Remember The Wonder Women? (1999)

RUDY'S REPLAY (A free-lance story for The Morning Call)

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Let’s do some trivia.

The answers are at the bottom of the column.

1. For you oldtimers, the legendary Coaldale Big Green football team was known by a couple of other names when it was organized in 1913. What were they?

8. Who was the Marian Fillies' first collegiate all-American in basketball?

12. The late Tom Raymer compiled a 166-60-21 record in 25 years of coaching the Coaldale High gridders, but he won an unusual championship directing another sport at the school. What was it?

15. A 75-yard punt return for a touchdown gave visiting Lansford High a 13-6 win over Pottsville in 1941. Who was the man of the hour for Coach Ken Millen's Panthers?

18. A 52-yard field goal helped the St. Ann's High gridders of Lansford beat neighboring St. Mary's of Coaldale. Name that hero of the early 1930s.

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How about a wintry break from all the hoops action? Let's do some trivia.

The answers are at the bottom of the column.

1. For you oldtimers, the legendary Coaldale Big Green football team was known by a couple of other names when it was organized in 1913. What were they?

2. In 1968, the PIAA basketball finals were moved from the Harrisburg Farm Show Arena to a new site. Where were they played that year?

3. Lehighton High's George Barkanic reached the finals of the 1971 state wrestling tournament in Hershey, but there was another promising young wrestler waiting in the wings for the Tribe to succeed him. Who was that heavyweight following Barkanic?

4. What member of the great 1943 Lansford High football teamthat won the Eastern Conference title (only one division back then) by winning all 12 games including the title clash against Dunmore, later returned to coach his alma mater?

5. Name the two players elected as co-captains of Palmerton High's only unbeaten football team in 1951.

6. Who helped Coach Vernon Hontz's Summit Hill trackmen repeat as Carbon County meet champions in 1949?

7. Kunkletown had a pair of 35-year-old right-handers anchoring their pitching staff in the Pocono Mountain Baseball League in 1956. Who were they?

8. Who was the Marian Fillies' first collegiate all-American in basketball?

9. Who enjoyed the longest tenure as Jim Thorpe High basketball coach?

10. If Hub Allen wasn't the quarterback on Tamaqua High's unbeaten 1927 football team as some oldtimers claim, who was?

11. Name Weatherly High's first 1,000-point scorer in girls basketball.

12. The late Tom Raymer compiled a 166-60-21 record in 25 years of coaching the Coaldale High gridders, but he won an unusual championship directing another sport at the school. What was it?

13. Identify the team and its players that won the 1978 Carbon County women's volleyball crown.

14. What year was the 3-point field goal introduced in scholastic basketball?

15. A 75-yard punt return for a touchdown gave visiting Lansford High a 13-6 win over Pottsville in 1941. Who was the man of the hour for Coach Ken Millen's Panthers?

16. Who was the MVP in football, basketball and baseball at Lehighton High in 1977?

17. What two girls basketball teams are known by novel names other than the boys teams at their school even to this day?

18. A 52-yard field goal helped the St. Ann's High gridders of Lansford beat neighboring St. Mary's of Coaldale. Name that hero of the early 1930s.

19. Who coached both the boys and girls basketball teams for 30 years at Nesquehoning High?

* 20. Tamaqua High left the Black Diamond League after 16 years to return to what league?

21. Carnish's Canary Club in Summit Hill not only won the Panther Valley Softball League playoffs in Lansford but also seized pennants that same year (1958) with their Little League and Minor League entries. Who was behind the club's success?

22. Who was the captain of Palmerton High's girls basketball team that won nine of its 10 games to claim mythical honors in the Lehigh Valley League in 1954?

23. Who was the Lehighton native who served as the Philadelphia Flyers' physical conditioning consultant in the 1970s?

24. Why was it so appropriate for Dr. James Moyer to toss up the ball for the opening tap of the East Penn League game between the Tams and Allentown Central Catholic to unveil the school's new gym in 1968?

ANSWERS: 1. Rosebuds and Oldstreeters. 2. The Pittsburgh Civic Center for that year only. 3. Rick Koch, who finished fourth in states in 1976. 4. The late Jack Chuckran coaching the Lansford High teams in the 1950s. 5. Carl Kelchner and Tom Naratil. 6. Walt "Pickles" O'Gurek with firsts in the pole vault, high jump and broad jump. 7. Woody Costenbader and Floyd (Reds) Kresge. 8. Lenore Shimkus was named American Women's Sports Federation All-America in 1984 after rewriting the record books at Pittsburgh-Johnstown University. 9. Dan Novey, nine years (1977-85). 10. Mandy Whetstone or Edgar as his teammates called him.

11. Sue Sernak, the Lady Wreckers' leading scorer in 1986. 12. The Coaldale High girls basketball team that won the 1926-27 Carbon-Schuylkill title. 13. The Wonder Women featuring Leanne Nothstein, Deb Knappenberger, Sue Davis, June Cynadel, Sally Kinsey, Mary Ann Owen and Ann Rudelitch. 14. 1987, a year after the 19-foot, 9-inch line was established in college basketball. 15. George Boyle, starting his first game at quarterback and also playing defense.

16. Dave Warner, who went on to a record-setting career at Syracuse and is making a career as a collegiate coach. 17. Marian boys are the Colts, the girls the Fillies and Allen High boys the Canaries and the girls the Chicks. 18. Bill Early. 19. Harold P. Miller, starting with the boys in 1911 and then in 1922 with the girls. 20. East Penn League.

21. Bobby Spezialetti, Harry Smyrl and Eddie Conahan. 22. Catherine Werkheiser. 23. Carmen Martucci. 24. He was president of the school board at the time and played on the Tamaqua High team that opened the old gym in 1928.