By LEE L. RICHARDS
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According to a recent
recruiting survey by Ama-
teur Wrestling News, four
teams from the Eastern
Wrestling League wound
up in the top 20. Penn
State was fifth, Clarion
ninth, Bloomsburg 1ith
and West Virginia 20th.
Bloom had an exceptional
year according to Coach
Roger Sanders. The
Huskies landed one of the
top prospects from PA in
Bruce Wallace. Former
Lake-Lehman standouts
Rick and Rocky Bonomo
will be ready to challenge
this season after sitting
out last year. Both were
State champs for the
Black Knights in 1981.
They'll compete at 118 and
126 pounds.
Penn State Coach Rich
Lorenzo continues to build
the Nittany Lions into a
powerhouse in the East.
They again inked some
quality people in New
York champ Dan Mayo
(177 or 190), New Jersey
champ John Place (190)
and PIAA Champ Scott
Pifer (126).
Clarion signed Phil
Mary, three-time PIAA
champ and considered one
of the top 20 wrestlers in
the nation.
West Virginia’s prize
catch is Erie Tech’s Craig
Costello, another PIAA
champ. He'll compete at
167 pounds.
Pitt coach Randy Stottle-
myer told me last week,
“Overall, I'd have to say
the EWL signed some real
quality wrestlers and we
also got some quality.
Bloom had an amazing
recruiting year and they’ll
have some good young-
sters ready that sat out
last year, too.”
According to the AWN
Mayo was rated the top
177-pounder in the country,
while Wallace was the No.
2 wrestler at this weight
class. Mary is the second
best 112-pounder, while
Pifer is considered No, 3
at 126, Place fourth at 190
and Costello fifth at 167.
Another Clarion recruit,
Bob Helderman, Lake-
wood, Ohio, was ‘sixth at
126 pounds.
Meanwhile, reading
about college basketball
recently it looks similar to
players transferring from
one program to another,
Too many prima donnas.
Mark Jarolin told me
about his title go in the
MeCarthy golf tourney last
Sunday at Crestwood’s
pe
Matt LaVigna’s graduation
party. Mark and his
brother, Dennis, were five
under par after 17 holes,
but the team of Joe Skla-
ney and Tim Burns were
‘eight under. Mark said
Burns was brilliant. Match
play in golf is a funny
game. While you're knock-
ing your brains out with a
five-under score, folks in
the other bracket could: be
winning their match with a
one-over par.
I like medal play for 54
holes. I've seen too many
fluky things happen in
match play and we have
too many match play
events around this area.
Elsewhere, the annual
UNICO All-Star football
game is tonight. As usual,
the folks running the game
have done a sorry job with
the promotion and public-
ity. I was appalled to look
at last year’s program and
see the game director
didn’t even have the
schools listed for the par-
ticipants. There's too
many chiefs and not
enough Indians in that
outfit.
Because of the talent on
the East side, I'd venture
to say they’ve got to rate a
two-touchdown favorite.
Remember last year the
West was favored but
couldn’t muster an air
game and the East went
on to win? For the West to
win, they’ll have to throw
the ball effectively and
control the football. West
has some fire-power on
offense, too.
Crestwood grid Coach
Sam Elias will be working
at Pitt’s’ annual football
camp for a week this
summer. Sam is delighted
to have 20 of his players
headed for the Steel City,
too.
11
cerning the U.S. Open:
since 1934, only three play-
ers have ‘ever won the
Masters and Open titles in
the same year. The Great
Ben Hogan did it twice,
Arnie Palmer once and
Jack Nicklaus once. The
Masters began in ’34. It’s
almost impossible to win
back majors with the cali-
ber of competition on the
tour today. There's just
too many super players.
The position of head
coach of the Back Moun-
tain Wrestling Club's ele-
mentary team is open and
anyone interested is asked
to please contact club
President Wilma Richards
at 675-4876 (after 4 p.m.)
or assistant coach Charlie
Roper at 639-1812.
The elementary pro-
gram is comprised of local
youngsters up to the sixth
grade level and this will
mark the eighth year the
Back Mountain Club has
sponsored the team of
young matmen.
Club meetings will now
revert to the summer
schedule and the next one
will be held on Wednesday,
June 29, at 8:30 p.m. at the
Hearthstone Pub, Main
Street, Dallas.
at Camp Kresge, Wilkes-
Barre YMCA’s Resident
Camp in the Poconos.
For more information on
these camping programs,
call 823-2191.
admission charge. The rain date will be July 10. Forms can be picked up at
Back Mountain restaurants, pharmacies, Pizza Perfect and at the Dallas
Little League field. For more information, call 675-0388. The Jaycees
special guest will be Jim Miller of WBRE Sports. Shown here in the
foreground is Willy Whitesell. Second row, from left, Melvin Derhammer, Bill
Boyle, Sumner Bachman. Third row, Joe Rubbico, Jaycee president, Steve
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loss of the season Tuesday,
June 14, when Swoyers-
tie game at Roosevelt
field. It marked the first
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