PAGE TEN Rn, _ In a battle of the unde- feteds, Meyers came out on top last Wednesday night by downing Coach Shorty Hitchcock’s Lake- Lehman squad 24-15 before a crowded gym. The win gave the Mohawks sole possession of the undefeated ranks. The Knights were downed for the second time, Saturday night by a strong Coughlin squad, 30- 12. The only bouts won by the Knights were 98-lb. Jeff Austin’s 3-2 win over Ken Serafin, 105-1b. Mark Yaple’s 7-6 decision over Dean Robinson, and 185- Ib. Chuck Garnett’s 7-3 bout with Steve Fasulka. 126-1b. Norman Clancy wrestled to a 2-2 draw and 155-1b. Quentin Walczak fought to a 2-2 draw with Ed Kenzkoski. Results of other bouts were 112-1b. John Zissimos (C) pinned Allan McDonald 3:37, 119-lb. Chip Searles (C) dec. Rusty Coolbauigh 2-0, 132- 1b. Alex Banaszek dec. Bill Geurin 7-0, 138-1b. Leo Thompson sup. dec. Marty Brobst 7-0, 145-1b. Joe DeFine dec. Chris Wargo 9-3, 167-1b. Larry Danko dec. Tracy Slocum 4-1 and Hwt. Dale David dec. Frank Kutz 1-0. In the meet with the Mohawks, the Knights took a 3-0 lead when 98-1b. Jeff Austin defeated Dave Farrell 7-4. The meet was evened at 3-3 when unde- feated Mohawk Bob Leeds took 105-1b. Mark Yaple 12-2. Knight Rusty Cool- baugh pulled a reversal in the final seconds of his 112-1b. bout to take Dan Williams 8-6 and regain the * lead for Lake- Lehman. The next five bouts went to the Mohawks as 119-1b. Jeff Hill topped Norm Clancy 10-3, 126-1b. Dan Kratz shut out Bill Geurin 9-0, 132-1b. Lee Miller de- feated Chris Wargo 11-1, 138-1b. John Fried took Wayne Rosencrans 5-2 and 145-lb. Dave Kuhl pulled out a 1-0 bout from Quentin Walczak. It was Walczak’s first loss in dueal meets. Lake-Lehman’s 155-1b. Tracy Slocum outdid Dave Cronauer 8-1 but 167-1b. Tony Schwab bested Knight Chris Janusz 6-1. 185-1b. Chuck Garnett took an 11-9 bout from Mohawk Mike Smigel and Hwt. Frank Kutz blanked Carlo Telesco 6-0 but the Knights were too many points behind to pull out the meet. Kutz remained undefeated in league competition by his 6-0 win. The two losses dropped the knights to 7-2 in the East Division standings. The Dallas Moun- taineers stayed close to the Grenadiers in Tuesday night’s game until the closing minute of the first quarter. Then GAR ran off a string of goals to take a 41-17 led into the lockerroom - at halftime. “If the Grenadiers are out to take revenge on their opponents, I'm glad we're through with them for this season,” said Dallas Coach Clarence 0zgo. Ed Gorey paced the Dallas cagers with 14 points and Dave Thomas came right on his heels with 13 points. Both players put six shots each through the nets. Gorey put in two from the foul line and Thomas dumped in one from the free stripe. GAR’s Bob Collins collected 15 points, put- ting in five of eight shots in the first period. Paul Moran hit six shots through the nets and keyed in two from the charity stripe for 14 points. The Grenadiers big center, Larry Koretz had 13 points despite a hand injury and took 15 rebounds off the boards. It was the first half that spelled doom for the Mountaineers, who kept Get your newspaper within shooting range the third period shooting 14 to the Grenadiers 17 points. In the final period, the Mountaineers outshot GAR 21-16. The Grenadiers outshot the Mountaineers 23-7 in the second period with Collins hitting from the outside and Moran hitting off inside handoffs from both Collins and Koretz. The Mountaineers were scheduled to host West Side Tech Tuesday night and Wyoming Seminary Thursday night. They travel to Crestwood Saturday with game time set for 2:30 p.m. The Noxen Athletic Club Wrestlers traveled to Tunkhannock Area High School on Saturday, Jan. 29 and brought home nine winners. First place winners were Dave Konopke-50 lbs, nine and ten years; Bob Zacharias-120 lbs., 11 and 12 years. Second place winners were Dory Zacharias-110 Ibs.; 11 and 12 years; Randy Zacharias-unli- mited, nine and ten years; and Ron Nulton-85 Ibs., nine and ten years. Third place awards went to Ray Rosencrans- 75 1bs., nine and ten years; and Kevin Weaver, unlimited, eight and under. Placing fourth were Dave Yatsko- unlimited, eight and under; and Ray Slader- 133 lbs. junior high. RADIANT 36 Wilkes-Barre Fats By Lee Richards It’s Strictly My Opinion Meyers defeating Lake-Lehman in wrestling last week is a tribute to the superb feeder program the Mohawks enjoy. Their young kids are receiving a lot of instruction before they reach the varsity level. I thought the media covering the Soup Bowl overdid the bit about Skins Coach Joe Gibbs outcoaching Don Shula. I thought it was simply a case of the champs overpowering them in the trenches on both sides of the football. It gets my dander up when I see and hear how schoolboy athletes string along college recruiters. I'd like to see the NCAA take even stronger steps regarding recruiting practices. Some of the athletes get to thinking they're pretty important. The parents make complete jerks out of themselves, too. Speaking of recruiting, Syracuse’s Gary Blaekney, while coming up empty locally, is really a competent recruiter. Best way to find out about a coach’s ability is to talk with other coaches. It’s always interesting to hear how Penn State reacts when it gets turned down by a recruit. St. Joe lost a couple of athletes this year because he had some negative things to say about the other programs. Doesn’t St. Joe know when you're on top of the heap you don’t have to bad-mouth your foes? According to early reports, Penn State, Pitt, Syracuse, Boston College and West Virginia are landing some top- notch prospects. Would you believe West Virginia is allegedly having its prospects picked up by limousine and driven to the airport. This supposedly is the practice in New Jersey with several recruits. That’s getting too carried away. ‘Early reports indicate Notre Dame has made strong inroads in the East this season. This is a rare season of mediocrity for Coach Rodge Bearde’s Lake-Lehman roundballers. I guarantee whol the talent is developed, the Knights will be winners. It’s annoyed me to hear how each coach that wins a Soup Bowl over two seasons is described as a genius? Scientists, yes; football coaches, no. Most scribes belabor the word. I’ve got a hunch there’s a split in the ranks of the 49’ers about now. Bill Walsh, 1982’s ‘genius’, has canned several of his coaches and labeled some of his players as ‘druggers’. It’s sort of strange that the ‘genius’ has not accepted any of the blame for the collapse? Several Cowboys fans still can’t believe the supposed Soup Bowl team came up short for the third straight time. What it tells me is they've got to sit back and examine every aspect of the organization and its per- sonnel. Especially when you consider on paper neither the Eagles, 49’ers or Skins were supposed to stack up talent-wise? Dick Vermeil’s ‘burnout’ is simply a matter of his inability to manage his preparation time and put his priorities in proper perspective, claims one pretty successful coaching pal of mine. I have to believe there was more to it than was made public. There are very few college roundball teams that can afford to perform badly and win. Only those very superior teams who are matched against a much inferior opponent can afford a bad game any more. It’s amazing the quality of talent around the country this season. Penn State’s clobbering of Wilkes is an indication thajge the Nittany Lions wrestling team is still tops in the A PSU was ranked No. 1 in recent Eastern Mat Poll and should remain there despite being tied by Navy recently. Lions topped Syracuse and Lehigh which are ranked in top slots in the poll. Dallas grapplers “We lost a couple matches I thought we could take,” said Dallas Coach Larry Schuler, after his grapplers secnd “Earlier in the week, Dave Hislop was leading in the Hanover meet but lost in the last seven Wychock. 185-1b. Joe Matchett. Walsh overturned Charlie 126-1b. Mount Mike Sobolewski in 1:29 and Borton outwrestled Hwt. Greg Dukinas CArmine Augello 6-4, 167- loss last week. The Mount wrestlers dropped a 31-17 meet to Crestwood Saturday night and went down to defeat 33-20 to Hanover Wednesday night. “The kids have given up too many points in the final periods of their bouts in the last couple of meets. In the Crestwood meet, Bagley’s loss at 105, and Matchett’s pin at 119 hurt us. So did Andy Prynn’s 14-1 loss at 158. seconds when he was put on his back to give his opponent three points. Craig Rome wrestled to a 5-5 draw with Kaminski. I was sure Rome could win.” In the Crestwood meet, the Mountaineers dropped the first seven bouts, six by decisions and one by a pin. 145-1b. Craig Rome gave Dallas their first points by taking Randy Hurst 7-2. 167-1b. Bill Griffin fought to a 6-6 draw with Steve flattened Russ Joseph in 1.44. Dukinas’ win ran his record to 23-1 for the season. In the Hanover meet, 98-1b. Mount Chris Evans was pinned in 2:30 -by Tony Morio. Mount T.J. Bagley pinned 105-lb. Scott Mangan in :38 seconds. 112-1b. Tom. Clark (H) bested Dave Hislop 6-3 and 119-lb. Tom Bleich took an 11-2 major decision from Ken Ib. Bill Griffin defeated Jeff Politz 7-3 and Hwt. Greg Dukinas gave Dallas six points by a forfeit. The Hawks 132-1b. Frank Golowski decisioned Kevin Feeney 7-3, 138-lb. Matt Politz clamped Jim Patts in 3:48, 155-lb. Gary Lee 3:33 and 185-1b. Sta Kimball outdid Joe Walsh 6-4. fought to a 5-5 draw with Steve Kaminski. 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