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“I was pleased with the
the Warriors,” said Dallas
basketball coach Joe
O’Donnell, commenting on
the Mounts 76- 55 defeat by
Wyoming Area.
“It was a learning ex-
perience for them and I
played everybody to give
them some experience. It
was a better game than the
score - indicated. At one
time we came within four
points of them.”
O’Donnell pointed out
that the Warriors have
most of last year’s team
back and play experienced
ball.
The Dallas coach said he
believed his men are
capable of great defense,
some of the best Dallas has
had in some time. He plans
The Tunkhannock Tigers
jumped out to an early lead
in the first quarter of the
game with Lake-Lehman
at the Knights court last
Friday night and won 72-61.
At one time during the
the Knights dropped one
The Black Knights of
Lake-Lehman bounded
back from their defeat by
the Tunhannock Tigers to
defeat Benton, 58-41,
Tuesday night, at Benton.
Dave Rushin hit the
the Knights with-14 points
with some fine shooting
under the basket. Bob
“Myers and Kevin Coombs
helped add up the some
fine shooting under the
Kevin Coombs helped add
through the hoop.
The Tigers played a fast,
rushing game, stealing the
ball easily in the opening
half before the Knights
loosened up. Then Lake-
Lehman railed to cut down
Tunkhannock’s scoring in
the second half.
The Knights outscored
up the points with eight
each. Bert Balliet and Jim
Spencer had six points
each.
Kelsey was high scorer
for Benton with 11 points.
The Knights made 14 of
25 fouls tried while Benton
hit 13 out of 21.
Coach Tim Lukachik
said he looked for a much-
improved performance
from his Knights as
members of the football
team get in more practice.
Dallas’ alumni defeated
the Dallas Mountaineers
56-44 Tuesday night at the
Dallas High School.
The alumni jumped out
to an early lead and kept it
throughout the game. The
joints numerous times
EE
unable to forge ahead.
Sterling Machell was
high scorer for the Mounts
with 14 points and Dave
Williams hit the double
column with 12.
P.J. Delaney led the
alumn men with 15 points
and Czela had 13 points to
come in second.
The Mountaineers made
12 out of 21 fouls. The
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the Tigers 36-39 in the
second half but the game
ran out before they could
forge ahead.
Norman = McCaffrey,
hampered by a broken
finger, managed to play a
stellar game for the
Knights = dumping in 15
points. Dave Rushin paced
the Lake-Lehman team
with 16 points, five goals
from the court and six from
the charity stripe. Bert
Balliet hit the double
figures column with 10
points.
Colangelo scored 22
points for the Tigers,
Button totaled 13 and King
12.
Coach Tim Lukachik’s
cagers looked good during
the second half and with a
few more pre-season
games behind them could
spell trouble for some of
the title hopefuls.
to have his team play
controlled basketball, not
the rushing and running
game of the past two
seasons.
“It will take time to get'it
down but pre-season
games are a learning
experience. We're out to
win the conference not pre-
season games,’”’ said
O’Donnell.
The . Mountaineers
played the Warriors last
Friday at the Warriors
court with Jerry Fedorsha
setting the pace for the
Warriors with 22 points.
Teammates Tony
Cassarella and Joe Vullo
dumped in 16 each to hit the
double figure column.
The Mounts jumped out
to an early 2-0 lead but the
Warriors overcame it in
the early minutes of the
first quarter and held the
lead for the rest of the
game. The score was 38-26
at half-time.
The Mountaineers were
slow on rebounds and with
the exception of Steve
Skammer and Sterling
Machell had trouble fin-
ding the hoop. Skammer
hit 15 points for the
Mountaineers and Machell
put in five from the court
and one from the foul line
to hit the double figures
with 11 points.
Dallas made 11 of 16 foul
attempts and the Warriors
hit eight of 19.
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