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Staff Correspondent
The Dallas Mountainers baseball team took it on the
chin for the first time this year. The heartbreak also
happened twice in the same day.
The week started in fine fashion on Tuesday when
Mark Konopki fired a five-hitter to lead Dallas to an 8-
1 victory over potent Coughlin.
The game started off shaky when a strong offensive
Coughlin club scored in the first inning on a lead-off
double by Jeff Phillips, an infield single by Pitara and
a R.B.I. single by Cole. After that, however, Konopki
beared down to retire the Crusaders allowing only two
runners to reach base the remainder of the game,
striking out eight batters and walking none.
Dallas scored all the runs they needed in the bottom
half of the first when Ramirez reached first on an
error and advanced to third on a single by A.J.
Bittner. After Bittner stole second, Matt Medura
plated both runners with a base hit. Darren Ford
bounced into a fielder’s choice before Drew Jubis and
Dombek produced R.B.L hits.
The Mountaineers produced three more runs in the
second on an R.B.I. single by A.J. Bittner and a
sacrifice by Medura.
MOUNTS DROP PAIR
Thursday, May 2, proved to be the day Jack
Wolensky’s Mountaineers would be put to the test and
came up a little short.
They first faced G.A.R. and started in fine fashioin.
Mark Ramirez and Brian Moye started the game off
with base hits. A.J. Bittner followed with an R.B.I.
single. Darren Ford then plated another run, but
Bittner was called out for throwing his helmet while
running from second to third.
In the second inning, Dallas scored two more. Rob
Dombek singled, and, with two outs, Mark Ramirez
tripled to score Dombek, Moye walked and Bittner
delivered an R.B.I. single before the Mounts were
retired. Mounts on top 4-0.
G.A.R. came back with two in the third when Tom
Sypniewski reached first on a bunt single, Pat
Liberasky followed with a walk and Pat Patilla plated
both runners with a triple.
In the fourth inning, the Grenadiers knotted the
score at 4-4. Ken Wielgopolski led off with a double
and was plated on a single by Mike McCarthy. Mark
Hockenbury singled and Pat Liberasky drew a walk to
load the! bases. Jim sokolas then followed with a
sacrifice fly.
The geime was decided in the bottom of the seventh.
Jay Kubicki hit a one out double for the Grenadiers.
Coach VWolensky then decided to intentionally walk
Partilla. With Greg Skrepnak at the plate, Tim Moyer
threw a wild pitch and both runners advanced. With
two strikes, Skrepnak hit a short fly to right and
Kubicki scored.
The Mountaineers then had to face Crestwood in a
continuation of their 12-12 deadlock which was played
earlier in the year.
Crestwood ended things quick in the bottom half of
the eighth (first inning of this day) when they scored
on a bases loaded squeeze bunt, winning 13-12.
DALLAS 9, HAZLETON 0
Dallas got back to business as usual in their next
game at the expense of Hazleton.
The Nlounts wasted no time as Mark Ramirez
opened the game with a single to center and then stole
second. Brian Moye followed with a walk. Both
runners advanced on a ground out before Ramirez
scored on a grounder by Medura.
Dallas scored again in the second on a sacrifice fly
by Ed Kwak. After that the Mounts scored in every
inning to win, handily 9-0.
Offense: was led by Ramirez, Jubis and Moyer who
all had two hits. Matt Medura also had three R.B.I’s.
Mark Konopki got the win, making him the first to
win six games in the Wyoming Valley Conference.
By JOHN RODGERS
Staff Correspondent
The Lake-Lehman baseball team
won two out of three this week to
keep them in the thick of things.
On Tuesday, the Knights rode the
bats of T. Willy Cadwalader and
Konopky to defeat Northwest, 8-5.
Northwest took an early 3-1 lead,
highlighted by a two-run double by
Gary Boberick.
The Black Knights knotted the
“game at-3-3 on an:R.B.l. single by
Konopki, after scoring single runs in
the third and fourth innings. The
Knights put the game away in the
seventh on two run homer by pinch
hitter, D. Traver to right center.
Offensively Cadwalader and Kon-
opki combined for seven hits. Earl
Weidner was the winning pitcher,
striking out six.
LEHMAN 12, O'REILLY 3
The Knights turned on the bats
and Brian James tossed a four-
hitter as the Knights of Lehman
turned in a 12-3 victory over Bishop
O'Reilly.
After giving up two runs in the
first inning, James beared down
and allowed only one more run
while striking out 10 Queensmen.
Lehman got rolling in the second,
T. Willy and Bill George singled to
start things moving. Bill Boyle and
Earl Weidner were retired but
Lehman then got four consecutive
singles to score five runs.
The Knights added three more in
the sixth on a bases loaded triple by
Weidner, scoring T. Willy, George
and Boyle.
TUNKHANNOCK 7, LEHMAN 1
Tunkhannock’s Keith Watkins was
a one man wrecking crew. Watkins
was the winning pitcher, not allow-
ing an earned run and going 3 for 3
at the plate with three R.B.L’s
including a triple as the Tigers
upended the Knights 7-1 on the
winners field.
Losing pitcher for Lehman was
P.J. Malak striking out three and
walking two. Gunn led the offense
going 2 for 2 at the plate.
Watkins also stole home in the
first to get what proved to be the
Dallas boys track team lost, 86-64,
to" Valley West, but managed a split
tri-meet last Tuesday.
The Lake-Lehman Knights hosted
Hanover and Hazleton in a tri-meet
the same afternoon at the Knights
field, but went down to defeat 107-43
to Hanover Area and 86-64 to Hazle-
fon.
In the Dallas tri-meet with the
Spartans and Rangers, Steve Brace
came in first in the 300m hurdles in
42.4, and in the long jump with 18-
11. Ron Ostrowski took first in the
.200m dash in 25.1 and Mark Wright
came in first in the high jump with
6-0. Matt Liva took the discus with
136-2 and the shot put with «7-434.
Hislop took the javelin throw: with
140-3.
Placing second were Mark
Wright, 1600m run; Ostrowski, 100m
dash; Wright, 3200m run; W. Gau-
thier, triple jump; Matt Nihal,
discus; Liva, Javelin.
Third place finisher was Kern in
the pole vault.
In the Lake-Lehman tri meet, the
Knights relay team of Schall,
Dennis, Henninger and Janiczek
took the 3200m relay and the team
of Schall, Kazmierski, Morgan and
Janiczek took the 1600m relay irace.
Dave Janiczek won the 1600im run
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Chris Van Gorder won the discus
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Taking second was B. Guzinski,
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Third place winners were Van
Gorder, shot put; Schall, 400m
dash; Dennis, 3200m run.
— CHARLOT M. DENMON
Cage league forms
The Wyoming Valley Catholic
Youth Center is still accepting reg-
istrations for its First Annual Men’s
Summer Basketball League. Due to
the recent success of the CYC’s
Open Tournament, the league will
consist of two divisions: A 6 foot 1
inch and under small man’s division
and an open division with no height
limitations.
Rosters can be picked up at the
CYC, 36 S. Washington Street from 9
am. to 9 p.m. daily. For more
information call Ed DeMichele at
823-6121 or stop by at the Center.
Rev. John S. Terry is director of
the CYC, a member agency of the
Wyoming Valley United Way.
REMODELING
Meet the coaches
Rodgers on sports
By JOHN RODGERS
Sports Columnist
It’s time to set the record
straight. This article stemmed from
a recent conversation I overheard,
and then got involved in. It is the
judgement and evaluation of Back
Mountain high school sports pro-
grams. ;
The conversa-
tion started with
the Dallas base-
ball team when
one man inferred
it (the baseball
program) was
going downhill.
(This being in 4
reference to its 5
two losses in one RODGERS
day). Then one thing led to another
and the conversation got sticky.
First of all, I will not even
attempt to compare Back Mountain
coaches to that of any other. Coach-
ing is tough enough and to compare
styles and principles is heresy. I'm
sure they all do their best with what
they have and their main concern is
the well being of their players. As
for the athletic directors and pro-
grams in general I believe the rule
is the same, although there will
always be exceptions.
Okay! Let’s set it straight. The
myth of some people saying, the
Back Mountain Area is a bunch of
farmers and hicks because it is a
rural area is absolutely ridiculous.
This seems to be a last-ditch effort,
probably because their defenses are
thinning — they’re running out of
things to say.
Another good one! It’s a fluke
year out there for both Dallas and
Lehman. Come on! Give some
credit to these schools like any
others run on four-year programs.
It takes a lot of hard work and
credit, by both coaches and players,
to build and mold a team together.
A fluke is when nine freshmen take
the field and go undefeated. It is not
a fluke when a team works its butt
off and a coach who twists his brain
to come up with the right combina-
tion.
Here’s another! They played an
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easy schedule. To make a statement
like that at this point in the season
is ludicrous. These teams took
every challenge thrown at them,
from weather to competition level.
Tell them it was easy! Maybe you
should wait until the end of the
year, when it’s all over and each
team has played the same oppo-
nents.
Now, for the one that got me right
in the gut. I myself commented that
both Lake-Lehman and Dallas had
some Blue Chip prospects ready for
the college level in both men and
women sports.
Here are some of the intellectual
responses I heard. They will fail out
the first semester. Or how about
this one? They will never find their
way out of the woods. If this gentle-
man was serious, I would like to
know where he went to school. I
think it was sarcasm though;
another form of defending a falter-
ing defense. If there is anyone who
could be serious about such state-
ments, they should wake up. These
schools, along with all the others,
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accident.
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provide each student with expert
teaching prowess. They strive for
academic placement first and scho-
lastic ability second.
Once again, how about some
credit for the ones who reach both,
no matter what school they’re at.
For the statistical department, I
will give you just one.
The comment made was, ‘‘Over-
all, Wilkes-Barre schools have a
better record this year.” Well if
your talking baseball and girls’
softball, you’re wrong. Dallas and
Lake-Lehman boys have a com-
bined 18-7 record, the two top
Wilkes-Barre schools are G.A.R.
and Coughlin who stand at 15-10. In
girls, Dallas and Lehman register
at 18-5 while Coughlin and G.A.R.
are 17-8. If you would like to check
other sports feel free, it’s about the
same.
So, to sum it up, to the few people
who wish to be so narrow-minded,
call anyone anything you wish, but
do your homework first and be
honest with yourself, before you put
your foot in your mouth.
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