Ladies
to try
again
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
allas High School’s girls cagers
will play Valley View tonight at
Wyoming Area’s court in an
attempt to take third place in AAA
competition and advance to region-
als where they will probably play
the No. One or Two team out of
Philad'elphia.
Afterr defeating Honesdale, 59-49,
in the opening round of District 2
AAA playoffs, Wednesday, Feb. 27,
the Lady Mountaineers went down
54-48 to Scranton Prep, Friday,
March 1, at Pittston Area High
School.
In the opener with Honesdale, the
Dallas girls took an early first
period 16-3 lead aided by turnovers
created by Kim Rinehimer’s steals
and a trap defense.
Cheryl Gavigan, Kim Rollman
and Karen Vloedman paced Dallas
with a combined total of 42 points in
the game. Gavigan led with 16
points, Vloedman followed with 14
and Rollman added 12.
Honesdale’s three points in the
first period were on hits from the
foul line with Heidi Robbins making
both ends of @ one-and-one and
Mary Wilcox giving one.
Both teams were cold in the
second period, and the first half
ended with Dallas leading 27-17.
Honesdale, however, came within
four points in the second period
before Rollman hit two points with
less than two minutes remaining.
Gavigan made two from the free
line and Rollman put two shots
through the nets to end the half with
27-17.
With 3:00 minutes remaining in
the third period Gavigan went to the
bench with a fourth personal foul.
The Hornets used their opportunity
to close the score to 38-35 and at the
beginning of the final period came
to within one point of Dallas before
the Back Mountain girls settled
down and went to work. Gavigan
scored two fouls and a two point
shot and Vleedman hit to give
Dallas a seven point lead. In the
final minutes they completed 13 of
22 tries to take the 59-49 win.
LEHMAN ELIMINATED
Lake-Lehman girls basketball
team were eliminated from District
2 AA finals, Friday, March 1, when
they went down 55-34 to Riverside.
The teams played on even turns in
the first half and the Lady Knights
were down 22-21, only one point,
going into the lockerroom. In the
early minutes of the third period,
Coach Joe Martini’s Knights led 24-
22 despite being much shorter than
their opponents.
Riverside has two six foot starters
while the Knights tallest girl is 5 ft.
8 inch forward Lori Lopasky.
The Vikings used a 2-3 zone in the
first half but in the third period they
chanbged to 1-3-1 zone and com-
pletely dominated the Knights. The
Vikings went on to outscore Lake-
Lehman 14-7 and 19-6 in the third
and fourth periods to win 55-34.
The girls gave Martini everything
he asked for, he said, but they were
no match without an inside game.
He said he was proud of the way the
girls played in the situation they
were in.
Ladies finish
fine season
The Lady Highlanders of College
Misericordia finished a fine season
with a 13-6 record, finishing in the
runner-up spot of the N.A.I.A. Dist.
19 Playoffs.
In their initial playoff game the
Highlanders, outdueled rival Beaver
College ogf Willow Grove 77-59.
Led by Liz Eife’s 12 first half
points (10 of their first 14) Miseri
jumped out to a 24-14 lead and were
never really challenged afterwards.
In all, the Miseri squad placed
three girls in double figures, led by
Sue Sharp’s 26, Liz Eife’s 19 and
Kim Stetzar’s 16.
The ability of Coach Davis’ squad
to maintain Sharon Selker’s 6’1”
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Cheryl scores
Cheryl Gavigan of the Dallas girls’ basketball team takes a
shot while teammate Angela Kern observes during inter-
district competition against Honesdale.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Sandy shoots
Lake-Lehman superstar Sandy Dicton shoots over two
Riverside defenders in post-season competition recently at
Pittston Area High School.
center of the Knights proved to be
the big factor.
Terry Middleton, Kim Vermullen,
and Liz Schellegal also contributed
heavily, controlling the press by
Beaver.
In the championship contest
against highly rated Allentown Col-
score of 57-35.
shutting down their inside game.
difference for Allentown.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
only 57 seconds in the game.
Following a North Pocono time out, Farrell stole the
ball and was fouled. He missed the first attempt on a
his team a 29-20 halftime lead.
one-and-one. North Pocono took another time out then
inbounded under the Dallas basket. Their P.J. Kelly
took the ball at midcourt, drove towards the basket
and hit with a 25-foot shot from the right side of the
key to tie the score and send the game into overtime.
In overtime, the backcourt went to work for Dallas.
Wilson hit with a 15-foot shot and fed Farrell for an
easy layup to give the Mounts a 52-49 lead with only
1:15 remaining. Darling put the game on ice for Dallas
by making a free throw from the charity stripe with
only seven seconds on the clock.
Ozgo said his boys did not play as well as they
should have but that he was proud of them. He said
Farrell did a great job for Dallas and has been a
pressure player all season.
The Dallas coach also commended the entire team
saying that they gave a great team effort with Darling
and Wilson showing outstanding leadership. 8b
Meyers wins
Lehman misses out on
District 2 team mat title
By JOHN RODGERS
Staff Correspondent
Daryl Boich of Meyers, once
again foiled Lake-Lehman’s chances
for a team district title. In the
Heavyweight class, Daryl led
Meyers to a 155-144Y% victory with a
4-3 decision over Chris Van Gorder.
In the meet, Jeff Austin got things
rolling for Lehman, when at 98 1bs.
he decisioned Bishop Hoban’s Dan
Mimnaugh 4-0.
At 105 1bs., Tim Casey of Meyers
put Dave Guzenski of Lehman on
his back for the first Meyers win in
three, head to head matches in the
finals. |
Steve Tredinnick of Meyers then
decisioned Duane Miller 9-6 at 112
Ibs. in a very good match.
At 119 Ibs. Joe Smith of Lehman
got the Knights back on track with
an 11-3 decision over Tim Pane of
Bishop O’Hara.
Norm Clancy then pinned Mark
Gillen of Bishop Hobvan in 5:31 at
the 122 1b. class.
In this match Daryl Boich of
Meyers, (who received the Tracy
Slocum award for outstanding wres-
tler) redeemed an earlier season
loss to Van Gorder, with a 4-3
decision in the match of the day.
In all, Lehman will be sending six
grapplers to regionals at Williams-
port next Saturday.
At regionals expect “Gold” from
Jeff Austin and Norm Clancy while
Ed Stratford and Chris Van Gorder
may also have fine showings.
The grapplers of Dallas were over
experienced in A.A.A. meets. But
the young Mountaineers gained cru-
cial experience and a few showed
respectability as well as promise for
next year.
In the consolation finals, Billy
Mathers was pinned in the 105
pound class in 2:51 by Todd Jackson
of Valley View.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Hard work
Lake-Lehman’s Joe Smith grimaces as he goes to work against Tim Dawe of Bishop O'Hara in
District 2 wrestling competition this weekend. Smith defeated Dawe, 11-3, and captured a first
place in the 119 pound weight class of the AA Division.
| Locals dump
Alvernia
The men of College Misericordia
ended their season on top of the hill
as they dumped favored Alvernia
College in the finals of the Keystone
Athletic Conference 77-75.
They gained the rights of playing
the final game against Alvernia by
defeating Penn State Capitol in
another squeaker 81-80. The finals,
which could remind you of a Gillette
fantastic finish saw burly Dan
Smith canned an outside jumpers
with six seconds remaining.
The key to Miseri’s success was
patience, leading 22-20 Alvernia out-
scored Miseri 13-4 to take a 35-24
lead. Tom Bossler who ended his
career with a Berks collegiate
record 2316 points canned nine of
those points, and finished with a
game high of 27 points. %
Miseri however came right back
with 10 straight points, highlighted
by Monte Deyo’s half court shot off
the glass to give the Blue and Gold
a 42-41 halftime lead. Deyo finished
with 19 points and 10 rebounds in 27
minutes when an ankle injury
forced him out of the game. Return-
ing later but not nearly at 100
percent. >
Senior Dan Smith however, saved
his best for last. Finishing with 18
points crammed eight of those into
the final five minutes including the
game winner.
We aren’t a terrifically talented
team, we don’thave any height or
experience, but we make up for it
with guts, stated coach Clocker.
In all the Highlanders placed four
players in double figures, lead by
Deyo’s 19 and Smith’s 18, also con-
tributing were Phil Quare’s 16 and
Gregg Kupp’s 14. “
Also Monte Deyo and Phil Quare
made the All Tournament team.
Misericordia finished 10-13 for the
year 5-3 in the K.A.C. Including 5
wins in their last six games showing
their program is progressing as
predicted by Coach Clocker who
figures to be competing with King’s
and Wilkes;by 1987. ) w
- Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Medal winner
Duane Miller of the Lake-Lehman wrestling team proudly
displays his second place medal for the 112 pound weight
class of the AA Division in District 2 competition.