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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The Old Shoe trophy will be up for
grabs this Saturday when Dallas
and Lake-Lehman play their annual
football game at the Mountaineers’
field.
The bronzed shoe, which is held
for a year by the winner of each
season’s contest, is presently in the
possession of the Lake-Lehman
Knights who won last year’s game
by a 33-0 score. It originally
belonged to a member of the 1948
Dallas Township team coached by
retired Dallas Senior High School
Principal Robert Dolbear.
The idea of the Old Shoe Game
was. initiated by Dallas Rotary Club
member and president Francis
“Red” Ambrose in 1948 to promote
a friendly rivalry between the
teams of the Back Mountain
Schools. During the 1940’s there was
intense competition between Dallas
Township, Kingston Township and
Lehman Township and the Rotary
Club members decided to do some-
thing to honor the Back Mountain
team who took the township.
Ambrose discussed the idea with
Dolbear and after gaining the
approval of the other schools
coaches, Dolbear had his team
members throw their football shoes
in a pile and he pulled a shoe from
the pile and gave it to the Rotary
Club members. They had the shoe
bronzed and attached to a plate.
The first team to win the Old Shoe
was Kingston Township in 1948,
reported to be coached by Thomas
Jenkins. Lehman took the Old Shoe
in 1949 and 1950, coached by Tony
Marchakitis and in 1951, Dallas
Township, coached ‘by Robert
Thomas, won the trophy.
During the years from 1952 to
1959, Westmoreland won the shoe
twice, in 1952 coached by W. Seiple
and in 1955 by Ted Poad; Lehman-
Jackson-Ross won it three times,
1953 and 1954 coached by Tony
Marchakitis, and in" 1957, coached
by Edw. H. Edwards. There was a
three way tie in 1956 between
Lehman-Jackson, Westmoreland
and Dallas-Franklin with the teams
coached by Edw. H. Edwards, Ted
Poad and Tony Roan, respectively.
Lake-Lehman, coached by Edward
H. Edwards, won the shoe in 1958
and 1959 and Westmoreland,
coached by Edward Brominski, took
the Old Shoe in 1960.
Since that time, the Old Shoe has
been played annually between
Dallas Senior High School and Lake-
Lehman Senior High School with
Dallas, coached by Brominski, win-
ning the shoe each year from 1961
through 1966.
In 1967, 1968, and 1969, Lake-
Lehman coached by George Curry,
now coaching at Berwick, regained
possession of the coveted shoe.
During the years 1970 through
1977, Coach Jack Jones directed the
Dallas team in taking the Old Shoe
but in 1978, Lake-Lehman’s Rich
Gorgone coached his team to a win
and possession of the shoe.
(See OLD, page 14)
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[YEAR TEAM COACH
1948 Kingston Twp. Tom Jenkins
1949 Lehman Twp. Anthony Marchakitis
1950 Lehman Twp. Anthony Marchakitis]
1951 Dallas Twp. Robert Thomas
Westmoreland W. Seiple
1952 p.
1953 Lehman/Jackson/Ross Anthony Marchakiti
1954 Lehman/Jackson/Ross Anthony Marchakiti
1955 Westmoreland T. Poad
1956 Three-way tie
Lehman-Jackson Edw. Edwards
Westmoreland T. Poad
Dallas/Franklin Tony Roan
Lehman/Jackson/Ross Edw. Edwards
1957
1958 Lake-Lehman Edw. Edwards
1959 Lakedeuman Edw. Edwards
estmorelan Edw. Brominski i
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1962 Dallas Senior High Edw. Brominski
1963 Dallas Senior High Edw. Brominski
1964 Dofiss Senior High Edw. Brominski
allas Senior Hig Edw. Brominski
{30s Dallas Senior High ‘Edw. Brominski Lake-Lehman trophy case.
1967 - Lake-Lehman George Curry
1968 Lake-Lehman George Curry
1969 Lake-Lehman George Curry
1970 Dallas Senior High Jack Jones
1971 Dallas Senior High Jack Jones
1972 Dallas Senior High Jack Jones
1973 Dallas Senior High Jack Jones
1974 Dallas Senior High Jack Jones
1975 Dallas Senior High Jack Jones
1976 Dallas Senior High Jack Jones
1977 Dallas Senior High Jack Jones oe
1978 Lake-Lehman Rich Gorgone
1979 Lake-Lehman Tom Hisiro
Dallas Senior High Ron Rybak
1980 x ; y
1981 Dallas Senior High Ron Rybak
1982 Tie m
Dallas Senior High Ron Rybak d £
Lake-Lehman Mark Kirk
1983 Dallas Senior High Ron Rybak
1984 Lake-Lehman Mark Kirk
Dotty Ed John Charlot Joe GoalPOST
MARTIN CAMPBELL | KILDUFF DENMON GULA PETIE
(53-22) (55-22) (35-40) (55-20) (55-20) (54-21)
Dallas/ Dallas Lehman Lehman Dallas Dallas Lehman
Lehman 7-6 14-13 17-10 10-7 17-14 10-7
WVW/ Coughlin Coughlin WWW Coughlin Coughlin WVW
Coughlin 28-14 14-7 17-10 21-13 28-21 14-7
O’Reilly/ Hoban Hoban Hoban Hoban Hoban O'Reilly
Hoban 6-0 17-10 12-7 7-6 26-13 14-6
Penn State/ Penn State Penn State Norte Dame Penn State Penn State Notre Dame
Notre Dame 28-21 21-17 24-21 21-7 24-21 21-14
Ed Campbell, Joe Gula and Char-
lot Denmon are all locked at 55-20,
going into the final week of football
predictions.
Campbell and Denmon scored
perfect 7-0 records on last week’s
games while Gula slipped out of
first place when he lost the Lake-
Lehman-Bishop Hoban game. Gula,
however, came rather close on the
Notre Dame-Mississippi game,
giving Notre Dame a 35-14 victory
when the Irish actually defeated
Mississippi, 37-14.
GoalPOST Petie, aka Joseph
‘‘Red” Jones of Lake-Lehman, also
garnered a perfect week, picking
seven of seven contests correctly.
He is currently in second place with
a 54-21 slate.
Dotty Martin falls into third place
at 53-22, while John Kilduff contin-
ues to hold up the rear at 35-40.
The troops are split on the Old
Shoe Game this weekend, with some
going with the Mountaineers and
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Tradition has always been that
either team, regardless of seasonal
performances, can win this rivalry.
Coughlin gets the edge over the
Spartans of Wyoming Valley West
while Hoban is expected to defeat
O'Reilly in the Battle of the Bish-
ops.
Kilduff is remaining true blue to
the Irishmen of Notre Dame, how-
ever, the Penn State Nittany Lions
are heavily favored to win that
annual contest.
Kickoff
set for
‘Big D’
carries
Knights
By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Correspondent
At the beginning of the 1985 Wyo-
ming Valley Football Conference
season, Lake-Lehman Head Coach
Rich Gorgone firmly stated that
defense was the hallmark of his
Black Knight team.
Gorgone said, ‘“We have always
had good defensive teams here at
Lake-Lehman. I think that
(defense) will be our strong point
again this year.”
Gorgone’s fortune telling proved
correct this past Saturday afternoon
as the Black Knight defensive squad
held Bishop Hoban offense to only
total 184 yards.
Lehman chalked-up its sixth vic-
tory of the season in a tough 7-0 win,
thanks to the “Big D.”
“I’m very proud of our team,
especially coming back after last
week’s loss,” said Gorgone follow-
ing the game. “We played tough
defense and our offensive line paved
the way for Billy (fullback, Bill
George),” Gorgone continued. “I’m
just pleased we came away win-
ners.”
The Black Knight tally, the only
score of the game, came suddenly
in the second stanza when senior
fullback Bill George took a second
down and eight hand-off and popped
through the middle of the Argent
defense for a 35 yard TD run.
Junior soccer-style kicker Scott
Shafer added the PAT to give Gor-
gone’s team a 7-0 lead. “All year
long I have been pleased in how
well we have played overall,” said
Gorgone. “We have done .a few
things consistently this year and I
would have to say Billy helped
greatly in the running game,” Gor-
gone said.
The first half ended with Lehman
clutching to the game’s only score,
7-0.
The second half opened much the
same as the first period with Lake-
Lehman dominating on defense.
The Argents did, however, mount
their only serious offensive attack
mid-way through the third period.
Head Coach Sal Montagna’s team
drove 52 yards to the Lehman 13
yard line but were stopped by a
holding call which pushed the
Argents back to the Black Knight
23-yard line. Lehman’s defense
stopped the Argent attack on three
straight plays to take over on
downs.
The gameended with both teams
struggling at mid-field. When the
final gun fired, Lake-Lehman
walked off the field with a 7-0 win.
Gorgone said, Monday, he was
pelased with his team’s effort in the
wake of last week’s 62-7 thrashing
(See BIG, page 15)
Coaches are friends
Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
Petie revealed
Now is the time for Back
Mountain fans to meet GoalPOST
Petie-the individual, who for the
past 10 weeks has been predict-
ing area football teams.
After keeping his identity care-
fully concealed he now makes
himself known in time for the
final games of the season. Who is
GoalPOST Petie? None other
than Joseph “Red” Jones, vice
president of Great Northern
Press and Llewellyn Bros. Inc.
Jones, who is currently the
president of the Lake-Lehman
School Board and was recently
re-elected to another term,
accepted the task of assuming
the role of GoalPOST Petie
cheerfully at the beginning of the
1985 football season.
He has played the role of
GoalPOST Petie very capably for
the past 10 weeks, studying the
contests each week and selecting
his choices very carefully.
GoalPOST Petie kept his ident-
JOSEPH “RED” JONES
Mountain fans but no doubt had
many of them disagree with his
predictions. His record to date in
selecting winners each week
attest to the serious considera-
tion he gave to the task.
2 p.m.
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The contest for the Old Shoe will
end the Wyoming Valley Conference
competition for the Back Mountain
Schools with the winning team
taking possession of the Shoe until
they play again next year.
Who will win the Shoe this Satur-
day at 2 p.m. at the Mountaineers
Stadium? The Lake-Lehman
Knights hold a 4-1 record in Division
AAA of the Conference and the
Dallas Mountaineers are 4-1 going
into the Old Shoe Game. They are
the Division AA Champions in the
Conference. Last season the Knights
completed the league season with a
34 record and the Mountaineers
ended with a 1-6 record, both teams
in Division AA. :
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The Knights took home the Shoe
after last season’s game by shutting
out the Mountaineers 33-0.
Realignment of the Conference
into three divisions rather than two
resulted in the teams being placed
in different divisions. Lake-Lehman
was in Division AAA with Crest-
wood, Bishop Hoban, Bishop
O'Reilly, Northwest and West Side
Tech while Dallas was in Division
AA with GAR, Meyers, Nanticoke,
Despite the fact that both teams
outside of their divisions it would be
impossible to predict the outcome of
the Old Shoe game based on those
results since, in most cases, the
teams were not similar in number,
size, experience, or strengths. Most
Back Mountain fans are reluctant to
predict because they know that the
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