... Sports The Dallas Post THE DALLAS POST Tournament will honor late Rodger Bearde By BETTY HINDS Post Correspondent LEHMAN - The Lake-Lehman girls basketball team will honor a long-time friend of the school district, the late Rodger Bearde, on the weekend of No- vember 30. Bearde served the Lake- Lehman district for over 24 years — as a teacher, coach, and athletic director — until his untimely death on June 23, 2000. Robert Roberts, now Lake-Lehman Superintendent, has fond memories of Bearde. Roberts, who was the middle ® school principal at thé time, reminisced about Bearde's coaching style. “Bearde was hard-working and driven for per- 3rd overtime win in 4 games * for MSDW Adam Singer, John Ashley and Ben Thomas combined for all but one of their team's points as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter remained undefeated in Dallas EBA4=] Youth Basketball's sev- enth and eighth grade boys division with a 53-51 overtime win against Eye Care Specialists. Singer scored a team-high 23 points, while Ashley and Thomas added 16 and 15 points, respectively, as the winners raised their record to 4-0. It was the team’s third overtime victory this sea- son. ; Eric Domzalski led Eye Care Special- ists with a game-high 26 points. JJ Durr and Jeff Decker added nine points ) apiece, while Mike O'Day finished with five. 7-8 BOYS PNC Bank 43, Gilroy Realtors 32 Mike Clemente scored a game-high 16 points to lead PNC Bank. Brad Fag- ula added 12, while Billy DeAngelo and Alex Baltimore scored four points each. Ryan Konopki scored a team-high 10 points to lead Gilroy. Mike Wyberski ~ added eight points, while Mike Race, : S Adam King and Dan Jacobs chipped in : with four points each. Wilkes-Barre Pallet 64, Sneaker King 54 Bobby Lenahan scored 28 points to lead Wilkes-Barre Pallet Co., which sur- vived a 40-point performance by Sneak- er King's David Harding, Connor Lena- han added 16 points for the winners, “ while Brandon Wills finished with 14. In addition to Harding's performance, David Luksh scored 10 points for Sneaker King. See 7-8 BOYS, pg 10 Doctors sweep » Opening games In the first game of the season, Dr. Jack Ellis defeated Smith Barney 28-18 behind Peter Steve's 12 points. Also contributing to the vic- tory were Konrad [BALLS] Kraszewski “with 8 REIRSIOAES points, Joe Bevevino with 4, and Joe Pretko and Garrett Hann with 2 each. Smith Barney was led by Chris Klaiss with 10 points and Chuck Youngman with 4. Devon O'Brien keyed the defense. Dr. Jack El- lis is coached by Peter Steve while Smith Barney is coached by Chuck Youngman. : Renaissance Ctr 31, Dough Co. 13 Eric Tucker scored 17 points and Lee Daniel Culver has 6 as The Renalis- sance Center For Plastic Surgery topped The Dough Company 31-13. @® iso scoring for The Renaissance Cen- ter were Rory Corcoran with 4 points and Michael Mazur with 2. The team is coached by Jim Tucker. The Dough Company was led by Kyle Arnaud with 7 points and Joey Evans with 6. Aaron Hogan pulled down 11 rebounds while Ryan Willlams led the defense. The Dough Company is coached by Bruce Sobocinski, Our NEW e-mail dallaspost@leader.net fection. He was known for his fiery dis- position,” said Roberts. “He was very animated. We enjoyed watching his coaching methods as much as we en- joyed watching the game.” A graduate of Springford High School, Bearde was an All-Scholastic in baseball, football, and basketball. In his senior year of high school, he was named Outstanding Three-Sport Ath- lete for the Berks, Chester, and Mont- gomery counties. He was a graduate of West Chester University and signed a bonus contract with the Pittsburgh Pi- rates. Bearde coached for eight years at Wilkes University before coming to Lake-Lehman. During his years as head coach of boys basketball, the team made nine district playoff appear- ances and won the Wyoming Valley Championship twice. The highlight of his career was the 1992-93 season when the team made it to thé PIAA Class AAA eastern state semifinals; fin- ishing as one of the top eight teams the state. In February of 2000, Bearde was one of the first three members inducted into the Lake-Lehman Basketball Hall of Fame. Rob Wilson, coach of the Lake-Lehman girls varsity basketball team, played for Bearde from 1986 to 1990. : A SA A SR Sl a SRE i “Bearde was an ‘old school’ coach. When the players believed in what he did, and if they wanted to work hard, he made them better than they were. He got the most out of what they gave him,” said Wilson. “He taught us to be straight-forward, to do what's right, and to have confidence in ourselves.” The basketball tournament will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30. In the . first game, Marion Catholic faces Dal- las. The second game, Wyoming Semi- - nary vs. Lake-Lehman, will begin at 7:30. The two losing teams will play for third place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1. At 7:30 the two teams who won on Friday will play for the championship. Dallas, PA Thursday, November 22, 2001 9 sill POST FILE PHOTO Rodger Bearde was flanked by two of his former players when all three were inducted into the Lake-Lehman Basket- ball Hall of Fame in February, 2000. Rich Davis was on Bearde’s right, and Dave Penkrot was on his left. . ;: yr 2G i fo In their second trip to the state championship game in the last five years, Lehman finished as runner-up to Wyoming Seminary. This game was * the first time, in any sport, that two teams from the Wyoming Valley Confer- ence have met in a state championship. At their last appearance in the title game in 1996, Lehman won the state crown. A defensive duel, the championship game remained scoreless until the final six minutes and 30 seconds when Sem- inary tapped a shot past goalie Tracey Hudak, who had six saves. : With less than a minute left to play, Lehman sent all its players up the field, hoping for a shot at the tying goal. In- stead, the Blue Knights scored a sec- ond goal on a breakaway to seal the victory. Lehman finishes the 2001 season with a record of 21-3-1. Joelle Lussi led the team in scoring with 20 goals ‘and nine assists. Only losing three starters, seniors Lindsay Boris, Gina Coombs and Lussi, Lehman will return next year with a talented team looking for one more win. In photos from the championship game at Messiah College Saturday, clockwise from top left: Lisa Wasser moves the ball as Wyoming Sem’s Laura Suchoski defends; Meredith Edwards (13) drives the ball upfield; Megan Decesaris con- trols the ball ahead of Sem defenders, Wyoming Seminary’s Marcy Vander- burg and Lake-Lehman’s Ryan Hoover vie for control of the ball. PHOTOS BY FRED ADAMS/FOR THE DALLAS POST U-11 Warriors post shutouts in County Cup, BMT champlonships The Back Mountain Warriors U-11 soccer team recently captured the first place “County Cup” in the Luzerne County Recreational Board Soccer Tourney. The War- riors defeated the Pittston Area U-11 Stoners, 3-0, in the championship finals. Scoring goals to lead the offense were Steve Schilling, Stephen Olshemski and Tim Ro- pel. Alex Slocum and Peter Recchia played strong overall games, and the defense was led by Zack Major, Shane Grady and Bryan Weaver. Jimmy Dalkiewicz played a stellar game in goal. The Warriors also won the Back Mountain U-11 championship by defeating the Ex- press 4-0 in the finals. Steve Schilling scored two goals and Alex Slocum and Peter Recchia added one apiece. Tim Ropel and Stephen Olshemski contributed key assists and Jimmy Dalkiewicz and Zack Major combined for the shutout in goal. Shown. from left, first row: Vin Luise, Frank Kotowicz, Alex Slocum, Codie Dawes, Zack Major, Peter Recchia, Brian Ashton. Second row. Evan-Zvikas, Bryce Shrake, Bryan Weaver, Stephen Olshemski, Shane Grady, Jimmy Dalkiewicz, Tim Ropel, Steve Schilling. Third row, from left: Jim Schilling, asst. coach; and Frank Olshemski, M.D., head coach.
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