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Sandy Dicton
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Few of the fans, while watching
Coach Jean Lipski’s Lake-Lehman
Knights continue to shutout their
opponents in field hockey, realize
the key role played by the thin,
blonde midfielder.
Sandy Dicton, who has been play-
ing field hockey since she was a
junior high school student, went
unnoticed for several years playing
in the shadow of her sister, Susie,
Kim Fey and several other players
now graduated.
Nevertheless, during the past
three years, she has been playing
midfielder position, giving consist-
ent support to the team. This
season, Sandy’s ability has gained
the attention of other teams and
coaches around the Valley as well
as that of several college scouts.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Dicton of Fieldcrest Manor,
Sandy is a senior at Lake-Lehman
High School where she is enrolled in
the college prep course. A member
of the National Honor Society, she
has a 3.7 grade point average which
she hopes will help her in attaining
a scholarship following graduation
from high school.
Sandy’s sister, Susan, is now a
freshman at Wilkes, majoring in
computer science. Like Sandy,
Susan was an outstanding athlete.
Both girls have been interested in
sports since very young children.
Sandy attributes their interest to the
enthusiasm shown by their father,
who is an avid golfer.
A three-sport letterman, Sandy
plays varsity field hockey, basket-
ball and softball. Presently, she is
learning to play golf, practicing on
the driving range.
This season, Sandy was leading
scorer on the field hockey team
after their game with Abington
Heights, with five goals and three
assists. A four-year letterwinner in
hockey, Sandy also played junior
high school hockey under Coach
Jean Lipski. In senior high, she
played for the first two years under
Coach Jane Morris.
Sandy has lettered for three years
in basketball which is coached by
Joe Martini. She also played basket-
ball in junior high school and
always the same position — for-
ward. Last season, their team won
the Conference and the District 2
titles. The team went on to win their
first game but lost the second.
“That game I like to put out of
my mind,” said Sandy.
. In the spring, Sandy plays on the
varsity softball team, coached by
Flossie Finn. She also played on the
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softball team coached by Charlotte
Slocum. Sandy plays first base and
was on the team that went to States
in 1983.
“I think playing on both teams
helped develop my ability as a first
baseman,” said Sandy. ‘‘Last
season, our high school softball
team won the Division title and then
took the District title by defeating
Bishop O‘Hara. Then we lost to
Wallenpaupack.”’
When asked to what she attributes
the hockey team’s success, Sandy
said she believes the fact that the
girls have been playing together as
a team since junior high is a major
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factor. Sandy said they have
learned to play as a team and
support each other in developing
skills. Sandy also believes it is
much the same with basketball and
softball.
“We didn’t play softball in junior
high but most of us were together in
the Back Mountain Baseball, Inc.
League,” she said.
Sandy likes all sports, but her
favorite is hockey because she is
able to develop individual skills. It
is a thinking game, not just power
or strength, Sandy said, but a game
where finesse is needed.
She runs durii.g the summer to
help keep in top physical condition.
Sandy plans to attend college and
is interested in numerous colleges.
Among those she has visited are the
University of Delaware, Lehigh and
Ursinus but she is still looking.
Although she is undecided about a
major, she is leaning toward physi-
cal therapy. She hopes to receive a
scholarship, either for her academic
ability or her athletic ability and
believes she stands the best chance
in hockey for an athletic scholar-
ship.
“Scouts usually look for pitchers
for softball, not first baseman, and
not too many scholarships are
handed out for basketball,” Sandy
says, realistically casing the situa-
tion.
Sandy Dicton will finish with what
she wants — we don’t doubt that.
Cage registration
The Back Mountain Youth Bas-
ketball Organization will hold its
player registration for the
upcoming 1984-85 instructional
season. Sign ups will be held on
Monday, Oct. 22 and Friday, Oct.
26 at the American Legion Post,
Dallas from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
The basketball program is
open to boys and girls from the
fourth through seventh grades,
and is geared for the child inter-
ested in learning the game of
basketball. Instructions will be
held on Wednesday evenings at
Dallas Jr. High School gym
beginning November 7 with two
sessions each evening.
October 22 and 26 will be the
only two dates to register for the
program. No registrations will be
accepted after Oct. 26. Registra-
tion fee is $12 per child with each
participant receiving a basket-
ball T-shirt for the program.
Season concludes in February
with a pizza party for all partici-
pants.
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Slips by Northwest
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The Lake-Lehman’s girls field hockey team ran its
shutout record to 9-0 last Friday by blanking North-
west, 1-0, on the losers’ home field.
“It wasn’t easy,” said Coach Jean Lipski. ‘“North-
west girls are very aggressive and they played very
well. They have a tough field to play on because they
use their football field. We had many hits called back
because they were termed dangerous. We had two hits
called back in the first half which would have been
goals, making the score 3-0.
“Our girls played very aggressively and continued
their outstanding team play. The win puts us half way
through the league season.”
The Knights posted their eighth shutout on Monday,
Sept. 24, blanking Bishop O’Reilly, 6-0. Billie Jo Sorber
and Kelly Wandel led the scoring with two goals each.
Sorber, on an assist by Wandel, scored the first goal
7:30 into the first half to give Lake-Lehman a 1-0 lead.
Wandel scored unassisted 10:00 into the first half and
Sorber scored a second goal, also unassisted, 15:00
into the half.
Sandy Dicton scored, assisted by Sorber, 23:30 into
the half to put the score at 4-0 then 26:00 into the half
Wandel scored again to push the score to 5-0 on an
assist by Dicton.
Both teams went scoreless until 23:00 into the second
half, Shari Cross scored the lone goal of the half with
an assist by Dicton. The win kept the Lady Knights in
the lead in Division AA and the overall standings of
the Wyoming Valley Conference.
Knight goalie Cindy Slocum had one save, O’Reilly’s
goalie Connolly had 16. The Knights had 18 shots on
goal, O’Reilly had only seven. Lady Knights had 10
corners, O'Reilly had nine.
In Friday’s game, it was Kelly Wandel with an
assist by Sandy Dicton who scored the only goal 10:39
into the second half at Northwest.
Lehman’s goalie Cindy Slocum had four saves as did
Northwest goal keeper Lisa Vandermark. Both teams
had seven shots on goal. Northwest had six corners,
the Knights had four.
This week the Lady Knights are scheduled to play
GAR, Coughlin and Dallas as they begin the second
half of the Wyoming Valley Conference play with
their record at 8-0-1.
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Mount Jill Radzinski and Comet Robin Bailey tied
with two goals each.
Abington took a 2-0 lead in the first half when Robin
Bailey, with an assist by Brandes, scored 2:30 into the
half. Jennifer Bond put the score at 2-0 at 13:30 into
the first half with an assist by Jodi Brandes. Robin
Pawling cut the Comets lead to 2-1 in the first half
when she put one past goalie Florey 25:30 into the half
on an assist by Kim Rinehimer.
Radzinski tied it up at 2-2 at the 4:30 mark in the
second half when she shot one by Florey, assisted by
Diane Chismer, then put the Lady Mounts in front 3-2
when she scored 5:20 into the second half on an assist
by Chismer.
The Lady Mounts lead was shortlived when Bailey
scored 13:00 into the second half to tie up the game at
3-3.
The tie leaves the Mountaineers in second place in
Division AA with a 6-1-2 record. Abington Heights is 2-
2-4.
While Lake-Lehman’s Lady Knights were idle on
Wednesday, the Dallas girls shut out Wyoming Valley
West 2-0 with Linda King scoring the first goal which
was enough to win for the Lady Mountaineers.
King, with an assist from Jill Radzinski scored the
goal 24:00 into the first half to give Dallas a 1-0 lead.
The goal proved to be enough to give the Mountaineers
the game but Diane Chismer scored unassisted at
16:30 into the second half to ice the cake for her
teammates.
Dallas goalkeeper Barbara Davies had one ave for
the team. The Spartans goalie Michelle Janoviak
eight shots on goal while Valley West had none. Dallas
outdid the Spartans 10 to 2 on corners.
The Mountaineers shut out Meyers 5-0 on Friday
paced by Jill Radzinski’s three goals and two assists.
The win kept Dallas on the heels of Lake-Lehman with
an 8-1-2 record.
Dallas led 3-0 at the end of the first half with
Radzinski scoring first at 1:45 into the period, assisted
by Erin Cleary. Leigh Pawling scored at 4:15 into the
first half with an assist by Radzinski and Radzinski
with an assist by Linda King scored a goal at 11:25
into the half.
In the second half, King scored again on an assist by
Radzinski, 16:45 into the period. At 25:10 into the half
Radzinski took a feed off Joanne Zuba and knocked it
in for her third goal of the game.
Dallas goal keeper Karen Wall had three saves for
the game, Meyers had nine. The Mountaineers had 13
shots on goal and 24 corners. The Mohawks had four
shots on goal and nine corners.
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Lady Knights listen
Members of the Lake-Lehman girls’ volleyball
team gather around their coach during a timeout
The Dallas High School girls var-
sity volleyball team ran its record
to 4-0, Tuesday, Sept. 25, when they
defeated Nanticoke 2-1 on the Moun-
taineers floor.
The Mountaineers took the first
set 15-12 in a well-played match but
the Trojans came back to take the
second set 15-12.
With the game tied at 1-1 both
teams played aggressively in the
third set but outstanding play by
Shelly Kohli, Lori Brandt, Angie
Kern and Tracey Cave paced the
Mountaineers to taking the set 15-13.
Kohli led with 13 points and
Brandt had 10. Kern and Cave had
seven points each.
In the match between Lake-
Lehman girls and the Wyoming
Area Warriors the same afternoon,
the Lady Knights lost 2-1, to the
Warriors.
The Lady Knights got off to a
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strong start, taking the first set 15-
12 but fell apart in the second and
third set to lose 15-4 and 15-2.
Key servers for Lake-Lehman
were Rhonda Newell and Carrie
Smith. Carolyn Hannigan and Lisa
Zuba were the top setters for Wyo-
ming.
The Lady Knights are 0-4 in the
Conference.
In Thursday’s action last week,
North Pocono handed the Dallas
Mountaineers their first loss of the
season in girls high school volley
ball, 2-0. The Pocono girls led by
Wendy Smith and Lori Zondlo took
the first two sets 15-10 and 15-11 in
two exciting games. Sue Smith also
played impressively for the Pocono
Trojans.
Dallas servers Shelly Kohli and
Jennie Jolley led the Mountaineers
with a total of 15 points.
The win upped North Pocono to 5-
0 while Dallas dropped to 4-1.
In a hard-fought, close match,
Lake-Lehman girls lost two close
sets by 15-13 and 16-14 at West Side
Tech for a 2-0 loss.
High scorers for the Titans were
Karen Ceppa and Chris McDermott.
Donna Zarema was top spiker for
the Titans.
West Side Tech moved to 2-3 with
the win while Lake-Lehman girls
are still seeking their first win at 0-
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