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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Using a combined team effort
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Dallas Coach Clarence 0zgo’s
Mountaineers rebounded from
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In a close first quarter of play,
the Mountaineers went in front 12-9
going in to the second period and
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ol Comets to breeze by the West
18 at the half.
Tim Moyer and Dennis Dacosin
combined for 14 points in the third
quarter to lead the Mountaineers in
piling up 23 points while holding the
Titans to only eight points. The
Dallas offense controlled the ball
most of the period out-rebounding
the Titans at both ends of the floor.
After putting the game on ice in
the third period, the Mountaineers
continued to score in the final
quarter putting 27 points on the
board to West Side Tech’s 12.
Moyer led in the scoring with 15
points with Dacosin following with
en Tim Lyons, back in play the past
“week after being out due to injuries,
and Tom Shalata had 10 points
each. John Thomas added eight
points from the field and Tom Perlis
put in six points from the field and
went one-for-two from the foul line.
The win gave the Mountaineers a
2-2 record in Division 2 play.
COMETS ROMP
In Thursday’s game with the
tans
Comets, the Mountaineers led 49-46
going into the fourth quarter when
Crestwood put in 27 ponts sparked
by strong shooting by Tom Benz and
Jim McGovern, who combined for
22 of their 33 points in the second
half. The Comets also did some
great shooting from the foul line
putting in 19 of 28 shots.
Matt DiGennari carried the
Comets in the first half dumping in
14 of his total 19 game points. He
tossed in 18 points from the field
and went one-for-one from the free
stripe.
Dacosin led the Mountaineers
with 23 points, collecting 20 of them
from the field and going three-for-
five from the foul line. Shalata
tossed in 12 points from the field.
Dacosin led the team in rebounding.
Tim Lyons, coming into the game
for the first time this season, added
six points while Thomas contributed
seven and O’Donnell putting in
eight.
DEFEAT TIGERS
On Monday, Dec. 30, the Mountai-
neers traveled to Tunkhannock
where they were downed 50-35 by
the Tigers. The Mountaineers have
been playing plagued by injuries
and are just beginning to begin
playing with a full team roster.
The Tunkhannock team took the
lead in the first quarter and held it
throughout most of the game, taking
a 24-16 lead into the lockerroom at
the half.
UNICO TOURNAMENT
In the Dallas Unico Tournament,
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With 30-19 win
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Coming off their second place standing in the
Selinsgrove Holiday Tournament and a 40-13 win over
the Coughlin Crusaders in their Wyoming Valley
Conference opener, Coach Ed Ladamus’ veteran Black
Knight grapplers lost 30-19 to Coach Harry Cooper’s
surprisingly strong Wyoming Area Warriors, Satur-
day, before a standing-room only crowd.
The Warriors won eight of the 12 bouts, among them
Selinsgrove 98-1b. champ Matt Reinert and Selinsgrove
heavyweight champ Ed Stratford. It marked the first
time in four years that the Black Knights took only
four bouts in dual meets.
The Warriors chalked up only one pin in turning
back the Knights but their ability in picking up points
in the final seconds of their bouts gave them a
superior decision, major decision and five three-point
decisions.
98-1b. Matt Reinert gave up two points to Warrior
Pat Heck at the end of the first period, then gave up
two more on back points while managing to escape for
only one point late in the bout.
Senior Jeff Austin tied the match at 3-3 when he
decisioned 105-1b. Jeff Randazzo 2-1 and 112-lb. Dave
Guzenski gave the Knights the lead when he clamped
Warrior John Lukash in 5:27.
The Warriors tied it up when 119-lb. Mark Pocceshi
flattened Terry Smith in 1:54, then forged ahead by
five points when 126-lb. Matt Grubeck took a 13-0
superior decision from Knight Chris Frederick. Fred-
erick, a sophomore, is wrestling his first year on the
varsity squad, as is Terry Smith.
Lake-Lehman’s senior Joe Smith pinned 132-lb.
Keith Coolbaugh in 2:54 to add six to the Knights team
score but at 138 the Warriors Mark Amato came from
behind to pick up six points at the end of the first
period and go on to take a 10-8 bout from Bob
Guzenski.
The Knights fell behind by four more points at 145-
Ib. when Mark Yaple lost a major 15-4 decision to
Warrior Jim Coolbaugh. 155-1b. Knight Don Spencer
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basketball team
taking a 9-1 major decision from Wyoming's Ed
Pietiukiewicz.
Knight Bill George gave the Warriors a five point
lead in the score when 167-1b. Brian Hines defeated
him 13-7. Going into the third period, 185-1b. sopho-
more Scott Shafer was leading Warrior Frank Klein, 9-
6, but Klein picked up a take-down and a near-fall to
pick up a 10-9 win over the young Knight.
In a close bout, Lake-Lehman’s Heavyweight Ed
Stratford went down 6-5 to Warrior Marvin Gilpin.
~ KNIGHTS WIN NINE
In Friday night’s win over Coughlin, the Knights
took nine of the 12 bouts with 98-lb. Matt Reinert
winning by forfeit, 105-1b. Austin taking a 7-1 decision
from Scott Hoffman and 122-1b. Dave Guzenski
outwrestling Dave Kelly 12-3.
Coughlin’s 119-lb. Chuck Conklin picked up the
Crusaders first points on a 4-0 win over Terry Smith
and 126-Ib. Dave Bonomo took a 15-0 superior decision
from Chris Frederick. \
The next four bouts went to the Black Knights with
132-1b. Joe Smith decisioning John Bonita 5-3, 138-lb.
Bob Guzenski pinning Joseph Teberio in 3:40, 145-1b.
Mark Yaple flattening Mark Kaye in 3:58 and 155-lb.
Don Spencer taking Sean Brian 6-3.
points for Coughlin with a 13-5 win over 167-1b. Bill
George.
185-Ib. Scott Shafer turned over Coughlin’s Mike
Revitt in 3:23 and Hwt. Ed Stratford decisioned Ed
Lapinski 7-2.
PRE-SEASON
In pre-season competition, the Knights defeated
West Scranton 34-27 and placed second in the Selins-
grove Holiday Tournament where Reinert (98), Austin
(105), and Hwt. Stratford won titles. Second place
runnersup were D. Guzenski (112), J. Smith (132), B.
Guzenski (138), and Yaple (145). D. Spencer (155), B.
George (167) and S. Shafer (185) came in third.
DALLAS HAS DEPTH
With 30 grapplers out for the team this season,
Coach Larry Schuler and his assistant, Harp Heffer-
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Pam Coolbaugh of the Lake-Lehman girls’ basketball team
lets the ball roll off her fingertips as she attempts a shot at
goal last week against the Lady Grenadiers of GAR High
School. Lady Knights also visible in the photo are Donna
Zampetti (No. 30) and Diane Jachimowicz (No. 40).
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Dallas girls’ basketball team,
playing without several regulars out
with injuries, continued undefeated
this past week by downing West
Side Tech 68-38, Saturday, Jan. 4
and Crestwood, 60-52, Thursday,
Jan. 2 to run their league record to
4-0.
The Lady Mountaineers had little
trouble handling the young Titans
who lack the experience and the
depth of the Dallas squad.
Kim Rinehimer scored 18 points,
a career high; and Karen Vloedman
tossed in 16 to lead the Lady Moun-
taineers in the win. R. Balberchak
and M. Sabol went into the game off
the bench and Balberchak scored
her first varsity game points.
The girls ran the ball well and
pushed the ball up the court. They
controlled the rebounding through-
out the game although they did not
play as well as they are capable of
doing defensively.
Coach Kit Karuza played a lot of
the jayvees during the game and
most of the fourth quarter was
played by a full roster of the
younger girls.
“Qur goal was to win the game
and we did,” said Karuza. ‘With
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younger girls are gaining experi-
ence. We’ve been using a different
starting lineup just about every
game.”
COOK SCORES 19
In the Crestwood, a key game for
the Mountaineers, six-foot Joann
Cook scored 19 points, followed by
Karen Vleedman with 13, to lead the
Mountainers to the 60-52 win.
Leading by a one-point 14-13 first
quarter, Dallas girls combined for
30 points in the second and third
quarters, outscoring the Comets 30-
17 and leading 44-30 going into the
final period. Crestwood, paced by
Lynn Coslett, rallied to lead the
Comets to a 22-16 score over the
Mountaineers in the fourth period,
cutting the Dallas win to 60-52.
Cook played the best game of her
high school career in the Crestwood
game and excelled in rebounding.
Sophomore Eileen Kalinowski went
int othe game and scored six points
for the Mountaineers.
FOUR SHORT
The Lady Mountaineers fell four
points short of matching South Wil-
liamsport on the Dallas court, Dec.
30, Isoing 55-51.
Down by 15 points, in the second
quarter, the Lady Mountaineers ral-
lied to trail 29-28 at the half. Their
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