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By JOHN KILDUFF
Staff Writer
“It was a great, all-around team
effort. I think my kids played well
in all phases of the game.”
That is how Lake-Lehman’s head
football coach Rich Gorgone
responded this past Sunday in
reflecting on his team’s 25-6 victory
over the Northwest Rangers Satur-
day afternoon.
The win placed the Black Knights
in sole possession of first place
the Wyoming Valley Conference.
The victory, played in sweltering
temperatures hovering in the mid-
90’s, was also Gorgone’s first as the
new mentor at the Back Mountain
school since returning to Lake-
Lehman after a seven-year absence.
“It is really nice and it is good for
the kids,” Gorgone said of his first
victory this season. ‘‘That first
game (Lake Lehman’s 7-6 loss to
Carbondale on opening day last
week) is behind us and now we are
taking each game at a time. We
cannot look ahead,” Gorgone said.
The Black Knights again relied on
the strong running game anchored
by senior halfback Bill George.
George scampered for 115 total
yards, including two touchdown
runs, against Northwest.
Lehman opened the scoring Satur-
day late in the first period when
freshman quarterback Len Annetta
fired a nine-yard TD pass across the
middle to senior tight end Jeff
Ruzicki. The PAT by sophomore
Scott Shafer was good and Lake
Lehman led 7-0.
The Black Knight defense, anc-
hored by senior Chris Kurkosy, held
the Rangers in check for most of the
first half giving the offense good
field position.
“Our defense played very well,”
Gorgone ‘said. “It would be very
tough to point to any single player
and say he did the job. We played a
lot of kids and they all played a
tough defensive game.”
Lehman used the strong defense
to its advantage 'by stopping the
Rangers repeatedly near mid-field.
On their second offensive possesion,
the Lehman boys grinded ouf 66
yards, enroute to a 13-0 lead. Half
back George took a second down
hand-off from Annetta on the
Ranger 25 yard-line and rolled in for
a TD and the game’s longest run
from scrimmage.
The beginning of the second half
again saw tough defense and good
touchdowns.
After junior split-end Chris Land-
messer took a Ranger punt on the 40
yard-line and returned it to the
Northwest 22 yard-line, the Lehman
back-field of George and full-back
Jeff Martin took over. George got
the call for the third Lehman TD
taking it over right tackle from one
yard out. Lehman led, 19-0. The
PAT was missed.
Northwest took the kick-off and
was stalled by the Black Knight
defense again, forcing a punt which
the Lehman took at the Ranger 47
yard-line.
Following a 20-yard completion to
Ruzicki and two first down runs by
Martin and George, George tallied
the final Lehman TD with a four-
yard off tackle plunge giving the
Black Knights a 25-0 lead at the end
of the third quarter.
Northwest scored on a 77 yard
drive ‘in the fourth quarter after
Gorgone pulled his staring defensive
players in favor of underclassmen.
Ranger’s sophomore quarterback
John Kalbach engineered the final
drive with four completions for 55
yards. Kalbach scored the lone
Ranger talley with a one-yard
quarterback sneak with 4:13
remaining in the game. The score
ended with Lehman on top 25-6.
Lehman is now 1-1 overall and 1-0
in Division III of the Wyoming
Valley Conference. This Satruday
the Black Knights will host Tunk-
hannock at 2 p.m. The game is
expected to be a tough test for the
young Lehman squad.
“They are a real big team,”
Gorgone said. “They are gigantic in
size, which could be a big factor in
the game,” said Gorgone.
The offensive and defensive lines
of Tunkhannock average over 230
pounds. Lake Lehman up-front,
average about 205 pounds.
“With their size advantage we are
looking at possibly opeing up our
offense,” said Gorgone. “We might
have to open it up and pass the ball
a bit more.”
Lehman, early this season, has
been content with grinding out yard-
age with 202 pound full-back Jeff
Martin and 185 pound half-back Bill
George. Tunckhannock might force
Gorgone to change his early season
strategy.
“I am not sure right now, but we
might have to open it up a little
more this Saturday,” said Gorgone.
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Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Dotty Ed John Charlot Joe GoalPOST
MARTIN CAMPBELL | KILDUFF DENMON GULA PETIE
(5-9) (7-3) (3-7) (5:5) (8-2) (8-2)
Dallas/ Crestwood Dallas Dallas Crestwood Crestwood Crestwood
Crestwood 21-6 13-6 18-14 14-7 7-6 14-10
Tunkhannock/ Lehman Lehman Tunk Tunk Lehman Lehman
{Lake-Lehman 28-14 7-6 24-12 28-6 21-14 10-7
W. Side Tech/ Hanover Hanover W. S. Tech Hanover Hanover Hanover
{Hanover 2140 17-6 14-12 12-6 7-0 21-0
Valley West/ WYW WW WW GAR WYW Ww
{GAR 14-12 14:7 21-1 21-13 28-14 14-7
{Penn State/ Penn State Penn State Temple Penn State Penn State Penn State
Temple 28-14 21-14 28-24 28-7 14-12 21-7
Notre Dame/ Notre Dame Notre Dame Michigan Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame
Michigan 21-14 21-17 17-16 24-21 14-6 21-14
Pittsburg/ Pittsburg Pittsburg Pittsburg | Ohio State Pittsburg Pittsburg
Ohio State 7-6 21-14 21-17 28-14 7-6 17-10
Gula, Petie tied af
ula, Petie tied after two weeks
Joe Gula moved into a tie with
GoalPOST Petie after picking all
five games correctly. Both Gula and
Petie sport 8-2 records with Petie
losing on the Bishop O’Reilly/
Weatherly match-up.
Ed Campbell also picked up five
victories last week to move into
second place with a 7-3 slate while
the two female prognosticators,
Dotty Martin and Charlot Denmon,
are deadlocked at 5-5. Staff writer
John Kilduff, with a 3-7 slate, is
having a difficult time getting
started in his new role as a Post
prognosticator.
This week, the Post prognostica-
tors are split on their decisions for
the Dallas and Lake-Lehman teams.
Campbell and Kilduff are remaining
loyal to the Mountaineers while
artin, Denmon, Gula and Petie
think the Comets of Crestwood have
a better shot at a victory in that
clash.
In the Lake-Lehman/Tunkhan-
nock game, Kilduff and Denmon are
leaning toward Tunkhannock while
the rest of the prognosticators give
the Black Knights a slight edge.
Kilduff favors West Side Tech
over Hanover while the rest of the
prognosticators are going with the
Hawkeyes. Denmon is the only one
+
giving GAR an edge while the rest
of the crew favors the Spartans of
Wyoming Valley West in that Wyo-
ming Valley Conference.
Kilduff likes Temple over Penn
State while the other five think the
Nittany Lions can pull off a victory.
Kilduff also likes Michigan over
Notre Dame while the others go
with the Fightin’ Irish. Denmon is
alone in choosing Ohio State over
Pittsburgh.
The Strikers Wrestling Club will
open its season of elementary wres-
tling on Oct. 1, 1985 at the Old
Noxen School located in Noxen. You
may register on opening nightfrom
7-9 or there will be a pre-registra-
tion on Sept. 21 from 4-6 p.m. at the
Noxen School.
All elementary boys in the Lake-
Lehman, Dallas or Tunkhannock
school districts are welcome to
attend. Parents who would like fur-
ther .information may contact Mrs.
Kocher at 639-2158 or Mrs. Ron
Swingle at 298-2212.
The Greater Wilkes-Barre Family
YMCA will be holding tryouts for
their gymnastics team on Saturday,
Sept. 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. Tryouts
will be held in the YMCA audito-
rium.
The Y Gymnastics Competitive
Team will consist of two teams. The
competitive team will be made up
of the more advanced gymnasts
who have already competed and the
Pre-team will prepare the gymnast
for competition. Those eligible for
tryouts are any boy or girl age 6
through 18 years of age.
For further information contact
the Wilkes-Barre YMCA at 823-2191.
Following are results of games
played last week in the Back Moun-
tain Youth Soccer Organization:
U-10 DIVISION
Strong competition continued in
Division U-10 play on a hot, muggy
weekend.
Randy Slaff’s 2 goals led the
Sockers to a 3-1 victory over the
Sting. Jeremy Fleeger added a goal
for the Sting and Michael Petruska
scored the lone Sting goal. ;
The Cosmos came back from a 2-
goal deficit to win 3-2 over the
Rowdies Danny Moses, Jennifer
Jones and Sean Callahan scored for
the Cosmos. and Brad Barket and
Eddie Thomas scored the early
goals for the Rowdies.
Kevin McDonald, Nick Sabatini
and Rick Klick led the Fury to a 5-0
win over the Roughnecks. Steve
Batory, Alisa Merolli, Dan Dixon,
Alex Valentine excelled on defense.
The Strikers squeaked by with a
late 4th quarter winning goal by
Keith Garcia to defeat the Kicks 4-3.
Eric Dieffenbacher was the other
Striker goalmaker. Goals for the
Kicks were made by Rob Kane,
Brian Burkhardt and Scott Walters.
Tuesday night in a tremendous
defensive struggle, the Arrows beat
the Sting 1-0, on a goal by Shannon
Stair. Eddie Mattie played a grat
game in the goal for the winners.
The Chargers tied the Comets
with goals by Terry Jared and
outstanding play by Tony Cox.
GAME SCORES: Rowdies 12,
Express 3; Cosmos 3, Wings 1;
Strikers 3, Aztecs 2;Kicks 4, Lan-
cers 2; Stallions 9, Sockers 5;
Roughnecks 0, Comets 0; Fury 1,
Chargers 1; Sockers 3, Sting 1;
Cosmos 3, Rowdies 2; Fury 5,
Roughnecks 0; Strikers 4, Kicks 3;
Chargers 1, Comets 1; Express 1,
Wings 0; Aztecs 9, Lancers 0; Stal-
lions 6, Arrows 1.
U-12 DIVISION
In the U-12 Division Matt Sleighth-
olm led the Chargers to another
victory, this time over the Comets 7-
1. Skightholm scored twice in the
first quarter and David Fisher
added one to make it 3-0 at hali-
time.
The Comet’s lone goal came from
Greg Choi in the third quarter.
In the fourth the Chargers ran
away with it when Matt Sleighth-
olm, David Fisher, David Seidel,
and Leann Simon added one a piece.
Chris Boraski and Jeremy Wil-
liams led the defense. The Chargers
goalie played an outstanding game
under repeated attacks by the
Comets offense.
In other action the Aztecs shut out
the Lancers 3-0 with Billy Johnson
tallying 2 and Jeremy Saltze adding
the other goal. Saltzer was excellent
as goalkeeper for the first half.
Mike Schrlau kept the Lancers
scoreless for the second half.
The Express and Wings also bat-
tled to a 3-0 score. Ned Palka had
two for the Express and David
Holdredge had the other goal.
Express goalies for the shutout
were Tommy Hite and Mark
Medura. Wings goalie Jerry Pollick
played tremendously under numer-
ous Express attacks on goal.
In a surprise win the Fury upset
the undefeated Roughnecks 6-4 with
single Fury goals by Susie Richard-
son, Bill Richardson and Bruce
Nutaitis. Steve Rosenthal scored 3
times for the Fury.
The Stallions edged the arrows 3-2
with two Arrows goals by David
Fosco and one from Todd Pac-
zewski. Matt Samuel and Scott Cox
were tough defenders for the Stal-
lions.
The Cosmos had a big win over
the Rowdies 8-3. Shawn Scavone had
two for the Cosmos while John
Kachurick, Patricia and Jack Sor-
doni, Tudor Jones, Jason McDade
and Kevin Burke scored one each.
Scorers for the Rowdies were Rob
Beretski with two and Ron Hoyt
with one.
The Sting and Sockers went goal
forgoal with a final 4-4 tie score.
Both teams played excellent ball.
GAME SCORES: Express 8, Row-
dies 1; Wings 5, Cosmos 3; Aztecs 4,
Strikers 3; Kicks 4, Lancers 2;
Arrows 8, Sting 2; Stallions 4, Sock-
ers 0; Roughnecks 3, Comets 0;
Chargers 7, Fury 2; Chargers 7
Comets 1; Aztecks 3, Lancers 0;
Express 3, Wings 0; Fury 6, Rough-
necks 4; Stallions 3, Arrows 2;
Cosmos 8, Rowdies 3.
U-14 DIVISION
In the Sockers vs. Chargers game,
John Bacaonski had the only goal
during a tight first half. But the
Sockers caught fire after an unass-
isted 30 yard goal by Brian Hampel.
The fourth quarter saw three
more goals from Sam Gorgone, Ken
Klimovitch and Brian Hampel.
Brian had a great day as he
assisted Sam and Ken with their
goals.
Valiant efforts by the Chargers
failed to produce any goals as the
Chargers fell to the Sockers in a 5-0
game. :
GAME SCORES: Sting 1, Cosmos
0; Comets 1, Roughnecks 0; Fury 3,
Rowdies 2; Kicks 2, Strikers 1;
Sting 1, Chargers 0; Sockers 1,
Comets 0; Cosmos 2, Kicks 0.
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Rebels
garner
title
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Coach Flossie Finn’s team took
the national championship in the
Class B Fast Pitch competition
played at the Drifton Softball Com-
plex, Aug. 31 through Sept. 1.
Seven teams participated in the
tournament with the Rebels playing
six games in two days to take the
championship. They played the
Jeddo Stars three times in copping
the title.
In their first game, the local girls
went against the Maryland Block-
busters defeating them 7-5 behind
Pitcher Kim Eckley’s seven strike-
outs. Cindy Slocum drove out a
homerun collecting three RBI’s.
Cheryl Travis knocked out two
singles, Slocum had two, Kim Men-
kavitch hit two and Diane Kinney,
Maureen Ryneski, Sally Galka and
Debbie Cox hit one each.
The Rebels scored five of their
runs in the third inning, added
another in the fifth and one in the
sixth.
The Blockbusters scored all of
their runs in the fifth inning and had
five hits in the game. Their losing
hurler, C. Snoots fanned seven and
walked six of the Rebels.
In the second game which was
called in the fifth inning under an
eight run rule, the Rebels shut out
Kings Korners, 9-0.
Travis, Cox and Eckley drove out
two hits each for the Rebels while
their team mates Menkavitch,
Ryneski and Kinney had one each.
Eckley was the winning pitcher
fanning one and walking two. The
losing hurler was B. Long, who
struck out two and walked three.
The Rebels suffered their first
loss in the third game against the
Drifton Jeddo Stars. The 4-1 defeat
dropped them to the losers bracker
in the competition.
Jeddo scored all four of their runs
in the fifth inning aided by nine hits.
The Rebels scored their lone run
in the first inning on Travis triple
and a hit by Diane Kinney.
Jeddo putin a pinch runner in the
second inning but the Rebels picked
her off on first base. Losing pitcher
Kim Eckley struck out one and
walked three.
Jeddo’s winning hurler Josie
Evans fanned one and walked six in
picking up the win.
In Game Four, the Rebels went
against Tedd’s Tavern of Harris-
burg and nipped them 1-0 in eight
innings of play. Tedd’s Tavern are
the Class B State Champs that
defeated the Rebels at Marcus
Hook. Defeating Tedd’s at Drifton
put the Rebels in the National
Championship game.
In a close game, the score was 0-0
going into the bottom of the eighth
when Galka hit a single to go to
first. Eckley laid a sacrifice bunt
down to third and the third baseman
overthrew first allowing Galka to
cross home plate with the winning
run.
Eckley was the winning pitcher,
striking out three. Losing pitcher S.
Kocher fanned six and walked only
one.
The win advanced the Rebels to
meet the Jeddo Stars again in the
fifth game. They avenged their only
loss to them by winning 6-1. The
local girls scored two runs in the
fourth, three in the fifth and one in
the seventh to clinch the game.
C. Slocum drove out a home run
collecting three RBI’s and Travis,
Slocum and Galka had two hits
each. Beth Hess and Menkavitch
collected one. Jeddo’s only score
was a homerun by Pat Spock.
The Rebels handed Jeddo Stars
their first loss so another game for
the championship had to be played.
The final game went 10 innings
before the Rebels edged Jeddo, 3-2.
The Rebels scored one run in the
first inning and one in the third
before scoring the winning run in
the 10th.
In the 10th, Beth Hess went to
first on a single, followed by Debbie
Cox and Diane Kinney. Maureen
Ryneski went to first on a fielder’s
choice while Hess was out. Then
Cheryl Travis sacrificed to center-
field sending Cox across with the
score.
The Rebels held Jeddo in the
bottom of the 10th to take the game.
Jeddo scored a run in the first and
one in the fifth. Winning pitcher
Kim Eckley struck out three and
walked one. Losing hurler Josie
Evans walked three.
Kingston Twp.
teams win two
In Back Mountain Mini-Football
action this past weekend, Kingston
Township teams recorded two victo-
ries over Lake-Lehman as the A
Team won, 6-0 and the B Teamr
picked up a 20-0 victory.
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