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early registration is advised.
July 28-August 1.
The Luzerne County Recreation
Spring Soccer League moved into
the next to last weekend of regular
season play with teams trying to
solidify playoff berths.
In the West, the Back Mountain
Gold surprised the Abington
Nomads with a 7-4 victory to keep
their playoff hopes alive. The
Nomads took an early lead in the
first period when Matt Gallagher
scored an unassisted goal and then
assisted on a Jody Rosencrance
goal.
Then in a second period scoring
binge, the Gold got four straight
goals, three from Chris Scharff and
one from Rick Parry to take the
lead for good. Gallagher got his
second goal to make it 4-3 at half,
but Parry got two more goals to
complete his hat trick in the third
quarter. Gallagher also scored his
third goal, in the period to make 6-4,
but Chris Scharff added more dis-
tance with his fourth goal late in the
game to close out the Gold scoring.
Brian Hampel got two assists and
John Baranowski one for the Gold.
Jeff Tinner led the Gold defense and
Gold goalkeeper Mark Rogowski
had 12 saves and Nomad goalie Josh
MacArthur collected 18 saves.
The Back Mountain Braves tight-
ened their grip on first place in the
West with a 4-0 shutout of the
Wyoming Valley Strikers. Eric Mar-
shall scored on a penalty Kick.
Brent Snowdon scored a goal off an
assist from Jim Evans, with Tom
Shone and Brett Weyman adding
one goal each for the Braves.
The Back Mountain Bandits edged
the Wyoming Valley Raiders 3-2 to
regain sole possession of second
place in the West.
The Back Mountain Blitz were
playoff bound with a 4-2 win over
the Pittston Rowdies. Chris Chap-
ple, Jonathon Ursiak, Greg Steuben
and John Aston scored solo goals for
the Blitz with Ursiak getting two
assists and Ken Klimovitz one. Ed
Pietrowski had a goal and an assist
and John Viteritti scored a goal for
the Rowdies.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Back Mountain Braves 8-0-1
Back Mountain Bandits 6-1-2
Abington Royals 6-2-1
Abington Nomads 6-3-0
Back Mountain Gold 5-3-1
Wyoming Valley Raiders 4-5-0
Wyoming Valley Maroons 3-6-0
Wyoming Valley Strikers 1-7-1
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Wyoming Valley Wings 8-0-1
Mountaintop Vigalantes 6-3-0
Plains Plainsmen 6-3-0
Back Mountain Blitz 4-4-1
Wyoming Valley Blast 2-7-0
Mountaintop Orange Crush 1-7-1
Pittston Rowdies 1-8-0
Mountaintop Catajamers 0-8-1
The Dallas Borough Recreation
Center will begin its 1986 season on
Monday, June 16. The center will be
open Monday through Friday from 9
a.m. to 8 p.m.
Daily activities at the center
include: tennis, shuffle board, ping-
pong, kickball, baseball, SWAT,
train dodgeball, BLOB tagt, basket-
ball and wiffleball.
Weekly activities are scheduled
for the same day each week. These
include library hikes and arts and
crafts. The scheduled times for
these activities will be posted at the
center during the week of June 16.
Special events are held through-
out the summer. They are sched-
uled for specific afternoons or even-
ings. The schedules for these events
will be posted within the community
and at the center. Some special
evnets which will be held this
summer are: D.R.C. Olympics, Lip
Sync Contest, Western Night, Movie
Mini-Golf, Masquerade Madness,
and Roller Skating.
All of the activities held at the
center are supervised by staff mem-
bers. The center employs four staff
members and one director. The
individuals who work at the center
are: Mr. M.J. Pope (Director);
Chris Dombek (Assistant Director);
Sherri Ciccarelli, Amy O’Donnell
and Jill Radzinski.
Christ Dombek, the assistant
director, is a senior majoring in
computer science at Bucknell Uni-
versity, Lewisburg, Pa. Chris
enjoys working at the center
because of the young people, being
outdoors is an added bonus.
Sherri Ciccarelli is a sophomore
majoring in business data process-
ing at Luzerne County Community
College, Nanticoke. Sherri loves ath-
letics and organizing events for the
young people who attend the center.
Amy O’Donnell is a senior major-
ing in elementary education at The
Pennsylvania State University, Uni-
versity Park, Pennsylvania. Amy
enjoys interacting with young
people in all environments. The
playground is a refreshing atmos-
phere for all who attend.
Jill Radzinski is a sophomore at
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park. Jill plans to enter
the field of corporate fitness. Jill
loved the recreation center when
she was young, now she is able to
help other young people enjoy their
summer vacations while participat-
ing in supervised and fun activities.
The staff members have all be
employed at the center for several
summers and are excited about
another summer of activities. The
center requests children who are
five years and under be accompan-
ied by an adult at all times.
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The Pirates remained undefeated
at the 10-0 mark with an impres-
sibve 9-3 victory over the Yankees.
John Morris, on the mound firing 11
strikeouts at Yankee batters, raised
his pitching record to 7-0 on the
year. Todd Paczewski and Chuck
Finn came through with two hits
apiece while teammates Joe Kristan
and Jason Kaylor drove in key
RBI’s. Steve Buckley scored twice
for the Pirates.
The Orioles, undefeated in the
second half, downed the Giants 5-3
giving Brian Karuza a 3-0 record on
the mound. Karuza got relief help
from Frankie Natitus who came in
to strike out five batters while
giving up one hit in three innings.
Scott Bearley’s two hits, a double
and single, and Brian Miller’s
double led the Orioles to victory.
The Giants Ern Chamberlain
rapped a double and single as
Donny James and Shawn Kelly
nailed a base hit each.
The O’s then downed the Reds 12-9
when Jeff Masley smoked a double
and a single, Scott Bearley banged
out two hits and Frank Natitus and
Billy Dover hammered a triple
each. Other Oriole hitters were
Brian Miller and both Kevin and
Kenny Chapple. The Reds were led
by three big hits from Pat Joyce, a
Nick Cave double and singles by
Dave Podehl, Jason Mattey and
Rich Jones.
MAJORS
Rita Busch Salon Pirates 10-0
R.N. Fitch & Sons Orioles 9-4
Isaacs CYR-GMC Tigers 8-4
Mahaffey Oil Yankees 8-5
L.A.D. Dodgers 7-6
Dryden Oil Co. Astros 5-5
Suburban Propane Phillies 4-8
Arthur Shelley Inc. Reds 4-9
Franklin’s Family Rest. Indians 3-9
Daddow-Isaacs 672 Giants 2-10.
SCORES: tigers 16, Yankees 4;
Some things in sports just go
together: Strawberries and cream
at Wimbledon, the Celtics and the
NBA title, mint julips and the
Kentucky Derby, professional sports
and drugs.
Wait a minute, drugs and pro
sports?
By the results
of Sports
Illustrated
survey, many
Americans
believe that the
last twosome,
beauty and the
beast, are part
and parcel.
Eighty-six
percent of the
respondents to
SI's investigation
of Americans and their attitudes
about sports believe pro athletes use
illegal drugs. This is a mind
altering statistic even to a cynic.
The survey found 64 percent of
Americans 65 or older believe
athletes use illegal drugs; whereas,
an incredible 93 percent in the 18-34
bracket, a bracket that includes
most pro athletes, believe likewise.
Seventy-three percent of those
polled want mandatory random
drug tests for athletes.
In addition, those polled believe
that the drug rate in football and
baseball, sports’ answer to the Big
Three, is 62 percent and 54 percent
respectively.
Percentages and statistics are
cold things; they never caught a fly
or sacked a quarterback.
Think of it this way. The next
time you’re in a crowd of 35,000 fans
at a baseball game, 30,100 of them
will have in the back of their minds
that 13 players on each team are
high on something other than life.
Twenty-five thousand, five hundred
fifty of your peers want the players
tested, and the other 9,450 probably
want the telephone number of the
player’s dealer.
Fans believe that some athletes
are drugged, they believe in
mandatory random drug testing,
they believe something should be
done. But they buy the tickets, fill
the stadiums and cheer the athletes
without reservation. Not one
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wimper out of them about what they
believe.
From an unkind angle, the poll
says more about Americans’
tolerance to vice and involvement
than it does about perceived drug
abuse among athletes.
Some fear that the drug problem
could undermine sports. I fear the
opposite, that not strike, drugs or
anything else will bring sports to
heel. In a cheering crowd of 35,000
there are a lot of accomplices.
BITS AND PIECES
This was a great weekend for
favorites and underdogs. The
Celtics took Houston in six games to
win their 16th NBA title, and Chris
Evert-Lloyd beat Martina
Navratilova to win her second
consecutive French Open. Evert-
Lloyd has won the French seven
times.
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Larry Bird deserved to win the
MVP in the championship scenes,
but they wouldn’t have gotten there
without Bill Walton and Kevin
McHale.
Orioles 5, Giants 3; Dodgers 6, Reds
1; Tigers 6, Astros 5; Pirates 9,
Yankees 3; Orioles 12, Reds 9;
Dodgers 2, Giants 1; Phillies 12,
Indians 2. MINORS
D.A.G. Rentals Dodgers 6-0
MacGeorge Auto-Truck Yankees 5-1
Custom Management Pirates 4-2
Cardinals 3-3
Dr. Watkins & Medura Orioles 2-3
Fay Broody Studio Phillies 2-3
Back Mt. Police Assn. Reds 2-3
Jack’s Collision Serv. Indians 2-4
John M. Randolph Sr. Giants 1-4
Kingston Twp. Lions Tigers 1-5.
SCORES: Cardinals 11, Reds 7;
Orioles 11, Tigers 10; Phillies 11,
Giants 5; Yankees 9, Pirates 5;
Dodgers 16, Indians 6.
SOFTBALL DIVISION II
American Party Favor Yankees 5-2
Wyo.-West Wyo. Eagles 5-4
Dallas Lions Indians 3-3
Jim Jon Tomatoes Cardinals 3-4
Bonner Chevrolet Phillies 3-5
SCORES: Yankees 20, Phillies 17;
Yankees 10, Cardinals 7; Cardinals
10, Phillies 9 (8 innings); Eagles 16,
Yankees 13.
SOFTBALL DIVISION I
Pittston Sewing Center Pirates 6-1
BJS A’s 5-2
Gunn Bros. Garage Cardinals 4-3
College Misericordia White Sox 3-4
Red Sox 2-4
Bk. Mt. Sporting Goods Dodgers 2-4
Phillies 2-6
SCORES: Cardinals 12, Pirates 7;
Dodgers 17, Phillies 16; A’s 11,
Cardinals 2.
Eagles QB to
speak at event
Ron Jaworski, quarterback of the
Philadelphia Eagles, will be Unico’s
guest in conjunction with its Annual
East-West Classic to be held on
Thursday, June 26, at Wyoming
Valley West Stadium, according to
Game Chairman Joe Nardone.
“Jaws” will be at Public Square
in Wilkes-Barre on the day of the
game on the traditional Band Show
and available at the contest that
evening where he will sign auto-
graphs while serving as Unico’s
Honorary Captain.
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