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38 COURIER-POST, Camden, N.J., Monday, Nov. 25, 1974 Shoe on Other Foot, But Pitman Girls Make It Title Fit By BOB VIGGIANO Courier-Post Staff TRENTON For a few fleeting seconds here Satuday, Madelyn (Bunny) Chiomento had a feeling someone was trying to get even with her. There it was. The game hanging in the balance and all Bunny could think of was last Tuesday, when her Pitman High School's girls' field hockey team came from nowhere late in the game to upset Col-lingswood. Now the shoe was on the other foot.

Now it was Bunny's turn to squirm and have her stomach chum into small knots as her Pitman girls tried desperately to stave off a late rally by West Essex. But the frisky Panthers never lost their composure and held off West Essex for a 3-2 victory to capture the 1974 NJSIAA championship. "Sure, I was worried," confessed Chiomento. i kept thinking about the Collings-wood game and how we came back. It was just like that game, only this time it was happening to us.

"You know, the funny thing is that I was reminding our girls at half time about how we came back against Collingswood," she added. "I told the girls West Essex could do the same thing against us, and that's just what they did." Time just simply ran out on the North Jersey team. Pitman built a 2-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the game with some sensational play by Debbie Warren, and threatened to make the contest a real laugher. But, after the second goal, the momentum of the game despite another goal by Pitman switched to the Knights. "I guess our girls were a little nervous at first," losing coach Linda Alimi said.

"The girls played very well in the second half but we just let them get too far in front of us." The game was four minutes 'old when the fleet Warren banged home the first Pitman goal. Then, three minutes later, Cindy McNeer, off a brilliant pass from Warren, shoved the ball past Knights' goalie Diane Uhler to make the score 2-0. "We got too relaxed after getting two quick goals," Chiomento said. "We weren't attacking like we should have after we got the lead." Late in the first half, West Essex made two bold bids for goals, but each time Pitman goalie Debbie Elias made spectacular saves to preserve the shutout. Midway through the second half, Shawn Dargan put a short chip-shot into the left comer of the net as Pitman upped its lead to 3-0.

Then, with five minutes to go, the Knights got on the board when Peggy Schwinge tallied. With 2:50 left in the game, the Knights' Camille Kuta scored to narrow the gap to 3-2. From then on, it was do-or-die for the Panthers. The North Jersey club held a huge edge in attacking time and, with another goal, would win the title. But excellent defensive play by fullbacks Terri Lovelace and Carol Tobiason helped the Panthers hold off the determined Knights.

said mockingly. "They made a couple of good shots for their scores. I guess I have to say that or someone might think I'm not such a hot goalie." The relieved Chiomento had nothine but praise for her team "I have been coaching for 19 years now and I have had more talented teams, but this one was by far the best to work with." she said. "They have worked hard together and there was no jealousy among them. "Sure, we had some weaknesses, but we were able to cover them up pretty well," she added.

"We had to play without two of our regulars, and one of our girls (Sue Elias) is only a ninth-grader. A lot of credit must go to my assistant, Lynne Champion. I just don't know what we would have done without her." Tilt Dedicated to Fired Coach iawL'ily'wyig-g; if returned to action and actually scored what proved to be the winning goal in the second half "It sure did hurt, but somehow because we won it was worth it," Dargan said. "This game was for the coach, so getting hit was okay so long as we won." One Pitman supporter who refused to be identified called the firing a disgrace. "The whole affair said.

"There is a lot more to it than meets the eye. The board came up with some excuse, but they are still not telling the whole story. I guess they just don't have the guts." Debbie Elias, the outstanding Pitman goalie, also had some thoughts on the matter. "We just love the coach and I just can't understand why they did it," Elias said. "We wanted to win this one for her so much, and we did.

For a little while we would like to forget what happened so we can do some celebrating." BOB VIGGIANO TRENTON When the news came out of Pitman Wednesday night, it hit the high school's girls' field hockey team like a ton of bricks. Obviously the timing was very bad. Here Bunny Chiomento was in the process of leading the girls to the state hockey championship while, back in the town meeting hall, the school board was firing her as the basketball coach. "The whole team was shocked and hurt," said left-winger Shawn Dargan, trying to hide a beautiful shiner behind a pair of dark glasses. "There wasn't much we could do about it.

But the team decided to dedicate the state championship game to her. "In a way it may have helped us, because this game may not have meant as much to us if it weren't for that," she added. "But, still, what happened doesn't seem right to us." Midway through the First half here Saturday, Dargan was hit in the left eye with the ball. After being administered to, she N.C. State: 3 Forwards, Press preseason college basketball poll.

"But the one poll that really counts comes at the end of the season," he added. The starting line-up will include All-American David Thompson, the 6-foot-4 leaper who averaged 26 points a game last season. Also returning is Jels Hpsel Dolphins Continued from Page 37 MARTY LUDWIKOWSKI unbeaten and unbelieveable Ludwikowski Eyeing Nationals After Sweep Runcocas CJiristman Places 4th NEW BRUNSWICK-Ranco-cas Valley Regional High School's Kathy Christman and Woodbury's Sue Gehring had good performances in the NJSIAA girls' cross-country championships here Saturday in Buccleuch Park. The best efforts, however, were turned in by Hopewell Valley's Hilary Noden and the Red Bank Catholic team. Both won championships for the third straight year.

Christman raced home in fourth place with an 11:53 clocking, some 30 seconds behind the winner, while Gehring placed 13th in 12:19. A week ago, Gehring placed second in the South Jersey championships, then was disqualified on a technicality. It was through the efforts of meet director Mary Jo Blair and the Courier-Post that the Woodbury runner got another chance to compete Saturday. The only other South Jersey girl to run in New Brunswick was Paul VI's Maria Bartley, who placed 40th. GIRLS MEET INDIVIDUALS: Hilary Marten.

Hopewell 2, Maro Bdvakjian, Clifton; 3, KarhyClancy, Bailey-fcllard; 4, Kafhy Christman, Rancocas Vally. 5, Theresa Vaccarella, Saddle Brook; 6, Susan Frentz. Red Bank Catholic; 1. Sandy Alexander. Roxbury; 8.

Carol Conlon, Nutley; 9, Karen Abradi. Pt. Pleasent Borough; 10. Maggie Pointer. North Hunterdon; II, jean Peres, Norte Dame; 12, Sue Long, Mt.

Lakes; 13. Norma Arnesmen, isellin; 14. Sue Gehring, Woodbury, 12: 19; is, Betty Kean Cresh, Mater Del. TEAMS: Red Bank Catholic 95. North Hunterdon 154.

Saddle Brook 192. Brick Twp. 193. Franklin Two. Maler Del.

239. St. Joseph's, Toms River 255, Dover 256, Hunterdon Central 289. Keyport 298. Levi Johnson scored on an 18yard intercption return in the early minutes to trigger Detroit to an easy victory over Chicago.

Errol Mann kicked two field goals for Detroit and moved within six points of the Lions' career scoring record. Jim Bakken kicked a 36-yard field goal with three seconds to play giving St. Louis a nervewracking victory over the New York Giants. Doug Dennison scored on a one-yard plunge in the first quarter and Dallas held on with a brawling defense to turn back Houston. The decision ended College Football lUsults ing from last year's NCAA national champion team.

Because Burleson has not been replaced, Sloan said he will play three forwards and not have a center. Playing without a center won't matter much on offense, he said. But Sloan, the Associated Press Coach of the Year, predicted that his national champions will "have trouble defensively when we're up against some of those really big players." Sloan said he was "awfully happy" to have the Wolfpack ranked No. 1 in The Associated The Top Twenty, with first-place votes in parentheses and total points. Points tabulated on basis of 2O-I8-I6-14-1M0-94-7-6-5-4 3-2 -I: 1.

N. Carolina St. (33) 934 2. UCLA (13) 879 3. Indiana (1) 663 4.

Maryland (2) 479 5. Marquette 437 6. Kansas 3S5 7. South Carolina (1) 337 8. Louisville 309 9.

Alabama 300 10. S. California 237 11. North Carolina 204 12. Notre Dame (1) 197 13.

Purdue 15) 14. Providence 134 15. Memphis State 102 16. Kentucky 95 17. Michigan 67 18.

Minnesota 45 19. Arizona 44 20. Penn 43 Others receiving votes, listed alpnabeti- calty: Arizona State, Auburn, Boston College. -Bradley, Cincinnati, Clemson, Centenary, Detroit. Dayton, DePaut.

Furman, Florida. Florida State, Hawaii, Houston, Jacksonville, LaSalle, Long Beach State. Manhattan. Massachusetts. Middle Tennessee.

Nevada-Las Vegas, Oklahoma, Oral Roberts, Oregon, Pitt, San Francisco, Seattle, South Alabama. Stanford, St. John's. Utah. Vanderbilt, Washington, Western Kentucky.

Eagles Continued from Page 37 Redskins want. Even a double-wing isn't going to confuse a veteran defense like that all the time," said Gabriel, who later was intercepted by Washington's Ken Houston, setting up the final Skins' score, a three -yard scamper by Duane Thomas. But the game was decided on Jones' great run, and both sides knew it. The first time we played Washington, they ran one 58 yards on us, but that was it. No one has broken another big one on us.

today." Specialty team aces like Bob Picard and Frank LeMaster seemed stunned. "Our unit has so much spirit and pride," said Frank. "But this thing happened so fast, it's hard to tell what happened." Sadly, the answer is, the same old thing. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -With four of last year's starters returning, North Carolina State will have "a very fine basketball team" this season, Coach Norm Sloan said Sunday of his No.

1-ranked Wolfpack. Only Tommy Burleson, the 7foot-4 center, won't be return- Firehirds Bow In Long Island LONG ISLAND-Mike Smith's goal midway through an overtime period gave the Long Island Cougars a 4-3 victory over the Firebirds in a North American Hockey League game here Sunday night. The Firebirds had tied the score at 3-3 at the 11 :20 mark of the third period on a tally by Doug Ferguson. It was the second loss in as imany nights for the Firebirds. On they were trailing the Maine Nordiques.

5-1. in Lewiston, when coach Greg Piling pulled the team off the ice in a protest over the referee's refusal to let a reserve goalie warm up. The referee then ruled a forfeit. Firebirds general manager Robin Roberts said the team would file a protest. LONO ISLAND I I I 14 FIREBIRDS 11101 First period 1 Long Island, MacKen-zle(Towler) 2.

Firebirds. MacLeish (Colborne) 15:27. Second period 3. Firebirds, Colborne (MacLeish) 4. Long Island, Fraser Third period 5.

Long Island. Fraser (unassisted) a. Firebirds, Ferguson (unassisted) 11:20. Overtime 7. Long Island, Smith, 5.54.

Park scored once and added three assists for New York. Henry Boucha's goal at 15:20 of the third stanza lifted Minnesota into a tie with Washington whose 36 shots on goal were a club high. Bob Murdoch and Neil Ko-madoski had two assists each as Los Angeles trimmed Detroit toextend its road unbeaten streak to 10 games. iPhil Esposito and Don Mar-cotte scored two goals each to help Boston past Vancouver, stretching the Bruins victory string to five games. "He simply refuses to lose a race," says Hopkins.

"On Saturday, I know he was sick and sore from tough workouts we had during the week, yet he got out in front and stayed there. You know, he never has trailed in any meet all year." Hopkins admits he thought before the season that Ludwikowski had a good shot at going unbeaten. "It was in the back of my mind from the start," he says. "But, then I realized it takes a' great deal for a kid to be ready for every race. "There are so many things which could have interfered like sickness, injury or just having a bad race.

I think one of the turning points was when he beat Haddon Township's Ed Blakely in the Camden County meet in late October. We were both worried about that one." Ludwikowski, whose list of triumphs include one in the prestigious Eastern championships, will cut down on his busy workout schedule for most of the winter. But, before he does, he'll compete in the national junior cross-country championship in Oakland Dec. 21. There, he'll be determined to finish among the top eight.

If he does, he'll qualify for the international championships in Morocco in March. BlTCmOMENTO her girls shocked March! 5foot-7 senior Monte Towe, who averaged 13 points and dazzled opponents with his ball-handling. N.C. State received 934 points and 33 first-place ballots from sports writers and broadcasters in the preseason ranking. the Oilers' four-game winning streak.

Ken Anderson threw four touchdown passes, two to Isaac Curtis, to lead Cincinnati's romp over Kansas City. Anderson, the NFL's passing leader, tied a club record with his four scoring aerials. Jon Keyworth and Otis Armstrong combined for nearly 300 yards rushing to lead Denver past Oakland. Rookie Manfred Moore returned a punt 88 yards for a touchdown and rookie quarterback Tom Owen hit Gene Washington on touchdown passes of 53 and 5 yards to spark San Francisco over Atlanta. Memphis Slate 34, Wichita Stat.

10 Miami, Fla. 14, Syracuse 7 Mississippi St. 31. Mississippi 13 North Carolina 11. Duke 13 Tennessee 24.

Kentucky 7 Vanderbiit 44. Louisville 0 Virginia Military 13, East Carolina 3 Wake Forest 16, Furman Univ 10 West Virginia 22. Virginia Tech 71 William 8, Mary 54, Richmond 12 MIDWEST Cincinnati 35. Chattanooga 30 Illinois 28. Northwestern 14 Kansas SI Univ 33, Colorado 19 Michigan State 60.

Iowa 21 Missouri 77. Kansas 3 Notre Dam. 38, Air Force 0 Ohio 35. Marshall Univ 0 Ohio State 12, Michigan 10 Onianoma 38. NeDr" I ikUnonid SUIe 14.

state 13 Purdue 38, Indiana 17 Wisconsin 49, Minnesota 14 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 21. Texas Tech 13 Baylor 31, South Methodist 14 Rice 26, Texas Christian FAR WFt-r Arizona 21 WymnHiR Ariiona State 26, Colo State Univ 21 Bowling Green 21, San Diego Stale 21 Brigham Young 48. Utah 30 Oregon State 35. Oregon 16 Southern Cal 34, UCLA 9 Stanford 73. California 30 Washington 74, Washington St 17 SHOCKSFFIERS-SRAKES EXPERTLY INSTALLED REM 2121 FEDERAL STREET WO 4-1221 CAMDEN "rffrrrrTTfTff Only 2 Left 0nly3Lef because his favorite spikes had been stolen earlier in the week.

He claimed the new footwear didn't bother him, but the combination of events made him think the good fortune which had followed him all season was about to desert him. "One of the things that helped me this year was, I stayed healthy," said Ludwikowski. Injuries had bothered the Cherry Hill senior in the past. As a sophomore, he missed most of the track season with a fractured foot. Last fall, another injury caused him tomiss the state cross-country Meet of Champs.

And there were other injuries. "Mostly, I was bothered by stress fractures. That's when the muscles pull away from the bone," recalls Ludwikowski. "Mainly, it was because I was running too much too early. "Last summer I went to New York to see a doctor who specializes in working with runners.

He gave me a couple of inserts to wear in my shoes to relieve the stress. They seemed to help me a great deal." Ludwikowski beat Vega and the rest of Saturday's field in typical fashion. He took the lead at the start and stayed in front. "Everytime I picked up the pace to try to pick up some, ground on Marty, he just stepped out," said Vega regarding his fruitless efforts to catch Ludwikowski. It was a similar story as Ludwikowski led Cherry Hill West to a host of titles, including the Camden County, South Jersey Group 4 and South Jersey Meet of Champions titles.

West coach Bob 'Hopkins describes Ludwikowski as not Sabres Dark Punches Continued from Page 37 EAST Boston College 70, Massachusetts I Brown 28, Columbia 19 Delaware 51, Bucknell 16 Harvard 21. Vale 16 Holy Croas 23, Connecticut 14 Lehigh 57, Lafayette 7 Moravian Col 4, Muhlenberg 37 Pennsylvania 27, Dartmouth 30 Princeton 41. Cornell Rutgers 63, Ctigate 31 Temple 17, villanova 7 Wagner 41, Horstre Univ. 7 SOUTH Citadel 56, Davidson Col 71 Cwmton 39. South Carolina 31 GramMIng Col 21, Southern Univ Houston Univ 33.

Florida State 8 liuisiana Stale 24 TulaneH Maryland 10. Virginia 0 Flame I'oucr! First oeriod 1. Philadelphia Clarke 7 Barber. Leach, 5:07. 2.

Atlanta, Vail 8 Manery. Lysiak. 9 SI' Penalties Barber, 1:21: Lysiak. AM, 4:77: Barber. Phi.

Parent, Phi. served bv Crisp Sehulti, Phi, meior-minor, 1 1 50; Craves, All, major, 1 1 50. Second period 3. Atlanta. Price 7 Lysiak, 4:36 4.

Philadelphia indrachuk 4 Schultt. Saleski, 5, Philadelphia, Kelly i Crisp. Barber. 10 50 6. Atlanta, Lysiak 14 Manery, If 32 Penalties Price.

All, Quinn. All, 47; Lonsberry. served by Schultz, 16 27, Comeau, All, Jim Watsan. Phi, 17:54 Third period 7, Atlanta, Hextall 4 Graves, McCreary, 7 56. Penalties Bialowas, All, Bennett, All, 14:21.

Snots on goal: Atlanta 134-8-27. Philadelphia 119-12-32. Goalies Atlanta, Myre. Philadelphia Parent. Atlanta 1 14 Philadelphia 12 13 By WALT SCHUMANN Courier-Post Staff A dozen major victories.

Unbeaten against all competition. Never trailing in a single race. As unbelievable as it may seem, Cherry Hill West High School standout Marty Ludwikowski accomplished all those things during the cross-country season. In the process, he bettered by two the state record for major triumphs in a season. Needless to say, his feats are unmatched in South Jersey cross-country history, though Sterling's Mike Butynes did go unbeaten several years ago.

Butynes, however, didn't compete in as many meets. For Ludwikowski, the season started back in mid-September with a victory in the Edison Invitational. It ended Saturday as he beat out Sal Vega, Memorial of West New York standout, and a star-studded field in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions in New Brunswick. Ludwikowski ran the Buc-tleuch Park course in 14:42.1 to shave more than three seconds off a course record he had set a week earlier in the state Group 4 championships. The only other South Jersey runner to finish in the top 25 was Northern Burlington's Denis Driscoll, who was 25th.

His final victory was one of the toughest because it came under adverse conditions. "I felt weak," said Ludwikowski after duplicating the victory of Gateway's Greg Stremmel, who took the 1973 championship. "I'd been battling a cold most of the week and it seemed to get worse. "Then, halfway through the race, I cramped. I don't know why, because I hadn't eaten any breakfast." Ludwikowski also had to run in a brand new pair of shoes, ADIDAS CONVERSE FOR SPORTING Philadelphia 4-3, Minnesota and Washington tied 4-4, Los Angeles dumped Detroit 4-1 and Boston defeated Vancouver 7-4.

In between punches, Buffalo's Rick Martin scored his 13th and 14th goals of the season in the first period as the Sabres took a 3-1 lead and held on for their 15th victory against four losses and three ties. Yvan Cournoyer scored twice for the Canadiens. Jerry Butler, Ted Irvine and Larry Middleton scored third-period goals to carry the Rangers past Pittsburgh. Brad Great savings now on these great 74 good time bikes. only an outstanding athlete, but an exceptionally-strong and determined runner.

TIGER NIKI PUMA MEET OF CHAMPS INDIVIDUALS: I. Marty Ludwikowt-Cherry Hill West. 2. Sal Vega, Memorial. 4V; Kevin Byrne, Bergen Catholic, 4, Marty Morale, Morris catholic, S.

Steve Mohyla. Setan Hall. t. Jim Somen. Columbia.

7. Mike Flnley, St. Joseoh's Metuchen, Chock Ferrell, Manasguan, Thad Noll. Morris Catholic, 10, Jerry Young. Franklin Two.

II, Dan Senior. Bernards. 12, Ivan Soaro. St. Joseph's Metuchen, 13, Richard Desmond.

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