe for eight consecutive years from 1970 through 1977. The Knights won the Shoe in 1978 under Coach Rich Gorgone and again in 1979 under Coach Tom Hisiro. Later, trophies for outstanding performance were presented at the end of the game through the generosity of the late Albert Pisaneschi, a dedicated sports fan and a member of the Dallas School Board. Each year the contest is considered a tossup, for a special kind of rivalry exists between the two school. Throughout the season they cheer for each other against the other teams in the Wyoming Valley Conference, but when the teams of the two schools play each other a certain spirit spurs each team. The last few years have been especially exciting for the head coaches. Ted Jackson of Dallas, and Rich Gorgone of Lake- Lehman are close friends as well as neighbors. Like their ath- letes, the friendship ends and the special rivalry begins from from the beginning to the end of the Old Shoe Game. Mountaineers crush Bishop Hoban 55-0 By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer “We were happy with our win over Bishop Hoban,” Coach Ted ~ Jackson said following his Moun- taineers 55-0 win over the Argents. “Hoban is a much better team than the score indicates. We just got the big plays when we needed them. It gave usa chance to use ouryounger kids in the second half. Brezez- inski is only a sophomore and he did a great job for us, scoring two touchdowns. “John Morris had a fine day as quarterback, hitting six of seven for 227 yards. Four of them were touchdown passes. Passing is a strong point for us with our young backfield.” The Mountaineers got off to a quick start Saturday when Senior Ray Russin took a 61-yard pass from Morris into the end zone for a score on their first play. Emery Yurko kicked the extra point and Dallas went in front 7-0. Behind quarterbck Wayne Grilz, the Argents came right back and Grilz led them down to the 37-yard line of Dallas but on fourth and seven Grilz attempt to pass failed and Dallas took over on their own 38. With Brian Burd carrying the ball, Dallas drove to the Argents four-yard line from where Ray Russin took the ball in for a second score on Morris’ short pass. On their next possession, Mor- ris hit Jeremiah Van Orden for a 56-yard touchdown and when Yurko's kick was good the Moun- taineers went in front 21-0. The Mountaineers scored again before the end of the quarter when Dave Fisher carried the ball in from the 17-yard line and Yurko kicked the extra point. With most of the younger play- ers in the game the second half, Dallas scored 27 points, with Morris hitting Chris Ruth with a 45-yard pass for a touchdown, Russin carrying the ball into the end zone on a 60-yard kick return and Al Brezezinski scoring twice, once on a two-yard run and once on a six yard run. Three of the four points after touchdown by Yurko were good. Black Knights run over Crestwood 33-14 By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Coach Rich Gorgone worked all week on a passing game against Crestwood, but after two quick touchdowns his team didn't need to go to the air against the Comets. The first time the Black Knights had possession Terry Martin ran 80 yards for a touchdown. Quar- terbck Sam Gorgone'’s attempt for two points failed and the Knights were on the board 6-0. On their next possession Jerry Owens took a punt return and ran 79 yards for a Knight score. This time Gor- gone's kick was good and the Knights took a 13-0 lead. “The kids played very, very well,” Gorgone said after the Knights 33- 14 win over the Comets. “The kids did a nice job and our defense deserves alot of credit. They played outstanding ball and they stopped Gary Dennis. They knew they had to stop him because he makes alog of their good plays. We also worked all week on stopping their quarter- back Paul Gresh because we knew if we stopped Dennis, Gresh could take the ball in or hit Jamie Tho- mas. “The two big plays early helped us,” Gorgone said. “We expected to use a passing game but we didn’t need it. We passed only once in the game. When we stopped Ennis we hurt their run.” In the second quarter Martin ran the ball in from the 11-yard line and then made another score when he bulled over from the two yard line. With the Knights leading 27-0 Crestwood made it 27-14 by the end of the third period on Gary Dennis's one yard run into the end zone and Thomas's 59-yard touch- down pass from Gresh. The pass after Thomas's score failed but the conversion after Dennis's run in the third period was good. The final score in the game was made by Martin when he went over from the two yard line after his teammate Ed Adamski intercepted a Crestwood pass at the Comets 16-yard line. For the most Back Mountain « NEWS SPORTS PEOPLE Read The Dallas Post Plaza. 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