Koval is
named to
position
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Mark Koval of Edwardsville
was recently appointed assistant
baseball coach of the Dallas
Senior High Varsity Nine. In his
new position, Koval will assist
head coach Jack Wolensky.
Koval, who graduated from
Florida Atlanta University in
Boca Raton, last August, with a
degree in physical education,
coached the freshman football
team at Wyoming Valley West
this season. He graduated from
Wyoming Valley West in 1979.
Although this is Koval’s first
position as a baseball coach, if
playing experience and enthusi-
asm is any indication of how he
(Koval) will do, he should be an
outstanding success.
While at Florida Atlantic he
played baseball in Division 2 and
their team was ranked eighth
and ninth in the nation. In his
senior year the team won the
District 25 title but lost in the
regionals. District 25 covered
Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Koval went to FAU because he
wanted to paly baseball and he
knew in the South, most of the
colleges and universities had
long seasons. FAU had a 100-
game schedule, playing 30 plus
games in the Fall and 65 games
in the Spring.
‘“We played top ranked
teams,’”’ said Koval. “And when
we played Miami University, we
beat them. I played second base,
the same position I played on our
high school team. When I was in
high school i played against John
New baseball coach
Mark Koval, new assistant baseball coach at Dallas Senior
High School, discusses second base practice with A.J.
Bittner. Bittner plays second base on the school’s varsity
team, the same position played by Koval in high school and
college.
Bittner who was on the Dallas
team. Now I’m assistant coach-
ing his brother, A.J.”
Koval was named MVP in
baseball by both Wyoming Valley
daily papers and was All Scho-
lastic in football.
Baseball is Mark Koval’s first
love and when he saw an ad in
the paper for an assistant coach
at Dallas, he answered the ad,
filled out an application, sent in
his resume and was called in for
an interview. Later, he was noti-
fied that he was hired. He is also
on the substitute list at Dallas as
a physical education teacher.
Koval also enjoys fishing and
hunting, works as a waiter at
The Station, and helps his family
in a small catering business.
“There is a lot of fine talent
among these kids at Dallas.” he
said, “But we just started to
practice last week and I don’t
even know all of their names. It’s
too soon to tell how the team will
do, but Dallas has always had a
good program. I'm glad to be
here.”
By JOHN RODGERS
Sports Correspondent
With the weather getting warmer
and buds starting to pop on the
trees, it’s time for baseball and it’s
on everyone’s mind. And speaking
of which, the Back: Mountain is on
everyone’s concerned list.
With Dallas
returning eight
lettermen from
an 11-6 season a
year ago and
Lake-Lehman
sporting a strong
nucleus of play-
ers from last
year’s team to go .
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crop of freshmen from a 7-3 team.
The Back Mountain will be right in
the hunt for conference laurels. Also
Penn State in Lehman and College
Misericordia are sporting some fine
talented players.
To start out, Dallas, under the
guidance of Coach Jack Wolensky,
is anchored by Division One pros-
pect A.J. Bittner.
A.J. is being recruited by Miami
University and Coach Pol of Missis-
sipp State. A.J. was All-Conference
in his junior year at second base
and hit over .400.
Also teammate and co-captain
Matt Medura is probably the best
centerfielder in the conference.
Scoring runs will not be a problem,
but the question mark lies in their
pitching staff, where five players
with varsity experience will return.
New Lake-Lehman Coach Dwight
Barbacci must be eagerly awaiting
their season opener. He will have
one of the best receivers in the
business in the likes of Willy Cadwa-
lader to anchor his battery. Earl
Weidner, Billy Boyle and P.J.
Malak are well above 350 hitters
who will be counted on to lead the
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With the season opener April 1
right around the corner, it could
prove to be quite interesting. Once
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The Dallas boys’ basketball team
took an early 10-8 lead in the first
period against Allentown Central
Catholic, but the Vikings’ fast break
was too much for the Mountaineers,
who bowed, 69-57, to their opponents
and dashed their hopes to continue
on the path to the state title.
In the second period, the Mountai-
neers tied the score several times,
however, after a 16:16 tie halfway
through the period, the Vikings
pulled away and never fell behind.
Allentown’s Ed McCaffrey, high
scorer for his team with 21 points,
moved his team into a 22-16 lead
and before the half ended paced his
Vikings to a 26-21 score.
The Mountainers made several
good runs in the second half and at
one time in the final period came to
within three points of the Vikings
but couldn’t make it past that.
McCaffrey not only led the scor-
ing for the Vikings, but did a super
job on the boards taking down 10
rebounds.
Tim Lyons hit 20 points for the
Mountaineers and Mark Farrell
came through with 19. Joe Darling
and Tim Moyer each had seven
points and Steve Wilson added four.
‘The Allentown boys were a
pretty good size,” said Dallas Coach
Clarence Ozgo. ‘“‘Overall, they were
taller than our boys but we have
played taller teams. We were out-
rebounded by a large number. The
boys had too many turnovers to win.
They made too many mistakes.
“When you get as far as the inter-
districts and state playoffs, you
can’t make mistakes and expect to
win. You're going up against some
of the best in the state. But I was
pleased with the kids efforts. They
never quit, even when they fell
behind they never gave up.”
Ozgo said he was very pleased
with the season. When the team lost
so many players through graduation
at the end of last year, a lot of
people wrote the team off. He said
the kids made up their minds they
wanted to win and they worked hard
at it.
“Hard work got them a tie for
second in the league and they were
District 2 finalists. They did alright.
We had outstanding leadership from
our seniors.”
Ozgo gave great credit to Mark
Farrell, Steve Wilson, Tim Cotter
and Joe Darling for the stellar
effort they gave. He noted that
sophomore year and he (0zgo)
believes Darling has his finest bas-
ketball ahead of him if he stays with
it.
“The key to this year’s winning
season for the Mountainers was the
leadership by the seniors,” 0Ozgo
said. “They did a fine job of helping
the sophomores and juniors. The
kids played to win, they didn’t talk
about it, they went out on the floor
and did it.”
Coach Clarence Ozgo is grateful
to all those in the basketball pro-
gram at Dallas and is looking for-
ward to next season at Dallas.
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