Tie SALLASCP0ST Vol. 103 No. 6 Wednesday, February 12, 1992 Knights sgeeze out big win Mike Guerin's 100th win seals the match By FLORENCE FINN Sports Correspondent Lake-Lehman’'s heavyweight, Brian Gizenski loses a 9-1 deci- sion to Wyoming Valley West's Jamies Sgarlat and the Knights’ hometown fans roar their approval. What's wrong with this picture? The answer is that Lehman needed only to lose the match by a deci- sion in order to pull out the entire set which ended 30-29 and iwiintained the Knights's unblem- ished record of 6-0. As Rick Finnegan stepped onto the mat to begin his 103 lb. match and the meet, murmurs could be heard among the standing-room- only crowd. Everyone knew that each match was crucial to each team, and Finnegan came through with a close 5-2 decision which was to set the tempo for the re- mainder of the night. At 112 and 119 lbs., Wyoming Valley West took control with a technical fall and a decision to go ahead 8-3, but Jason McDade, at 125, managed a 6-2 decison to 7 “row the margin to 8-6. The Knights enjoyed the lead for only six minutes, thought, because the Spartans surged ahead with a pin at 130 and a technical at 135. While John Wood lost at 135, he avoided the pin which would later prove crucial to Lake-Lehman. Then the hearts of Lehman's team took charge. Charlie Roper, giving up 10 pounds, pinned his opponent three minutes and 38 seconds into the match, another crucial pin. At 145, Justin Good- win , pinned his opponent in an impressive one minute and 32 seconds. Charlie Jacoby followed with a tight 6-5 decision. Then Lehman gave up a pin at 160 and moved Jason Naugle to 170 where he decisioned his opponent 9-5. This pulled the Knights to within one point of Valley West 25-24. The crowd roared as Mike Geurin stepped onto the mat. Geurin, needed a pin for his team, and was also going for his 100th win. One minute and 49 seconds later he had it before an ecstatic crowd. This feat would prove to win the match while giving Mike a 100-18- 1 career record. The Spartan fans still had hope if their heavyweight, a junior, could Knights to meet Line Mountain Saturday The Black Knights, ranked 10th in the state, will meet 6th-ranked Line Mountain Sat., Feb. 15 at Lake-Lehman. Jayvees will start at 5:30 p.m., varsity at 6:00. come up with the match-winning pin over a less experienced fresh- man, but Gizenski had other plans, and although he gave up four stall- ing points, he managed to avoid the frustrated Sgarlat as opposing fans shouted encouragement to their heroes. After the meet, Mike Geurin reacted to his match, “I had some doubt before I went on the mat knowing I had to pin. It was added pressure, but once I was out there, I forgot it.” He had to pin, and it was his 100th, but that didn't concern Mike. “The 100th win didn't really matter,” he said. “It was just another match. Having to pin for the team win was what mattered.” Sports\Week ON THE WAY TO A WIN - Lake-Lehman's Charlie Roper, wrestling at 140 Ibs., 10 over his. i weight, scored a pin against his Wyoming Valley West opponent February 8. Roper's pin helped Lia the Knights to a one point match victory over the fired-up Spartans. Additional photo, page oy. 14.(Photo by Dave Kozemchak) Sports roundup MOUNTS ROAR BACK TO TOP LEHMAN ~The two Back Mountain basket- d hall rivals met each other for the “second round on Thursday, Feb. 6, at Lehman. This time the score was on the Mounts’ side 51-46. It © was a come-from-behind win for going into the fourth quarter. Then they went on a scoring rampage and outscored Lehman 23-11 winning from the foul line with 16 of 20 attempts. Todd Paczewski was high for Dallas with 19 fol- lowed by Mark Medura and Dave Puz with 10 each. Rich Davis of Lehman had the game high with 23 and Will Woronko scored 12. Dallas will travel to West Side Tech on Friday, Feb. 14 while Lake- Lehman will meet Meyers away on “the same day. . Dallas boys lost to Wyoming Seminary on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at home 73-64. Mark Paczewski had a game high with 26, followed by Dave Puz with 15 and Mark Me- dura with 12. “LADY KNIGHTS LOSE TO O'REILLY The girls of Lake-Lehman lost their game against Bishop O'Reilly played Feb. 3, at home 76-42. The game was never in jeopardy for the Queenswomen who outscored their . hosts in each of the last two peri- ods. Jen Smith had 12 and Heidi Wenrich had 14 for Lehman. They will host Meyers on Thursday, Feb. 23. Lehman is now 6-4. WORONKO, CLANCY LEAD KNIGHTS TO WIN The Lake-Lehman boys beat i Reilly Tuesday, Feb. 4, in King- ston 51-34. Rich Davis led the Knights with 19 including two treys. Will Woronko and Dave Clancy added 21 in the win. KNIGHT GRAPPLERS TOP COUGHLIN In one of two close meets for the Lake-Lehman wrestlers, the Knights came outon top once again to defeat Coughlin 27-25 at Wilkes- Barre on Feb. 5. Winners for Lehman were Mike Stuart, John Wood, Justin Goodwin, Charlie Jacoby, and Mike Geurin. Rick Finnegan, Jason McDade, Charlie and Jason Naugle all drew. See ROUNDUP, pg 14 Se Dallas who trailed Lehman 35-28 Going up strong Charles Siglin (54) goes up for a shot during the Dallas/Lake-Lehman basketball game February 6. The Knights’ Dave Clancy (32) and Mark Shission (40) defend as Todd Paczewski (21) of Dallas and Knight Jeff Hynick (24) look on. Siglin scored eight points as Dallas came from behind to win going away. (Post Photo/Ron Bartizek) HB Calendar HB Classified W School news ET A Rs COE os, ET Gi College Misericordia joins new athletic conference College Misericordia athletic director Dr. Michael Mould an- nounced at a Philadelphia press conference Monday that the Col- lege will be a charter member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Confer- ence (PAC). PAC officials announced the formation of the new 10-team league at Veterans Stadium. Mis- ericordia’s entry into the new con- ~ ference comes on the heels of the College's admittance into the NCAA Division III in January. “The PAC guarantees us a sig- nificant amount of competition against colleges with athletic pro- grams similar to ours,” said Mould. “It will also provide our athletes with the opportunity to compete in post-season play.” The league, which includes six members of the NCAA Division III, hopes to eventually achieve formal sanction from the NCAA and will begin play in Septemer of this year. . “To be sanctioned by the NCAA, - all league members must be in the NCAA," Mould explained. “The four schools that don't belong to the NCAA are all actively involved in gaining membership.” The new affiliation also makes sense for Misericordia from a geo- graphic standpoint with the far- thest trip being 2 1/2 hours, Mould said. Other league members include Alvernia College, Reading; Beaver College, Glenside; Eastern College, St. David's; Cabrini College, Rad- nor; Cedar Crest College, Allen- town; Immaculata College, Im- maculata; Rosemont College, Philadelphia; Gwynedd Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley and Marywood College, Scranton. The PAC will sponsor confer- ence and championship play in 12 sports including men's and women's basketball, men’s soccer, baseball, softball, men's and women's cross-country, field hockey, men’s and women's ten- nis, women's volleyball and women's lacrosse. Golf and women's soccer are scheduled to be added in 1993. Lehman wins, but | Lady Mounts hang He tough in close game | By FLORENCE FINN Sports Correspondent The Lake-Lehman and Dallas girls’ basketball teams gave the crowd four quarters of exciting competition on Thursday, Feb. 6, at Dallas. The Black Knights came out on top 43-37 after taking a halftime lead of only one point at 16-15. But Lehman came out after halftime ready to play and began a 12 point rally to give the Knights a hefty lead. But a gutsy Dallas squad kept coming back, aided by the three- point shooting of Kelly Janosky and high scorer Wendy Cave who ended the night with 15 points. The Mounts came within four points, but Heidi Wenrich and Jen Smith kept Lehman in the lead, scoring 11 and 16 points respec- tively. Cherub Honeywell had four fouls in the third quarter, so Wenrich was playing in Honeywell's posi- tion and Dallas’ defense couldn't stop her. “We had contained Hon- eywell, but we didn’t contain Smith and Wenrich,” commented Coach Kit Karuza. Although Dallas was on the losing end, Karuza was pleased with his team’s effort. “I was thrilled with our game. After losing by 23 ; or 25 points the first time around, the pups are becoming dogs.” Karuza, who had previously stated that his team would sur- I § prise some teams in the second © half, expressed satisfaction with the confidence that his team is 1 developing and his star player, Wendy Cave agreed. “Our coach hee kept saying we could do it (beat Lehman) and we put our hearts into it and played well.” It wasn't ] 1 enough to beat their rivals, but it seems to be a moral victory for the young Dallas squad. : “We played really well,” a iil | fied sophomore Tara Killeen said. “We have a chance to beat some = | teams that we lost to and we'll be much better next year after play- | ing together this year,” she added. Killeen is the other guard who compliments Cave who presents a good role model for her. “We look up to Wendy,” Killeen stated. ~~ Killeen is one of the staring i ; See LADY MOUNTS, pg 14 Payne Printery takes rec basketball title Finish season Payne Printery captured the championship of the Dallas Adult Basketball League with an easy 87-61 win over the Grand Slam Sports Bar. Joe Flaherty who dominated league play all season finished with 30 points while team- mate Nafty Haze chipped in with 19. Dale Faux led Grand Slam with 17 and Steve Thomas added 11. Payne finished with a perfect 5-0 record in the second half and 10-0 overall. The Fieldhouse also finished on a winning note with an 83-65 win over Jim-Jon Tomatoes. Frank Bogdan had a good day with 20 and had a lot of help from Rick Coslett, 19; Mark Farrell, 13; Tim Sutliff, 11; and Lou Woychick, 10. Bill Cuff had the hot hand for Jim Jon and finished with 27. Mike Luksic added 19. The Fieldhouse finished second half action at 4-1. Humphreys wrapped things up in a positive manner by tripping undefeated Darling Farms 61-56. Once again Frank Debona was top point man | b for the winners with 28. Teammate Bill Lozo cracked double figures with 11. Walt Weir had a solid game for the farmers with 15. Paul = Darling had 12 and Joe Darling 11 in a losing effort. o | FINAL 2ND HALF STANDINGS Payne Printery The Fieldhouse 4-1 Grand Slam 3-2 Humphreys 2-3 Darling Farms 1-4 Jim-Jon Tomatoes 0-5 FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS Payne Printery 10-0 The Fieldhouse 8-2 Grand Slam 4-6 Humphrey's 4-6 Darling Farms 4-6 Jim Jon Tomatoes the Dallas American Legion. can call 696-1959. Back Mountain Baseball will extend registration to Feb. 13 Due to an overwhelming response, Back Mountain Baseball will hold final registration on Thursday, February 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Registration is for boys ages 6 to 15 and girls ages 6 to 18. Anyone wishing to register after this date will be subject to a late fee. Registration for the new senior boys league ages 13 to 15 will be taken at this time. Anyone with questions on the senior boys league
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