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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
The Lake-Lehman Knights
will have their work cut out for
them when they take to the field
against the Dallas Mountaineers
in the Old Shoe game Saturday,
but Knights coach Rich Gorgone
doesn’t plan to change his
team’s game plan.
“If our kids play up to their
potential and with the enthusi-
asm and confidence they had in
the opening games of the
season, they’ll be able to defeat
the Mountaineers and take pos-
session of the Old Shoe,” said
Gorgone.
Lake-Lehman, 3-1 in Division
II play and 4-5 overall, is a
much better team than its
record indicates. The Knights
won their first several games of
the seson and it was not until
the Meyers game when Senior
Don Spencer was injured that
they began to falter. The
Knights are a young team and
play a tough defense but their
offense plays erratically. That’s
been the story with the Knights
since their 42-0 loss to Nanticoke
followed by their three-week
layoff before coming back to
lose 20-0 to Crestwood.
Gorgone has one of the best
quarterbacks in the conference
in sophomore Lenny Annetta,
but his receivers will have to be
more alert than in the past two
games and the defense will have
to turn in a flawless perform-
ance.
Dallas Mountaineers are on a
roll and Scott Francis is having
a great year, throwing the ball
well and also running well.
Francis’ passing is a big part of
the Mountaineers offense.
Coach Gorgone knows that
and he also knows that his
defense will have to stop Fran-
cis as well as Ryan Holthaus,
Ed Kwak and the Williams
twins.
“The Mountaineers are play-
ing with great confidence,
they’re an experienced team
and surprised several of their
opponents this season,” Gor-
gone said. ‘“We’ll use a bal-
anced attack against them,
mixing up the passing and run-
ning. We are a young team and
our kids make mistakes but if
they want to win this one, they
will have to play flawless ball.”
Gorgone said he is more
caught up in the rivalry over
the game this season. He and
Dallas Coach Ted Jackson live
Dallas area and are close
friends. Gorgone’s daughter,
Megan, is a senior and a cheer-
leader at Dallas and he knows a
lot of the football players.
Gorgone said that there is
great rivalry between the kids
from both schools. The players
have been in Little League
together, in mini-football and
some are related. Cousins play
against cousins and Rich
James, starter on the Knights
team, is a nephew of Ted Jack-
son. There is also a keen rivalry
in the ‘Gorgone household as all
of the Gorgone children, with
the exception of Sam, are stu-
dents in the Dallas District.
Sam is a student at Lake-
Lehman.
“Anything can happen when
Dallas and Lake-Lehman play,”
the Lehman coach said. ‘Throw
away the season’s records —
this game is the entire season
wrapped in one. Both teams will
be out to win. My assistants are
working tirelessly with me to
(See LEHMAN, page 12)
FLOSSIE FINN...alias GOALPOST PETIE
Petie’s identity revealed
This is the week we reveal to Back Mountain fans,
GoalPOST Petie — the person who, since the start of the
football season, has been predicting area gridiron winners.
Her identity concealed throughout the year, she now comes
forward in time for the final games of the year. Who is
GoalPOST Petie? None other than Flossie Finn, guidance
counselor and girls’ softball coach at Lake-Lehman High
School. a
Mrs. Finn, faculty member at Lake-Lehman for 25 years
and coach of the softball team at Lake-Lehman since it was
first introduced in the district, is an enthusiastic sports fan
and accepted the role of GoalPOST Petie graciously at the
start of the season, admitting she was not an ardent football
fan.
She has performed the role of GoalPOST Petie conscien-
tiously for the past weeks, studying the games each week and
selecting her choices objectively despite her loyalty to Lake-
Lehman. A graduate of Dallas High School as well as a
resident of that borough, it was not always easy for Mrs. Finn
to make her selections. -
She kept her identity successfully from most of the Back
Mountain residents with none of her fellow faculty members
aware of her role. Although many fans may have disagreed
with GoalPOST Petie’s predictions, her record-to-date attests
to the fact that she has selected her choices wisely.
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Whenever Dallas and Lake
Lehman square off on the foot-
ball field there is no need for
pre-game hype. That, like the
rivalry itself, is a natural. Sat-
urday’s meeting will be no
exception.
“It’s a war for the kids,” said
Dallas coach Ted Jackson. “The
students get excited. The
schools get excited. It’s defi-
nitely the biggest game of the
year.
“A lot of people from the two
schools know each other,” the
Dallas coach added. ‘In fact,
Gorgone’s daughter (Lake
Lehman football coach Rich
Gorgone) is a cheerleader for
Dallas and I have a nephew
(Rich James) who is a line-
backer for Lake-Lehman. I was
kidding him the other day. I told
him I hope he scores a touch-
down, but that they lose the
game. It would make their
season if they beat us.”
And it would make Dallas’
season, too, if the Mounts could
come up with a win. Dallas
gave the Black Knights the boot
last year, winning 7-0, to cap-
ture the “Old Shoe” trophy and
a victory at Lehman on Satur-
day would cap off a fine season
for the Mountaineers.
“We're looking to finish the
year with an 8-3 record,” Jack-
son said. ‘“We haven’t played
well on the road this year.
That’s why this win over Pitts-
ton Area was so big. (The
Mountaineers slipped by the
Patriots, 9-7, Friday evening.)
It should give us a lot of confi-
dence.”
Indeed it should. Although the
Pats were just 1-8 going into
Friday night’s game at Charlie
Trippi Stadium, a number of
those defeats came by just a
few points against good teams.
The time seemed right to pick
up their second win of the year
against the Mounts.
Dallas did not look sharp in its
two road losses to Meyers and
GAR, and to add to their prob-
lems, the Mountaineers were
going without running back
Mike Koprowski who received a
head injury against Bishop
Hoban the week before and is
out for the remainder of the
season.
“Certainly, it was a big con-
cern,”” Jackson said. ‘‘He’s
(Koprowski) our leading rusher
and he is a very good special
teams player. But Jerry
Ogurkis stepped in and did the
job.”
Not only did Ogurkis fill the
hole, picking up good yardage
with twisting, pounding runs, he
provided the winning 9-7 margin
by kicking a 30-yard field goal
on a wet field late in the second
quarter.
“I swear to God, he hasn’t
kicked in about a month,” Jack-
son said. ‘He tore a quadricep
muscle earlier in the year so we
have been using Scott Francis
on the PAT’s. But Jerry is still
our field goal kicker.”
The rest of the job was left to
the defense. All season long the
strong point of this year’s team
has been the play of the
defense. And against Pittston
Area, the defense proved to be
the difference again, harrassing
Patriot quarterback Tom Musto
into a 6-for-23 passing perform-
ance while sacking him a
number of times.
All of which means Dallas
should retain the ‘Old Shoe’ for
another year when the Mountai-
neers tangle with their Back
Mountain rivals on Saturday
afternoon. But don’t bet on it!
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
The Old Shoe trophy up for grabs this Satur-
day when the Dallas Mountaineers meet the
Lake-Lehman Knights at the Edward Edwards
Stadium is currently in possession of the Dallas
Mountaineers, who won last season’s game by a
7-0 score.
The bronzed shoe originally belonged to a
member of the 1948 Dallas Township team
coached by retired Dallas Senior High School
Principal Robert Dolbear. The idea of the Old
Shoe Game was introduced by Dallas Rotary
Club member Francis ‘“‘Red” Ambrose to pro-
mote friendly rivalry between the teams of the
Back Mountain Schools. Ambrose discussed the
idea with Dolbear, who after discussing the idea
with coaches of the other schools and gaining
their approval, went ahead with the project.
Dolbear had his team members throw their
shoes in a pile, he pulled one out of the pile,
gave it to the Rotary Club members. They had
the shoe bronzed attached to a plate.
Kingston Township in 1948, reported to have
been coached by Thomas Jenkins. In 1949 and
1950, Lehman coached by Tony Marchakitis took
the Old Shoe and, in 1951, Dallas Township,
under Coach Robert Thomas, won the trophy.
Westmoreland, coached by W. Seiple, took the
Old Shoe in 1952; and in 1955, won it again
coached by Ted Poad. In 1953 and 1954, Lehman-
Jackson-Ross, coached by Marchakitis, won the
trophy. There was a three way tie in 1956
between Lehman Jackson, coached by Edw.
Edwards; Westmoreland, by Ted Poad; and
Dallas-Franklin, by Tony Roan.
Winners of the Old Shoe for the years 1957,
1958 and 1959 were Lehman-Jackson-Ross, then
Lake-Lehman, with Edwards at the helm for the
three years. In 1960, Westmoreland under Edw.
Brominski took the trophy, then under the new
jointure, Dallas Senior High, coached by Brom-
inski, took the Old Shoe for 1961, 62, 6, 64, 65 and
66.
Coach Goerge Curry, now at Berwick, led his
Lake-Lehman Knights in taking the Old Shoe in
1967, 1968 and 1969. From 1970 through 1977,
Dallas Mountaineers under Coach Jack Jones
kept possession of the Old Shoebut in 1978 Coach
Rich Gorgone and his Black Knights took the
Old Shoe to Lehman, and in 1979, the Knights
kept the Old Shoe under Coach Tom Hisiro.
With Ron Rybak at the helm, Dallas Mountai-
neers regained possession of the trophy in 1980
and kept it through 1981. In 1982, under Coach
Rybak and Lake-Lehman Coach Mark Kirk, the
two teams played to a tie with each team
keeping the trophy for six months. Still coached
by Rybak, Dallas won the trophy in 1983 but in
1984, Lake-Lehman took it home under Coach
Kirk. Last year with Coach Rich Gorgone back
at Lake-Lehman and Coach Ted Jackson taking
over at Dallas, the Mountaineers regained
possession of the Old Shoe, with the game
played at Dallas.
This year, under the leadership of the same
head coaches, Dallas and Lake-Lehman will
compete this Saturday at Lehman for the
coveted Old Shoe trophy.
Charlot Denmon continues to be the top-ranked
Dallas Post prognosticator with a five-game
lead over Dotty Martin, GoalPOST Petie and
records. : )
Denmon picked up five victories to just one
defeat this week, losing the Lake-Lehman/
surprised with a 20-9 defeat at the hands of the
Argents. Denmon, however, was not alone as all
prognosticators had given Lehman the edge last
week.
Denmon and Jones were the only winners in
the Dallas/Pittston Area game, correctly pre-
dicting the Mountaineers to win. Dallas handed
the Patriots a stunning 9-7 defeat.
picked up a 17-15 squeaker, the Notre Dame
Southern Methodist game where the Fightin]
Irish handed their opponents a 61-29 crushing
Seminary and Lawrenceville which saw the
locals grab a 14-7 victory and Pittsburgh/Miami
where the Hurricanes got a 37-10 victory.
This week, John Oliver and GoalPOST Petie
are remaining true-blue to their schools as both
prognosticators give Lake-Lehman the edge
over Dallas in the Old Shoe game.
The only other game the six prognosticatorg
don’t agree on is the Pittsburgh/Rutgers game
as GoalPOST Petie gives Rutgers a slight
advantage over the Panthers.
The prognosticators are unanimous on the
Bishop O’Reilly/Bishop Hoban game, giving
T
All prognosticators were correct on the Penn Hoban the victory and Penn State/Notre Dame
State/Maryland game where the Nittany Lions game, expecting the Nittany Lions to win.
Dotty John Charlot John Jack GoalPOST
MARTIN HOINSKI | DENMON | OLIVER JONES PETIE
(45-18) (43-20) (50-13) (43-20) (45-18) (45-18)
O’Reilly/ Hoban Hoban Hoban Hoban ; Hoban Hoban
Hoban 28-7 20-7 21-6 27-6 12-6 20-10
Dallas/ Dallas, Dallas Dallas Lehman Dallas Lehman
Lake-Lehman 14-13 19-6 17-7 14-0 18-6 14-13
Penn State/ PSU PSU PSU PSU PSU PSU
Notre Dame 28-7 24-17 24-13 24-14 24-20 21-3
Pittsburgh/ Pitt Pitt Pitt Pitt Pitt Rutgers
Rutgers 21-14 17-10 23-17 24-24 18-14 21-15
Caroline McCarthy, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee McCarthy
of Wyoming Seminary was a
member of Rosemont College’s
1986 Varsity Field Hockey
Team. The team finished the
season with a winning record of
Rosemont
8-3-1 this season. :
Caroline, currently a junior at
Rosemont, has played her
second consecutive year on the
team. She was also the team’s
10 goals.
CAROLINE MCCAR
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