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RICHARDS
by Lee L. Richards
Lake-Lehman wrestlers
have done it again.
Coach Chip Sorber’s
grapplers made ' another
strong showing in the
Regional wrestling tour-
nament over the weekend.
While they didn’t have any
champs, Dave Kyle (112)
and Dana Sutliff (167) did
cop seconds.
Sutliff topped some
outstanding people to make
the finals. In one bout he
pulled off a lateral drop in
the closing seconds for a
five-point move and the
victory. Sutliff is only a
sophomore and appears to
be getting better as the
competition gets tougher.
Jack Zaleskas (126) and
Sid May (138) finished
fourth and will also
compete in the state finals
this weekend.
The nice thing about the
Lake-Lehman contingent is
that they’ll all be back next
year.
District 11 appears to be
getting stronger each year.
The reason is simple. They
have better programs and
more competent coaching
in the lower grades.
Meanwhile, the East
didn’t do too bad of a job at
the. NCAA tourney last
weekend at Tucson, Ariz.
Mike Frick (134) of Lehigh
copped a title, while Gene
Costello of Slippery Rock
was second at 142 pounds.
Iowa won the team title
and the Big Ten dominated
the event, crowning seven
champions. Iowa had three
and Wisconsin three. Top
five teams were: Iowa 123
34, Iowa St. 85 34, Okla. St.
64%, Wisconsin 64, Lehigh
55%. Penn State was 10th
with 234.
Lehigh’s Mike Lieber-
man was third at 177. He
was defending champ.
East had six fourths, two
fifths and three sixth
places for a total of 14 place
winners out of 60.
Eastern Wrestling
League, which we worked
at Penn State a few weeks
back, could be in a little
trouble as far as the
number of NCAA qualifiers
they get in the future. EWL
was permitted to enter the
first and second place
finishers, plus five “wild
cards’’. We think the NCAA
is going to make a cut here
because they had only
three place winners.
How about Jim Bennett
and Neal Brendel of Yale
taking fourth places?
They've got to be
something considering
Yale doesn’t even know the
sports exists.
CLIPBOARD NOTES:
Lake-Lehman school board
recently re-newed Rich
Gorgone as the head
football coach. Rich is
turning things around and
has given the athletes a
positive attitude..Board
also approved the addition
of a tennis and golf team.
Mike Sharok appears to
have the needed qualities
to handle the golfers.
Gorgone was appointed the
net coach.
Most scribes we've
conversed with around the
state feel the PIAA playoff
structure for basketball is
a farce. We aren’t about to
get into that again..Can’t
believe the Mets have put
Tom Seaver on the trade
block. Seaver IS the
Mets..Ed Ladamus is well
versed when it comes to
talking college and
Olympic wrestling..Lake-
Lehman has a streak
going. Doug Agnew last
year and Hugh Jones this
year were. top wrestlers in
District 2- mat event, while
Tom Tranell last year and
Bud Hennabaul this season
were voted tops in junior
high. It’s surprising they
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haven’t got the balance yet
to win more dual meets??
Here's our picks for NCAA
Hoop tourney on Thur-
sday: DePaul and Rutgers
in the East with Rutgers
advancing to final four;
Indiana and Marquette in
Mideast with Indiana going
to Philly; Notre Dame and
Missouri in Midwest with
Irish wining berth in
semis; Las Vegas and
UCLA with UCLA meeting
Indiana in first round in
Philly. UCLA and Rutgers
have the ‘‘cake-walk”’ of all
time to final four. When is
last time UCLA has met
any competition in Far
West bracket? And they
get to play Thursday and
Saturday on their home
court, too. Sick..The ACC
has taken another nose-
dive. North Carolina and
Virginia took the pipe in
first round games. Is the
ACC tourney that im-
portant or are they just
overrated? ??Good
basketball teams can win
when the chips are down. I
like ACC roundball, but
we're becoming a little
suspect now. They haven’t
made strong showings in
the NIT either..Pitt Coach
John Majors will be the
featured speaker St.
Patrick’s night at Wilkes-
Barre’s Friendly Sons
Dinner. We'll be spending
quite a bit of time with the
coach and should have
some news bits here next
week. When we arranged
his arrival on Monday, he
didn’t have too much to say
about Spring practice.
They're working all the
young people now. Vets
come out later in the week.
Poplaskis
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Poplaski, Dallas, recently
became the parents of a
baby boy, Janson, born at
Wyoming Valley Hospital,
Wilkes Barre. Poplaki is
associated with the
Franklin Family
Restaurants.
L. Christensen’s wallop-
ing 236-206-201 (643) set the
pace for the night in the
George Shupp League as
he lead his Fino’s five to
three points over Harris
Associates. M. Sharok
assisted with 584 and J.
Merc gave 217. A. Wendell
rolled a big 233 (611) for
Harris and team mate H.
Bennett hit a big 224.
J. Stredny blazed the
lanes for 216-212 (614) and
D. Eddy hit the woods for
214 (586) to help Dallas
Nursery shut out George’s
Auto. N. Stredny helped
with 213. B. Downs tumbled
the pins for 230 (603) and
W. Michaels hit them for
210 to pace Stanton’s TV to
a 2-2 split with Irene’s Bar.
Daring’s and F.T.A. Corp.
divided evenly.
In the Ladies Country
League, Daring’s Market
took all from David Ertley
on a forfeit despite Ertley’s
S. Yenalevitch’s 173 (481).
Luzerne National Bank
girls shut out Fashion
Vending and G. Wagner's
175 helped Grotto Pizza
divide evenly with G.H.
Harris. :
Dallas A dropped three
points ‘to Trucksville A in
the Church League. B.
Stitzer’s (561) led the
Trucksville five. Orange B
copped three from Trucks-
ville B and the Lutherans
took everything from Mt.
Zion. Trucksville C
blanked Carverton A and
B. Downs big 575 paced
Dallas B to three points
from East Dallas. Shaver-
town C lost three to their
fellow Shavertown B team
but shavertown A picked
up three points from
Carverton B.
In the Back Mountain
Neighborhood League,
Castle Inn shut out Men's
Fellowship helped by L.
Christensen’s 212. Disque
Funeral Home earned
three points from Treat
Drive In and Automatic
Cigarette took three from
the Club Lee men. Roth
Novelty five copped three
points from Offset Paper-
back. All the men had diffi-
culty solving the lanes and
high scores were few and
far between.
R. Bonomo belted the
lead Gebhardt’s in taking
four points from Wesley
Citgo men. D. Eddy rolled
210 (595) and J. Strazdus
hit a nice 582 series to lead
Hasay Chevrolet in blank-
ing Shavertown Lumber.
A. Wendel’s 562 was best
for the lumbermen. Chris
Sunoco shut out Tony’s
Athletic letters and
special awards for winter
sports participation were
distribzuted to Wyoming
Seminary students in a
special assembly program
March 9. Five of the West
Side prep school pupils
were announced ‘‘Gold
Award’ winners.
“Gold Awards’’ go to the
school athletes who have
earned four letters in a
single sport during their
four years at Seminary, at
least three of the letters
being for varsity play.
Winners are Janet Murray,
Team driven by - L.
Christensen’s 579, F.
Adams 568, and D. Zim-
merman’s 561. Dallas
Shopping Center blanked
Franklin’s Restaurant
paced by G. Chepalonis’
246 (607) and S. Tibel’s 210.
In the Ladies Imper-
ialette League, Fairview
Shoe Store picked up three
points from Lombardo’s
Bakery with their leadoff
M. Morris rolling 184-178
Wilkes-Barre, basketball;
Barbara Klein, Shaver-
town, basketball; Jane
Robinson, Dallas, swim-
ming; Sally Nork,
Kingston, swimming; and
Tom Roos, Sumatra,
swimming.
Team jackets, given for
the attainment of three
letters in a sport, at least
two of which are for varsity
activity, went to swimmers
Betsy Iscovitz, West Pitt-
ston; Midge Robinson,
Dallas; Diane Wassil,
Exeter; Steve Greenwald,
Kingston; and Frank
by Cathy Smith
Lake-Lehman’s
Volleyball teams lost their
opener with G.A.R.
Monday.
The boys lost the first
game 15-5 and the second
15-2 while the girls lost 15-3
and 15-7. The junior varsity
teams also lost both
games.
Bill Sennich, Greg
Boydon and Rich Stacey
played well for the
Knights. However, they
lacked experience as this is
a new sport at Lake-
Lehman.
In their second game of
the season the girls beat
Bishop O’Reilly. Cindy
Oncay sparked the Knights
and G. Salansky played an
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
outstanding game. Fresh-
men Linda McEntee
performed well for the
Lady Knights.
On Friday the Knights
took on Dallas. The girls
lost their just two games by
scores of 16-14 and 15-12.
The boys games were
tougher battles.
In the first showing with
Dallas, the Knights gained
a 129 lead then had a
change of momentum and
lost 15-12. During the
second game, the Knights
looked impressive as they
scored a 15-3 victory. In the
third game however,
Mountaineers came out
with a 15-8 win
Both boy’s and girl's
league openers will be at
home against Wyoming
Area, March 19, at 4 p.m.
(486). The bakery girls had
E. Shaffer’s 182. Joe & Joe
Repairs copped three
points from Carmen’s
Pizza despite the pizza
maker’s G. Pomrinke’s big
171-181 (509). Goodman
Florist tapped Dallas
Dairy for four points paced
by P. Gordon’s 171 (468).
Lahr’s Arco and Fitch &
Sons match was delayed
until a later date due to ill-
ness of too many members
of one team.
wards
Kingston;
basketball players Bruce
Buckle, Montoursville;
Peter Coleman, Canton,
Ohio; Ed Gronka, West
Nanticoke; and Sue
Morris, West Pittston; and
wrestler ‘Tom Heffernan,
Shavertown.
Varsity letters went to
eight boys and nine girls
basketball players, 10 girls
and eight boys swimmers,
and 12 wrestlers.
Maturi high
in Sunday
night bowling
In the Sunday night
mixed bowling league for
last week, the results
were: Aicher 2 - Ratcliffe
2; Michael 3 - Roth 1; and
Duncan 3 - Shaver 1. 4
Doris Maturi had high
single of 170 and high series
of 440 for the women and
for the men, Dave Duncan
had high single of 205 and
Hall Shaver had high series
of 491.
Other series leaders for
the week were: Ann Jordan
416, Mary Duncan 409,
Thelma Ratcliffe 408,
Morag Michael 398, Joyce
English 390 and Nancy
Kozemchak 385; for the
men, C.J. Michael 487, Ed
Roth 484, Dave Duncan 483,
Bob Maturi 454, Ed Rat-
cliffe 451 and Craig Aicher
435.
The standings are:
Duncan 221» - 13%; Aicheg
19-17; Shaver 19 - 17; Rat
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