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"By LEN KRYESKI
* Sports Writer
Two fierce arch rivals met one
~~ anotheron the mat Saturday night
' &8 in Dallas and the Lake-Lehman
Black Knights came away with a
‘52-9 thumping of Dallas. Lehman
raised it's record to a perfect 3-0
in: the Wyoming Valley Confer-
.ience by taking 11 of 13 bouts.
| + Thanks to Matt Raczkowski,
Lehman enjoyed a 6-0 advantage
/by the time the meet was slightly
_ more than a minute old. The 103
pounder raced to an 8-0 lead
.. ‘before pinning Ian Linsinbigler in
1:03. Lehman co-head coach
- Phillip Lipski expects his team to
“take momentum early.
“Matt's currently ranked fourth
in the state,” said Lipski. “You're
~wncertainly not cocky, but you ex-
pect big things from him. We set
expectations early. We tell the
kids down at the bottom right off
the bat, we have to get pins if
. they're available.”
"-Acouple of unbeatens hoped to
_keep their records unblemished
in the 112 pound bout. Mike Metz
sgave the Dallas fans something to
cheer for early on with a 6-0 win
(over Bill Breha.
© “Metz did a nice job,” said Dal-
‘las coach Steve Kaschenbach. “In
fact from where I was, Breha was
pinned. Metz is a competitor and
wherises to the occasion. That was
‘@ just a situation where his experi-
~ ence took over.”
-. -The Lehman coaches had to
agree. “Metz has that one more
year of varsity experience,” said
Lipski, “I think that was the key.”
" Afterthe Metz victory narrowed
the margin to 6-3 Lehman went
on aroll. Seven consecutive wins
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Mountaineers
forfeits and a pin and gave the
Black Knights a commanding 40-
3 lead.
The fall in that streak came at
130 pounds; Eric Maciejczak
showed Mike Hoover the lights in
1:06.
“We're getting a great perform-
ance from Maciejczak at 130,”
said Lipski. “A freshman we
brought up which has given us
some depth in the middle there
and some mobility.”
While the Black Knights were
lighting up the scoreboard the
Mountaineers were wrestling
tough and didn’t allow too many
pins.
“We had some people on their
back and couldn't pin them," said
Lipski.
“Dallas has some nice young
kids in there,” said Williams. “If
they stick with it they'll do all
right as the year progresses.”
Dallas deserved a better fate
and the head coach couldn't agree
more.
“I thought the kids did a good
jobout there,” commented Kasch-
enbach. “Very few of them went
out there and made it easy for
the opponent. Sometimes that's
what we're looking for, a good
competitive meet rather than be
intimidated.”
One such bout was the 171
pound matchup between Pat
Ragowski of Lehman and Jim
Ryan of Dallas. - * Ryan was
wrestling agressively and behind
just 6-3 before Ragowski jumped
on a key mistake to record a pinin
2:57.
“He (Ryan) got caught in a head
lock,” said Kaschenbach. “It's
been a problem all year
long...dropping his head and turn-
Heffron of Dallas.
Aaron Gingo pinned Paul Vandermolen in one of few bright
spots in the Dallas/Lehman wrestling match last week.
ing into the guy”
The bout at 119 pounds fig-
ured to be competitive. It fea-
tured a couple of seniors in
Lehman's Allen Scott and Mike
Scott added
four points to the team score with
a 17-5 major decision in a match
that saw both wrestlers tire in the
third period.
“That was a little bit of a supr-
ise,” added Kaschenbach, “them
both being seniors. I thought it
might be a little closer.”
In the Black Knights other wins
it was Joe Halowich with a 16-7
“Mounts look ahead to tough week
.By LEN KRYESKI
Sports Writer
If Dallas wrestling coach Steve
.Kaschenbach doesn't send a birth-
«day card to the league's schedule
‘maker this year, please don't hold
#* it against him.
w After getting beat by the league's
" “preseason favorite, Lake-Lehman
last Saturday, the Mountaineers
must face two perennial AAA
rgiants this week. Wednesday it's
‘the Coughlin Crusaders and Sat-
furday the Spartans of Wyoming
Valley West.
¢ . By the way, both meets are on
.the road.
= “Ithurts,” said coach Kaschen-
.@*bach. “But on the other hand
“vit gets them out of the way. It
:would have been a lot easier for us
‘if those were spaced out or we had
ran opportunity to get some of the
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other kids back into the lineup.”
Dallas had to forfeit bouts at
145 and 152 during their 52-9
loss to Lake-Lehman Saturday
night. Mike Misson injured his
neck in a meet earlier this month
against G.A.R. The 145 pounder
should be back to practice this
week.
152 pounder Tony Giardina was
out with flu.
Kaschenbach said Adam
Hoover also returns to practice
this week after battling an injury.
“Hoover would be a big addi-
tion to lineup,” said Kaschenbach.
“He finished fourth last year at
districts at 160 pounds. He needs
at least a week and a half to get
back into it.”
Kaschenbach wasn't positive if
either Misson or Giardina will suit
up for Coughlin or Valley West.
“I'm not sure if they're going to
School.
| certificate.
| BMT baseball, softball registration
Tr! Back Mountain Baseball will hold registration for all boys and
| girls play Sat., Jan. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dallas Middle
Signups will be for boys and girls tee-ball, ages 6-8; boys base-
ball, ages 8-18; and girls softball, ages 8-18.
There is a charge of $20 per child, or $35 for a family. Anyone
signing up for the first time should bring a copy of the child's birth
Fourteen Back Mountain club
s wrestlers win at Berwick meet
Wrestlers from the Back Mountain Wrestling Club participated in
‘the Berwick Elementary TournamentJanuary 9, with 14 boys finishing
at the top of their class.
Trophy winners are: Aaron
Kubasik, Junior 65, 4th place; Chris
‘Parrish, Peewee 50, 3rd place; Robbie Tomko, Peewee 55, 3rd place;
Kyle Wardel, Peewee 40, 4th place; Michael Stolarik, Peewee 50, 1st
‘place; Eric Spurlin, Bantam 45, 1st place; Andrew Harrison, Midget 75,
3rd place; Greg Kostrobala, Bantam 55, 1st place; Lewis Spurlin,
Junior 75, 4th place; Michael Yenason, Midget 75, 2nd place; Alan
- Pugh, Bantam 75 - 2nd place; Matthew Davis, Bantam 75, 1st place;
¢ ‘Eric Goeringer, Midget 70, 4th place and Brian Goeringer, Bantam 60,
‘2nd place.
Baseball, softball signups Jan. 25, 28
Baseball Sign-ups for Little League Baseball or Softball for children
who live in Orange, Beaumont, Centermoreland, Noxen, Falls or
Kunkle will be held January 22, 2-4 p.m.; January 25, 6-8 p.m.; and
January 28, 10-12 noon at the Old Beaumont School (across from
Smith's Store in Beaumont).
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Any player who does not sign up by noon on January 28 will be
» placed on a waiting list with no guarantee of placement on a team.
For further information, contact the Bob Horlacher Memorial Little
League at 333-4304.
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be in the lineup Wednesday or
Saturday. It seems like the three
toughest teams are within an eight
day period and that makes it real
hard on us.”
With the hard part of the sched-
ule and hopefully the injury bug
out of the way, Kaschenbach fig-
ures Dallas can finish strong.
“One thing we can look forward
to is success in the latter half of
the scheduling. It's good in one
point, a little discouraging on the
other. If we progress, we should
have a successful second half.”
Lake-Lehman, meanwhile has
three meets this week including
two against Northern Tier teams.
The Black Knights travel to
Wyalusing Wednesday and will
take on Canton Saturday after-
noon. They'll call it a week after
wrestling Tunkhannock in a con-
ference bout at home Saturday.
major decision over Steve Tomas-
ura at 125 pounds. Mike Stuart
took an 11-3 major decision over
John Crispell in the 135 pound
matchup. Brian Butlerand Ryan
Gold won by forfeit at 145 and 152
pounds respectively.
Mike Budzak decisioned Dan
Natitus 7-3 at 189 pounds and
the heavyweight bout went to Vito
Pilosi. He beat Harry Hazletine 5-
1.
The Mountaineers other vic-
tory was Aaron Gingo's pin of Paul
Vandermolen in 5:07. His win in
Jim Ryan wrestled Lake-Lehman opponent Pat Rogowski tough Saturday night, before being
the 160 pound contest earned
praise from coach Kaschenbach.
“Gingo did a real nice job,” the
coach said. “I'm sure Vander-
molen was basically told to stay
off his back and not allow too
many team points. Aaron did a
heck of a job.”
“I was also pleased with Harry
Hazeltine at heavyweight,” con-
tinued Kaschenbach. “Here's a
15-year-old sophomore that's
coming in. He showed a lot of
poise in going almost toe to toe
with the returning district champ.
It was only 3-1 with a little time
pinned. Lehman took the match 52-9.
Hy
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J.P. Cosgrove looked for an out in the Dallas Mountaineers’
game against Meyers last week. The Mounts came up short
against the league leaders. Cosgrove scored 12 points.
Dallas, PA Wednesday, January 18, 1995 9
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The Black Knights took a 52-9 win, but Dallas grapplers
allowed only two pins.
left in the third period.”
Both Lehman coaches took the
victory in stride and believe even
better days are ahead.
“At this point in the season
you're looking te everything run-
ning smoothly,” Lipski said. “The
kids are doing a nice job.”
“We wrestled with a little more
intensity then we had a match or
two previous to that,” Williams
said.
With the loss, Dallas stands at
1-1 in the Wyoming Valley Con-
ference.
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Sports roundup
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Dallas 60 - Meyers 45
The Mount sharp shooters
took advantage of 28 trips to the
free shot line sinking in 20 of 28 to
romp past Meyers 60-45 January
12. Robin Suda worked the boards
for a game high 22 points while
the Dallas defense virtually si-
lenced the aggressive Mohawk
shooters holding them to a sea-
son low 45 points.
Lehman 35 - Hanover 56
The Knight offense just couldn't
seem to get in gear January 12 as
they fell to Hanover 35-56. Kelly
Spenser was the only Knight that
posted double digit figures toss-
ing in 11 points. Hanover sailed
on to a 29-17 lead at the half.
Dallas 43 - Hanover 49
A solid Hawkeye squad chipped
away at an illness laiden Dallas
team Monday, January 16 as
Hanover defeated Dallas 43-49.
Adrienne Camp and Stacey Suda
combined for 12 points apiece to
lead the Mount scoring. Dallas’
key player and top scorer Robin
Suda missed the game due to
illness. Holly Baseski tossed in
six of nine from the line.
Lehman 48 - GAR 64
The Lady Knights evened their
record to 4-4 after suffering de-
feat at the hands of GAR January
16, 64-48. Kelly Spenser took
command of the court netting 15
points for Lehman. Amy Rogers
followed sinking 12.
WRESTLING
Lehman 35 - Crestwood 19
The Black Knights took advan-
tage of an inexperienced Comet
squad January 11 as they man-
handled Crestwood 35-19.
Lehman came out with an explo-
sive start including back to back
falls from Matt Raczkowski (103)
and Bill Breha (112). Allen Scott
and Joe Halowich followed claim-
ing major decisions at 119 and
125.
Dallas 32 - GAR 31
Dallas heavyweight Harry
Hazeltine avoided a pin January
11 to keep grasp of a slim Mount
lead and claim victory over GAR
32-31. Mike Hefferon (119) and
Aaron Gingo (160) posted falls for
the Mounts.
Dallas 34 - Montrose 33
Dallas survived another close
call as the Mounts nailed three
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