WILKES-BARRE FATS,
Win Five
individual titles
aA by Lee L. Richards
+ They say class and quality always comes to the fore in
tournaments. This was the case for both Dallas and
Lake-Lehman in the District 2 mat championships over
the weekend.
Lake-Lehman captured its second straight double A
title with five of Coach Shorty Hitchcock’s matmen
winning titles. They were: Rick Bonomo (112), Rocky
Bonomo (119), Joe Parsons (126), Bernie Janusz (138),
and Mike Leskowsky at Heavyweight.
Dallas had its share of excitement, especially Friday
when Bill Rudick (98) knocked off Coughlin’s Lou
Ercolani, who had beaten Bill in two previous meetings.
Heavyweight Jeff Sodrosky reached the finals in triple
A only to bow again to Coughlin’s Ron Solt, 2-zip. Jeff has
improved over the course of the season.
Meanwhile, Andy Pinter (132) and Sean Kavanagh
(155) both scored falls in the finals to capture individual
crowns and pace Coach Larry Schuler’s matmen to a
rather impressive second place.
Now the grind begins for area wrestlers as they ad-
vance to the regionals this weekend. If they can keep the
winning beat it’s on to the PIAA finals.
It’s tough to say just how far our wrestlers can go be-
cause the caliber of competition increases with each win
from here on. According to many of the collegiate
coaches we conversed with at Clatrion over the weekend,
Pennsylvania has an outstanding crop of schoolboy
grapplers again this year.
While wrestlers from the Eastern Wrestling League
9 and head coaches advance on to Oregon State for the
~ NCAAs, many are leaving assistant coaches behind to
keep tabs on the schoolboy wrestlers competing in the
state tourney.
Conditioning and the right mental attitude are two keys
to winning on the level this weekend.
--We held our final Eastern Mat Poll of the season last
week and nothing really changed in the first five teams.
Lehigh won the distinction of being the top dual meet
team in the East for 1980. Clarion was second, Wilkes
third, Bloomsburg fourth and Penn State fifth.
Many wrestling buffs are curious as to why Lehigh
can’t find a date to wrestle Clarion and Wilkes is always
ps ducking Bloomsburg?
fh The rest of the top 10 looked like this: Navy sixth,
Hofstra seventh, Rhode Island eighth, Trenton St. ninth
and Franklin and Marshall 10th. This was the highest
finish ever for Wilkes and only because of Syracuse
nipping Bloom by a point. ; ;
Clarion showed its true ability in the recent Eastern
Wrestling League championships when Coach Bob
Bubb’s Golden Eagles captured five titles. The 1980
champions are: 118-Dan Foldesy, Cleve. St.; 126-Don
Reese, Bloomsburg; 134-Randy Miller, Clarion: 142-Bill
w Walsh, Cleve. St.; 150-Tony Caravella, Bloomsburg; 158-
= Dale Gilbert, Clarion; 167-Dom DiGioacchino, Blooms-
@ burg; 177- Charlie Heller, Clarion; 190-Mark Downing,
“7 Clarion, and Heavyweight Jack Campbell of Clarion.
[ On the EWL tourney, we enjoyed working with the
i coaches and doing the bout-by-bout results. The league is
becoming stronger and the quality of wrestling was hard-
nosed and should prepare the wrestlers for the coming
NCAA war next weekend.
~I’ve mentioned John Brunner’s name here many
times while he was coaching at Temple. He's been a good
friend since his days at Middletown H.S. in New: York
state. John recently joined the Detroit Lions staff as
backfield coach. I'm confident he’ll make thre most of
his opportunity with the pros. He's got a solid knowledge
of the passing game which Temple boss Wayne Hardin is
noted for and the Lions should benefit his savvy.
--A couple of weeks back I mentioned to look out for the
Hoosiers of Bob Knight down the stretch in the Big Ten.
Sunday’s clash with Ohio State was a beaut. Buckeyes
have some talent and I look for both teams to make a
legitimate run for the NCAA title.
--When I stated Syracuse and St. John’s weren’t top 10
caliber teams I wasn’t kidding. I see Georgetown put it to
the Orange and St. John’s lost to another ordinary club.
--Notre Dame they tell me signed some more top-notch
gridders, despite Dan Devine being the coach. Can’t help
Wout wonder how many more they’d get if he wasn’t
running the show?
--Had a good visit on the phone with Joe Avezzano,
} head coach of the Oregon State Beavers, last week. Joe
hG was one of our favorite people when coaching the offense
at Pitt and Tennessee. If anyone can turn the Beavers
around it’s Joe. He’s a smart coach and can handle young
people.
(Photo by Mark Moran)
Coach C.int Brobst’s
Dallas Mountaineers de-
feated the Meyers
Mohawks 77-63 in the
playoff game to deter-
mine the fourth place
team in the Division AA
District 2 playoffs. *
The win pitted Dallas
Crestwood defeated the
Lake-Lehman Knights 55-
49 to take the second seed
from the Wyoming Valley
Basketball conference in
the AA District 2 playoffs
which opened Monday
playing Scranton Prep.
“We played well for the
first . three and a half
periods,’ said Knight
Coach Rodger Bearde.
“Then the Comets went to
the press which bothered
the boys. We had too
many turnovers against
the press the kids forced
the ball to Dave Penkrot.
“In the fourth period
they were leading 49-47
then we turned the ball
over and Crestwood
scored with one minute to
go. That was the ball
game.
‘“We controlled the
temp most of the game
until the end of the fourth
too = many mistakes.
Defensively until that
point we kept the score
where we: wanted it.”
Penkrot paced all the
scorers with 24 points and
Rodger; Bearde: netted 12
points in the game which
put the Knights into the
district playoffs as
Wyoming Valley’s No. 3
AA team.
Pat Flanagan and Mike
Jones led the Comets with
team outscored the
Knights 15-6 in the final
period.
In the third period, the
Knights were in front by a
10-point span and held the
lead until the Comets
went to the press.
The Knights were to
meet Scranton Prep at
Lakeland on Monday
night.
The Lake-Lehman
Football Mothers will
meet on March 10th at 8
p.m. at the Senior High
School.
Final plans will be
discussed for the bake
Junior High on March 13.
A pasty sale is
scheduled for March 25.
All orders should be given
to Mrs.Maryann Williams
by March 21.
with a 16-11 record
against Scranton’s No.
One team, Carbondale,
with a 20-9 record, in
Monday's game at Valley
View.
Meyers jumped out to
an early 2-0 lead while
Dallas missed the first
four shots. Then the
Mountaineers got hot
hands and scored the next
11 and went on to lead by
20 points, 28-8 at the end of
the first period.
The first half ended
with the Mounts in front
46-24 as 10 players saw
action for Dallas. The
first half action displayed
some of ‘the finest long
range shooting ever seen
(34).
in King’s gym.
In the third period
Dallas continued its
shooting hitting eight for
12 for a total of 26 for 43
(60 percent shooting aver-
age for three quarters).
The reserves finished the
last part of the game for
the 77-63 outcome.
Good rebounding by
Scott Keller and Walt
Weir "started numerous
fast break situations for
easy scores.
Meyers defense was
kept busy collapsing Weir
in the high post which
enabled Paul Jobson and
Jim Thomas to display
uncanny long range
shooting.
Keller made some
excellent inside moves
while Tim Brennan
showed great leadership
in controlling the game
from point guard position.
“Once again I'm proud
of the unselfish play and
team spirit which gave us
four players in double
figures and another with
eight points and five
“I feel our team has
overcome a temporary
slump which most teams
experience at one time or
another during the long
season. Our shooting per-
centage dropped from 48
to 28 percent for a period
of three or four games
during the second half of
league play.
“Perhaps it came at the
best time possible since
now it’s sudden death and
we have tobe at our best if
we are to survive in
playoff competition.’
Michelle T. Boice
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