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Lake-Lehman’s 126-1b. grap-
pler, D. Agnew, was voted
“Outstanding Wrestler’, by the
coaches, of all entries at the
Seventh Annaual Troy Invit-
ation Tournament, Dec. 27.
The L-L wrestler took the
quarter final bout on a decision
over Turner, of Liberty, 12-2. He
decisioned Sutter, Corning
West, 6-3, in the semi-finals,
then went on to win the finals on
a 6-1 decision over Tazzaglia,
Troy. His opponent, Sutter, was
a third place finalist in 1972-73
New York State tournament.
The Knights also collected
enough team points to take
second place, 25 points ahead of
Canton High School. Troy walk-
ed away with first place honors
in the tournament.
Coach Sorber’s grapplers re-
turned home with four first, two
7
Valley West
seconds, two thirds, and one
fourth, in addition to the ‘‘Out-
standing Wrestler” title.
98 1b., S. Klemunes (L.L.)
drew a bye in the quarter finals,
pinned Weingart of Notre Dame
High School, in 1:51, then de-
cisioned returning District 4
champ Guilluame, Canton, 15-9.
D. Barbacci (L.L.), 105, de-
cisioned Shoemaker, Troy, 14-3;
bested Marshall, Liberty, 9-0,
and took first place on a default
over Hughes, Notre Dame.
J. Higgins (L.L.), came in
third by flattening Boom, Elk-
land, 1:42, then losing to Shoe-
maker, Troy, 7-4. He came back
in the consolation match to turn
over Brion, Canton, in 2:26.
E. Nixon (L.L.), 119, top half
of the Nixon-Agnew team, de-
cisioned Marshall (L), 6-1, then
O'Connor, Northeast, 3-1, and in
Swimmers
Coach Damon Young's Spar-
tan natators dropped their swim
meet with Wyoming Seminary’s
tankers 50-32 recently, at the
Blue Knights’ pool.
Seminary’s Bob Greenwald
took firsts in two events, the 500-
yd. freestyle and 200-yd. in-
dividual medley.
Scoring in the top three in
each event for the Valley West
tankers were O'Hara, third, in
the 200-yd. freestyle; Shanas,
third, 200-yd. individual med-
ley; Yasenchak, first, 50-yd.
freestyle; Messinger, second,
50-yd. freestyle; Ervine,
second, diving; Shanas, third,
100-yd. butterfly; Sirota, third,
100-yd. freestyle; Gorman,
second, Yasenchak, third, 200-
yd. freestyle; Messinger,
second, Mitra, third, 100-yd.
backstroke; Sirota, first Gor-
man, second, 100-yd. breast-
stroke.
In the meet against the Nanti-
coke swimmers which pitted
son against father, Damon and
Night Blaze
Kenneth Young, the com-
petition was keener than the 97-
67 score indicates. Going into
the last few runs, the score was
close but lack of experienced
swimmers dropped the Spar-
tans behind.
The West Side natators,
however, broke five of their
school’s records during the
meet.
J. Messinger, R. Sirota, J.
Yasenchak, and J. Gorman, set
a new time of 1:55 in the 200-yd.
medley relay; J. Gorman put
two new times in the record
books, doing the 200-yd. in-
dividual medley in 2:26 and the
500-yd. freestyle in 5:52. R.
Sirota swam the 100-yd. breast-
stroke in 1:09.5, and J. Mes-
singer broke the school's
old mark with 1:4.5 in the 100-
yd. backstroke.
The Spartans go against
Bishop Hoban, Jan. 3, with a re-
cord of 1 and 4, followed by a
meet with Hazleton at the Nan-
ticoke pool, Jan. 8.
Destroys
A Sweet Valley home was
. destroyed by fire Dec. 26. Sweet
Valley firemen at first feared
that Joan Meck and her young
daughter were trapped in the
burning building, when they
could not locate them at the
. scene of the late evening blaze.
The first alarm sounded at 10:50
p.m.
When Sweet Valley firemen
arrived at the one and one-half
story frame home, they found it
completely engulfed in flames,
according to Sweet Valley Fire
Chief Robert Walsh. When the
family dog was found dead in
the building, concern rose for
the safety of the mother and
daughter, but at 3 a.m. the
following day, however, the two
were located at the home of
friends in Nanticoke.
Hunlock Creek and Lake Silk-
worth fire companies, called for
assistance, had a difficult time
reaching the building because
of the dense fog that night.
A total of 75 to 80 firemen
helped fight the flames which
devoured the structure. The
family lost almost all of their
possessions to the blaze, ac-
cording to Chief Walsh. The
owner of the property resides in
New Jersey.
State Police, from the Shick-
shinny barracks, aided in the
search for the Mecks.
Jack Minsavage, a fireman,
suffered a hand burn while
fighting the blaze.
the finals taking Kraft, Corning-
West, 6-3.
Following 126 1b. Agnew, J.
Haczewski (L.L.) dropped a 9-6
bout to Rockwell, Canton, 9-6.
Teammate R. Angelicola, 138,
drew a bye in the quarter finals,
decisioned Watson of Troy, 3-0,
in the semi-finals, but lost out in
the finals, when Scott of Canton
showed him the lights in 2:27.
Teammate G. Naugle
decisioned Ward, Canton, 7-2,
but dropped a 3-1 decision to
Lyttle, Elkland, in the semi-
finals. In a second chance, in
the consolations, he lost to
Wheeland of Liberty on a 4:25
pin.
R. Case (L.L.), 155, bested
Rynearson (C-W), 8-1, and the
second time around lost 4-2 to
Boor. In the consolation round,
he came back to win by default
over Birmingham of Notre
Dame.
M. Dragon (L.L.), 167, was
put among the losers by McFar-
land (CW), on a 19-3 decision.
M. Wallo (L.L.), 185, decisioned
Hobart (ND), in a close match.
Tied at 3-3, the bout went into
overtime and the young Knight
won on a 3-2 score. In the semi-
finals, he bested Wilcox, Can-
ton, 10-3 but lost in the finals to
Kyttle, Troy, who turned him
over in 1:54.
Hwt. T. Williams (L.L.) was
eliminated in the quarter finals
when he was flattened in 3:20 by
Hoguk (CW).
The Black Knights will open
the 1974 season when they meet
the Spartans of Valley West,
Jan. 9, at the WVW gym."
Cagers Drop
To Trojans
Coach Bob Cicon’s Dallas
Mountaineers dropped their
third consecutive basketball
game to the once-beaten Nanti-
coke cagers, 74-66, on the Tro-
jans’ floor. The victory over the
Back Mountain squad gave the
Nanticoke team their fifth
straight win.
The Trojans went out in front
16-11 in the first quarter and led
throughout the entire game,
making it 37-26 at the half.
The Mountaineers were out-
scored in every quarter scoring
15 against the Trojans’ 20 in the
third period and 15 to their 17 in
the final quarter.
N. Bavitz led the victors i:
scoring, accounting for 1.
points. Also hitting the double
figure column were M. Kmie-
towicz with 17, R. Pincofski 16,
and M. Vishefski 14.
Leading the Mountaineers
was Wallace with 21 and right
behind him was S. Meskers with
20. D. Fritzges came through
with 11.
Dallas made good 10 out of 16
at the foul line while the Trojans
tossed in eight out of ten free
throws.
Officials
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Senior Dave Puchalsky, 145
pound wrestler from Dallas
Senior High School, was voted
“Outstanding Wrestler” of the
sixth Annual Wilkes-Barre In-
vitational Tournament, Dec. 27,
at the Coughlin gym, Wilkes-
Barre. :
Puchalsky turned over R.
Knappman of Coughlin in 4:42
in the quarter finals, decisioned
D. Van Arsdale of North
Hunterdon by a 10-2 score in the
semi-finals, and copped his
weight class title by flattening
D. Turner, Bethlehem Liberty,
in 1:24.
Bethlehem Liberty repeated
last year’s performance by
walking off with the team title,
with North Hunterdon coming
in second, Meyers third and the
Dallas Mountaineers fourth.
S. Pinter (D), 98, drew a bye
in the quarter finals, then took
his class in the semi-finals by
flattening McAndrew, G.A.R. in
a short 22 seconds. In an ex-
citing and close bout, 2-2 going
into overtime, he lost 6-2 to
Hughes of North Hunterdon to
take second.
D. Konnick, 107, (D), decis-
ioned D. Smith, Meyers, 7-1, to
advance to the semi-finals,
which he won over Rodriquez
(BL)on a close 1-0 score. He
copped his weight class title by
a definite 10-3 decision over P.
Storm (G.A.R.), one of the last
year’s top wrestlers.
B. Manganello (D), 112, a
newcomer to the ranks this
year, dropped in the quarter
finals when he was pinned by T.
Nelson of Woodrow Wilson in
2:41.
M. Cook, 119, (D) took third
place honors for the Mountain-
eers. He decisioned R. Engel
(NH) 4-0 in the quarter finals,
but lost to R. Marshall, of Beth-
lehem Liberty, 4-1. He came
back in the consolation bout in
the evening by taking R. Van
Chure (G.A.R.) in a close 8-7 de-
cision.
R. Bridle (D), 126, lost to L.
McCourty (NH), 13-0. McCourty
was a place winner in the New
Jersey State tournament last
year.
J. Kasper (D), 132 lb., drop-
ped a 13-0 bout to M. McCleve
(WW). F. Hazeltine (D), 140 1b.,
lost an exciting and close 3-0
bout to P. Patton (NH).
Following Puchalsky’s honors
in his weight class, T. Kirshner
(D) lost in the quarter finals to
B. Statum (BL) on a 7-0 decis-
ion. R. Thrasher (D), 167 lb.
senior, bested J. Davidson,
Meyers, 3-0 in the first bout, but
lost 7-1 to H. Barton (NH) in the
semi-finals. He came in fourth
in the tournament when he
dropped his consolation bout to
R. Martinez (BL), 8-2.
Skip Shook (D), 187, lost to B.
Piasarick, Meyei'4)8-6, and
Hwt. Art Gramps, ley: ag in the
bout score, lost when fis oppon-
ent R. Kislin (G.A.R.) took ad-
vantage of a mismove to turn
him over in 2:55.
The Mountaineers will open
the 1974 season Jan. 5 against
Crestwood at the Comets’ gym,
Mountaintop.
The match against Wyalus-
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to Dec. 22, has been rescheduled
for Feb. 2, at the Dallas Senior
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