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frZs i i GOTRIER-POKT. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1S85 50 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER Eastern tops Irish, takes edge in race A of the 1 K. "TT i STEVE BOMBARO scores hat trick Coach Sue Schooley Hockey Cherry Hill East High School Rich Klimek Soccer Coach Joe DeVito Football Coach Pitman High School Burlington City High School By PHILL MARDER 01 the Courier-Post GIBBSBORO Heading into last night's match with Camden Catholic. Eastern High School's soccer team had compiled some frightening statistics. The Vikings were 8-0 and had out-scored the.r opponents, 47-1.

The scat iest part is that Eastern had done that well minus the services of its second leading scorer Joe Smith, who was injured in the third game of the season after scoring five goals in the first two matches and 25 the previous two seasons. Plus, Kevin McKiernan, a transfer from Delran, who played on the 1983 Courier-Post Cup-winning team that finished 23-1 -1 was, according to coach Larry Kelly, just starting to fit into the Vikings' scheme of things. Smith came back last night and scored a goal. McKiernan scored a goal, his 10th. Kelly's son, Mark, scored a goal, his ninth.

Old reliable, Steve Bombaro, a second-team All-South Jersey pick last year, scored the first three goals, giving him 12 for the season and 50 for his career. It all added up to a 6-0 Olympic Conference National Division win that, coupled with Gloucester Catholic's loss to Bishop Eustace, enabled Eastern to open some daylight in the division title chase. "With Smith back in the lineup, that helps," said Kelly "We've got four people who can put it in. Everybody's hungry for a goal. They're all trying to get into the scoring race.

McKiernan's quick on the ball and a good shooter. He's starting to be more of a passer. This team is very generous with its passing, and he's starting to fit into that." As far as Bombaro is concerned, Camden Catholic coach Bruce Basner pitched the superlatives. "Bombaro deserves a lot of credit," said Basner. "Unlike a lot of teams, we ha ve not marked him man-to-man, but he'sanoutstandingplayerandwewere fortunate he never scored a lot of goals against us.

Tonight, he just caught fire. God would have had trouble stopping him. Bombaro ended the scoreless duel with just 4 1 4 left in the first half when he corraled a loose ball at the top of the box and drilled a liner into the upper right corner. Before the second half was three minutes old, he had a hat trick. The second goal came just 26 seconds into the half when Paul Smith chipped a pass over the Camden Catholic defense and Bombaro headed it over the on-rushing Camden Catholic keeper Sean Connolly.

Two minutes later, Craig Paternostro fed Bombaro, who broke toward the right, beat an Irish back, then wheeled and fired to the opposite corner. Paternostro also set up Smith's goal when his fourth-period pass bounced off a Camden Catholic back to Smith, who wasall alone in the box. Smith then did the honors, feeding Kelly, and McKiernan, who gives the Vikings blazing speed up front, ended the scoring by picking up a loose ball after a scramble in the crease and drilling it home. Camden Catholic, which had leading scorer Lou Holder sidelined with an ankle injury, tested Viking keeper Mike Cain with good shots by Kevin Warner and Chris Roselli, but Cain was up to the challenge, posting his eighth shutout, just three short of his last year's total. Basner refused to use Holder's absence asan alibi, saying, "Obviously, it had to hurt.

Lou's our most prolific goal-scorer, but I've got two outstand-ingwingswithsixgoalsapiece(Rosclli and Dan Bartolomeo) and I've gotten some goals out of midf ield. We still had guys who could have picked it up Kelly, speaking of Holder's absence, him in there. He's a real fine striker and coming in without him had to hurt them a lot psychologically. But my defense is exceptionally tough and Mike Cain could be the top goalie in South Jersey. This team takes a lot of pride in its defense.

They have it in their minds that we have to shut people down." ing field hockey at Cherry Hill East High School. Part of the reason is that the Cougars are off to a 7-0-1 start and are ranked fourth in the latest Top Ten Poll. But that is only part of the reason. "It's a fun family situation around here, said Schooley, whose team is on top of the Olympic Conference American Division. "It's the first time I can ever remember everyone being so together.

"The kids are all coachable. They accept criticism as something positive. It doesn't matter if they make mistakes, just as long as they recover from them. There's less work and more fun than I can ever remember." The Cougars have turned things around in just one year. Last season East struggled through a 5-9-3 campaign.

Schooley cited several reasons why winning has taken over this year. "We have 1 5 players who play varsity Schooley, who is in her sixth year as the East field hockey coach. "And of those 1 5, five played practically all the time last season." Three of those players are left winger Liza Fox, left link Susie Heuisler and right halfback Nancy Piotrowski. The other two players are sweeper Michelle Del-laVecchia and goalie Barbara Blauvelt, who together form the heart of a Cherry Hill East defense that has given up just three goals in eight games. "The whole team has fallen in love with Michelle and Barbara being back there on defense, said Schooley, who also coaches the Cougars' lacrosse squad.

Two other players also have helped turn things around for the Cougars. Colleen Doyle, whostarted as a sophomore but missed all of her junior season with a knee injury has come back to score six goals so far. And Lisa Bidwell, who gained valuable varsity experience last season after an injury to Lisa Brown, has done a superb job at left halfback. Schooley isn't willing to take any of the credit for the Cougars' success. When she's asked about her own coaching ability, she mentions her assistant coaches and the athletic director.

"It starts with the freshman coach Tony DeLucas," said Schooley. "And then there's my assistant from last year, Lois DeSantis. She had a baby and couldn't coach this year, but she's at every game with the baby. "And I must be the only one around with a goalie coach(Sheila Ridley, an import from England). My assistant Sandy Bodine is an East graduate and she has a happy-go-lucky attitude.

And Ginny in the world. "I don't deserve to becoach of the week the kids and the people around me do." Joe DeVito is bringing Pitman High School back to football respectability, Rich Klimek continues to do it all in Burlington City's soccer program and Sue Schooley delights in the family atmosphere of her Cherry Hill East field hockey team. They are the Courier-Post Coaches of the Week. When Joe DeVito took over the football program at Pitman High School last year, it was in need of major surgery. Not since 1979 had the Panthers managed to put together a winning record.

DeVito, forced to leave a successful program at Willingboro because of a reduction in the faculty, was hired in July 1 984 to resurrect what used to be a very competitive program. It wasn't easy the first year. DeVito had so many young kids because interest in football had dwindled among the upperclass athletes. "I just made up my mind to play as many kids as possible," said DeVito. "AH I asked the kids to do was hustle and play with intensity.

That system produced a 1-8 record, but gave us 21 lettermen to begin with this DeVito reinstituted the wishbone, the offense he usedsosuccessfullyatWillingboro.Headapteditto the material he had on hand. The young playei made the system work, scoring more than 80 points in their final two games of the '84 season, including 38 against a good Salem club in the eighth game. "The kids saw how the offense worked, what it could do for them," said DeVito, "and I could see the enthusiasm building The enthusiasm flowed over into a weight program and attendance by several players to a summer camp at Penn State. "We took a couple trips to the Vet (Temple games), said DeVito. "I wanted the kids to associate with people who knew how to win.

"We organized a parents club to show the kids the community was behind them. I got great support from the administration and the parents." DeVitoevenhadthcuniformschangedtocreatea new image. "It was a case of out with the old look, in with the new," he explained. Then came the pre-season scrimmages against Penns Grove, Vincland and Williamstown. "We held ourown very well in all of them," DeVito said.

"That, alone, gave the kids a tremendous amount of confidence." Intheseasonopener.StJamesralliedinthefinal minutes for a 25-2 1 win; the second game was a 6-6 tie against Clearview that the Pioneers earned in the final minute; but Saturday was Pitman's biggest day in many a season. A 14-13 win over previously unbeaten and Tri- County Conference Classic Division favorite Glassboro more then made up for the many sleepless nights DeVito has encountered since taking over his new position. After getting his 100th career coaching victory last season, Rich Klimek was found doingone of the little extras that have made him so special in the field since starting the soccer program at Burlington City High School in 1972. He was taking down the nets. Klimek always seems to find time for all the extras, the often-overlooked duties that could become tedious, but mean so much to the overall South Jersey soccer picture.

Klimek serves is a vice-president of the South Jersey Soccer Coaches Association and supervises that group's very successful yearly tournament. Hecoaches in the Penn-sauken Youth Association. For the record, he reports results promptly and accurately to the newspaper, even when on the losing end of a lopsided score. He often points out opposing players who do good jobs against his club. erence Freedom Division, which sports perennial power Riverside, championship banners are scarce.

But the Burls most often stay with their opponent, no matter how tough. Last week, Burlington added three victories to Klimek's career total, which stands at 108. That gave Burlington a four-game winning streak and improved its record to 6-1, the best start the Burls have had since 1980, when Klimek's group finished 13-2-5. The lone loss was 1-0 to Riverside in overtime. victory over Burlington Township, and apologized for allowing his leading scorer, Mike Edwards, to register a hat trick against the winless Falcons.

Edwards, a sophomore, is representative of this year's team. Of Burlington's 19 goals, 16 have been scored by sophomores, 12 by Edwards alone. Defensively, keeper Matt Baker has allowed just seven goals. Baker was a third-team All-South Jersey choice last season as a sophomore. But Burlington City isn't the only South Jersey team Klimek keeps a close eye on.

Two sons, Mark, is off to an 8-2 start. Truly, Rich Klimek is involved in all aspects of the game. In any given week, whether his teams are victorious or not, it would be difficult to find one more deservingof the honor that comes with being named "Soccer Coach of the Week." Sue Schooley is having the time of her life coach- Cherry Hill West nets second win over East jam TENNIS Kummer, Pileggi advance to finals By ED CUNEO 01 the Courier-Post CHERRY HILL Cherry Hill West High School won the battle of the neighborhood when it defeated sister-school Cherry Hill East, 2-0, yesterday in an Olympic Conference American Division soccer match. Brad Atkins' goal with 1.53 gone in the first period and Terry Ferguson's fourth-period goal was all the Lions, 7-1 and No. 6 in the Top Ten Poll, needed to capture their second win against East this season.

"This was a very significant win for us," said Cherry Hill West coach Dr. Ira Kosloff. "We wanted to use this game as a springboard for the state tournament." While the game was not overabundant in excitement, Cherry Hill West did what it had to do outscore the other team while shutting down its offense. The West defense played very well, bending but not breaking. That held true for Cherry Hill East to some extent, but it was the work of goalkeeper Drew MoloLsky and backs Bob Atkins.

Darren Robertson and Josh Stern that had Kosloff beaming. "The defense has been our strong point so far this season, said Kosloff. "We have surrendered only three goals so far, so they have been doing the job especially Bob. He has been outstanding." Atkins, a 6-3 stopper, used his long throw-in to set up the first goal, which his brother Brad finished. He was all overthe West defensive half of the field and was very sure in his tackling.

"Bob does a beautiful job every game." said Kosloff as he put his arm around Atkins. "We put him on the other team's leading scorer and he does the job. Today we had him on (Ed) MacMoran and I thought he took him wit of the game." Both teams are very young West started only two seniors. Bob Atkins and Ferguson while Cherry Hill East, 3-4-2. had up to six sophomores in its lineup at times.

The Cougars had a forced a third set by winning a 7-6 (7-4) second set. The ram showers forced the postponement of the finals matches, which would have normally been played immediately following semifinal competition. Because of the large number of matches the teams must play this week and their involvement in the state tournaments this weekend, a date has not yet been set for the finals competition. Pitman's first doubles team of Lorna Simmerman and Lonnie Smith took the first set 7-6 (7-4) over Williams-town's Amy Piligno and Jennifer Nogrady and were ahead in the second set, 4-1, when the rains came. And Pennsville's first doubles duo of Kim Griff in and Kelli Griffith and Wil-liamstown's Tracy Rehman and Samantha Pitt split sets before the cloudburst.

Pennsville took the first set, 6-3, and the Williamstown team ROBERT ATKINS has coach beaming hard time mounting an offensive attack, but the few times it did break through, it gave MoloLsky a test. East's best opportunity came with just seven seconds left in the third period. Dave Rahn hit a shot to the near post that looked like a possible score. Molotsky. though, dove to his left and pushed the ball past the post.

David Gruber, Cherry Hill East sophomore keeper, also held his own. He came up big in the fourth period when West had a corner kick. Brad Atkins got a header off that one. which was ticketed for the far post. Gruber dove and.

stretching as far as he could, tipped it out of bounds. Ferguson made sure that Gruber didn't save the next one on the ensuing corner. Ferguson converted David Yanstick's kick by heading it into the near corner for his eighth goal of the season. Kosloff said his team's chances for a successful state tournament didn't look good. "We lost our two scrimmages badly and our offense hasn been up to par," said Kosloff.

"We have a vpry, very tough conference. I think our chances are shaky, at best Mora soccer: Page 7D BOXING she displayed a strong forehand and took the net with every opportunity, putting away returns with dandy backhand overheads. "I didn't come into the match with any particular game plan," Pileggi said. "I just knew I had to be patient, play my game, and pick my shots. Mariann is a really good player and it's a thrill to reach the finals." Is she in awe of playing the older, more experienced Kummer? "I know she's also a really good player and her game is very different from mine, so I'm just going to go out and do my best.

It should be a lot of fun, said Pileggi. "We're friends off the court," Kummer said of Pileggi, "and even though she beat me earlier this year (twice, by 6-2. 6-1 and 61, 6-3 scores), the match will be close. "With the way the weather has been, we might not get to play until Thanksgiving," Kummer added jokingly, "but it should be a gxJ match Luckily forKummerandPileggi.the rains held off just longenough for them to finish their matches. The doubles teams were not so lucky.

By BARBARA BAALS Of the Courier-Post If Jennifer Kummer is the Chris Evert Lloyd of Tri-County Conference high school tennis, then Gina Pileggi is its Carling Bassctt. Kummer, a seasoned veteran from Pitman High School, and Pileggi, a fiery newcomer from Williamstown, recorded impressive victories yesterday in the conference tennis tournament to advance to the final round. Kummer, a senior and former All-Group 1 singles standout, was methodical, consistent, and tolerant of a lightly falling rain as she eliminated Pennsville's powerful Michrle Hancock, 6-3, 6-1. to earn a berth in the finals. "I had played Michele before and I knew she had a real powerful forehand, so I just tried to get everything to her backhand side.

I just wanted to play calmly and not make siiiy mistakes, said Kummer. Pileggi, the Braves' feisty freshman first singles player, overpowered Glassboro's Mariann Lang, 6-3, 6-0, as De La Rosa stops King in 5th ATLANTIC CITY Johnny De La Rosa of Detroit used a stinging right hand to stop Jocko King of Philadelphia at 36 seconds of the fifth round of their scheduled 10-round junior lightweight bout last night. Referee JoeO'Npill stopped thehnut shortly after De La Rosa landeda clean right to his opponent's jaw and at the request of King's cornermen. They said their boxer had complained of a possiV? broken jaw after the fourth round. De La Rosa, who lost a close decision to then-champion Juan La Porte for the World Boxing Council featherweight title in 1983.

improved his record to 23-2 with 15 knockouts. King fell to 15-5-3 King was taken to the Atlantic City Medical Center after the fight for X-rays. There were no knockdowns in the bout..