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PETES
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Following last Saturday night's scrimmage against
Baptist Bible College at Lake-Lehman High School,
College Misericordia’s newly-appointed boys basket-
ball coach views his position as a challenge...a
challenge he faces with enthusiasm.
“We have 10 eligible players,” said Robert Nape.
“All of them enthusiastic and willing to work hard.
They did well in Saturday’s scrimmage and they all
played.
“I’m pleased with the men and their response and
quick transition to new techniques. They have a lot of
talent but need to improve. Our goal will be to play to
our potential and be competitive with local teams. I'm
making no predictions, we’ll take one game at a time.
We have a good group and we will surprise some
people.”
Nape, whose appointment was announced last week,
is a Scranton resident, where he works with the
Scranton Department of Recreation and is co-founder
of the Scranton Summer Basketball League.
A 1975 graduate of Hartwick College with a degree
in- sociology, Nape is no stranger to basketball. He
coached junior varsity basketball at Hartwick from
Minors pro team in the Professional Atlantic Basket-
ball Association.
Nape’s assistant will be George Aldrich of Avoca.
Aldrich is a 1982 graduate of King’s College where he
was the second highest all-time scorer and selected by
opposing coaches as MVP of the Mid-Atlantic Confer-
ence. He also received All American honorable men-
tion in Division III. Aldrich works with the Luzerne
County Office of Domestic Relations.
“I am delighted that Aldrich is working as my
assistant,” said Nape. ‘He and I are close friends and
I have the greatest respect for his ability. He will
make some excellent contributions to the Program at
Misericordia.”’
As the schedule was set up prior to Nape’s
appointment, there are 18 games left on the schedule.
Nape believes the schedule is too crowded and will try
to eliminate some if possible, and come up with a
possible 14 games which will average two or three
games each week.
Nape replaces Joseph ‘‘Red” Jones, who resigned
recently due to increasing responsibilities in his full-
time employment in addition to coaching, recruiting
and school district demands.
College Misericordia’s Boys Highlanders play in
Division III of the ECAC, Division 19 of the NAIA and
Two weeks of bowling during the
holidays found few bowlers break-
ing high scores in the Back Mt.
Church League. Prior to Christmas
Eve, B. Williams 534 was high for 10
men as he led Dallas A to four
points from Trucksville B. Carver-
ton B shut out Carverton A with no
one able to hit 500 and Trucksville C
blanked East Dallas with the same
luck. C. Molley toppled pins for 513
to pace Shavertown A to taking all
from Maple Grove and T. Wilson's
236 was wasted as his Lutherans
dropped three points to Shavertown
A. F. Cornell spilled pins for 548 and
C. Cyphers rolled 521 as Cornell’s
Orange B men divided evenly with
Cyphers’ Orange A.
Prior to New Year's Eve,
Cyphers’ 518 led Orange A to shut-
ting out Shavertown A while the
Lutherans took four by forfeit from
Carverton A with B. Monk scatter-
ing pins for 222 (545). C. Kazokas
was the big gun for the night hitting
595 to lead Shavertown B to picking
up four from Carverton B. Team-
mate D. Wright rolled 574 to aid the
cause. B. Williams had a good night
for Dallas A spilling pins for 539 to
help his men take three from
three from East Dallas and Trucks-
ville B divided with Maple Grove.
In the Bowlerette League, Tom
Reese girls blanked Franklin’s' and
the Hoagie Bar picked up three
points from Brent Long with none of
the girls able to solve the lanes for
better than 164.
The Christmas Spirit must have
overshadowed even the major
league bowlers becaue in two weeks
of competition there were only 18
respectable 500 series and just one
600. G.H. Harris men took all from
the Hambos paced by D. Purvin’s
556. K. orkwis tumped pins for 587,
K. Spencer toppled them for 225
(542) and F. Cornell rolled 540 to aid
Charlies All Stars in taking three
from Sweet Valley Outfitters whose
Glen Mazer posted 544. J. Roan
walloped the woods for 200-200-206
(606) to pace Brown’s Oil to three
points from the Beach Combers
while Back Mt. Sporting Goods
copped three from the Bermudas.
The next week Brown’s Oil shut
out the Hambos sparked by Roan’s
536. Charlies All stars made it three
over the Sporting Goods five led by
K. Spencer’s 566. EF. Cornell gave
531 and C. Williams 523. S. Wickard
hit 530 for the losing five. Bermudas
took three from Sweet Valley Outfit-
ters with J. Pearson turning in 529.
Glen Mazer gave the Outfitters 527.
Beach Combers copped two and one
half points from G.H. Harris despite
the Harris team having A. Wendel’s
232 (595), C. Kazokas’ 545 and D.
Purvin’s 520. B. Harris led the
winning five with 533.
Sally Johnson slammed the pins
for 233 (559) and I. Katyl hit them
for 193-172 (493) to lead American
Building in taking three from
Mahaffey Oil in the Imperialette
League. Gale Bachman scattered
pins for 173-174 (472) for the oil
company. The following week John-
son rolled 174 (477) and Katyl
posted 173 but it wasn’t enough as
they dropped three points to Sca-
vone Motors who were led by K.
Scavone’s 174. M. Neifert tumbled
pins for 173-171-189 (533) for Hum-
phrey’s Apparel but her scores were
wasted when the Jean Shop took
three by consistent bowling. The
following week Jean Shop forfeited
four points to Mahaffey Oil despite
J. Mekeel’s 172 (480). J. Clark’s 194
(503) paced Lombardo Bakery to
three points from Scavone Motors
despite K. Scavone’s 480. The fol-
lowing week the bakery team shut
out Humphrey’s Apparel.
In Bonomo’s Mixed League, Ken
Spencer’s 537 was wasted when his
Maniacs had to forfeit to the Half-
breeds. D. Wright's 517 led the
Halfwits to three points from the
“A” Team.
In the Lake-Noxen Elementary
PTA basketball league, the Sonics
defeated the Hawks 19-17. High
scorer for the Sonics was Mike
Simonson with eight points, while
Mike Taylor made seven points for
the Hawks.
In the next game, the Warriors
defeated the Bucks 24-10. Mike
Barber and Mike Stratko both with
12 points each for high scorers for
the Warriors, while Aaron Montrose
scored four points for the Bucks.
In the last game of the evening, it
was the Knicks over the 76’ers 21-10.
High scorer for the Knicks was
Jason Grady with 10 points while
T.J. Zerfos scored nine points for
the 76’ers.
In the opening game on Jan. 3, it
was the Hawks defeating the War-
riors, 24-19. High scorer for the
Hawks was Billy Vigarito with 10
points while Mike Barber scored
nine points for the Warriors.
In the next game of the evening,
the Knicks beat the Bucks, 12-8.
High scorer for the Knicks was
Todd Dwyer with 10 points and for
the Bucks, Aaron Montrose with six
points.
In the final game of the evening,
the Sonics beat the 76’ers, 25-10.
High scorer for the Sonics was Mike
Leahy with 11 points, while T.J.
Zerfoss had six points for the 76’ers.
Rocky Bonomo, former state
championship wrestler from Lake-
Lehman High School, captured the
126-pound title at the 51st Annual
/
held last weekend.
Bonomo, currently a member of
the Bloomsburg University wres-
tling team, defeated Kris Rowlette,
a Wilkes College alumnus, 13-5, in
the semi-final round.
The Lehman grad then defeated
Pittsburgh’s Kyle Nellis, 9-1, to win
the championship bout.
Wilkes-Barre Fats
By LEE L. RICHARDS
Sports Columnist
College football is finished for another year and I'm
still a mite riled and confused over the final polls - and
there is enough of them. I've come to one conclusion,
win on
New Year’s Day against
anyone and you're going
to get a good ranking,
perhaps even a national
crown.
For four months, polls-
ters ranked Nebraska No.
1. For four months, these
same know-it-alls heaped
accolades on the Huskers. Some even called them the
greatest team ever assembled.
So the Huskers ran into Miami with a passing game
the likes they couldn’t defend against if they played a
bunch of times. I predicted the Huskers to win a
squeeker, 33-30. I'd given Miami a better than even
chance if Speedy Neal or their middle guard Tony
Fitzpatrick could play. Well Fitzpatrick played, Neal
didn’t but it didn’t matter because the passing
brilliance of Bernie Kosar was enough.
It was a magnificent football game, but the Huskers
deserved better for their gut-check comeback with
Mike Rozier, the No. 1 player as selected by many of
these same grid authorities, on the pency almost all of
the second half.
It didn’t matter that Coach Tom Osborne went for
the two-point try and the win, when all he had to do
was boot through the PAT for a tie and the title. If the
Huskers make the deuce, its 63 points total. I wonder
if Rozier is in the game whether they run QB Turner
Gill on the option and Rozier takes the pitch and
grinds in for the victory?
It’s all irrevelant now. The pollsters gave us
Georgia, Clemson and Penn State last year was about
to corwn another ‘Fantasy Chump.’
Forget that Miami was blown away in its opener 28-3
by Florida.
Forget that Miami wound up playing only five
winning teams all season and only two would make the
final top 20.
It’s immaterial that Miami becomes the first college
grid champ to lose a game by 25 points! The
Hurricanes take the record away from the ’82 Penn
State team which bowed to Alabama, 42-21.
1. ;
I assumed nobody but a few even took the time to
sort things out and discover Auburn’s opponents’ won-
loss record was the best in the country (81-45-3) not
counting Michigan. Auburn played six ranked teams
and eight bowl teams. That doesn’t matter. :
It doesn’t matter that Miami struggled against
Cincinnati, 17-7; Florida ST., 17-16 and East Carolina,
12-7.
Lo
The football fans were duped!
Just sit back and evaluate the final rankings. It’,
obvious the guys casting the final selections lost vie:
of their objectives. Teams beat teams during the
regular season, but were ranked below them in the
final standings.
How can Boston College, a one-point loser to Notre
Dame, wind up behind Alabama, and Penn State, two
teams the Eagles whipped in convincing fashion?
Tenessee beat the Tide in Birmingham and posted a
nifty 9-3 mark and didn’t even make the UPI ranking.
That group is a Humpty-Dumpty lot anyhow.
Napoleon said, ‘From the sublime to the ridiculous
is but a step.”
UPI ranked Ohio State 8th, Michigan 9th and Illinois
10th. Maybe I didn’t catch those scores right, but
Illinois won the Big 10, beating both Ohio State and
Michigan. UPI does cover the games and sends out the
scores. Also, Michigan beat Ohio State in its™final
regular season game. Oh, those games don’t matter
any more so starting next year we won’t keep score.
“UCLA is an ordinary football team at best. During
the season UCLA lost to Georgia, Nebraska 42-10,
BYU, Arizona and tied ASU.
The Bruins go into the Rose Bow and dustoff a Big
10 dud and jumps all the way to 13th in the UPI poll
with a sloppy 7-4-1 mark? !
The N.Y. Times’ computer selected Auburn No. 1. If
Miami is going to lay claim to the title, then Auburn
deserves a piece, too. But realistically, I'd still rate
Nebraska the best of them all.
If any of the four polls that I researched had any
consistency it was USA Today-ENN Top 25. The AP
and UPI resembled an epidemic of crudeness. :
It’s obvious the winners in some bowls are
rewarded, while the losers are buried. There's too
many inadequacies in the system.
The players are the ones getting the raw end of the
deal. lB [
If an efficiency study was done by a group of non- es
sports buffs on the pollsters, I guarantee you they’d
give 'em all the hook after this fiasco.
I did predict back in August in my first super seven
that Auburn would be No. 1. i
What’s my final Super Seven? How about this: 1--
None available; TIE, 2-Nebraska 12-1, Auburn 11-1 and. |
Miami 11-1; 5-Georgia 11-1, 6-Florida 9-2-1; 7-Clemson *
9-1-1. 0 ~
Meanwhile, how many fans watched all of the bowl:
games? I did. I used two TV sets on New Year’s Day. |
I had a sorry 8-7 record in my bowl selections, while: .
the Wizard of Odds turned in a 7-8 mark. It was fun."
and if you'd have bet my selections, even the ones that
went down, you'd have made some bucks because. *
even some of the losers covered the spread.
The SEC went 5-2 in the bowls, the Big 10 1-3, WAC
2-0, Big 8 1-3, ACC 0-2, East 2-2 and the SWC 0-3.
Speaking of the SWC, Texas howed to Georgia and
Alabama clobbered SMU. There’s is no question that.
the SEC is the toughest conference this time around,
but it didn’t matter to the pollsters! 5
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