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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
There was only one goal scored in
the Lake-Lehman Valley West girls’
field hockey game Friday at the
Lady Knights’ field, but it was an
important one. That lone score put
the Back Mountain team a half
game in front of Crestwood and
Wyoming Seminary in the Wyoming
Valley Conference. If the Knights
defeat GAR in their game scheduled
for Tuesday, they will take the AA
title.
Dallas girls defeated Meyers, on
the Lady Mounts field Friday, to
nock dropped a 1-0 match to Wyo-
ming Seminary. Earlier in the week
HOCKEY _
the Dallas girls lost the overall
Wyoming Valley Conference title
when they were shut out 1-0 by
Crestwood.
In the Lady 2osies meet with the
Spartans, both teams went scoreless
the first half. The Knights con-
trolled play most of the first and
second periods, but excellent defen-
sive work by the Spartans pre-
vented the Lady Knights from get:
ting the ball in the cage.
It wasn’t until 16:30 into the
second half that Susie Slocum took a
shot off a Spartan’s stick and
knocked it past Valley West’s Sherri
Kushinkas to give Lake-Lehman a 1-
0 lead, all that they needed.
The Knights had 25 shots on goal
to the Spartans’ 10. The Knights
also had more corner shots, but the
Spartans defense kept them from
going in.
The Lady Mountaineers scored all
of their goals in the first half, but
that was all they needed as they
shut out the Lady Mohawks, . 3-0.
Lori Warnecka scored two of the
three goals, getting the first one at
5:37 into the first half off an assist
by Leigh Pawling.
Both teams went scoreless until
26:21 into the half when Renee
Strausser took a shot from Shannon
Cleary and knocked it in for a score.
Warnecka made the final score
unassisted with less than four min-
utes in the half.
(See HOCKEY, page 10)
Sports
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
One thing any team can be sure of
when playing against GAR is a
physical battle. No gadget plays.
Not much passing. Just straight
ahead, slug-it-out, may the best
team win type of football.
Last Friday night at Wilkes-Barre
Memorial Stadium, the Grenadiers
put their unblemished record on the
line againt Dallas, and before it was
all over, GAR fought its way to a
convincing 21-0 win and a 7-0 record
in Wyoming Valley Conference play.
“They beat us in every phase of
the game,” Dallas coach Ted Jack-
son said. “They took away our
running, they rook away our pass-
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ing game. They just have a very
good football team.”
How good were they? Let the
statistics tell the story. After a
dead-even first quarter that saw the
Mounts run for 35 yards and GAR
for 36, the Grenadiers slammed the
door shut the rest of the night.
The Mountaineers ran for just
three yards in the second quarter;
two in the third and minus nine in
the fourth, (although they did pass
for 66 in the final stanza) and were
held without a first down in the
second and third quarters.
Led by 6-8, 305 pound All-Every-
thing Greg Skrepenak, the GAR
defense swarmed all over the
Mounts, effectively taking away any
offensive game plan they
attempted. iY
‘“They were very strong up
front,”’ Jackson explained. ‘‘At
times they were blitzing and that
put a lot of pressure on the quarter-
back, and they were also overload-
ing on our receivers. It slowed them
down just enough to allow the pur-
suit on the quarterback to catch
up. 2]
Meanwhile, the GAR offense ram-
bled for 225 yards with Leroy
EdGraffenreid slashing for 103
yards on 12 carries and one touch-
down to lead the way. But he had
plenty of help from Dave Maharty
and quarterback John Snyder, both
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(See FOOTBALL, page 10)
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staft Correspondent
Coach John McCafferty’s Dallas Mountaineers won
both soccer meets last week, shutting out Bishop
O’Reilly, 7-0, Thursday at home and blanking Pittston
Area, 11-0, at the Dallas field on Tuesday. The wins
keep the Mountaineers on the heels of Wyoming
Seminary, whom they will play this week. A tie or a
win will give Seminary the title, but a win by Dallas
gives Dallas the title.
Lake-Lehman Knights dropped a 4-1 game with
Abington Heights Tuesday but rebounded to shut out
Wyoming Valley West, 2-0, on Thursday afternoon for
a 6-6 record.
In their game with Bishop O’Reilly, the Mountai-
neers played a tough defense with Eric Rosentel
giving the Mountaineers their first goal seven minutes
into the game off an assist by Mike Richards.
Jim Lister and Jeff Tinner each scored two goals in
the game with Lister scoring his first goal off an assist
by Brent Snowdon at 10:00 of the second quarter. His
score came after Matt Lipo assisted Snowdon on a
goal 6:00 into the second period and the Mountaineers
were in front 3-0 at the half.
Lister scored his second goal unassisted in the first
minutes of the second half and Tinner, unassisted,
scored at 10:00 into the third period. Joel Vanderhoo-
gen scored at 14:00 into the third period with an assist
by Rosentel to give Dallas a 6-0 lead going into the
final quarter. At 5:00 minutes into the final period,
Tinner scored again off an assist by Dave Morris to
give the Dallas team a 7-0 win.
In the game with Pittston Area, Vanderhoogen
scored three consecutive goals to lead the Mountai-
neers.
Vanderhoogen scored his first goal, unassisted, 13
minutes into the first period. He scored a second time,
unassisted, at 17:00 into the period and his third score
off an assist by Eric Marshall was 14:00 into the
second period.
Jim Lister scored the first goal for Dallas two
minutes into the game off an assist off Reese Finn.
Eric Rosentel with an assist from Matt Lipo scored
SOCCER
tow minutes alter, then Lister assisted by Finn scored
for the third goal. Jeff Tinner off an assist by Snowdon
scored to move their lead to 4-0 and Vanderhoogen
came through with two goals to give the Mounts a 6-0
lead.
opening of the second period, Dave Morris put in a
shot off a penalty to give Dallas an 8-0 lead.
McCafferty substituted a lot of his younger players
in the second half and in the third period, John Urziak
scored with two minutes remaining.
In the final period, freshman Ed Reabuck scored
and teammate Ken Kozell scored the final goal for
Dallas with 3:52 remaining to give Dallas an 11-0
score.
Chris Scharff scored both goals for the Lake-
Lehman Knights for their 2-0 win over Valley West.
Scharff scored the first goal on a direct free kick at
the 7:30 mark of the second period and insured the win
at 5:12 of the third period with an assist by Doug
Doerfler.
Both teams played strong defense in the second half,
particularly in the final period. The Spartans were
unable to stop Scharff. The win keeps the Knights in
the running for a playoff spot in the AA class.
A tough Lake-Lehman defense held a strong Abing-
ton defense to only 18 shots atgoal and to a 4-1 score.
The Comets took a 1-0 lead in the first period on
Derrick Race’s score off an assist by Matt Gallagher.
Then Gallagher scored the first of his three goals that
gave the Comets the game.
Off an assist by Hokan Ojert, Gallagher scored at
13:50 into the first period. He scored his second goal
unassisted at the 3:30 mark of the third period and his
third at the 14:10 mark of the same period:
Scharff scored the lone goal for the Knights in the
second period off an error by Comets goalkeeper John
Ccciamani. When Cacciamani came out of the goal to
save a shot by Scharff, he missed it and while he was
trying to get on his feet, Scharff shot thé ball in the
cage for a score.
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Dallas and Rob Dombeck, Dallas.
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outdoors is the place to be.
The U-10 playoffs began Saturday
with the Chiefs overcoming the
Sting, 5-1. It was a tough first
quarter with both goalies, Danny
Thomas for the Sting and Mike
Woronko for the Chiefs showing
outstanding efforts. But the Chiefs
surged ahead with Stuart Graham
making 3 goals assisted by Jeff
Kunkle; and a goal made by Ryan
Dauksis, assisted by Brian Berlew;
and Jeff Kunkle also scoring. Caro-
lyn McLaughlin and Robin Holman
gave all-out efforts on defense. For
the Sting, Carlo Santarelli, Brian
Boning and Nick Sabatini tried to
stem the tide.
The second contest saw the Ston-
ers blank out the Cosmos 6-0. For
the winning Stoners, Mike Heffron
and Jeremy Fleeger scored two
goals each with Kevin McDonald
assisting Topher Marlatt and
Michael Vozniak also scored. The
Stoners Gail Morris was an out-
standing defensive player.
The Tornadoes shut out the Stom-
pers 6-1. Outstanding defensive
players for the Tornadoes were Toni
Palka and Adam Molesky. The
Stompers boasted Jonathan Grot-
kowski and John Krupa who gave
great defensive efforts. Joseph
Ankenbrand brought in 3 goals for
the Tornadoes with William Striker
scoring twice and Fred Maier bring-
ing in the last goal. The lone Stom-
per score was brought in by Adam
and Mark Herstek combined to shut
most of the game.
The Express stormed over the
Sockers in a heated 8-3 battle. Two
goals each were scored for the
Express by Jason Collinson, Adam
Hoover and Ken Marsola, and two
additional goals were scored by
Tony Cox and Scott Labbate. Socker
goals were made by Eric Dieffen-
bacher (2) and Tim Nicol.
In the Timbers victory over the
Comets 4-3, Lisa Tomaine scored 3
goals for the Timbers and team-
mate Philip Gager kicked one.
SCORES OF THE WEEK —
Chiefs 5, Sting 1; Stoners 6, Cosmos
0; Tornadoes 6, Stompers 1;
Express 8, Sockers 3; Timbers 4,
Comets 3; Hurricanes 8, Kicks 1;
Roughnecks 1, Strikers 0.
Sunday’s play saw the second
round of the U-10 Playoffs pitting
the Chiefs against the Rowdies in
the first game. What promised to be
a tight heat ended up as a rout with
the Chiefs, 8 and Rowdies 2.
Stuart Graham kicked in three
goals for the Chiefs and teammate
Jeff Kunkle made two. Other Chief
goals were made by Ryan Dauksis,
Brian Berlew and Michael Woronko.
Outstanding defensive play by Caro-
lyn McLaughlin, Robin Holeman,
Lisa Wall, Brian Berlew and
Michael Adamchick kept the Row-
dies away from the goal. Rowdie
scores were both brought in by Ned
Friar, Rowdie goalies Michael Spen-
cer and Don Holdredge did a brave
job against the constant onslaught
of the Chiefs.
In the most exciting game of the
weekend, the Timbers edged the
Roughnecks 3-2 in double overtimes.
Phil Gager scored twice for the
Timbers and teammate Jeff Farley
“also brought in a goal. Outstanding
defensive players were Alan Moska
in the goal, and Mike Tribendis and
Jeff Chopick in the field.
~ Roughnecks goals were scored by
Tim Waslick and Ryan Picchi. Tom
Klimek starred in defense.
The Hurricanes squeaked out a
victory over the Express 3-2. Goals
for the winning team were kicked
by Rocco Policare and Will Saba
(2), assisted by Michael Koch.
Excellent goal tending by John
Oliver helped the Hurricanes keep
their winning margin. Outstanding
defensive play was produced by
Hurricane fullbacks Michael Lykon
and David Townsend.
Express goals were made by
Adam Hoover.
In the Stoner victory over the
Tornadoes 5-3, Kevin McDonald
scored 3 goals; Mike Viglone and
Jeremy Fleeger each scored also.
Mike Vozniak did an outstanding job
in goal and notable Stoner defensive
players were Kali Bagby, Mike
Kernag and Mark and Gail Morris.
Tornadoes goals were made by
Nikki Sennett and Joe Ankenbrand.
Outstanding defensive effort by
Adam Molesky kept the Tornadoes
in the game.
SCORES OF THE WEEK — Tim-
bers 3, Roughnecks 2; Hurricanes 3,
Express 2; Chiefs 8, Rowdies 2;
Stoners 5, Tornadoes 3.
U-12 DIVISION
The opening day of the U-12 Back ~
Mountain Soccer Tournament saw
14 teams go head to head, dropping
7 teams out in single elimination
play.
The Chiefs ran over the Stoners 7-
1 as Matt Bailey led the scoring.
with 4. Brad Wedemayer connected
(See YOUTH, page 10)