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BY LEE L. RICHARDS LEE L. RICHARDS
Former U.S.
champ Andy North visited
Irem Temple Country Club
last Monday. I had the
opportunity to visit with
the former Florida All-
American and the topic of
conversation turned
directly to football. Andy
from the University of
Wisconsin football team. It
seems that, despite being
a Florida grad, Andy is
very involved in the
Badger grid program.
“I'm elated to be a part
in the Badger football pro-
gram. The ring I have is
from their recent bowl trip
(Independence Bowl). I've
always ben a football fan
and living in Wisconsin, I
just got involved,” said
North.
I pointed out that I was
impressed with the strides
the: Badger program has
made in the past couple of
years and that I saw them
play in the 1981 Garden
State Bowl against Tennes-
see.
Andy laughed when I
mentioned that I was pull-
ing for the Vols and had
several good reasons.
North was a freshman at
Florida when my pal, Rick
Spears, was a senior. He
relayed some funny stories
about Spears and the 1968
NCAA championship team.
Andy admitted his game
has not been at the level
he’s capable of playing,
but he believes he’s peak-
ing at just the right time
for the upcoming Open at
Oakmont.
He says, ‘‘I believe I'm
striking the ball better in
recent weeks and I'm
really trying to peak for
the Open. 1 like the golf
course (Oakmont), but
there’s some real difficult
holes which -1 don’t play
particularly well. I’ve just
got to tee it up and see
what happens.”
North participated in an
outing of golf and business
with United Penn Bank.
He played one hole with
each group of UP custom-
ers and conducted on a
little clinic on the first tee.
Irem pro Barry Fies
played along with North.
Barry has played with
Jack Nicklaus, Arnold
Palmer and now Andy
North. All three have cap-
tured the U.S. Open.
Bob Mason of United
Penn was in charge of the
business .confab and
played the first hole with
Andy and Barry. Now
Mason isn’t one of your
polished golfers. He
missed the 17th, a par 4
hole, to the left, knocked
up a pretty fair pitch to
within three feet, then
calmly sank a curling putt
for his three. North two-
putted for his three, but
Mason's par was more of
the fantasy variety.
Former Dallas golfer,
Jim Smith, got a chance to
meet North. Jim claims he
picked up a tip or two.
CLIPBOARD NOTES
--King’s Coach Tom
Davis has been selected to
the NCAA Division Three
Golf Committee. He is
ticketed to assist in evalu-
ating teams for the annual
NCAA Tournament and
ning the event. Tom will
do a very thorough job and
he’s always been so organ-
izéd.
prised to learn last week
that our local schoolboy
golfers are still playing
match play. That's pecu-
liar since the district and
state events are medal
play? Maybe the local
schoolboy coaches should
reconsider their format?
DALLAS BASEBALL
Hanover took an early 1-
0 lead over the Dallas
_ Mountaineers last Tuesday
then went in front, 4:0, in
the top of the sixth inning
but Dallas came on strong
in their half of the sixth
scoring seven runs to win
the game, 7-4.
Jerry Rollman started
the rally with a single.
Walt Grabenstetter and
Art Coolbaugh hit infield
singles to load the bases.
Hanover’s hurler Joe
Sukaloski walked Dave
Thomas and Brad Dewey
to send home two runs
then A.J. Bittner knocked
out a single to score two
more.
Tim Grove continued the
Mountaineers’ rally by
tapping out a single to
score a runner and Steve
Federici sent home a
runner with a double. On
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seventh, Rollman batted in
the final run with his
second single of the inning.
Steve Thomas, credited
with the win, struck out
two and walked three.
Hanover’s losing pitcher
Sukaloski fanned six and
walked three.
The Mounts were sched-
uled to play a double-
header with West Side
Tech and Seton Catholic
last Wednesday.
LEHMAN BASEBALL
Knights pitcher Al
Michaels held the Wyo-
ming Valley West Spar-
tans to two hits but got
himself in trouble by
giving up eight walks.
Tom Davis scored the lone
Lake-Lehman run when he
went to first when hit by a
pitched ball and scored on
right field. :
Spartan hurler Eric
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walked only four while
striking out five. The Spar-
tans scored their two runs
in the bettom of the fourth
while Matt Zlotek started
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Zolner crossed home plate
left field.
The Knights scored their
lone run in the top half of
Lake-Lehman added a
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their league record last
Wednesday when they
defeated Nanticoke, 7-3, on
T. Willy Cadwalader
,
in the third inning to lead
frame which proved the
downfall of the Trojans.
Len Zielen started the
rally with a two run single
and was followed by Chris
Wargo’s one-run double to
spark the big inning. The
Six runs were enough to
give the Knights P.J.
Malak his second win of
the league season.
Chris Boyle came in as
relief in the fifth inning
and pitched the final
innings for the Knights.
The Trojans scored two
runs in the fourth and
their final run in the top of
the seventh. Koslowski
was the losing hurler for
Nanticoke.
LEHMAN SOFTBALL
Lady Knights hurler Jill
Solinski continued her stel-
lar pitching, striking out 12
and giving up only three
hits to lead Lake-Lehman
to a 3-2 win over pre-
viously undefeated Valley
West. The win ran the
Lady Knights record to 13-
0 in league play. The Spar-
tans went to 14-1.
Solinski helped win her
own ballgame by driving
home three runs. She sent
one run home in the fourth
inning on a single and hit a
two-run double in the fifth
inning. Kim Fey aided the
Knights with three singles.
Erica Oswald was on the
mound for the Spartan
girls striking out five but
giving up 11 hits.
Jill Solinski continued to
lead Lake-Lehman girls to
an undefeated season by
hurling a one-hitter
against the Nanticoke Tro-
jans in last Wednesday's
game on the Trojans field.
Solinski fanned 11 to
pace the Lady Knights to
their 1-0 shutout. The only
hit she gave up was
Domzalski’s infield single
in the fourth inning.
Bonsavage paced the
Back Mountain girls with
two hits while Rebecca
Clifford and Cindy Slocum
drove out long doubles.
The Lady Knights’ lone
run came when an error
by Trojan pitcher Tracey
Womeldorf allowed
Rhonda Hudzik to score.
Womeldorf threw Bonsa-
vage’s fourth inning bunt
over her first baseman’s
head into the outfield.
The Lady Knights col-
lected seven hits.
DALLAS SOFTBALL
Dallas girls lost a 5-4
contest to the Crestwood
Comettes last Tuesday
when the Mountaintop
girls staged a four-run
rally in the fifth to take
the win.
The Lady Mounts fook a
3-1 lead in the top half of
the fourth and looked like
winners until Diane Madl
and Glenda . Rinehimer
sparked the Comettes
rally:
Crestwood took an early
1-0 lead in the bottom half
of the first inning but
Dallas girls came right
back in the top of the
second to tie it up at 1-1.
Dallas broke the tie in the
fourth with the aid of
Kathy Walsh’s double but
Crestwood’s explosion in
the fifth proved too much
for the Lady Mounts. -
Dallas pushed one final
run across in the sixth but
Comette Tracey Sherksnas
cooled them off. She gave
up only five hits in the
game. The win gave Crest-
wood a 12-2 record.
Dallas girls softball
team used 13 hits, six of
them doubles, off Seton
Catholic hurler Maria
Roman to overcome the
Lady Eaglettes, 10-3. Sheri
Ciccarelli set the pace for
the Lady Mounts driving
out three hits and knock-
ing in two runs.
The local girls jumped
out to a 3-0 lead in the first
inning and added four
more in the second before
the Eaglettes were able to
off pitcher Chris Dombek
in the fourth inning. The
Eaglettes three runs were
unearned.
Dombek fanned seven
and walked five in picking
up the win.
Joining Ciccarelli in the
hitting attack at the plate
were D. Shone, Sandi
Shone, Kathy Walsh, D.
Adams and Theresa
Baseski, all hitting dou-
bles.
Coach Ed Narkiewicz is
proud of the performance
his Lake-Lehman Knights
turned in during last
week’s Boys District 2
night at Wilkes-Barre
Memorial Stadium.
The District 2 Division
AA events proved to be the
thrilling part of the compe-
tition when with just two
events remaining five
points separated the first
four teams, Bishop Hoban,
Meyers, Lake-Lehman and
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It was Meyers who came
through with this season’s
title when they won the
1600 meter relay in 3:29.8
to the Black Knights
3:29.9. The Mohawks were
first in the competition,
Bishop Hoban second, the
Knights third and GAR
came in fourth.
It was Lake-Lehman’s
17-year old Giro Hall, how-
ever, who turned in the
sparkling performance for
Division AA. Hall won the
1600 meter and 800 meter
runs setting a new district
record in the 800 meter
with a time of 1:54.1.
VanGorder won the 110
meter hurdles in 15.3 tying
Mohawk Lance Hamilton’s
1981 record.
The Knights 3200 meter
relay team came in first
with 8:05.5 and Mike Ber-
nick finished first in the
3200 meter run with a time
of 10:03.9.
John Hodle placed
second in the javelin with
163’8”’ and Dave Janicek
came in second behind
Hall in the 800 meter run
with 1:59.2. Tom Kukosky
placed third in the 300
meter hurdles and the
Lake-Lehman relay team
meter relay.
Attesting to the narrow
margin between the top
four teams was Meyers
first place score of 57,
Bishop Hoban with 52,
Lake-Lehman with 51 and
GAR with 44.
In Division AAA compe-
tition, the Dallas boys
were unable to pick up any
points.
Only the first place win-
ners will advance to the
state competition in Divi-
sion AA.
Knights Lose
Crestwood Comets
defeated the Lake-Lehman
Knights,82-68, in a makeup
meet last Tuesday. Win-
ning for the Knights were
the two-mile relay team of
Janiczek, Knorr, Kukosky
and Walczak; 120-yd. high
hurdles, Chris Van
Gorder; 1-mile run, Giro
Hall; 330-yd. IM hurdles,
Kukosky; 880-yd. run,
Knorr; long jump, T.
Jones; high jump,
Kukosky; and 1-mile relay
team of Williams,
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‘Bragging rights’ for
will be at stake tomorrow
evening on the Penn State
diamond at Lehman when
the two Noxen slo-pitch
Rebels and the Noxen
Texaco squad - tangle in
some friendly hometown
rivalry.
The meeting tomorrow
evening will be the only
league confrontation this
season between those
teams and both will be
doing their best to capture
town honors. Noxen Rebels
are current holders of slo-
pitch supremacy in Noxen.
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Here is the schedule for
the Back Mountain Ameri-
can Legion Post 672 base-
ball team for the balance
of the 1983 season. Clip it
and post it in a handy spot.
Wednesday, June 1,
Back Mountain at Swoy-
ersville; Saturday, June 4,
Back Mountain at Jenkins
Township; Monday, June
6, Nanticoke at Back
Mountain; ‘Wednesday,
June 8, Back Mountain at
South Wilkes-Barre; Satur-
day, June 11, Back Moun-
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June 13, Plains at Back
Mountain; Wednesday,
June 15, Plymouth at Back
Mountain; Saturday, June
18, Back Mountain at
Hanover; Monday, June
20, Back Mountain at
North End; Wednesday,
June 22, Swoyersville at
Back Mountain.
Saturday, June 25, Jen-
kins Township at Back
Mountain; Monday, June
27, Back Mountain at Nan-
ticoke; Wednesday, June
29, South Wilkes-Barre at
Back Mountain; Saturday,
July 2, Pittston at Back
Mountain; Wednesday,
Saturday, July 9,
Back Mountain at Plym-
outh;: Monday, July 11,
Hanover at Back Moun-
tain; Wednesday, July 13,
division winner;
Back Mountain at Pitts-
ton; Saturday, July 16,
Swoyersville at Back
Mountain; Monday, July
18, Jenkins Township at
Back Mountain; Saturday,
June 23, Back Mountain at
Plains.
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American Legion base-
ball will be a treat again
this season for sports
lovers of the Back Moun-
tain area with announce-
ment by John O’Toole,
commander of Daddow-
Isaacs Memorial Post, 672,
American Legion Post,
Dallas, that the local post
has a team entered in the
Wyoming Valley American
Legion Baseball League.
The league is composed of
10 teams from communi-
ties in the Wyoming Valley
and Carl Seitz.
and the Back Mountain.
Tomorrow evening and
Saturday, the Back Moun-
tain team will be playing
away - meeting Swoyers-
ville on the latter’s dia-
mond tomorrow, and trav-
eling to Jenkins township
for the Saturday encoun-
ter.
The next home game for
the area Legion team,
known, officially as ‘Back
Mountain,” will be Monday
evening on the Dallas High
School playing field when
the locals meet the Nanti-
coke representatives. On
Wednesday evening, June
8, Back. Mountain will
trayel "to South “Wilkes-
Barre,
Commander O'Toole has
extended an invitation to
all Back Mountain Legion
team boosters to turn out,
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