3 9 j raps — es (EA A a By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent The Dallas girls’ basketball team avenged its 63-49 loss to Crestwood in the game played at Crestwood last week, when it edged the Lady Comets 45-41 Saturday at Coughlin High School to take the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 first half basketball title. The two teams ended the first half with an 8-1 record with the Mountai- ners lone loss to Crestwood, Tues- day, Jan. 15, when: the Comets jumped out to an early 24-5 in the first period which the Mountaineers were unable to overcome. It was a different story Saturday when Coach Kit Karuza’s girls came out with a three-and-two defense which gave Crestwood prob- lems throughout the game. While the Comets had problems putting the ball through the nets and had a difficult time on rebounding, the Mountaineers had a successful afternoon off the boards with Kim Rinehimer, Karen Vloedman, rebounding. Gavigan had 14 rebounds, Vloedman 10 and Roll- man had seven plus two big baskets when they counted. Kern did an outstanding job hold- ing Lynn Coslett who had 19 points in the previous game and the Moun- taineers were able to hold Diane Madl to 16. “Crestwood got off to a quick 6-2 start,” said Karuza, “But our girls showed a lot of character and at the end of the first period were only down by one point. At the half we were up 23-12 but our girls knew they couldn’t let up. The two teams are very evenly matched.” It was a repeat of a great team effort of the Mountaineers although Karuza, played only seven girls in the game, and Dallas played great defense throughout the entire con- test. Five of the Mountainers scored in the second period, four in the third an five in the final period. The Mountaineers didn’t shoot as well as they have in some of their games but the score was typical for a game between such evenly matched teams. Gavigan had one big rebound in the closing minutes of the game which was responsible for the Moun- taineers six point lead at that time. The Mountaineers had only four points off the bench in Saturday’s game but they were important ones. Kern gave the Mountainers 12 points while Gavigan hit the double figures with 10 points, all from the field. Cook and Walsh played nearly all of the second period. They didn’t score many points but played an outstanding defense. The Mountainers had a lot of support from several hundred fans who came out for the game, many of them other coaches from the school. “It was a positive win for us,” (See LADY, page 9) By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent Coach Clarence 0zgo’s Dallas Mountaineers ended. the first half in. Division 2 of the Wyoming Valley Conference with a 7-2 record, defeating West Side Tech, 75-45, Thursday, Jan. 17, and edging Crestwood 47-46, Tuesday, Jan. 15. The Mountaineers two losses were to GAR and Northwest, both games in overtime. Coach Ozgo emptied the bench as his Mountaineers trounced the Titans, takng a 36-22 lead at the end of the first half. Tim Lyons tossed in In trouble 12 points and Mark Farrell put in 10 in the first half to give the Mountai- neers their wide lead. Farrell was high scorer in the game with 22 points. Lyons collected 16 points. Farrell was hgt from the field with nine baskets and went four-for-four from the foul line. Lyons put in seven from the playing court and went two-for-two from the free stripe. With 13 seconds left on the clock in Tuesday's game, the Comets were leading 46-45 when Mountai- neer Richie Long fouled Comet Bill Blaum. Blaum missed both shots from the charity stripe and Dallas’ (See DALLAS, page 10) in their ‘Sty By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent Center this season and it’s not the decor at the lanes. Fashion is making news at the lanes — fashions for men and fashions for women. In September when local bowlers returned to their favorite sports, for the first time they found that instead of the regular, tacky, all look alike shirts, they could order shirts that were smart- -looking and’ stylish enough to wearranywhere. And to make it more interesting, there are slacks and shorts (and for the women), skirts in matching or contrasting colors. Shirts range in colors from apricot to green or navy with matching slacks and shoes, if desired. There are jackets, too, to match the bowlers outfits. Cotton or polyester pullover knits appear to be the most popular at the local lanes in blues, reds, greens, navy, maroons, or. tri- colors. There are ‘‘kotton knits” in royal blue or gold trimmed in white or brown piping; the “triad knit” in lightweight polyester featur- ing a tri-color front featuring diagonal design with contrasting back and sleeves and zipper front, made in black or deep sea green. The ‘‘cool knit”, a 50/50 cotton-polyester blend slipover with jersey stitch construction comes in red, light blue, yellow, navy or white and is extremely popular with many of the local bowlers. King Louie Designer shirt features two pocket and the King Louie designer logo on the left sleeve. Pearlized pearl buttons and contrasting color and trim give the finishing touch to the navy blue shirts won by Bonomo Sports Center girls. The shirt also comes in ginger and chocolate brown. Popular Piping is a classic knit which comes in teal or burgundy and with its slipover styling with matching pearlized but- tons and stylish double welt pouch pocket is a popular number with leagues this season. Other shirts proving favorites with the women are the “Soft as Silk” pongee in a woven 100 percent polyester featherweight fabric with contrasting trim around the collar and triangles on the pockets. The shirt comes in light plum or apricot. Then there is buckskin, charcoal, camel, copper, wheat, ivory with a touch of suede, silver, grey, dark green, in two tone shirts in slipover or button down styles. Jeans are still popular with the women bowlers, but no longer do they wear only the denim but jeans in all colors and all materi- als. Flannel lined or unlined jackets in quilt satin or quilt nylon are available in matching or ~contrasting’ colors and for the entirely style conscious bowler, there are shoes and bags to complete the outfit. Slowly and silently fashion crept in to the bowling lanes, but it came and, from outward appearances, it is here to stay. Eavesdrop on the bowlers’ conversations and you’ll hear them discussing their bowling ensembles for the upcoming state tournament to be hosted in Wilkes-Barre from March to June of this year by the Wyoming Valley Woman’s Bowl- ing Association. Scott Shafer handed his Lehman Junior High matmen a victory over Tunkhannock Junior High at Tunk- hannock Saturday, January 19 when he pinned his opponent in the heavy- weight bout. The Lehman team was down 23-0 before they scored their first points through Tom Mushala who beat Singer of Tunkhannock 4-2 in the 100-1b. weight class, T. Dubby 105-1b., S. Bregman 110-1Ib each won their matches bringing the score to Frederick 115-Ib. Charles Allen 125- Ib. and Matt Bregman 130-lb. each pinned their opponents and raising _hannock 26. Tim Bernick of Lehman and B. Beyer of Tunkhannock wrestled to a tie 0-0 at 138-Ib. R. perry (LL) won by forfeit at 145-lb. K. meade and Azar of Tunkhannock earned pins in their respective bouts at 155-1b. and 165-1b regaining the lead in the match 40-37. Needing six points for a pin to take the match for Lehman, Shafer made no mistake in the second period giving his team a 43- 40 pin. Lehman is now 5-1 on the season and coached by Phil Lipski and Tommy Williams. Their next home meet will be against Dallas Junior High Saturday, Jan. 26 at 2:30 p.m. at the Lake-Lehman High School gym. By JOHN RODGERS Sports Correspondent Lake-Lehman faced its first defeat of the season Saturday, as the Tigers of Tunkhannock, ‘flexed its muscle’” when it needed to. “Kevin Kalmonovich gave us our start and our pins were there when we needed them,” remarked Coach Frank Wadas. In the opening match, Lehman jumped on top, as Matt Reinert (98) clamped his opponent in 1:19. Then Tunkhannock flexed, win- ning the next five events. At 105-1b. Jeff Austin of Lake-Lehman was defeated for the first time this season by Kalmanowicz 7-6. A quick escape point early in the third period broke the 6-6 deadlock. Then Dave Guzenski and Duane Miller were pinned in 1:05 and 3:30, followed by Rick Marabel’s decision (12-4) over Joe Smith and Dave Mead’s (9-4) decision over Tim Mead. This gave Tunkhannock a 22- 6 lead. The Black Knights’ Mark Yapple ended the Tigers streak with a (9-4) decision and Norm Clancy at 145- Ibs. followed with a (9-0) shutout over Jim Hammersley. Don Spencer continued for Lehman at 155-Ib. with a come from behind (4-3) victory, cutting the Tiger lead 22-16. Then in a crucial bout at 167-1bs. Bill George, after an early score, was clamped by a determined Jim Cuddy in 1:55. The score stook at 28- 16 Knights’ Ed Stratford t 185 lbs. needing a pin to set the stage for undefeated heavyweight Chris Van Gorder, gave it everything but came away with a (7-3) decision, as an inspired Mick Gilroy stayed off his back. Van Gorder ended the event with a pin over Chris Schultz in 1:10. Earlier in the week Lake-Lehman defeated an undermanned G.A.R. 55-7. This week Lehman faces league leader Meyers at Meyers Wednes- day which will probably determine their final league outcome. Then, on Saturday they face rival Dallas at home. DALLAS DROPS TWO Dallas dropped two matches this past week, one conference, one non- led Montrose 27-23, behind .the efforts of Paul Burke 105 lbs. who pinned Underwood in :20. Bill Math- ers 119 lbs. decisioned Tinns (14-7), Dave Hislop decisioned (12-10), Chris Vincelli (9-8) decision, also Joe and Jim Patts recorded pins in :31 and 1:40 respectively. But Don Conning of Montrose eliminated Dallas’ hopes of victory with a clamping over Tom Schacht in the heavyweight division in 2:32. LOSE TO WA On Saturday, Dallas faced a tough Wyoming Area team and came up on the losing end of a 35-16 score. The Mountaineers recorded only four wins in 12 matches. In the meet they were dealt three pins and two superior decisions, which proved to be the key to their downfall. However, all was not lost, as the young Dallas feam recorded a pin by Joe Patts 155 Ibs. in 1:32 and a major decison by Jim Patts 1% lbs. ty Dallas this week takes on Crest wood away Wednesday, Jan. 23 and then face Back Mountain rival Lake-Lehman at Lehman, Saturday. Their record now stands at 2-4. Action last week in the Lake- Noxen Elementary School Basket- ball League saw the Hawks defeat- ing the 76ers, 39-10 and the Bucks trouncing the Warriors, 35-4. High scorer for the Hawks was Chris gets pin rom Tunkhannock. Billy Vigorio with 13 points while Mike Doerfler pumped in 10 points for the 76ers. Bengi Haugney led the winning Bucks with 30 points while Jessie Sorber accounted for all four of the Warriors’ points. Dallas Post/Ed Gampbelt ;
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