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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
staff Correspondent
It was no ordinary Friday night for the coeds and
faculty of College Misericordia this past Friday.
It was the night the college administration was to
introduce the new nickname and mascot for the
school. It was also the night both the girls and boys
basketball teams were to compete against Keuka
College of New York, the school where Misericordia’s
former vice president, Arthur Kirk, recently accepted
the position as president.
It was before 7 p.m. and the Highlanders, Misericor-
dia’s girls team, were in the first quarter of their
game with Keuka. :
McGinty Gym was filled and still students were
coming in the doors. Every seat taken, standing room
only filled with shoulder-to-shoulder fans, enthusiasm
college gym, for if there were, no doubt students
would be hanging from them.
The college cheerleaders in their sailor blue and
gold outfits led in cheers that could be heard from
outside in the parking lot. Coeds with tiny brushes and
black makeup compacts were painting small black
paws on fellow students cheeks.
“Paw Power” ‘paw power’ echoed and re-echoed
through the gym and students moved excitedly about
among the crowd.
Out on the floor, playing as though inspired in a
game that didn’t count in standings, Misericordia’s
Highlanders kept up with their bigger and aggressive
opponents from Keuka. This was a contest they
wanted to win, this was against not only the players
but against their former vice-president, Art Kirk — a
man they all loved and respected. It was a keen
rivalry, but a friendly one.
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her 32 game points. Teammate Anna Kelly ran wild in
the second half to dump in 12 of 16 game points and
help set the scene for Keuka’s 65-54 win.
Misericordia’s fans were not discouraged and, as the
girls went to the lockerroom, anticipation and excite-
ment electrified the crowd.
Billy Boom-ba in clown attire added to the spirit of
the crowd with her polka beat and the horns blared the
news that something surprising was about to happen.
The cheerleaders with their fluffy gold pom-pomis,
matching the gold in their uniforms rushed to the far
end of the floor where they performed both acrobatic
and aerobic dance routines.
Then a hush fell over the gym as the horns
announced the coming of the mysterious ‘‘Paw
Power”, the introduction of the college’s new mascot,
the “Cougar”.
The lithe, sleek, beige-furred mascot danced out to
the floor in time to the applause of the cheerleaders,
who immediately encircled him and danced in time to
the beat of the music on the sidelines.
The roar of the crowd no doubt was heard at every
corner of the campus as the fans shouted and stamped
their feet in time to the dancing.
After several attempts to quiet the crowd, college
president Joseph Fink was successful, then took time
to explain the name change and the mascot.
The president explained that the cougar was chosen
by the college community including the students and
alumni because it is a high-land animal and provides
continuity with the traditional nickname of the college,
the Highlanders. The cougar also inhabits mountain-
ous regions which emphasizes Misericordia’s location
in the Back Mountain.
The distinctive animal with its sleek, confident
presence delighted the fans as it leaped high around
The cheerleaders left the floor, but not the photogra-
phers as they elbowed one another to get to the center
of the floor and capture the new mascot before he
disappeared. Shot after shot of the cougar, President
Fink and cheerleaders were taken until finally the
black and white shirted officials blew their whistles
signalling “time to start the boys’ game.”
The floor cleared, the crowd grew quiet, well
reasonably so, and the boys came out on the floor.
First, the boys from Keuka in their green and white
lining up to take their practice; following the newly-
named “Cougars” in their navy and white uniforms to
practice at the other end of the floor.
The tall, big players from Keuka towered over the
Cougars like giants, but the Cougars were determined
to live up to their new nickname as well as prove they
had the paw power of their mascot.
Led by freshman Pat Kingland, who poured in 30
points, the Cougars won 95-93 over Keuka College.
Kingland paced Mike Wright with 21, Ron Summers
and T.C. Wilson with 14 points each.
Excitement and enthusiasm continued to reign in
McGinty Gym and each time the horns blared, the
Cougars charged to the basket and chalked up two
points.
Taking the lead at the start of the game, when they
scored their first two points which gave them the lead,
the Cougars fans tossed out long blue and gold
streamers across the floor from the sides and corners
of the gym. No delay in the game, however, for the
dedicated cheerleaders and supporters quickly gath-
ered up the streamers so the game could continue.
The game was close all the way but when the buzzer
sounded at halftime, Keuka was in the lead, 40-37.
The players were determined — this was their game
to win. A new name, a new mascot and their rival,
former Misericordia vice-president Art Kirk. They had
to win and win they did, outscoring their bigger and
more formidable opponents, 33-21, at the foul line.
The game over, students, fans and faculty from both
schools joined in a social hour, all rivalry forgotten —
at least, for the Cougars and their mascot. Yes, their
mascot “Cougar Mike Daley” joined in the fun.
the floor. No timid animal this one, but powerful and
courageous. With its vertical leaps in the air, it
personifies the slam dunk so important to basketball.
The paw power of the Cougar will symbolize the
power College Misericordia aims to become in NAIA
athletics.
The halftime whistle blew and the Highlanders went
to the locker room with the score tied at 28-28. Sue
Sharp and Liz Eife led the local girls with 17 and 13
i points respectively in their battle to take the Keuka
1 team. But Keuka’s Dee Johnson came back like a
1 sharp-eyed Tiger in the second half and tossed in 22 of
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
In a hard-fought win between
Dallas Mountaineers and the
Meyers Mohawks, 6-3, Meyers came
lout on top 46-42 to end the first half.
“tied with Hanover for second place.
The loss dropped the Mountaineers
5-4 to a three-way tie for third with
Crestwood and Wyoming Seminary.
The Mountaineers outscored the
Mohawks 10-8 in the first period but
the Mohawks outscored the Moun-
taineers 15-14 in the second quarter
cutting Dallas’ lead at halftime to
24-23. Trailing 38-31 in the beginning
of the fourth period, the Mountai-
neers battled back scoring seven
consecutive points to tie the game
at38 with only three minutes
remaining.
Neither team could take control of
the boards in the third quarter but
the Mountaineers were out-
rebounded 22-6 in the second half
which lost them the game.
TWO PACE TEAM
In the fourth period the Mohawks
Pete Tarutis and Mark Atherton
combined for eight foul shots to
pace their team to the win. Ather-
first-half
Meyers Lady Mohawks defeated
Dallas Mountaineers, 58-39, last
Friday to capture their first Divi-
sion 2 first half title.
The Mohawks 5’11’’ Rosalind
Reeves, center, went against the
Lady Mountaineers 5°11” center,
Karen Vloedman, outscoring Vloed-
man 28-18.
Karen Monko also played a major
role in the Mohawks win dumping in
11 points. She combined with
Reeves in the third period to out-
score Dallas 13-8.
DALLAS OUTSCORED
Meyers outscored the Dallas girls
28-21 in the first half and took a 41-
29 lead going into the final quarter.
In the final period Reeves and
Monko led their team in outscoring
the Mountaineers 17-10 to take the
58-39 win.
Reeves scored 16 points in the
first half and at one time in the first
quarter, she scored eight points on
rebounds and one on a layup. Jill
McGuire also helped her Mohawk
team by putting in a layup and
Jumping in two shots from the foul
ine.
Vloedman’s shots in the third
quarter cut the Mohawks lead to
seven but the Mohawks staged a
strong comeback and lengthened
their margin to 10 points.
BETTER ON DEFENSE
In comparing the two centers,
Dallas Coach Kit Karuza said that
offensively he believes they are the
same but that Vloedman is better on
defense.
Vloedman was the only Lady
Mount hitting double figures.
Tammy Daveski had seven. Kim
Rinehimer had six. Dallas ended the
half with a 6-3 record.
SETON WINS
In Tuesday’s game with Seton
Catholic, the Eagles defeated the
Lady Mountaineers 61-40. The win
eliminated Dallas from the first half
race.
title
open in the third period by outscor-
ing Dallas 25-9 with Nicole Kova-
leski tossing in 11 of her 17 game
points. Pat Redington scored 11
points in the fourth period for the
Eagles to keep them in the lead.
Kate Tigue added 11 and Megan
Tigue accounted for 10.
Lori Brokenshire led Dallas with
15, points, five goals from the field
and five-for-10 from the foul line.
Kim Rinehimer added 10 points, six-
for-nine from the charity stripe and
two goals from the field.
The Lady Mountaineers open the
second half, Friday, Jan. 24, with
Northwest at home.
LEHMAN PULLS UPSET
Coach Joe Martini’s Lake-Lehman
Lady Knights pulled an upset,
Friday on their home court, defeat-
ing the Blue Knights of Wyoming
Seminary 55-40.
The Lady Knights used a bal-
anced scoring attack with Debbie
Levi and Pam Coollbaugh scoring 14
points each, Diane Jachimowicz 12
and Janine Kasarda 10. Cheryl
Mushala put in six points.
The Lady Knights took a 25-23
lead into the lockerrom at halftime
when Kasarda dumped in two foul
shots with only 18 seconds left in the
half.
KNIGHTS SCORE BIG
In the third period, the Lady
Knights outscored Seminary 15-6
with Levi scoring two points as the
quarter ended. Coolbaugh scored
eight-for-12 from the foul line, three
of them in the final quarter to
insure the game.
Knights Coach Martini said that
when Seminary boxed in Kasarda, it
didn’t stop his girls from scoring
because the Knights are not geared
to a one-girl scoring offense but use
a balanced scoring attack.
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ton’s final shots iced the game for
the Mohawks.
In the third period, with the score
tied at 27, Mohawk Tom Skaff broke
the tie with a field goal then hit for
three more to lead the team to a 36-
31 lead at the endvof the quarter.
Both teams did most of their shoot-
ing from the outside in the period.
DACOSIN SCORES BIG
Dennis Dacosin was high scorer
for the Mountaineers with 13 points,
four shots from the floor and five-
for-seven from the foul line. Tom
Shalata followed with 12, four-for-
four from the free stripe and four
from the field.
Tarutis was high for the Mohawks
with 15 points. Atherton and Skaff
hit the double figures column with
10 points each.
DEFEAT SETON
In their 79-68 win over Seton
Catholic, Wednesday, on the Moun-
taineers court, Dallas used a bal-
anced offense led by Tim Moyer’s 19
points with Dacosin and Shalata
following with 18 each. The Moun-
taineers also played a strong inside
game and controlled the boards
most of the game. Excellent ball
handling by Dacosin and great
rebounding by Shalata kept the
Mountaineers in the lead throughout
the game.
The Eagles came on strong in
part of the second quarter and
again in the third. In the final
period, they came to within five
points of the Mountaineers when
Frank Galonis hit for a field goal
that left the Mountaineers leading
only 65-60.
Putting the move on
when being pressed.
COACH EJECTED
When Seton Catholic’s Coach Hop-
kins was called for several technical
fouls and ejected from the game,
the Dallas team took: advantage of
the opportunity and ‘won by 11
points, 79-68.
Dallas will open the second half,
Friday, Jan. 24 away against North-
west.
SEMINARY WINS
With both teams missing shots
from the field, a shot by Jay
Antinnes with only three seconds on
*the clock gave Wyoming Seminary
a 33-31 win in a game where the
Knights led 15-13 at halftime. The
Blue Knights outscored Lake-
Lehman 10-6 in the third period to
lead 23-21 going into the final
period.
In the fourth period the Blue
Knights held on to their two-point
lead until, with only 15 seconds on
the clock, Lake-Lehman’s Paul
Andes put in a 15-foot jumper to tie
the score at 31. Then Jay Antinnes,
who had been shooting poorly
throughout the game, tossed in a
jump shot with three seconds
remaining. He took a pass from
Chris Berry and went up to dump it
in and take the win.
KENDALL HIGH
Keith Kendall was high scorer for
the Black Knights with 12 points, all
of them from the field. Berry was
high for the Blue Knights with 10
points, all from the field.
The Black Knights tied up Berry
most of the game with two men on
him, never allowing him a free shot.
The loss drops the Knights to 3-6
for the first half. Seminary ended
the half at 5-4, tied with Dallas and
Crestwood for third.
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Coach Ed Ladamus’ Black
Knights ‘did just what he expected
them to do Saturday night against
the Tunkhannock Tigers before a
packed house at Lake-Lehman.
Ladamus told his wrestlers that if
they performed the way he knew
they could, they would win. They
believed him and after winning only
two of the first five, the Knights
took the rest of the bouts to defeat
the Tigers 45-17. The win ran their
record to 4-1 in the Wyoming Valley
Conference.
98-1b. Matt Reinert lost little time
in putting the Knights on the board
by clamping Tiger Mike Daily in
1:51. The Tigers tied it up in the
next bout when 105-1b. Kevin Kalmo-
nowicz flattened Knight Mark
Rogowski in 1:24.
KNIGHTS REGAIN LEAD
112-1b. Jeff Austin gave the lead
back to the Knights by taking a 17-1
technical fall, the first of three for
the Knights, from Fred Ungeruit.
The Tigers came within one point of
the Knights when their 119-Ib. Mike
Gacha took a superior 16-3 decision
fans had visions of pulling off a win
over the Knights when 126-1b. Tim
Mead pinned Chris Frederick in
2:21.
Those visions soon dimmed as
Lake-Lehman’s Joe Smith took a 2-0
decision from 132-b. Robert Bellas
to move the team score to within
three points of the Tigers. 138-lb.
Bob Guzenski put the Knights in the
lead, 21-17, with technical fall, 18-2,
over Steve Taylor. 145-lb. Mark
Yaple moved the Knights to 24-17 by
outwrestling Kevin Mead 9-7, then
155-1b. Don Spencer pikced up the
Knights third techncial fall over
Mike Grohs, 17-1.
GEORGE SCORES PIN
Leading 30-17, 167-1b. Bill George
scored a pin for the Knights clamp-
ing Brian Beyer in 3:27, to move his
team to 36-17 icing the win. Scott
Shafer gave Lake-Lehman another
pin by flattening his 185-1b. opponent
Bill Parry in 3:23. Heavyweight Ed
Stratford defeated Tiger Chris
Schultz 5-1 to end the meet, 45-17.
ROLL OVER GAR
The Knights rolled over the win-
less GAR grapplers 57-3 in Wednes-
day’s meet in the Grenadiers gym.
The Knights lost only one bout, the
119-1b. between Grenadier Kevin
Sypniewski and Knight Terry Smith.
(See LADAMUS, page 10)
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