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. By CHARLOT M. DENMON
¥ Staff Correspondent
Dallas High School senior Jill
Radzinski is one of Luzerne-
Lackawanna County field hockey
players to make the Regional 2
team which will compete in the
Third Annual Keystone State
Games, Aug. 10 through 12, at
State . College. Jill, along with
Diane Madl of Crestwood and
Robyn Bailey of Abington
Heights, will play in the final
competition opening Friday
night, Aug. 10, at Penn State's
University Park.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Radzinski of Dallas,
was a member of the Dallas
High School varsity team during
her sophomore and junior year.
She also played field hockey
during her three years at Dallas
Junior High School.
She played at different posi-
tions, but always on the forward
line. ‘This past season, the high
school team was District II
champions for the first time and
lost its bid for the state title
when it was defeated by a strong
State College team. During the
season, Jill scored 13 goals and
led the Conference in assists. She
was named to the Wyoming
Valley All Star team, the only
junior named to the first team.
Jill was entered in the Key-
stone State qualifying trials by
her coach, Miss Robyn Jones,
and survived the cut after the
first games of the trials at East
Stroudsburg. Following the first
cut, the 60 girls surviving played
a second series of Round Robin
games at Kirby Park on June 29.
Jill was one of the 15 girls
selected for the Regional 2 team
which will compete at University
Park. Prior to the final competi-
tion, the team will practice alter-
nately at Reading and Lancaster
under Coaches Angie Stikleitis of
Lancaster, and Ginny Habakus
of Reading.
The players comprising the
Regional 2 team are from the
Lancaster-Fredericksburg area,
Reading-Kutztown area, Easton-
Bethlehem-Allentown area and
Luzerne-Lackawanna County
area.
The games are patterned after
the Olympics and the girls will
be aiming for gold medals.
Jill also plays softball and, this
past season, was named to the
varsity All-Scholastic team.
During her junior year, she
played third base and the year
previously played shortstop.
She also plays softball during
the summer for the Daddow-
Isaacs American Legion team in
the Woman's Slo-Pitch League.
Jill received a varsity letter
during the 1983-84 season as a
member of the high school var-
sity basketball team where she
played guard. An honor student,
this year she was named to
“Who’s Who Among American
High School Students’.
Jill enjoys all sports but field
hockey is her favorite and hopes
that her ability in the sport,
coupled with her academic
achievements, will earn her a
scholarship following graduation
next June.
“I am happy that my coach
entered me as a candidate in the
games,’’ said Jill. “I also want to
express my appreciation to Lake-
Lehman’s Coach Jean Lipski,
who allowed me to practice with
Kelly Wandel and Sandy Dicton,
two of her team's members who
were entered in the trials. With-
out that opportunity to practice I
probably would not have been
able to play as well as I did in
the qualifying rounds. I also
thank Lynn Coury, who gra-
ciously offered to take me to the
first tryouts.”
Jill has two older brothers,
both of whom were members of
the Dallas High School track
team, but Jill appears to be the
most interested in athletics and
plans to participate in hockey,
softball and basketball during
her senior year.
said.
Boat Pennsylvania magazine, the
Pennsylvania Fish Commission’s
new magazine for powerboaters,
canoeists, ayakers, sailors, rafters,
and water skiers, got a ‘‘go”’
recently to commence with
bimonthly publication. According to
Art Michaels, editor of Pennsyl-
vania Angler and Boat Pennsyl-
vania, “The Commission authorized
publication of the May-June issue to
test the market. The decision to
proceed with bimonthly publication
was based on the favorable number
~ Bass fishermen have been
besieged by what many have
referred to as the monsoon season
throughout the Commonwealth. An
uncommonly wet and often cold
early summer has rendered rivers,
streams and even lakes, high and
off-colored, and while some bass
fishermen have been able to sneak
off and enjoy some good fishing
during those rare days when every-
thing was back to normal, the week-
end angler has been greeted by rain
and more rain.
The high water levels have actu-
ally delayed the best bass fishing of
the year, and according to Pennsyl-
vania Fish Commission conserva-
tion officers, as river levels drop
and water temperatures rise to near
Lake-Lehman
sets physicals
Rodger Bearde, athletic director
announced the following schedule
for sports physicals:
Tuesday, July 24, 1:30 p.m., boys’
cross country; Tuesday July 31, 1:30
p.m., football and Tuesday, Aug. 7,
1:30 p.m., golf.
Parent permission slips may be
obtained at the Lake-Lehman High
School office.
Classified
Deadline
Thursday S p.m.
of subscription requests the Com-
mission’s been receiving.”
Boat Pennsylvania magazine is a
trend-setter. It’s the first nonan-
gling boating magazine published
by a conservation agency in the
country. According to Ralph W.
Abele, executive director of the
Commission, ‘‘State agencies
nationwide are looking closely at
Boat Pennsylvania because it's such
a successful prototype.
Subscriptions for the bimonthly
magazine have been set at $11 for
the 80 degree mark, Keystone state
smallmouths should go on a feeding
spree that will provide the best bass
fishing of the year.
One of the best fishing rivers in
the Commonwealth, the Susque-
hanna, is usually at its best when
water levels fall to the 3.5 foot mark
at the Harrisburg measuring sta-
tion, but the river has not yet even
reached the 4 foot stage. And high
waters have plagued the remainder
of the state as well.
While the early season fishing has
primarily been a live bait show
(minnows, worms, crayfish) anglers
who prefer to fish artificials should
soon get their chance. According to
the Commission's Angler Recogni-
tion Program, top fish getters
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three years (18 issues) and $4 for
one year (6 issues). Single issues
(cover price is 80 cents) are availa-
ble at regional Fish Commission
offices and at some selected mari-
nas, marine supply stores, and
sporting goods establishments. Sub-
scription orders should be sent with
checks or money orders made paya-
ble to the Pennsylvania Fish Com-
mission to: Boat PA Circulation,
Pennsylvania Fish Commission,
P.O. Box 1673, Harrisburg, PA
17105-1673.
inlcude Jitterbugs, Rapalas, white
spinnerbaits, black rubber worms,
Mr. Twisters, and a variety of deer
hair jigs.
For those anglers who haven't
developed a favorite spot, or if
the Commission produces a pam-
phlet entitled, ‘Bass Hotspots of
Pennsylvania’. It is available free
of charge simply by sending a
stamped, legal size, self-addressed
envelope to: Bass Hotspots, Penn-
sylvania Fish Commission, P.O.
Box 1673, Harrisburg, PA 17105.
Yes, the best is yet to come, and
as the waters drop and the tempera-
ture rises, the smallmouth bass will
be on the prowl.
Wilkes-Barre Fats
By LEE L. RICHARDS
Sports Columnist
— Why isn’t Phil Rizzuto in the
— Why does the New York media
always over hype certain athletes
that would be ordinary at best say
in Kansas City?
— Why does the ——
NFL make such a .
big deal over
signing: free
agents when they
get only a quickie
look the first
couple of weeks
pre-season
camp?
Why the
USFL would even
consider going to the fall and butt
heads with the NFL? :
— When will baseball return the
voting to the players so they can
come up with a credible method in
putting the best players on the field
for the All-Star contest?
— Why are a large majority of the
owners in professional sports such
rinky-dinks when it comes to han-
dling their respective teams in a
professional way?
— One way to keep the pay
structure in pro sports in perspec-
tive is to pay everyone the same,
but put all types of incentives in
their contracts?
— Was there ever any doubt that
NCAA would lose its hold on college
football once the Supreme Court
reviewed the previous structure?
— Why isn’t there any luge races
in the summer Olympics? They
could use wheels couldn’t they?
— Can anyone tell me who won
the gold medal in the recent winter
Olympic games in the luge?
— Will there be a decline in
college football popularity with all
of the expected exposure with TV?
— Will the NCAA tell Walter
Byers to hit theroad and bring in a
new director?
— Wonder how the Red Pros feel
about not coming to the Olympic
games and does anyone care?
— I'm still trying to figure out
how baseball people could have
picked my Pirates to win the NL
east?
— Will Dallas and Lake-Lehman
enjoy winning campaigns in football
this season?
— How much will Coughlin miss
J.P. Meck as its head football
coach?
— mWill Wilkes College finally
enjoy some success on the grid
iron?
— Will the Colonels make it
through an entire year without one
of their athletes being ruled ineligi-
ble?
— Will Lake-Lehman enjoy
another title chase in wrestling?
— Will there be a true national
champion in collegiate football this
season or will the pollsters give us
another ‘paper champ’ like the pre-
vious four years?
— Will Jack Nicklaus win this
week’s British Open?
— Will I ever find a putter that
will roll in some long putts?
Will Penn State make it
through the upcoming grid season
without having some controversy
over the officiating in Beaver Sta-
dium?
— Will Pitt's Bill Fralick receive
voted the Heisman Trophy?
— How many USFL teams will
still be around in three years?
more stable USFL teams?
— How many NFL coaches will
get the hook this coming season?
— Was there ever a better per-
former in the All-Star games than
Willie Mays? :
— Will Ron Solt really come to
terms with Jug Head Bob Isray and
the Colts?
— Does any league work harder
than the Back Mountain Little
League in preparing its youngsters?
— Is there a more dedicated
roundball coach around than
Rodger Bearde?
— Will Irem Temple Country Club
ever get the championship boards
back in the grillroom listing the
various champions at the local
course?
— Will Back Mountain grid buffs
ever see a team as complete as the
'72 Dallas Mountaineers?
Wilkes College head soccer coach
Phil Wingert has designed the first
soccer camp at Wilkes College to
benefit youth players of all ages and
skill levels. The Colonel Day Camp,
Aug. 13-17 has a session for players
aged 8 to 10 from 8:30 a.m. to noon,
while a session for children aged 11
to 14 will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Each session will be divided into
four activity periods: skills, soccer
games, tactics-positional instruction
and scrimmage matches. Funda-
mental skills and techniques will be
introduced and developed while
emphasis will be on realistic skill
sequences. A clear understanding of
the role of your position on the
team, its skill requirements and
tactical applications will be cov-
ered. Positional instruction will
include goalkeepers, forwards, mid-
fielders and defenders.
Participants will be exposed to
numerous soccer-type games and
each day will conclude with scrim-
mage matches on full-sized fields in
the Ralston Field Complex, behind
Kirby Park. Camper to instructor
ratio will be 11 to 1. The teaching
staff will be composed of current
and former college coaches and
current college players.
Entering his third year at Wilkes,
Wingert co-directs a camp in Vir-
ginia and is a clinician at camps in
CT, PA and VA with seven years of
camp experience. Before joining the
Wilkes staff in 1982 he coached
three years at a NY high school and
served as an assistant one year in
Virginia Tech's Division I program.
He recently completed work on the
United States Soccer Federation's
“A" coaching license, the highest
currently offered by the USSF.
Further information and registra-
tion forms may be obtained by
contacting Wingert at Wilkes Col-
lege, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 or
calling 824-4651, ext. 444.
The Wilkes-Barre Letter Carriers
will sponsor their Fourth Annual
Charity Softball Tournament on Sat-
urday and Sunday, Aug. 4 and 5.
Proceeds from the tournament will
benefit the Muscular Dystrophy
Association.
The tournament will be a double
elimination event and ASA umpires
will be provided. Entry fee is $85
and one new softball per team.
Four cash prizes will be awarded.
The 1984 Palmer Women’s Soft-
ball Tournament will be held on
Saturday, and Sunday, Aug. 4 and 5,
with the raindates scheduled for
Aug. 11 and 12.
Entry fee is $60 plus one Dudley
First place will receive $400, second
place, $300; third place, $200 and
fourth place, $100. Prize money will
be based on 20 teams entered.
Trophies will be awarded to the
first three place teams, along with
an MVP and an all-tournament
team trophies.
The tournament is open to class C
& D teams only. Teams will not be
allowed to have an B ballplayers on
their roster, but will be allowed to
Day-Night Softball per team. The
tournament will be a bracket tour-
nament if at least 12 teams enter
and all teams will be guaranteed to
play four games, providing there
are 12 teams in the competition.
Tee-shirts and trcphies will be
pick up players for the tournament.
Rosters will be checked before
every game and anyone not playing =
in accordance with the tournament
rules will be disqualified. :
Entry deadline is August 1. For
more information, contact Danny
Doughlas at 822-0434 or Bert Pear-
son at 824-3693 after 6 p.m.
All games will be played at Kirby
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presented to the winning team with “
trophies also being presented to the
second and third place teams. %
Deadline for entry fee is July 31.
For more information, call 252-6134
or 759-0576.
Swimming is the healthiest and
most popular sport in the United
States today, with record numbers
of Americans being drawn to the
water for fun and fitness.
While swimming is the ideal phys-
ical activity because of its tremen-
dous return on your physical invest-
ment, there's more to swimming
fitness than just throwing on a suit
and jumping in. Like any activity
there’s a right and wrong way to
approach the sport.
Swimming Preliminaries:
Swimming uses nearly all of your
body’s muscles. What's more, it's
one of the best cardiovascular con-
ditioners around, improving the
ability of your heart, lungs and
blood vessels to deliver oxygen
throughout the body.
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breaststroke--to begin generating
the greatest results from your time
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If you're swimming for overall
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How Safe is the Water?
While you've heard warnings
about not swimming alone, or after
eating, the purity of the water you
swim in should be of equal concern.
For example, water is an ideal
breeding ground for backteria and
other harmful microorganisms.
Therefore, chlorine is added to pool
water to inhibit this growth and
make it safe for you.
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