leo) Section 2 Wednesday, November 15 1995 Late fumble ends Knight schallenge By LEN KRYESKI Sports Writer WEST PITTSTON - The Lake- Lehman Black Knights were hop- ing the great season they had put together would last a few more weeks, but it just wasn't meant to Wyoming Area defeated Lehman 7-0 in a District 2, Class AA semi-final game on Saturday. Rich Gorgone and the coaching staff knew the Warriors played good old fashioned football. Lehman knew all about the strong defense and the smash-mouth running game led by a corral or running backs. They didn't figure a quick kick might do them in, but EF) the nostalgic play helped set up ~ the games only score. Faced with third down and 22 on their own 22-yard line and the wind at their backs, Wyoming coach sent in the play with time running down in the first quarter. The result was a good punt and roll that totaled 53 yards and pinned Lehman on their own 11- yard line. ® “That was a great call,” said '® Gorgone. “He took the wind in the first quarter and it was a big fac- tor. We thought he would run a play, then call a time out and kick before the quarter expired. The quick kick was a big factor.” It was three plays and out for " the Black Knights. Senior Mike Adamshick followed with a pretty good punt of his own that was 9 fielded on the Warrior 35 by Nick Carsia. Carsia broke a couple of tackles before twisting his way the Lehman 38-yard line. Wyoming needed just six run- ning plays to take the ball in. Workhorse tailback Ben Kopka picked up 37 yards of those while carrying the pigskin five times. See KNIGHTS, pg. 10 "Knight girls will play T hursday The Lake-Lehman girls’ field hockey team will battle for Penn- sylvania’s eastern championship Thursday after a pair of 1-0 victo- ries this past week. The Lady Knights won their first state playoff game ever last Nov. 8 by defeating Lancaster Mennonite at Ralston Field. Senior co-captain Beth Turner scored the @ game's only goal at 5:44 of the second half. Saturday Lehman eliminated Jenkintown, the top ranked team in the state and upped their sea- son record to 17-3. Kacy Ziomek took an assist from Erin Edwards andslapped itin just 1:50 into the game played in Nazareth, Penn- sylvania. | The victories earned Lehman '@ the right to play District 4 cham- _ pion, Middleburg in the Class AA | state semi-final game. That game | will be played Thursday at 2 p.m. | E Loi at Middletown High School, near Harrisburg. The winner will play for the state championship at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Saturday. Lehman drops soccer state playoff game Lehman's other District 2 champion, the boys’ soccer team saw their season end at Northern Lebanon High school for the sec- ond consecutive year. Oley Valley eliminated the Black Knights 3-0 in a PIAA Class AA state quarter- final game on Saturday. ’ The loss came after Lehman kL beat Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg 2-1 in overtime last Wednesday. » Marc Ronzcka, above, tried to escape the grasp of a Wyoming Area tackler. At right, a pass slipped through Ryan Healy's grasp. Below, Mike Pitcavage brought down a Warrior runner. PHOTOS BY JACK JONES/ACE HOFFMAN The Dallas Post SportsWeek Football seasons come to an end, but not by much John Oliver got a shake from Lake-Lehman guidance counselor Flossie Finn after announcing that he will attend Clemson University in the fall of 1996. Also attending the signing announcement Monday were Carol Oliver, John's mother, seated to his right, and his sister Joanna, to his left. Standing, from left, John Oliver; Rodger Bearde, Lake-Lehman athletic director; Chips Sorber, Lake- Lehman baseball coach; Rich Gorgone, Lake-Lehman football coach. John Oliver chooses Clemson as college It came down to three, and Clemson University won John Oliver's vote to pursue his aca- demic and sports career. Family members, classmates and coaches watched Oliver make his announcement Monday morn- ing in the Lake-Lehman High School library. After the an- nouncement he said his choices had narrowed to Clemson, Old Dominion and Kentucky after being recruited by 28 Division 1 colleges and visiting those three. Oliver laid out four require- ments he had in a university: 1. Outstanding academics. 2. A chance to play in a college world series. 3. Outstanding coaching and competition to prepare him for a professional baseball career. 4. The opportunity to start as a freshman. “Clemson, I believe meets these requirements more than any of the other 27 Division 1 schools I was recruited by,” Oliver said. A three-sport star at Lake- Lehman, the son of John and Carol Oliver said he will restrict himself to baseball at the college level. The senior Oliver said John had received a “very generous” athletic scholarship, which is renewable year to year. Chip Sorber, who has coached Oliver in American Legion ball and is the new Lake-Lehman baseball coach, said Oliver has what big-time coaches want in a ball player. “He has all the tools," Sorber said, pointing to foot speed, a strong: arm, a quick bat with power and potential as a pitcher. More important, Sorber said, “John is an outstanding person,” who excels in the classroom and exhibits the qualities teachers and society look for in a leader. Clemson's appeal stemmed in part from its highly-rated base- ball program. The school had a 54-14 record in 1995 and won the ACC regular season champion- ship, the Eastern Regional and went to the College World Series in Omaha. Eight Tigers were drafted into professional baseball in June. Oliver said he will not declare a major until his sophomore year, but said he is leaning toward business. HB School news HB Classified HB Calendar Mounts miss chance on game's final play By LEN KRYESKI Sports Writer DUNMORE - After spending part of the fourth quarter on the bench with badly bruised ribs, Ted Jackson Jr. wasn't about to let his senior season end without a fight. The younger Jackson took over the reins at quarter- back, and marched Dallas to the Dunmore 20 by completing 5 of 10 passes. Two of the incom- pletions were purposely spiked to stop the clock. With six ticks left on the clock, the Mountaineers would get one shot at victory from the 20. Jackson's throw to Frank Val- vano on a slant-in was a little long, and the ball was picked off by Dunmore linebacker Brian Forgione. The Mountaineers scored 15 points in the first quarter, but couldn't muster any over the final three periods of play against Dunmore as the Mounts lost a 19- 15 heartbreaker to the Bucks ina District 2, Class AA semi-final contest on Saturday. “We didn't have the ball enough in the second half,” said Dallas coach Ted Jackson Sr. “It's a rotten way to end the season.” Dallas scored on its opening drive of the contest and carried that lead into the fourth quarter. With nine minutes remaining in the contest Dunmore took over the lead for the first time on a 3- yard run by Brian Forgione. The Bucks were threatening to score again late in the game when defensive lineman, Frank Lom- bardo jumped on a Forgione fumble. The mishap wasn't to- Jef Kunkle com “I'm really happy with the way they never quit.” Ted Jackson Sr. ‘Dallas head coach tally Forgione's fault, the pitch from Sean Gallagher wasn’t accu- rate, but the tailback would re- deem himself nonetheless. Dallas finishes the season at 8- 3 while Dunmore will battle top seeded Wyoming Area for the District 2 crown this Saturday. The Dunmore running game in the first half was all Gallagher as Dallas contained the running backs. “We cut off the pitch and shut down Forgione in the beginning,” said Jackson. “They were a little bigger and stronger than us and that wore us down a little bit later on.” Jackson was wary of the Bucks’ size going into the contest and compared them favorably to Wyoming Area, only bigger in size. After being shut out by Lake- Lehman a week earlier in the Old Shoe contest he also wanted to get his offense on the board early. After an 8-yard punt by Dun- more, following their first posses- sion, Dallas did just that. The Mounts went 22 yards in nine plays as Ted Jr. ran the quarter- back keeper from three yards out. Valvano ran the ballin for two and Dallas led 8-0. Gallagher put Dunmore on the _ See MOUNTS pg 10 1ts to Penn State in baseball By LEN KRYESKI Sports Writer DALLAS - A number of high school baseball players from Northeastern Pennsylvania have earned athletic scholarships to - play for Division 1 universities. It is rare, however, for a player from our area to put his name on the dotted line during the early signing period. Jeff Kunkle is not only a rare player, but a rare individ- ual in the most posi- tive sense of the word. The sen- ior student/ athlete from Dallas announced his intention to accept a scholar- ship offer to play for Penn State University late last week. “I'm excited,” said Jeff. “I've always wanted to play baseball at a Division 1 college and I've al- “Jeff is a special kid and a clutch performer.” Jack Wolensky Dallas baseball coach ways had an interest in Penn State.” The son of Robert and Shirley Kunkle of Dallas Township is a three sport letterman in baseball, football and basketball for the Mountaineers, but his talents don’t end there. Jeff excels in the classroom, is a member of the National Honor Society and is among the top five percent in his class academically. Jeff plans to major in engineer- ing or biology at University Park. Academics factored heavily in his decision as Penn State won out over Yale, Princeton, Lehigh, Lafayette and Maryland. | “Jeff went for education first, baseball second,” said Mountain- eer baseball coach Jack Wolensky. See KUNKLE, pg 11 Huntsville Gold Club ranked 2nd-best new course in U.S. Huntsville Golf Club has been selected second on a list of best new private golf courses in the United States published in the December issue of Golf Digest magazine. The annual survey was con- ducted by more than 700 panel- ists who played and evaluated 143 courses throughout the U.S. and Canada. Panelists are knowledgeable, single-digit handicap players who are assigned specific courses. They judge courses based on criteria such as shot values, resistance to scoring, design variety, memora- bility and esthetics. Huntsville finished behind only the Sand Hills Golf Club in Mul- len, Nebraska. Glenmaura Na- tional Golf Club in Moosic was ranked eighth. Huntsville was designed by Rees Jones, whose design of the Burnt Pine Golf Club in Destin, Florida also won third place in the resort course category. Golf Digest's December issue went on sale Nov. 14. 2 Ct SH HV EES i i I a i a = es a
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