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With 7-0 victory
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Oh, what a
day — for
a game!
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Before the football teams of
Dallas and Lake-Lehman ever took
to the Mountaineers’ field Monday
afternoon in the contest for the Old
Shoe Trophy, the program of festivi-
ties that go with the traditional
game had begun off the field.
In a pre-game ceremony, senior
members of the Dallas team hon-
ored their parents in a special
program along Dallas sidelines
which ended with each player pin-
ning a corsage on his mother.
The bands in their bright uni-
forms, cheerleaders in the black
and gold of the Knights and the blue
and white of the Mountaineers,
cheering of students and adults -
Monday’s game between the rival
schools of the Back Mountain was
not dampened in the least by its
postponement from last Saturday to
Monday.
Mother Nature outdid herself with
clear, blue skies and warm, bright
sunshine in contrast to Saturday’s
snow, sleet and freezing rain.
Everything was perfect for the clos-
ing game of the season for the two
schools.
From the opening kickoff to the
Black Knights to the closing 45
seconds with the Mountaineers ham-
mering down near the Knights goal
posts, football was in the air in a
game where Dallas’ Ed Kwak’s
touchdown and Gerry Mihalick’s
PAT were the only scores to give
the Mountaineers a 7-0 win and the
Old Shoe.
The Dallas Marching Band, Chap-
ter VII's Division II champions,
opened the contest with its fast-
moving and exciting show, setting
the mood for the game. ‘At half-
time, the International Award-Win-
ning ‘Lake-Lehman Band thrilled the
fans of both schools with its preci-
sion, championship performance.
The Dallas cheerleaders could not
have performed any better in past
competitions as they did throughout
the game, keeping the crowded
stands of fans psyched up for the
Mountaineers. The largest crowd of
the season filled the stands on the
Dallas side of the field with stu- Shoe Trophy.
(See DAY, page 12)
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Correspondent
The Dallas Mountaineers used an
impressive 15-play drive at the
outset of the third quarter Monday
afternoon to score the game’s only
points in a 7-0 victory over the
Lake-Lehman Black Knights in the
annual ‘‘Old Shoe’”’ game.
Mountaineer quarterback Scott
Francis engineered the five and a
half minute drive, culminating with
an eight yard TD pass to junior
wingback Ed Kwak. Senior place-
kicker Gary Mihalick’s PAT was
good and Dallas took a 7-0 lead in
6:33 left in the third period.
Coach Ted Jackson's team drove
60 yards to paydirt while chalking
up four first downs. Two key third
down pass completions inside the
Lake-Lehman 30-yard line sparked
the scoring drive.
Francis connected with sopho-
more Kyle Boudreaux for a 14 yard
completion to the Lake-Lehman 10-
yard line two plays before hitting
Kwak for the tally.
The win lifted the Mounts overall
record to 6-5 this season with a 4-1
Division II slate. Lake-Lehman
closed their 1985 football slate with
an identical 6-5, 4-1 slate.
The game opened with Dallas
dominating play in the first period
grinding out five first downs to the
Black Knights’ one. The Mounts
relied primarily on the running of
John Harris and Steve Brace.
Dallas Dallas had driven to the
Lake-Lehman 13 yard line with 4:17
left in the first stanza, setting up a
29-yard field goal attempt by Gerry
Mihalick.
The kick failed and the first
period ended with Dallas dominat-
ing on offense — and neither team
being able to muster any points.
first period while Lake-Lehman
earned 42 yards.
Senior fullback Jeff Martin
thumped for 23 yards and one first
earned only two yards on one carry
for the Black Knights. The Mounts
John Harris ran for 26 yards and
two first downs in the first stanza
while Brace and Ryan Holthaus
combined for 27 yards.
Francis’ first completion came on
a scrambling third down screen
pass to halfback Harris for 25
yards. The ball rested at the Lake-
Lehman 28-yard line with just over
a minute remaining in the half.
The second half opened with the
Dallas scoring drive and ended with
the Mounts running 18 offensive
plays to the Black Knights five.
Black Knight Head Coach Rich
Gorgone saw his squad held to only
10 yards total offense in the third
stanza.
fourth at 56-23.
Aclion-packed contest
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
After the foe
Steve Brace of the Dallas football team attempts to gain
“yardage in Monday's game against Lake-Lehman, but Black
Knight Jeff Ruzicki has other plans as he attempts to tackle
his arch-rival.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Looking for help
Mountaineer quarterback Scott Francis searches for an
open receiver downfield while Lake-Lehman defender Jim
Nelligan puts the pressure on his rival during the Old Shoe
Game Monday afternoon.
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Dallas Post/Earl Weidner