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By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Dallas High girls’ basketball
coach Kit Karuza said before
the season began that one
reason he believed his squad
would be a contender for the
Wyoming Valley Conference
title was because of its depth.
And that assessment came to
pass on Monday night as the
Lady Mounts posted a hard-
fought 60-53 victory at Crest-
wood, regarded as one of the top
teams in the conference.
“We had two guards with
three fouls in the first half and
another with four,” Karuza
explained.
the people we put in didn’t do
in the game and we had the lead
at the half.
“We have a solid first six
players but we are finding out
we can use nine and 10 players
who can come in and do the job
to the extent where we can get
by.” y
Two of those players Karuza
used in Monday night’s game
were Renee Balberchak and
Tracy Karuza, both of whom
had fine games against Nanti-
coke on Tuesday.
“They didn’t score any points
but they played well enough
where they could come in and
spot these people in foul trou-
Dallas did get enough points
from Joann Cook, however, who
Brokenshire (12) and Tammy
Daveski who poured in 17.
“We had a nice game from all
three of those girls,” Karuza
noted. “And Tammy Daveski is
showing signs of really coming
through. I think those 17 points
were a career high for her,
“But, overall, I was pleased
with our performance,” Karuza
continued. ‘I was pleased
because we won a game we
could have lost and we never
quit. We are not clicking on all
cylinders yet, but I don’t know
“Don’t get me wrong. I would
still like to win,” the coach
added. ‘But you don’t want
your team to peak too early. It’s
hard to maintain that level of
play throughout an entire year.
We would like to hit that level
heading into the playoffs and
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the districts if we get that far.”
Monday’s win was a big step
in the right direction. Although
the Comets played without two
of their starters, their misfor-
tune allowed the Mountaineers
to come up with a big win. And
if Dallas can capture two of its
next three games, Karuza feels
his team will be in good shape.
“Meyers and Seton Catholic
are both good teams,” Karuza
said. “In fact, the first three
teams we play are all in conten-
tion for the title. But we got off
to a good start and we will also
have Crestwood at home in the
second half. And that will be to
our advantage.”
Lady cagers
are juniors.
For many people, just the
thought of Christmas shopping
makes their feet hurt. Running
from store to store, pounding
the pavement in search of the
right gift, often after a hard
day’s work, can be too much for
anyone’s feet to bear.
“But,” says Dr. James Fox,
medical director of the state
Health Department’s Division of
Environmental Health, ‘‘you
know you’re going to do it, so
why not do it right?
‘Plan to do your shopping on
days off. That way your feet
will not be putting in a full day’s
work before tramping through
the stores. If that’s not conve-
nient, and it probably isn’t for
most people, prepare your feet
for the job they have to do.”
Fox offers these tips for
Christmas shopping foot com-
fort:
-Be sure your feet are clean
and dry.
-Trim toenails, but not too
short.
Store Hours:
Mon.-Fri. 10-9
Sat. 10-8
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Hambos shut out Roth Novelty
in the Back Mountain Bowl
League lead by F. Adams 539
and L. Coolbaugh’s 525. R.
Clemow’s 538 was high series
for Roth. Monk Plumbing
dropped four points to Back Mt.
Sporting Goods, whose S. Wick-
ard hit pins for a big 225 (590)
and D. Wickard rolled 544. K.
Spencer walloped pins for 223
(578) and K. Orkwis knocked
them down for 550 to aid Back
to Basics take three from Sweet
Valley Outfitters. F. Cornell
helped by posting 542. B. Mazer
rolled 233 and Glen Mazer hit
224 (521) for the outfitters. G.H.
Harris and Country Surrey div-
ided evenly with C. Kazokas
walloping pins for 232 (592) for
Harris and B. Shalata tumbling
them for 212 (562) for the
Surrey team.
Last week Back to Basics
picked up three from the
Hambos, Brown’s Oil blanked
Country Surrey, Sweet Valley
Outfitters copped three from
Gebhardt’s, Back Mt. Sporting
Goods earned three from Roth
Novelty and G.H. Harris split 2-
2 with Monk Plumbing. High
scorers were R. Harris 571, A.
Wendel 553, T. Doughton 210
(554), S. Wickard 540, Gary
Mazer 218 (560) and F. Cornell
217 (558).
In the Imperialette League,
two weeks of bowling showed
the Jean Shop losing four to
Mahaffey Oil but taking three
from Humphrey’s Apparel. D.
Scavone Motors picked up three
from Schmid’s Amoco but lost
three to Lombardo Bakery.
Mahaffey shut out Schmid’s.
Hitting high scores were J.
Clark 172-178 (515), N. Katyl
186, B. May 179 (473), 172 (492),
F. Marth 170, S. Johnson 179, J.
Wertman 182 (471) and E. 'Feher
191 (500).
Bayo Ice took all from G.H.
Harris in the Community Serv-
ice League with D. Wickard
hammering the pins for 254
(643) and F. Cornell adding 214
(575). J. Shultz added 551. J.
Wade hit a walloping 209-230-235
(674) to lead Herb’s Pro Shop to
four points from Roth Novelty.
M. Schmoll contributed 214
(571). Glen Mazer rolled 538 for
the losing five. Picketts Charge
shut out Smith’s Country Store
with four of their men hitting in
the high 500’s. D. Eddy Jr.
rolled 226 (598), J. Baur 573,
Beames rolling 562 and D. Eddy
Sr. hitting 545. J. Halowich
posted 527 for the grocer. L.
Hoover’s 553 sparked
Besecker’s Realty to three
points from WEPCO (formerly
Fino’s Pharmacy).
In the Sunday Night Couples
League, Shaver’s Bangers
copped three points from
Wilson’s Meances paced by
Dave’s 233 (595) and Anne’s 178.
Barbara hit 203 (475) for the
Meances. Superstrikers took
three from Booth’s Highballers
while Matthews picked up three
from Piccillo lead by Vic’s 229
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(616) and Don’s 502.
C. Doty’s 176-180-188 (544) and
S. Mathers 174 aided the Tur-
keys in blanking Ugly Ducklings
in the Back Mt. Farmers
League. R. Titus hit pins for 177
(487) for the ducklings. Despite
M. Delaney’s 529 the black
Sheep lost three to the Chickies.
The Thoroughbreds took three
from the Mules while the Moo
Moos picked up three from the
Barn Cats helped by P. Brooks
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In the Native Textiles League
Pin Pluckers took three from
the Alley Cats and Ball Busters
copped three from the Nit Wits.
S. Johnson’s 178 (472) paced The
Beats to three from the Road
Runners and L. Morris’ 487 set
the pace for the Sandbaggers
three points from the Ringers.
L. Wolfe’s 506 helped Lew’s Cals
divide evenly with Bad News
Bowlers.
M. King rolled 184 to lead Tom
Reese girls to three points from
Hoagie Bar in the Bowlerettes
League and C. Badman’s 178
(482) was high for Brent Long
who picked up three from
Franklin’s.
Ron’s 534 and Larry’s 532
were good enough for one point
from the Water Front girls in
the Lakers League. Bea rolled
501 and Essie hit 185 for the
girls. S.V.C. TV shut out Duke’s
Girls and the Academy men
picked up three from PISH Con-
struction boys, with none of
them hitting high scores.
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