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2 GOLackawanna Sunday, October 21, 2012

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Issue No. 2012-295

Free clinic for uninsured extends

hours. The University of ScrantonsEdward R. Leahy Jr. Center Clinic forthe Uninsured is extending hoursfor serving patients from Lackawan-

na County by appointment fromnoon to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays Oct. 30through Nov. 13; and Nov. 27. Ap-pointments can be made by calling941.6112.The clinic is also open everyThursday from 2 to 6 p.m. Serviceson Thursdays are provided on awalk-in basis.

TCCC Boys Basketball sign ups forboys in grades second througheighth will be held Oct. 25 and 29and Nov. 1. Final day of sign ups andtryouts will be Thursday, Nov. 8from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Taylor Com-munity Center Main Ave, Taylor. Formore information, call 499.7996.

Scranton Public Library Computer

Learning Lab: Individual Assistance

on Monday, Oct. 22, 9:30a.m. to 11:30a.m.; Word 2007 Intermediate Level2, Tuesday Oct. 23, 1 to 3 p.m.; In-ternet Basics Level 1, Tuesday, Oct.23, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Word 2007Intermediate Level 1, Wednesday,Oct. 24, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Word2007 Intermediate Level 2, Thurs-

day, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to noon; In-ternet Basics Level 1, Thursday, Oct.25, 2 to 4 p.m.; Intro to ComputersLevel 2, Saturday, Oct. 27,10 a.m. tonoon.

Womens Self Defense Workshop

will be held at Symmetry YogaStudio, 209 N. Main Ave., Scrantonon Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 6:30 to8:30 p.m. Rob Thomas will be run-ning the workshop. For more in-formation, call 290.7242 or visit

570.Dojo.com.Stephs Fall 5K, Saturday, Oct. 27 at10:30 a.m. rain date is Sunday, Oct.28. To view the race course typeStephs Fall 5k in the event searchon www.mapmyrun.com. For moreinformation, call 302.438.4698,

388.2433, or email [email protected].

Malanka Meeting to plan the 9thannual Ukrainian New Year DinnerDance will be held at 7 p.m. onMonday, Oct. 29 at St. MichaelUkrainian Orthodox Church, NorthMain Avenue and Howell Street,Scranton. The Northeastern Penn-sylvania Communitys Malanka willtake place on Friday evening, Janu-ary 11, 2013 at St. Vladimir ParishCenter, N. 7th Avenue, Scranton.Info: 563.2275.

The First United Methodist Church

402 S. Main St., Taylor will hold itsannual roast chicken dinner onSaturday Nov. 3 at the church from4 to 7pm. The menu is roast chick-

en, baked potato, cake and bever-age. Tickets are $9 and can beordered by calling 357.8194.

Backyard Ale House Hope Chest

Auction Benefiting Marleys Mis-

sion will be held on Saturday, Nov.10, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Backyard Ale

House, 523 Linden St., Scranton. Allproceeds of the auction will benefitthe Third Annual Marleys MissionBlue Ribbon Gala, scheduled forSaturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at the HiltonHotel and Conference Center. Thecost of this event is $50 per person,which includes a three-hour bar

provided by Backyard Ale Houseand passed hors doeuvres providedby Mendicinos, Russells and Con-stantinos. To RSVP for the event,email [email protected].

Veterans Day Fee Free Weekend

at Steamtown National Historic Site,military veterans and their familieswill not have to pay an entrance feeVeterans Day weekend, Nov. 10 to 12.For more information, call 340.5200or visit www.nps.gov/stea.

The West Scranton Hyde Park

Neighborhood Watch will meet onThursday, Nov.15 at 7 p.m. at AllSaints Auditorium, 1403 Jackson St.,behind St. Patricks Church. Info:http://hydeparkneighbor-watch.wordpress.com.

COMMUNITY CALENDARON THECOVER:MarcelTho-

mas, Ramon Alverio, Isaac

Charleson, JustinLuciano, Carl

Zenker and Janeesha Thomas.

Photo by Jason Riedmiller

Riedmiller

Robinson

DuPuis

McGlynn

Andes

YOUR SPACE

Before the newschool year began, United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylva-nia (UNC) partnered withTemple Hesed forits 14th annual Backpack Giveaway Program.

Membersof Temple Heseds Boardof Directorsand community memberssponsored 25stu-dents throughoutthe agencys three childcarecenters. Thebackpacks includedschool supplies,clothingand other educational materials.Volunteering their timeto the BackpackGiveawayProgram are, from left, PamBerg, Rabbi Daniel Swartz, JillMoyle,Emily Trunzo and BobSiragu-sa.If you have a photo you would like to seein Go Lackawannaemail it to [email protected].

INSIDEPage 5 Zombies on the run

Page 6 Obituaries

Page 7 Neighborhood Watch celebrates anniversary

Page 14 Crossword puzzles

Page 16 Blue Devils crown homecoming king and queen

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SCRANTON-If youwant some-thing changed, sometimes youhave to raise your voice, andthatsust what over 50 West Scranton

residents didlast week in an effortto get their firehouse back.

The Keyser Valley Citizens As-sociation sponsored a meeting onWednesday, Oct.17, at the KeyserValley Community Center to dis-cusstheir feelings over brownoutsof area firehouses, specifically En-gine Company 7, the only fire-house inWestScranton, locatedat1917 Luzerne St.

A brownout is when a fire en-gine or ladder company is takenoutof service temporarily andthestaff is redistributed to other com-panies.

Startingin July, the association,noticing a high number of brow-nouts for Engine Company 7,startedto documentwhenthefire-house was closed. The group re-ported that from July to Septem-berEngineCompany7 wasclosed

77 days, or82 percent of the time.It just doesnt make sense that

West Scranton is gettingsuch lessprotection than other parts of thecity, andwe cantstandforit, said

eyser Valley Citizens Associ-ation President Gary DiBileo fol-lowing the meeting.

Thegroupcalled themeeting inan effort to alert area residents ofthe situation, and hopefully do

something about it. DiBileo usedthe reopening of East Mountainirehouse Engine Company 10 as

an example of a community mak-ing a difference.

Engine Company 10 was reo-pened earlier this year, and DiBi-leo feels part of the reason for thechange was due to residents com-ing together for a common cause.

We have an obligation as aneighborhood association to be

safe (rather) than sorry, said Di-ileo.If we remain quiet, and ignore

thesituation, we may get ignored.ut, if were aware of the situation

and let people know how we feel,wemay notget ignored,and thats

why were here tonight.The association invited Fire

Chief Tom Davis and DeputyChief Al Lucas to the meeting.Both men wereon hand toexplainsome of the reasons behind thebrownouts and answer questionsfrom the public.

Lucas and Davis explained tothe crowd that layoffs over the

years, federal mandates andan in-ability to offer employees over-time hasleft thecityunableto staffall of its firehouses every day.

I live in West Side. I want En-gine 7 open, said Davis. Itsdown to one thing, its econom-ics.

Several residents in attendanceasked why, if economics are themain problem, Mayor Chris Do-

herty reducedan $8,175,860 grantfrom theFederal Emergency Man-agement Agency (FEMA) to$5,068,080.

We hadthe economicabilitytomanthese stations,saidScrantonCouncilman Jack Loscombe, who

was in attendance on Wednesdaynight.

Turning that $3.5 million dol-lars back, thats the reason wedont have the man-power.

Davis said that the reason be-hind the reduction was the fearthat thecity wouldnot receivetheFEMA grant again, and in two

years they would be forced to layoff the new men they hired. Manyinattendancesaid theywishedthe

city took the chance andacceptedthe full amount of the grant.

Asa result of reducingthe grantdown, those in the area are left to

worry about the possible conse-quences of the brownouts. Themain one, for those in WestScran-ton, being slower response timesfrom firefighters who are comingfrom further away on days Engine

Company 7 is closed.What scares me is that I have

to hope, and you have to hope, isthat 82 percent rate if theres a fire,so our families are protected, isthat it happens during that 18per-cent of the time, said DiBileo.

Davis shared the publics con-cerns with Mayor Chris Dohertythefollowing day. Ina phone inter-

view hesaid heand themayorwill

be making an effort to keep En-gine Company 7 open moreoften,but with the shortage of manpow-er theres only so much they cando.

DiBileo said the Keyser ValleyCitizens Association will continueto document Engine Company 7sbrownouts, and will hold anothermeetingat theKeyserValleyCom-munity Center on Wednesday,Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. to continue dis-

cussing the matter.Invitations will once again be

extended to Davis and Doherty.DiBileo said he is hoping even

more members of the communitydecide to attend the meeting nextmonth.

DON MCGLYNN/GO LACKAWANNA

ScrantonFireChiefTomDavisandDeputyChiefAl Lucasdiscussed

someofthereasonsbehindEngineCompany7sbrownouts.

West Scranton wants

its firehouse backByDONMCGLYNN

[email protected]

OLD FORGE -- Stop signsand an upcoming paving pro-

ject were among the issu esdiscussed at the Oct. 16 OldForge Borough Councilmeeting. Mayor Michele Av-

visa to disc usse d with coun-cil concerns about the needfor stop signs at two differ-ent locations: headed uphillat Taroli and East Gracestreets and at Foster Streetand Lenape Lane. Council al-so heard from borough engi-neer Harold Ash that thenearly $100,000 project to re-pave parts of West GraceStreet and Baker Street willbegin in just over a week.

In other action: Council tabled a motion

to award a recycling contractunt il m em be rs had t he

chance to thoroughly review

complex proposals submit-ted by three bidders. The

bidders were Mascaro, Mu-nicipal Recycling and North-east Cartage.

This i s go ing t o t akesome work, council Presi-dent Brian Rinaldi said.

Council granted prelimi-nary plan approval to Global

Towers proposal for a celltower just off MountainRoad, contingent on the lan-downer obtaining a highwayoccupancy permit from thestate Department of Trans-portation for the entranceright-of-way.

Borough Manager Mary-Lynn Bartoletti said there

will be budget meeti ngs onOct. 29 and Nov. 5, and thatCouncils regular meeting

will be held on Wednesda y,Nov. 7 to avoid a conflict

with Elect ion Day o n Nov. 6.

Paving, stop signsdiscussed in Old ForgeByROGERDuPUIS II

[email protected]

The Old Forge School Board

votedto table an agreement be-tween the district and Munici-pal Revenue Services Inc. dur-ing its monthly meeting on

Wednesday, Oct. 17.Accordingto itswebsite,mu-

nicipalrevenues.com, Munici-pal Revenue Services Inc. spe-cializes in finding previouslyunrecognized tax revenues forschool districts, cities and oth-

er taxing districts. The mainreason for tabling the agree-ment centered aroundthe com-pany telling the district that$600,000 is the largest amountthe school district could re-ceive if the board were to ap-prove the agreement, makingMunicipal Revenue ServicesInc. facilitators of the tax claimsales for 2012 through 2014.

What happens if we collect

more than $600,000? saidboard member Eugene Taleri-co. Where does that moneygo?

AnthonySpadoni, board sec-retary, said he believed the fig-ure was based on preliminary

research done by MunicipalRevenue Services Inc. but thathe wasnt positive and would

have to look into it further.After somediscussion,other

board members began to ex-press concern with the agree-ment.

The board finally agreed tovote on the agreement nextmonth so that more researchcould be conducted.

The board unanimously ap-proved the resignationof Stage

Play Director JosephSylvester.I just wanted to thank Mr.Sylvester, MaryGrace Mailen,board member said, he did agreat job the last couple of

years. I hope someone picks upwherehe left off, he will be mis-sed.

The board approved the ad-dition of Derek Gleason, MaryEllen Hogan-Balliet, ChelsiePeachey, Nichole Arudino,

Raechelle Rowan, Rita HarrisandMeganAckoureyto the listof substitute teachers. Theboard added Amanda Brown,Kerie Mecca and Ashlea Cagi-gas to the Personal Care Aidesubstitute list.

OLD FORGE SCHOOL BOARD

Board tables agreementByTIMTYMON

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The shop teach-

er who cut off

a students fin-

ger, the biolo-

gy teacher who per-

forms experiments on

his students, and the

souls who haunt the

toys in the former daycare center are just a

few of the urban leg-

ends that will come to

life this weekend in

West Scranton High

School (WSHS).

WSHSs Drama Club is pre-

senting Haunted HouseSpooktacular on Saturday,Oct. 27, from 6 to 10 p.m. andSunday, Oct. 28, 5 to 9 p.m.

Tour guides will lead par-ticipants down one hallwayof the school and into fourclassrooms where the dramastudents will perform a scenedealing with an urban legendthat could have happened inthe high school.

We thought that thingsthat could have happened aremore scary than things like amonster or a vampire, saiddrama teacher Angela Franekto explain why the club choseurban legends for the themeof its first haunted house.

Every part of the hauntedhouse relates to somethingthat could have happened at

West S crant on. Not nece ssar-ily that it did happen, but itcould have happened.There s legen d that this hashappened.

The haun ted hous e will actas a fundraiser for the dramaclub. Franek said she knewshe wanted to do somethingHalloween themed with herstudents to help raise moneyf or t he s ta gi ng o f Hi gh

School Musical, the highschools planned spring play.

Unable to find any scriptsfor a Halloween play, she dis-cussed with her classes theidea of hosting an open micor cabaret show, and the stu-

dents suggested the hauntedhouse.

It was me that brought itup in class one day, said Jus-tin Luciano, drama club vicepresident and senior classtreasurer. Instead of doing aHalloween play I just (said) Ithink it would be better forthe school to do a haunted

attraction, and everybodyagreed on it.We had talked about it in

the past, (but) I didnt knowhow doable it was, said Fra-nek. And, I talked to Mr.(Robert) Gentilezza, ourprincipal, who was for it, andMrs. (Judy) Kilmer, who didit 20 years ago, and she gaveme an idea of how they did itthen, with the setup of using

the hallway and which class-rooms we could use.

Kilmer, a teacher at WSHS,hosted the haunted house foryears as a fund raise r for theWest Scran ton Footba llBoosters. Its the hope of the

students helping out with thehaunted house this year thatthey can bring that traditionback.

And the students knowthat the best way for that tohap pe n i s b y c re at ing a haunted house that will makethe community excited forthe event next year, which is

why they ve been workin ghard in the weeks leading upto make sure its the best itcan be. Franek is confidentthat the public will be im-pressed with what the stu-dents have come up with.

The students wrote every-thing. Its all their originalwork, said Franek.

Theyre amazing. The stu-dents have such originalideas and theyre able towork them .

Having a hand in comingup with the content for thehaunted house, in addition to

creating what charactersthey would play, was a pleas-ant surprise to many who arevolunte ering thei r time .

I thought somebody wasgoing to be like youre doingthis and this is the only thingyoure going to be able to do,but basically Ms. Franek saiddo whatever you want to do,and have fun with it, saidCarl Zenker, a junior who

m odel ed his c lown t ourguide character off of the Jok-er from The Dark Knightand the clown from It.

Having a large say in whatgoes into the production isgiving the cast a greater

sense of ownership, and theyare excited to show the com-munity what theyve come upwith .

It should be a lot of fun.Its going to be pretty legit,said Luciano. Its not goingto be nice like everyone ex-pects it to be. People thinkits not going to be scary, but

were go ing to use pretty real-istic things like chainsaws,smoke machines, prettyscary music.

Dont take it lightly, getready to get scared, addedZenker.

And even if its not thescariest thing West Scrantonhas ever seen, the studentsare confident that those whocome will at least have a fun

time.Were trying to make it fun

for family (and) friends,said junior Marcel Thomas.Were just trying to giveback to our community. Wereally appreciate you guys.

JASON RIEDMILLER/FOR GO LACKAWANNA

Participating in West Scranton High Schools Haunted House Spooktacular, first row, from left, Marcel Thomas, Ramon Alverio,

Isaac Charleson, second row, Justin Luciano, Carl Zenker and Janeesha Thomas.

The haunted hallways of WSHS

What: Haunted House Spook-tacular

Where: West Scranton HighSchool, 1201 Luzerne St., Scran-ton

When: Saturday, Oct. 27, from 6to 10 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 28,5 to 9 p.m.

Cost: $5 for adults, $3 for chil-dren

IF YOU GO

ByDONMCGLYNN

[email protected]

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The wheels on the bus cost alot more than they used to.

A decade ago, tires might setabus company back $200 each.Today, that figure is closer to$400 said Stanley Strelish, exec-

utive director of the LuzerneCounty Transportation Author-ity. Theenginesthat make thosewheels goaround? Theyhavein-creased in price from about$20,000 to $45,000 over thesame period, Strelish recentlytold a regional summit of localand state transportation offi-cials in Dickson City.

Even with dramatic savingsthrough new technologies, such

as hybrid diesel-electric buses,Strelish believes the way for-wardas costsrise lies in sharingand merging bus services withother agencies across the re-gion.

"Within 10 years, I think theproper thing to do would be theconsolidation of counties,"Strelish said.

The regions two largest localtransportation systems, LCTA

and the County of LackawannaTransit System, already carrynearly 3 million riders each yearbetween them, with 1.2 millionin Luzerne County and 1.5 mil-lion in Lackawanna County, ac-cording to Strelish and COLTS

xecutive Director Robert Fi-ume. Strelish isnt the only onewho sees strength -- and im-proved financial opportunities --in unity.

If we could put them togeth-er, wed have the third largesttransit agency in the common-wealth, said Steve Pitoniak,transportation planning manag-er for Lackawanna County, add-ingthatsuchan agency couldri-val the regional transit author-ities in Philadelphia and Pitts-burgh for state funding.

Increasing competition for adecreasing pool of aid from Har-risburg was a key focus of theOct. 10 summit, at which statelawmakers and leaders from theregions transit, rail, highwayand airport agencies called forcreation of a dedicated source ofstate transportation funding.According to an August 2011 re-

port by the governors 40-mem-ber Transportation Funding Ad-

visory Commission, the states

transportation needs were fac-ing a $3.5 billion funding gap asof 2010. Left unchecked, thatgap would more than double to$7.2 billion by 2020.

Such considerations were inthe mind of state officials whocommissioned a study several

years agoexamining the feasibil-ity of combining the fixed-routeand shared ride transit servicesin Luzerne and Lackawanna

counties, Strelish saidlast week.Already one of its key recom-mendations has come to pass:LCTA took over the county-runshared rideprogram, which pro-

vides door-to-door servicefor el-derly and disabled people whocannot use traditional busroutes. Similarly, COLTS plansto take over Lackawanna Coun-tys shared ride program at thebeginning of 2013, Fiume said.

The move in Luzerne Countyhas eliminated nine jobsthrough attrition, and while theshared-ride program was entire-ly state-funded, Strelish saidconsolidation already has savedstate taxpayers about a quarter-million dollars. The shared-ride

changes could be the first stepstoward creation of a larger re-gional bus system, Strelish said,

butonly over time -- andwithoutwholesale loss of jobs.

We really dont want to elim-inate any positions, exceptthrough attrition, Strelish said,although he and Fiume suggest-ed streamlining top administra-tive posts could be beneficial.

If you have one large agency,you dont need several people inthe same position, Fiume add-ed.LikeStrelish,however, he be-

lieves a measured approach isbest.I think its a step-by-step

process. We get this taken careof first with the shared ride, seehow thats going, Fiume said.Several years down the road

well take a look again at cross-county amalgamation.

While both systems receivestate and federal funds, each al-so receives matching local dol-lars, and Strelish predicts thats

where economies of scale couldconflict with local political pri-orities.

It would take a lot of discus-sion and a lot of level heads, hesaid of combining the two sys-tems.

Bus bosses predict

unified transit for regionByROGERDuPUIS [email protected]

ROGERDUPUISII / GOLACKAWANNA

A County of Lackawanna Transit System bus threads its way

southbound through Old Forge, where COLTS buses meet those

of the Luzerne County Transportation Authority. Officials with

both agencies predict that the regions bus networks could be

unified under one operator in years to come.

Chest heaving, his tie flutter-ing in the breeze, Sean Frostslowed from a sprint to a deadstop, standing and panting

while the contents of a water

bottlestreamed down his head.How do I feel? Terrible, hequipped. I just ran a 5K.

Frost had just finished Satur-days West SideZombie EscapeRoute and in business attire,no less, one of many who trot-

ted in dress clothes as theyfled from costumed ghouls.

The event was a fundraiserfor the West Scranton HydePark Neighborhood Watch. Ka-

rin Foster, the groups presi-dent,saidabout100people par-ticipated in the Oct. 20 event.

The total raised was not imme-diately available Saturdaymorning.

-- Roger DuPuis II

ROGER DUPUISII / GOLACKAWANNA

Bridget Regan, Nora Backus, Amy Troutman and Pat Capitano

turned out in true undead style for the Zombie 5K.

Run for your life

Mike Toye and his son Mike clown around near the finish line of

Saturdays Zombie 5K. Dad greeted runners as they came in,

while son was the first-place finisher in just under 21 minutes.

Stacey Harrington and Sean Frost look more like commuters

running to catch a train as they sprint past the finish line.

They told us to dress up, Frost quipped.

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$10.00 Cover IncludesComplimentary Hors Douevres

$8.00 if you show up in Costume!

Come Enjoy Drink Specials Including Witches Brew,Milky Way Martinis, and Brain Shooters

Prizes for the Most Original, Scariest,and Best All Around Costumes!

Saturday October 27thLive Music By INFINITY!

9PM-1AM

Lenore Rae Chelland, 80,Moosic, died Saturday, Oct. 13,2012, with her son by her side.Preceding are husband, PatrickW. Chelland Sr., Aug. 12, 2005;parents, Emil and Elida LundKrause. Lenore and her hus-band authored "One for theGipper," a biography about Ge-orge Gipp, a Notre Dame foot-ball player. Surviving are son,Patrick W. Chelland Jr.; step-daughter, Rochelle FerraroCoxe; sister, Marilyn; severalnieces and nephews.

Private arrangements are bythe Thomas P. Kearney FuneralHome Inc., 517N. Main St., OldForge. Interment will be at OakLawn Cemetery, Marinette,Wis. In lieu of flowers, memo-rial contributions may be madeto the American Diabetes Asso-ciation, P.O.Box 11454, Alexan-dria, VA 22312, or the AlbrightMemorial Library, 500 Vine St.,Scranton, PA18509.Toleaveanonline condolence, visitwww.KearneyFuneralHome-.com.

Lenore Rae ChellandOctober 13, 2012

Mr. Jerome P. Chromey Jr.,52, of Duryea, passed awayThursday, Oct. 11, 2012, atHighland Care Center, La-Porte. Born in Taylor, he wasthe son of Marie ZongillaChromey of Duryea and thelate Jerome P. Chromey Sr. Heattended Pittston Area HighSchool. He was formerly em-ployed by Medico, Pittston.Also surviving are hiswife, the

for mer Lana Hae fele o f Wilkes-Barre; son, Zachary, of

Wilkes-Barre; sister, AmyMeadows, and her husband,John, of Ocean Springs, Miss.;sister, Barbara Smith, and herhusband, Gary, of Germany;brother Michael,of Vancleave,Ms.; brother John, of Saucier,Miss.; 25 nieces and nephews.

Private funeral services andinterment will be held at theconvenience of the family. Ar-rangements are by the Ber-

nard J. Piontek Funeral HomeInc., 204 Main St., Duryea.

Jerome P. Chromey Jr.October 11, 2012

OBITUARIES

Thomas G. Davies, 90, ofWesley Village, Pittston, died

Tuesday, Sept.

25, 2012. Thelove of his lifeand wife of 68years HarrietE. (Jones) Da-vies passedaway Dec. 5,2011.

Mr. Davies was born Nov. 24,1921, son of Thomas E. andPearl (Griffith) Daviesof Scran-

ton. Mrs. Davies was born Sep-tember9, 1923,daughter of Wil-liams E. and Helen (Howell)Jones of West Pittston.

They were preceded in deathby their siblings, Palmer Da-vies, Mary (Davies) Hepple-white, and Jeannette (Jones)Phethean.

Mr. And Mrs. Davies met asstudents at West Pittston HighSchool on January 26,1936, andmarried on November 12, 1943.They had three children.

They are preceded by daugh-ter, the late Harriet J. (Davies)Shelton.

Surviving are sons, ThomasW. Davies of Plano, Texas, andJohn G. Davies of Aberdeen,Md. They are also survived byfive grandchildren and sixgreat-grandchildren.

During World War II, Mr. Da-vies served as a U.S. Army AirCorps Flight Instructor in

heavy bombers and, during the

Korean War, as an officer in the

109th Infantry Division.

In the early1950s, Mr. Daviesjoined the Liberty Mutual In-

surance Company as a personal

lines sales representative in

Wilkes-Barre, and his career

took the family to Richmond,

Va., Houston, Texas, and even-

tually Sudbury, Mass., in 1964.

Mr. Davies retired in 1986, and

he and hiswife moved to Mash-

pee, Massachusetts, on Cape

Cod.In 2003, Mr. and Mrs. Davies

returned to Luzerne County as

residents of Brooks Estates in

Pittston, lifelong members ofthe First United Methodist

Church of West Pittston. Mr.

Davies sang in the choir and

once served as Sunday School

superintendent.

A memorial service was held

for Mr. and Mrs. Davies at theFirst United Methodist Church,

408 Wyoming Ave., West Pitt-

ston, on Saturday, Oct.20, 2012.

In lieu of flowers, those who

wish to are encouraged to do-

natein their name to thecharity

of the donors choice. Dona-tions also are gratefully accept-

ed by Mrs. Nancy Heal, church

secretary at First UnitedMetho-

dist Church. Arrangements areby Howell-Lussi Funeral Home,

West Pittston.

Thomas and Harriet DaviesSeptember 25, 2012

Gerard Lombardi, 52, of

Moosic, died Tuesday, Oct. 16,2012, at Geisinger-CMC, Scran-ton.

Born in Scranton, he was asonof Nuncioand thelate Grace

(DelVecchio)Lombardi.

Gerardgraduatedfrom River-side HighSchool, classof 1978, andattended

Keystone College, LaPlume. Hewas self-employed as a generalcontractor.

Gerard was a member ofQueen of the Apostles Parish,Avoca. He hada love foroutdooractivities and was an avid trapshooter, belonging to the Ama-teur Trap Shooting Association,Moscow Sportsmans Club, andValley Gun and Country Club.

He enjoyed playing pool andwas also a member of the Ama-teur Pool Players Association.

A belovedson, brother,father,and grandfather, he took plea-sure in spending time with hisgrandchildren and always puthis familys and friends needsbefore his own.

Besides his father, he is sur-vived by his children, son Nun-cio andfiance, Laura Tomasko;daughter, Tiffanie McDonoughand husband Christopher,daughter, Danielle, and son, Do-minic; grandchildren, Gerardand James Lombardi, CarterMcDonough; brother, Dominic;sister, Donna Molinaro and hus-band Chuck; aunts, uncles, nu-merous cousins, nieces and ne-phews.Veryspecial to him wereaunt, Mary Diane Marco, andher children, Vincent Marco,Adrienne DiDonato; and niece,

Gina Grace Lombardi.Besides his mother, he was

preceded in death by a son, Ja-son; an infant sister, Mary; andan uncle, Vincent Marco.

The funeral was held Satur-day, Oct. 20 from the Ruane &Regan Funeral Home, 1308Grove St., Avoca, with a MassofChristian Burialin Queen of theApostles Parish,715HawthorneSt., Avoca, with the Rev. PhillipSladicka officiating. Intermentwill be at Ss. Peter & Paul Cem-etery, Moosic.In lieuof flowers,memorial contributions may bemade to Queen of the ApostlesParish. To leave an online con-dolence, visit www.ruaneandre-gan.com.

GerardLombardiOctober 16, 2012

Thomas A. Grancey, 81, ofLancaster, Ohio, passed away

Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012 in Lancas-ter.Born Feb. 15, 1931, in Scran-

ton, he was a son of the late An-drew J. and Anna Bushko Gran-cey. Thomas graduated fromOlyphant High School, Class of1948, and Temple UniversitySchool of Pharmacy, Class of1952.

Mr. Grancey wasa pharmacistand worked for The Medicine

Shoppe, Clearfield, Pa.He was a member of Episco-

pal Church, Brookville, Ohio,and assisted in organizing Trea-sure Lake Volunteer Fire De-partment. He was a member ofElks BPOE 540 in Clearfield.

In addition to his parents, hewas preceded in death by wife,

Mary Ann Hilgert Grancey;sons, Joseph and David Gran-cey, both in infancy;sister, Jean-marie Mataconis.

Surviving are children Tho-mas J. Grancey Jr., Buckeye,Ariz.; Susan L. Grancey, Clear-field, Pa.; Gary D. Grancey, Car-roll, Ohio; Paul E. Grancey,Reading; Mrs. Terri LeighHaupt, Bellevue, Pa.; 10 grand-children and four great-grand-

children.A memorial service will be

held at the convenience of thefamily.

Arrangements are under thedirection of Leo Nedza FuneralHome DuBois Pa.

Thomas A. GranceyOctober 7, 2012

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Anthony J. Semenza, 79, ofScranton and formerly of Old

orge, died Wednesday, Oct. 17,2012, at Regional Hospital ofScranton. Born and raised inOld Forge, son to the late Ralphand Rose Pilosi Semenza, hewas a co-owner of the Semenza

ros. Fireworks Co. Inc. ofSpringbrook Township. Heserved in the Army during the

orean Conflict. Surviving are adaughter, Andrea Cole, Bing-hamton, N.Y.; sisters, Marie

oone, Clarks Summit, and Jen-

nie Pantus, Naperville, Ill.;grandsons, Zachary, MatthewandChad Cole; nieces andneph-ews. He was preceded in deathby brothers, Louis, Ralph andJames; and sister, Eileen DiBia-si.

The Funeral will be held 9:30

a.m. Monday, Oct. 22 in VictorM. Ferri Funeral Home, 522Fal-lon St., Old Forge, with Mass at10 a.m. in St. Marys Church atPrince of Peace Parish, OldForge. Friends may call Sundayfrom 4 to 7 p.m.

Anthony J. SemenzaOctober 17, 2012

Whatever game was beingplayed on the gym floor upstairscontinued unabated,rattling theceiling as Marty Flynn spoke in-to the microphone.

This brings back so manymemories, Flynn said, gestur-ing towardthe stage behind himin All Saints Auditorium, recall-ingthe days when he performed

on those boards in school plays.The 37-year-old Democrat,

who is running unopposed forstate House District 113 seat,came to All Saints Auditoriumon Thursday, Oct. 19 not as apolitician per se, but as a WestSider, to listen and speak asthe West Scranton Hyde Park

eighborhood Watch gatheredfor one of its regular meetings,

and to celebrate two years ofcommunity activism.Im glad to see everybody

stayingput, andtakinga stake inthe neighborhood, said Flynn.And not going somewhere elseust because times have been

getting tough.Just how tough the times are

getting was underscored by theissues members pitched at theScranton Police officer assigned

to Thursdays meeting.Patrolman Steve Carroll, him-

selfa WestSider, listenedintent-ly: Unkempt standing flea mar-kets on the lawns of severalproperties, people setting upelsewhere to sellgoods from thebacks of trucks,an ongoingfeud

in one block that was growingincreasingly disorderly, tractor-trailers getting stuck under theNorth Main Avenue railroadbridge, and most of all, drugs.

The flea markets were orwould be dealt with, Carrollsaid. He took notes on the back-of-the-truck sales. Watch mem-ber Mike Taluto, who works inpublic relations for the state De-partment of Transportation,

said he would check with Penn-DOTabout signageand other is-sues related to the underpass is-sue and big rigs getting lost inresidential neighborhoods onthe way to and from industrialfacilities in Taylor.

They could get cited for go-ing under the bridge, for failingto obey the signage, Carroll ex-plained. Butnot justfor getting

lost, no.But when all those issueswere done, the conversation re-turned to drugs, suspecteddrug-houses and how to dealwith landlords who rent to deal-ers.

Carroll and watch PresidentKarin Foster explained how cityordinances allowfor a six-monthcondemnation in the wake ofdrug sales longer if code vio-

lations are discovered, which isfrequently the case.

Cant we just take their prop-erty away, one resident askedregarding landlords.

Carroll counseled patience,reminding the two dozen or soattendees what acting police

Chief Carl Graziano has said re-cently: drug arrests are up andinvestigations are under way allover the city, and for obviousreasons not in ways most resi-dents will ever see until arrests

are made, as in a recent large-scale West Scranton bust.

It takes time, Carroll said.The discussionmoved on. An-

other resident complainedabout burned-out streetlights

around North Decker Court.Foster offered to help the wom-an navigate the nepalights.comWebsite, through which they

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usually come out to fix theproblem within 48 hours.

Scranton School Board mem-ber Nathan Barrett came to dis-cuss concerns about traffic back-ups outside Isaac Trip Elemen-tary School at dismissal time,when 748 studentsleave school.

A cul-de-sac access road,named forthe late Scranton fire-fighter James Robeson, hasbeen blocked off after a child

nearly got hit by a van one day.Until a more permanent solu-tion can be found, blocking theroadway helps control f low attheyear-oldschool andkeeps ev-eryone safe, Barrett said.

And, he added, on most daysthe bulk of traffic is still gone in

three minutes, and the parkinglot stands empty in six.

I think three minutes isworth the safety of our stu-dents, Barrett said.

Foster spoke about achievingstate non-profit status (theyrestill working on federal.

Formalities concluded, thegroup paused to say grace and

eat cake, marking the two-yearanniversary of their efforts totackle such diverse quality-of-

life issues ascameup on this fallThursday.

With your help, weve

achieved much in West Side,Foster said. But were not donyet.CELEBRATING

Continued from page 7

ROGERDUPUISII / GOLACKAWANNA

StateHousecandidateMartyFlynnchats with residents duringthe

Oct.18 TheWest ScrantonHydeParkNeighborhoodWatchmeeting.

The Scranton Board of Educa-tion will host a special meetingMonday evening, Oct. 22 to dis-

cussrecent airqualitytest resultsat William Prescott ElementarySchool, according to a letter toparents from SuperintendentWilliamKing.

We wouldliketo invitethe en-tire William Prescott SchoolCommunity to attend, Kingwrote.

According to the letter, JosephGuzek of Guzek Associates willdiscuss the most recent air qual-

ity report, dated Oct.10.Mr. Guzek has assured the

school districtthat theair qualityat the school is very good, ac-cording to Kings Oct.18 letter.

Based on these most recentpositive air quality test results,

the Board will consider the op-tion of keeping the students atPrescottfor the remainder of the2012-2013schoolyear,hecontin-ued.

Thisoptionwouldinclude en-closingandencasingtheproblemareainthecafeteria,whichwouldallow the school to remain openwith air quality being monitoredby Guzek Associates regularly toensure that air quality continuesto be acceptable throughout thebuilding,King continued.

This wouldalsoallow forade-quate time to prepare bids, bid-ding,awarding contracts, and or-

deringlong lead time items suchaswindows(12to14weeks)priorto contractormobilization.

Mondays meeting will be heldat 6:30 p.m. in thecafeteria/mul-ti-purpose room at the school,840 Prescott Ave.

Prescott meetingset for Oct. 22ByROGERDuPUIS II

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Moosic High Schools Classof1962 isgoingto bein for more

than they bargained for whenthey attend their 25th highschool reunion this weekend atthe S cranton Cultural Center.

The Actors Circle will pre-sent Mystery in Moosic for theClass of 62, on Sunday, Oct.28, from 6 to 9 p.m. The per-formance is part of Mystery atthe Masonic, a murder mysteryevening.

Everybody is supposed to be

attending a reunion that takesplace in 1987, for the class of1962, that graduated from thismythical high school in Moosic,

oosic High, explained writerJohn McInerney.

As part of the ceremonies,theyre going to have fun activ-ities for the alumni andtheyre going to honor a historyprofessor that has been teach-ing there forever, Professor

ooker.Things start to get suspicious

when news reaches the princi-pal that Professor Booker ismissing and no one knowswhats happened to him. Sincehe hasnt been missing for toolong, the principal decides tocarry on with the evening asscheduled.

The audience is then divided

into four groups and sent intofour different rooms of theScranton Cultural Center, eachwith its own entertainment.

One room features a Jeopar-dy style game with the stu-dents against the alumni; an-

other roomfeatures danc-ing in the maltshop; another

has a coupleofthe alumniwho appearedin schoolsproduction of

Our Town performing scenesfrom the play; and the last fea-tures the new librarian explain-inghow theschool hasmodern-ized its library system.

In each room the audiencelearns more about the disap-

pearance of Mr. Booker.Each of these scenesis inter-

rupted by cast members whobegin accusing each other ofhaving something against Mr.Booker, and they get into an ar-gument that stops the enter-

JASONRIEDMILLER/FOR GO LACKAWANNA

Dave Spitzer andDebbie Buck will star in Mystery inMoosicfor the

Class of62 on Sunday, Oct. 28at theScrantonCultural Center.

Theres a mysteryto solve at the SCCByDONMCGLYNN

[email protected]

See MYSTERY , Page 15

McInerney

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Alibrary card opens the doorto many free services andmaterials at the Albright

emorial Library. When youpass through the main doors,the first thing you will encoun-ter is Adult Circulation. You cancome and browse our collectionatyour leisureor place a holdonmaterials from the comfort ofyour home through the libraryswebsite. Hundreds of peoplevis-it the library and over 1,000items are checked out every dayat the Albright.

The latest best-sellers can of-ten be found on a daily basis in

the library. Items can be bor-rowed for varying lengths oftime, with the most popular be-ing seven to 14 days.

Our newest collection iscalled the McNaughton Collec-tion which is filled with our

most popular authors such asJames Patterson, Janet Evanov-ich, Danielle Steel, and JohnGrisham. The books can be bor-rowed for 14 days and are locat-edon the shelves next toour cir-culation desk. Just look for thegreen stickers.

This fall, 40 new best-sellingbooks will be added each

month all available on their re-lease date. If youve been anx-iously awaiting a new book byyour favorite author, this will bethefastestand easiest way to getyourhands on it before everyoneelse.

Are your eyes not like theyused to be? Do you have a longcommute? Then you should

give the large print or audio-book collections a try. Our ex-tensive collection of large printtitles offer the entirely un-abridged format of the booksyou know and love. The audio-book collection is filled with ev-

erything from the classics to be-stsellers to informative non-fic-tion titles.

Tired of messing around witha CD player? The library evenhas Playaways, which are pock-et-sized, self-contained digitalplayers requiring only head-phones.

For those in the mood for amovie, the library now offersover 1,500 Blu-ray titles. Blu-rayis a high definition disc formatwhichmeans a great picture andgreat sound.Blu-rays canbe bor-rowed for sevendays,guarantee-ing a wide selection when you

get here. If you havent gottenaround to purchasing a Blu-rayplayer yet, the library has an ex-tensive collection of DVDs tochoosefromincluding concerts,classics and documentaries.

Perhaps the most valuable as-

pect of the Albright MemorialLibrarys circulation depart-ment is the warm, friendly andhighly competent staff. If youneed help locating a particular

item orforgot the nameof anau-thor, all you have to do is ask atthe desk.

Need your materials renewedor want somethingheld foryou?Visit thecirculation desk or giveus a call at 348.3000 ext. 3002.

Our courteous staff will helpyou make the most of your li-brary experience and assist youwhen you want to take homethat great best-seller everyones

talkingabout in allthe formatsavailable. All you need is a li-brary card, which is free to all.

Albright offers all the best-sellers in a variety of formats500 VINEA L B R I G H TM E M O R I A L

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500 Vine focuses on local library

events and services. Find it bi-weekly in Go Lackawanna.

The newest best-sellers are

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morial Library.

HEATERVintage Theater, 326 Spruce St.,

Scranton. Info: scrantonsvinta-getheater.com

Breaking Ground Poets Slam with

special guest Lauren Zuniga, one ofthe top five ranked female poets inthe world, the 2012 Activist-in-Resi-dence for the University of Oklaho-ma, and the founder of OklahomaYoung Writers, will be held on Sat-urday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. Cost: $5

Staged reading of Ted LoRussos A LieIs A Venial Sin on Sunday, Nov. 11.

FILMNew Visions Studio and Gallery, 201

Vine St., Scranton. Info: 878-3970,

www.newvisionsstudio.com.New Visions Studio & Gallery will hold

the first ever Scranton Horror FilmFest 2012, a Halloween themed filmevent on Sunday, Oct. 28. For moreinformation, visit http://www.new-visionsstudio.com/horrorfest.

CONCERTSVintage Theater, 326 Spruce St.,

Scranton. Info: scrantonsvinta-getheater.com

Masquerade Dance Party: The Vintagewill host an all ages masquerade,featuring performances by The GreatParty and Shayfer James on Friday,Oct. 26. Doors open at 7 p.m., musicbegins at 8 p.m. Cost: $8.

Eye on Attraction will be debuting theirconcept record, The Factory, with aone-night-only theatrical perform-ance of the album in its entirety, witha performance by special guestsSilhouette Lies on Saturday, Nov. 3.Doors open at 7 p.m., music at 8 p.m.

ART CALENDAR

Author, actress, social critic and humor-istFranLebowitz willbe thefeaturedspeak-er for theLackawanna County Library Sys-tems fourth annual American MastersLec-ture, on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in theScranton CulturalCenter.

Somepeoplemay be familiar with Lebo-witzs conversational style from her fre-quentappearancesontelevisiontalkshows,andthats theformat shehas chosenfor her

Scranton appearance, whichwill openwithquestionsfrom a localinterviewer followedby questionsfromtheaudience.

This unconventional approach seems tofitLebowitz,who is frequently comparedtothe late Dorothy Parker, another Americanicon of witand clever observations.

Collections of her remarks, such as, AllGods children are not beautiful. Most ofGods children are, in fact, barely presenta-ble,areavailableontheinternet,whichhas

helpedto spreadher fame.That fame rests on a diverseandunusualcareer. A high schooldropout,the NewJer-sey native went to New York as a teenagerandworked for a number of minor publica-tions. Her work was noticed by Andy War-hol,whohiredhertoworkforhismagazine,Interview. Thereher quirky style andwittyobservationsdrewreaders andled to collec-tions of her work being published in bookform.

She once admitted that her truncated

education causes problems with her writ-ing. I still have trouble with punctuation,shesaid.Foralongtime,Ikeptalistofpeo-plewho went to Catholic grammar schoolsto help me with punctuation.

Formanyyears,Lebowitzhadarecurringrole as a judge on the long-running NBCshow, Law& Order.

She is also widely recognized from hernumerous appearances on television talkshows, especially Late Night with DavidLetterman.It isin such venuesthatshede-

livers thesharp one-linersthat helped makeher famous.We are extremely pleased to be able to

present an icon of American culture as ourspeakerthis year,saidMary Garm, LibrarySystem administrator. Fran Lebowitz willappealto peoplewho enjoy livelyconversa-tion andsharpwit.

Tickets for the event can be obtained byshowing a library card at any LackawannaCounty LibrarySystemlibraryor theScran-tonCultural Center boxoffice.

American Masters Lecture

welcomes Fran Lebowitz

Fran Lebowitz will be the featured speaker for the Lackawanna County Library

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tainment, explained directorou Bisignani.

We learn about these sus-pects, or these persons of inter-est that might have had troublewith Professor Booker, andthen when (the audience) getsback to the ballroom they findout whatreally happened, add-ed McInerney.

The cast in each room willperform their short scene fourtimes so that everyone in at-tendance has a chance to see it

andforman opinion about whatcould have happened to Profes-sor Booker.

Even thougheveryone in theaudience gets achance to visiteach room, ev-ery group willhave a uniqueshow experi-ence, thanks tothe question-and-answer ses-sion that fol-lows the scene.

People are given eight ornine or10 minutes to askthe ac-tors questions, andthey have toanswer the questions in charac-ter, said Bisignani. They cantgive away information theywouldnt know. If youre a cer-

tain character you wouldntknow this, you would knowthis, but you wouldnt knowthat, so they have to answer asbest they can. They have noidea what theyre going to beasked.

The audience gets into it,they really do.They listen, they

pay attention, because some ofthese people are not telling thetruth.Some of them are guilty.

While Bisignani said he pre-pared his actors for the murdermystery as he would any otherplay, theres really no way to getthem ready for the questions

that might be thrown at themon Sunday night.There is no way to prepare

them, saidBisignani. We haveno idea what way the audienceis going to go.

If you have a scene and youhave four different audiences,youre going to have four differ-ent sets of questions. I think itkeeps them on their toes.Theyreall capable of going into

ballet after this show.While it can be something of

a challenge, Bisignani and McI-nerney,who inaddition towriting thepiece is assist-ing Bisignaniin directing,said thattheyre confi-dent the castof 29 actorsthey have as-sembled areup for it, and

that this years production willonly strengthen the Mystery atthe Masonics reputation.

People have liked them verymuch, said McInerney. (Theaudiences) havebeen verycom-plimentary, and I understand

from the Cultural Center that itsells out pretty rapidly.

The Actors Circle has takenpart in Mystery at the Masonicforthe past three years. Bisigna-ni and McInerney said theyrehappy that people have enjoyedit, and that they have had theopportunity to put on the

shows.The (Actors Circle) has

been very successful. Wevebeen very lucky at our spot onProvidence Road, at Providen-ce Playhouse, that we can do

this, and essentially its a gift tothe (ScrantonCultural Center).Inotherwords,we dontget anyofthe ticket money, they get themoney, and its our gift to the(Scranton Cultural Center),

which is just what we like todo, said Bisignani.

We all appreciate the Scran-ton Cultural Center. Its a beau-tiful building and we just wantit to be there forever.

MYSTERYContinued from page 9


Kelly Ann Walsh and Kiki Rodriguez will star in Mystery in

i f r h Cl f 2 h S r n n C l r l C n r

What: Mystery at the MasonicWhen: Sunday, Oct. 28, from 6 to

9 p.m.Where: Scranton Cultural Center,

420 N. Washington Ave., Scran-ton

Info: www.scrantonculturalcente-r.org

Cost: $45

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OLD FORGE Carbondalesdefense and tough conditionsin the rain and mud combinedto slow the Old Forge runninggame Friday night.

Brenden Wahl found an un-likely solution for the BlueDevils, turning in his biggestpassing effort of the season in

slippery conditions.Wahl threw for four touch-

downs three to Anthony Pic-colini and ran for anotherscore as Old Forge turnedback visiting Carbondale,35-8, in a Lackawanna Foot-ball Conference Division 3game.

The Blue Devils celebratedHomecoming by clinching aDistrict 2 Class A playoff berth

and taking over sole posses-sion of the division lead.

Wahl was at his best in a

game-changing flurry afterCarbondale opened the sec-ond half by scoring in a min-uteand getting theball back inanother minute to try to con-tinue cutting into a 16-8 defi-cit.

Once Old Forge regainedpossession, Wahl went 6-for-6for 182 yards and two touch-downs in the next 10 minutes

while also running for a scoreto put the Blue Devils up 35-8

with 10:06 left.Were not really used to

this, Wahl said of the difficultconditions. At halftime, wemade some adjustments forsome of what they were doingon defense and worked fromthere.

Wahl finish ed 12-for-17 for268 yards.

I was able to get used to itbecause it was pouring in pre-

ame, Wahl said.

It could have been worse.The rain slowed down duringthe game, which finished min-utes before lightning arrivedin the area.

We battled the surface anda tough opponent, Old Forgecoach Mike Schuback said.Im really happy with the wayit all turned out.

The unbeaten Blue Devils

lost a fumble on the first playand another later in the game,but were able to gradually pullaway from the Chargers, whoentered the night in thirdplace in the division.

Old Forge held Carbondaleto minus-6 yards total offensein the first half.

Eleven guys to the footballat all times, thats what we tryto do, linebacker Shane Schu-

back, one of the defensive

Old Forges 2012 Homecoming Prince and Princ

honored during halftime of the football game on

Old Forge honored its 2012 Homecoming Court during halftime of Fridays game. Members of the 2012 Homecoming Courtare Tyler Cavalari, Tony Desando, Brian Tomasetti, Mike Vierra, Brendad Wahl, Anna Balanovich, Chelsea Cadwalder, Alys-

sa Hobbs, Shauna Nunes and Kim Regan

Blue Devils alone infirst, headed to playoffsByTOM ROBINSON

For Go Lackawanna

See BLUE DEVILS , Page 22

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ss, Tyler Cavalari and Kim Regan, and its Queen and King, Chelsea Cadwalder and Brian Tomasetti, were

riday.

Mike Vieira returns a punt.

Anthony Komensky is the Old For e Blue Devil.Brian Tomasetti carried 22 times for a game-high 81 yards.

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Tyler Hughes is waiting histurn and seeing a little actionwhile hes doing it.

Hughes, a West Scranton na-tive, is a sophomore quarterbackwith the talent-laden Cortland

football team, which kicked offthe season by going 5-1 includinga 5-0mark in theNew JerseyAth-letic Conference.

The RedDragons areled by se-niorquarterbackChrisRose,whohas thrown for1,416 yards and15touchdowns in the six games.

Hughes, a 5-foot-11, 190-poun-der, hasseen actionin two gamesand both times hes shown what

the future may hold. In a 72-14victory over Western Connecti-cut, he carried the ball twice for32 yards. In a 56-14 triumph over

orrisville, he scored on a 46yard run and hit his only pass at-tempt for four yards.

Tyler is an exceptionallysmart quarterbackwitha real up-side regarding a potentiallybright future, head coach Dan

MacNeillsaid. He is currently ina very competitive fight for thebackup spot.

The coach has been impressedwithHughes since hes joined theteam.

Tyler throws what is the best

ballofallthequarterbacks,isasu-per quality individual, a mentallytough competitor and com-mands with a calm demeanorandis poisedin thepocket,Mac-Neill said.I reallylike thisyoungman. He defines himself and ourprogram with recognizableclass.

Hudacek helps Royals

Junior Charles Hudacek ofMoosic, a Scranton Prep gradu-ate, helped the University ofScrantons mens golf team to themost successful fall seasonin theteams history. The Royals wereranked 50th in the country inteamscoring average by Golfstat.

Hudacek opened theseason byrepeating as medalist at the Uti-ca, N.Y. Invitationalwith an even-

par round of 72. It was his bestscore ofthe season. Buthe posteda 77-84-161at the Empire 8 Tour-nament; a 76 at Marywood Uni-versity; a 77 at Kings Collegeanda 79 at Wilkes University. His sev-en-round average was 77.85.

Charles started the season onfire with hiswin at Uticaand thatearned him Empire 8 Player oftheWeek honors,coachEd Kar-povich said. His play wassteadyall season long.

Hudacek and Erik Meyer ofAbington Heights helped theRoyalswin every match and tour-nament that they participated inthe fall.

The rock solid performancesby Hudacek andMeyer have pro-pelled the Royals golf team tonew heights, Karpovich said.Both have the potential to golow and Im looking forward tokeeping our unbeaten record go-ingin the spring.

Briskie tough on defense

For the second straightseason,

sophomore Matt Briskie hasbeen a solid performer on de-fense for the Wilkes Universityfootball team.

Briskie, a Riverside graduate,is a 5-foot-9, 150-pound defensiveback. He has 12 tackles and two

pass breakups this season andhad 11 tackles, an interceptionand two pass breakupsas a fresh-man.

Matt has matured a greatdeal, coach FrankSheptock said.He had a great off season, work-ing with our workout program.With his added strength and ex-plosiveness, he has been able toimprove in both his physicality

and tackling.The coach calls Briskie a very

determined and goal orientedperson who has a very impres-sive work ethic in practice.

Mattis playing with poise andconfidence, Sheptock said. Hehas a winners mentality. Heshungry and passionate and willhave a great careerat Wilkes.

Injuries slow Graham

Hubie Graham, a red-shirt se-nior, hasseen only limited actionwith the University of Pittsburghfootball team this fall because of

West Scranton graduate shows promise as Cortlands quarterback

See CAMPUS , Page 23

Tyler Hughes is competing for

the Red Dragons backup quar-

terback spot

ON CAMPUSI L L A R S E N A U L T

The Scranton Prep boys andAbington Heights girls had toovercome some of their biggestobstacles on the final day of theregular season Tuesday, Oct. 16in order to win Lackawanna

eague cross country cham-pionships.

Scranton Prep beatthree of itsfive toughest boys opponents,

topping North Pocono, ValleyViewand hostAbingtonHeightsin thecluster meetto finish 20-0.The teams were a combined45-9 at the start of the day.

Abington Heights postedwins over Scranton Prep, whichbegan the day tied for second,and Holy Cross, which also hada winning record. The LadyComets finished 17-0.

The West Scranton and River-side girls each split two meets intheir finales.

Final standings:

Boys: Scranton Prep 20-0, Elk

Lake 19-1, Wallenpaupack 18-2,North Pocono 17-3, AbingtonHeights 16-4, Valley View 14-6,Lackawanna Trail 14-6, Holy

Cross 13-7, Dunmore12-8, Lake-land 9-11, West Scranton 8-12,Scranton 8-12, Delaware Valley8-12, Honesdale8-12,Blue Ridge8-12, Western Wayne 7-13, River-side 4-16, Mid Valley 3-17, Mon-trose 3-17, Susquehanna 1-19,Mountain View 0-20.

Girls: Abington Heights 17-0,Elk Lake 16-1, Scranton Prep15-2, Honesdale 14-3, Wallen-paupack 13-4, North Pocono12-5, Montrose 11-6, Holy Cross10-7, Susquehanna 9-8, WestScranton 8-9, Mid Valley 7-10,Valley View 6-11, LackawannaTrail 4-13, Riverside 3-14, Blue

Ridge 3-14,Scranton 1-16, West-ern Wayne 0-17.The District 2 Cross Country

Championships are scheduledfor Wednesday, Oct. 24 at ElkLake, beginning with the ClassAAA girls at 11:40 a.m. TheClass AA girls run at12:20 p.m.,followed by:Class A girls,1 p.m.;Class AAA boys,1:40p.m.; ClassAA boys, 2:20 p.m.; and Class Aboys, 3 p.m.

The top two teams and best10other individuals in each ClassAAand A racewillqualifyforthestate meet. The top team andbest five other individuals inClass AAA will advance.

West Scranton will competein Class AAA, Scranton Prep inClass AA and Riverside in ClassA.

BOYS SOCCER

Delaware Valley defeatedAbington Heights, 1-0, Thurs-day for the LackawannaLeagues big school champion-ship after each team went 12-1

and won their divisions.The league standings arecomplete except fora Division3make-up game between HolyCross and Mid Valley.

Division 1:Abington Heights12-1, Scranton Prep 9-3-1, ValleyView 8-5, West Scranton 4-8-1,Scranton 0-13.

Division 2:Delaware Valley12-1, Wallenpaupack 5-7-1,North Pocono 4-7-2, Honesdale

4-8-1, Western Wayne 4-9.Division 3:Mountain View

11-0, Holy Cross 9-1, Montrose8-3, Lakeland 7-4, Forest City7-4, Elk Lake 7-4, Dunmore 6-5,Old Forge 4-7, Mid Valley 2-8,Carbondale 2-9, Riverside 1-10,Blue Ridge 1-10.

District 2 pairings will be fi-nalized in a Monday meeting.The play-in round will be Thurs-day with the first full roundThursday and Friday.

GIRLS SOCCER

Scranton Prep and MountainView finishedthe regularseason

unbeatenthen wonLackawannaLeague playoff games.Division1 championScranton

Prep routed Division 2 cham-pionWallenpaupack, 7-0,for thebig school title.

Division 4 champion Moun-tain View edged Division 3champion Lakeland, 1-0, for thesmall school title.

Final standings:

Division 1: Scranton Prep 12-0-1, Abington Heights 10-1-2,Valley View 7-5-1, Scranton 1-11-1, West Scranton 0-12-1.

Division 2: Wallenpaupack11-2, Western Wayne 8-4-1, Dela-ware Valley 5-6-2, Honesdale4-9, North Pocono 2-10-1.

Division 3: Lakeland 11-1, Ho-ly Cross7-5, Dunmore 4-7-1,Car-bondale 2-9-1, Mid Valley 0-11-1.

Division4: MountainView10-0-1, Montrose 7-3-1, Forest City7-4, Elk Lake 1-9-1.

The District 2 tournamentwill follow the same schedule asthe boys.

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District cross country set for WednesdayByTOMROBINSON

or Go Lackawanna

For District 2 boys and girls soc-cer playoff pairings, visitwww.golackawanna.com/sports.

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CLARKS SUMMIT KendraCrokerhas beena districtsingleschampion and a key member ofdivision and district girls tennisteam championships.

Still,there wassomething spe-cial about Mondays win, alongwith Grace Reilly, in the District2 Class AA doubles champion-ship at the Birchwood RacquetClub.

Today is pretty special, onlybecause I get to share it withGrace Reilly, who is a phenom-enal tennis player, Croker said.Its so much better of an experi-ence thanwinning a tournamentby yourself.

Ive never won a big doublestournament.

Croker and Reilly had neverplayed doubles together, but that

did not stop them from destroy-ing the competition.The top twosingles playerson

a team that grabbeda fourthcon-secutive District 2 team cham-pionship the next day became adoublesteam aftereachreaching

the singles semifinals. The dis-

trict singles champion advancesto state play and is ineligible forthe doubles tournament, butwhen Croker was unable to re-peat her singles championship,she found a new way to win.

Kendrahasalotofexperienceon thecourt,said Reilly, a juniorfrom Moosic. We just reallybrought it together quickly.

We talked about everything alot; we talked a lot of strategy.

Their success in singles playmade Croker and Reilly the topseed,but therewas a littleuncer-tainty until they took the court.They lost just two games in sixsetsduring the first three roundsof play Oct. 12 and finished upwinning 60 of 65 games in thetournament.

We were a little worriedaboutnot having played together, but

we were confident that if weplayed as well as we knew wecould we would be capable ofwinning it, Reilly said.

Croker-Reilly had their tough-est challenge in the semifinalswith a 6-0, 6-2 win over Fallyn

Boich-Nell Chmil of Holy Re-

deemer. They topped ValleyViews Amber Jadus-CarlyYoung, 6-0, 6-1, in the final.

We just had very steady, ag-gressive play on the baseline,said Croker, a senior from OldForge. Then, we ended most ofour points up at the net.

The third-seeded team fromValley View had knocked off thesecond-seeded Wyoming Semi-nary team of Anita Ghosh-Madi-

son Nardone, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4, in thesemifinals.

Allie Pusateri, like Croker asingles finalist, joined CierraBecktowintheDistrict2-4ClassAAA doubles championship forAbington Heights with a 6-3, 6-1victory overWilliamsports Mag-gie Manchester-Amanda Hamp-ton.

TEAM

Scranton Prep and AbingtonHeights gave the LackawannaLeague a sweep of the teamchampionships for the fourth

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Grace Reilly and Kendra Croker had never played doubles together, but that did not stop them from

destroying the competition in the District 2 Class AA doubles championship.

SPECIAL WINCroker, Reilly claim doubles titleByTOMROBINSON

For Go Lackawanna

See WIN , Page 23

A quarter ofa century ago,the Old Forgeprogramreluctantlystepped out ofthe Big11

Football Conference andinto aworldof uncertainty.

After a winless 1986 seasonplaying schools with largerenrollments and larger rosters

as hadlong beenthe schoolstradition the decision wasmadeto move to the SuburbanConference in search of compe-tition against more programs ofsimilar size.

TheBlue Devils blended intotheir new look with a homeopener against Susquehanna,arguably the program with themost-established run of successamong Old Forges newoppo-nents.

Old Forges move was madein searchof a better chance tocompete, but there was somemysteryabout what to expect.

In an era before Twitter,Internet radio and immediateaccess to information on a cellphone, word still trickled out ofOld Forge on the first Fridaynight of the1987football sea-

son. Themessagesthat madetheir way through old-fashionedphone lines to stadium publicaddress announcers sent shockwavesthrough a conference justas unsure about what to expectfrom its newmember.

When the BlueDevilsopeneda 40-0 halftime lead afterscoring just 44 points in10games during the entire 1986season they shocked even

their owncoach, Paul Flowers.Coach Flowers,who was

never at a loss for words, camein and said, boys, I dont have a40-to-nothing halftime speech,said Armando Sallavanti, the1987 quarterback/cornerback,whonow servesas the teamdoctor. We joke about that allthe time.

It was just surreal. After

suffering so much the yearbefore, to have a start whereeverything was clicking, it was alot of fun.

All the winswere not thateasy, but the Devils success inthe Suburban Conference was

not containedto their sparklingdebut.

Sallavanti helped organize histeammates forthe school tohonor the 25thanniversary oftheir unbeaten regular seasonand conference championship

Friday night beforethe home-coming gamewith Carbondale.He said about 20 players out ofroster of 26 or 27 weretakingpart in the ceremony andplanned to meet for a post-gamedinner.

In hindsight, perhaps mediaand opponents shouldhaveseen Old Forges success com-ing.

Big11teamshad dominatedthe limitednon-league meetingswith Suburban teams in the eraandOld Forge, while winless in1986, hadbeen extremely com-petitive. In a scenario thatwould be nearlyimpossible toduplicate today, the Blue Devilswent 0-9-1 without ever allow-ing more than 21points. TheytiedLakeland andlost by morethan 15pointsonly once.

Astheymoved downin com-petition, the BlueDevilstookwith them a team that wouldhave probably climbedthroughthe ranks of the Big 11. They putthree-year starters on the fieldat more than half the positions.

We didntsee it comingeither, Sallavanti saidof thechampionship. Id be lying if Isaid that we did. We thoughtwed be good because we hada

lot of nice two- andthree-yearstarters and wedid have a lotofgoodsophomorekids comingin.

But, the year before was justheartbreakafter heartbreak. Welost five or six games in thefourthquarter. It was tough. Wewere looking for a newstart.

They gotone.After pounding Susquehanna,

46-6, there were some challeng-es ahead.Old Forge escaped with an

8-0 win over Lackawanna Trailin a downpour a week later

Blue Devils reunite tocelebrate storied season

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Scranton Prep followed up anunbeaten Lackawanna Leagueseason in match play with two

dominant efforts in medal playto land a spot in the Class AAAboys team portion of the Penn-sylvania Interscholastic AthleticAssociation Golf Champion-ships.

The PIAA made two signifi-cant changes in its golf cham-pionships thisseason. It hassep-arated the state competition in-to large school and small schooldivisions for the first time and

will use a separate day of play todecide team champions.

Individual titles will be decid-ed over 36 holes Monday andTuesday at Heritage Hills GolfResort in York. Team competi-tors used to play at the sametime, with those who qualifiedfor both using their same scorein each event, butnow will havetheir own tournament onWednesday.

Chris Cerminaro of ScrantonPrep as well as Selena Cerraand Emily Okrepkie of HolyCrossinClassAAgirlswillplayall three days, in both the indi-vidualand teamchampionships.

TEAMREGIONAL

Cerminarojoined Moosicresi-dents Nick Johnson and EvanJoyce in having their scorescount in both the District 2 and

District 2-4 Regional champion-ships in which the top fourscores out of six players wereused.

Cerminaro shot 71, Johnson72, Joe Chaudhari 80 and EvanJoyce81Oct.12atFoxHillCoun-try Club when Scranton Preprouted District 4 champion Shi-kellamy, 304-351, to clinch itsstate tournament spot.

Joyce was medalist with a 74

when Scranton Prep placed allfour players ahead of the bestCoughlin score in a 311-340 vic-tory at Paupack Hills in the Dis-trict 2 championship.

Danielle Dalessandro, anoth-er Moosic resident and a two-time individual champion, leadsthe Scranton Prep girls into thestate tournament Wednesday.After finishing eighth in the

state last year, she fell short of areturn trip during qualifyingthroughthe PIAA East RegionalTuesday at Golden Oak Golf

JASONRIEDMILLER / FILEPHOTO

Scranton PrepsEvan Joyce shot 81 Oct. 12 at FoxHill Country

Club to help Scranton Prep clinch its state tournament spot.

.

Both Scranton Prep teamsin state tournamentBy TOMROBINSON

For Go Lackawanna

See PREP , Page 24

SCRANTON Nathan Hollan-der waspart of Abington Heightsgetting contributions in all threephases of the game while rough-ing up host West Scranton, 57-21,in a Lackawanna Football Confer-ence Division 1 game Fridaynight.

Hollander caught a 37-yardtouchdown pass to support an of-

fensive effort thatsaw RyanJudgerun for 190 yards and four touch-downs and Dante Pasqualichiopass for 175 yards and two morescores. He intercepted four pas-ses, including three that led to anAbington Heights touchdown.The Comets started the scoringust 18 seconds into the game

when Hollander ran back theopeningkickoff 84 yards to setupa 5-yard Judge touchdown on the

first playfromscrimmage.Wespendalotoftimeandem-

phasize special teams a greatdealin practice during the week,saidAbington Heights coach JoeRep-shis, a West Scranton graduate.The blocking was great and, ifyou giveNatea crease, he can go.

I thought it was a big play togive ussomemomentumrightoffthe bat.

The teams combined for 21points in less than three minutesto start the game.

Hollander pulled in a 37-yardtouchdown pass from Pasquali-chio for a14-0 lead.

Joe Devine scored on an 80-yard touchdownpassfromJordan

cCloe on the next play. JorgeGuevara added the first of threeextra points.

Judgecappeda six-play,57-yard

drive with a 17-yard touchdownrun and J.C. Show found SimonPatrick Williams for the two-pointer and a 22-7 lead with stillonly 4:45 gonein thegame.

Hollanders first interceptionset up Judges 28-yard touchdownfora29-7leadwith4:28remainingin the first quarter. His next inter-ception led to a 34-yard, Pasqual-ichio-to-Show touchdown passand a 36-7 lead with 10:01 left inthe half.

When the ball is in the air, weteach our defensive backs thatthey have every right to the ballust like the receivers, Repshis

said. When its up there, go up

and get it.Devine and Brandon Oleski

combined on a 99-yard return onthe ensuing kickoff. Devinebrought theball out to the 29,but

fumbled and Oleski advanced itthe rest of the way for the touch-down.

Judge scored on a 6-yard runmidwaythroughthethirdquarter.

Devine returned the kickoff 60yards to set up a 7-yard touch-down run by Demetris Garcia,bringing the Invaders with 43-21with4:58 leftin the third.

TheComets(4-1in thedivision

and 7-1 overall) broke away byscoring the final 14points.Hollanders final interception

put the ball in West territory andJerry Langan eventually scoredfromthe1earlyinthefourthquar-ter.

Perry Williams ran 16 yards forthe final touchdown.

West Scranton (2-3, 4-4) is atValley View Friday night.

BYTHENUMBERSJudge carried 28 times for his

190yards.Pasqualichio was10-for-18 pass-

ing. Show caught four passes for71 yards and Simon Patrick Wil-liams caught three for58.

GarcialedtheWestScrantonof-fensive with 11 carries for 60yards.

McCloe was 3-for-9 for 107yards, but was intercepted threetimes.

Devine returned four kickoffsfor151yards.

Joe Cawley led West Scrantonwith10tacklesand also hadthreeassists.

Devine, Oleski, Pat Gerrity,Cullen Fanning and Kyle Kropo-vitch were also among the defen-sive leaders.

Devine had seven tackles, two

assists, three broken-up passesandoneforcedfumble.Oleskihadsix tackles and an assist. Gerrityhad four tackles, an assist, twobroken-uppasses anda fumble re-covery.Fanning hadthree tackles,threeassistsandabroken-uppass.Kropovich had four tackles andtwo assists.

AROUNDTHELFC

Marlinn Waiters found KarlonQuiller withfour touchdown pas-ses as Scranton defeated Dela-ware Valley, 34-27, in a battle ofthe unbeatens forsole possessionof the LFCDivision1 lead.

The Knights roared back afterthe Warriors scored the gamesfirst 20 points.

Quiller pulled in a 77-yardtouchdown pass in the secondquarter to start a comeback that

he finished witha 40-yarderin thefourthquarter.

In another Division 1 game,Wallenpaupack shut out winlessNorthPocono, 28-0.

Dunmore maintainedashare ofthe Division 2 lead and improvedto 7-1 overall with a 56-21victoryoverWesternWayne.

Lakeland downed Honesdale,27-7, in anotherDivision2 game.

LackawannaTrailknockedSus-quehanna out of a share ofthe Di-vision3 lead witha 37-13roadvic-tory.

Information from www.nor-theastpafootball.com also con-tributed to thisreport.

Invaders fall to CometsBy ROBTOMKAVAGE

and TOMROBINSON

or Go Lackawanna

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when the Lions returned a latefumble only to have Willie Woz-niak makea touchdown-savingtackle atthe 20.

We almostblewit when we

were runningout the clock,Sallavanti said. Theydidnt getin the end zone.

From thereon, wejusthad alot of confidence.

Center/linebackerBrianOli-vieri, two-way tackleRon Zay-kowski, tailback/linebackerBrianFarrelland Sallavanti werepart of the groupof veteranseniorleaders.

Sallavanti is not the only one

still around the program.RickNotari, who keepsOld Forgefootball fans informed withIn-ternetbroadcasts on theww-w.OFBlueDevils.com, was ajunior linemanon the team. Mike

Schuback, coach of the schoolscurrent unbeaten team, wasatwo-waystarter in thelineas asophomore.

They have gathered on five-year anniversaries to rememberthe seasonand pulledtogetheragainthisweek through Face-book, text ande-mail reminders.They remembera time when

they scored 32 ormore points inhalf of their10 regular-seasongamesand hadtheir closest testsin a pair of eight-pointvictoriesover Trail.

While together Friday, theyalsogot a chance totake a look atanother unbeaten groupof BlueDevils.

This isone ofthe mostcom-plete teams Ive seen at OldForge forsize, speed andweap-

ons,Sallavanti said. You shutone thing down, something elsewillcome up to biteyou.

Ithink theyll makea nicerun. Theyrefun to watch.

Justlikea team25 years ago.

SEASONContinued frompage 20


Members of the 1987 Old ForgeHighSchool football teamgathered tocelebrate the 25th anni-

versaryof their unbeaten regularseason andconference championshipFriday night before the

homecominggame. In attendance, first row, from left Michael Schuback, TonyDeSando(repre-

senting his uncle Nick Stallone), Dr. JimTricarico, Harry Schmidt (representinghis sonDr. BrianSchmidt),Dr. ArmandoSallavanti, RickNotari,DaveKaneski, WillieWozniak;standing, JoeZabiel-

ski, asst. coachMarkDiGregorio,RonZaykowski, asst. coach John Malinowski, John Telesz, Dan

Zaykowski, GarySwartz, RichTabarrini, Jeff Reed, Brian Olivieri, Dean Nalaschi, OldForge School

Director PatDattilo, Old Forge School Director Chris Jones, Angelo Corradino, DanChurla,Old

Forge School Director Debbie DeSando andOld Forge School Director RonStacchiotti.

leaders, said.The Blue Devils drove 55

yards on their third posses-sion to take a 3-0 lead on aMatt Mancuso 27-yard fieldgoal with 2:27 left in the firstquarter. Wahl and Piccolini,who connect ed five times for158 yards, combined on a 28-yard pass to get the ball insidethe 5.

Old Forge forced a puntingsituation and Carbondale wasunable to get the kick away.

It took the Blue Devils oneplay for Wahl to hit Piccolinion a slant pass for a 7-yardtouchdown and 9-0 lead with49 seconds left in the quarter.

Wahl threw a 22-yard t ouch-down pass to Brian Tomasettione play after a 21-yard com-pletion to Jake Manetti. Thescore, with 1:10 left in the sec-ond quarter, gave Old Forge a16-0 halftime lead.

Carbondale used two trickplays a flea flicker from JoeyGigliotti to Jason Martin for a42-yard touchdown and a half-back-option pass from Bran-don Sales to Mike Scotch onthe two-point conversion tocut the deficit in half 59 sec-onds into the third quarter.

After one drive that wentnowhere fast, Wahl had the

Blue Devils moving again.Piccolini took a quick pass

to the right side, slipped twotackles and went 46 yards for atouchdown and 23-8 lead mid-way through the third.

Three straight completi onsfor 59 yards put the ball at the1 and Wahl took it in fromthere, making it 29-8 with 3:18still remaining in the quarter.

Wahl passed 22 yards to Pi c-colini on the fourth play of thefourth quarter and hit him

again on the next play for a 55-yard touchdown that closedthe scoring.

Wahl went over the 1,000-yard mark passing in thegame, joining Tomasetti, whosurpassed 1,000 in rushingearlier in the season.

The Blue Devils are homeagain Friday against winlessHoly Cross.

BLUE DEVILSContinued frompage 16

Old Forge finished with leads of12-8 in first downs, 89-56 inrushing yards, 268-87 in pass-ing yards a nd 357-143 in totaloffense.

Tomasetti carried 22 times for agame-high 81 yards, but waslimited to just one carry of

more than eight yards.Remington Hedden led Carbon-

dale with 33 yards on 11 carries.The Chargers managed just 1.6yards per carr y.

Carbondales Gigliotti was 7-for-22 passing.

Manetti (23 yards) and Schuback(20) each caught two passes.

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TAYLOR Riverside and MidValleywaited48minutesforlight-ning to leave the area and rain toslowdown before returningto thefield Friday long after the rest ofthe Lackawanna Football Confer-ence was done for thenight.

When neitherteamcouldscoreto break a tie in the final 2:06 ofregulation and each was able toscore onits first of the10-yard-lineovertime rule, it allcame down toan extra point that was no longer

simple in the muddy conditions.Tyler Armillay gotthe snap just

far enough for Nick Killino to ex-pertly handle the often over-looked role ofholder and Mat Lu-casdrilleda 25-yard extrapointtolift the Vikings to a 27-26 Lacka-wanna Football Conference Divi-sion 2 victory.

TheVikings(3-0in thedivisionand 6-2 overall) used the win tomaintain a share of first place in

the division with Dunmore andmove closer to locking up a Dis-trict 2 Class A playoff berth.

Killino, who also showed goodhands as one of the six receivingoptions Riverside used in thegame, said there was no problemdealing with the low snap in thesame conditions that contributedto Mid Valley missing momentsearlier.

It was a goodsnap,he said.Ijust put my hands under it.

Lucas, who doubles as soccerplayer at Riverside, has given theVikings one of the leagues topkicking options instead of some

seasons whenthey were stuck go-ing for two-pointers.

We were going for the win,Killinosaid. We have confidence

Riverside defeats Mid ValleyByTOMROBINSON

For Go Lackawanna


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