(Photo by Andy Skok) ® Dallas Mountaineers came in second in their second annual invitational tournament last week at the senior high school gym. For the second con- secutive year the Wyoming Area Warriors took the honors by - defeating: the host team. The Warriors took a 39-26 first half lead and went on to defeat Dallas 78-65 Mountaineer Paul Jobson was top scorer for Dallas with 25 points making 12 goals from the court and one free shot. His teammate Walter Weir pontributed 22 points Rossing eight through the ‘making six good from the foul line. : With the Warriors | leading by 13 at the half both teams scored 21 points Coach Larry Schuler’s grapplers came in second behind a strong Selin- Mountaineers were Andy Pinter (132), who defeated Dave DeMarco of Mt. Carmel 5-0 then decisioned Troy Dagle of Selinsgrove 3-2; Sean Kavanaugh (155) (@leteating Selinsgrove Ken ““Long 4-0 to advance to the finals where he took Dave Fegley of Mount Carmel 19-10; and Jim Gemberling (167) who took a 4-1 decision from J. Iwanski of Mount Carmel, then went on to decision Mike File of Selinsgrove 6-4. Mark Carter (112) drew — NN \ TN RED ER sgrove team in the Lewisburg tourney Saturday night. ’ Champions for the in the third period and the Mountaineers pulled to within seven points in the fourth period before three Dallas players fouled out. Dallas coach Clint Brobst complimented Wyoming on their great playing. He said the Mounts poor shooting in the first half did the damage as the teams played even in the second half, 21 each in the third period and 18 each Scott Yeomans paced the Warriors with 23 points and was named the tour- nament’s most valuable player. Also scoring in the double figure column were the Warriors’ Bill Hoover with 19 points, Don Casey 14 points and C. Mec- Dermott 12 points. The Mountaineers and a bye the first round but lost in the finals to Tom Reicheneack who over- turned him in 4:33. Three Dallas grapplers took thirds with Rick Rogers (119) losing to T. Hendricks - of Selinsgrove who flattened him in :55 but in’ the consolations Rogers pinned Jay Bailoni of Mount Carmel in 5:24. Scott Rosenberg (126) lost 8-2 to Mark Kreider of Selinsgrove but defeated Guy Stello of Mount Car- mel 5-3 in the consoletions. Wrestling at heavyweight Jeff Sodrosky lost 1-0 to R. Hoke of Selinsgrove but placed third by turning over R. Lewis in 2:58. (Continued on p. 9) Warriors advanced to the finals with Wyoming defeating West Side Tech and the Mountaineers taking Lackawanna Trail 91-65. In the Dallas- Lackawanna Trail contest the Mountaineers took a half-time lead of 45-24 using an aggressive, fast- breaking offense. Weir and Jobson were the spark plugs of the aggressive offense as they combined for 44 points to lead the Mounts to victory. Jobson collected 23 points hitting the nets from the court 11 times and dum- \ ping one in from the charity stripe. Weir put in nine from the field for 18 points and ‘added three more from the foul line. S. Keller went into the double figure column with 15 points, seven two-pointers through the nets and one from the free line. Brobst put in his second string in the third period as the Mountaineers rode to an easy victory. In the consolation game between West Side Tech and Lackawanna Trail, the third place in the tour- nament. mon) @ y @ y @ & CLEVEPEVIVEREVED EVEL EL EV ELE Phone 288-5456 \ ELEPELEPEVELEDVED EVER EV EVEL CLEP EDEVEVE DERE VEN ECREREV EVER Knights win CIT Lake-Lehman Knights dumped in 20 of 34 free shots and put 22 through the nets for 64 points while the Crestwood Comets collected 26 goals and only six free throws for 58 points to .give Coach Tim Lukachik’s Black Knights the title in the Crestwood Invitational Tourney last Thursday and Friday. Tony DeCesaris, who '! was named most valuable player of the Comets Seventh Annual Tourney, collected 17 points for the Lake-Lehman cagers putting five goals from the floor and dumping in seven from the foul line. Ed Lozo was high scorer for the Knights with 18 points. He put six through the nets from the court and then added six by taking a bullseye aim six times from the free, stripe. The Knights were down 44-43 at the end of the third period but rallied the final quarter to outscore the (Continued on p. 11) {eek i The Lake-Lehman Knights defeated Elk Lake, 76-48, Dec. 23 in the championship game of the First Annual Mike ‘‘Red” Wallace Memorial Basketball Invitational to come home with the title. In a closely-fought game _ WHAT GOES UP. . in the first half which ended with a 36-36 tie, John Coulton and Tony DeCesaris tore loose in the second half in a tough zone defense and outscored the host club 16-2 for the third period. Coulton tossed in 22 "After -C 7 WN EW Our ine select i NOTICE i CAR OWNERS Protect Your Car NOW Special All major credit i with this ad Call for Appointment i TATTERSALL 477-2535 mE en eee § Arvan’s crc - v 3 hristmas “i L ToL -h ad Dh pry - on of Harris cards accepted Mens Wear points, 11 goals from the court and DeCesaris put in 18, seven from the court and four-for-four from the free stripe to collect 40 of the total. D. Penkrot hit the double figures with 14, six from the court and two-for- two from the free line. STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS » SAVE $2% Reg. $16% The Black Knights ad- vanced to the finals by taking Wyoming Seminary 73-60 in the opening round ; of the tourney, Friday, Dec. 22. Sem’s Blue Knights held a 22-18 lead at the end of the first period but Lake- Lehman took control in the second quarter and out- scored the Blue Knights 21- 8 to take a 39-30 half-time lead. Sem cut the margin to seven points at the end of the third period but the Black Knights rallied in the fourth and scored 17 to the Blue Knights 11 to to win by the 13 point edge. T. DeCesaris was top scorer for all with 25 points, eight through the nets and nine dumped in from the foul line. E. Lozo . collected 18, seven goals from the floor and four from the free stripe and J. Coulton hit for 16, eight goals from the court. D. Penkrot dipped in 11 points making four from the floor and dumping in three from the charity line. 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