Appreciation Day
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
festivities.
By John Rodgers
Sports Correspondent
Wyoming Valley Conference wres-
tling ended this past week with
Lake-Lehman finishing right behind
Meyers and Tunkhannock for the
title, and Dallas showing promise
for the future.
The race for the league title is
over and P.ILA.A. Districts start
this Friday and Saturday at King’s
College gym. ;
Expected strong showings from
Lehman (AA) and Dallas (AAA)
will be in weight class order 98 Ibs.
(AAA) Brian Mathers of Dallas
could place, he will have to contend
with either Kevin Kalmanovich
(Tunkhannock) or Bob Hawkins
(Hanover).
A.A.-Lehman’s Jeff Austin looks
like the one to beat could get push
from Jim Fonzo (Meyers).
105 lbs. (AAA) Bill Mathers of
Dallas could win it, if he can handle
Mike Gacha (Tunkhannock).
A.A. Only if Jeff Austin decides to
wrestle hi weight.
112 lbs. A.A. Dave Guzenski of
Lehman is a tough wrestler and
could surprise.
132 lbs. A.A. If Norm Clancy of
Lehman stays at this weight he
should bring home a district title.
138 lbs. A.A. Once again it
depends where Clancy wrestles.
145 Ibs. A.A. Mark Yaple has had
an excellent year and can win it all.
Competition though will come from
Dave Kuhl (Meyers) and Bonomo
(G.A.R.).
155 Ibs. A.a. Lehman’s Don Spen-
cer could surprise, if he can get by
Eric Viola of Bishop O'Hara.
167 lbs. A.A. Bill George of
Lehman could be sleeper.
185 1b s. A.A. Lehman’s Ed Stratt-
ford had a great year and could
keep on going. Look for rival Norton
out of Meyers to contend.
Hwt. A.A. Lehman’s Mr. Every-
thing Chris Van Gorder was last
year’s winner and should repeat,
should be contended by Daryl Boich
of Meyers.
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By John Rodgers
Sports Correspondent
I would like to use this brief lull in
Back Mountain sports (with wres-
tlers awaiting District meets, bas-
ketball teams awaiting playoffs etc)
to come to the aid
and defense of
women’s sports
in the area.
First of all we
have the Lady
Mountaineers of
Dallas winning
the Wyoming
Valley Confer-
ence with a 17-2
mark.
The key to this team was ‘team
work’’ and the desire to win.
returns
Professional boxing acting returns
to Scranton on March 8 when world
rated heavyweight Jimmy Clark
faces Reggie Gross in a 10 round
main event bout from the Catholic
Youth Center.
Clark currently sports a 16-0
record with 14 knockouts and is
considered by experts to be a
fighter to be reckoned with in the
near future. As an amateur star, he
holds victories over current WBC
No. 6 ranked Tony Tubbs, former
World Heavyweight Champion
“Big” John Tate, and current WBA
Heavyweight Champion Greg Page.
His wins over Tubbs and Page
occurred in the same day. His
amateur record was 147-18 upon
turning professional.
A resident of Coatesville, Pa., the
' 6’3”” and 220 lb. Clark recorded the
savage 10 round decision over Ber-
mudian Heavyweight Champion
Clarence Hill last year in Madison
Square Garden. Many experts con-
tended that they felt it was “The
Fight of the Year.” Clark is cur-
rently rated 10th in the world by
“Fight Beat” magazine and is man-
aged by veteran cornerman Al
Braverman who claims ‘1985 will
see Jimmy Clark as the new Heavy-
weight Champion of the World.”
Gross is the owner of a 15-3 record
and is well known as a power-
punching heavyweight with the abil-
ity to end a fight at any moment of
the contest. The Baltimore, Mary-
land resident knows full well that
this fight is a golden opportunity for
him. A victory over Clark would
certainly be the biggest of his
career and could then vault him into
the high rankings of the heavy-
weight division.
. As expressed by Coach Kit
Karuza and assistant Michelle
Kravitski, ‘It’s not a one star team.
This year’s team is a team of
consistent players.”
Also expressing the desire to win
aspect, co-captains Cheryl Gavigan
and Karen Vloedman aren’t hypo-
critical to pass along praise along
with the ball.
“We’re a good team because we
have more all around talent than
previous years. Everybody helps
each other out.” The entire team
wanted to win from the start and
Next example is the turn around
of the Misericordia women’s pro-
gram after a 2-3 record last year
and 2-14 the year before, they
turned in a 13-5 record and made
the N.A.LLA. playoffs for the first
time since 1962.
As captain Terry Middleton
stated, ‘“We, will do anything to
win. We have more depth than
previous years, and play as a team,
we all have out jobs to do, we're
more than a basketball team.”
Coach Davis put it a little differ-
ently. “I love these girls, they do
everything needed and more, they
want to win.”
Dr. Fink, Dean of the School isn’t
surprised by the turn-around. ‘We
recruited hard and found some good
young girls, they represent our
school, as well as the sport.”
The main thing here is the way
these women respect the sport.
These girls no longer fire up air
balls or dribble it off their own feet.
They play well, hard disciplined ball
with both finesse and sweat.
They have come a long way, and
could show us men a lesson or two.
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Staff Correspondent
Coach Joe Martini’s Lake-Lehman
girls basketball team finished the
Wyoming Valley Basketball Confer-
ence with an 11-7 league record to
go into the AA District 2 playoffs,
March 1, as Number One seed from
Wyoming Valley.
“We won’t know till after
Monday, (Feb. 24) who we play
from Lackawanna County,” said
Coach Martini. “If Bishop O’Hara
defeats Carbondale, we play River-
side but if Carbondale wins we play
Bishop O’Hara.”
Martini - said his team scrim-
maged O’Hara last season but both
schools have lost varsity players
since then. O’Hara is a strong team
and plays a variety of zones,
according to Martini. He scouted
them in their game with Mid Valley
Robinson to
be honored
All-time baseball great and Hall
of Famer Brooks Robinson will be
honored by the Luzerne County
Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports
Hall of FAme on Saturday, March 9.
The affair, being billed as ‘“‘a
social eveing’’ will strat at 6 p.m. at
Wilkes Barre.
Robinson, representing Busch
Beer, had a sparkling career that
spanned some 23 years in the big
leagues. He is considered one of the
sharpest fielding third basemen that
has ever stepped foot on a baseball
diamond. This is easily backed up
by his 16 consecutive ‘Gold Glove”
awards and his 18 appearances as
an American League all-star.
Robinson played all 23 years as a
Baltimore Oriole and was honored
by Baltimore fans as the ‘Most
Memorable Personality in Oriole
History.” In 1964, he was voted the
American League’s Most Valuable
Player and in 1970 his fantastic
fielding and clotch hitting earned
him MVP of the World Series as the
Orioles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Robinson was not only a magician
with a mitt but wielded a deadly bat
also. He nailed 2,842 hits in 2,896
regular season games, crushed 268
home runs and drove in 1357 runs.
Today, Robinson is still involved
with baseball as he is a color
commentator for Oriole telecasts
while doing public relations for a
local oil company.
Spartanettes and said that they
make adjustments better than the
other teams in their division.
“They (the Bruins) are most
unpredictable. We. will have to pre-
pare for. all kinds of defenses
because if we end up playing River-
side they use a variety of zone
defenses.”
The Bruins. have senior guard-
forward, Maria Rossi, 5’7"’, who is
outstanding. She drives, rebounds,
passes, and shoots well. Without a
doubt, she is their best all-around
player. Inside they have a tough
5’9’’ senior, who is tough and
aggressive. She is an excellent
rebounder and when she gets the
ball she goes right up with it for the
basket. Senior Ann Kelly is only
55” but she is a great shooter.
Other than those three, the Bruins
are a young team. They have a girl
by the name of Sandi Reno, who
although only a sophomore, is their
second best all-around player.
If the Knights play Riverside,
Martini said he doesn’t know as
much about them except that they
have two six foot players, who are
great wing shooters. They usually
play a variety of zone defenses.
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