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L-L Lady
t Knights rally
With a 3-4 record and only two
» | games remaining in the second
| half, Coach Joe Martini’s Lady
1 | Knights will have to defeat
s | Seton Catholic and Northwest if
they want to come out ahead of
their first season’s 4-5 record.
Despite a less successful
' showing than in past years, the
p Lady Knights rallied in the first
=. halmzto reach a 4-5 record and
x wii®'a much improved offense
» and defense hoped to surpass
that record this half in the
f | Wyoming Valley Conference
Division AA.
. Pam Coolbaugh sparked the
team to a 70-41 win over Hano-
ver last week by dumping in 22
~ points in their game at Hano-
x ver. Wendy Skibitski followed
. with 13 points and Dee Dee
s Mazur tossed in 12.
@ The Lady Knights outscored
x, Hapgver 25-14 in throws from
yo iia
Earlier in the week the Lady
| Knights were defeated easily by
~ Meyers Mohawks 73-38. Kim
McGuire and Cindi Wasilius led
the scoring for Meyers who
jumped out to a 15-12 lead in the
first quarter.
Wasilius and McGuire's hot
shooting kept the Mohawks out
© in front and they continued to
build up their lead throughout
the game. Mohawk Tammy
Stair played an outstanding
game on defense and pulled
| down rebounds in the double
figzges to help the team’s per-
formance.
The Mohawks are tied with
~ Bishop O’Reilly at 7-0 for the
lead in the Division AA of the
conference.
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lL facing a
After defeating Pittston 29-28
ing close match in the Knights
x Saturday night and taking
¥ G.AR. 37-24 at the Grenadiers
~ gym last Wednesday, Lake-
Lehman has a tough match
again them this Wednesday
when they host the Crestwood
Comets who are 12-2 in the
Wyoming Valley Conference.
"Coach Ed Ladamus’ Knights
are 6-8 in conference meets
~ having had a season marked by
forfeits due to injuries and lack
of .depth at certain weights.
# are looking ahead with
optimism to the districts, how-
ever, having had impressive
wrestling this season by Matt
Reinert, Tim Bernick and J.J.
| Konigus. |
In Saturday’s meet with the
Patriots, a one-point penalty
call decided the match in the
Knights favor.
The Knights took a 21-6 lead
after the first six bouts on 98-1b.
UP AND AWAY! — Despite failing to overcome the Patriettes lead, the Lady Mounts put a scare
into their opponents. Above, Jennifer Besecker (42) attempts to beat out a Patriette for the
rebound in the low-scoring game while sophomore Laura Poynton moves in to back up her
teammate. (George M. Poynton Photo)
tough Crestwood match
Chris Smith’s 5-0 shutout over
Jesse Tetlak and 105-1b. Tony
Monaco’s 2:24 pin of Ron Lom-
bardo.
112-1b. Patriot Chris Draus
handed six points to his team on
a forfeit but Knight Mark
Rogowski took three for his
team on an 8-2 decision over
119-lb. Gordy Herbert. 126-1b.
Matt Reinert made it 15-6 by
taking Tony Balchun 5-0 and
132-Ib. T.J. Goodwin flattened
Sal Maidia in 1:01 to give the
Knights a 21-6 lead.
Charles Crich made it 21-12 by
upending 138 1b. Jim Chamber-
lain in 1:35 and 145-1b. John
Crich made it 21-18 by pinning
Ed Higgins.
-155-Ib. Tim Bernick pinned
Gutowski in 3:18 and 167-lb.
Patriot Tony Shamnoski won by
a forfeit. Ed Kelly for the
Knights wrestled to a draw with
185-1b. Patriot Tom Granahan.
The Patriots took the final bout
DALLAS MATMEN GO DOWN FIGHTING — Tunkhan
nock wrestlers defeated the Dallas
when Hwt. J.J. Konigus was
decisioned 5-2 by Joe McMillan.
Official Harry Vogt called an
unsportsmanlike conduct pen-
alty against a Patriot wrestler
and deducted a point from the
team score to give the Knights
the 29-28 win.
The Knights bout with G.A.R.
moved smoother for the Lake-
Lehman squad when they won
Stent of the 12 bouts to win 37-
Knights 98-1b. Chris Smith won
7-1, 105-lb. Tom Monaco wres-
tled to a 2-2 draw, 119-1b. Mark
Rogowski major decisioned
Shawn Howell 114 and 126-lb.
Matt Reinert won by a forfeit.
138-1b. Jim Chamberlain won
for the Knights by a forfeit and
155-1b. Tim Bernick pinned
G.A.R.’s John Birmer in 2:51,
185-lb. Ed Kelly pinned Sean
McManus in 3:45 and Hwt. J.J.
Konigus took a major 11-2 deci-
sion from Steve Meier.
Mountaineers Saturday on the Tigers mats but the Dallas wrestlers fought hard for a win. Above,
“top. (Lynn Sheehan Photo)
Dallas High School Wrestlers
are in seventh place, tied with
Hazleton going into this week’s
meets having defeated Hanover
25-22 at the Hawkeyes gym and
bowing to Tunkhannock 33-27 in
a close match Saturday away.
Saturday’s meet with the
Tigers went down to the heavy-
~~ weight bout with the team
scored tied at 27-27 going into
the final bout when Tiger Hwt.
Rod Azar pinned Dave Pitca-
vage. ;
The meet opened with Chris
Thatcher pinning Mount Rick
Hoyes in 3:15, Chris DeMarco
winning by a forfeit and 112-lb.
Tiger Carl Altemus taking a
superior 14-2 decision from Matt
Balberchak. a
__119-M. Eric Olsen gave Dallas
six points by a default over Don
Zimmerman. 126-1b. Jim Newell
wrestled to a 2-2 draw with
Scott Davies. 132-1b. Jason
Munley major decisioned Jim
O'Donnell 15-4. 138-1b. Bill Jan-
osky continued undefeted on a
major 13-4 decision over Tiger
Chris Taylor.
145-Ib. Mike Richards added
six for Dallas on a technical fall
over Duane Richards in 5:08
and 155-1b. Kevin Mead defeated
Dallas’ Jamie Strange 15-5 but
167-1b. John Strange decisioned
Brian Beyer 6-4. 185-lb. Ron
' Post gave Dallas a tie score at
27-27 by a technical fall over
Todd Traver in 4:50 but Hwt.
Azar’s experience was too much
for young Moun
was pin ! ed in 4:
n eC onds. y $i
Pitcavage who
the wrestlers from both schools fight tough to gain the win but in this bout, Tunkhannock came out
Dallas boys loose to Tunkhannock
In the Hanover meet Wednes-
day, the Mountaineers took
Slant of the 12 bouts to win 25-
98-Ib. Rick Hoyes decisioned
Don Robinson 10-4, 105-1b. Mike
Bailey drew 7-7 with John Sou-
sarik, 119-1b. Eric Olsen pinned
Bill Snyder in 5:32 and 132-1b.
Jim O’Donnell shut out John
Mulloy 5-0.
145-Ib. Mike Richards deci-
sioned Joe Ropietski 7-3, 155-1b.
Bill Janosky took a 6-3 decision
from Jason Martinez, 167-1b.
John Strange decisioned Jason
Politz 6-0 and 185-1b. Ron Post
took Tom Davis 8-1.
Hanover picked up wins at
112, 126, 138, and by Hwt. John
Bleich. SE we
Dallas girl cagers fall
Who were the real stars?
BY CHARLOT M. DENMON
Statf Writer
Dallas girls attempt to upset
the Argents of Bishop Hoban
Monday by slowing down the
game as they did last week with
Pittston Area was unsuccessful
as the Lady Argents defeated
the Mountaineers 72-42.
The Lady Argents expected
the Dallas team to try slowing
down the game and played an
aggressive defense to take over
control of the game to lead 18-8
at the end of the first quarter.
In the opening minutes the
Lady Mountaineers were able to
stay close to the Argents but
Coach Schuler had his Argents
play a strong defense forcing
Dallas to make some costly
turnovers to give Hoban a big
advantage.
Laura Poynton kept Dallas in
the game with her scoring in the
first quarter but Hoban’s Kathy
Hudak hit 18 points to stretch
the Argents lead. She combined
her points with excellent
rebounding, four steals and
assists in a well balanced per-
formance. Robin Klem and
Krista Zola also hit the double
figures to aid in the Argents
win.
High scorers for the Mountai-
neers were Jennifer Besecker
with 12 points and Renee Bal-
berchak with 11.
In Thursday’s game with
Pittston, the Lady Mountaineers
lost 41-32 but only after they
kept close on the Patriettes
heels by playing catch in the
first and third quarters to hold
down a much taller, more expe-
rienced team to 6-2 and 4-2, and
playing them even 14-14 in the
second period.
In the second quarter, Laura
Poynton connected on both ends
of a foul after the Mountaineers
kept the ball passing back and
forth between them for five
minutes. \
Despite Pittston winning 41-32
it was a moral victory for
Dallas girls, who lost to Pittston
by Bios 40 points in the first
alf.
Coughlin defeated Dallas 60-41
in last Monday’s game taking
an early first quarter lead and
staying in control the entire
game by the combined scoring
of Kris Medura and Donna
Zurawski. Each of the two
Coughlin players scored nine
points in the first half.
The Mountaineers cut the Cru-
saders lead to 30-25 in the open-
ing minutes of the second half
but despite the Crusaders incon-
sistent play, Dallas was unable
to overtake the Coughlin team,
whose girls were unable to toss
in the points in the clutches.
Dallas plays their final game
of the season Thursday at home
with Hazleton to end a long and
frustrating season. i
Sports Show opens at mall
A Baseball Card/All Sports
Show will be held at the West
Side Mall, Friday, Feb.26, Sat-
urday, Feb. 27, and Sunday,
Feb. 28. Joe Ostrowki will
appear Friday; Max Patkin,
The Clown Prince of Baseball,
Saturday; and Del Innes will be
on hand Sunday. The shows run
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, and from 12 until
5 p.m., Sunday. in
Baseball, basketball, hockey,
and football cards and memori-
bilia will be available as well as
non-sports related
Admission and parking are free.
For more information, call Joe
Sak, at 823-6325.
Dallas Post/Michaelene Higgins
That popular TV character Alf, (Lake-Lehman teacher, Byron Race) made a special appearance
at the school’s annual Donkey Basketball Game, Saturday. Student Darla Nice, left, gets an
affectionate squeeze from the sometimes caustic Alf, while a young fan and his mom wait their
turn to speak with the television personality. Despite Alf's appearance, the donkeys were the
real stars of the show, but the teachers managed to beat the students by 28-26 in the
fundraising event.
Front and center
L-L’s Houck going strong
BY CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Lake-Lehman senior Carl
Houck tossed in 31 points last
Friday night to lead Coach
Rodger Bearde’s Knights to a
69-65 win over Hanover Area’s
Hawks.
The 31 points did more than
that for the six foot seven inch
Houck. It put the big senior over
the 1,000 mark by 17 points as
Houck went in to the game
needing only 14 points to hit the
high school career mark.
He collected all but 25 of those
points in his sophomore, junior
and senior year since he suf-
fered an injury in his freshman
year which prevented him from
playing all but one or two
games, scoring only 25 points.
The six foot seven inch tall
senior is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carlton Houck, Blueberry
Hill Road, Sutton Hill. Formerly
from Forty Fort, he moved to
the Lehman area with his
family when he was in eighth
grade. After transferring to the
Lake-Lehman School District,
Carl tried out for the eighth
grade team because his parents
- wanted him to since his father
played varsity basketball for
the former Forty Fort High
School and his mother also did
some playing for the girls bas-
ketball team.
He made the team in eighth
grade but played only half of
the season because he broke his
wrist. He attributes much of his
perserverance in the sport to his
former junior high coach Bill
- Jones. Since playing on the high
~ school varsity team, Carl attri
utes his successful playing to
Coach Rodger Bearde and to his
parents.
“He made the 14 points he
needed early in the game
Friday,” said coach Bearde.
“I’ve had eight or nine players
hit 1,000 points since I've been
coaching and he was the most
composed of any of them. He
wasn’t the least bit worried and
played the best game of the
season. Carl has improved at
least 300 percent.”
Carl, an average high school
senior, plans to attend Blooms-
burg or Slippery Rock Univer-
sity if possible, or one of the
local colleges and major in com-
mercial art. He enjoys art and
likes figure drawing when he
has leisure time. He also enjoys
1,000 POINTS! — Knight Carl Houck practices tossing the ball
fishing and plays basketball
intwo summer leagues. Carl
also likes ice skating and some-
times plays ice hockey.
During the past three years he
has averaged slightly over 19
points per game, his highest
number in one game, 36, against
Wyoming Seminary. Carl prac-
tices a great deal and in addi-
tion to practice in school, he has
a basket at home and also plays
in a men’s league. This summer
he hopes to return to the Scran-
ton league where there are col-
lege players which present a
challenge.
In the meantime, Carl Houck
plans to practice and prepare to
help his team advance in the
Division AA playoffs coming up
in the near future.
through the basket last week in preparation for hitting his
1,000 points of his high
Photo)
school career. (Charlot N. Denmon
items.