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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Dallas girls’ basketball team
defeated the GAR Grenadiers 70-60,
Friday, Dec. 20, to raise their Wyo-
ming Valley Conference record to 2-
0, but lost 54-27 to a much stronger
Pittston Area team, Monday, Dec.
23, on the Mountaineers’ court.
In the game with the Pittston
Area Patri-ettes, Cheryl Grady led
the winning team with 18 points and
kept the game under control defen-
sively and offensively during both
halves of the contest.
The Patriots took a 14-4 lead in
the first quarter and the Lady
Mountaineers rallied in the final
seconds of that quarter to score four
points and close out the quarter
with the Patriots leading 14-8.
In the second quarter, led by
Grady’s aggressive play and fine
shooting the Patriots scored 13
points while holding Dallas girls to
only one point and went on to take a
36-11 lead at the end of the third
quarter when they allowed the Lady
Mountaineers only two points. The
Mountaineers rallied in the final
period to score 16 points but the
Patriots outscored them by two to
end the contest with a 54-27 win over
the Mountaineers.
Joann Cook was the lone Dallas
player to hit the double figures,
tossing in six goals from the field
and putting three in from the foul
line.
The previous week, Joann Cook
set the pace in scoring for Dallas
with 17 points and Karen Vloedman
was hot on Cook’s heels with 16. T.
Daveski hit for 15 points and Kim
Rinehimer had 13 points.
GAR took a one point 20-19 lead at
the end of the first period but the
Dallas girls began shooting in the
second period and came through
with 25 points while holding the
Grenadiers to only eight.
Cook scored eight of her points in
the second quarter and Rinehimer
put in seven in the same quarter.
Daveski scored six in the period.
Vloedman put in eight goals from
the field for her 16 points while Cook
put in five goals from the floor and
made 7 of 8 from the charity stripe.
Daveski tossed in six from the field
and keyed in three-for-six from the
free line and Rinehimer put five in
the nets from the field and hit three-
for-three from the foul line.
The Grenadiers outscored the
Mountaineers 16-12 and 16-14 in the
final two periods but were unable to
overcome the big lead Dallas added
up in the second quarter.
Coach Joe Martini’s Black
Knights lost their two games during
the past week as they struggled
with Central Columbia who defeated
the Knights 48-31, and Meyers, who
trounced the young Lake-Lehman
team 72-36.
The Lake-Lehman girls are work-
ing hard and despite losing to date,
several of the players are beginning
to look better on the court. Pam
Coolbaugh and Janine Kasarda are
beginning to find themselves and
Kathy Walsh
leads King's
Leading the King’s College
women’s basketball team in scoring
average through the first seven
games of the season is Dallas High
School product Kathy Walsh, with
an average of 13.4 points a game.
Walsh also leads the team in assists
with 28.
Patti Thomas of Palo Alto, Potts-
ville High School alumna, is tops in
rebounding with 11.1 retrieves per
outing. She is second in scoring at
11.8 a game.
Also scoring consistently have
been Maureen Ryneski, senior co-
captain out of Wyoming Valley West
HS with 9.7, per game; Ronda
Hudzik of Sweet Valley, Lake-
Lehman graduate at 9.2; and fresh-
man Cheryl Gavigan, recent Dallas
HS grad, at 9.1 ppg.
Jachimowicz and Mushala are
beginning to contribute to a better
team effort.
The Knights led by one point, 8-7
at the end of the first quarter but
Central Columbia rallied to outscore
the Back Mountain girls 10-6 in the
second quarter to take a 17-14 lead
into the lockerroom.
In the second half the Central
Columbia girls led by Carol Rakich
and Debbie Payne rallied to out-
score the Knights, 31-17 and take an
easy 48-31 win.
Pam Coolbaugh was high scorer
for the Lady Knights with 10 points,
three goals from the field and four-
for-seven from the foul line.
" In the Lake-Lehman/Meyers
game, the Lady Mohawks took an
early lead and held it throughout
the game. In their first and third
quarters, Meyers outscored Lake-
Lehman, 15-6 and 15-12, while in the
second and fourth quarters, they
outscored the Black Knights 21-8
and 21-10.
Three of the Mohawks hit in the
double figure column but it was
Rosalind Reeves who was high
scorer with 25 points. She put in 11
goals from the field but hit only
three-for-13 from the foul line.
Janine Kasarda was high scorer
for the Black Knights with 14 points,
all of them scored from the field.
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Aries divided evenly with Capris
in the Idetown Compact League to
take the first half championship. J.
Roan led the Capris with 515 while
J. Berti paced Aries with 508. The
Citations took three from the Cama-
ros, whose Connie Doty rolled 187
(467) and H. Evans 525 showed the
way for the Firebirds four points
from LeBarons. Marilyn Morris
rolled 472 in a losing cause as the
Corvettes dropped three points to
the Pintos.
In the Ladies Country League
Bonomo’s Sports Center picked up
three points from the Castlettes to
clinch the first half title when FAsh-
ion Vending dropped three games to
Grotto Pizza. Gordon Insurance lost
three to G.H. Harris. Hitting high
games for the night were K. Sca-
vone 171 and K. Kalafsky 171 (498).
The league will hold its first half
dinner, Jan. 2, 6:30 p.m., at The
Castle Inn.
Porky five took all by forfeit from
the Worm team in Our Gang League
aided by M. Carkhuff’s 170. Chubbie
took three from Alfalfa, who had
Dee Springer’s big 200-183 (531).
Spanky shut out the Buckwheat
team paced by V. Hudak’s 508. E.
Dingle with 202 led Butch to three
points from Farina.
In the Bowlerette League Frank-
lin’s copped three from the Hoagie
Bar sparked by N. Crane’s 193. N.
Moser rolled 175 (471) for the losing
five. Tom Reese girls took three
from Brent Long with no one able to
break 170.
Trucksville B received four points
by a forfeit from Carverton B in the
Back Mt. Church League. The win-
ning five’s G. Kohli bowled 529. C.
Remeley’s 525 helped Carverton A
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B whose L. Newhart hit 524. Orange
picked up three from East Dallas
sparked by H. Shupp’s 209 (578). R.
Witkowski rolled 544 for the East
Dallas men. Gary Mazer rolled 217
(567) and his twin brother Glen hit
214 (559) to lead Maple Grove to
three points from Shavertown C.
Trucksville C divided 2-2 with
Dallas aided by F. Hughes 218 (544).
Dallas was led by B. Williams 546.
In Bonomo’s Major Leagues Monk
Plumbing added four by a forfeit
from Back Mt. Inn No. 2. R. Harris
rolled 549 and his son, Earl, hit 217
(536). K Boom shut out Bermudas
led by R. Ockenhouse’s 512. Back
Mt. Sporting Goods picked up three
points from G.H. Harris paced by L.
Coolbaugh’s 552, R. Harned’s 524
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rolled 576 and M. Whiting posted 536
for the Harris men. Hambos copped
three from Sweet Valley Outfitters
paced by J. Steele’s 233 (584). Glen
Mazer’s 517 was high for the outfit-
ters. Back Mt. In No. 1 and Brown's
Oil divided evenly with R. Bonomo
hitting 213 (601) for the oil men. F.
Cornell hit 204-206 (576), K. Spencer
tumbled pins for 236 (560) and K.
Orkwis hit 245 (556) for the Inn
men.
Jean Shop girls blanked Schmid’s
Arco in the Imperialette League led
by L. Bolton’s 181. Scavone Motors
took three from Lombardo Bakery
while Humphrey’s Apparel copped
three from Mahafee Oil whose M.
Neifert hit pins for 180-172 (505). J.
Clark’s 171 paced the apparel team.
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