SRR
3
1
Sports
The semi-final round of the Luzerne County Recrea-
tion Spring Soccer League was played this past
weekend with the final four teams meeting at the
Forty Fort Airport field.
In the Western Conference final, the Abington
Nomads downed the previously unbeaten Back Moun-
tain Braves in an exciting contest, 4-2. Hokan Ojert
scored a three-goal hat trick to the lead the Nomads.
The Nomads scored two first quarter goals by Ojert
and Matt Gallagher to take the early lead.
In the second period, the Braves came back on a
score from Scott Marshall of a corner kick by Paul
Clemm to close the gap to 2-1 at the half. After a
scoreless third period, the Braves pulled out all the
stops and halfway through the fourth period, it payed
off with Brent Snowdon making a pass across the goal
mouth to Dan Holdredge who caught Nomad goalie
Josh MacArthur leaning the wrong way and redirected
the ball into the opposite corner of the net to tie the
score, 2-2.
The game seemed destined for overtime, but Ojert
picked up a loose ball that the Brave defenders failed
to clear and blasted a 20-yard rocket into the upper
left corner of the goal to put the Nomads back on top,
3-2. The fianl goals came on a drew Micco through
pass that sprung Ojert on a breakaway and the score.
Dan Belin and Eric Johnson were outstanding on
defense for the Nomads and MacArthur had 22 saves.
The playoff final will pit the Wings against the
Nomads next Sunday, June 22, at 3 p.m. at the Forty
Fort Airport.
In last Wednesday’s action, the ‘Back Mountain
Braves edged the Abington Royals, 1-0. The Braves
scored early on a first period goal by Brent Snowdon
off a corner kick that ricocheted round in front of the
goal and the Royals failed to clear. The remainder of
—
the first half and most of the third period saw Brave
domination and only stellar play by goalie Trey Ott,
sweeper Tim Brown and the Royals defense kept them
in the game.
The Royals seemed to come alive in the last period,
pressing in on the Braves’ goalie, but the steady
defensive play of Jason Maniskas, Chris Fetterman,
and Matt Lip plus three great saves by Brave goalie
John Sheehan on what appeared to be sure goals
preserved the shutout for the Braves.
In other first round action, the Abington Nomads
survived a shot barrge by the Back Mountain Bandits
to win, 3-1. For three quarters, the game was scoreless
with the Bandits spending much of the time in the
Nomad half of the field, but unable to score.
In the fourth quarter, Hokan Ojert scored three
goals to turn the tide. The first goal came when Ojert
wa sprung by a Jody Rosencrance pass. The second
was a conversion of a penalty kick.
With seven minutes remaining in the contest, Eric
Rosentel retaliated for the Bandits to make it 2-1, but
Ojert finished the hat trick in the waning moments of
the game by duplicating the first goal with the assist
to Rosencrance. Josh MacArthur recorded 21 saves in
goal for the Nomads. Mike McDermott also had a fine
game in goal for the Bandits.
Also in first round action, the Wyoming Valley
Wings downed the Back Mountain Blitz, 4-1. Paul
Melone scored two goals and Geoffrey Mahalk and
Christoff Nickish added one goal each for the Wings.
Kartik Patel picked up an assist.
For the Blitz, Jonathon Ursiak scored on a fourth
period penalty kick to avoid the shutout. Jerome
Mattey, Chris Chapple and Kim Chapple keyed the
defense for the Blitz.
Softball champs
Dallas Post/Donna Sutliff
F und s raised
seated, Roland Biscotnini,
Plains Township Police
Department.
On the afternoon of June 4, Kathy
Love Ormsby was one of the
runners in the 10,000 meter race at
the NCAA Track and Field
Championships in Indianapolis.
A fine runner and student, Kathy,
a pre-med Dean’s list student, was
in fourth place with a third of the
race to go, when she inexplicably
ran off the track.
The thought of
not winning must
have been too
great for the 21-
year-old.
Something
snapped. She
hopped a fence
and ran a few
blocks. When she
reached a steel
bridge spanning
the White River,
she pulled herself
over the 4-foot guard rail and
plunged 40 feet, landing next to the
river, The fall broke Kathy’s spine,
a rib and punctured a lung.
Kathy is paralyzed from the waist
down. She is not expected to ever
walk, let alone run, again.
Coaches and friends theorize that
the pressure to perform was the
culprit in this tragedy. When Kathy,
who was favored to win the race
after setting the NCCA record in the
event six weeks ago, felt that she
couldn’t win, she decided that she
didn’t want to live.
Like any tragedy, there are
lessons to be learned, questions to
be asked, attitudes to be questioned.
Kathy Love Ormsby is just the
most visible victim in the win-at-
any-cost fanaticism that infests
American sports.
It’s draft time in the NBA, and
the way the teams around the
league are holding their draft
choices close to the vests, you'd
think the security of the United
States were at stake. People close to
0
the draft have never seen such
guarded behavior.
The reason for the silent
treatment is there are no real
super-stars in this year’s draft,
although there are many solid
players. With so many players of
almost equal ability, drafting
becomes very tricky. No general
manager with, say, a fifth round
pick wants to be scooped by general
manager with a ninth pick who,
because he did his homework a little
better, gets the diamond-in-the-
rough the other guy passed by
thinking it was just another rock.
This draft will separate the teams
that have an eye for potential talent
from those who just have eyes. Two,
three years from now, this draft will
be a measurement of basketball
smarts. The bright boys will survive
to pick again, the rest will have to
content themselves with watching
the game from the stands.
-0-
The Sixers and the Celtics have
the first two picks and are expected
to take Brad Daugherty and Len
Bias respectively. The Sixers will
take Daugherty because he is the
safest pick in the draft. The master
of the draft Red Auerbach is, on
Larry Bird’s advice, is going with
Bias because he sees greatness just
dripping off this guy. If Red makes
a mistake on this guy by picking
him second in the draft, it will be
his first.
-0-
Time capsule piece: The players
from this draft that are going to be
superstars four years from now: 1.
Len Bias; 2. Dell Curry; 3. John
Williams; 4. Ron Harper; 5. Chris
Washburn.
The players that either won’t be
around in four years or will be
considered disappointments: 1.
Brad Daughtery; 2. Chuck Person;
3. Johnny Dawkins; 4. Mark Alarie;
5. Walter Berry.
(Rick Rogers is a sports
columnist for The Dallas Post. His
column appears weekly.)
Sleightholm
The Mob used five goals from
Matt Sleightholm and one each from
Greg Choi and Sumner Bachman to
defeat the Kicks, 7-3 in the Penn
State/Wilkes-Barre Youth Soccer
League.
Have a
news tip?
Call
675-5211
{
leads Mob
The Kicks had three goals, all
scored by Mark Parrish. Two of
Parrish’s goals came on penalty
Kicks.
The Cosmos squeaked by the
Jammers, 2-1, on goals from Eric
McDonough and Sue Richardson
with an assist by Robbie Jarvis.
The Jammers’ score was put in
by Frankie Jones.
The Jammes outplayed The Mob
and picked up a 4-0 defeat earlier in
the week while the Kicks squashed
the Cosmos, 9-4. The Kicks were led
by two goals each from Parrish,
Sennett, Hayes, Sabatini and one
goal from Rogers to pick up the
victory.
Standings are as follows: Cosmos,
3-1; The Mob, 2-2; Kicks, 1-2-1; and
Jammers, 1-2-1.
was Lizann Kelly.
The Yankees came away with two wins on the week
in the Back Mountain Little League by first squeaking
by the Indians, 7-5, and then pounding the Giants, 7-0.
Brian miller upped his record to 4-1, scattering eight
Indian hits and came through with a double in the
sixth, driving in the winning run. Robbie Jackoboski
went three for three while Ned Palka helped out, going
two for three.
Dave Fisher struck out five Giant batters to pick up
the win on the mound while going three for four at the
plate, Palka and Jacoboski also went three for four
with Miller going two for four. Tom Adams played a
fine defensive game at third for the winning Yankees.
The Phillies blanked the Pirates, 10-0, behind Eric
Songalia’s three hitter, giving the Pirates their first
loss on the year. Songalia struc, out six while
teammates bobby Casterline cracked two base hits,
Fred Rosencrans rapped a double and Jon Pomerinke
For the Pirates, John Morris had a single and a double
and Chuck Finn chipped in with a single.
The Phillies also came from behind in the sixth to
down the Tigers, 11-10. Brenden McGovern smashed
the game-winning hit, scoring mate Eric Songalia
from third. Pomerinke, Casterline and Songalia
banged out two hits apiece while Pat Morris and Chris
Boraski had two each for the Tigers.
The Astros evened their record at 6-6 when Stan
Gulbish struck out 16 Reds to win, 8-1. Gulbish, giving
up only three hits, raised his record to 6-0. Jeff Malak
led the Astro hitting attack with three hits and four
RBIs.
MAJORS STANDINGS
Rita Busch Salon Pirates, 11-1
R.N. Fitch and Sons Orioles, 10-5
Mahaffey Oil Yankees 10-5
Isaacs Chrysler-GMC Tiger, 9-5
LAD Dodgers, 8-7
Dryden Oil Co. Astros, 6-6
Suburban Propane Phillies, 6-8
Arthur Shelley Inc. Reds, 4-11
Daddow-Isaacs 672 Giants, 3-11
Franklin’s Family Restaurant Indians, 3-11
SCORES FOR WEEK: Yankees 7, Indians 5; Dodg-
Tourney slated
ers 8, Astros 1; Giants 3, Reds 1; Phillies 11, Tigers
10; Pirates 1, Orioles 0; Yankees 7, giants 0; Astros 1,
Reds 0; Tigers 4, Indians 3; Phillies 10, Pirates 0;
Orioles 11, Dodgers 6.
MINORS STANDINGS
DAG Rentals Dodgers, 7-0
MacGeorge Auto Truck Yankees, 6-1
Cardinals, 4-3
Custom Management Pirates, 4-3
Jack’s Collision Service Indians, 3-4
John M. Randolph Sr. Giants, 2-4
Dr. Watkins and Medura Orioles, 2-4
Fay Broody Studio Phillies, 2-1
Back Mt. Police Association Reds, 2-4
Kingston Twp. Lions Tigers, 1-6
SCORES FOR WEEK: Dodgers 17, Phillies, 3;
Indians 19, Reds 16; Yankees 23, Orioles 8; Giants 13,
Tigers 6; Cardinals 9, Pirates 8.
Wendy Cave highlighted action this week in pitching
a no-hitter in girls’ softball action.
In the victory over the Dodgers, Cave had six
strikeouts and walked only three batters. She also
helped her own game with two doubles. Andrea Shone
with a double and Stephanei kriner, Jenifer Coon and
Allison Labbate each had key hits in the game.
DIVISION I SOFTBALL STANDINGS
Pittston Sewing Center Pirates, 8-1
BJ’s A’s, 6-2
Gunn Bros. Garage Cardinals, 5-3
College Misericordia White Sox, 3-5
Red Sox, 3-5
Back Mountain Sporting Goods Dodgers, 2-6
Phillies, 2-6
SCORES FOR WEEK: A’s 18, Dodgers 1; Pirates 13,
White Sox 7; Cardinals 7, Red Sox 4; Pirates 13,
Dodgers 0; Red Sox 12, White Sox 6.
DIVISION II SOFTBALL STANDINGS
American Party Favor Yankees, 6-2
Wyoming-West Wyoming Eagles, 5-4
Bonner Chevrolet Phillies, 5-5
Dallas Lions Indians, 3-4
Jim Jon Tomatoes Cardinals, 3-8
SCORES FOR WEEK: Phillies 1, Indians 0; Yan-
kees 9, Cardinals 5; Phillies 1, Cardinals 0.
The Third annual Colonel Soccer
Day Camp will be held July 28 -
August 1 at the Wilkes College
Ralston Field Complex next to
Kirby Park.
The camp is open to boys and
girls ages 8 to 15. Each camper will
uation and a T-shirt. Featured camp
highlights include technique and
tactis training, positional instruc-
tion, soccer-tennis-golf and league
competition on two full-sized fields.
Wilkes head coach Phil Wingert
will direct the camp. He will be
assisted by Scranton Universitgy
coach Steve Klingman and Virginia
2
Tech’s Division I coach Jerry Chey-
net.
Further information and registra-
tion forms are available by contact-
ing Phil Wingert, Wilkes College,
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 or by calling
the athletic department, 824-4651,
ext. 343.