‘By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
‘Ted Jackson, the newly
appointed head football coach at
Dallas ‘Senior High School, has
some very definite goals set for
his new position, he said follow-
ing the ‘announcement of his
‘appointment at a press confer-
"ence, Thursday, Feb. 14.
~The first item on Jackson’s
.agenda is to set up a meeting
‘with the candidates for next
season’s team. He will use that
time: to introduce his assistant,
Andy Kuhl, to the boys and also
explain what he expects from his
athletes.
“I understand there are 23
; underclassmen who lettered last
season,
talent, they will form a good
~ nucleus for a decent team,” said
Jackson. \
“I can’t make any predictions
until I have seen future candi-
"dates in action. I don’t know any
of them, not even their names at
this point which is the way I like
it,” he added.
"Jackson said he has no idea
what any of the players have
done in the past. He will wait to
see them run, throw, tackle and
go through - other assignments
before he comes to any conclu-
; sions.
Secondly, the new coach plans
to meet with former assistants at
} Dallas to determine whether or
= | not any of them are interested in
returning: If not, he will recruit
other assistants, just as he
recruited Andy Kuhl to come
with him as an assistant. Kuhl
‘most recently served as an
assistant coach at Coughlin with
Jackson.
Jackson will begin a weightlift-
i ing and agility program this
week and says it will be a
mandatory program. In the past,
the football coach has been in
charge of the weightlifting pro-
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gram, but it has never been a
mandatory program. Recently,
due to the. resignation of former
football coach, Ron Rybak, the
position was posted and at last
Monday’s school board meeting,
faculty member Lew Isaacs was
appointed as weightlifiting
coach. Isaacs, however, for per-
sonal reasons, resigned the posi-
tion the following day.
Acting Superintendent Gerald
Wycallis stated the position will
be posted this week, but it is
very likely that, as in the past,
the board will appoint Jackson.
In any event, Jackson may initi-
ate his own program immedi-
ately. School district officials
plan for the program to become
a mandatory one for all athletes
from January through July 1.
The 34-year old Jackson, who
resides in Shavertown with his
wife, Sandy, and sons Matthew
and Ted, is a teacher at Plains.
He has been a teacher in the
Wilkes-Barre Area District for
the past 12 years and is certified
in health, physical education and
driver education. His wife is also
a teacher in the Wilkes-Barre
District.
He has been an assistant coach
in football at Coughlin for nine
years and presently has been
first assistant and defensive
coordinator for Coughlin’s var-
sity team under head Coach John
Joseph.
After coaching for seven years
at Coughlin, Jackson left the
sport in 1982 and 1983 following
the treatment he got when he
appled for the head coaching
position at Tunkhannock. He
applied for the position in 1980
and the night before the hoard
meeting, Jackson was notified
that he had the job. The news
was published in a Tunkhannock
paper the next day, but that
night the board meeting was
postponed because of inclement
weather. When the board met the
following week, someone else
New coaches
Ted Jackson, left,
Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
right, will be the new
was appointed to the position.
At the time, Jackson was also
coaching wrestling and baseball,
so he gave up football until last
season when Joseph, a close
friend, was named head coach at
Coughlin, replacing J.P. Meck.
Jackson said that was the chief
reason he returned to football.
When asked what Joseph said
about his leaving Coughlin’s
staff, Jackson said ‘He is sorry
to have me leave but he is happy
that I got the opportunity to do
what I have dreamed of — head
varsity coaching.”
It was Jackson’s attitude and
expressed dedication that
impressed the Dallas Board,
according to Wycallis.
“He told us he believed the
kids should participate in more
than one sport and he displayed
a positive attitude,” said Wycal-
lis. “These qualities impressed
the directors.”
Wycallis said there were 10
applicants for the position. These
were Jackson, William Jones of
Hanover; Nick Ametrano, Bishop
Hoban; J.P. Meck, former
Coughlin Coach; Charles Pirello
of New Jersey; William Noll
Klank; William Silvi, former
assistant at Dallas; a gentleman
by the name of O’Malia; an
applicant named Tucker; and
former Lake-Lehman coach,
Rich Gorgone. These were nar-
rowed down to Jackson, Jones
and Ametrano who were all
interviewed by the board.
That Jackson has a long road
ahead of him, he is well aware.
“It will take time,” he said. “I
have to get used to the kids,
probably change some goals and
ideas, and they have to get used
to me.” 3
Jackson said that in his deal-
ings with former coach Ron
Rybak, he found him to be an
excellent coach and a gentleman
with great dedication. He said he
was a victim of circumstance as
he (Jackson) understands it.
squeaker on the road to Elmira
i College of New York by a score of
58-52. Although outscoring their
« opponent 46-38 from’ the field, they
* were outscored 20-5 from the char-
ity stripe.
Led by Kim Stetzar’s eight first
_ half points and Sue Sharp’s six, the
Blue and Gold led by 2 at half 23-21.
. The second half went back and
forth but Elmira won it from the
foul line as they outshot the High-
landers 17-5.
Kim Stetzar led Miseri with 16
~ Eife 10 points.
SHARP LEADS
Their next game saw the Highlan-
‘ders take on Lycoming College. Led
by Sue Sharp’s eight first half
points, they led 31-19 after the first
20 minutes.
Coming back strong behind All-
American Cathy Apert’s game high
26 points (14 in the second half) the
Warriors of Lycoming cut the lead
. to four, 56-52 with 4:08 left. How-
| ever, Misericordia broke it open to
record a 63-56 final victory.
A IRIN
AA
In their third game of the week
the Highlanders traveled to Gwy-
need Mercy’s hardwoods.
Paced by Sue Sharp’s 32 points,
Misery upped its record to 10-4‘with
a "78-56 victory. Terri Middleton
added 12 for the Blue and Gold.
NEED ONE MORE
One more win for the Lady High-
landers will place them in the
N.A.I.A. playoffs for the first time
in the school’s history.
MEN LOSE
Sharp shooting, point guard, Lee
Radick peured in 28 points in 30
minutes to lead Spring Garden to a
88-61 victory over the men of Miseri-
cordia.
Strong inside play by Monte Deyo
kept the highlanders close for the
first 13 minutes of play, then
Garden took charge going into the
lockerroom at the half leading 47-24.
Misericordia ‘never came closer
than 20 points in the second half
losing by a final score of 83-61.
Deyo dropped in 21 points for
Miseri. Phil Quare tallied 11 and
Gregg Kupp 10. ;
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By JOHN RODGERS
Sports Correspondent
The hot topic in the sports
circle of the Back Mountain area
obviously is the hiring of Ted
Jackson as head football coach
at Dallas High School.
For the few |
who haven’t |
heard already
Ted comes from
a semi-secluded |
status as assist-
ant coach a
Coughlin High
School. Although
as in.most cases, 2
Ted was not in RODGERS
the limelight or, for that matter,
even noticed by many, but I'm
sure all his peers in the Wyoming
Valley Conference will vouch for
his abilities as a teacher, mentor
and leader in the sport of foot-
ball.
Jackson was an assistant for
seven years (1974-1981) under
Bill Yeomans and then J.P.
Meck. During these years,
Coughlin was a perennial power,
capturing Conference District
titles and playing in state (Myth-
ical) championship games.
Ted took a two-year sabbatical
in 1982-1983 from coaching and
returned, through persuasions of
Coughlin Coach John Joseph in
1984.
Ted, in my standings, was an
excellent assistant and will be a
welcomed addition to Dallas and
the W.V.C. Head Coaching ranks.
If you can imagine this, I label
him as a cross between a John
Madden and a Dick Vermiel.
He's an emotional-type coach,
who can, and will, gét everything
out of his players both on and off
the field. He doesn’t demand
anything — he earns it. He’s both
a strategic and mental coach,
usually stressing defense as the
key.
It should be interesting, how-
ever, to see how he will adjust to
the change. That, being from a
school who dresses anywhere
from 60 to 80 players easily, and
has a well established weight-
lifting program, to a school who
sometimes finds difficulty in
dressing 40 to 45 players and has
a lifting program just in its
fundamental stages.
If IT were a betting man, I
would have to put my money on
Ted and his staff. I would tend to
believe he will give Dallas and
the Back Mountain Area a well-
respected winning program.
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Box 366, Dallas, Pa. 18612.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
In a game lacking excitement, the
Dallas girls’ basketball team
downed a young Northwest team,
61-25, and took the overall Division 2
title Saturday morning at the Rang-
ers’ gym. The win gave Dallas an 8-
1 record and Champions for the first
time in nearly 10 years.
Cheryl Gavigan led the scoring
with 15 points but none of the
starting five played more than 14
minutes. There were 10 players with
eight or six points.
Coach Kit Karuza emptied his
bench and, at one time, an entire
team was comprised of substitutes.
Karuza said this is seldom done but
Northwest has a young and inexpe-
rienced team.
DEFEAT TECH
The night before (Friday), the
Lady Mountaineers defeated West
Side Tech at the Dallas court, 65-49.
The Dallas team scored 27 points in
the second period, playing one of
the finest quarters they have this
season. Cheryl Gavigan putin 14 of
her game high 22 points and Joann
Cook who tossed in all of her eight
points in the second period.
Both teams played to a 10-10 tie in
the first period but Gavigan and
Cook sparked the girls to outscoring
the Titans 27-10 in the second. Gavi-
gan also had four key steals ith the
entire team playing tremendous
defense.
Karen Vloedman added 16 points.
BEAT CRESTWOOD
The key game for Dallas was last
Tuesday against Crestwood when
the Lady Mounts gained the edge by
downing Crestwood 62-44 with Gavi-
gan, Angie Kern, Eileen Walsh and
Karen Vloedman hitting in double
figures.
As they have done all year, Coach
Karuza’s girls played with total
team effort. Gavigan and Kern gave
outstanding offensive and defensive
play and Gavigan set the pace with
14 points. Kern added 13 and Walsh
gave 12. Vloedman followed with 10
points.
LEHMAN ENDS SEASON
Lake-Lehman girls finished the
season, last Firday with an 83-19
romp over Northwest. Pam Solin-
sky, Sandy Dicton and Lori Lopasky
scored 61 points combined total to
finish their senior year in league
+ play. The Lady Knights will be
Number One seed from Wyoming
Valley in AA District 2 playoffs,
March 1.
Lopasky led the scoring with 21
points. Solinski and Dicton had 20
points each.
The Knights outscored the Rang-
ers 21-4 and 17-2 in the first half to
lead 38-6 going into the lockerroom.
In the third period they outscored
Northwest 26-3 but in the final
period they socred only 19 to North-
west’s 10 points. The Rangers are a
young team with only one senior
player.
SOLINSKI LEADS
Solinski hit 28 points on Wednes-
day for Lake-Lehman to lead the
team in defeating Hanover 61-46.
Sandy Dicton scored 19 points,
putting in 10 of them in the final
period.
The score was tied at 38-38 at the
end of the third period but in the
final period, the Lady Knights
poured in 23 points to Hanover’s
eight.
LOSE TO MEYERS
The Meyers Mohawks, led by
Rosalind Reeves, pulled an upset
over the Knights Tuesday afternoon,
at the Mohawks court, downing
Lake-Lehman 63-52.
The Meyers girls played strong
defense and led 38-37 after three
periods. Reeves scored 18 points,
putting in 14 of them in the final
period to lead the way to the upset.
The Mohawks scored 25 points in
the . period while they held Lake-
Lehman to only 15.
Sandy Dicton scored 20 points for
Lake-Lehman. Pam Solinski fol-
lowed with 16.
Dionne Serafini added 17 to
Reeves 18 points for Meyers.
Lake-Lehman ended the second
half in Wyoming Valley Conference
with a 6-3 record.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
After losing 54-50 to the Crestwood
Comets last Tuesday, Feb. 13
Coach Clarence Ozgo’s cagers knew
they had to defeat West Side Tech
and Northwest if they wanted to be
certain of a good seeding in the
District 2 playoffs. The boys rose to
the challenge and defeated the
Titans, 74-48, Friday, then edged
Northwest, 43-36, at Dallas, Satur-
day afternoon, in a game charged
with excitement.
A win by Northwest would have
put them in a two-way tie for first
place with G.A.R. The loss gives the
Grenadiers the overall Division 2
title ann the Mountaineers second
seeding in the playoffs. They will go
against ‘the Number Three team
from Lackawanna County, Feb. 28,
in the top half of the doubleheader.
The win gave the Mountaineers a
7-2 record, identical to the first half.
DEFEAT TITANS
On Friday night, Dallas took an
easy 74-48 win from West Side Tech
paced by Farrell’s 23 points. Farrell
scored 17 of his points in the first
half, nine in the first period and
eight in the second to lead the
Mountaineers to a 35-20 score at
halftime. He hit 11 goals from the
field and went one-for-one from the
foul line.
LOSE TO CRESTWOOD
Strong scoring by Rich Loomis
and Tom Benz led the way for
Crestwood’s 54-50 win over Dallas
last Tuesday night at the Comets
gym. The loss all but dashed the
Mountaineers hopes for the second
half title, putting them at 5-2 while
GAR had 7-1 with only one game
remaining.
LEHMAN LOSES THREE
Lake-Lehman’s young Knights
lost their final three games of the
season last week despite Bill
Bearde’s collecting 50 points in the
three contests. They dropped a 69-60
game to Hanover, Saturday after-
noon at the Knights gym.
Bill Bearde showed the way for
the Knights with 20 points and Earl
Weidner add 12 tallies.
RANGERS WIN
In a game with Northwest played
Thursday night on the Knights
court, Northwest continued in a tie
for first place with G.A.R. by taking
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MOHAWKS STRONG |
Lake-Lehman jumped out to a 12-7
first quarter lead over Meyers on
Tuesday night but the Mohawks
poured it on in the second period
outscoring the Knights 21 to 12 to
hold a 28-24 lead at halftime.
Tony Caffrey hit 13 goals from the
field and one-for-three from the foul
line to score 27 points, scoring 17 of
them in the second half with both
teams playing on an even keel after
the first half.
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