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By CHARLOT DENMON
Staff Correspondent
a year, taking it from the Dallas Mountaineers via a
33-0 shutout Saturday afternoon at the Edward
Edwards Stadium at Lehman. The Lehman victory
marks the first time in five years the Knights have
taken the Shoe, their last possession of the trophy
coming in 1979.
It was a more experienced Knights team carrying
the edge on height and weight that went against the
Mountaineers this year, a reverse of the past several
years when it was the Dallas gridders who came on
with the experience, height and weight in their favor.
‘Those factors proved important in Saturday’s game
lader, 173 Ib. Earl Weidner, 181-1b. Ed Gavlick, 183-1b.
On his way
up yardage for the winning Knights.
He’s quick
Bill George, 153-1b. Bill Bearde and 163-1b. Bill Boyle
pooled their efforts to bring home the win. Van Gorder
and Bearde each had two touchdowns and Martin
scored one for the Knights.
In the opening play of the game, both teams kept the
ball on the ground with Cadwalader throwing only one
pass until the second period. Mountaineer Tim Lyons
intercepted that pass and Dallas took over. On the
Mountaineers’ first play, Lyons pass was intercepted
by Van Forder on his own 44 yard line. A 15-yard
penalty put the ball back at the 26-yard line. .
The Knights continued to drive and, on fourth an
less than a foot, Van Gorder carried the ball for long
yardage and a first down for the Knights.
The Knights continued their drive and gained ground
when a 15-yard pass interference was called against
Dallas. George took the ball to the 4-yard line from
where Van Gorder went over for a score with 9:03
remaining in the half. Weidner kicked the extra point
By DOTTY MARTIN
Editor
While the battle for the Old Shoe
Trophy was being hammered out
between the football teams of Dallas
and Lake-Lehman High Schools on
the Edward E. Edwards Football
field Saturday. afternoon, all the
pomp and circumstance that goes
with a football game was being
carried on outside the realms of the
100-yard field itself.
The cheerleaders, the bands, the
smell of hot dogs, the rooting and
chastising of fans and parents — it
was all there. Saturday’s football
game between the two Back Moun-
tain rival schools had all the mak-
even the air was brisk enough to fill
the stands with rosy cheeks and
frostbitten fingertips - things you
usually find at a real football game.
Yes, sir, football was in the air at
Lake-Lehman Saturday — from the
opening kickoff to the presentation
of the 36-year-old Old Shoe Trophy
to the Black Knights following their
33-0 rousting of the Mountaineers of
Dallas High School.
The marching bands of both
Dallas and Lake-Lehman High
School provided very exciting and
very competitive shows. The March-
ing Black Knights, who recently
captured first place in both Tourna-
ment of the Bands competition and
Cavalcade of Bands competition,
opened the festivities with the pre-
game show while the Marching
Mountaineers of Dallas thrilled the
fans at halftime.
The cheerleaders of both schools
also got involved in the competition
with the results of a year-long
“penny contest’”” announced at half-
time. As the cheerleaders of the two
schools conducted a contest between
the two squads by offering anyone a
chance to vote for either squad by
paying one penny with the totals
being added up before the Old Shoe
game, the Dallas girls won the
contest hands down, having gar-
nered 20,000 and some votes to just
8500 for the Lady Knights of Lake-
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Happy girls
The Lake-Lehman cheer-
leaders had plenty to cheer
about Saturday as their foot-
ball team took a big 33-0
PORNSTAR
and Lake-Lehman went in front, 7-0.
Later in the second period, the Knights tried for a
field goal, but it was not good and the Mountaineer
took over on their own 21-yard line. But a Dallas
fumble gave the ball back to the Knights when Gavlick
recovered for Lake-Lehman. Three plays later, Van
Gorder went into the endzone from the 8-yard line and
Weidner kicked the extra point to give Lake-Lehman a
14-0 lead with 4:00 remaining in the half.
In the third quarter, Bearde intercepted Dallas QB
Mark Konopki’s pass at the Knights 45-yard line and
ran it back to the Dallas 47-yard line. George made
two consecutive runs to take the ball down to the 37-
yard line. On the next play, Cadwalader hit Bearde
with a 37-yard pass in the endzone with 2:45 on the
clock. Weidner’s kick was good and the Knights went
in front, 21-0. The Knights went for another score in
the third period when Cadwalader hit Bearde again for
a 51-yard touchdown pass from the Knights 49-yard
Lehman. 3
a
line. The try for extra points failed and the Knights
Vel front, 27-0, with 20 seconds remaining in the
period.
In the final period, the Knights drove 61 yards to the
8-yard line from where Dave Martin ran the ball in for
a score with 7:09 remaining on the clock. Weidner’s.
kick for the extra point failed and the score went to 33-
0. :
The Mountaineers tried for a score in the final
period when Mike Janosik took a Knight pass in the
endzone and went 95 yards for a touchdown. The
officials called pass interference on the play and the
score didn’t count. :
The trophies awarded by IGA Market of Dallas to
the outstanding players on offense and defense were
presented to Mount Glenn Eyet on defense and to
Knight Chris Van Gorder on offense. The players were
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Both schools enjoyed all kinds of
festivities during the week prior to
the Old Shoe Game. Last Tuesday
was ‘Turn: Dallas Inside Out” day
at Lake-Lehman as the Lehman
students wore t-shirts turned inside-
out to school that day. An ‘Almost
Anything Goes’’ assembly was held
at Lake-Lehman Wednesday after-
noon, continuing the fun of the
week.
Football players at Dallas
removed one shoe on Friday and
hobbled to classes most of the day.
lader pass and scampered 95 yards
for what was initially believed to be
a Mountaineer touchdown. A pass
interference penalty, however, took
the ball back to Lehman territory
and the Dallas crowd back to its
seats.
All in all, it was a great day for a
football game. It was a greater day
for Lake-Lehman fans than it was
for football fans, but, then again,
imagine how Coach Joe Paterno and
the Nittany Lions of Penn State felt
when they were embarrassed by a
team they were supposed to clob-
through a rebuilding year, the kind
of year no football fan likes to even
think about, let alone live through.
The Mountaineers were not
expected to beat Lake-Lehman.
They were simply expected to show
» a play their best — and they
id!
Yes, it was a great day for
football. The pomp and circum-
stance was there, the weather,
although somewhat chilly, was defi-
nitely football weather, and the
smell of hot dogs and hot chocolate
was even stronger with the blowing
A contest by the cheerledders at the ber.
Friday afternoon pep rally at Dallas
saw senior football player Eric
Supey as the recipient of a shirt that
read “I played in the Dallas/Lake-
Lehman football game’ on the front
and “And all I got was this Old
Shirt” on the back. Rumor has it
that Mr. Supey thrilled the crowd at
the assembly by removing his foot-
ball jersey and donning his newly-
acquired t-shirt.
Parents even got involved in the
frivolity of it all. Stories were told
at the game about some parents and
how they went all out for their
football player sons by decorating
the house in school colors to ‘pep
up” the kids before the big game.
And parents who had difficult times
attending most games all year long
because of the work schedules and
what have you, pulled out all the
stops to get to the Old Shoe Game
on Saturday.
. Parents were cheering as loudly
as anyone could possibly cheer, too,
very often drowning out the
attempts of the school cheerleaders
to keep the crowd psyched, despite
the sub-zero chill factor.
The crowd, although somewhat
sparce for a contest of as much
arch-rivalry as the Dallas/Lehman
game, was alive throughout most of
the game, and even more alive on
Lake-Lehman’s side of the field. But
the Dallas following got a single
chance to jump to its feet when
senior Mike Janosik, in a moment of
glory, intercepted a T. Willy Cadwa-
Pre-game excitement
of the wind.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
victory in the annual Old
Shoe Game and recaptured
the Old Shoe Trophy for a
year.
Members of the Dallas football team break through a paper sign designed by the Mountaineer
cheerleaders prior to Saturday's Old Shoe Game. The Dallas gridders were psyched for the
annual rivalry game, but had their hopes dashed early when the Black Knights of Lake-Lehman
dominated the game early and took home a 33-0 victory. :
Martin tops Post prognosticators
The Post prognosticators were all right on the
money for the Old Shoe Game as they all went with
. the Black Knights of Lake-Lehman and watched the
Lehman boys pull off a 33-0 victory in the Back
Mountain rivalry contest.
Photographer Ed Campbell sided with Petie and
the Crusaders against Valley West and thus suf-
fered two losses this week, bringing his final slate
to 5829 or fourth place. Sportswriter Charlot
Denmon finished the season in third place with a
62-25 record while West Side correspondent Joe
Gula fell into fifth place with a 56-31 record.
The Dallas Post prognosticators will return next
year at the beginning of the football season. Also
scheduled to return next year is GoalPOST Petie,
who lives anonymously throughout the entire foot-
ball season within a member of the Back Mountain
community.
The Post prognosticators would like to extend a
hearty round of applause to all area high school
football teams and wish them the best of luck in —
seasons fo come.
Editor Dotty Martin topped her competitors and
finished the football season with a 64-23 record to
capture the top slot in the first year of The Dallas
Post prognosticators. The Post prognosticators,
instituted at the onset of the 1984 football season,
have challenged each other as well as the armchair
quarterbacks of the Back Mountain community
with their high school and collegiate * football
predictions week after week.
Martin, who entered last week’s games tied with
GoalPOST Petie (alias Johnny George), actually
garnered the championship last Friday evening
when the Spartans of Wyoming Valley West handed
Coughlin a 19-7 defeat. Petie, who predicted the
Crusaders would beat Valley West, finished his
prognosticating debut tied with sports columnist
Lee Richards at 63-24 for the second place slot.
All six Post prognosticators were skunked on the
Penn State/Notre Dame game last week when the
Fightin’ Irish shocked the Nittany Lions and raised
the eyebrows of the football world with a 44-7
embarrassment of Joe Paterno’s charges.
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Mr. Touchdown!
It's touchdown time for Lake-Lehman’s Chris VanGorder as
the senior runningback crosses the end zone in Saturday's
Old Shoe Game. Waiting for the official's signal is Lehman's
Ed Gavlick. The Black Knights took possession of the Old
: Shoe trophy with a 33-0 trouncing over their arch-rivals from
Dallas High School.