By LEE L. RICHARDS
Staff Correspondent
Saturday is the final football
game for Dallas and Lake-Lehman.
It’s the battle for the bragging
rights in the Back Mountain. For
many players on each team it will
be their final football game.
Over the last week or so I've
talked at length with various
coaches and will try to give you a
scouting report on both teams. I’ve
also discussed strategy with the two
coaches involved, Ron Rybak and
Mark Kirk.
After analyzing both teams’
strengths and weaknesses, I’ve tried
to arrive at sort of a game plan for
both and what key factors it will
take for victory.
First and foremost, both coaches
have to get their respective teams
to regroup and put the nightmarish
season behind them and get to the
business at hand.
On paper, Lake-Lehman would
rate as a slight favorite, but Dallas
has the ability to triumph.
Dallas would appear to have a
slight edge in quickness, but won’t
be able to take on the Knights toe-
to-toe or they’ll get outmuscled
which was the case most of the
season.
According to various coaches I've
lked with, both teams have capa-
~s¢ kicking games. Dallas’ punter
Gerald Mihalick and Lake-
Lehman’s Chris VanGorder are
keys.
Since ‘both teams lack big-play
striking ability why not rely on your
kickers early and attempt to pin the
other team deep and count on your
defense to force a turnover?
Mountaineers have some rugged
youngsters in Phil Brown, Mat
Mihal, Tom Trosko, Ritchie Long
and Gary Vincelli.
Coach Chuck Suppon is the defen-
sive coordinator. He’ revised his
stop troops and has been going with
a more basic wide tackle six with
little blitzing. The Mountaineers are
reading and reacting more.
When a team has an edge in the
line of scrimmage why not back
your down linemen off the ball
more? This tactic would make
Lake-Lehman’s ability to come off
the ball and put a good block and
sustain a mite more difficult. Dallas
could then utilize its quicker people
with a slants and stunts.
Lake-Lehman’s chief threat is
VanGorder running between the tac-
kles and occasionally taking a quick
pitch. He must be stopped before he
gets rolling. QB T. Willey Cadwa-
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a good receiver in a young fellow
Ramirez.
But, according to Kopacz, both
teams will be fired up for the game
with each wanting to end the season
with a win and in a traditional game
like the Old Shoe contest, throw the
records out the window. He also
said he’d have to go with Lake-
Lehman in a squeaker.
What do Dalls Coach Ron Rybak
and Lake-Lehman Coach Mark Kirk
say? Coach Rybak said his boys are
going to go out and play basic
defense. The Knights have more
veterans than Dallas but his kids
are going to go out and give their
all, said Rybak.
Coach Kirk said his kids are up
for the game, that if they beat
Dallas it means more than the shoe;
it means a 4-3 season which could
be described as a winning season
and would be a great way to end the
year.
This Saturday, Nov. 17, after 48
minutes of playhing time at the
Lake-Lehman stadium, the score-
board will answer the question
“Who won the Old Shoe?”’
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DALLAS COACH RON RYBAK
“We’re going into the game with a different approach. It’s like a new
season and the importance of the game will have our players fired up.
Lake-Lehman is a good football team and Coach Kirk has an aggressive
squad. We’ll have to put together out best effort to win.”
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