Looking back on 1984 season
TOT SHIRPTI
our coaching staff.”
Rybak and his coaches followed
their long-range plan — to develop
as many of the younger boys as
they could and he said that plan has
paid off. In the beginning of the
season, the younger players made a
lot of mistakes and, although fans
may not have been aware of it, each
week sophomores and juniors were
intermingled in the game with the
seniors and they have come a long
way. ;
“A major setback this past season
was that we started with only three
coaches,” Rybak said. “We had to
double up in teaching the kids and,
as a result, we couldn’t give specific
attention where it was needed. Part
way through the season, Paul War-
chal came out to help us, but he told
us from the beginning he would
assist in taking the extraneous
duties from us, but he wouldn’t
attempt to teach any of the boys. He
did an excellent job in helping with
discipline and those type of duties.
It began to show in our daily
practices.”
Rybak said in looking toward next
season, he has 23 players coming
back — players who have played
this season in key positions. He
pointed out that, for the first time
since he took over as head coach, he
has three quarterbacks for next
¢ CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Reflections and Anticipations — a
new song title? No, it’s the reflec-
tions of Dallas Coach Ron Rybak
j and Lake-Lehman Coach Mark Kirk
as they look back on the 1984
football season and their anticipa-
tion of the season of 1985.
At the beginning of the 1984 prac-
tice season, Coach Rybak predicted
the Mountaineers had a long season
ahead of them. With only two letter-
men in the 13 seniors who were out
for the team, Rybak and his coach-
ing staff knew their job. was to
develop the 23 sophomores and 17
juniors who were on the squad.
| “We lost our entire varsity
through graduation, including back-
ups in key positions and we knew
! that it would be a tough rebuilding
{ year,” said Rybak. ‘‘Our seniors
J were a dedicated, hardworking
group who played to the best of
their ability, but they were the first
to admit they were not top football
players. But, those kids gave me 200
percent in every game and a coach
can’t ask for more from anyone.
“We knew we weren't going to
win many games, although 1 belived
it would be more than one,”’ Rybak
MARK KIRK
added. “We came close several
times, but we never got the big
plays. It was a painful season for
By JOHN RODGERS
Staff Correspondent
The Highlanders of College Miser-
icordia started the 1984-85 basket-
‘ball season in winning fashion as
the men opened by defeating
Gwynned Mercy College, 135-67. The
135 points scored by the Dallas boys
was the highest point total in the
history of Misericordia basketball.
Steve Daniels led the Misericordia
scoring with 30 points, most of them
coming on aggressive moves to the
basket, while his teammate Monte
Deyo had 29 points on hard inside
play. Steve Dente, Phil Guare and
Greg Kupp added 10 points apiece to
the winning cause.
Joe Miller led Gwynned-Mercy
with 25 points. >
The second game of the year saw
the Highlanders come up on the
short end of a 98-72 score as the
locals were defeated by Division II
Muhlenburg College of Allentown.
The Muhlenburg team proved to
be a little too strong for the locals
as the visitors took a 45-32 halftime
lead and never looked back. Led by
Mike Abel’s 23-point performance,
‘Muhlenburg dropped the Blue and
Gold to 1-1 on the year.
Steve Daniels kept his torrid scor-
ing pace with 36 points while Phil
Guare and Greg Kupp chipped in 11
points each. ;
The Lady Highlanders are sport-
ing a perfect 3-0 record with impres-
sive victories over Gwynned-Mercy,
Penn State-Schuylkill and Division
II Muhlenburg.
The Misericordia gals, led by Sue
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
State champions
Members of the Back Mountain Wrestling Club who were
recently honored as state champions are shown here. From
left, first row, Robert Farber, first place, AAU States; Ray
Rosencrans, Keystone state champion; rick Finnegan, AAU
state champ. Second row, Charlie Roper, Northern Division
Outstanding Wrestler Award; Jason Naugle, third place,
AAU states. :
ii STRIKES AND SPARES
540, K. Spencer’s 537 and B.
Cyphers’ 524 but the team was
unable to overcome the handicap in
two ‘of the three games. Glen
Mazer’s 227 (579) and Gary Mazer’s
535 set the pace for Sweet Valley
Outfitters three point win over the
Hambos whose high roller was S.
Bonoml with 527. Back Mountain
Sporting Goods copped three from
the Bermudas with none of the men
able to hit high scores.
Steele’s Restaurant blanked Katyl
TV in George Shupp League aided
by Red’s 227 (596) and J. Shultz’s
537. R. Shoemaker’s 545 was high
for the TV men. Harris Associates
shut out SCID sparked by D.
Purvin’s 540 and A. Wendel’s 537. F.
Adams walloped the pins for 232
(602) and R. Bonomo hit them for
231 (566) to lead Fino’s Pharmacy
to a 2-2 split with Gino’s Shoe Store.
C. Glasser added 247 (533). C. Kazo-
kas rolled 574 for Gino’s and T.
Doughton hit 534. B. Cyphers posted
525.
In the Ladies Country League A.
Hospodar’s 185 (488) set the pace
for Fashion Vending’s three points
from Gordon Insurance whose F.
Allabaugh hit a big 177-202 (503).
Bonomo’s Sports Center picked up
three from Grotto Pizza led by L,
Maciejcak’s 199 (491). K. Scavone
gave 182 (478) and M. Nelly rolled
183. D. Garnett’s 175 was high game
for the pizza team. Castlettes C.
Smith posted 474 to lead the way to
three points from G.H. Harris Asso-
ciates.
Dallas A took all from Shaver-
town C in the Back Mt. Church
League but none of the men were
successful in hitting high scores.
Shavertown B bowlers did better
with B. Walko hitting the pins for
201-200 (581) and C. Kazokas rolling
568 to lead the team to three points
from Carverton A. D. Wright added
530. C. Remley posted 224 (520) for
the Carverton men. East Dallas
took three from Trucksville B paced
by R. Witkowski’s 563. H. Shupp’s
524 showed the way for Orange’s
three points from Carverton B. F.
Hughes scattered pins for 220-209
(598) to aid Trucksville C in divid-
ing evenly with Maple Grove.
In the Idetown Compact League
LaBarons blanked the Camaros. B.
May’s 179 was high for the Capris
who picked up three points from the
Corvettes. D. Doty registered 506
and C. Doty rolled 187 (479) to lead
Aries to a 2-2 split with the Fire-
birds. D. Kolankewicz contributed
174. C. Williams hit 503 for the
Citations and B. Cross hit the pins
one of the most consistent days on racing days and be completed on for 474 for the Pintos as the two
the Pocono Downs racing schedule. Sunday, Nov. 10. teams divided evenly.
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Lombardo Bakery took three
points from Hoof N Paw to continue
to lead the Imperialette League. S.
Johnson hit pins for 184 for the
bakery team. J. Mekeel rolled 202
a.d L. Johnson knocked down pins
for 179 (485) for the losing five.
Mahaffey Oil picked off three from
Scavone Motors led by M. Fondo’s
183 and Jean Shop took three from
Humphrey's Apparel aided by D.
Garnett’s 180. and H. Dickinson’s
175.
In Bonomo’s Major League G.H.
Harris shut out the Beach Combers
with A. Wendel missing a perfect
game by 10 pins as he scattered
pins for 290 (654). G. Kazokas
knocked them down for 210-200-204
; (614), T. Doughton rolled 520 and M.
Whiting 518. Brown’s Oil took all
from Charlies All Stars paced by J.
Roan’s 550, R. Bonomo’s 545 and P.
Thomas’ 533. The All Stars wereled
by F. Cornell’s 217 (590), K. Orkwis’
1 Sunday night racing card will
{ continue at Pocono Downs
One feature that made Sunday
night racing attractive to area fans
was the 7 p.m. post time, one-half
hour earlier than the normal 7:30
p.m. start. This allowd racing
patrons to return home earlier on
the night before the start of the
work week.
Pocono Downs 1985 racing season
will open on Friday night, March 29.
The season will continue for 150
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Following a successful. debut
season, Sunday night racing will
again be a regular part of the
racing schedule at Pocono Downs in
1985. :
Sunday night racing was reintrod-
uced to the Luzerne County harness
racing facility during the recently
completed 1984 season and through
there were no spectacular handle or
attendance figures, Sunday became
season, all of whom can play in
other key positions as well.
According to Rybak, these kids
have developed and are tough and
aggressive. He said they are coach-
able and are good athletes.
“They are going to be good foot-
ball players,” the Dallas coach said.
“They have the experience; their
attitude is good and next season the
teams we play will find out we are a
different ball club.”
Rybak said with his young quart-
erbacks getting the experience they
did, the Mountaineers will be able to
go to the air, something they
couldn’t do too well this season.
They also will have a good second-
ary and will be playing tougher
games.
His first priority will be to work
for a full coaching staff before the
beginning of the practice season
which will give the team the boost it
needs.
Lake-Lehman Coach Mark Kirk,
in looking back over the 1984 grid-
iron season, feels his Black Knights
had a winning year with a 4-3
record in Division A and 4-7 overall.
He said he was pleased with the
way his team developed over the
season.
“The kids showed lot of poise and
maturity which they built into confi-
dence,” said Kirk. {During the first
half of the season, they developed
Sharp’s 20 points, upended
Gwynned-Mercy, 82-42. Kim Stetzar
had 14 points and Liz Schlegel
added 12 for Misericordia while
Kathy Webb led Gwynned-Mercy
with 23 counters.
The Dallas women notched their
second victory, equalling last year’s
total victories, by thumping Penn
State-Schuylkill 71-46.
The locals placed four girls in
double figures. Sue Sharp led the
way with 23 points, Kim Stetzar had
14 and Kim Vermullen and Terry
Milleton added 10 markers each.
The third victory proved the Lady
Highlanders are a team to be dealth
with. After 40 minutes of hard
roundball, which saw the lead
change 13 times and the score tied
nine times, the Lady Highlanders
finally defeated strong Division II
Muhlenburg College, 56-55.
Kim Vermullen scored for Miseri-
cordia with just seven seconds
remaining in the game, to seal the
win while Kim Stetzar stole an
inbounds pass to secure the victory.
Kim Vermullen, a former Tunk-
hannock standout, paced Misericor-
dia with 16 points while Terry Mid-
dleton had 15.
Post misery add 1
HIGH AND LOW POINTS: Steve
Daniels is hitting the nets for better
than 32 points per game...Team
offense scoring well (135-72) averag-
ing over 100 points per
game...Defense is becoming sus-
pect, giving up an average of over
80 points per game...The women’s
team is off to its best start in years
with a balanced scoring attack (four
girls in double figures) and a very
aggressive player-to-player defense
is the reason why...Foul trouble,
however, could cause problems for
the Lady Highlanders in the future.
The last game proved this with key
player Sue Sharp fouling out early
in the second half.
first season
Susan Dicton, a freshman at
Wilkes College has recently finished
her first season as a member of the
Lady Colonel field hockey team
under the direction of coach Gay
Meyers.
Dicton, a graduate of Lake-
Lehman High School, lettered three
years as a left wing under head
coach Jean Lipski.
As a Colonel, she also played left
wing and tallied three assists on the
season. Often a starter, she added
speed and stickwork to the forward
line.
‘Dicton, the daughter of James
Dicton, Park Avenue, Fieldcrest,
Shavertown, is a Computer/Science
major at Wilkes.
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RON RYBAK
maturity and, in the last half, they
gained confidence and poise.”
Looking back, Kirk said he felt
the turning point was during -Lake-
Lehman’s game with GAR.
Although the Knighjts didn’t win
that game, Kirk felt their perform-
ance gave them the confidence they
needed. They realized they had the
ability to win and proved it against
Crestwood and with Dallas.
“Few people realize it, but we
have a lot of our kids coming back
next season,” said Kirk. He said he
had some key positions to fill next
season such as those of T. Willy
Cadwalader, Chris Van Gorder, Bill
Bearde, Dave Martin, Ed Gavlick
Kirk has seven juniors returning
next season and he claims they are
a very dedicated group. He also has
five sophomores and 11 freshmen
team this season.
“I am looking forward to a better
season next year,” said Kirk, ‘“pos-
sibily a championship team.”
The Mountaineers roster listed 13
seniors, 15 juniors and 22 sopho-
mores this year with only five key
positions filled by seniors. The
Knights roster listed 10 seniors,
seven juniors, five sophomores and
11 freshmen with the 10 seniors,
four juniors and one sophomore
usually filling starting positions.
Players honored
standing, Joyce Tinner,
Maureen
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staft Correspondent
Wyoming Valley Field Hockey
Conference Class AAA and AA All-
Stars proved why they were named
All-Stars last week when the teams
played to a 0-0 tie at Wilkes-Barre
Memorial Stadium.
The All-Stars, selected by the
coaches. from both AAA and AA,
met Tuesday, Nov. 20, on the artifi-
cial turf at Meyers and lost no time
in proving that they deserved the
name All-Stars when they played at
a fast pace throughout most of the
game.
Crestwood’s Diane Madl was
named the AAA’s Most Valuable
Player and Lake-Lehman’s Sandy
Dicton took the Most Valuable
Player award for AA.
Despite Dicton taking the AA
MVP award, it was Mountaineer Jill
Radzinski who passed to Dicton for
the shot Dicton nearly made.
Both team played excellent field
hockey, according to game official
Marge Garinger who said she was
amazed at how well all of the
players were accustomed to the turf
prior to Tuesday’s game.
The game, which was sponsored
for the first time by the Dallas
Unico Club, drew the attention of
more than a dozen Division I and
Division III college coaches. Dallas
High School Field Hockey Coach
Robyn Jones said it was a wonder-
ful opportunity for the coaches to
observe some of the outstanding
players of the area.
Lake-Lehman Coach Jean Lipski
and her assistant, Lynn Coury,
coached the AA team. Lipski said
she was proud fo be selected as
their coach and the girls made her
very proud of them.
“It took them about five or 10
minutes to adjust to the turf and
after that they turned in a fine
performance,” the Lehman mentor
said. “The various college coaches
who were there were very
impressed with the girls’ playing.
They said they were better than the
Lancaster-Lebanon competition.
That means a lot because the Lan-
caster area has been the stronghold
of field hockey.”
Lipski said the game provided
great exposure for the Kids and
what the coaches wanted — expo-
sure for the players — was accom-
plished. All of the girls who were
interested in going to college had an
opportunity to talk with the numer-
ous coaches who were there at the
reception following the game.
Coaches from all of the local high
schools selected the Most Valuable
Players from each division.
“I hope we can continue this as an
annual affair,” said Lipski. ‘A lot
of Division I coaches were at the
game which gave the girls a great
opportunity.”
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