Bb Lake-Lehman’s = twins Ricky and Rocky Bonomo started wins going for the Knight matmen, Saturday night, in their match with Valley West and until the final bouts it appeared the Knights might pull off an upset of the Spartans. 98-1b. Bill Deremer gave the Spartans six points by flattening Joe Yanchunas in :58 seconds. The Knights picked up three points when 105-1b. Kevin Bonham shut out Scott Evans 2-0. Spartan fans cheered when 112-1b. Tom Clemente took a major 10- 2 decision from Knight Darren Barbacci. Then the Bonomo twins ignited with 119-Ib. Ricky Bonomo taking a superior 14-2 bout from Mike Barber and 126-lb. twin Rocky Bonomo took a 16-3 superior decision from the Spartans Bill Cardoni. With the score 13-10 for the Knights, 132-l1b. Joe Parsons decisioned Valley West’s Tom Wright 4-3 and 138-lb. Knight Bernie Janusz turned over Bill Adams in 3:37. The Knights moved ahead 22-10 and Lake-Lehman fans cheered for an upset. The cheers went to the Spartans as 145-1b.. Leo Boutanos clamped Pony Tracy Slocum in seconds and 155-1b. Brian Andres took a major 9-0 decision from Dave Borys. 167-1b. Wayne Van Scoy gave the Spartans a 26-22 lead by pinning Knight Fred Appenzeller in :59 seconds. The Spartans Frank Ratchford clinched the meet for his team when he decisioned 185-1b. Dave Wolie 7-0. Hwt. Mike Leskowsky of Lake-Lehman decisioned Ed Vanyo 7-3 but it was too late for a team upset with the Spartans in front by seven. Leskowsky’s three points moved the final score to 29-25. The Crestwood Comets rated as co-favorites with GAR in pre-season polls for the Division AA championship of the Wyoming Valley High School Basketball Con- Their were the Mountaineers handed them a 64-44 trouncing in the Back Mountain school’s gym. The Dallas cagers took an early 20-10 first quarter lead behind the outside shooting of Jim Thomas who hit for 10 in the first period. In the second quarter “It was a sloppy game even though we won. They didn’t shoot well and we dominated the boards most of the game,” said Dallas Coach Clint Brobst’s Dallas Mountaineers jumped out to an early 10- Seton Catholic, hitting from the outside while the Pittston quintet tried un- the 2-1-2 zone set up by the Mountaineers in Friday night’s game won by the Dallas cagers, 71-53. Going to the corner and high post, the Eagles began to click outscoring Dallas 15-9 in the remaining five minutes of the first period. Dallas held a slim 19-15 lead at the end of the quarter. That was the closest the Eagles were to come all night when in the second quarter Dallas held Seton Catholic to two baskets as all five Mountaineers hit the scoring column by Lake-Lehman Coach Rodger Bearde com- menting on his Knights 48- 39 win over the Hanover Hawkeyes. ‘Our defense played pushing the score to 35-19 at halftime. Sophomore Andy Manusky alternated with the inside men in the third quarter and pulled down several rebounds. Both teams battled on even terms in the third period as the tempo of the con- test increased. The Mountaineers showed their class in the final period as they kept their composure when a frustrated Eagle player continued to hold onto uniforms and rough it up after several warnings by officials. Dallas went to the foul line 35 times scoring on 19 of the tries for only 54 percent. Scott Keller, Walt Weir Jobson con- trolled the boards with 36 both teams played on even terms and the Mountaineers took a 32-21 lead into the locker room at halftime. Co-captain Walt Weir took over in the third quarter and controlled the boards dropping in 10 points. Co-captain Scett Keller worked the middle and passed off for several key goals. Thomas again displayed awesome outside shooting in the final period coming up with 10 points to finish with 24 points for the night. the defensive playing of Paul Jobson, Weir and Keller limited 6’4” All- Scholastic Pat Flanagan to five points. Mike Jones, third leading scorer in 1979, as held to six points and All-Scholastic . Pat Munley came through with 17 points from long range. : : Jobson gave 16 rebounds and Weir pulled down 12 to trigger several fast breaks. Tim Brennan played a good defensive game and passed inside consistently to set up an offensive attack. Weir hit the double figure column with 20 points and Jobson scored 10 to add to Thomas’ 24 points. Their shooting sparked the team to a 53 percent total from the floor. The win put the Mounts in a four-way tie for the first space with a 3-1 record. well but our offense didn’t play as well as they should. They didn’t play up to their potential in the GAR game either. “Hanover is a physical rebounds while Tim ball handling with 10 assists. # Jim Thomas paced the Mountaineers with 19 points followed by Jobson % Wo meet by Mark Moran) Mark Moran) PAGE ELEVEN 98-1b. Mountaineer Len Falcone clamped Lake- Lehman's Joe Yanchunas in 3:25 to put Dallas on the board with six points but the next five bouts went Lake-Lehman’s way as Shorty Hitchcock's Knights went to work. 105-1b. Kevin Bonham took a major 10-0 decision from Bill Rudick and 112- Ib. Darren Barbacci followed with a superior 14-2 win over Rod Kaye. team. They did a good job on stopping Dave Penkrot but Ed Lozo picked up offensively and did some good shooting. “It was a rough-tough with 18, Keller with 13 and Weir with 10. Brennan and Manusky each added four while Paul Darling picked up two points. The win put Dallas at 4- 119-1b. Ricky Bonomo came up with a 11-3 major decision over Rick Rogers and his 126-lb. "twin brother, Rocky, moved the Knights score to 19-6 by outwrestling Scott Kirshner. 132-1b. Joe Parsons moved the score to 22-6 by outwrestling Scott Rosenberg 4-1. In the 138-1b. bout Mount Andy Pinter took only 2:39 in pinning Bernie Janusz shoulders game--Hanover is a big team. They're not mobile but they are strong. That's why we couldn’t get away with the big 1 in a two-way tie with GAR, whom they were scheduled to meet Tuesday night at home followed by Friday night's game at Hanover. GAR 65 Dallas 60 v to the mat. With the score 22-12, the Mounts visions of taking the meet faded as 145-1b. Bob Eyet was turned up by Knight Bernie Steltz in 155-1b. Mountaineer Jim Gemberling moved the Dallas score to 16 and Dallas fans hopes rose for a possible win or tie with only three bouts to go. All hope disappeared in the 167-lb. bout when lead. ‘We're still playing too sporadically. We've got to play a ‘more consistent game to win.” The Knights took an early first period win and held it throughout the game despite Hanover’s surge in the final quarter when they scored 16 points to the Knights 13. Lozo paced the Knights with 18 points all of them hits from the court while teammate M. DeCesaris put five through the nets and connected for two of five from the foul line for an even dozen counters. Penkrot who was tied up by the Hawkeyes came through with only eight points, three goals from from the foul line. The only Hawkeye in the double figures was John Hoolick with 10, four through the nets from the floor and two for two at the line. After playing Wyoming Seminary Tuesday night, the Knights are scheduled home Friday night. : . Knight Fred Appenzeller clamed Bruce Common in 3:58. 185-1b. Dave Wolfe put Mount Ed Yakabovicz away ina 9-2 bout to move the Lake-Lehman team score to 37. Hwt. Jeff Sodrosky decisioned Lake-Leh- man’s Mike Leskowsky 8- 2 in the final bout to end the meet with the 37-19 score. “It hurt us that we had two strong wrestlers out of the line-up,” said Dallas coach Larry Schuler. ‘‘And Eyet’s getting pinned was a fluke. He was leading 6-2 when he was clamped. He made a wrong move--got careless.” Schuler said he still believes Dallas is a stronger team than it hs shown during the past three meets. “It’s difficult to make anyone believe that when you're losing but circum- stances have had a lot to do with the team’s showing,” said Schuler.
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