10 THE DALLAS POST/Wednesday, July 3, 1985
~ Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Opposing pitchers
Brett Gauntlet shows us one of the reasons why his Dodgers
team finished on top of a 2-0 score in a game against the
Yankees in Major League competition in the Back Mountain
Gorgone
is thrilled
to return
By CHARLOT M.DENMON
Staff Correspondent
An hour or so spent with the
‘Gorgone family of Shavertown and
it’s easy to understand why Rich
Gorgone is so well-respected in
coaching circles. There is a special
camaradrie among Rich, his wife,
Drena, and their four children, one
seldom finds today.
: The love, respect and admiration
are obvious but, above all, is the
‘warm sense of humor and the con-
sideration one has for the other.
Topping all this, presently, is the
excitement over Gorgone being
named head coach of the Lake-
‘Lehman varsity football team.
There . was little doubt among
‘most people in the Back Mountain
that Gorgone was the right candi-
‘date for the position but his appoint-
ment needed board approval —
approval he received unanimously
Jast Tuesday night at the District’s
‘board meeting.
“lI was delighted when I heard
‘that the directors approved my
‘appointment by a 9-0 vote,” said
Gorgone. ‘I was ready to come
back to high school coaching and I
‘wanted to coach were I taught.”
Gorgone was head coach at Lake-
‘Lehman for five years, resigning
.seven years ago because of personal
‘problems, and he decided perhaps
he had better do some other things.
Gorgone did just that. He took
some time off and spent a year just
teaching and spending time with his
family. Then he went to Coughlin as
an assistant coach under J.P. Meck,
head coach at the time. Then he had
an opportunity to coach under
Coach Bill Unsworth at Wilkes Col-
lege where he stayed for four years.
“That was a great learning expe-
rience,” said Gorgone. “Unsworth
made me defensive coach and every
Saturday I matched wits with some
excellent coaches. They are four
memorable years, years I will
never forget. They gave me an
entire new perspective on coaching.
My experience at Wilkes will help
me get some of our Lake-Lehman
athletes into college.”
Rich Gorgone wanted to coach
where he taught and now he will be
doing just that. He missed being a
part of the program at Lake-
Lehman and is excited about resum-
- ing the coaching position. He was
quick to tell this writer that he loves
the Back Mountain, owns his home
here and intends to stay here.
“I love to see the Back Mountain
kids win. When Lake-Lehman plays
Dallas, I want Lake-Lehman to win,
of course, but all the other times I
want both Back Mountain schools to
win. And imagine my position now.
I have a daughter, who is a varsity
cheerleader at Dallas and believe
me, she is an ardent Dallas fan. I
also have three younger children in
the Dallas schools. Imagine my
position,” Gorgone said jokingly.
He speaks highly of both high
school principal Jay Zaleskas and
junior high school John Oliver. He
has the utmost admiration for both
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Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Little League last week. Brett, shown here in the left photo,
went against Yankees pitcher Ray Russin, depicted in the
photo at right. The Dodgers, who had only lost one game to
the Yankees before last week's meeting, managed to move
into a tie for first place with the Yankees with the 2-0 victory.
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The Dodgers downed the Yankees
2-0 in the battle for top honors and
then clinced the pennant when the
Pirates beat the Yankees 3-1 and
they shut out the Tigers. The big
game saw Brett Gauntlett mow
down 10 Yankee batters allowing
four hits to raise his season record
to 9-1. Neil Keiser and Jeff Bankov-
ich knocked in a run apiece in the
first inning for all the scoring the
Dodgers would need. Pete Ker-
desky, Ray Russin and Jamie Jan-
osky came up with hits for the
Yankees. Defensive plays by Mike
Schrlau and Billy Sarley ended any
comback hopes for the losers.
The Dodgers went to Hugo Selen-
ski for their final game of the
season coming away with an 8-0
vicotry and the title in hand. Selen-
ski, Neil Keiser and Bankovich
uncorked two hits each for the
winners while Shane Williams, Jay
Van Orden and Pat Morris each
collected hits for the Tigers.
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The Indians downed the Phillies
16-2 when Steve Oliver ripped two
doubles and a triple and Sam Gor-
gone hammered a single, double an
a triple. Other Indian key hits came
off the bats of John Gossart, Mike
Tomaine and Emery Yurko with
two hits each. Lenny Kelley banged
out two doubles for the Phillies.
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The Orioles squeaked past the
Indians 5-4 when Jeff Masley laced
a hit in the fifth, bringing home the
winning run of the game and then
made an outstanding play for an out
in the sixth to seal the Oriole
victory. Big bats for the winning O’s
were Scott Bearley and Larry
Dymond with two hits apiece to aide
Jeff Dover in winning his sixth
game of the year on the mound.
Indian hitters were Emery Yurko,
Brian Byrd and Bobby Luke.
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The Phillies blasted the Tigers 14-
5 with Joe Kelley on the hill record-
ing 9k’s allowing only two hits in the
contest. Matt Buss drove in 3 runs
with Joe Kelley bringing home two
with a two for three day at the
plate. Other hits came from Jon
Pomrinke, Fred Rosencrans, Scott
Kern, Chris Orloski, Lenny Kelley,
Bob Casterline, Brendon McGovern,
Dave Wojochewski and Sumner
Bachman. Shane Williams picked
up the only two hits for the Tigers.
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of them.
He has surrouned himself with
excellent assistants, Bob Roberts,
who was with Gorgone at Wilkes
and a former assistant coach at
Lake-Lehman; Bob Langan, assist-
ant coach at Valley West last year;
going on to college. Gorgone said he
needs one more assistant and knows
the one he wants but prefers not to
release his name until he is success-
ful in getting that individual.
He is also pleased that the
Knights have Jeff Pace, full-time
therapist since injuries and safety
are two important factors in foot-
ball. Gorgone said that having a
trainer and therapist frees the
coach to teach the athletes the
basics.
Basics is the program Gorgone
plans to emphasize-basic fundamen-
tals such as blocking, kicking and
passing. With losing a number of
students through graduation, he has
only seven seniors and four juniors
returning. This means that he and
his assistants will have to do some
recruiting among the kids who are
athletes but haven’t been out for
football.
Gorgone also plans to re-establish
the junior high program. He real-
izes this will cut numbers from the
squad for this year but it will mean
more experience and more numbers
in future years. He also hopes to
have a year-round weight-lifting and
physical fitness program for all
athletes approved by the board.
During the five years Gorgone
coached at Lake-Lehman, he fielded
competitive, well-disciplined ath-
letes. He was successful in recruit-
ing 45-50 athletes and produced
teams, who gave their opponents
strong competition:
With the experience he has gained
during the past five years at Cough-
lin and Wilkes College, there is little
doubt Wyoming Valley Conference
teams will be hearing from the
Black Knights in the future. Just
give Gorgone and his assistants
time.
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