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26 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Friday, February 25, 1994 Lions rally to beat PSU-Berks, 86-81 1 1 1 Jut i Vikings lose i finale, 73-62, to Seminary The end came for the Bishop Hafey Vikings Thursday night. The Vikings, despite a third-period comeback, concluded their season with a 73-62 loss in a Division III game with Wyoming Seminary. In a Division I game, Crestwood dropped a 59-22 decision to Nanticoke. WYOMING SEMINARY 73 BISHOP HAFEY 62 Dan Kosmala scored 24 points and Matt Bruno had 20 as Wyoming Seminary (6-1) took control in the first period, fell behind in the third, and then rallied to down Bishop Hafey (8-13, 3-5), 73-62, at Wyoming Seminary. Al Melone added 19 points for the Knights.

Kevin O'Hara paced Bishop Hafey with 20 points, Jason Lagowy and Dave Ashman each had nine and Kevin Kapuschinsky had eight. Bruno had eight points in the first period, single-handedly outscoring the Vikings, as the Knights took a 13-6 lead. Melon had eight points in the second quarter as Wyoming Seminary upped its lead to 30-21 at halftime. Lagowy, Ashman and Jeff Hopeck each had four in the quarter for Bishop Hafey. Kosmala had seven points and Melon six in the third quarter as the Knights, after falling behind, 39-38, increased their lead to 51-41 heading into the final period.

O'Hara had eight points for the Vikings. Kosmala had eight points in the fourth quarter as the Knights secured the win with a 22-21 edge. O'Hara had 10 for Bishop Hafey. Wyoming Seminary won the junior varsity game, 47-35. BISHOP HAfTY (62) Ugowy 4 1-2 9, O'Htn 7 4-4 20, Gilroy 1 (W) 2.

Kipujchinsky 3 2-2 8, Ashmm 4 0-1 9, Dudinvak 1 0-0 3, Hopeck 2 0-0 4, Rendick 1 1-2 3. Sirti 2 0-1 4, Oivtrelli 0 0-0 0, Kostic 0 (W) 0, Dougherty 00-00. Touls 25 8-12 62. WYOMING SEMINARY (73) Kounilt 9 3-4 24, Ellmao 1 0-0 2, D. Bruno 2 2-4 6, Melone 5 9-11 19, CosteUo 1 0-0 2, M.

Bruno 9 2-7 20, Tenenbtum 0 0-1 0, Weinberger 0 0-0 0, Giovtnnini 0 0-0 0. Touls 27 16-27 73. Bishop lUfcy 6 15 20 21 62 Wyoming St mint 17 13 17 21 22 73 Offiatls John Gyory and Norm Migyir. Three-point field goals: Bishop Hsiey O'Hari 2, Ashman, Dudinyak. Wyoming Seminary Kosmala 3.

U.S. speedskater Cathy Turner celebrates after winning the 500-meter short-track speedskating event (AP) Olajuwon leads Rockets' 93-73 trouncing of Knicks HOUSTON (AP) Hakeem Olajuwon had 29 points and 20 rebounds, and made four straight baskets in a fourth-quarter run that carried Houston over the cold-shooting New York Knicks, 93-73, Thursday night. The Knicks, who shot 29 percent in a loss to Seattle on Tuesday, were off the mark again, shooting 38 percent. They scored only 29 points in the second half. Charles Smith had 14 for the Knicks, while Patrick Ewing had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Mavericks 115, Hornets 110 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -Rookie Jamal Mashburn tied his career-high with 37 points as Dallas dealt Charlotte its 12th loss in 13 games. The Mavericks have only eight victories this season, six of them coming in their last 12 games. They entered the game as the NBA's worst-shooting team at 42.2 percent, but made 47 of 74 shots for 64 percent. Suns 120, T'wolves 101 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Phoenix Suns remained unbeaten in 19 games against Minnesota, defeating the Timberwolves behind 26 points from Cedric Ceballos.

Phoenix, which has won five of six overall, built a 65-57 halftime lead as Ceballos scored 13 points in the second quarter. The Timberwolves, who lost their fifth straight, never drew within 16 points during the second half. Kings 102, Lakers 90 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Mitch Richmond had seven points in a 10-0 fourth-quarter run that helped Sacramento beat the Los Angeles Lakers. Lionel Simmons added 29 points as the Kings won for the sixth time in their past eight games.

By MARION VALANOSKI Standard-Speaker Sports Writer Penn State-Hazleton head coach Dr. Tom Caccese almost commined the cardinal sin of "looking past an opponent" Thursday night, but instead was able to take advantage of a switch in defenses plus great play off the bench as the Lions rallied past Penn State-Berks, 86-81, in Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference men's basketball play. The Lions, who are scheduled to face Penn State-Ogontz next week in the CCAC playoffs, decided to experiment with a zone defense against Berks and the move almost backfired. Penn State-Berks used a 53.3 shooting performance (16-30) in the opening half to grab a 45-37 halftime lead before the homestanding Lions switched to a man-to-man defense that held the visitors to 37 percent shooting (13-35). "I experimented with a zone defense because of our upcoming matchup in the playoffs with Ogontz Campus," said Caccese.

"It's only the second time we tried playing a zone and I felt our quickness would be enough to compensate for our lack of technique. "Obviously, after our performance in the first half we made the change back to our man-toman." The teams traded hot streaks in the opening minutes of the contest with Berks Campus hitting on four straight shots, including one three-pointer each by Eric Dameron and Mark Moyer, to take a 10-5 lead, but Hazleton Campus countered with a pair of three-pointers by Ed Opella to grab the advantage, 12-11. Dameron, who hit seven three-pointers, hit his second and Glen Kratz contributed four points to help Berks take an 18-12 lead. But Hazleton Campus got four points from Tom Edwards and a rebound basket by Jason Bodnar to force an 18-18 tie. A rash of turnovers plagued the Lions over the next several minutes, but thanks to a strong performance by Hazleton High School graduate Puck Surmick, who came off the bench to tally 13 points, emerged from the spell with a 35-34 lead.

Dameron keyed a strong finish by Berks in the half with a pair of three-pointers as the visitors used an 11-2 run to take a 45-37 edge into halftime. "Surmick hit some big shots for us in the first half, but our problem came as a result of the holes they found in our zone defense," said Caccese. Berks took its biggest lead (60-48) with about 15 minutes left in the game when Dameron hit a three-pointer. The Penn State-Hazleton bench took over and in a matter of minutes the advantage dwindled to six (63-57). Chris Kuhn contributed four points, including one off a steal, while Surmick added a three-pointer.

"We had the height advantage Best (Continued from page 23) red to the record as probably the most prestigious in the sport. He said the ABC has to go through the usual steps of checking the lanes and making sure all of the rules were followed. But Miller had little doubt the series will stand as the new record. PRESIDENTS ALL POOLS 20 to 40 OFF all 20 to SALE EVERY a 0- 5, 1- 40 vi Olympics (Continued from page 23) "This competition went much better for me than the large hill, it was perfect, Bredesen said. "I was a little bit late with my takeoff in the first jump.

"I don't remember my second takeoff, but I was much more aggressive and when I was in the air I felt that it could be a long jump." As he landed, the 26-year-old Norwegian was hugged by teammates and coaches, while 40,000 Norwegian fans waved their flags. Lasse Ottesen of Norway took the silver and Dieter Thoma of Germany the bronze. Jens Weissflog, winner on the 120-meter hill and a member of Germany's gold medal-winners in the team jump, was fourth. The medals sweep by Kjus, triple medalist Kjetil Andre Aamodt and Harald Strand Nilsen was the first in an Olympics Alpine race since Austrian women achieved the feat in 1964. At the flower ceremony in the finish area afterward, the public address system played "We Are The Champions" as the crowd cheered its heroes.

Then, the band struck up the traditional Norwegian folk song "Victory Is Ours" while the three Norwegians came off the podium to dance with the flower girls. "It's my best day as a skier with 30,000 home fans supporting us. It was a great atmosphere," Aamodt said. Tommy Moe of Palmer, Alaska, finished fifth, .27 seconds too slow for a bronze. Moe, already with a gold medal in the downhill and a silver in the super-giant slalom, was trying to become the first American with three Alpine medals in a single Winter Games.

He was third after the downhill half of the combined 11 days ago and third after the first slalom run this morning, but he just couldn't hold off all those more accomplished gate skiers. "I had good luck today," he said. "I just didn't have enough." Kerrigan was hoping she has enough. Some nine hours after the wild Alpine finish, the new figure skating champion was to be crowned in Hamar with about 1 billion people looking on, live or on tape-delay. But the competition that owes its buildup to a whack on the knee was clouded by a last-minute gash in the shin.

A banged-up Oksana Baiul, second behind Kerrigan in the technical program, skipped half of her routine at practice today after a scary collision with another skater on Thursday. Baiul's right shin was wrapped with a bandage, and when the Ukrainian left the ice early she complained that her back hurt. Siri Klevaas, the event director for figure skating, said the Ukrainian team leader told her after practice that Baiul would definitely skate tonight. However, Baiul's coach, Galina Zmiev-skaya, was reportedly seen leaving the arena in tears. Russia might have lost its medals lead but it wasn't shut out today, as the 30-kilometer relay team capitalized on poor shooting by a German racer to win its third biathlon gold medal in the Winter Olympics.

Germany won the silver medal and France the bronze. The U.S. team finished eighth out of the 17 teams, a significant improvement over its 15th place in 1992. Claudia Pechstein led a one-two German sweep in the women's speed-skating event, winning the gold medal in a time of 7 minutes, 14.37 seconds. Gunda Niemann, the favorite and world record-holder, was second in 7:14.88.

Hiromi Yamamoto of Japan won the bronze. In hockey, today's semifinal games pitted Canada against Finland and Russia vs. Sweden. Germany (3-4) plays the United States (1-3-3) Saturday, but only for seventh place. After Thursday night's 5-3 consolation-round loss to the Czech Republic, the Americans must win only to match their worst-ever finishes of 1984 and 1988.

Turner's gold and Peterson's bronze in the short-track speed-skating gave the Americans 11 medals, tied with Canada. But Turner practically had to hire a lawyer to fend off the protests. Today, the top Olympic official called for a report on the incidents from the International Skating Union, the sport's governing body, but seemed more concerned with the image of Zhang storming off ihe medal stand than with the possibility of rules violations. IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch was upset at television pictures of the competition and particularly Zhang's protest. "That on TV did not please the IOC at all," IOC spokesman Andrew Napier said.

Messier, Richter key Rangers past Devils I Rick Surmick 20 points on them and it only was a matter of our team making better use of our size inside," said Caccese." Ernie Steinhart nailed a three-pointer for Hazleton Campus while back-to-back field goals by Surmick and Joe Marsilio put the Lions on top, 66-65. The teams traded baskets down the stretch, but it was clutch foul shooting by Penn State-Hazleton (6-7) plus a crucial turnover by Penn State-Berks with 44 seconds remaining that sealed the win for the Lions. Surmick finished with 20 points followed by Edwards with 17 while Bodnar added 13 and Kuhn finished with 11. Berks Campus was led by Dameron's game-high 33 points. Mark Moyer, who fouled out with 10 seconds left, contributed 14 points, Glen Kratz chipped in with 11 and Tim Blosser added 10.

Penn State-Hazleton shot 58 percent (35-60) compared to 45 percent (29-65) for Penn State-Berks. The Lions held a 28-26 edge on the boards with Bodnar taking down 10 rebounds for the winners and Edwards grabbing six. Moyer paced Berks with nine boards. "Despite being down I wasn't concerned about the final outcome," Caccese said. "I felt confident we could come back and the play of our bench showed our depth in that area.

"Obviously, we won't play them zone when we play again tonight. I thought our sophomores, who were playing their last home game, stepped up and contributed significantly to our win." Penn State-Hazleton (12-10, 9-4) travels to Reading tonight for rematch with Berks PSU-BERKS (81) Blosser 3 3-4 10, Bouhbce 2 2-2 6, Dameron 13 0-1 33, Er.glebach 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Kratz 4 3-3 11, Lee 3 0-0 7, Moyer 6 1-1 14. Totals 31 9-11 81. PSU-HAZLETON (M) Nemshick 1 0-2 2, Surmick 8 1-1 20, Marsilio 1 0 2, Opella 3 0-0 9, Kuhn 4 3-4 11, Reilly 2 1-2 Steinhart 1 0-0 3, Bodnar 6 1-3 13, Edwards 8 2 17, Bodserer 0 0-0 0, Snyder 2 0-0 4. Totals 28 7-14 86.

PSU-Berks 4J 34-81 PSL'-rUileton J7 49 86 Officials Frank D'Angelo and Herbie Welsh. Three-point field goals: PSU-Berks Blosser, Dameron 7, Lee, Moyer. PSU-Hazleton Surmick 3, Opella 3, Steinhart. Edwards Tournament to start March 14 The 50th annual Edwards Memorial Basketball Tournament will get underway Monday, March 14, at the Freeland YMCA. Games will be played at 7 p.m.

and 8:15 p.m. each Monday and Thursday until the tournament ends. Teams may obtain an application by telephoning the Freeland YMCA at 717-636-3640 any day between 3 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. or by writing the Freeland YMCA at P.O.

Box 6, Freeland, PA 18224. Tuesday, March 1, is the deadline for submitting applications. if spas 'm OFF ALL BILLIARD TABLES 20 to 40 OFF Li LLJ 0 tO tU0 JH EVERY ITEM IN -H wywvw I NANTICOKE CRESTWOOD 59 22 Dan Wempa scored 12 points and Ron Warm an had 10 as Nanticoke built a 15-point first-quarter lead and coasted to a 59-22 victory over Crestwood at Mountain top. The Trojans sealed the win with a 17-0 run in the fourth quarter and limited the Comets to just four points the entire second half. Allen Brown added nine points for the Trojans (4-4) and Alan Yendrzeiwski and Steve Ohm each had six.

Greg Myers paced Crestwood (5-18, 1-6) with 10 points and Randy Klem and Brent Smith each had four. Wempa had six points in the opening quarter as Nanticoke jumped out to a 19-4 lead. Klem and Jared Aigeldinger each had two points for the Comets. Meyers haK all 10 of his points in the second period as Crestwood outscored the Trojans to pull within 25-18 at halftime, but the Trojans came right back with a 17-4 spurt in the third quarter to take a 42-22 lead into the final period. Wempa had six points in the 174 run.

Brown scored five points in the 17-0 fourth-quarter run that sealed the win for Nanticoke. Nanticoke won the junior varsity game, 64-46. NANTICOKE AREA (59) Biehl 2 12 Carey 1 0-0 2. Hummel 1 04) 3. Lukowski 0 0-0 0, Lankowski 0 0-0 a Yea-drzdwski 3 0-0 6, Skills 0 00 0, Sletz 0 1-2 1, Brows 4 1-1 9, Ohm 2 2-3 6, Wempa 3 6-6 12, Warman 4 2-2 10, Rakowski 1 0-0 2.

Tocak 22 13-1659. CRESTWOOD (22) Klem 2 0-1 4, Gruscavage 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 OO 0, Swanson 0 0-0 0, Myers 4 2-4 10, Mahaiky 0 0-0 0, Zurawski 0 0-2 0, Gupta 0 0-0 0, Okup-niarck 10-12, Savage 0 0-0 0, Aigeldinger 10-02, Smith 1 2-2 4. Totals 9 4-10 21 Naaticoke Area 19 6 17 17- 59 wood 4 14 4 22 Officials Mark Egger and Dan FrasceUi. Three-point field goals: Nanbooke Hummel, Lukowib. Crestwood None.

Wilkins (Continued from page 23) scorer but got an extra first-round pick. Brickowski, a 6-foot-9 forward and a 10-year veteran, was averaging 15.2 points and 6.5 rebounds. Gminski, a 13-year veteran, was averaging 12 minutes, 3.5 points and 2.8 rebounds. With Alonzo Mourning sidelined by an ankle injury, Brickowski was expected to start immediatley for the Hornets. On Wednesday, Chicago traded forward Stacey King to Minnesota for center Luc Longley.

On Thursday, the Boston Celtics were set to trade Ed Pin-ckney to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Mike Brown, but Minnesota general manager Jack McCloskey called it off at the last minute. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) Mark Messier became the 11th NHL player to collect 1,300 career points by setting up Adam Graves' go-ahead goal in the second period and the New York Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils, 3-1, Thursday night. Mike Richter stopped 35 shots as the Rangers beat the Devils for the fifth time in as many games this season and opened a 10-point lead over second-place New Jersey in the Atlantic Division. The win was Richter's 30th of the season and he had to make several great saves to preserve it.

His best came early in the third period when he stopped Stephane Richer on a breakaway with New York clinging to a 2-1 lead. Greg Gilbert iced the victory by scoring on a deflection on a power play with 4:09 to play. Lightning 4, Flames 0 CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -Tampa Bay goaltender Daren Puppa stopped 18 shots for his fourth shutout as the Lightning defeated Calgary 4-0. The Lightning scored in each of the first two periods as they built a 2-0 lead and cruised to their seventh road win in the last 11 games. Puppa was steady and as sharp he needed to be, given the fact the Pacific Division-leading Flames generated little offense all night.

CHICAGO (AP) Jeremy Roenick scored four times and reached the 30-goal plateau for the fourth straight season as the Chicago Blackhawks survived the loss of Steve Smith with a possible broken leg to beat the Winnipeg Jets, 6-3. Ducks 2, Penguins 2 PITTSBURGH (AP) Joe Sacco scored a short-handed goal late in the second period to give the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim a 2- 2 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Mighty Ducks ended a three-game losing streak that saw them score three goals in three games. The Penguins are winless in three games (0-2-1), part of a 3- 6-1 slump. BUG DEFLECTORS all '2Day Saturdays 455-3697 RADIATOR Flyers 5, Islanders 4 PHILADELPHIA (AP) Rod Brind'Amour scored his second goal of the game 1:25 into overtime as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders, 5-4.

The win was Philadelphia's third in a row and fourth in its last five games. Brind'Amour worked a give-and-go with Eric Lindros on the winning play. From behind the net, Lindros fed Brind'Amour in the slot. The forward took the pass, wheeled around and fired a shot along the ice that got by New York goaltender Ron Hextall. New York defenseman Uwe Krupp had tied the game with 8:30 remaining in the third period when his point drive beat Philadelphia goalie Dominic Roussel, who was screened.

Red Wings 3, Whalers 0 RICHFIELD, Ohio (AP) Sergei Fedorov assisted on all three Detroit goals and Chris Osgood got his first career shutout as the Red Wings beat the Hartford Whalers, 3-0. The win, before a neutral-site crowd of 11,621 at the Richfield Coliseum, pulled the Red Wings into a first-place tie with Toronto in the Central Division at 77 points each. Detroit has played one less game than the Maple Leafs. Nordiques 6, Blues 0 QUEBEC (AP) Stephane Fiset recorded his second shutout in three games, stopping 24 shots to lead the Quebec Nordiques to a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

Fiset, playing his 100th NHL game, was twice saved by his defensemen, who swept St. Louis shots off the goal line. He had shut out the Mighty Ducks in a 1-0 win in Anaheim last Friday. Senators 5, Sharks 4 OTTAWA (AP) Sylvain Turgeon scored two power-play goals and rookie Alexei Yashin notched three assists as the Ottawa Senators ended a 12-game winless streak with a 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Ottawa, playing on four days rest, handed the Sharks their third straight loss.

The Senators were 0-9-3 before Thursday niRht. Capitals 2, Panthers 1 MIAMI (AP) Randy Bur-ridge and Michal Pivonka each scored as the Washington Capitals won the first of a home-and-home series against the Florida Panthers, 2-1. i a ITCM 9 nnn 40 CP I OFF 7J Mi.