by
Staff Correspondent
Dallas Mountaineers ran their
record to 2-1 last Saturday after-
noon on their home field behind the
strong running of Ryan Holthaus,
Rich Long, John Harris and Ron
Ostrowski, as they defeated Meyers
10-7 in the final minutes of the last
quarter.
It was Holthaus, who plays both
ways, however, who kept moving
the ball throughout the game. He
proved to be the spark plug on both
the offense and defense, never
giving an inch to a strong Meyers
team.
The Mountaineers went ahead 3-0
in the first quarter and kept the
lead until late in the third quarter
when the Mohawks scored after a
bad Dallas snap went over kicker
Gerry Mihalick’s head.
In the first quarter, Mark Kray-
nak recovered a Mohawk fumble
deep in Meyers territory that set up
an 18-yard field goal by Mountai-
neer Gerry Mihalick with 3:01
remaining in the quarter.
Until the score, a stubborn Dallas
defense refused to give ground to
the Mohawks’ rushing and broke up
their quarterback Gene Maffei’s
passes consistently.
Neither team scored in the second
quarter, but late in the third quarter
a bad snap that went way over
Mihalick’s head was the break that
set up their touchdown.
Mihalick retrieved the ball on the
Dallas 20 yard line, but it was
Meyers’ ball so the Mohawks took
over in excellent field position.
Despite a determined Dallas
defense, Maffei used a 13 yard toss
to Bob Zweibel on fourth down and
10 to play the key role in the
Mohawks touchdown. Zweibel took
"the ball on the Mountaineers six
yard line and on second down
Maffei hit Tom Skaff in the end zone
for six points. With 3:04 on the
clock, Bill Edwards made the extra
point, putting the ball right through
the goal posts.
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Dallas offense took over and
despite a strong rushing game, the
effective as the Mountaineers and
they refused to give for the home
team.
It looked as though the Mohawks
would go home with a certain win in
the final period when on third and
eight, Maffei went back to pass on
his own 24-yard line. With only six-
minutes on the clock, defensive end
Mark Chester jarred the ball loose
from Maffei’s grasp and Bill
Fedrow recovered and ran it in for
a Dallas touchdown. Mihalick made
the conversion and the game went
to 10-7 for the Mountaineers.
In the final minutes, Meyers
started a drive from its own 20 yard
with Maffei using a series of passes
into Dallas territory. The game
ended when Meyers Coach Mickey
Gorham claimed his team was
short-changed a down but the offi-
cials overruled Gorham and the
Mountaineers took over on the final
play of the game.
Dallas Coach Ted Jackson was
elated with the performance of his
defense. He had special commenda-
tion for his defense, especially Ryan
Holthaus who played relentlessly
the entire game.
“He is like a bear,’ said Jackson
“and never gives up. Actually our
entire defense played a strong
game. Our offense played well but
better in the first half than the
second. They are still making too
many mistakes.”
The statistics show both teams
played fairly even with each team
having eight first downs. Dallas had
a total of 105 yards rushing to
Meyers 86 but Mohawks had the
advantage in passing with Maffei
completing 13 of 26 passes for 131
yards while Lyons completed only
four of 17 for 35 yards for the
Mountaineers. Both teams had a
costly fumble which resulted in
scores.
The Mountaineers meet Tunkhan-
nock this Friday night at Tunkhan-
nock where they will have their
work cut out for them.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Dallas Junior High varsity girl’s
soccer team ran its record to 2-0
last week with wins over Wyoming
Valley West and Plains, The local
junior high team defeated the young
Spartan team 2-0 and the Plains
team 2-1.
In the game with Valley West,
Renee Strauser, left inside forward
line, scored the two goals for the
varsity’s win. In the junior varsity’s
win over the Spartans, right inside
Becky Lewis scored the first goal
15:00 minutes into the half. Left
outside Wendy Hozempa scored the
second goal to give the junior var-
sity the win.
In the girls win over Plains Renee
Strauser again scored two goals to
put the final score at 2-1. Qutstand-
ing defensive performances were
turned in by Laura Poynton, Mar-
cella Bove and Karen Klick. Also
assisting were Jennifer Moran,
Julienne Orlowski and Debbie Dras-
nin.
“We had two tough games,” said
Junior High Coach Annette Tregan,
‘but my Dallas girls pulled
through.”
— CHARLOT M. DENMON
Donna Rish, and
Entertaining
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
the strutters doing their. part of the routine.
By JOHN F KILDUFF
Staff Writer
Last week Lake Lehman Head Coach Rich Gorgone
said the Tunkhannock Tiger ‘‘team size” would play a
major role in whether or not the Black Knights would
garner their second victory this season.
“They are a real big team,” Gorgone said last week.
They are gigantic in size which could be a big factor in
the game.”
Well, the Tigers “team size’’ proved to be more than
the young Black Knight team could handle Saturday
afternoon as coach Tom Oldziejewski’s team pounded
Lake Lehman 34-6.
The Tunkhannock loss dropped Lake Lehman's
overall record below .500 to 1-2. However, the Black
Knights remain 1-0 in Division III of the Wyoming
Valley Conference, despite the loss.
Tunkhannock used its size and poise early on in the
game as senior quarterback Rich Appleby engineered
a 12-play drive, culminating in a six yard TD run by
Tiger fullback Kevin Gilpin. The Tigers led 7-0.
Gilpin, behind a dominating offensive line averaging
over 220 pounds, rambled for 93 yards on 24 carries.
The Tiger line opened gaping holes all day long for
Tunkhannock’s running game of Gilpin and halfback
Brian Mast.
Appleby also had a banner afternoon as he passed
for over 100 yards with two TD passes.
Lake Lehman’s offense sputtered on its first posses-
sion and was forced into a punt formation at their own
35-yard line. The snap from center Kevin Gibson was
lofted over the head of punter Scott Shaffer’s head and
after a scramble for the loose ball, the Tigers
recovered the ball on the Lake Lehman seven yard
line.
The Black Knights defense stopped the powerful
Tiger running game on three straight plays. However
on fourth down from the Lake Lehman three yard line,
coach Oldziejweski opted for the TD attempt instead
of a sure field goal.
Tunkhannock quarterback Appleby dropped back in
the pocket with good protection and fired a perfect
pass to split-end Donnie Nowells for a 14-0 lead. The
Tigers had gained an early first quarter lead as well
as momentum as the ensuing kick-off revealed.
Lake Lehman junior Chris Landmesser fumbled the
Tiger kick and Tunkhannock recovered on the Lake
Lehman 37-yard line. After the games longest run
from scrimmage by Tiger fullback Gilpin of 22 yards,
Appleby connected twice with Nowells for 18 yards.
With the ball on the Lake Lehman eight yard line,
Appleby took the snap from center, rolled left and
found Nowells wide open in the endzone for 20-0 lead.
After Lake Lehman struggled to get its offense into
gear, the huge Tiger defensive line forced Gorgone’s
squad to punt with just 5:12 left in the second quarter.
Tunkhannock used a strong ground game of ball
control by pounding Gilpin off-tackle and drove down
field to the Lake Lehman 22 yard line. Gilpin then
broke free for his second TD of the day on 22 yard
scamper off left tackle. The Tigers went into the
lockerroom at halftime leading 27-0.
Lake Lehman opend the third period with a solid .68
yard drive before having quarterback Len Annetta’s
pass intended for senior Jeff Ruzicki intercepted on
the Lake Lehman eight yard line.
Tunkhannock then put the game out of reach when
they masterfully marched 92 yards to paydirt. Half-
back Brian Mast’s number was called and he plowed
over Lehman’s left defensive side for a four-yard TD
run. With 8:14 remaining in the third period, the
Tigers led 34-0.
The Black Knights erased the goose egg on the
scroeboard when senior defensive end Jim Nelligan
blocked punter Tracey Kromko’s attempted punt from
the Tunkhannock 38 yard line. Nelligan also recovered
the ball on the Tiger 32 yard line.
Lake Lehman’s work-horse fullback Bill George then
took a pitch from quarterback Annetta and rolled right
for what seemed to be a sweep.
However, George caught Tunkhannock’s secondary
sleeping when he tossed a 20 yard option pass to
Junior Chris Landmesser for the Black Knight's only
score of the afternoon. The two-point - conversion
attempt failed and the Black Knights ended the day on
the short side of a 34-6 score.
Lake Lehman will travel to Hanover Area this
Saturday afternoon for a 2 p.m. clash with the
Hawkeyes.
Dallas
stickers
win two
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Dallas girl’s field hockey team
won both times out last week by
identical 2-0 scores, defeating
Meyers 2-0, Wednesday and earlier
in the week shutting out Coughlin 2-
0 on the Lady Mounts home field.
The teams played to a scoreless
tie at the end of the first half in the
Meyers game but in the second half,
Freshman Sue Wells playing in only
her second varsity game scored a
goal 13:35 into the half, on an assist
by Erin Cleary, to give Dallas a 1-0
lead. Wells also had an assist on
Linda King’s clincher at 24:30 into
the half. :
Coach Robyn Jones commended :
Wells on the way she came through
for the team after having had a
rough time in the first games she
played.
“The team is beginning to come
together,” said Jones. ‘“‘All of my
girls are competitive and this is
good because I can go to the bench
any time during a game. I don’t
have to stick with a single starting
lineup.”
Dallas had 13 shots on goal,
Meyers had three. Dallas had 18
corners, Meyers had six. Karen
Wall had two saves for Dallas;
Smith had seven for Meyers.
In Monday’s game, Lori Warneka
and Joyce Tinner led Dallas to their
2-0 win over the Coughlin Crusad-
ers. Warneka scored 26:55 into the
first half, unassisted. Tinner scored
unassisted at 29:00 into the second
half.
Renee Creazzo played an out-
standing game as goalie for the
Crusaders as did the Dallas defense
who allowed Coughlin only three
shots on goal.
Karen Wall had one save for Dallas.
Creazzo had 13 saves for Coughlin.
Coach Jean Lipski’s Lady Knights
played an outstanding game last
Wednesday against Wyoming Semi-
nary, a closely fought contest which
ended in a 1-1 tie. 5
The Black Knights jumped out to
an early 1-0 lead at 3:05 in the first
half. Susie Slocum took the ball at
midfield and, dodging the Seminary
defense, drove a 20-foot volley pa
goaltender Liane Kersey.
sides played even.
Lisa Burak took charge and used
long volleys to keep the ball at
Lehman’s end of the field. Despite
Burak’s aggressive play, outstand-
ing defensive play by Lake-
Lehman’s Noel Kuznicki and Col-
leen Corbett prevented Seminary
from scoring until 13:25 into the’
final half.
It was Leigh Lawrence, who
scored her sixth goal of the season
on a corner shot to break the Lake-
Lehman girls unscored-upon streak.
With only 30 seconds remaining in
the game, Slocum drove the ball
_Seminary’s Liane Kersey made an
outstanding save to preserve the tie
between the two teams.
Lehman
booters
nipped
Dotty Ed John Charlot Joe GoalPOST
MARTIN CAMPBELL | KILDUFF DENMON GULA PETIE
(169) (17-9) (10-15) (17-9) ) (18-7)
Dallas/ Dallas A Tunk. Tunk. Dallas Tunk. Tunk.
Tunkhannock 14-12 14-10 28-6 13-7 21-14 21-1
Lehman/ O'Reilly Lehman O'Reilly - Lehman O'Reilly Lehman
O'Reilly 76 14-10 14-7 10-7 14-6 10-6
Seminary/ Seminary Seminary Peddie Seminary Seminary Seminary
Peddie 12-10 10-0 21-10 7-6 24-12 14-7
Wvw/ WW Ww Meyers Ww WW WWW
Meyers 28-6 14-3 21-17 24-6 28-13 21-1
PSU/ PSU PSU Rutgers PSU PSU PSU
Rutgers 21-6 21-7 20-17 21-17 24-20 24-14
Notre Dame/ Notre Dame Notre Dame Purdue Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame
Purdue - 28-21 24-21 30-24 14-13 32-24 21-10
Pitt/ Pitt Pitt W. Va. Pitt Pitt Pitt
W. Virginia 14-6 24-10 17-14 16-10 24-21 14-7
GoalPOST Petie continues to hold
an ever so slight lead over his
prognosticator counterparts with an
18-7 record. However, after picking
up eight victories this past weekend,
photographer Ed Campbell and
staff correspondent Charlot Denmon
are hot on Petie’s tail with identical
17-8 records.
Editor Dotty Martin and advertis-
ing representative Joe Gula follow
with 16-9 slates while staff writer
John Kilduff holds up the group at
10-15.
Ironically, Kilduff was the only
prognosticator to choose the correct
V
lege game as the Panthers went
down to an unexpected defeat.
Martin moved into a tie with Gula
by anticipating the Warriors of
Wyoming Area would defeat the
Wyoming Valley West Spartans.
Martin, a graduate of Wyoming
Area High School, remained true
blue to her Warriors and was pleas-
antly surprised when the WA boys
blew the Spartans off the field, 35-7.
It is reported that Gula, who is a
loyal fan of the Valley West football
team, lost a pretty hefty bet - or at
least a cheeseburger at a fast food
restaurant - to Martin on that game.
This week, Martin and Denmon
are the only two prognosticators
giving the Mountaineers of Dallas
an edge over Tunkhannock while
Campbell, Denmon and Petie favor
the Lake-Lehman Knights to defeat
Bishop O’Reilly in the Back Moun-
tain school’s Homecoming Game.
Kilduff, who disagrees with the
prognosticators on the rest of this
week’s contests, is looking for
upsets to better his slate as he likes
Peddie over Wyoming Seminary,
Meyers over Wyoming Valley West,
Rutgers over Penn State, Purdue
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Lake-Lehman High School soccer
team was nipped, 4-3, by a strong
Benton team led by Darby Hittle.
Hittle used a hat trick including
two goals in the second quarter to
lead Benton in the win. He scored
his first goal just one minute into
Knight goalie Shawn Straka.
Mike Hagman scored for the
Knights 13:00 into the first quarter -
with an assist by Chris Scharff to tie
the score. At 19:00 into the period
Scharff scored to give the Knights
the lead.
Benton came right back in the
second period with Hittle scoring
two goals, one unassisted, the other
on an assist by Eric Diltz.
Hagman scored his second goal
12:00 into the second period,
assisted by Scharff.
Benton’s Eric Shaffer scored the
third and final ‘goal in the second
quarter to give his team the 4-3 lead
that eventually gave Benton the
win.
Each team had 10 shots on goal
but Benton had 11 corner, Lake-
Lehman two. Bowman had five
saves for Benton. Straka had eight
for the Knights.
Knights Coach Ray Dennis was
pleased with the way his boys came
back in their game with Dallas on
Wednesday. The Knights were down
came back to score three goals to
close the score to 5-3 in favor of
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