By JOHN RODGERS
Sports Columnist
A sorrowful note came through
the grapevine recently when, Penn
State-Wilkes-Barre, located in
Lehman. Athletic Director Jack
Monick announced the basketball
program there would be dropped
The decision
was not one made
in haste, rather
one of close scru-
tiny and studies
over the last five
years. It was a
joint decision of
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school’s administration and board
members.
Main reasons for the temporary
elimination of the basketball pro-
gram was lack of facilities. The
Lake-Lehman Junior High gym was
utilized, where problems of late
evening practices combined with
the fact that a large portion of the
members were commuter students
which made it difficult to run a top
flight program. In January only six
‘members were out for the team.
Monick, however, commented
that the program will return soon,
maybe as soon as three years.
“Money has been allotted for a
multi-purpose gym facility, and as
soon as we get the facility, basket-
ball will return,’”’ stated Monick.
“The other sports will benefit just
as much,” he continued. Penn
State’s other sports programs,
tennis, soccer, baseball, volleyball
and cross country, will be upgraded
_ as uniforms, training programs and
travel plans will be improved in
hopes of upgrading their quality.
In baseball alone, where Monick
serves as head coach, they will
compete in both a Spring and Fall
league and they are planning a
tournament on Sept. 14-15 with
hopes of gaining eight teams.
The move by the school was very
well laid out and should step up the
quality and standards of play
greatly. With all factors considered,
it was a gutsy call and it will be a
while before the fruits of the crop
can be harvested, but it should
supply the Back Mountain with
some more fine representation on
the sports level.
Much credit and applaud should
be shown to the members who took
the proverbial ‘Bull by the horns”
to make such a decision in an effort
to improve their existing programs
and a tip of my hat goes out to
them. Good luck and congratula-
tions on a fine example of sacrifice
and courage to make things better
for all in the urs,
On a different note, congratula-
tions to Frank Chadwick Jr. on his
appointment as head coach of
Bishop Hoban’s Soccer team.
The Argents will compete in the
newly formed Wyoming Valley High
School Soccer League, this Fall
which begins Sept. 10.
Frank is president and one of the
founding fathers of the Back Moun-
Cheerleaders
The Dallas High School junior
varsity cheerleaders recently
returned home from the Universal
Cheerleading camp held at Penn
State University, bringing back a
championship trophy and several
blue ribbons.
The squad, coached by Lynn
Wilson, qualified “for districts in
both cheer and sideline divisions.
tain Youth Soccer Association Inc.
and should supply Bishop Hoban
with much knowledge and expeeri-
ence to establish a well rounded
program as well as the new league.
Mr. Chadwick is also a certified
referee through the U.S. Soccer
League and will help the players
with a full understanding of the
rules. Mr. Chadwick is married to
Phylis Martz and is the father of
five.
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One other small note of interest,
College Misericordia will be sport-
ing a new look as they are having
their gym redone, including a new
basketball floor and according to
good sources it will be just in time
for the hanging of their K.A.C.
championship banners won last
year. Also sources state it has been
a banner year for recruits, headed
by Lake-Lehman’s Billy Bearde.
win ribbons
They took first place in the side-
line compeition. The girls also
received a superior ribbon for their
dance routine.
Members of the 1985-86 squad are:
Shaunna Griffin, Tracey Richard-
son, Molly Grasso, Lisa Gorman,
Dawn Aeschebach, Tairon Batory,
Amy Cutter, Carolyn Dillon, Kim
Hall and Karen Tabor.
Champion to
Back Mountain Baseballs minor
league championship will be
decided this Friday evening, August
16, at the Dallas Little League field
beginning at 5:30 p.m. The two
teams vying for first place are the
John M. Randolph Sr. Giants vs. the
Watkins and Medura Orioles. Both
be decided
teams have identical 9 and 1
records.
Any twelve year old little leaguer,
or twelve and fifteen year old soft-
ball player leaving the program
may pick up their pin at the conces-
sion stand during the game.
The Harveys Lake Bassmasters
will conduct their Fifth Annual Kid-
dies Game Fish Derby on Saturday,
August 24, at Harveys Lake.
Co-sponsored by" McDonald’s,
Boscov’s and the Bassmasters, the
derby will feature prizes for the
biggest fish, smallest fish, longest
fish and the most total weight.
Prizes will also be awarded for the
most species and a special prize will
be given for the biggest bass.
Age groups participating in the
derby are 10 and under and 11 to 15
years.
Weigh-in will be held at 2 p.m. at
the Grotto Marina, Sunset.
Pennsylvania anglers are familiar
with the ‘great white fleet” of
stocking trucks that bring more
than five million trout to the
streams and lakes of Pennsylvania
each spring, but how many of them
are aware that those trout actually
had their beginnings on a hot, hazy
day two summers before?
The trout in the Pennsylvania
Fish Commission’s raceways are
beginning to crowd the racks - the
fence-like dividers used to separate
groups of trout in the raceways.
This trout behavior indicates that
one of two events is taking place:
The fish need oxygen, or they feel
the urge to spawn. Because other
groups of trout in the same race-
ways are remaining calm, it’s an
indication that the spawning season
is about to begin. It’s also the start
of a busy season for the fish cultur-
ists at the Commission’s nine trout
rearing facilities.
According to Ken Corl, Chief of
the Trout Production Section of the
Commission, both males and
females are taken from the race-
ways and gently placed in rectangu-
lar washtubs with fresh water con-
taining a dab of anesthetic. The
anesthetic lowers the metabolism of
the trout and permits the fish cul-
turist to take the trout from the
water, remove the eggs or ilt, and
possibly fin clip each fish, or insert
a tag for future inddntification.
“The eggs are placed in a basin
and milt from the male is added,”
said Corl. “The culturists then add
a small quantity of water to acti-
vate the sperm. As the sperm is
activated, it may enter the opening
of the egg (the micropyle) and
fertilization is completed. The fertil-
ized eggs are washed in fresh, cool
water and allowed to water-harden
before they are placed in the incu-
bator.”
About the only similarity to an
incubator for baby fish and one for
baby chicks is that both must have
a controlled temperature, although
the temperature range for trout
eggs is much greater than that of
chicks. Water temperature for the
trout eggs can range between 46 and
54 degrees and the duration of the
incubation period depends on two
factors - species and water temper-
ature.
Normally most of the trout eggs
hatch in September and October.
Hatching percentages vary from 60
percent to 90 percent.
"Fish culturists must be
extremely careful not to ‘bump’ the
Games
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National Sports Festival at New
Orleans.
Sheehan said that his experience
playing soccer helped a lot and that,
basically, hockey it the same as
soccer except that in hockey you
have a stick. Sheehan is also an
experienced ice hockey player. He
played left halfback in the games
and Dombek played right halfback.
Winner of three gold medals in the
Games was junior high student
Gerry Ogurkis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Ogurkis of Dallas.
Gerry won the gold medal at 150
lbs. by defeating Brian Wenner of
Benton, 11-7. He won his first gold
medal of the day by defeating Stan
Marshall of Region 5, 15-3. He
pinned Scott Clere of Region I in
2:40 to take his second gold medal.
Since he and Wenner had each won
two matches, they wrestled with
Ogurkis, who finished as the gold
medalist.
The experience is not new to
Ogurkis since he took a gold medal
at 90 lbs. in 1982 and a second gold
medal at 125 Ibs. in 1983. Last year
he had to withdraw from competi-
~ tion because of heat exhaustion.
The ninth grade student started his
wrestling career at the age of six
and has been a national champion
three times. He plans to wrestle on
the Dallas Senior High Varsity team
in the 1985-86 season.
Other individuals winning gold
medals were Don and Cindy Jones
of Dallas in the C-2 Mixed Class
canoe-kayak 500 meter sprint in 2:36
and Andrea Harris of Dallas, who
took firsts in the 100 freestyle and
100 butterfly swimming events. The
Joneses also took a silver in the
canoe-kayak marathon, and Harris
took second in the 50 butterfly.
In girls field hockey, the scholastic
and the open division Region 2
teams took bronze medals.
The scholastic team lost, 2-0, to
Region 3 and 5-0 to Region 1 on
Saturday, but on Sunday they made
a comeback and defeated Region 3,
5-0. Sue Slocum of Lake-Lehman
scored one of the winning goals
niewski played outstanding defen-
sive games. The local girls said
they played against better competi-
tion than they had ever come up
against:
Jill Radzinski and Christi Strauser,
both of Dallas, played on the Region
2 open team and also faced some
strong competition. The team was
the. Region 3 team, then lost a
squeaker, 1-0, to Region 1. Like the
younger girls, they made a come-
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back on Sunday to defeat Region 4
5-1.
Tracy Garinger, daughter of Marge
and Arnie Garinger of Harveys
Lake, was the volunteer official
representing Region 2 in the games.
Mark Ramirez and Mark Dombek,
both of Dallas, were members of the
Region 2 baseball team which cap-
tured a bronze medal. Despite a 2-1
record which tied the Region 2 team
for first place with Region 1 and
Region 3 in the round-robin compti-
tion, the local team had to settle for
the bronze because Region 1 and
Region 3 had better run differentials
which put them into the competition
for the gold medal.
Gold, silver, bronze or no medals at
all, local men and women athletes
and their coaches returned home
from the games on Sunday night, all
of the same opinion — the Keystone
State Games are an inspiration «
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newly-hatches eggs after they
become two days old. The vitelline
membrane, a delicate layer of cells
within the eggs, may be broken and
cause the egg to die,” Corl noted.
During the incubation period, the
eggs must be cared for constantly.
The eggs are placed in either jars
or trays and a continuous flow of
fresh, cool, running water must
pass over them. A preventive treat-
ment with a fungicide is adminis-
tered to prevent fungus from devel-
oping among the eggs.
Following the incubation period,
little fish burst from the egg and
become sac fry. This name essen-
tially describes this little creature -
a sac attached to a fry. The sac
provides nutrition for the tiny body
during the next two weeks while the
sac slowly disappears.
Corl said it is at this period that
the tiny fish (about 3; to 1-inch)
become dependent on the fish cul-
turists to provide their food. the
culturists sprinkle a very fine, high-
protein fish food crumble on the
surface of the water.
“Throughout the life of the trout,
it is essential that the culturist
provide the proper diet and main-
tain a suitable environment,” said
Corl. “Small fingerlings of one to
four inches are reared in nursery
raceways containing adequate
prime water. Their food continues
to be high in protein because much
energy is required.”
length are taken from the nursery
raceways and placed in production
units and fed a pellet food in place
of the crumbles. Trout are main-
tained in these units with occasional
thinning and grading to prevent
cannibalism. Grading fish for uni-
formity of length ensures better
growth. Care must continually be
taken to avoid stresses on the fish
that could precipitate the onset of
disease.
From the time the fry begin to
feed on their own until they are
stocked in your favorite stream or
lake, a period of about 15 months
has elapsed. With the proper care
and diet for growth at .56 inches a
month for 15 months at a tempera-
ture of 50 degrees and starting with
a one-inch fry, you have the Fish
Commission average.sized stocked
trout: 9.5 inches.
It’s an exact science, raising
those trout Pennsylvania anglers
enjoy catching each spring, and the
Pennsylvania Fish Commission is
recognized throughout the nation for
its modern, efficient trout produc-
tion units.
The Commission welcomes vVisi-
tors at any of their fish culture
stations. These stations are open to
the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
daily.
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