|] 10 ( > By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent Lake-Lehman High School’s Girls Basketball Coach Joe Martini has been working tirelessly with this year’s candidates in an effort to have things fall into place before the pre-season games. “Originally, I had 30 girls come out for the team but after the first week or two, that number decreased to 21 members, ”” said Coach Mar- tini. “We lost all of our starters from last season through graduation and we have no returning letterwin- ners.” That’s what makes it tough for the Lake-Lehman coach this season. He has a good mixture of juniors, sophomores, and freshmen but with the exception of two or three, none of them have any great amount of varsity playing time. Those few who did, never had much to add up to giving them the experience they announces The Lake-Noxen Adult Recreation Basketball Leagui, which began its fifth season last Monday, announces the following schedule: DECEMBER 4: Humphrey’s vs. Besecker Realty, Union Petroleum vs. Rebels, Kilgore Trout vs. Mabhers. DECEMBER 9: Kilgore Trout vs. Rebels, Humphrey’s vs. Mabhers, Union Petroleum vs. Besecker Realty. DECEMBER 11: Union Petro- leum vs. Mahers, Humphrey’s vs. Kilgore Trout, Besecker Realty vs. Rebels. DECEMBER 16: Kilgore Trout vs. Union Petroleum, Humphrey’s vs. Rebels, Mahers vs. Besecker Realty. JANUARY 6: Humphrey’s vs. Besecker Realty, Union Petroleum vs. Rebels, Kilgore Trout vs. Mahers. JANUARY 8: Kilgore Trout vs. Rebels, Humphrey’s vs. Mabhers, Union Petroleum vs. Besecker Realty. JANUARY 13: Union Petroleum vs. Mahers, Humphrey’s vs. Kilgore Trout, Besecker Realty vs. Rebels. 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FEBRUARY 19: Union Petroleum vs. Mahers, Humphrey’s vs. Kilgore Trout, Besecker Realty vs. Rebels. FEBRUARY 24: Rebels vs. Mabhers, Kilgore Trout vs. Besecker Realty, Humphrey’s vs. Union Petroleum. "FEBRUARY 26: Kilgore Trout vs. Union Petroleum, Humphrey's vs. Rebels, Mahers vs. Besecker Realty. MARCH 3: Humphrey’s vs. Besecker Realty, Union Petroleum vs. Rebels, Kilgore Trout vs. Mabhers. MARCH 5: Kilgore Trout vs. Rebels, Humphrey’s vs. Mabhers, Union Petroleum vs. Besecker Realty. : MARCH 10: Union Petroleum vs. Mahers, Humphrey’s vs. Kilgore Trout, Besecker Realty vs. Rebels. MARCH 12: Rebels vs. Mabhers, Kilgore Trout vs. Besecker Realty, Humphrey’s vs. Union Petroleum. PLAYOFFS: With the top three teams entering, will be held on March 19 with the winners of those games squaring off for the champi- onship on March 24. Game times are 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. and are played at the Lake-Noxen Elementary School gymnasium. For the past several seasons, Martini has been fortunate enough fo have a lot of depth in talent. He had girls who played together since about eighth grade. This meant other girls out for the team knew they didn’t stand much chance of getting a lot of playing time, so probably didn’t work as hard as they might otherwise. “These kids I have this year are young and inexperienced but they have a good attitude and they have talent,”” said Martini. ‘‘But it’s going to take a lot of hard work from the coach’s side and their side. They have been improving with each practice.” Martini said that the improve- ment will have to come through practice and through their games. They will take the games one at a time and hope to be competitive by the second half of the seson. The Lake-Lehman team this year is probably the tallest Martini had ever coached at Lake-Lehman and he believes the girls will be good down the road. He has senior Cheryl Mushala, who will probably start at center, and juniors Janine Kasarda, Diane Jachimowicz and Debbie Levi will probably be ready to start, as will sophomore Pam Coolbaugh. He also has five freshmen and sophomores he hopes to have ready to back up the first five. “If their attitude continues to be good and they work hard-if we play and work and learn from out mis- takes, we’ll look for our opportuni- ties to pull off some unexpected upsets,” Martin said. ‘On any given night, a lesser team can take a predicted leader.” Martini told us when he looks at his freshmen out for the team, he sees the potential to have nine or 10 deep of outstanding talent, if they want to work at it. That’s what it is going to take work according to Martini. The Lady Knights will have their first opportunity to show what they can do next week when they play Montrose at home. After that, they will enter the Bishop O'Reilly Tour- nament, then travel to Hazleton. 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