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By CHARLOT M. DENMON !
Staff Correspondent
With less than nine seconds
remaining on the clock, Trojan
Aaron Higgins kicked a 32-yard
field goal to give Nanticoke a 3-0
win over the Knights and
dampen the enthusiasm of the
Lake-Lehman Homecoming fes-
tivities.
A tough Lake-Lehman defense
led by Marty Onzik kept the
Trojans from scoring, intercept-
ing five of Nanticoke’s Gary
Phillips passes and recovering
three fumbles.
With 1:17 minutes on the clock
in the final period, Nanticoke
fumbled on the seven yard line
and it appeared the contest
would end in a 0-0 tie. The ball,
however, was fumbled again and
recovered by a Trojan at the 17-
yard line.
Nanticoke had used its time
outs, but with :50 seconds on the
clock Higgins took the ball to the
15-yard line. Wasting no time,
Higgins placed the kicking strap
on his shoe as Phillips took the
snap. Higgins 32-yard kick was
good and the Trojans took a 3-0
win.
“It was a tough loss for our
kids,” said Lake-Lehman Coach
Mark Kirk. ‘Our defense was
great. Our offense wasn’t as bad
as it may have looked. A couple
of the kids didn’t run where they
were supposed to run and they
missed some blocking assign-
ments. They made several
mental mistakes but overall,
they weren’t bad.
“Our defense has been playing
great ball. Looking back at our
games, we have been ahead or
losing by only one or two points
at halftime. Our problem is that
we don’t have the numbers and
the kids tire by the second half.
“In Division AA we’re| 1-1 so
the job ahead of us is to take
Hanover. We will be working
hard this week to be ready for
them. This year we lack speed,
we have no ont to get to the
outside. We will have to get the
ball and keep it away from the
Hawkeyes on Saturday.”
of evading a Nanticoke defender.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
“They were too big, too many
and too powerful,”’ said Dallas
grid coach Ron Rybak, com-
menting on the Wyoming Valley
West Spartans following their 34-
6 defeat of the Mountaineers
Friday night.
‘They overpowered us, our
defense couldn’t hold them. The
score is not indiciative of the
game because our kids played as
well as they could against the
Spartans. At the end of the first
half the score was 14-6. The Kids
played well the first half but the
Spartans were too big and too
many.
‘Our quarterback Bernie
Walsh played exceptionally well.
He completed six of nine passes
for more than 100 yards and one
touchdown. Walsh hit Sam Noone
in the end zone for six points.”
In the opening quarter the
Mountaineers’ moved the ball
well but Spartans Ed Michaels
and QB Frank Baur were two
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
key players who proved too
much for Dallas. Michaels ran
for 149 yards and scored three
touchdowns on 14, three and four
yard runs. Baur hit his receivers
eight for eight, his longest pass
of the game 59 yards to Matt
Michaels in the final period.
The Spartans scored first on
Don Charney’s 39 yard score,
and Michaels made it 14-0 when
he went 14 yards for a touchdown
in the first half. In the third
quarter, the Spartans spelled
“doom” for the Mountaineers
when they scored 20 points.
“Mike Borton excelled for us
on offense again Friday night,”
said Rybak. “He carried 11 times
for more than 70 yards. Spartan
coach Fennell commented on
Borton’s performance. Tony
Tucker, Kenny Thompson, ends
also played great games for us.
“We play Wyoming Area this
week at ‘home. It will be the
same type situation.” We will
work on trying to control the
ball. Keeping it away from them
is necessary. They’re another
team with numbers.”
Simon honored
and Joe Ostrowski.
Coach Lou Issac’s Dallas High
School harriers took foun of the five
top places Thursday in the triangu-
lar meet with Nanticoke and Hazle-
ton to take Nanticoke 18-45 and
Hazleton 18-43.
Mountaineer Mark Drasnin came
over the line first in 16:44 and Dave
Thomas (D) finished second in
16:49. Other finishers in the top five
were Dean Meyers (N) 16:50, Bob
Oliver (D) 17:09, and John Burke
(D) 17:19.
Other results were Pat Cusaitis
(H) 17:29, Lenn Rick (H) 17:51,
Mark Wright (D) 17:53, Andy
Yencha (D) 17:54, Jay Berman (H)
17:57, Kan Wen Shao (D) 18:11
Traye Simmons (H) 18:18, Paul
Tolerico (H) 18:22, Bill Schneider
(H) 18:27, and Scott Gerr (H) 18:29.
The Mountaineers also defeated
Hanover over the same course
Thursday by a 19-38 score. -
Dallas goes into district competi-
tion this week with a 13-2 record.
Coughlin runners defeated Lake-
Lehman, 23-34, and Meyers pulled a
26-29 upset over the Black Knights
last Thursday in a tri-meet held at
The win clinched the cross coun-
try league title for Coughlin with a
15-0 record for the season.
Local high school will not advance
to the districts this week at Frances
Slocum State Park.
Results of the meet were Chris
DeCinti (C) 15:03, Bob McFadden
(M) 15:37, Andy Krawczeniuk (M)
15:49, Paul Gates (C) 16:03, Dave
Janiczek (LL) 16:15, Dave Radom:
ski (LL( 16:31, Ned Featherstone
(C) 16:32, Ken Serafin (C) 16:32,
Don Ide (LL) 16:34, Doug
McFadden (M) 16:42, J.D. Roskos
(LL) 16:52, Steve Mykulyn (C)
17:03, Soren Clausen (C) 17:10, Mike
Floria (C) 17:12 and Steve Shemo
(M) 17:15.
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“Our girls played very well but it
was a slow moving game with
Wyoming Seminary ending in a 1-1
tie. Seminary was coming off their
game with Moravian so I don’t
know whether they were tired and
our girls slowed down to their pace
or not,”’ said Lake-Lehman field
hockey coach Jean Lipski.
“Our game Wednesday with GAR
moved at a faster pace with our
girls winning 4-2. The Grenadiers
scored both of their goals in the
second half.”
The Knights moved out to a 3-0
lead at halftime with Sandy Dicton
scoring the first goal two minutes
into the first half. Sue Bonsavage
made it 2-0 five minutes into the
first half and at the 23 minute mark
Sue Dicton made it 3-0 for the
Knights.
Laurie Lewis scored two goals for
the Grenadiers in the second half
but Lake-Lehman’s Kim Fey topped
it off with a goal 18 minutes into the
half. Fey also had an assist on Sue
Dicton’s goal.
The Knights had 22 shots on goal,
five saves and five corners. GAR
had eight shots ‘on goal, six saves
and three corners.
The Lady Knights’ 1-1 tie with
Wyoming Seminary dashed Semi-
nary’s hopes for a chance at the
league title. rl
The Lake-Lehman girls went in
front 1-0 23 minutes into the first
half on an unassisted goal by Sue
Bonsavage. They held the lead until
two minutes before the end of the
first half when Seminary’s Debra
Petrucelli scored unassisted. The
game was practically on an equal
level with the Knights getting 15
shots on goal, Seminary 14; Lake-
Lehman 11 saves, Seminary 10;
Lehman eight corners, Seminary
seven.
‘The girls played extremely well
last wseek and put in a lot of team
work. Kelly Wendel, our sweep, was
fantastic just as she has been all
season. We have one game remain-
ing with Bishop O'Reilly. It should
be an exciting meet. If we win our
record will be 9-5-2, not bad for the
girls for their first year with a new
coach.” :
— CHARLOT M. DENMON
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Statf Correspondent
Lake-Lehman High School senior
Ronda Hudzik not only qualified to
participate in the high school state
competition recently at Carlisle
Country Club; she also earned the
distinction of being the first Lake-
Lehman High School golfer to qual-
ify for the state competition.
Ronda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Hudzik, played on the high
school’s boys varsity golf team for
the past two years. She played in
the District 2 playoffs where she
shot a 109, tying her for sixth place
with a girl from Carbondale High
School. Ronda defeated her to
advance as sixth golfer to the state
competition.
In state competition, Ronda shot a
113 the first day which placed her 42
in a field of 69 golfers. She realized
she had no chance of placing in the
top three so declined playing the
second day due to inclement
weather.
Her high school coach, Michael
Sharok, admires Ronda’s achieve-
ment since she has played golf for
only the past two years. She has had
no lessons from a golf pro. learning
under the direction of Coach
Sharok.
A natural athlete, Ronda has
played a major role in girls’ athlet-
ics at Lake-Lehman. She has been a
member of the high school basket-
ball and softball teams since a
freshman.
As a forward on the school’s
basketball team; Ronda was respon-
sible for many of the team’s victo-
ries and in her junior year was
named to WyomingValley’s All-Star
team.
Ronda plays centerfield on the
softball team and in her sophomore
year received honorable mention as
an All Star. Last season, she was
named to the All Star first team.
Not only does she excel as an
athlete but Ronda is an honor stu-
dent. For the past four years her
name has been on the honors listat
Lake-Lehman High School. She
plans to attend college following
graduation and major in nursing
education.
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BETH
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FINN
girl wins
By JOAN KINGSBURY
Staff Correspondent
Beth Finn, daughter of Mr. and |
Mrs. James Finn of Dallas, recently
captured top honors at the State 4-H
Horse Show in Harrisburg when she
won first place in the Pony Working
Hunter Class riding Short and
Sassy. ;
Beth, who has been riding since
the age of 3, has won 104 ribbons in
two summers of competition riding
English style. She has competed in
horse shows in Lehman, Danville,
Dalton and Idetown, as well as
competing in districts for two years,
but this is her first 4-H state compe-
tition. She received a Grand Cham-
pion ribbon and a pewter tray for
her state win. i
The Dallas resident also rides
Western style or Gaming. For this
form of riding, she rides her Appa-
also received numerous ribbons for
this riding technique. B
Beth became interested in riding
when Jane Morris, a ‘close family
friend, introduced her to horses
when Beth was just a toddler.
Beth’s pony Short and Sassy was
trained by Jane. Short and Sassy is
the colt of Aliquippa Lonewood,
once owned by Jane. Aliquippa
Lonewood is now owned by Chris
McLaughlin and was ridden in state
competition at the Harrisburg show.
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Beth began competing through
Jane’s encouragement and is now a
member of the Riding Ho 4-H Club,
ywell, Butch Grey and Mr. Camp-
bell. Other local youngsters who
qualified for states are Amy Hone-
ywell, Chris McLaughlin, Marcy
Brown, Christy Campbell and Renee
Strauser. Beth has taken riding
lessons from Debbie Atherholt for
four years.
Currently in the process of train-
ing a horse, The King’s Revenue,
Beth calls winning at a State
Horse Show, ‘“‘A great experience”
and while she was. at states, she
credits her friend ‘Patty Rish with
helping to see that everything went
just right; holding her horse for:
her; getting up with Beth at 4
o’clock so that she could practice at
5:30 in the arena.
Beth, 14, is a ninth grader at
Lake-Lehman High School. She
plays softball, hockey and last year
starred as Aunt Polly in the musical
Tom Sawyer. Most of Beth’s time is
devoted to caring for her horses.
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