Wilkes-Barre Fats
BY LEE L. RICHARDS
With the completion of college football’s annual talent
hunts, I’ve put together the following questions which
can be answered simply true or false. According to most
of the media around Pennsylvania, Penn State cornered
the finest crop of prospective athletes in the country.
That may be pure speculation but the following questions
came to my mind.
--Will this be the finest collection of players ever to step
foot in Beaver Stadium?
--If the talent is as awesome as reported then St. Joe
should string together several national titles?
--Ron Christ of the Harrisburg Patriot News listed so
many players clamoring to go to PSU, St. Joe could have
used 60 full boats?
With this abundance of talent heading to PSU, will Pete
Rozelle offer an NFL franchise?
—-Will St. Joe line up this marvelous group of stars as
starters against Brown on Nov. 5?
--Will Notre Dame, Alabama and Pitt be able to stay on
the field with this Penn State powserhouse this season?
-Will St. Joe grant the Voice’s John Zimich an
audience on his next visit after passing him on recent
trip?
--Has the Heisman Trophy Committee already put two
of its awards on hold for 1986 and 1987 for some of these
Nittany Lions?
--Who is this mysterious ‘talent scout’ Phil Gross, I
keep hearing about and how many of these stars did he
uncover for PSU?
--Will the early pre-season polls rank the Nittany Lions
No. 1 and this heralded collection of freshmen 1-A?
--How did members of the news media gather all of the
names of the prospective recruits with PSU’s tight-lipped
policy? Was there a leak within?
--On his next Monday night appearance will Howie
Cosell claim the Nittany Lions have established a foot-
ball dynasty?
--Will St. Joe receive an award from the Girl Scouts for
purchasing cookies from a recruit’s sister?
--With this much incoming array of talent will @B Todd
Blackledge decide to return for his final season and lead
the Lions to another national crown?
-Did PSU copy Nebraska’s red-shirt policy after in-
sinuating it wasn’t conducive to have a good program
before initial meeting?
--Has the College Football Hall of Fame in King’s
Island started expanding its present building to house all
of these potential PSU All-Americans?
--How many of the current members of the Nittany
Lions, to coin St. Joe’s favorite line, “will give up the
game to concentrate on their studies?”’
--With so many super athletes will PSU find it difficult
to schedule quality opponents?
CLIPBOARD NOTES:
For some serious notes on recruiting, here’s some
items of interest for you avid grid buffs...The state of
Georgia lost more quality players to out-of-state teams
than any one can remember. It was like General Sher-
man’s march to the sea...Michigan landed some top-
notch performers out of Florida and has strong alumni
ties from coast to coast...Auburn’s incoming group is as
good as any teams’ in the country and don’t let anybody
kid you...While Notre Dame is credited with getting some
quality folks out of our state all are very suspect for
various reasons...Pity poor Pitt as the Panthers landed
only the best player in the East in Chuck Williams (6-6,
248) from Western Pa. and New Jersey's top player in LB
Stan Woods of Seton Hall Prep...Wasn’t at all surprised
to learn how highly regarded Crestwood’s Matt LaVigna
was around certain sections of country. He’s considered
the best in this part of Pennsylvania and he’ll play at
Pitt, too.
No one can really make an accurate analysis of the
ability of any youngster at this stage. Many try but it’s
pure speculation for the simple reason they’re only
youngsters.
I can’t help but wonder if the NCAA won't take a
Pittston Area and
Wyoming Valley West
pulled two surprise upsets
over Coach Shorty Hitch-
cock’s Black Knight
grapplers last week in
league competition.
The Valley West
Spartans took five wins in
the lower weight classes
to build up a comfortable
27-2 lead, then fought to
stay off their backs to pick
up a close 27-24 win.
Earlier in the week the
Pittston Patriots pulled a
bigger upset when they
held on for five draw
meets to defeat the
Knights 25-23.
In Saturday’s meet 95-
1b. Jeff Austin wretled to a
2-2 draw with Spartan
Stan Motyka. Brothers
Eric DeRemer (VW) and
Doug DeRemer used pins
give the Spartans 12
points. Eric clamped 105
Mark Yaple in 3:34 and
Doug flattened 112-1b. Al
McDonald in 1:56.
Spartan Scott Evans
pinned 119-1b. Rusty Cool-
baugh in 2:57. 126-1b. Gary
Simms moved the team
score to 24-2 with a major
10-1 decision over Brad
Hontz and 132-1b. Dave
Chiazza defeated Norm
Clancy 9-3 to give the
Spartans a 27-2 lead.
The Knights came on
strong in the rest of the
bouts but were down 27-21
going into the heavy-
weight bout.
138-1b. Chris Wargo took
a ‘major 16-6 win from
Mark Mozail, 145-1b.
Wayne Rosencrans de-
feated Rick Flynn 2-0 and
155-1b. Quentin Walczak
outwrestled Pat Wood 6-4.
167-1b. Tracy Slocum took
a superior 19-2 win from
Steve Bartorilla and 185-
Ib. Chuch Garnett earned
a major 17-6 decision from
Fred Appenzeller.
Hwt. Frank Kutz was
able to defeat Spartan
Kevin McGee by an 11-4
decision.
In the meet with the
Patriots, the match was
unusual in that five draws
played the major role in
the Patriots upset over
the Knights. The first tie
was at 98 when Jeff Austin
and Dave Herbert fought
to a 2-2 draw.
105-1b. Pat Tracy gave
the Patriots a superior 12-
0 win over Mike Maceiko
and 112-1b. Patriot Dave
Leysho took Al McDonald
2-0.
119-1b. Rich Lizak and
Knight Rusty Coolbaugh
wrestled to a 2-2 tie then
Pittston’s 126-1b. Mike
Davis took a 14-5 win from
Brad Hontz. The third
draw was at 132-1b. with
Bill Geurin wrestling a 4-4
bout with Gene Anderson.
138-1b. Knight Chris
Wrgo outwrestled Bob
DeLeo 10-5 but the
Patriots’ Bill Shamnoski
came back with a 4-0
decision over 145-1b. Que
Walczak. 155-1b. Tracy
Slocum gave the Knights
six points on a forfeit and
167-1b. Chris Janusz added
three to the Knights side
1 win over Tom Leyshon.
Knight Chuck Garnett
wrestled to a 2-2 decision
with 185-1b. Dave Griglock
and Hwt. Frank Kutz
finished with a 3-3 tie in
his bout with Carl
Cheparis.
The losses dropped the
Knights to a 7-4 record
and third place in the
standings.
Dallas matmen romped
to a 30-16 win over the
Wyoming Warriors
Saturday night after
being trounced 43-6 by the
Coughlin Crusaders
earlier in the week.
The Mountaineers took
eight of 12 matches, two of
them by. pins, in chalking
up the win.
95-lb. Chris Evans put
the Mounts on the board 3-
0 by taking a 4-0 bout from
Bill Bone. The Warriors
Ed Gawalko evened it up
at 3-3 by outdoing 105-lb.
T.J. Bagley 10-7. 112-1b.
Mountaineers Dave
Hislop shut out Tony
Amato 4-0 but 119-1b.
Warrior Russ Hendershot
took an 8-2 decision from
Ken Matchett.
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Dallas’ 126-1b. Mike
Borton defeated John
Yanchick 7-1 and 132-lb.
Jeff Hall . gave Dallas
three points by takinga 3-0
decision from Mark
Bernosky. Dallas con-
[score on 138-1b. Jim Patts
4-3 win over Chris Vax-
monsky and 145-1b. Craig
Mountaineers pin by
flattening John Donato in
4:35.
155-1b. Andy Prynn
edged Warrior Scot
Grebeck 8-5. The 167-lb.
bout went to Rich Ascani
of Wyoming when he
picked up a major 16-8
bout from Bill Griffin.
Mountaineer Joe Walsh
clamped 185-1b. Rich
| Engelman in 2:27. Hwt.
‘Mark Sickler gave the
Warriors their only pin by
clamping Roy Wall in
1:37:
In the meet with
| Coughlin Wednesday
night at the Crusaders’
gym, Craig Rome saved
the Mountaineers from a
shutout by turning over
The Black Knights of
Lake-Lehman ran their
second half record to 2-2
Seton Catholic 55-41.
The teams played even
the first period but the
Knights outscored the
Eagles 10-3 the second
period to take the lead.
They took over the lead
and never looked back for
the rest of the contest.
Billy Bearde set the
pace for the Knights with
13 points. Scott Drugotch
added 12 and Paul Jones
contributed 10. Bearde
put five through the nets
and made 3-5 from the
foul line. Drugotch keyed
in on 8-10 from the free
stripe and connected for
went 4-7 from the charity
stripe.
Mike Farrell led the
Eagles with 16 points.
In Tuesday’s game with
Crestwood the Knights
were in front 32-23 at half-
time but a big third
quarter bv the Comets put
145-1b. Gary Delescavage
in 5:04.
Despite the high score
the Crusaders “recorded
only two pins. 98-1b. Ken
Serafin flattened Chris
Evans in 3:06 and 119-lb.
Chip Searles overturned
Ken Matchett in 1:07.
The Crusaders posted
two major decisions, 105-
Ib. Dean Robinson 13-3
over T.J. Bagley, and 112-
lb. John Zissomos over
Dave Hislop 14-6. 135-1b.
Joe DeFine continued
undefeated by taking a
superior 18-2 decision
from Jeff Hall.
Other decisions were
126-1b. Alex Banaszek
over Mike borton 7-2; 138-
1b. Leo Thompson edging
Jim Patts 8-4; 155-1b. Ed
Kenzakoski taking Andy
Prynn 5-2; 167-l1b. Larry
Danko blanking Bill
Griffin 5-0; 185-lb. Steve
Fasulka nipping Joe
Walsh 10-9, and Hwt. Dale
David taking Greg
Dukinas 7-4.
The Mountaineers are
now fifth in the league
standing with a 4-6 record.
the Knights far enough
behind that they never
caught up and lost 55-50 in
the final period.
The Knights took a first
quarter 22-9 lead but the
Comets outscored them
14-10 in the second period.
The 14-4 third quarter
gave the Comets a 37-36
lead. In the final period
they outscored the
Knights 18-14 paced by
Jim Malone’s four points,
with Rich Loomis and
Todd Dickinson adding
Six.
Billy Bearde led the
Knights with 16 points
putting the ball through
the nets seven times and
going 2-2 from the foul
line. Drugotch added 12
and Jones contributed 10.
Drugotch put five through
the nets and had a perfect
2-2 from the free stripe.
Jones put three through
for two-pointers and made
4-3 from the charity
stripe.
Loomis paced the
Comets with 17 points in
leading them to the 55-50
win.
UP FOR TWO--Former Hanover star John Glushefski
goes up and puts the ball through the nets for two points|
in the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus game wit
PSU’s Scranton Campus last Wednesday night at Lake
Walsh Photo)
Penn State Wilkes-
Barre Campus lost all
hope of entering the
Commonwealth Campus
Athletic Conference
playoffs last Wednesday
when they lost 119-80 to
Penn State-Scranton
Campus at the Lake-
Lehman Junior High
School.
Paul Kotch paced the
local cagers with 22
points.
The local cagers needed
the win to enter the play-
offs at the Main Campus.
Earlier in the week the
Wilkes-Barre Campus
team took a 56-50 win
from the Schuylkill
Campus led by former
Hanover Area player
John Glushefski who
tossed in 13 points. Sam
Toney put in 12 and Joe
Farkus keyed in on 10.
Andy Barilla, graduate of
Valley West canned 10
points and played an out-
standing offense game.
The = Wilkes-Barre
cagers outshot their
opponents 23-22 from the
floor and outdid them 10 to
6 from the free stripe.
spots in a lackluster
season for the Elizabeth-
town College wrestling
team has been the per-
formance of Dallas Area
High School alumnus
Andy Pinter.
Pinter, freshman at
Elizabethtown, = brought
his dual meet record to 12-
2-2 for the season as
Elizabethtown topped
Messiah and lost to
Juniata and Lycoming,
Saturday, Feb. 5. Pinter,
All-American Dave Chute
and Wyoming Valley
product, John Kistler of
Meyers, are the only
wrestlers with winning
records.
In a pre-season evalua-
tion of his team, Coach D.
Kenneth Ober noted that
inexperience in collegiate
competition was going to
be a big problem for a
young team faced with a
tough schedule. Ober
‘singled out Pinter as one
top freshman prospect.
“Andy. Pinter,” he said,
‘is one of the freshmen
we believe can be ‘a
winner for us this season
and in the future.”
Pinter has lived up to
that promise. Thrown into
the tough major college
competition ~ of the
Lafayette Invitational
Tournament in Elizabeth-
town’s second outing of
the season, Pinter
managed a seventh place
finish against opponents
from Duke, Delaware and
Pennsylvania. = Against
Elizabethtown’s regular
season opponents, his
record has been out-
standing.
“Andy is one of the
people we are counting on
for a Middle Atlantic
Conference champion-
ship,” Ober said, “and he
has a good chance of
competing in »
nationals at Wheaten this
spring.”
Lake Silkworth Sports-
men’s Club will sponsor a
Snowmobile-Poker Run
on Sunday, Feb. 20. The 25
mile run will be marked
at five mile intervals with
stops. Sealed envelopes
will be given to each
driver at the stops. At the
conclusion of the run,
judges will open the en-
velopes each containing a
poker card, and trophies
will be awarded for the
winning hands.
The run is not a race,
and the course is clearly
marked with traffic
control provided.
Registration will be
held at the Lake Silkworth
Firehouse from 8-a.m. to 1
p.m. the day of the race.
The ride is expected to
take between two and
three hours. Everyone
who enjoys snowmobiling
is invited to attend.