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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
The Lake-Lehman Knights’ hopes for the
Wyoming Valley Football Conference Divi-
sion III title were dashed last Saturday
when the Crestwood Comets shut them out,
20-0.
‘The Knights, who were 3-0 going into
Saturday’ s game, had high hopes of defeat-
ing Crestwood in their division to take the
title, then defeating Bishop Hoban this
week and go on to defeat Dallas in the big
game of the season.
The Comets, coming into the game with a
4-0 record in Division III, had other ideas
and set out to prove it early in the game.
For the first time since the Comets played
Meyers in the beginning of the season, they
had their complete starting lineup in the
game.
- Senior fullback Jim McGovern led his
team in total yardage with 78 yards in
rushing and added 36 yards more by
catching two of Bill Chesna’s passes. His
teammate Scott Rutkoski carried the ball
for 39 yards and scored two of the Comets
three touchdowns.
On their second possession in the first
period, the Comets took over at the
Knights’ 40-yard line and in nine plays
moved to the five-yard line where Rutkoski
went in for the score. Chesna’s kick for the
extra point was wide but the Comets took a
6-0 lead.
Despite the Comets’ 20-0 score, the
Knights played a strong defense but their
offense was unable to move the ball
Denmon
against their opponents defense. In the first
period, Knight Chris Frederick dropped
Rutkoski in the backfield for a nine yard
loss and in the second half when the
Comets moved the ball from their own 16-
yard line to the Knights 33-yard line, the
Knights defense held and turned back the
Comets attempt to score.
Two of the Comets’ touchdowns came as
result of pass .interceptions. Mike Simco
intercepted Knight QB Len Annetta’s pass
in the third quarter and carried it to the
seven-yard line. Three plays later, Rutko-
ski took the ball into the endzone for his
second score of the game. In the fourth
period, Simco intercepted another of
Annetta’s passes at the Knights 38-yard
line and carried it to the 30-yard line. Five
plays later, Chesna passed to Eric Kutz for
the score. Rutkoski ran the ball into the
endzone to give the Comets. their 20-0 win.
The Knights intercepted three of
Chesna’s passes but were unable to take
advantage of them to score.
Coach Rich Gorgone said after the game
the Comets offense played a much better
game.
“They controlled our line of scrimmage
throughout the game,” said Gorgone. “I
was disappointed in our offense. They
made some key mistakes on the field. Our
defense did a good job and turned back a
number of chances Crestwood had to
score.”
Gorgone said perhaps the three-week
layoff did some damage because the boys
weren't as sharp as they had been in the
past. He also said that the fact that Don
Spencer is out for the year may dampen
the kids spirits.
“Donny is a great kid,” said Gorgon.
“He is an excellent student and a great
leader. I believe the kids miss him in the
game.”
Gorgone said the coaches’ job now is to
get the kids up and get to work for their
game with Bishop Hoban this Saturday
night at Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium.
The Knights need to defeat Bishop Hoban
and Dallas the following week to finish
above .500. He believes if they work hard
and try when they get on the field Saturday
night, they can win.
Don Spencer, senior, who is sitting out
for the rest of the season with an injury, is
a great athlete, according to Gorgone. ‘If
there’s a play to be made, he’ll make it.
He’s knowledgeable and tough. His loss has
had a definite effect on the team. He’s a
good student and a nice kid all-around,”
said Gorgone.
And how does Don Spencer feel about it?
has to live with the fact that he can’t play.
He doesn’t believe his inability to play has
hurt the team and feels everybody on the
‘team wants to win but he thinks the big
loss to Nanticoke got the team down. He
also believes that the three-weeks layoff
hurt.
“The team needs to re-group and get
ready for Bishop Hoban and then the Old
Shoe Game with Dallas. That’s their
important goal now-that game is the whole
season in four 12 minute quarters. Captur-
ing the Old Shoe is as good as a Division
.title,”” said Spencer.
tinues Lehman is unanimous favorite
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IN the lead DOTTY JOHN CHARLOT JOHN JACK GOALPOST
MARTIN HOINSKI | DENMON | OLIVER JONES PETIE
Five out of six ‘Dallas Post (41-16) (39-18) (45-12) (39-18) (40-17) (41-16)
prognosticators picked up five
victories to just two defeats in Dallas/ PA PA Dallas PA Dallas PA
last week’s contests as the crew |pittston Area 12-10 14-13 24-20 24-21 14-7 7-6
heads into the final two weeks
of football predictions.
Charlot Denmon, who was |Lake-Lehman/ Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman Lehman
running way ahead of the pack Bishop Hoban 21-14 20-12 14-13 21-0 14-7 14-7
last week, is still out in front by i .
four victories as she sports and
impressive 45-12 slate. Behind Pon Statel Si Pe you PSU po PSU
Denmon are Dotty Martin and aryian 21-1 : 35-6 i 21-3
GoalPOST Petie who are tied at
A116, Notre Dame/ ND ND ND ND ND ND
Jack Jones fills in at third [Southern Methodist 14-12 23-17 21-15 28-21 10-7 21-14
place with a 40-17 slate while :
John Hoinski and John Oliver
are tied at 39-18. Wyo. Seminary/ Sem Sem Sem Sem Sem Sem
Martin and Oliver were alone Lawrenceville 28-7 28-6 26-13 18-6 14-7 10-0
in predicting the Bishop
O’Hara/Bishop O'Reilly game ; : A
which saw the Queensmen |Pittsburgh/ Miami Miami Miami Miami Miami Miami
defeated, 39-8. All six prognosti- Miami 35-14 35-7 27-12 45-14 42-0 14-7
cators got the Dallas/Bishop
Hoban game correct when the :
Mountaineers took a 26-12 vic- apg a] six were skunked on Denmon and Petie wins. ville.
tory.
All six were correct in the
Penn State/West Virginia con-
test, the Wyoming Seminary/
Perkiomen contest and the
Notre Dame/Navy contest
which saw the former win in all
hires cases.
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the Pittsburgh/Syracuse game
where the Orangemen took a 24-
20 victory from the Panthers.
Three of the prognosticators
were also skunked on the Lake-
Lehman/Crestwood game when
the Black Knights were shut
out, 20-0, giving only Hoinski,
Denmon and Jones are going
with Dallas to defeat Pittston
Area this week while their four
counterparts are giving the
edge to the Patriots. Lehman is
a unanimous favorite to defeat
Bishop Hoban as is Wyoming
Seminary to beat Lawrence-
7
The prognosticators are all in
agreement with the three col-
lege contests this weekend as
Notre Dame is chosen to defeat
Southern Methodist, Penn State
is selected to handily defeat
Maryland and Miami is
expected to trounce Pittsburgh.
rivals very
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Judging by team records,
Dallas should have no problem
with Pittston Area on Friday
night when the Mountaineers
and Patriots tangle at Charlie
Trippi Stadium in a Wyoming
Valley Conference inter-divi-
sional game.
Dallas is a respectable 6-3 on
the year and has come up with
wins over Tunkhannock and
Crestwood, the conference’s
Division III winner and came
within a whisker of dumping
Wyoming Area.
Pittston Area, on the other
hand, stands at 1-8 on this
season and had been ousted
from the playoff picture weeks
ago. But Mountaineer coach Ted
Jackson isn’t about to let his
squad enter the game thinking
they have win No. 7 in the bank.
“They have to be the best 1-8
team in the state,’ Jackson
said. “They are very physical.
They have two unbelievable
linebackers in John Wojick and
Chris Phillips and they have the
best passer in the league in Tom
Musto.”
In a season of futility, coach
Bob Barbieri’s squad dropped
another decision last Friday
night, losing to Pottsville, 23-21,
on a 20-yard field goal with 20
‘seconds left to play.
“] saw them play against
Pottsville and they looked
good,” Jackson said. ‘‘And they
were tough against Berwick,
too. They just haven’t been able
to win many games.”’
A gain for Ryan
lightly
Jackson did not reveal specifi-
cally what his game plan will be
against the Patriots, but said
his team would have to avoid
turnovers, something Dallas
wasn’t able to do against the
Bishop Hoban last week.
The Mountaineers turned the
ball over five times (three inter-
ceptions and two fumbles) but
managed to keep Hoban at bay,
maintaining a slim but comfort-
able eight point margin through-
out most of the second half.
The Argents gained 60 yards
rushing and 30 passing in the
opening half, but were held to
minus eight running and eight
passing in the second.
“They were using a single
wing in the first half and they
caught us off guard,” Jackson
noted. ‘‘We adjusted in the
second. I thought our defense
play very well.” Ryan Holthaus,
who has played a big part in
that defense this year, led the
effort by coming up with two
interceptions in the third
quarter to keep Hoban bottled
up in its own territory.
The 5-9, 180-pound senior, also
scored a touchdown along with
Ed Kwak, Scott Francis and
Mike Koprowski. But Koprowski
suffered a head injury during
the game and will be sidelined
for the rest of the season.
Koprowski complained of a
nauseous feeling in the fourth
quarter, left the game, and then
returned. After the game, how-
ever, he again complained of
the same symptoms and was
later taken to Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital in Kingston.
ride. The
crowd.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Dallas High School soccer
team took the Division AA Dis-
trict 2 title last Thursday by
defeating Wyoming Seminary,
2-1, in the second overtime
period. The win advances Coach
John McCafferty’s team to the
interdistrict competition where
they will play the District 12
champion, Notre Pame of East
Stroudsburg Nov. 5, at Scranton
Memorial Stadium.
The Mountaineers avdanced to
Thursday’s game with Wyoming
Seminary by ‘defeating Bishop
Hoban, 2-0, last Tuesday at Ral-
ston Field, scoring both goals in
the fourth period.
Wyoming Seminary’s Dave
Heydt gove Seminary the lead
‘in the first period on a penalty
kick past Dallas goalie John
Sheehan. Throughout the rest of
the first half, both teams played
flawless ball using aggressive
attacks.
With Seminary leading, 1-0, at
the beginning of the second half
it appeared the game would be
a repeat of previous matches
where Seminary won by a one
point margin. The Mountaineers
played without giving up and,
when Dale Morris was fouled in
front of the net at 19:30 into the
third period, he scored on his
penalty kick to tie the game at
1-1.
The Mountaineers kept pres-
sure on the Blue Knights
throughout the game, taking
them out of their usual style of
play. It paid off when the Blue
Knights were unable to score
after their opening goal.
Wyoming Seminary had a
chance to win the game in the
fourth quarter on a score which
was charged a penalty by the
officials and the game went into
the first overtime.
Both teams battled through
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