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BY JOHN RODGERS
Sports columnist
It's hard to believe, where has
summer gone, Already shoulder
pads are cracking and high school
football starts Saturday. With a
whole new set-up where strength of
schedule is the main criteria instead
of enrollment.
And three division champs A,B,C,
who may not qualify for the Eastern
Conference playoffs can tend to
provide a lot of confusion.
As of now the divisions are Divi-
sion I, Wyoming Area, Coughlin,
Pittston Area, Wyoming Valley and
Hazleton. Divison II, Tunkhannock,
Nanticoke, Meyers, GAR, Dallas
and Hanover Area. Divsion III,
Lake-Lehman, Bishop Hoban,
Bishop O’Reilly, Northwest, Crest-
wood and W.S. Tech.
Each team will play their division
opponents once and crossover
games against other division foe
may or may.not count in the stand-
ings.
The one bright spot of the new
procedure is W.V.C. teams will play
some Central Division Powers such
as Berwick and Shamokin.
These games will not count in the
standings, but have been the dream
of fans for years.
On now with a look at the Dallas-
Hanover area season opener Satur-
day. The Mountaineers under first-
year coach Teddy Jackson will be
facing a team of great respect.
The Hawkeyes have won back to
back Eastern Conference ‘B’’’
championships. The Mountainees on
the other hand are coming off a 1-10
record. One thing Coach Jackson's
squad has going is competition
among his own squad, with two or
three players at the skilled positions
looking equally impressive.
Also the team has taken to Jack-
son’s philosophies and are playing
well together.
Stroudsburg
Rotarians win
golf tourney
Stroudsburg Rotary Club was the
overall winner in the annual Rotary
District 741 golf tournament, held
last week at the Irem Temple Coun-
try Club.
Some 120 golfers from 14 clubs in
northeast Pennsylvania partici-
pated. The event was chaired by
Jim Alexander, of the Dallas Rotary
club, with support from Barry Fies,
of the Irem Temple Country Club.
Net winner of the tournament was
Bob Lewis of Wilkes-Barre, while
Dick Spinner of Stroudsburg was
the low gross winner. In total, 44
awards were made at a dinner
following the event.
The third annual Dallas Rotary
golf tournament will be held on
Sept. 16, at Irem Temple Country
Club. Dallas Rotary Club expects to
raise more than $1500 for local
charities through this event.
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Hanover Area, on the other hand,
under Coach Alex Kopacz is becom-
ing a team of tradition, rising from
into one of the premier teams of the
East.
This year however, it looks a little
tougher, with only one starter
returning with a total of three let-
termen. In all the Hawykeys have
only 7 seniors and 7 juniors and will
be relying on help from 25 sopho-
mores.
My prediction on the game, for
what it is worth is Dallas 20, Hano-
ver 12, in a game with this much
inexperience you will find mistakes.
My edge goes to Dallas wanting to
start out on the right foot under
rookie head coach Jackson and
what better way to start than with a
victory over two time champ Hano-
ver.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Post correspondent
There are at least 375 entries in
this year’s Wyoming Valley Back
Mountain Triathlon, which begins at
8 a.m., Sunday, at Sandy Bottom.
The events and the course will be
the same as last year except that
one tenth of a mile has been added
to the swim to conform with the
Triathlon Federation guidelines.
The swim will now be 1500 meters
beginning and ending at Sandy
Bottom. The bike race will be 40
kilometers and the run will be 10
kilometers.
There are 11 participants, whose
ages range from 16 to mid 50’s, all
of whom have competed in triath-
lons before.
A father, son and daughter combi-
nation is Gerald, Sean and Kelley
Kavanagh of Dallas. Jerry is in the
mid-50s category while his daugh-
ter, Kelley is in the 16-19 age
category. Sean is slightly older than
Kelley.
Kelley took part in last year’s
race and came in third with a time
of 3:25. That was her first experi-
ence in competition.
This season, Kelley said, will be
more difficult. She recently
returned from a vacation and has
just started training so will have
only two weeks to get into condition.
Kelley rides an average of 15 to 25
miles daily which is close to the
legal distance of the race (24.8). She
runs on an average of about six
miles and says this the most diffi-
cult. She believes swimming is her
strongest event, at least she found
that it was last year. Kelley is a
ninth grade student at Dallas Junior
High School.
Her brother, Sean, is living in
Richmond, Va., and ran his first
triathlon there. He finished 16th out
of 144 entries in his 21-25 age group.
Biking is his strongest event and he
usually bikes for about an hour and
10 minutes daily. He runs for about
45 to 50 minutes daily and swims an
average of about 25 miles weekly.
Two of Sean’s friends from Virginia
are coming to participate in the
local triathlon.
This year’s event is Kelley’s dad
third triathlon. Last year he took
first place in his age group in the
Richmond, Va., Triathlon and third
place in his age group in the Back
Mountain Triathlon.
Running is Jerry’s strongest
event. He has averaged about 50
minutes daily during his past two
months of training. He swims
approximately 30 minutes daily and
usually bikes for about an hour and
20 minutes. Kavanaugh is an
employee of Commonwealth Tele-
phone Company.
Kim Reese of Shavertown, has been
running since she was in high
school. The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Reese, Kim graduated
from Dallas High School and is now
a student at Penn State where she is
majoring in chemistry.
Kim has been active in sports
since she played softball in the Back
Mountain Baseball League.
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Two years ago Kim entered the
Back Mountain Triathlon and fin-
ished third in her age group. Last
year she entered the Triathlon in
Towanda and did very well.
She trains in at lest two of the
events daily, sometimes running
and swimming, sometimes running
and biking, or biking and swim-
ming. She bikes 20 to 25 miles a
day, swims close to 72 laps in a
practice and runs for miles at a
time, running being her favorite
event.
Mike Budjonski of Harveys Lake
has been in several triathlons and
has been an entry in the Back
Mountain Triathlon the past two
years. The first year he finished
about 140th overall in a group of
about 300 and last year he came in
54th overall. This year he is aiming
to do much better. He is in the male
35-39 category.
Mike works six days weekly so
has difficulty finding enough time to
train in all three events daily.
He rides his bike to and from
work in Kingston each day averag-
ing about 250 to 350 miles per week.
He swims about two-to-two and-a-
half miles daily when he trains in
that phase but with the lake in the
condition it has been this season,
swimming has been difficult.
In the recent Emmaus Road
Runner triathlon, Mike finsihed 30th
overall in the 1.2 swim,.50-mile bike
and 13%-mile run, with a time of
4:55. He considers biking his strong-
est event.
Mike is a competitor in the Triple
Crown Series which consists of the
Towanda Endless Mountain Triath-
lon held in June, Carbon County
Triathlon in July and the Wyoming
Valley Back Mountain Triathlon this
Sunday. The entrant with the best
overall time for the three races will
be the winner of $100.
“Triathlon running is a way of
life,” said Mike. “You change your
diet, your sleeping habits, your
daily program including training,
allocation of time, everything.”
His specialty sport is Alpine
skiing so he is in training year-
round. In the spring he begins with
biathlons and triathlons, then goes
into marathons, then the ski season
for the winter.
After that the training cycle
begins again. On Aug. 25, Mike
entered the French Century, 112-
mile bike race at Doylestown. He
enters a race just about every week
and says that is the best form of
training.
Paul and Lori Goeringer of Dallas
are husband and wife, and enter
most competitions together. Lori
has been in the local triathlon for
the past two years and Paul has
been in the local one three times.
He has been in 10 or 11 overall. Last
year, Paul finished the Back Moun-
tain Triathlon in three hours and
Lori finished in three hours and 16
minutes,
Swimming is Lori’s strongest
event and the run is Paul’s. Last
Saturday they entered the Lake
Carey Run and Lori took second in
her age group of 20-24. Paul took
first in his age group of 30-34.
The Goeringers consider the local
event the perfect Triathlon. The
distance in each event is just right
and every phase of the event is well
planned.
“In the swim, Lori outdoes me
every time,” said Paul. “she is a
great swimmer having been a
master competitor in Allentown.
Lori can run the mile in about eight
minutes, I usually run it in six
minutes. I usually catch Lori about
half way on the bike.”
In training, Paul usually bikes
about 60 miles per week. Lori
slightly less. They both average
about 35 miles per week running but
Lori swims three and-a-half to four
miles weekly, Paul two to two-and-a
half miles.
Burt and Jeanie Karmiel and
Raelen Daring, all of the Back
Mountain, are also competing in
this Sunday’s Triathlon.
John Sheehan, Jr., who had
planned to participate, had to with-
draw due to an injury incurred prior
to the Keystate games.
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