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On own court
By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Correspondent
The Lake-Lehman Black Knights
dropped two cage contests on their
home court this past week, leveling
their Wyoming Valley Conference
slate to 2-2 this season.
squad was crushed, 70-48, this past
Saturday afternoon by a powerful
and undefeated Bishop Hoban team.
The Knights found themselves’
behind early against the Argents
and closed to within single digits of
the lead.
The Argents used double figured
scoring of four players in capturing
their fourth win against no losses
this season.
Lehman was led by senior for-
ward Paul Andes, 6’0’, with 23
points. Andes hit on eight shots
from the floor and tallied for seven
points from the charity stripe. ~
Forward Carl Houck, a 6°5”’ soph-
omore, added 12 points in a losing
cause with five baskets from the
floor and two points from the free-
throw line.
In addition to the Argent loss, the
Black Knights dropped a barn-
burner last Tuesday night against
Montrose, 44-38. The Montrose game
saw seven different lead changes
with the Meteors finally capturing
the victory in the fourth period
when they outscored the Black
Knights 19-11.
Forwards Houck and Andes led
the Knights with 11 points apiece
while - junior guard Brian James
added nine tallies.
After opening the season with
victories aainst Bishop O’Reilly and
Benton, the Black Knights seem to
be on an offensive sabbatical.
Coach Rodger Bearde’s Knights
look to get back on the winning
track this week when they host
Seton Catholic Tuesday night at 8
p.m. The Mohawks of Meyers will
be the next challenger on Friday
night at 8 p.m. on the Mohawk
hardborads.
By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Correspondent
Coah Clarence 0zgo’s Dallas
Mountaineers dropped their second
and third cage contests this past
week, ,Jeaving the Back Mountain
team without a win after three tries
during this pre-season’s hardwood
action.
Last Thursday night the Mounts
were overpowered by an undefeated
Bishop Hoban team: 79-55. Forward
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Sweet Valley Outfitters picked up
four easy points by forfeit from
Bermudas in Bonomo’s Major
League when the losing team had
only two bowlers show up. Glen
Mazer led the winning five with 216
(538). Back Mt. Sporting Goods took
three from the Hambos sparked by
H. Garris’ 212 (590) and S. Wick-
ard’s 222 (515). K. Youngblood
rolled 233 (535) to pace the Hambos.
Brown's Oil and K Boom divided
evenly with Jerry Roan dropping
pins for 595 and P. Thomas hitting
them for 584. The five members of
G.H. Harris rolled in the 500’s to
Purvin set the pace with 202 (572)
followed by M. Whiting with 550, C.
Kazokas 545, T. Doughton 521 and A.
Wendel 216 (569). F. Tregan’s 517
was high for the plumbing team.
Back Mt. Inn No. 1 gained four
points by forfeit from their brother
team, Back Mt. Inn No. 2. R.
Clemow walloped pins for 210-233
(629) for the losing five and F.
Cornell’s 560 paced the winning
team.
In the Back Mt. Church League
Trucksville B' took all from East
Dallas and Shavertown B shut out
Carverton B. Carverton A picked up
three points from Shavertown A
while Trucksville A divided 2-2 with
Orange led by R. Stair’s 535 and B.
Williams 525. H. Shupp hit 520 for
the Orange team. Other high rollers
were G. Mazer 553, F. Hughes 529
and S. Hoover 533.
Nancy Ide rolled 171 for Whatever
in the Bonomo’s Mixed League but
it was only enough for oen game
from the Five Pinners. The Drea-
mers and Larry’s Harem divided
evenly with Rich Jenkins posting
243 (561), Jack- Sandstrom rolling
235 (508) and Larry Lavelle hitting
550.
In Our Gang League the Porky
five blanked Alfalfa with no one
hitting high scores. B. Grieves 204
paced the Chubbie team to three
points from the Worm team and
Erik Dingle’s 508 showed the way
for Butch’s three points from the
Spanky gang. Farina picked up
three from Buckwheat without too
much trouble.
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Hoagie Bar girls took three points
from Brent Long and Tom Reese
five copped three from [Franklin’s in
the Bowlerette Leagbue with none
of the girls able to hit high scores.
The Citations shut out the Capris
in the Idetown Compact League
while the Pintos took three from
LeBarons, Corvettes three from the
Firebirds and Aries three from the
Camaros. Hitting high scores were
J. Roan 221 (602), J. Beirti 220 (554),
D. Doty 205 (538), E. Ishley 511 and
T. Dickinson 505. On the distaff side
were C. Doty’s 177 and M. Pazuch-
anics 180.
In the Ladies Counfry League
Gordon Insurance took three from
the Castlettes, Grotto Pizza, three
from G.H. Harris and Fashion
Vending stayed in the lead by split-
ting 2-2 with Bonomo’s Sports
Center.
Hitting high games were N. Ide
487, L. Maciejczak 478, L. Evans
182, and J. Lamoreaux 166.
Coombs cited
Ken Coombs of ‘Trucksville
recently. won honorable mention
recognition on the All-Ivy League
football team for his play at defen-
sive and this fall for the University
of Pennsylvania. Coombs, a senior,
made 75 tackles and 2'2 quarter-
back sacks for Penn’s team, which
won its fourth consecutive Ivy title
this fall and finished the season with
a 7-2-1 record.
As a sophomore and junior,
Coombs played on pass rushing
downs for Penn’s varsity. He
recorded six sacks, recovered three
opponents’ fumbles and made 59
tackles. >
Coombs is a graduate of Wyoming
Valley West High School where he
captained the football team and
twice won All-Scholastic honors. He
also captained his high school’s
track team and served as student
council president.
He is majoring in economics at
Penn’s College of Arts and Sciences.
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Dennis Dacosin tallied for 21 Dallas
points and Bob O'Donnell added 11.
The Mounts gave Hoban a tough
game in the first half as the Argents
held a slim 36-27 lead at intermis-
sion. However, Coach Chet Hines’
Argents outscored the Mountaineers
20-6 in the third period for a 56 to 33
lead. The Mounts could not close the
gap and lost their third straight
contest.
On Tuesday of last week, the
Spartans of Wyoming Valley West
handed Ozgo’s team a 64-50 loss.
Again, the Mounts couldn’t
muster enough offense in the first
half of the game and found them-
selves behind at intermission 39-18.
Coach Sandy McKay’s Spartans
used the double-digit scoring of
three players to build the early
lead.
Dallas was led by Dennis Dacosin
with 15 points and O’Donnell added
12 tallies.
The Mountaineers will look for
their first win of this exhibition
season when they host Northwest on
Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Dallas will
then travel to Wilkes-Barre Friday
evening at 8 p.m. to challenge the
Grenadiers of GAR.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Kim Rinehimer set the pace for
Coach Kit Karuza’s Dallas Mountai-
neers in the Tunkhannock Tourna-
ment, scoring 16 points to lead the
team to a 56-43 win over the Tunk-
hannock Tigers and the tournament
title, Monday night. The Mountai-
neers defeated Montrose, 50-47, in
the opening round, Saturday, Dec. 7.
Rinehimer was named to the All-
Tournament team as well as Most
Valuable Player in the competition.
Teammate Karen Vloedman, who
scored 11 points, was also named to
the All-Tournament team. Lori Bro-
kenshire broke into the double
figure column with 10 points.
The Lady Mountaineers jumped
out to an early 154 lead and held
their lead throughout the entire
game. They led 29-14 at halftime
and after the Tigers rallied to tie
them in scoring, 16-16 in the third
period, the Mountaineers were out-
scored 11-13 in the final period.
Vloedman scored 11 points and
Joann Cook tossed in 10 in the Lady
Mounts game with the Nanticoke
Trojans, last Tuesday night on the
Trojans court but the Dallas girls
were outplayed by the strong Trojan
squad led by Toni Zubritski.
Zubritski scored 25 points in the
game, 12 of them in the first period
to lead the Trojans to a 61-35
victory. The Trojans were able to
shut down Rinehimer allowing her
only six points, four of them throws
from the foul line.
The Dallas girls were missing
starters Angie Kern and Eileen
Walsh from their lineup, putting
them at a disadvantage.
Nanticoke outscored Dallas 20-12
in the first quarter and 13-6 in the
second to take a 33-18 lead into the
lockerroom at halftime. In the third
period, Chris Greco scored 10 points
to lead the Trojans in outscoring the
Mountaineers, 18-5.
HELP!
Cook put in six of her 10 points in
the final period to lead Dallas in
outscoring Nanticoke 12-10.
A strong Trojan defense kept the
Mountaineers cooled down the
entire game.
Lake-Lehman girls lost: both
games in the Joseph Yozwiak Tour-
nament hosted by Bishop O'Reilly
last week, dropping their opening
round game with the Queenswomen,
39-26 and losing 56-33 to GAR in the
consolation game, Tuesday night.
O’Reilly’s C. Oakschunas tossed
in 12 points from the field and Gina
Bayo added 10 points, all of them
from the field to pace the Queens-
women to the win.
The Lady Knights held a 15-13
lead at halftime but the O’Reilly
girls rallied in the second half to
outscore their opponents, 26-11.
The Back Mountain team was
unable to stop the strong O’Reilly
offense in the final periods while
defense.
In the consolation game, held
Wednesday night at Bishop O’Reilly
High School, the Lady Knights lost
56-33 to the GAR Grenadiers opened
the first half with a strong scoring
attack leading 13-8 the first quarter,
then adding 13 points in the second
quarter while holding the Knights to
nine points. They took a 26-17 lead
into the locker room at halftime.
In the third period, the teams
battled to a 10-10 tie but the Grena-
diers used a full court press on the
Lady Knights to slow down their
opponents offense and outscored
Lake-Lehman 20-6 in the final
period.
Janine Kasarda was the lone
Knight to hit the double figures with
10 points, tossing all of them in from
the field. GAR’s Carol Fiascki, who
was top scorer in the tournament
with 30 points, was named to the
All-Tournament team.
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The Pennsylvania Optometric
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