Football |
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The fields have been given tender,
loving care during the summer months,
bleachers and press boxes renovated and
sporting new coats of paint. The refresh-
ment stands are open, the aroma of fresh
brewed coffee, hot dogs and pizza fill the
air, tantalizing the taste buds of football
fans in all corners of Wyoming Valley.
It’s “Kickoff” time! That big day,
“Season Opener’’, has arrived. In the
city, on the West Side, in the Back
Mountain, the anticipation of enthusiastic
fans rises in the air as they file into the
stadium.
THIS IS THE YEAR — the year ‘‘our”
team will reach its potential and wrest
the conference title. Bets are being made
among friends, predictions made by
sportscasters, and by armchair quarter-
backs.
This is “Football 1986" — opening day
of the game they’ve been waiting for!
Volunteers man the refreshment
stands, scurrying to meet the demands of
the fans, five and six deep, waiting to
order that tasty hot dog, perhaps a
burger, or a slice or two of pizza.
Fans enter the Black Knights’ stadium,
wearing their black and gold band jack-
ets. Visitors across the field see visions of
gold as row after row of Lake-Lehman
jackets fill the home side bleachers.
On the opposite end of the Back Moun-
wearing Columbia Blue, giving visitors
cause to believe some of the blue has
fallen from the sky overhead.
Booster Club members stand inside the
gates selling ‘Know Your Players’ pro-
grams, good for the season for a small
fee of $1.00.
The bands stand in a secluded spot,
nervously waiting their cue to march into
the stadiums. Occasionally, a nervous
band member tries a note or two just to
make certain he knows the proper key.
A signal is given and the well-
rehearsed band members, attired in
bright colored uniforms, march as one
into the stadium, keeping time to the
selections they have been practicing for
hours and hours.
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New music, new routines, new field
shows, days and days of rehearsal are
behind them and band members perform
with ease in the middle of the field.
No one, but mom or dad, realizes that
behind the scenes, how many tears were
shed, how many blisters were treated,
how many times “I can’t” was spoken
prior to this day. That’s behind these
boys and girls today — this is their debut.
This day makes it all worthwhile.
The bands leave the field and march
quietly to seats assigned to them, and on
comes the ‘Black and Whites’’, the ones
really in charge — the game. officials.
Wearing their crisp, white knickers
topped with black and white striped
shirts, the officials make their way to the
sidelines while cheerleaders from home
and visiting schools hasten to the gates to
cheer their team members on with
chants of encouragement.
First aid officials have taken to the
field, media people fill the press box,
photographers (professional and ama-
teur) pace the sidelines. Now come the
players!
They walk slowly, single file, until only
a few feet from the large paper banners
the cheerleaders have worked on all
summer, then with two or three leaps the
captains break through and lead their
teammates to their side of the field.
Cheered on by moms and dads, friends
and classmates, the players appear
poised and nonchalant, trying to swallow
the lumps in their throats and stop their
knees from knocking.
Quarterbacks toss the ball back and
forth. Other members stretch or do knee
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1986
bends while they wait nervously for the
toss of the coin to determine who kicks
off, who receives. :
Fans, led by cheerleaders, add to the
excitement; late arrivers hasten to find a
good seat — the game is about to get
underway.
The toss is done, captains shake hands
and run to the sidelines. The national
anthem is played. Both teams take their
places on the field. The scoreboard lights
are on. There’s the whistle! The game is
begun; to the victor goes the spoils.
Kickoff 1986 has arrived! Fans, band,
cheerleaders, media, they’re all there
and, oh yes, don’t forget the players and
their coaches. Without them what would
it be?
High school football — that’s what Fall
is all about!
Schedule
(Continued from page 17)
Susquehanna at Susquehanna Valley.
Crestwood at Hanover; Dallas at West Side Tech;
Northwest at Jim Thorpe; Mahanoy Area at Cardinal
ropa; Pine Grove at Tri-Valley; Line Mountain at
alifax.
(Night)
Montgomery at Coon Vo-Tech; Bishop
Hafey at Bishop Hoban; Lourdes Regional at West
Hazleton; Marian 2% batisyjis Neu.
Abington Heights at Scranton Central; Valley View
at Dunmore; Bishop Hoban at Honesdale; Wilkes-
Barre Meyers at Wilkes-Barre Coughlin; Wilkes-Barre
GAR at Hazleton; Lake-Lehman at Nanticoke: Tunk-
hannock at Pittston; Berwick at Pottsville; Blue
Mountain at Tamaqua; Central Columbia at Lewis-
burg: Milton at Danville; Marian at Panther Valley.
oomsburg at Mifinowe: dipper Dauphin at Mill-
ersburg; Minersville at Shenandoah alloys North
Schuylkill at Mount Carmel; Pottsville Nativity at Pine
Grove; Harrisburg at Shamokin; State College at
Shikellamy; Southern Columbia at Columbia-Montour
Vo-Tech; Warrior Run at Selinsgrove; Williamsport at
Altoona; Line Mountain at Williams Valley; Halifax at
Juniata.
SATURDAY, OCT. 11
(Afternoon) :
Scranton Tech at Lakeland; Old Forge at Mid
Valley; West Scranton at North Pocono; Scranton Pre)
at Riverside; Bishop O'Hara at Wallenparnacks West-
ern Wayne at Lackawanna Trail; Mahanoy Area at
Tri-Valley; Freeland at Bishop O'Reilly; West Side
Tech at Crestwood; Wyoming Area at Dallas; Wye
ong Valley West at Hanover; Bishop Hafey at West
Hazleton; Jim Thorpe at Cardinal Brennan.
AY, OCT.
Dunmore at Scranton Tech; ‘Scranton Central at
Scranton Prep; Wilkes-Barre Coughlin at Wyomin,
Area; Dallas at Wilkes-Barre GAR; Hazleton a
Pittston; Nanticoke at Wyoming Valley West; Shikel-
lamy at Berwick; Bishop Hafey at Freeland; Danville
at Central Columbia; Line Mountain at Upper Dauphin.
Lourdes Regional at Shamokin; Millersburg at East
Juniata; Jersey Shore at Milfon; Saint Clair at
Minersville; Pottsville at Mount Carmel; Pottsville
Nativity at Schuylkill Haven; Panther Valley at
Tamaqua; Southern Columbia at Shenandoah Valley;
Tri-Valley at Williams Valley.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18
(Afternoon)
Lakeland at Abington Heights; Mia valley at
Riverside; Honesdale at Bishop O'Hara; Western
Wayne at Carbondale; Wpilenpaupack at Susquehanna;
Tunkhannock at Hanover; Northwest at West Side
Tech; Pine Grove at Blue Mountain; Jim Thorpe at
Mahanoy Area; West Hazleton at Marian; Newport at
Halifax.
(Night) :
Valley View at West Scranton; Crestwood at Bishop
Hoban; Selinsgrove at Bloomsburg; South Williamsport
at Lewisburg; Warrior Run at | nels Lock Haven at
Wiljamspor ; Bishop O'Reilly at Columbia-Montour
o-Tech.
FRIDAY, OCT. 24
North Pocono at Dunmore; Lakeland at Valley
View; Riverside at Old Forge; Wilkes-Barre GAR at
Wilkes-Barre Coughlin; Hazleton at Shamokin; Wilkes-
Barre Meyers at Tunkhannock; Berwick at Pittston;
Williamsport at Wyoming Valley West; Central Colum-
bia at Bloomsburg; Blue Mountain at Mount Carmel;
Lewisburg at Danville; Honesdale at Western Wayne.
Halifax at Juniata; Lourdes Regional at Shenandoah
Valley; Mahanoy Area at Williams Valley; Marian at
Minersville; Milton at Mifflinburg; Saint Clair at
Nativity; Panther Valley at North Schuylkill; Pottsville
at Shikellamy; Tri-Valley at Southern Columbia; Kis-
hacoquillas at Upper Dauphin; Hughesville at Warrior
Run.
SATURDAY, OCT. 25
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Carbondale at Abington Heights; Wallenpaupack at
Lackawanna Trail; Susquehanna at Bishop O’Hara;
Pine Grove at Bishop Haley; Freeland at Jim Thorpe;
Crestwood at Bishop O'Reilly; Nanticoke at Dallas;
West Side Tech at Lake-Lehman; Schuylkill Haven at
Cardinal Brennan.
os (Night)
Northwest at Bishop Hoban; Millersburg at Line
Mountain; Tamaqua at West Hazleton.
: . FRIDAY, OCT. 31
Abington Heights at Scranton Tech; Old Forge at
Dunmore; Scranton Prep at Valley View; Carbondale
at Honesdale; Wilkes-Barre Coughlin at Hazleton;
Hanover at Wilkes-Barre Meyers; Wyoming Area at
Nanticoke; Pittston at Pottsville; Berwick at Wyoming
Valley West; Bloomsburg at Danville; Blue Mountain
at Panther Valley.
Cardinal Brennan at Southern Columbia; Central
Columbia at Warrior Run; Selinsgrove at Lewisburg;
Line Mountain at Kishacoquillas; Mahanoy Area at
Schuylkill Haven; Williams Valley at Millersburg;
Milton at Montoursville; North Schuylkill at Miners-
ville; Shenandoah Valley at Pine Grove; Shikellamy at
Shamokin; Upper Dpuofin at Loyalsock Township.
SATURDAY, NOV. 1
(Afternoon) ;
Mid Valley at Lakeland; Scranton Central at North
Pocono; West Scranton at Riverside; Bishop O'Reilly
at Bishop O’Hara; Jim Thorpe at Lackawanna Trail;
Notre Dame at Marian; Western Wayne at Wallenpau-
ack; Bishop Hoban at Dallas; Crestwood at Lake-
Dar Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech at Northwest;
Halifax at Tri-Valley.
(Night)
Tunkhannock at Wilkes Hare GAR; Bishop Hafey at
Pottsville Nativity; Freeland at West Hazleton; Saint
Clair at Lourdes Regional; Bald Eagle-Nittany at
Mifflinburg; Mount Carmel at Williamsport.
FRIDAY, NOV. 7
Adingion Heights at Old Forge: Dunmore at Scran-
ton Central; West Scranton at Scranton Prep; Dallas at
Pittston; Shamokin at Berwick; West Hazleton at
Bloomsunre: Cardinal Brennan at Saint Clair; Potts-
ville at North Schuylkill; Northwest at Western Wayne;
Hanover at Wilkes-Barre GAR; Wilkes-Barre Meyers
at Wyoming Area. ¢ ; ;
Central Columbia at Milton; Danville at Selins-
grove: Lewisburg at Line Mountain; Southern Colum-
ia at Lourdes Regional; Warrior Run at Mifflinburg;
Minersville at Panther Valley; Mount Carmel at
Shikellamy; Pine Grove at Williams Valley; Williams-
port at State Colles, Hazleton at Tunkhannock.
ATURDAY, NOV. 8
(Afternoon)
Scranton Tech at Mid Valley; Valley View at North
Pocono; Lackawanna Trail at Bishop O'Hara; Wallen-
paupack at Carbondale; Susquehanna at Windsor;
ishop O'Reilly at West Side Tech; Schuylkill Haven at
Blue Mountain; Halifax at Eastern York: Pottsville
Nativity at Jim Thorpe; Shenandoah Valley at
Mahanoy Area; Tamaqua at Marian; Tri-Valley at
Bishop Hafey; Wilkes Barre Sougtin at Crestwood.
Lake-Lehman at Siihon oban
FRIDAY, NOV. 14
Scranton Central at Scranton Tech; Bishop Hoban at
Bishop OReilly; Pittston at Wyoming Area; Wyoming
Valley West at Wilkes-Barre Coughlin; Wilkes-Barre
GAR ‘at Wilkes-Barre Meyers.
SATURDAY, NOV. 15
(Afternoon)
Lackawanna Trail at Susquehanna; Dallas at Lake-
Lehman; Nanticoke at Hanover.
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