Knight wrestling coach
Shorty" Hitchcock has 50
year but only six retur-
ning lettermen. He lost
‘most of his championship
squad of last season
ough graduation in-
cluding the Back
‘Mountain’s three first
state champs, Rick and
Rocky Bonomo and Mike
‘Leskowsky.
The returning let-
termen are Rusty
Coolbaugh, Brad Hontz,
Mike Scavone, Tracey
Slocum, Frank Kutz and
Al Martin.
“It’s a young team,”
said Hitchcock, ‘‘Not
many seniors, most
sophomores and juniors.
We have a lot of depth and
“I’m optimistic but it’s
too early to evaluate our
potential’, said Coach
Larry Schuler of the
allas wrestling squad.
t takes time for the boys
bi settle down and make
the weights they should
be.
‘“The kids are working
their performance.
kids and work well
together. They are a
“Our first competition
. Tournament, Nov. 28, but
too early to
weight
tournament = will not
‘‘We have as much if not
This is the best
balanced team I've ever
~ coached. We have several
boys at ‘every weight
class.”
Schuler has about 35
candidates out for this
;. year’s wrestling squad.
won’t ‘have an ac-
Eo court ‘until the
football players are out.
off after the end of the
. grid season.
. In the light weights he
has T.J. Bagley, John
Burke, Dusty Goble, Billy
- Rudick. Lenny Falcone,
. Mike Borton, Kevin
. Feeney, Mike Ramirez,
_ range from 119 to 126.
Wrestling at 126 or 132
<also are Don Dickson,
, Craig Rome, Jim Davis,
:Keith. Furman, Ken
Matchett, Edison Culver,
Todd Grace.
Wade Curtis can weigh
in at 132 or 138, as can
Tom O’Connell or Rick
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a lot of new faces but they
have some experience.
“Now we are strongest
in our middle weights but
experience in the
exhibition season.”
In addition to: the
returning lettermen the
other wrestlers include
Aaron Shaw, Wayne
Rosencrans, J.D.
Pallante; Jody Pallante;
Mike Moransky, Ryan
Traver, Norm Clancy,
Chuck Garnett, Todd
McCarroll, Neal
Colatoski, Rich Cundiff,
Marty Brobst, Scott"
Crispell, Dan Duffy, Tom
Ganis, Bill Geurin, Ed
Hallda, John Headman,
Troy Lubinski, Joe
Mackiewicz, Tom
Kirshner. In the 145-154
weight range are Bill
Griffin, Mark Kravits,
Norm Bordley, Andy
Prynn, Mark Metzo and
Bill Helgemo.
At 154-167 Schuler has
Dave Curtis or Ed
Jakubowicz 167-185.
Candidates for 185 or
heavyweight are Greg
Dukinas, Ray Wall, or
year after transferring to
Dallas from Bishop
Hoban in the 1980-81
school year.
“I “have to’ see how
many of the football
players come out,” said
Schuler, “before we begin
eliminations. = The pre-
season meets will give us
a better perspective on
the team and its potential.
It will also give the
wrestlers an opportunity
and better determine a
comfortable weight.”
Following the Hanover
tournament, ' the Moun-
taineers will meet Valley
View and Berwick at
home Dec. 2. They will
enter the Easton Tour-
nament, Dec. 4 and 5 and
the Tunkhannock ‘Tour-
nament Dec. 11 and 12.
There will be 16 teams in
each of these tour-
naments.
Dallas will go to
Mountain View, Dec. 186,
then host a double meet,
Dec. 19, with Coughlin and
Slatington, Dallas and
Northampton.
The Mountaineers will
wrestle in the Gov. Miflin
McEuen, ‘Kevin:
McLaughlin, Randy
Murphy, Vince - Nar-
savage, Scott ‘Oakley,
John Smith; Cy Spencer,
Eric Traver, Dan Walsh,
Chris Wargo, Joe Yan-
chunas, Glen Frantz;
Mike Maceiko, Chris Van
Gorder and Rick Brader.
“It’s a balanced league
in both’ divisions this
season,” said Hitchcock.
“I'm looking forward to
it.” With" so many
graduated, coaching will
be a challenge this year.
We don’t have so many
stars. It ‘will be in-
teresting watching the
kids develop.”
The Knights open their
exhibition schedule with
N.E. Bradford and Elk
Tournament Dec. 29 and
30, 12 team competition,
before meeting Coughlin,
Jan. 6, in the opening of
the league season. The
Mountaineers wrestle two
meets, Jan. 9, West Side
Tech, at home 1 p.m., then
Tunkhannock, away, at
They will host ‘Nan-
ticoke, Jan. 13, then go to
Pittston Area Jan. 16.
Crestwood will come to
Dallas Jan. 20 before the
Mounts take to the road to
meet Hanover Jan. 20 and
Bishop O'Reilly, Jan. 27.
The final meet in Jan. will
be with Bishop Hoban,
Lake at N.E. Bradford,
Dec. 2, then meet W.
Scranton and Wyalusing
Dec. 4 at Scranton. They
Sullivan County: and
Montoursville, away,
Dec. 5 and Dec. 8, they
meet © Mountainview
away.
_ The squad will host
Berwick and Montrose
Dec. 9 before entering the
Tunkhannock Tourna-
ment Dec. 11 and 12. They
have a double dual meet
at Hanover Dec. 16, enter
the Troy Tournament
Dec. 19 and the
Selingsgrove Tournament
Dec. 30. They open the
league season with Bishop
O'Reilly, Jan. 6 at the
Queensmen’s gym,
Kingston.
home, Dec. 30.
The league schedule
continues through
February with Districts,
March 4, 5 and 6, and
Regionals March 12 and
13.
This year wrestlers will
weigh in at noon the day of
the meet instead of in the
evening just prior to the
meet. © The athletes will
weigh in at their own
school with certification
by the principal and
athletic director.
Assistant “senior high
school coach is Stephen
Kaschenbach, former
Dallas varsity wrestler.
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Dallas Senior High
Girls basketball team
have lost their first two
exhibition games but
Coach Kit Karuza is not
discouraged by the losses.
The girls were defeated
66-36 by Riverside and 65-
47 by Bishop O’Hara.
“I'm not upset by the
losses,” said Karuza. “We
moved up a step in
exhibition competition
this season and added
several Scranton schools
to our’ schedule.
“Riverside was District
2 champs last year and
Bishop O’Hara has made
the division playoffs for
the past several years. We
also will play Scranton
Tech and Carbondale,
who is traditionally
strong. We're hoping the
exhibition schedule will
strengthen the team for
league play.
“This year’s team has a
good attitude. They don’t
like to lose and we have
good leadership from
Colette: Feeney, Kerrie
Lehon and Kathy Walsh.
We look for a better team
this year in league play.”
Karuza has 16 girls on
the roster this year, five
seniors, six juniors, four
sophomores and one
freshman. Four are
returning lettermen--
Feeney, Lehon, Kim
Reese and Judy Krispin.
All four are starters with
Kathy Walsh, last year’s
transferee from Bishop
Hoban, the fifth starter.
The second team con-
sists ‘of Debbie Swaboski,
Sheri Ciccarelli, Felicia
Tucker, and Colleen Leaf.
Other players are Chris
Sobeck, Donna Kupinski,
Theresa Baseski, Julie
Adams, Sharon Eyet,
Denise Sitkowski and
Leslie Billman. Karusza
expects all of these girls
to play varsity before the
season ends.
The team was
scheduled to play Bishop
O’Reilly, Dec. 1, then Old
Forge, Dec. 3 and Nor-
thwest Dec. 4. The girls
will play Carbondale at
home Dec. 7 in a night
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and 16. Their first op-
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will be Meyers,
rated this year.
Immediately following
they will ply in the Tunk-
highly
Dec. 17 & 19, with Tunk-
hannock their opponent.
The Dallas girls play 30
games this season, 12 in
exhibition, 16 in league
Nanticoke on
Fridays.
“We don’t have the
speed we did the past two
years,” said Karuza, “but
better experience and
they are aggressive.
“In our serimmages
and games to date; we
have played man-to-man.
The trend seems to be that
way in girls basketball.
Most of the teams are
playing man-to-man.
“We have some good
shooters and they are an
excellent defensive team.
They are learning new
positions and when to
move to help one another.
The starting five are
excellent shooters al-
though Feeney will set up
more shots from point
guard position.
Judy Krispin’s im-
provement has been most
impressive both’ on of-
fense and defense.
Dallas is not a tall team.
Their tallest girl is 58”.
There are several at that
height. They will meet
girls 6° and 6’1’’ in
exhibition play.
“We will have to keep
the big girls off the
boards,” said Karuza.
Short ‘on experienced
replacements, Karuza
believes that experience
will come as the season
progresses. Billman, a
freshman, has been a
pleasant surprise. She has
been doing some fine
playing on the jayvees.
Karuza picks Seton
Catholic as the favorite in
Division AA. Hanover
also is strong with four or
five returning from last
year’s varsity and Lake-
Lehman could be a dark
bye
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horse. This is Meyers first
season in AA division but
there’s no doubt they will
be small and quick. West
Side Tech is at a disad-
vantage with no feeder
system and Crestwood
lost several fine players
through graduation.
Wyoming Seminary is
always a question mark
PAGE ELEVEN
and GAR--it’s too early to
evaluate. Like their
counterparts, the
Grenadier girls can
always surprise.
If Karuza is right,
Dallas will surprise a lot
of people this season. By
the opening of the league
season he expects his girls
to be ready to win games.
Dallas cagers pulled a
mild 63-58 over Wyoming
Area last Friday night on
the Mountaineers court.
Dallas Coach Clint
Brobst said he was
pleased with the win and
boys played together.
“It's the best a team
has played together in a
long time,” he said.
The game was close all
the way with the Warriors
going out in front first to
lead 7-0. The Dallas boys
had several turnovers at
the start before they
settled down and rallied to
make the score 7-6. The
score was tied at 17 at the
end of the first quarter but
35-33 at halftime.
In the third quarter the
Warriors outscored the
Mountaineers 13-12 to pull
in front 48-45 at the end of
the third quarter. Down
by three going into the
final period the Moun-
taineers rallied and out-
scored the Warriors 18-10
to win the contest. :
TheMountaineers sc-
oring in the fourth quarter
with Mike Smith collect-
ing eight, Dave Thomas
four, Andy Manusky,
Gary Kirk and Tim Guzek
each two.
Mike Smith’ led Dallas
in the scoring with 32
points and 16 rebounds.
Dave Thomas collected 13
points, and Tim Guzek
eight points: and 11
rebounds.
“There was great team
play by Kirk and
Thomas,” said Brobst,
“with both setting up good
scoring opportunities.
They had five assists each
and Kirk scored eight
points in the game.”
Both teams shot 50 per-
cent or better from the
foul line with Dallas five
for 10 and Wyoming 10 for
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