There was a high-scoring contest between Wilkes-Barre Township and Dallas Feb. 8, as the Mountaineers outdistanced the Braves i to 105. Several fans were reported as question- ing the officiating. Dallas controlled the lead for most of the game and at times seemed to have put the game out of reach as they led by 20 points, but Township continued to fight back. It remained close through the Shumanik, » first half with John Lazo and Jody Stephanik doing most of Township’s scoring. Tim Fannick scored most of his 20 points in the first half to keep Dallas in the lead. The Dallas bench proved to be the difference as Ed Riefenstahl and Gary Kostrobala came in to pilot the Mountaineer’s attack. The game appeared to be far out of reach going into the final period as Dallas led 85 to 65. With the league’s two most Yanchik 12. G.A.R. won 69-58. A summary of first-half play of the girl’s and boy’s basket- ball teams at Dallas Senior High School was given by William Price, athletic com- mittee chairman, to the school board of directors at its regular meeting Feb. 8. Mr. Price reported the girl’s basketball team had made its Bruins Bagged During 1971 Pennsylvania's bear hunters reported harvesting 488 bruins during the two-day season in 1971, the Ga¥g® Commission re- ported this week. The 1971 harvest is consider- ably higher than the 295 report- ed taken in 1969 and the 218 bagged in 1968. There was no open season on bears in Penn- sylvania in 1970, due to an ap- parent shortage of bruins in the primary i northcen- tral part of the state. Prior to the season, the Game Commission reported that the closed season in 1970 seemed to have allowed some recovery hy the resource and that tk e seemed to be an adequate bear population for hunters in 1971. “most impressive start in the history of Dallas High School.” The team completed an un- precedented sweep of all op- ponents to go undefeated in first-half play with a 7 win and no loss record. With this record, they were the first half champions of the girl’s league. Notable in this record were two wins over Wyoming Valley West and Lake-Lehman. Second half play began Feb. 16 for the girls. The boys completed the first half of their schedule as a member of the ‘B’’ division with a 6 win and 2 loss record. This was good enough to finish second in league play. With stronger clubs being scheduled at home in second half, the team is hopeful of successfully defending it’s class ‘‘B” crown won last year. So far in second half play the team is leading the division with a 2 and 0 record, with victories at home over G.A.R. and Hanover. Mr. Price revealed the wrestling team has made a fine showing, and the team is currently riding the crest of an 8 win and 2 loss record. The wrestling’ team will enter King’s College March 3 and 4. prolific scorers, the Braves did not concede victory to the Mountaineers and ran off 40 points in the final period to make it close at the end. Stephanik, the league’s leading scorer with a 22.6 point average, led all scorers with 33. He got help from the league's second leading scorer Lazo who threw in 25 for the losers. Dallas put four players over 20 points with Novroski high with 25 followed by Wallace with 23, Riefenstahl with 22 and Fannick with 20. Gary Kostro- bala gave the Mountaineers a boost off the bench as he accounted for nearly 10 assists The J.V.’s made it three in a row with an 85 to 46 win. Chuck Wilson and Steve Meskers led the Mountaineers again as the first half and Meskers added another 12. Tom Considine, into is sidelined by illness, added 12. Tomorrow night Dallas faces Lehman at Lehman. Next week they travel to Tech on a Monday night. Wednesday they host Seminary and hope to avenge their loss to the Blue Knights last month. ok el | | | 110-105. In the George Shupp League, R. Bonomo topped all bowlers with 213-212 (628) to pace Wilkes-Barre Truck to a 2 point win over Mahaffey Oil and continue in first spot. A. Fox helped with 206 (571). The oil- men had R. Gula, 217 (594), and F. Kemil, 202. Harris Associates moved into a second place tie with Mahaffey’s by taking 3 points from Stanton TV. They had A. Wendell with 206 and S. Bonomo’s 210. T. Appel rolled 202 for the TV group. T. Cross threw a big 220 (580) helped by C. Roberts’ 202 to help Ranch Wagon keglers pick up 3 points from Woodland Inn. C. Glasser managed 203 for the tavern- keepers. D. Purvin walloped the pins for 223-208 (610) to pace Monk’s in a clean sweep over Boston Texaco. Helping him were J. Kubek 203 and J. Lerch 202. B. Varner’s 212 (581) and D. Eddy’s 202-228 (578) were enough to earn 3 points from Bill’s Cafe who had F. Kardell coming up with 213. Brothers Four girls blanked David Ertley Five in the Ladies Country League to move into the lead by two games up on G.H. Harris. Capt. L. Cyphers was the big gun with 211-179 (538) with help from A. Cor- bett’s 182. A. Matte’s 187-204-181 (572) was wasted for Harris as Daring’s Market took them for 3 points spurred on by R. Gula’s 183-171-200 (554) and F. Alla- baugh’s 187 (485). K. Kalafsky filled in for S. Riegel on Fashion Vending and led them to a 3 point win over Joe’s Pizza with her 477. The pizza girls had A. Hospodar’s 175. The Panthers tied for the lead in Valley Paperback League by shutting out the lively Pintos. The rollicking Mavericks moved into a tie with them by blanking the cunning Cougars led by M. Ritts walloping 185- 177-181 (543) and B. Bonning’s 174-191 (506) George S. toppled the pins for 206. C. Kazokas tumbled the woods for 203 (581) for the Mustangs but the Leo- pards leaped ahead with 3 points paced by Elaine. The Bucks were too much for the 0 decision. Hanover won the meet, 33-15. young Cubs as they picked off 3 points to move into a four-way tie for third place. H. Rost found the pocket for 209 (575) and Rita Bulford gave a 172 as the wily Wolves copped 3 points from the big Bears despite C. Nafus hitting 213 (570). The Colts kicked up their heels and bat- tled to a draw with the clever Lions. In the Back Mountain Church League, Trucksville C went ahead of Dallas B by 11» games as they shut out Dallas A. E. Johnson led with his big 222. Shavertown B took 3 points from Orange A to hold third spot. Trucksville B. shut out Mt. Zion, Trucksville A. did the same to Orange B, and the Lutherans dropped 4 points to Shavertown C to put the three teams in a tie for fourth place. Tied for fifth position are Shavertown A taking 3 points from Huntsville Christian and Carverton B with 3 points over Dallas B. East Dallas dropped 3 points to Carverton A. Hitting high 500’s and games in the 200 class were W. Watkins 203-203 (592), J. Swingle 212 (585), S. Williams 216 (582), A. Fox 202 (581), B. Nichols 226-201 (585), D, Duncan, C. Molley, S. Fielding, V. Cross, J. Jones, H. Spare, and D. Zimmerman had 200s. ! D. Eddy Sr. strung a lot of strikes as he blasted a big 235- 201 (629) for his Trucksville A team. Kunkle Motors dropped 4 points to Daring’s Market in the Industrial League but stayed in front of Hoppy’s Cafe by 3. Hoppy’s five hit consistently as they blanked Hurst Supplies still in the cellar. Boston Texaco picked up 4 points from Jack Winters Tire men while Fino’s Larksville 66-ers to move into a two-way tie with the tire boys. Boston’s M. Brody and the 66- ers’ J. Sabol rolled 201 games and Hurst’s Jim and Daring’s B. Lamoreux hit even 200’s. In the Bowlerette League, first place Boyd White girls split 2-2 with Duke Isaacs maids whose 2 point win tied them for second with Tom Reese girls. Snowshoe Hares Stocked Recently N.J. Molski, Northeast Division Supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commis- sion, reports that snowshoe hares were recently stocked in selected areas open to hunting in the Northeast Division. The areas chosen for the stocking were selected to conform to the rather specialized habitat requirements for these prime game animals. : Most of the desirable habitat for this species in Pennsylvania is confined to the northern tier counties. Since the overall range is rather limited, heavy hunting pressure in these areas may tend to keep the snowshoe population at a relatively low level when compared with other native species. The current stocking is part of the Commission’s continuing program to supply as much diversified hunting as possible The’ Reese five took their 3 points. from Trucksville Pharmacy. K. Kalafsky spilled the woods for 179 (497) amd L. Cyphers sparked the Reese girls with her 177 (482). Valley Paperback took all 4 from Payne Printers to move into full possession of top place. The papermakers were led by G. Groff’s 222 (589) while D. Cleasby slammed 200-211. G. Boston’s 200 was the best effort for the printers. Konefals dropped 3 points to Henry’s and first place in the Neighborhood League despite B. Pratt’s 202. Leading the way for the jewelers was J. Baur who found the range for 240 (598) and J. Swingle who fired 236 and L. Coolbaugh’s 203. All five men were in the 500’s. J. Yenalevitch was high man for the night as he produced 220-212 (616) for Roth Novelty and 3 points from Dallas Finance. The losers had S. Chilson’s 205. D. Eddy was top man for Disques with 214 as they dropped the entire set to Brothers Four. Dallas Dairy, Apex Used Auto Parts, and Fitch & Sons are tied for first place in the Imperial- ette League. B. Bonning contin- ued her high scoring streak and tumbled the woods for 232 (556) as she paced Dallas Dairy to a 3 point. win over Goodman Florist. Spilling the pins for the florists was J. Agnew with 482. Fitch & Son picked up 3 points from Apex behind a pair of 170s by J. Lerch and M. Ritts. O’Malia Laundry girls took 3 points from Citgo girls to move into a tie for second with Lom- bardo Bakery. C. Kretchmer was high for the launderettes with 177. Lombardo five and Fairview Shoe Store took 2 each behind S. Welch and M. Morris’ 171 games. High 600 series shared the spotlight in the Crown Majors as D. Purvin led with a blistering 235-234 (668) followed by R. Bonomo Jr.’s 223-203-203 (629) and D. Zimmerman’s 245 (628). T. Heness and G. Chepal- onis were hot on their heels with walloping 205 (597) and 218 (597). J. Lerch and R. Bonomo Sr. put on a good show with 225 (587) and 223 (583). Other highs for the night were B. Varner 234, G. Shonk 203, T. Garrahan 221, and G. Boston 203. First place Hasay Motors took 3 points from third spot Shavertown Lumber tied with Gebhardt’s. Wesley Gulf men are in fourth by taking 3 points from last place Dallas Shopping Center. Fifth place Automatic Cigarette keglers picked up 3 points from Dallas Sunoco to drop the gas station men to second spot. Dallas Post five are in sixth by losing 3 points to the Gebhardt team. We forego this week’s league score in the Junior High League in order to list the final stand- ings for the first half. First place team is History, followed by Science, Spanish, Math, English, French, Music, Health, Art, and German. In the Sunday league it was Science, English, French, Math, History and Congratulations, bowlers! junior Young Dallas Mountaineers went down to defeat to Lake- Lehman Junior High grapplers last week, 36-27. The victors took nine bouts, three of them pins while Dallas matmen took seven with only one fall. The young Knights went out in front 9-0 by taking the first three bouts on decisions by Zaleskas 80 over B. Corbett, Clemens 85 from R. Newell, and Naugle 90 over D. Dierolf. + M. Cook 95 posted the first 3 points for Dallas by taking Barbacci 4-0. Higgins, LL, clamped J. Kasper 100 for 6 points putting his team in the lead 15-3 and Bonham gave them 6 points for 21-3 by turning over D. Hislop in 2:35. Samuels 110 took a close 2-1 bout to give Dallas 3 points but LL Agnew 115 came right back to add 3 points for his team. With a 24-6 score, the Mounts took the next three bouts by decisions. McDonald 120 bested Reed, 6-3; Engler took Naugle 2- 0; and Ostrum outdid Traver 6-5 making the team score 24-15. 138 LL Angelica gave his team 3 points by decisioning Brokenshire 4-2 but S. Shook brought the team score to 27-18 by outwrestling 145 Maye, LL, 4- 0. Dallas hopes diminished as Smith LL took Dallas J. Griffith 2-0 for 30-18. P. Adams 165 gave the Mounts some hope by showing Weber the lights in 1:45 to put 30-24 on the scoreboard but J. Bonham, LL, made it a sure thing by pinning Schmidle, D, in 2.33 for a final 36-27 score. Dallas Mountaineers came within three points of taking the Hanover Hawkeyes in a see-saw meet last week at the local school’s gym. The largest crowd of the season saw the match come down to the wire to decide a 24-21 victory in favor of the last year champions. The Mountaineers jumped to an early lead when 95 S. Pinter took a 5-0 decision from Hanover’s Demorat. Wyberski 103 gave up 3 points to the Hawkeyes when he was out- wrestled 8-0 by B. Williams, but G. Siegel put Dallas in front 6-3 by taking J. McGavin in a big 10-2 bout. Young D. Longmore, 120, going for his tenth win out- wrestled Hanover’s D. Rother, dropped from 127, the entire bout but with only two seconds left in the final period let down his guard long enough for Rother to turn him over in a fast pin call and 6 points for Hanover. Hanover’s Messimér who dropped to 127 1b. for the meet proved too much for T. Musto as he copped a 7-0 bout to put his team in front 12-6. Dave Puchalsky, Dallas sophomore, with an excellent first year record, tied the score by clamping 133 Howanitz in 4:46. 138 Kasper, Dallas senior, put his team in front 15-12 by taking Draina 12-3 but the Slavinski Coach Sara Gregory’s Misericordia Highlanders rolled over Wilkes College last Saturday afternoon for an impressive 43-25 win in a game played on the Wilkes court. Scoring first in the game, the Highlanders built up a 15-5 lead by the end of the first quarter and retained the lead throughout the game. The only threat from the Coloyelettes came late in the third quarter when they reduced the point spread to 11 at 32-21. The Misericordia Highlan- ders completely dominated the backboards and had no dif- ficulty controlling the ball throughout the game. Two freshmen, Debbie Smith of Swoyersville and Arlene Kozich of Dallas, started for the Highlanders and were responsible for most of the rebounds in the first half. High scorer for College of "Edwardsville with 112, followed by her twin sister Joan with 8. High scorer for the Colonelettes was Kathy Davis with 10. The win brought College Misericordia’s season record to 1-1. The loss was at the hands of Marywood of Scranton in the season’s opening game. points for the Hawkeyes by taking 6-2 and 6-0 decisions from R. Johnson and J. Kaschen- bach. With the score 18-15, 165 Rinkevich made it 24-15 by turning over Natitus in 3:48. Exictement mounted as 180 R. Thrasher, D, took a hard fought 3-1 bout from Rovinski to bring the tally to 24-18. Heavyweight Bob Spears gave away a lot of pounds but scored a fast takedown in the first period, scored a reversel in the second, and went on to take the bout 8-1 from his opponent who was penalized three times for stalling. The match ended with a final score of 24-21. The Jayvees went down to a 25-11 defeat to the downtown grapplers with the only points collected by Dierolf’s 6-5 decision at 95 and Bridle's 25 second fall over Tamerantz for nine and two for a 0-0 draw between Dallas 145 Boltz and the Hawkeyes R. Feist. Hanover lost a team point on that bout for unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of their man. Giving up points to the Hawkeyes were Sappe 127 pinned by Mastalski in 1:18, 154 Petraccini who was put on his back in 1:19 by, Hanover’s D. Shafer, Phillips who gave 6 points by default, and Gramps, Hwt., clamped by P. Halesy in 3:01. Matches this week are Wednesday night's with West Side Tech away and Lake- Lehman at Lake-Lehman Senior High School Saturday at 7:30 p.m. 43-25. Because Harveys Lake Borough Council ‘deems it judicious to have available expert and competent financial advice’’ to assist it in its sewer McGuiness & Co., Inc. was named financial advisor to the municipal authority at a special council meeting Monday night. At the same time, the Pitts- burgh law firm of Litman, Litman, Harris and Specter was named special legal counsel for the sewer program. According to council solicitor Joseph V. Kasper, the contract negotiated- with Chaplin, McGuiness & Co. Inc. is ‘‘open- ended’ inasmuch as there is no cost for the advice given by the firm and no obligation to use that advice. The contract may be ended on 30 days notice by either party. Atty. Kasper explained that the firm will have first opportunity to bid on project bonds but that if council finds its bid unacceptable, is under no obligation to accept it. The resolution to appoint the firm as the project’s financial advisor was approved by five of the council’s members; Fred Merrill Jr. voted no, stating that he had not had time to study the resolution. Bernice Kocher was Running Dogs Can Kill Deer Deep snow severely restricts the movement of deer, and under such conditions the whitetails are more susceptible lo attacks by dogs than at any other time of year. Last year dogs pulled down more than 1,000 deer in Penn- sylvania, most of them during the winter months. Normally, losses of whitetails to dogs run around 500 per year. The Game Commission ap- peals to owners of dogs to keep their pets under control. Severe penalties are provided in (he Game Law for owners whose dogs chase deer or other wildlife.
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