Tie SOALLASC0ST Vol. 102 No. 48 Wednesday, December 4, 1991 Sports\Week HM School news Hl Classified HB Calendar Irem Golf Association elects officers rem Temple Country Club’s Golf Association recently held its election of officers for the 1991-1992 jason. Yictured above are the officers and members of the executive committee. First row, from left, Robert Kopec, treasurer; Joseph Zambo, executive committee; Al Larnerd, vice president; Donald Gosart, Sr., president; Dr. Robert Berman, secretary; Paul Roman, golf pro. : : Second row, David Kaschak, Robert Edgerton, Richard Harding, executive committee; Jack Krogulski, Robert Emery, William Paculavich, executive committee; Joseph Monka, grounds superintendent; James “Bucky” O'Neil, greens chairman. Absent from photo, Raymond Cecconi, executive committee member. —— Lettermen will lead Lehman By FLORENCE FINN Sports Correspondent Lake-Lehman’s boys basketball team, headed by Rodger Bearde, will return four lettermen to its squad this season. It will rely on senior playmaker Jeff Hynick to et the ball to juniors Rich Davis 3 Dave Clancy, forwards. Mark isson, the fourth senior letter winner from last year, is expected to be a solid inside rebounder and defensive player. ; “We'll look to Davis and Clancy for the scoring, while Mark has been looking very good defensively and rebounding,” coach Bearde commented. +. To add to the nucleus, the team some depth from last year's 0’. starters, senior Scott Schobert, juniors Chris Ziomek, and Will Verbyla. “Substitute roles are still ide open,” Bearde added. Sopho- Pe Will Woronko, Dave Fosko ind Mike Petruska will be pres- suring for those positions. Fresh- men Tim Waslick and Tim Brislin will add to that competition. With some veterans among the starting five and some height, Lake- Lehman will be looking to improve last year's win column of only seven games. Traditionally the Knights have been slow starters coming alive during the second half of the league. This year will probably be e same. i ¥ We're small at Lake-Lehman, so we have a lot of players in other 1991 LAKE-LEHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Dec. 7 Bishop Hoban Home Dec. 10 Crestwood Away Dec. 12 West Side Tech Away Dec. 14 G.AR. Home Dec. 17 Hanover Away Dec. 20 Wyoming Seminary Away Dec. 27 Crossin Mem. Tourn. Away Dec. 28 Crossin Mem. Tourn. Away Jan. 2 Bishop O'Reilly Home Jan. 4 Dallas Away Jan. 9 Seton Catholic Away Jan. 11 Meyers Home Jan. 14 Bishop Hafey Away Jan. 17 Northwest Home Jan. 23 West Side Tech Home Jan. 25 G.AR. Away Jan. 28 Hanover Home Jan. 31 Wyoming Seminary Home Feb. 4 Bishop O'Reilly Away Feb. 6 Dallas Home Feb. 11 Seton Catholic Home Feb. 14 Meyers Away Feb. 18 Bishop Hafey Home Feb. 20 Northwest Away sports,” Bearde said. “Many of our players play three sports, there- fore, they can’t devote the neces- sary time during the off season to one sport.” Additionally players come in late from other sports. G.A.R. remains the team to beat along with Wyoming Seminary with the same team as last year return- ing. Northwest, with its 6'8" cen- ter, should also be a contender, while Bishop Hoban is a tradi- tional competitor. Small or not, Lake-Lehman will beat its share of teams and maybe even upset a few. The Knights open on December 7 at home against Bishop Hoban. Payne holds adult basketball lead Play continued in the Dallas Adult Basketball League, with three games on Sunday, Dec. 1. In the opener Darling Farms saw their record improve to 2-1 with a 64-56 win over the Grand Slam Sports Bar. Walt Weir led the farmers with 21 while Mark Belenski added {8 and Joe Darling chipped in with wv Scott Garabedian led Grand Slam with 23 while Steve Dente added 18, in a losing effort. Game two was a hard fought battle which saw the Fieldhouse pull out a 61-51 win over Humphrey's. Paul Jobson led the victors with 17 while teammate Rick Coslett added 12. Frank Debona fired in 29 for Humphreys, which dropped to 1-2. In the final game Payne Printery rolled to an easy 88-65 win over Jim-Jon tomatoes. Joe Flaherty had 26 for Payne while Steve Har- nisferger added 19. Bill Cuff led the tomato men with 18 and Mike Luksic chipped in 15. Play contin- ues on Sunday, Dec. 8 with three games. STANDINGS Payne Printery 3- Fieldhouse Darling Farms Grand Slam Humphrey’s Jim-Jon Tomatoes Schedule for Dec. 8 2 p.m., Humphrey's vs. Jim- Jon 3 p.m., Darling Farms vs. Payne Printery 4 p.m., Grand Slam vs. Field- house Punt, Pass and Kick winners The Kingston Township Recrea- tion Commission recently held a punt, pass and kick contest at the Dallas High School. The boys ages ranged from 7-13 years. In the 7-9 age category, Mike Regan won for punt, pass and kick and was also the overall winner. In the 10-11 age cate- gory, Sean Killeen won for the punt, Joe Kukosky won for the pass and Matt Morris won for the kick. Overall winner was Matt 1 Morris. In the 12-13 age cate- 1 gory, Brad Kohli won the punt, pass and kick and was also the overall winner. | Pictured from left, front row, Brad il | Kohli, J. Mike Regan; back row, I} | Matt Morris, Joe Kukosky. bsent from photo, Sean Returning seniors will pace By FLORENCE FINN Sports Correspondent Paul Brown's hopes for a win- ning season for the Dallas men’s basketball team will rely on sen- iors Mark Medura and Jeremiah Van Orden and junior Dave Puz. “Mark has a lot of experience and will most likely be the floor general who will take control," Brown said. Van Orden will be sidelined until December due to a football injury while Puz is working hard and ‘ready to go. These three lettermen will provide the experience for the By FLORENCE FINN Sports Correspondent Lori Warneka, a Dallas field hockey standout, has been named to the National All-American first team according to her former high school coach Robyn Jones. War- neka, a senior star at Temple University, was instrumental in the Owl's Atlantic Ten champion- ship this year and their sixth place national ranking. National All-Americans are chosen from four regional All- American Teams from the United Mountaineers. The remainder of the starting five will include Todd Paczewski, who was a substitute last year, while point guard may be handled by Mike Wagner. One of the posi- tive factors for the Mounts is their depth. Junior Jim Moran, at 6'2" will provide some height along with 6'4" sophomore Charlie Siglin. Two other sophomores, Brian Brady and Brian Ford will provide some depth in the ball handling area. Junior Dave Fisher and senior Lance Wega will give Dallas addi- tional experience. : States and consist of the premium field hockey players of the nation. ‘During her sophomore year at Temple, Warneka made honorable mention regional All-American followed by First Team regional All-American in both her senior and junior years. “I was hoping that I would make it this year” Warneka said. Coach Madison at Temple had said that I had had a good season and that it would be close.” Madison had expressed some concern because Lori was not a scorer and could have been overlooked. Dallas men's basketball team Last year's District runners-up ! willinherita winning attitude from | a22-6record. “I feel confident with about eight or nine players at anytime,” coach Brown com- mented. “We're small, but we're quick. If we can be effective defen- sively, we'll be in the game. Our two goals right now are to improve defenses and rebounding.” This will be the key to Dallas's success. They will be looking to oh I maintain their tradition of com: || petitive basketball and will pro- vide obstacles for a lot of teams in the Wyoming Valley Conference. * | Lori Warneka named All-American But she wasn't and her accom- plishment caps a list of hockey achievements. During her four varsity years at Dallas, Warneka was All-Scholastic honorable mention as a freshman; first team all-scholastic as a sophomore; MVP as a junior; and all-scholastic as a senior. Last year she was one of the 18 chosen for the United States Field hockey team which was cut to 16. « Lori will be trying out again in January to be one of those fortu- nate to represent her country in international competition. ¥ Send your sports reports to: | The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 J LA-Z-BOY HOLIDAY SALE! I he gift they li open It’s the gift they've always wanted and it’s never again and again! been easier to give! We're offering sale prices that will ] give the man in the red suit a run for his money. The exceptional quality of a La-Z-Boy® SL § recliner...styled from contemporary to classic and built, to feel as good as the look! “Celebration” Boldly styled transitional Reclina-Rocker* or Reclina-Way* recliner with a tiered waterfall back and stitched pillow arms. 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