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3)
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G.AR. tuned the tables on
Lake-Lehman in the second half
of the Wyoming Valley
Basketbay League and
defeated™hem 59-48 for a 2-0
record.
The Knights led the first half
but fell behind in the final
period after the score was tied
38 each at the end of the third
quarter. The Knights were
leading 25-20 at the end of the
first half.
F. Bogdon and A. Brown were
high scorers for Lake-Lehman,
each throwing in six baskets
from the playing court and one
fram the foul line.
Zipko led the charge for the
Grenadiers with 23 points, and
Flynn hit the double column
with 19. The G.A.R. cagers piled
up fouls, making good 13 out of
27.
The Lake-Lehman Knights
were charged with only six and
hit four of the tosses from the
free line. V. Stryjewski hit for
two of ‘them.
The officials were Young and
Gregaris.
The loss put the Knights at 0-
2;
* Larry Schuler’s'Dallas grap-
plers topped Nanticoke Area 47-
8 at the Trojans’ gym last Tues-
day nighfio remain tied for se-
cond plai®with the Meyers Mo-
hawks. The win put the Moun-
taineers at 6-1, one meet behind
the first place Hanover Hawk-
eyes. ;
D. Dif (95) gave the
Mounts a 6-0 lead on a 37 second
.fall over T. Korch. S. Pinter
(105) wrestled 2 tough 5-5 draw
with the Trojans’ S. Markiewicz
to move the score to 8-2.
Senior D. Konnick (112) came
back in the Dallas lineup to pick
up a superior 12-1 decision over
R. Snyder. With the score 12-2,
M. Cook (119) turned over F.
Weiss in 2:38.
J. Kasper (126) flattened N.
Sando (N) in 3:52, and F. Hazel-
tine 152). Butseor “A. Berlot
13-8 to run Dallas’ lead to 27-2:
The Trojans added 3 points to
their ‘Side of the scoreboard
when B. McDonald (138) drop-
ped a 4-1 bout to J. Davis. T.
Kirshner (145) decisioned T.
Bienkowski 12-1 to give the
Mountaineers another super
win and put the score at 31-5.
D. Puchalsky continued un-
defeated at 155 by dropping J.
Tucker in 5:49, and R. Thrasher
(167) put S. Michalek to the mat
in 5:44 to give Dallas a 43-5 lead.
S. Shook (185) dropped a
heartbreaking 12-11 bout to the
Trojans’ M. Rudawski for Nan-
ticoke’s final points. Hwt. A .
Gramps chalked up a 19-0
superior win over B. Figlerski
to run the final score to 47-8.
Referee: was Tony Quadro.
Coach Bob Cicon’s Mountain-
eers received an unexpected
setback last Tuesday night
when theg were outscored 62-55
by Wyori®hg Seminary’s Blue
Knights.
The Blue Knights jumped into
an early lead in the first period
and led throughout the game.
They outscored the Back Moun-
tain cagers 10-4 in the first
quarter and went on to lead 27-
16 at halftime.
The Mountaineers rallied to
score 16 in the third period, but
fell four short of the Wyoming
~ Seminary squad's 20 points. The
Dallas Boys came to life in the
fourth to outscore the Blue
Knights, 23-15, but it was too
late to ovgrcome their lead.
Stettleid@hd Suchoski led the
Seminary scoring with 16 each,
both. collecting seven baskets
from the floor and two each
from the free line. Grosek hit
the double figures with 11
points.
S. Meskers, with 18, was lead-
ing scorer for the Mounts. He
tossed in 8 from the playing
court and picked up 2 points
from the foul line. T. Wallace
came up with 14, 2 of them from
the charity stripe.
T. Considine and D. Fritzges
were hitting from the foul line,
Considine picking up 5 and
Fritzges 4.
The Dallas boys made good 13
of 20 fouls, the Blue Knights hit
6 out of 12. ’
Officials were Pat Denoy and
John Rokosz.
The loss put the Mounts at 1-1
in the second half race.
Lake-Lehman jayvee grap-
plers tied Wyoming Area mat-
match with the young Coughlin
Crusaders, 12-0, Feb. 9.
In the meet preceding the
varsity match at Wyoming
Area, the final team score was
12-all.
T. Shaw, 119, put the young
Knights out in front 6-0 by turn-
ing over the Warriors’ Farrell
in 3:18. The Warriors came
right back to tie it up at 6-6 when
Nardone, 132, flattened E. Un-
gvarsky in 4:09.
J. Fox, 145, put the score at
12-6 for the Knights by pinning
Petro in 3:23. The Warriors
picked up 3 points on Nichol-
son’s, 167, 8-5 decision over A.
Sutton.
With the score 12-9, Skesla-
vage, 185, tied it up at 12-12 by
outscoring E. Weber 7-2.
In the preliminary meet with
the young Coughlin Crusaders,
the Knight jayvees found only
three opponents. Z
E. Ungvarsky, 126, dropped
an ‘8-1 bout to Coughlin’s
Thomas to put the score at 3-0.
C. Diddlebock, 132, was out-
wrestled 4-2 by Sedon to move
the Crusaders to 6-0.
The final score resulted when
Supko, 145, flattened C. Allen
(LL) in 2:40.
The College Misericordia
Highlanders retained their even
record last week, dropping a
game to Luzerne County Com-
munity College, 50-37, and edg-
ing out Wilkes College, 45-43,
Saturday afternoon. The win
and a loss give the Highlanders
a season record of 2-2 to date.
Meeting Luzerne County
Community College at home
Tuesday night, the Highlanders
found themselves outgunned in
three of the four periods. In the
first period, the Minutewomen
of LCCC built up a commanding
16-6 lead and added to it up to
the half. As the buzzer ended
the first half, LCCC led 28-16.
Coach Sara Gregory’s High-
landers made a brief comeback
bid in the third period, scoring
12 points and holding the
Minutewomen to 10. The final
period saw the scoring edge
turn back to LCCC, as they sunk
12 against Misericordia’s 9 to
wrap it up at 50-37.
Dawn Wolfe, high scorer for
the Minutewomen last year, led
the scoring Tuesday night with
15 points. High scorer * for
Misericordia was junior Debbie
Smith with 11.
Against Wilkes on Saturday
afternoon, the Highlanders
nearly saw their victory sneak
away in the third period. At the
half, the Misericordia cagers
barely led, 24-20. but saw an in-
spired Wilkes team rack up 17
points in the third period, to
take the lead at 37-30.
Fighting from behind, the
Highlanders closed the gap,
saw the lead seesaw back and
forth for most of the fourth per-
iod, and finally grasped victory
in the closing seconds of the
game as freshman Debbie
Brady scored from the foul line
to make it 45-43.
Debbie Smith was high scorer
again for the Highlanders with
15, giving her a total of 59 to
date. High scorer for Wilkes
was Dottie Martin with 14.
Dallas jayvees added two
wins to their record last week
by overcoming the young Tro-
jans of Nanticoke and the
Bishop O'Reilly jayvees.
In’ their match with Nanticoke
preceding the varisty meet, the
young Mounts defeated the
Trojan jayvees, 27-4.
Manganello (105) outscored
Suchoski (N) 7-0 to give Dallas
the lead. D. Parrish (112) bat-
tled to a 4-4 draw with the Tro-
jans’ Siko to put up a score of 5-
2, Dallas.
Dal Santo (126) gave the
Mounts 4 points with a superior
10-0 win over Yandrowski, and
B. Hislop (132) earned a super-
jor 13-0 win over Houk (N):
With the score 13-2, D. Kir-
shner (138) took Cease (N) in a
close 2-0 bout. Dallas’ R. Harri-
son (145) decisioned Koslowski
4-0 to put a 19-2 score in lights.
G. Ostrum (155) wrestled a 2-
2 draw with Whittaker to give
each team two points, and the
team score went to 21-4.
Williams (167), turned over
Nanticoke’s Pizant in 2:30 to
post a final team score of 27-4.
In the Feb. 9 meet at home,
the young Mounts overcame
Bishop O'Reilly 31-3.
J. Hannigan (95) gave the
Mounts a quick lead by out-
scoring Laton 14-2. Manganello
(105) added 6 points by winning
on a default over Tobias.
D. Parrish (119) ran the team
score to 13-0 by decisioning
Rhienart 7-2, and C. Riegel
(126) added 3 by outwrestling
Schutz 4-2.
B. Hislop (132) moved the
team score to 19-0 by taking
Kalana 5-0. B. McDonald (138)
made it 22-0 by decisioning Kop-
icki 10-3.
H. Evans (145) put the young
Mounts in front 25-0 by taking
Mundy 4-2. G. Ostrum (155) Jost
an exciting and close 4-2 bout to
Michaels (BO)
P. Levitsky (hwt.) ran the
final score to 31-3 by turning
over Serhan in the final period
after leading 4-0.
The jayvees will meet Han-
over Wednesday night, and
Abington Heights Saturday,
prior to the varsity meets.
of the contest.
Coach M. Sharok’s Lake-
Lehman cagers won their first
game of the season in the
Wyoming Valley Basketball
League last Saturday by out-
scoring West Side Tech 71-65 at
the Pringle school’s gym.
The victory gave the Knights
a 1-2 record for the second half,
while the Titans stand at 0-3.
The Titans led 17-14 at the end
of the first period and pulled
ahead to 35-30 at the half.
The Knights appeared to be a
different team as they came on
the floor for the third period and
forged ahead to tie the score at
Coach Chip Sorber’s Knights
defeated Wyoming Area last
Wednesday night at the War-
riors’ gym, 32-24.
The Warrior matmen took an
early lead by taking two of the
Dallas Township Chief of
Police Carl Miers was anxious
to let people know that honest
people have not entirely disap-
peared and there are still some
good samaritans in this world.
John Michlo, RD 2, Harveys
Lake, picked up a serviceman
Sunday and gave him a ride.
When Mr. Michlo returned
home, he found the young man’s
wallet on the car seat. He im-
mediately took it to the Dallas
turned it over to them.
Included in the wallet among
various papers was $82 in cash.
The state police and township
police are trying to locate the
owner. Chief Miers noted that it
is seldom that a good deed such
as this is made known to the
public, and he felt it worth
telling.
first three bouts. G. Kiwak, 95
(W), collected six points by flat-
tening M. Galka in 1:47. The
when S. Klemunes (105) turned
over J. Giocometti in 1:30.
D. Miller, 112 (W), put his
Warriors in front 12-6 by putting
W. Miller on his back in 1:49. E.
Nixon, 119 (L), took a superior
14-1 decision from T. Quadro to
put the Knights at 10.
H. Jones (126) moved the
Knights in front by outscoring
C. Karcutski 12-6. D. Agnew
(132) took E. Champi 8-4 to
move the Knights to 16-12.
J. Haczewski (138) moved the
score to 19-12 by outwrestling A.
Hreha 14-8. R. Case (145) picked
up a 4-2 bout from H. Schmaltz
to post a 22-12 score on the
board.
M. Kelly, 155 (W), turned
over M. Dragon in 5:28 to move
the Warriors to 18. With the
score at 22-18, P. Rushefski, 167
(W), flattened G. Nemetz in
5:40 to put the team score at 22-
24 for’the Warriors. ,
M. Wallo (185) put his Knights
‘hack in the lead by pinning K.
Sickler in 4:55. Hwt. Tom Wil-
liams flattened the Warriors’ J.
Kropp in 4:28 to give the
Knights a finul score of 34-24.
quarter.
V. Stryjewski led the charge
in the second half, scoring 16 of
his 22 points. The Knights
outscored the Titans in the final
quarter 26-20.
A. Brown finished with 16
points for the Knights and F.
Bogdon had 13.
John Wincek with 25 points
was high scorer of the game.
The Titan varsity man hit his
1,000th career point during the
third quarter.
Lake-Lehman made good
nine of 20 fouls and the Titans
scored 13 of 23. Bogdon was tops
for the Knights with 5 points
from the free line; Wincek was
high for Tech, with 11 free
throws from the foul line.
The win was the Knights’ first
in 24 league games over a two-
year period.
Officials were Kruchinski and
Miskin.
Crestwood is scheduled to
play Lake-Lehman at the Back
Mountain school’s gym Feb. 12,
and Hanover will meet the
Knights at the Lake-Lehman
gym Feb. 15.
West Side Tech
Sets Donkey Game
A donkey basketball game
will be featured at the West Side
Tech gymnasium, at 7:30 p.m.,
Feb. 23, between the faculty and
the lettermen.
There will be an earlier con-
test at 6:30 p.m. between the
girl's varsity and the alumni.
The show is for the benefit of
the Tech Booster Club.
Advance tickets are available
from the high school’s main of-
fice.
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Photo by Dave Kozemchak
The Lake-Lehman Knights
upset the Coughlin Crusaders
last Saturday night, 25-24, at the
Lake-Lehman gym.
Coach Sorber’s grapplers
took the first five bouts to take a
big 19-0 lead against the strong
Crusaders. :
S. Klemunes (95) decisioned
D. Pape 6-3, and D. Barbacei
(105) outscored D. Walsh, 5-3 to
put the Knights in front, 6-0.
J. Higgins (112) made it 9-0 by
taking B. Lipfert, 12-9. £. Nixon
(119) added another 6 points by
flattening F. Monahan in 1:04.
D. Agnew (126) ran the score
to 19-0 by outwrestling D.
Brokenshire in a superior 19-6
decision.
Coughlin picked up 3 points in
the next bout when 132 M. Calla-
han decisioned H. Jones 4-2, but
J. Haczewski collected 3 for the
Knights by taking S. Kopcha 4-
0
With the score 22-3, 145 1b. W.
Traver outscored D. Benedetti
6-4 to give the Knights 25.
The rest of the bouts went to
the Crusaders with 155 lb. D.
Coleman flattening R. Case in
3:23 and S. Sallitt (167) pinning
M. Dragon in 2:45.
With the score 25-15, J. Lip-
fert (185) turned over M. Wallo
in 24 seconds, and T. Williams
(hwt.) fell victim to a 10-2
decision by B. Pfeffer for a final
score of 25-24.
Pfeffer needed a pin to bring
the Crusaders the victory, but
T. Williams did a fine job o
staying off his back.
Mark Dragon displayed a fine
gesture of sportsmanship on his
part when he and Coach Sorber
agreed to continue his bout
after he was illegally slammed
by Sallitt in the first seconds of
the bout. Following a doctor’s
examination, the Dragon boy
conferred with the coach and
agreed to go on.
The Knights will meet the
Hanover Hawkeyes at home,
Feb. 16.
Grappling = Mountaineers
overpowered” Bishop ‘O'Reilly
41-14 at the Dallas matmen’s
gym Saturday night. The win
ran their league record to 7-1 to
remain tied with the Meyers
Mohawks. Bishop O'Reilly is
now 3-5.
Dave Puchalsky, Steve Pinter
and Art Gramps won on for-
feits.
The Mountaineers jumped to
a fast lead when 95 1b. D. Dierolf
flattened J. Evans in 4:53. The
score went to 12-0 when SS.
Pinter (105) won by forfeit.
D. Konnick (112) decisioned
J. Baloh 8-0 to put the Moun-
taineers in front 15-0. Bishop
O'Reilly picked, up 2° points
when 119 1b. M. Cook and J.
photo by Dave Kozemchak
Reinert battled to a 4-4 draw.
J. Kasper (126) dropped a 9-4
bout to O’Reilly’s D. Burkhardt
before Dallas’ F. Hazeltine
(132) outwrestled M. Santayana
10-7 and the Mountaineers went
in front 20-5.
J. Asher (138) brought home 6
points by overturning D. Kirsh-
ner (D) in 3:39. With the score
20-11, D. Puchalsky picked up
the next forfeit.
J. Lawrence (155) one of
Bishop O’'Reilly’s top wrestlers,
outscored T. Kirshner in a close
2-1 bout for his team’s last score
of the night. R. Thrasher (167)
decisioned B. Zaleskas 10-3 to
move the Mountaineers to 29-14.
S. Shook (185) was leading 14-
0 when he turned over J.
Resetar in 4:26 for 6 points, and
A. Gramps picked 'up 6 on the
heavyweight forfeit to give
Dallas a final 41-14 score.
The Mountaineers will meet
Hanover Feb. 13 at Dallas. The
Hawkeyes are in first place, one
game ahead of the Mountain-
eers and the Mohawks. The
Dallas grapplers need the win
to ‘stay in the race for league
honors.
The Back Mountain team will
meet the Comets at Abington
Heights Saturday night. Plans
are being made for a bus to
leave from the high school for
those adult fans who prefer
mass travel, due to the pas
shortage. For further details
call the Dallas Senior High
School.
over his opponent.
Dallas cagers upset a strong
St. John’s team last Saturday
night as they won by a 62-55
score on the Pittston court. The
win put the Mounts’ record at 2-
1 with: G.A.R. and Seminary.
Crestwood is in first place
with a 3-0 record.
S. Meskers set the pace for
Dallas with 30 points, picking up
5in the first, 8 in the second and
third, and 9 in the fourth quar-
/
ters. T. Considine hit the double
column with 12.
The Mountaineers went
ahead early in the first period,
scoring 15 points to the John-
nies’ 6, but cooled off in the
second and third to let St.
John’s pull ahead 41-36. Then
the Mounts rallied in the final
period to score 26 to the losing
squad’s 14.
‘J. Finnerty was high scorer
J. Gilhooley hit 14. Close behind
was M. Finnerty with 13. :
The Mountaineers made good
12 of 20 fouls while St. John’s hit
for nine of 20. 7
Officials were Denoy and Hill.
Games scheduled for this
week are Dallas and West Side
Tech, Feb. 12, at home; Dallas
and G.A.R., Feb. 15, away.
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