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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
When Don Hosey was
appointed Dallas Senior High
School Cross Country coach just
several days before the season
opened on August 10, he had no
idea of the work he had ahead of
him.
Hosey had applied for the posi-
tions of assistant soccer coach
and cross country coach during
the summer, but had come to the
conclusion both positions were
filled.
He came into the position fully
expecting to have at least 20
candidates out for the cross
country teams and was puzzled
at the looks he received from
several secretaries when he
requested at least 20 permission
forms.
Several days later, it was
Hosey’s turn to be surprised
when he called practice and the
first day had only two boys show
up, Mark Wright, a junior; and
Bill Gabel, a sophomore.
Hosey immediately began
some intensive recruiting to
obtain a sufficient number of
, members for a team. A quiet,
but determined young man, he
refused to give up and, by the
time the Mountaineers’ opening
meet with GAR rolled around,
Hosey had four runners —
Wright, Gable, Walt Lasecki and
Bob Oliver.
Although he did not have a full
team, the boys ran and made a
good showing, despite their
knowing they could not win. He
had no girls out for the team at
the time, although Amy Aston
was a potential member.
‘““The problem was,” said
Hosey, “Amy had been training
all summer and she was so far
advanced, the other girls
couldn’t compete or train with
her.”
Hosey continued to recruit and,
with the aid of high school wres-
tling coach Larry Schuler, had a
full team of five boys by the
second meet which was with
Coughlin. Joe Patts, a wrestler,
came out and, for the first time,
ran in the cross country race.
Before the Mountaineers’ meet
with Wyoming Area, a sixth
runner, Paul Gritman, came out
to run.
Things began to look up for
Coach Hosey when two girls,
Heather Nattrass and Kim Culp,
joined the team. Later, two more
joined in Chris Bolinski and Kim
Parulis. These four, with Amy
Aston, gave Dallas a five-
member girl team. Seldom did
these girls run as a team this
season since most of the other
schools did not have a full team.
Hosey hopes to have a larger
group out for next season. With
more time for recruiting and
preparation, Hosey is positive
Dallas can have a strong team,
DON HOSEY
able to give any school stiff
competition.
Despite the many setbacks,
under Hosey’s coaching, the boys
finished with a 7-9 record - a
record that could be considered a
winning season, taking into con-
sideration they had no full team
for the first meet.
One of the first tasks Hosey
accomplished this year was to
change the course to make it
safe and more of a challenge.
When he found it necessary to
recruit to obtain a sufficient
number for a team, Hosey had
no idea he would be sending a
runner to states. He considers
Wright’s feat a bonus to this
season and next year looks for-
ward to having Wright repeat as
well as have other runners qual-
ify.
Hosey is looking forward to
planning for next season, organ-
izing, recruiting and pre-season
training. He is an avid supporter
of running and has participated
in triathlons as well as run for
recreation. He has taken part in
the Back Mountain Triathlon and
the Tioga Lakes Triathlon where
he was a member of a team.
Originally a native of the West
Side and Harveys Lake, Hosey
graduated from Bishop O’Reilly
and is now a resident of Orange.
He received a degree in physical
education and health from Lock
Haven State College. Hosey has
done substitute teaching in Wyo-
ming Valley West and Wilkes-
Barre School Districts and has
submitted his name to Dallas
and Lake-Lehman Districts.
Dallas junior Mark Wright
holds the record of 18:04 over the
new Dallas course of 3.2. Amy
Aston ran the course in 19:54,
finishing the course ahead most
of the boys in the final meet of
the season.
Hosey hopes to be back at
Dallas next season with a full
squad of boys and girls. He is
optimistic that with the nucleus
he has and those moving up that
he will have a good turnout.
“Next year I plan to need those
20 permission forms,”’ said
Hosey.
Dallas High School senior Amy
Aston placed fourth in the Division
AA State Competition held at
Lehigh University last Saturday.
Dallas junior Mark Wright placed
in Division AAA and Lake-Lehman’s
John Rosencrans came in 150th in
approximately the same number of
runners in Division AA. Rosencrans
in a sophomore at Lake-Lehman
High School.
The Wilkes-Barre YMCA Masters
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Girls field hockey coaches of the
Wyoming Valley Conference met
last week to select the Division AA
and Division AAA Girls All Star
teams, who will compete with one
another, Nov. 19, tentatively set for
a site in the Pittston area.
Seven Back Mountain girls were
named to the Division AA team
including Jill Radzinski, Dallas;
Sandy Dicton, Billy Jo Sorber,
Deanne Williamson, Pam Solinski,
Donna DiGennaro, and Lori
Lopasky, all of Lake-Lehman.
Lake-Lehman Coach Jean Lipski
and her assistant, Lynn Coury, were
named to coach the AA team.
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Arch-rivals battle
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
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season with a 12-3-3 slate.
Joe Dotty Lee Ed Charlot GoalPOST
GULA MARTIN RICHARDS | CAMPBELL | DENMON PETIE
(48-30) (56-22) (56-22) (51-27) (55-23) (56-22)
Lake Lehman/ Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming
Wyoming Area 35-13 42-6 28-7 21-14 44-12 28-7
Dallas/ WYW WYW WVW WYW WYW WYW
Valley West 44-7 35-3 21-1 21-6 36-6 36-0
O’Reilly/ Carbondale Carbondale Carbondale Carbondale Carbondale Carbondale
Carbondale 21-13 28-12 14-7 24-10 21-7 18-7
W. Side Tech/ Honesdale Honesdale Honesdale Honesdale Honesdale Honesdale
Honesdale 32-19 28-6 28-7 34-6 14-3 21-13
Seminary/ Seminary Seminary Seminary Seminary Seminary Seminary
Dunellen 34-7 35-14 20-19 17-10 21-12 19-6
Pitt/ Pitt Pitt Tulane Pitt Tulane Pitt
Tulane 21-17 28-21 17-13 219 17-7 19-7
It looks like Dallas and Lake-
Lehman will return to the losers’
column this week as both Back
Mountain teams go up against
tougher Wyoming Valley squads.
The Black Knights will face league-
leading Wyoming Area while Dallas
goes against the fighting Spartans
of Wyoming Valley West. The
Dallas Post prognosticators are
unanimous that the locals will go
down to defeat.
Both Kingston teams are expected
to lose, also, as Bishop O’Reilly
goes against Carbondale and West
Side Tech plays Honesdale. Both of
come to reality next Wednesday
identity of GoalPOST Petie.
Post prognosticators and their
Richards.
public.
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these games are unanimous as the
Post prognosticators predict victo-
ries for the out-of-town teams.
It’s also unanimous that Wyoming
Seminary will squeak by Dunellen
but the prognosticators are split on
the only college game of the week,
between Pitt and Tulane.
Last week’s games saw sports
columnist Lee Richards racking up
seven victories to just one defeat
while everyone else picked up six
victories while suffering two losses.
With just one week of football
predictions remaining, a three-way
tie exists between editor Dotty
Martin, Richards and GoalPOST
Petie who all sport 56-22 records.
Sportswriter Charlot Denmon fills
the second place spot with a 55-23
slate, followed by photographer Ed
Campbell’s 51-27 record and West
Side correspondent Joe Gula’s 48-30
slate.
Jill Radzinski
leads Mounts
Dallas Senior Jill Radzinski gave
the Mountainees a 1-0 lead at 8:55 in
the second half to move her into a
tie with Wyoming Seminary’s
Donna Zavada for the Wyoming
Valley Conference scoring title.
Both girls finished with 34 points,
Radzinski with 26 goals and eight
assists and Zavada with 28 goals
and six assists.
Sue Slocum, with an assist by
Sandy Dicton, scored a goal at 13:13
into the half to tie the score at 1-1.
Dallas goalie Karen Wall had
eight saves for the Mountaineers;
Cindy Slocum had three for the
Knights. The Knights had eight
shots on goal; the Mountaineers had
seven. Lake-Lehman had eight cor-
ners; Dallas had six.
The Knights finished the season
with a 14-2-2 slate, while the Moun-
taineers enjoyed a 12-3-3 slate.
Radzinski was the Mountaineers’
outstanding offensive player and the
only senior on the team. The Moun-
taineers started their season with
four seniors but three dropped after
the first several games. It was
Radzinski who helped pull the
younger girls together to play as a
team and after the first four games
the change in attitude was apparent
to the spectators.
Radzinski went through the
season as the team leader and,
despite the Mountaineers finishing
in runnerup position, Jill’s leader-
ship has paid dividends for her.
Several coaches are interested,
among them a Division 1 college in
which Jill is interested.
She plans to attend college, play
field hockey and major in a sports
major.
— CHARLOT M. DENMON
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