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Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Wyoming Area’s offense and
defense was too much for the Lake-
Lehman Knights last Saturday
afternoon with the Warriors scoring
four touchdowns in the first half and
a fifth in the third quarter. It was
Jeff Hague who led the Warriors in
scoring running in two touchdowns
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lader is another of the Knights top
threats. He’s a very good ball han-
dler and his faking can confuse.
When the Mountaineers have the
football, they’ll rely on the off
tackle or power game which
includes counters and misdirection
Dallas quarterback Tim Lyons is
Long is a good receiver. Most of the
offense is geared around the run-
ning of Mike Janosik and Jeff
Spudis. They like to trap up the
middle. Lyons has run various boot-
legs.
Coach Rybak will have a gadget
play or two. Dallas is going to try to
control the football on sustained
marches. Perhaps some short
passes early by Lyons could loosen
up the Knights aggressive defense?
If Lyons can get something clicking
through the air, Mounts have a
with most of plays directed in that
way.
Meanwhile, Lake-Lehman is
regarded as the stronger of the two
tams physically. Look for Coach
Kirk to try to take advantage of this
early. :
Several coaches made mention of
the Knights knack for playing a
heap of teams really tough for three
quarters only to get wore down.
Knights are a Wing T team which
jis geared to getting a bunch of
blockers to the point of attack.
They’ll use some motion and like to
run behind the likes of Keith Ken-
dall, Ed Gavlick, Tom Stepanski,
Jeff Ruzicki and Chris Kukosky.
VanGorder isn’t a flashy runner,
but will hit the holes with a heap of
power and isn’t easy to bring down.
T. Willy has two receiving threats
in Bill Bearde and Earl Weidner.
Early completions for a big gainer
to either of the above could take
sting out of Mounts defense.
Defensively, the Knights operate
out of multiple sets with zone cover-
ages deep. This is their strength.
They thrive on contact and have
outstanding pursuit. Leading the
stop troops is VanGorder and
Kukosky. Ruzicki, Stepanski and
Gavlick are hitters, too& ©
Knights will try to establish early
control upfront and neutralize the
Dallas offense.
Here’s some factors which both
coaches should be considering:
— Pre-game preparation is a
must. Mental aspect so important
early in week.
— Weather conditions. If it’s
windy and you win the toss take the
wind and use the kicking game to
gain field position early.
— A complete team effort on
every down by both teams.
— It’s not a shame to get knocked
down, but it is a shame to stay
down.
— Coaches to stress getting pur-
suit from defensive personnel and
getting as many prople around the
ball as possible. :
— Tendencies of both teams is
about 90 percent running and little
passing.
— Defenses will try to break the
other guy’s rhythm and execution
with good penetration.
— Dallas must mirror VanGorder
and stop him before he gets up head
of steam.
— Eliminate the mental break-
downs which can halt scoring
drives.
— Go for the blocked punt early.
Both punters haven’t performed
when pressured.
— First down is key with run-
orientated teams. The charmed
number is four yards.
— Momentum will shift several
times.
— In a game of this caliber,
there’s several tactical situations:
time, weather and field conditions,
yardage and field position.
— How will the morale of both
teams be by Saturday?
— Which team will adapt to the
others strategy first?
— Emphasize effort on every
down and make something happen!
— Last, but not least, both teams
must concentrate on what they do
best!
— Running first offensive series
without a huddle in attempt to
confuse.
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Valley West wins
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
It was Ed Michaels Day at Dallas
last Saturday as the 6’2’, 190-lb.
senior tailback for Wyoming Valley
West scored four touchdowns and
went over the 1,000 yard mark for
the season to lead his team to a 42-6
win over the young Mountaineers.
Michaels collected his 1,000 yards
on his second carry of Saturday’s
first touchdown. He totaled 132
yards for the day in nine carries.
The Spartans overpowered the
young Mountaineers in height and
weight with their defense taking the
Dallas ends and driving them back
five and 10 yards. Dallas moved the
ball several times, but the combina-
tion of mental errors and the Spar-
tans’ size was too much for the
young team.
“They were bigger and stronger,”
said Dallas Coach Rybak, ‘And
they had more athletes. Ed
Michaels is fantastic but it was
tough to see our kids get beat like
that. We have a lot of the young
kids coming around and for next
season we will have at least 25
lettermen returning in key posi-
tions.”
- Dallas quarterback Tim Lyons
scored the Mountaineers lone touch-
down on a two yard run in the
second period.
and scoring two points on a safety
as Wyoming Area defeated Lake-
Lehman, 37-8, Saturday afternoon.
Wyoming Area started the scoring
early in the first period when Ken
Kopetchny intercepted Cadwa-
lader’s pass on the Lake-Lehman 40-
yard line. Wyoming Area failed to
score on the drive but the Warrior
defense came back on the next
series of plays and Hague scored
two points when he fell on a blocked
punt in the endzone with 8:25 on the
clock.
On the next kickoff, Kopetchny
returned the ball to the Knights 32-
yard line, then Leo Malsky con-
nected with Don Cassetori to put the
Warriors on the seven yard line on
six points. Joe Kopeza kicked the
extra point and Wyoming Area took
a 8-0 lead.
The Warriors continued to-score
in the first half. Both teams went
scoreless throughout the first half of
the second period, but, with less
than five minutes remaining in the
half, the Knights failed on a fourth
down attempt and the Warriors took
the ball on their own 45-yard line.
On the next play, Malsky connected
with Fred Mecadon, who eluded
several Knight tacklers and went to
the Lake-Lehman 26-yard line. The
Warriors used four plays to take the
ball to the eight yard line from
where Joe Bednarski ran it in for a
touchdown. Kopcza kicked the PAT
to put Wyoming in front 23-0.
On the punt return, the Knights
fumbled the ball and Marvin Gilpin
recovered it on the two yard line.
Wyoming used two plays to move
theball to the one yard line from
where Ken Weiskerger ran it in for
six points. Kopcza kicked the extra
point to give the Warriors a 30-0
ead.
With Coach Marranca using some
of his younger defensive players,
the Knights drove 70 yards down-
field with T. Willy Cadwalader hit-
ting Bill George for 30 yards and
Bill Bearde for a 34-yard pass at the
one yard line. George took it over
for a touchdown. Earl Weidner took
a bad snap and converted it into two
points for the Knights with a run
around the right side, to put the
score at 30-8 at halftime.
The Spartans went on the board
first in the opening seconds of the
game when, on the second play,
Michaels went 77 yards for a touch-
down. Darryl Emershaw kicked the
Sxia point to give Valley West a 7-0
ead.
When the Mountaineers took pos-
session, they gained only 14 yards
on six plays before they had to turn
the ball over. The Spartans took the
punt on their own 34-yard line. On
the next play, Valley West quarter-
back Joe Novitski handed off to
Mike Honeywell who ran to the
Dallas 19-yard line before he was
brought ‘down by Mike Janosik.
Three plays later, Michaels scored
his second touchdown, taking the
ball over from the 3-yard line.
Emershaw’s kick gave the Spartans
a 14-0 lead.
Late in the first quarter, Mountai-
neer Tim Lyons intercepted a Spar-
tan pass and returned it to Valley
West’s 39-yard line. Nine plays
later, Lyons took the ball in for a
score from the two yard line with
10:15 remaining on the clock. On the
penalty was called on the Spartans.
Instead of kicking, Lyons tried to
run the ball in for two points, but
was stopped by Honeywell and
Spartan Joe Peterlin.
In the second period, the Spartans
took over on their own 42-yard line
with 9:30 on the clock. Following
several passes by Novitski, a hold-
The Warriors scored a final touch-
down in the third period when
Kopetchny picked off his fourth
interception of the afternoon to set
up a drive by the Warriors. Hague
rammed over from the one yard
line to give Wyoming a touchdown.
Kopacza kicked the extra point to
move the Warriors in front 37-8.
Neither team scored in the final
period with the defense from both
teams shutting down any threats by
the offense of their opponents.
The loss dropped the Knights to 3-
3 in Division AA, 3-7 overall.
ing penalty and two carries by
Michaels, Michaels went in from his
right to score his third touchdown of
the afternoon. Emershaw kicked the
extra point and the Spartans were
in front, 21-6.
On its next possession, Dallas
tried for a first down on fourth and
four and failed with Valley West
taking the ball with 4:02 on the
clock. Michaels scored his fourth
touchdown of the game taking the
ball in from the 29-yard line and
with 2:15 remaining in the half,
Emershaw’s kick made it 28-6.
The second half was a repeat of
the first with the Spartans’ Don
Take it and run
Charney running 78 yards for a
touchdown on the first possession of
the half.
On their possession, Dallas was
forced to punt and Charney took the
kick on his own 30-yard line and ran
to the Dallas 30-yard line. A 15-yard
clipping penalty moved the Spar-
tans back to the Sparts 21 yard line
but on the next play Novitsky
handed off to Joe Perzia who went
79 yards for the score. Emershaw’s
kick was good and the Spartans
went in front 42-6.
Neither team scored in the final
period despite Coach Fennell
putting in his younger players in the
final period.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
suffered a 37-8 defeat.
Joe Dotty Lee Ed Charlot GoalPOST
GULA MARTIN RICHARDS | CAMPBELL | DENMON PETIE
(54-30) (62-22) (61-23) (57-27) (60-24) (62-22)
Lake Lehman/ Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman
Dallas 24-12 14-12 20-19 14-13 12-7 19-13
Valley West Ww WW WW Coughlin WVW Coughlin
Coughlin 24-15 24-12 14-13 24-10 21-13 20-19
Penn State/ Penn State Penn State Penn State Penn State Penn State Penn State
Notre Dame 28-17 28-21 24-21 21-14 24-12 28-21
Although the decision took a lot of
serious thinking on the part of every
one of the six Dallas Post prognosti-
cators, the ultimate decision with
all of them is that the Black Knights
of Lake-Lehman will emerge victo-
rious over the Dallas Mountaineers
in the annual Old Shoe Game set for
this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Lake-
Lehman Football Stadium.
Lehman, which is coming off a
defeat by Wyoming Valley West last
weekend, actually looks the best on
paper, however, with the high level
of emotion that plays a major role
in this game, one never knows what
the Mountaineers might pull out of
their hats.
All six Post prognosticators pick
the Knights, but you’ll notice how
close they predict the score to be.
This year’s Old Shoe Game prom-
ises to be a real barn-burner.
With just one week of predictions
remaining, GoalPOST Petie and
My Sincere
Gratitude and
Appreciation
To Everyone
Who Voted and
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For Reelection
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Representatives
Dallas Post editor Dotty Martin are
running neck-and-neck with identi-
cal 62-22 records.
Both Petie and Martin enjoyed
unblemished slates last week, pick-
ing all six games right onthe nose.
Joe Gula and Ed Campbell also
enjoyed 6-0 slates last week while
Richards and Denmon fell behind
when they chose Tulane over Penn
State.
With the Old-Shoe Game between
Dallas and Lake-Lehman at stake,
we’ll have to wait until next week to
see which one of the prognosticators
will finish the year on top.
Dallas team
Dallas Junior High School girls
field hockey team won its second
consecutive league title by defeating
Crestwood Junior High by a 6-0
score.
This year the league was reorgan-
ized by dividing it into East and
West Divisions. The East included
Wilkes-Barre Township, Meyers,
Plains and Crestwood. The West
included Dallas, Lake-Lehman,
Wyoming Seminary and Wyoming
Valley West.
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Dallas played each team in the
East Division twice and in the East
Division once to compile a record of
9-0-1 and win the division title.
Dalias then played Crestwood,
winner of the East Division and
defeated them 6-0 to win the league
championship. Amie Mathers led
the team with three goals, Lindsey
Krivenko scored two and seventh
grader Heather Davey, the season’s
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