Staff Correspondent The Dallas Mountaineers won their first Wyoming Valley Confer- ence football game Saturday after- noon when they defeated the North- west Rangers, 15-0, before a sparce crowd at the Mountaineers’ sta- dium. The score does not give the true picture of the game since Dallas Coach Ron Rybak used the oppor- tunity to play many of his younger players. “On defense, we had our younger kids in most of the time,” said Rybak. “We intermingled juniors and sophomores, since it could be suicide to put in all sophomores against veterans. Northwest is not that bad of a team. It’s going to take them a while to get used to our conference. Overcrowded “Our object going into the game was to give our young kids as much experience as possible,”” Rybak added. “They played and they did a great job. I don’t like to name one or two because if I overlook some- one that would be harmful. I can only tell you that our coaching staff went over our players and we have 26 kids coming back, who have played in key positions. By the end of the season, they will be good players and next year, we're going to turn the tables on a lot of our opponents.” These sophomores are an aggressive bunch with a lot of potential. We’ve been brining them along all year.” Neither team moved the ball well during the first quarter. Northwest had a total of only 85 yards rushing for the entire game, posing their only threat in the third quarter when they moved the ball from their own 45-yard line to the Moun- Fast Service Moderate Rates “AV =’ Authorized Service Station 40 Years Experience APPLIANCE, & Fri. 9:30 - 5:30 Truly, one of the of the most exciting taineers’ 30-yard, but Dallas quart- erback Tim Lyons ended their drive when he intercepted. Dallas scored its first touchdown late in the second period when Lyons connected with Mark Rami- rez on an 80 yard touchdown pass. Lyons added two points by running the ball in on the conversion. Dallas offense moved the ball, but failed to score when they fumbled near the end zone. Gerry Mihalick, playing his first game in several weeks due to an injury, turned in an excellent play when, on a bad snap from center, he grabbed the ball and threw to Mike Janosik for 13 yards. On their next possession, Dallas lost an opportunity to score when Jeff Spudis, aided by a 15-yard penalty against Northwest, carried the ball to the Rangers’ 16-yard line. Two plays later, Dallas fumbled the ball and Northwest recovered. With 3:30 remaining in the first half, Rangers Joe Fontinelli’s 29- Go for it, Chris! yard field goal try failed. It was two plays later that Lyons passed to Ramirez for the score. With Dallas leading 8-0, neither team was able to score in the third period, but Northwest lost its last chance to score in the fourth quarter when the Rangers had the ball on their own 11-yard line with 6:01 on the clock. The Rangers Quarterback Rob Stevens’ pass was intercepted by Mountaineer Mike Janosik on the Rangers 17-yard line and he took it in for the score to give Dallas a 14-0 lead. Mihalick kicked the extra point to give the Mountaineers their final 15-0 win. The Mountaineers net yards for the day were 223 yards, 119 rushing and 117 yards passing with a loss of about seven. Northwest had only 70 yards rushing and 35 passing. This Saturday, the Mountaineers play Valley West at home with game time at 1:30 p.m. Dallas Post/Ed Campbell way through line for some victory. Yardage for Jeff Pu Dallas Post/Ed Campbell By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent The Lake-Lehman Knights took a 14-6 lead into the lockerrom at half time last Saturday, but the Comets of Crestwood tied it up in the fourth quarter with 8:39 remaining on the clock. In an exciting game, it appeared the game would end in a tie until, with only 17 seconds on the clock, T. Willie Cadwalader went in from the 1-yard line with a touch- down to give the Knights a hard- fought 20-14 win. Both teams played great defense throughout the afternoon and Knight Chris Van Gorder was the work horse for the Knights as he carried 26 times for 99 yards, scored two touchdowns and ran the ball into the endzone for a two point conversion. The Knights went on the board in the first quarter when on their first possession they drove 58 yards with Van Gorder carrying for long runs. He climaxed the drive with a 13 REMODELING CARPENTRY ROOFING MASONRY FLOOR COVERING SIDING yard run into the endzone for a failed when Bill Bearde tried to pas after a bad snap from center. The Comets came right back returning the punt to the Knights’ 48-yard line and using a personal foul against the Knights and a long run by Comet Mike Olean went the Knights’ 15-yard line. A nif in the Comets backfield caused fumble and Lehman recovered to, stop the Comets. drove to the Knights 23 yard line but Quarterback Jim McGovern’s pass on fourth down was dropped and the Knights took over. The Knights used only four min- utes to drive downfield 77 yards from where Van Gorder went over from the five yard line into the endzone, then added two extra points on a run into the endzone with 2:41 remaining on the clock. Crestwood did not give up and on their possession Dean Ambosie’s 28- yard run and a 15-yard penalty against the Knights took them into Lake-Lehman territory. McGovern threw two incomplete passes but on third down he connected with Ambosie on a screen pass, who took it down the sideline for a score. The kick for the extra point failed and the half ended with the Knights in the lead 14-6. Neither team was able to move the ball in the third period against tight defense and the period beca the punters exchange between g Gorder and Brad Rinehimer. On Lake-Lehman’s first punt in the final quarter, Crestwood got to Van Gorder and the interior of the line blocked the kick. Comet Tom Plassoon picked up the ball and went 36 yards for a score with 8:39 on the clock. McGovern connected with Rinehimer in the endzone for two points and the score was tied at 14-14. It was the Knights’ turn to refuse to give up and, using 19 plays, they drove 75 yards to score the winning touchdown when Cadwalader went in. The try for extra point failed. The Knights will play the Wyo- ming Area Warriors Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Lake-Lehman Stadium. plies last. (NAP) Makeit GEE . NAPA BRAND new! el owe a EA TE 3 pi ay 2 wpm ao Xow Sires
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