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activities. There were
programs for everyone
from the Back Mountain
Wrestling Club’s tiny tots
matches to bowling and ice
skating for men and
women, boys and girls of
all ages.
1976 was the year the
seventh grade basketball
program was organized in
the Dallas Schools, a
program coordinated and
coached by volunteers and
one that proved highly
successful. Ice skating, ice
and boating were among
the many activities seldom
publicized but enjoyed by
many area residents.
Printed most often on the
sports pages of the Post
during 1976 were high
school, college, and
community sports
programs as reviewed in
this article.
January marked the
opening of the first half of
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the Wyoming Valley
Basketball Conference for
both girls and boys high
school teams.
The Lake-Lehman
Knights dropped their
opening game to Hanover
while the Lady Knights
took control of the ball to
defeat Hanover girls.
In the mat circles,
Lewisburg got by the
Dallas matmen in a close
27-24 match which was see-
saw all the way. Coach
Chip Sorber’s grapplers
overcame GAR to knock
them out of the lead in
Division II.
Brian Sickler, Dallas
quarterback, was named to
the Big 33 squad which
Stars in August.
Dallas cagers lost their
first two games in the
opening of the season. The
cagers came back to win
their next two games
against West Side Tech and
Lake-Lehman.
The Knights continued to
lose and were 0-4 going into
the game with St. John’s
which they dropped 60-52.
The Knights wrestlers
lost to Hanover to put their
league record at 1-3, 2-3 in
overall competition.
The Mountaineers hopes
for a mat title faded when
they were defeated 38-8 by
Meyers.
The . Dallas matmen
continued to win going into
February for a 6-3 record.
Wyoming Seminary
Alumni Association an-
nounced that they would
host tennis pros Stan Smith
and Harold Solomon for an
exhibition match, April 3.
The ice fishermen could
be spotted on Harveys
Lake as they set up their
stools or chairs to wait for
a nibble through the ice.
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ness. Our heartfelt
wish is that they pros-
per all through the
New Year, Season's
tidings to everyone!
We're not just blow-
say we hope all your
dreams will come true.
An indoor horse show
was held by the Highland
Acres Equestrian Club.
Dallas cagers lost to
GAR and Lake-Lehman
went down to Hanover.
Dallas wrestlers were
defeated by Crestwood
athletes who held on to the
league lead, then were
defeated by - Danville.
Coach Chip Sorber’s
Knights were defeated by
Wyoming Area grapplers.
The Western Horsemen's
Club held its first an-
niversary party at the
home of. Clyde and
Charlotte Tonkin.
Bowling continued as
usual at Crown Imperial
Lanes with young and old
joining the afternoon and
evening leagues.
The Mountaineers
trounced West Side Tech
and Lake-Lehman to move
into a second place tie in
the basketball league.
The Valley West Spar-
tans nipped the Knights
wrestlers 31-22.
Neil Cross, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard R. Cross,
Haddonfield Hills, member
of Lafayette College track
and field team, qualified
for the IC4A cham-
pionships at Princeton
March 6 and 7.
Bud Hennebaul, two time
District II junior high
champ may have -the op-
portunity to become a
three time champ at the
junior high districts, Feb.
27.
In the early part of
March, the Sweet Valley
Snowmobile Club planned
a trip to either Coudersport
or Black Forest for the first
weekend of the month.
Dallas and Lake-Lehman
wrestlers are ready for the
District II tourney at John
Long Center, University of
Scranton.
Coach Joe O’Donnell’s
quintet ended the season in
third place after losing to
the Crestwood Comets.
The Knights end the
basketball season” with a
71-50 loss ‘to Wyoming
Seminary! 7%! 79
Gary Gordon and Doug
Agnew, former 'Lake-
Eastern Pennsylvania
Community College
Athletic Conference Post
Season Wrestling Tourney
at Bucks County. Both boys
are students at LCCC.
The Dallas °@ Junior
Basketball Organization
completed a most suc-
cessful seventh grade
program this season.
Junior High Knights take
the Junior High District II
title with Bud Hennebaul
winning his third district
title.
Lake-Lehman Knights
take second, Dallas
Mountaineers fourth in the
District II tourney at John
Long Center.
“Mr. Dallas’ Physique
Contest is held at State
Correctional Institution of
Dallas.
Dallas Junior High girls
basketball season com-
pleted a successful 12-0
perfect year under the
direction of Becky
Schuster and Janice
Phillips. J
Ruby Carmon’s LCCC
girls host east basketball
tournament.
Spring brought the
opening of the spring
sports program at Back
Mountain High Schools
with tennis, softball,
baseball, volleyball, golf
and track.
Registration for girls
softball teams in the Back
Mountain was announced.
Both Dallas and Lake-
Lehman grapplers will
have to wait another year
to try for a state title after
this year’s entrants lost in
the opening rounds in their
bid for a title in the PIAA
state tourney at University
Park.
Peter A. Carlesimo will
speak at the all-sports
dinner planned by the
Dallas . Area Letterman-
Booster Club, April 7, for
all Dallas athletes.
Twenty three Back
Mountain football players
are selected to take part in
the Unico East-West game.
Earl Phillips, a
Wesleyan University
junior from Dallas has
received a varsity letter in
recognition of his con-
tributions to ‘the 1975-76
Wesleyan basketball team.
Dallas Junior ‘Women’s
"Clib’dtinounced the route
for ‘the third annual Back
Mountain Bike Hike for
Retarded “Citizens which
will take place April 25.
Middle Atlantic AAU
Qualifier Tournament held
at Dallas with more than
300 boys eight through 14
participating.
Bradley Wright, sixth
grade student at ‘Lake-
you hold dear.
It's time for the New
Year and all our good
wishes for peace and
love and prosperity.
Ready. Set. Hurray!
Lehman won a trophy in
of the Villanova University
Spring Open Karate
Tournament. He holds a
second grade red belt and
trains with his instructor.
Dallas Mounts opened
their track season with a
111-27 win over Bishop
O’Reilly.
Roger Beard, Wilkes
basketball coach, will
speak at the Dallas cagers
banquet, April 20.
Tracey Slocum, Lake-
Lehman, was named
outstanding wrestler, and
Walt Hennebaul was
named coach of the year by
the Penn Elementary
League for 1976.
Senior John Majewski
broke his own record of six
feet seven inches when he
cleared six feet seven and
Mounts meet with Bishop
Hoban.
track season with wins
over Crestwood and
Hanover.
Dallas Mountaineers
won the Lehman In-
vitational Relays for Class
AA-A teams. They edged
out a favored GAR team 44-
41,
Dallas :cagers were
honored at an annual
banquet given by parents
and friends last week at the
Dallas Senior High School.
Back Mountain Little
League will open its 27th
year of baseball in the
Back Mountain. There will
be 50 teams in the
organization now known at
Back Mountain Baseball.
Back Mountain Baseball
will hold its’ annual door-
bell night to raise funds for
expenses.
Members of the Hunt-
sville Athletic and Yacht
Club, Charles Brown, Shep
Pawling, Joe Conaway,
and Fred Ruggles won the
Bicentennial raft:(race on
the Susquehanna.
A Bicentennial run over
%
a 10-mile course
highlighted the Back
Mountain's Bicentennial
weekend celebration.
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team gains
Seminary while the
Knights bow to GAR.
The Dallas Mountaineers
baseballers took sole
possession of first place by
winning three games on
good pitching by Steve
Skammer and John Reese.
Coach Clint Brobsthge
trackmen placed second i
Scranton behind a powerful
Four and possibly five of
team will go to state in a
bid for the title.
Dallas’ Mountaineers
baseball nine ended the
season with a 3-2 record
and both losses were to
The annual Rattle Snake
Round-up is scheduled for
June 19-20 on the grounds
of Noxen-Monroe Sprot-
sman Club, Noxen. i
Girls softball teams in
the = Back Mountain
Baseball put some up some
high scoring games. ;
John Majewski brought
home the state high jump
crown to Dallas in May of
1976.
The Mountaineer nine
brought home the Division -
II title in the Wyomi
Valley Baseball Leagig'
Dallas Reds win two
games in Little League
play while the girls’ Dallas
Orioles defeat Lehman
Angels. T
Dallas Post paid a
special salute to the male
and female athletes at
Dallas and Lake-Lehman
High Schools, who par-
ticipated in spring sports.
Area golfers were invited
to participate in a golf
tournament to benefit the
Boy Scout Council. :
George Raveling to head
staff of Back Mountain
Baseball clinic to be held at
the Dallas High School the
week of June 21.
Lehman-Jackson = ti
the first half Little Leag
title. %
~Rittston Patriot
defeated the Dallas Mounts
4-3 in the District II
playoffs at Wyoming West
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