Underclass cagers
Houck, Andrew Sabaluski and Rob Michaels.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
The Lake-Lehman male cagers are preparing
for another Wyoming Valley Conference basket-
ball season which kicks off with their first
exhibition game this Friday night at home with
Bishop O’Reilly. The Black Knights’ regular
season will open Dec. 16 at home with North-
west.
Coach Rodger Bearde, who will dress nine
varsity men, will depend on experience and a
strong defense to have a winning season.
Carl Houck, six foot, five inch junior, last
season’s leading scorer and rebounder, is
returning this year and Bearde looks to him for
some good plays. Since the Knights have no
other men over six foot, they will have to give
Hauck a lot of help since he can’t win the games
by himself.
Returning guards Chris Landmesser and Walt
Konopke have a lot of experience. Jason Cadwa-
lader’s experience should help and Alex Freder-
ick and Andy Sabaluski are moving well. Dan
Hudzik is the strongest man on the Knights’
team and jumps well.
Sabaluski is strong on defense and as a
rebounder and Frederick is a good scorer. Rob
Michaels and Lenny Annetta are developing
with Annetta showing a lot of ability.
“We're a fairly fast team,” said Bearde.
“We’ll look to run and get a transition game
going our way. If we get some good leadership
from our seniors, we should jell and do better
than last season’s .500.”’
Bearde said G.A.R. will be the team to beat
this year in Division II, followed by Hanover,
who has the most players returning, then Dallas
and Northwest. Dallas has one of the league’s
top players in Mike Luksic and, if surrounded by
the right players, he will lead the Mountaineers
as a threat.
Coach Bearde figures Northwest’s Coach Han-
dley can be a threat in the league and with four
good starters returning can give some problems.
If Bearde’s athletes develop as he hopes, they
can also pose a threat to the other teams in the
division.
Bowling news
Three men on Carverton B Dickinson’s
(472).. L. Grotto Pizza took all from
team hit in the 500 series to lead
in taking four points from
Trucksville C in the Back Mt.
Church League. J. Curtis hit 222
(531), M. Rudick rolled 520 and
T. Metz, Sr. posted 512. E.
Roth’s 207 paced East Dallas in
shutting out Orange whose high
man was Rob Stair with an even
500. B. Roberts tumbled pins for
572, C. Roberts knocked them
down for 230 (572), B. Williams
hit them for 556 and R. Stair
rolled 518 to aid Dallas A in
copping three from Shavertown
B, whose T. Doughton was high
with 545 and C. Kazokas hit 531.
Carverton A took three from
Shavertown A, whose G. Mazer
was high with 502.
In the Back Mt. Farmers
League Barn Cats blanked the
Ugly Ducklings aided by H.
Thomas had 502 for the losing
five. Thoroughbreds picked up
three from the Chickies while B.
Lathrop’s 518 and M. Delaney’s
510 showed theway for Black
Sheep’s 2-2 split with the Mules.
P. Delaney hit 189 for the sheep.
N. Kozemchak’s 175 was high
for the Mules. Turkeys and Moo
Moos divided evenly with A.
Hospodar hitting 171 (483) and
C. Doty rolling 172.
Citations shut out LaBarons in
the Idetown Compact League
while the Firebirds picked up
three from the Pintos. Lancers
took three from Aries and the
Capris copped three from the
Corvettes. High scorers were H.
Evans 208 (523), Shel Hoover
203 (540), A. Edwards 200, J.
Berti 212 (519) and B. May 477.
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Country League to move into
first place by half game over
Back Mt. Bowl who picked up
three from Castlettes. Gordon
Insurance shut out G.H. Harris.
High scores were B. Strazdus
212-179 (556), A. Tregan 191, D.
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By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Coming off a 10-16 season last
year, including its fourth
straight playoff appearance
under fifth year head coach
Clarence Ozgo, the Dallas boys’
basketball team is again
expected to be competitive in
the Wyoming Valley Confer-
ence. But just how far they will
go remains to be seen.
“We should be better than last
year,” Ozgo said. “But, we are
going to have to mature quickly.
I don’t know if we can win it.
But if we play up to our poten-
tial I think we can play against
anybody. If we don’t, we can
finish as low as sixth.” :
Gone from last year’s team,
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ence, are second team all-star
guard Dennis Dacosin and his
running mate Bob O’Donnell
who finished second on the team
in scoring. In addition, the
Mounts lost two-year starter
Tim Moyer and forward Tim
Lyons, whom Ozgo says was
probably the team’s best player
at the end of last season.
CLARENCE 0ZGO
Dallas boys’ coach
But Dallas will return two
starters in senior forwards Tom
Shalata and John Thomas. Shal-
ata stands at 6-4 while Thomas
measures in at 6-1.
Mike Luksic, a 6-6 junior, will
man the center position with
Tom Perlis and John Mokychic,
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a pair of juniors, handling the
guard slots. Ozgo will also be
looking to forwards Randy Cool-
baugh and Dave Szella to supply
help off the bench, and from
Eric Moore as a forward and
center. Jerome Mattey, a 5-9
senior, will also help out at
guard.
“GAR, Meyers and Hanover
are probably the three top
teams in the league,” 0zgo said.
“But there are a lot of other
teams who are going to be
competitive. Seton Catholic,
Northwest and Lake-Lehman all
have a lot of players back and
they are going to be tough.”
Because of the inexperience of
this year’s squad, Ozgo expects
to see a lot of pressure defense
early in the season and says
he’s preparing his team accord-
ingly.
‘‘We have been practicing
those types of situations to get
our kids ready,” Ozgo
explained. “And I am pleased
with the attitude of the team.
But, overall, if we grow up
quickly we should be all right.
And that’s the way it usually
is with Clarence Ozgo-coached
teams.
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