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Thursday
November 11, 1999
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Classified B-5
Scoreboard B-2
B
David E. Dale/Herald
On to state!
Members of the Farrell High girls volleyball team get a rousing sendoff Wednesday in front of the
school prior to loading up the vans for the trip to the PIAA Championships at Shippensburg Uni-
versity. The Steelerettes will be attempting to defend their Class AA title and are also seeking the
seventh overall in program history. Pool play began this morning at 9 a.m., with other contests
scheduled for 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. The top two from each of four pools advance to Friday’s quarter-
finals. The title match is slated for 4 p.m. Friday.
Herald staff reports
The 1999 season may not
have ended in quite the fashion
hoped for by the Hubbard
High School girls volleyball
team, but this autumn’s edition
of the Lady Eagles nonetheless
will be remembered as one of
the school’s most decorated.
Hubbard ended 24-2 and as
section titlist and District 1 run-
ners-up after bowing to state-
qualifier Salem, but veteran
head coach Chuck Mont-
gomery reported several of his
players have received confer-
ence, district and state-wide
recognition.
Senior middle-blocker Alison
Fischer has been selected to
the Division II first-team All-
Ohio squad. She was the No. 2
vote-getter this fall after receiv-
ing a third-team berth a year
ago.
Fischer also has been
named as the District 1/Divi-
sion II player of the year and
was accorded a first-team All-
Trumbull Athletic Conference
berth after playing a part in the
Lady Eagles’ 102-match consec-
utive victory skein against
TAC-8 opponents.
Montgomery’s daughter,
Kerry, a senior setter, also
earned honorable-mention all-
state honors, as well as first-
team All-District and second-
team TAC-8 laurels.
In addition to Fischer and
Montgomery, senior middle-
blocker Courtney Fluent also
earned first-team All-District
1/Division II honors and a first-
team All-TAC-8 berth.
Fischer, Montgomery and
Fluent, as well as honorable-
mention selection Nicole Flynn,
another senior setter, will com-
pete in the District 1/Division
II Senior All-Star Classic, begin-
ning 5 p.m. Sunday at Hub-
bard.
Also, senior outside-hitter
Katie Conzett was selected to
the All-TAC-8 second-team,
while senior defensive special-
ists Nicole Yanik and Jamie
Budd both were accorded hon-
orable-mention status.
“This shows some of the
dedication and effort the kids
had, and that the extra work
they put in during the spring
and summer benefitted them
and paid off in getting honors
like this,’’ coach Montgomery
said. “It’s a nice way to end
their senior year, to receive ac-
colades like this.’’
Chuck Montgomery also
noted the majority of his play-
ers maintain 3.3 or better
grade-point-averages and will
be making known their college
intenions in the coming weeks.
Hubbard’s Fischer 1st-team All-Ohio
HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS
Herald file photo
Kennedy Christian’s John Reimold (34), shown driving to the
basket against Bishop Hannan in the 1999 PIAA Class A state
championship game, announced Wednesday he will be attending
NCAA Division I Loyola College of Baltimore.
By Ed Farrell
Herald Sports Writer
Although he still has some
unfinished business at the
scholastic level, John Reimold
is already primed for his future.
Having played an integral
role in the Kennedy Christian
High School basketball team’s
back-to-back PIAA Class A ti-
tles the past two years,
Reimold announced on
Wednesday that he will matric-
ulate at Loyola College of Balti-
more.
Loyola is a member of the
NCAA Division I Metro At-
lantic Athletic Conference.
“We’re really, really excited
about John,” Loyola coach
Dino Gaudio told The Herald
today. “We think he can be an
impact player for us.”
Wednesday served as the
beginning of the NCAA’s offi-
cial signing period, and
Reimold was ready, albeit re-
lieved, to have finalized his de-
cision.
“It was tough to decide, but
I’m glad I got it out of the
way,’’ Reimold said. “I don’t
want to have to worry about
anything except Kennedy bas-
ketball during the season. I
want that to be my No. 1 prior-
ity. I don’t want to have to wor-
ry about anyone (college re-
cruiters) in the stands.’’
However, he’ll have to un-
derstand if college coaches still
coveting his talents would be
tempted to head to Hermitage
sometime this winter in spite of
his announcement.
The 6-foot-6, 217-pounder
has blossomed into one of the
area’s premier players during
his 3-year Golden Eagles’
tenure. En route to Herald co-
player of the year honors and
Fab 5 laurels last spring,
Reimold rifled the cords for an
average of 18 points per game
despite missing a handful of
midseason games due to a
deep thigh bruise.
And Reimold saved his “A-
game” for Kennedy’s 8-game
postseason run which culminat-
ed in a victory over Bishop
Hannan, averaging 21.3 points
and 7.3 rebounds per outing
while connecting on 75 percent
(72-of-96) of his floor shots.
The previous season, while
serving as more of a perimeter
performer, Reimold gave a
glimpse of what was to come
by turning in a flawless 6-for-6
shooting performance from the
floor and 2-for-2 effort from the
line in leading Kennedy to a
51-48 victory over Reading
Holy Name. Ironically, he will
return to that role at the colle-
giate level.
“I’m going to be a shooting
guard/small forward,’’ Reimold
said. “(Coach Gaudio) made it
seem like I have a chance to
make an impact right away,
and that was another reason
why I picked the school. And
coach made it seem like they
have a chance to get to the
NCAA Tournament, and I’d
definitely like to do that. But
they want me to be a shooter
when I go down there, (al-
though) I’ve got to work on
some other parts may game,
too.’’
A son of Dr. John and Mary
Reimold of Greenville,
Reimold, who also was recruit-
ed by Lafayette, Bucknell, Rid-
er, Robert Morris, New Hamp-
shire and Siena, said he now
wants to concentrate on
Kennedy Christian’s bid for a
three-peat. Monday is the
PIAA’s official opening day of
practice.
“It seems like it’s taking for-
ever to get started and I can’t
wait to start. We’ve got a long
fall with a lot of work ahead of
See REIMOLD, page B-4
KC’s John Reimold to
play at D-I Loyola, Md.
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
AP
Pittsburgh Penguins’
Jaromir Jagr waves to the
crowd after being named the
No. 1 star of the Pens’ 5-4
victory in which Jagr scored
the game-winning goal with
only 50 seconds remaining.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The
Pittsburgh Penguins needed a
little luck to snap their eight-
game winless streak.
Jaromir Jagr scored his sec-
ond goal of the game with 50
s e c o n d s
left in the
third peri-
od as the
Penguins rallied to beat the
Montreal Canadiens 5-4
Wednesday night.
“We were lucky tonight,”
Jagr said. “We had a lucky
break on the second goal and
we even had one on the game-
winner. The puck hit their guy
in the leg and went to (Ger-
man) Titov.”
The puck deflected to Titov,
who started a 2-on-1 that ended
when Jagr’s goal gave the Pen-
guins their only lead of the
night.
“That’s what we need,” Jagr
said. “We were in a tough situ-
ation and we needed that game
very bad. To turn around that
game, it’s a big lift for us.”
No one had to remind Mon-
treal coach Alain Vigneault of
the bad bounces that plagued
his team in the final period,
particularly on the last goal.
“It hits (Scott) Lachance, it
hits (Igor) Ulanov and then it’s
2-on-1. What can I say?” Vi-
gneault said.
Pittsburgh overcame a 3-0
deficit to stretch Montreal’s
winless streak to nine games
(0-8-1).
“I’ve been playing against
Pittsburgh for 12 years now,”
Montreal defenseman Eric
Weinrich said. “You’re never
going to shut them down com-
pletely because they have too
many weapons and too much
skill.
“For two periods, we did all
the little things you have to do
against them. In the third peri-
od, we didn’t do those things
and it cost us chances and
goals.”
Jagr’s second goal complet-
ed an outburst of four goals in
less than seven minutes for the
Penguins, who were 0-6-2 in
their previous eight games.
“We won tonight but you’re
not going to score four goals in
the last eight minutes to win
many,” coach Kevin Constan-
tine said.
Jagr, who also had two as-
sists, has points in all 13 of
Pittsburgh’s games this season.
That matches his career-best
scoring streak, done twice be-
fore.
Robert Dome, Martin Straka
and Jiri Slegr also scored in the
third period for Pittsburgh,
who blew a 4-1 lead Saturday
against Tampa Bay.
The Penguins won for the
first time since they beat the
Rangers 5-2 in New York on
Oct. 14. They got their first
home win, ending an 0-3-2
stretch.
See PENS, page B-2
A little luck
helps Pens
end 8-game
winless skid
NHL
Pitt Stadium
to host final
game vs. ND
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SEATS, SIGNS AND
EVEN SCOREBOARD
WILL BE ON SALE
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By Alan Robinson
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH — When Pitt
put seats on sale for Saturday’s
final home game at Pitt Stadi-
um, it didn’t mean only tickets
for the game against Notre
Dame. It meant the actual
seats.
Plus the goal posts, the
scoreboard, the playing field,
the sideline benches, the end
zone pylons, the locker room
showers, even the bathroom
stalls and the press box chairs.
Some items are hot sellers,
such as the signs honoring for-
mer stars Tony Dorsett, Mike
Ditka, Curtis Martin and for-
mer coach Pop Warner. Some
have been, ahem, slow movers,
such as the sideline storm
drains.
Some are expensive, includ-
ing the 4-year-old scoreboard,
which had a minimum price
tag of $20,000 and, at least on
the side that records Pitt’s scor-
ing, has hardly been used. Oth-
ers are dirt cheap, literally,
such as the $10 vials of dirt, a
dubious item considering the
stadium turf is artificial and the
track surrounding the playing
field is rubberized.
But before tearing down 74-
year-old Pitt Stadium, once the
football showplace of the East,
to make room for a new bas-
ketball arena, Pitt decided to
let its fans get their hands on
whatever parts of the stadium
they wanted.
That includes items such as
bathroom urinals and locker
room shower heads that would
seem to be curiosities rather
than items of value.
(You, too, can shower under
the same nozzle that Tony
Dorsett did!)
“We believe this is some-
thing that has been very posi-
tive for Pitt,” associate athletic
director Jim Earle said. “When
we announced we would be
leaving Pitt Stadium, a lot of
people said they wanted to
save part of the stadium.”
Even the urinals?
“We weren’t going to sell
them, but we actually started
getting calls about them.”
Before deciding how to sell
off an entire 56,500-seat football
stadium, Pitt officials talked to
the Boston Celtics, Montreal
Canadiens and Chicago Bulls,
all of which conducted memo-
rabilia sales of their old arenas
before relocating to new build-
ings.
Athletic director Steve Ped-
erson and his staff subsequent-
ly chose to conduct the sale via
an Internet Web site,
www.pittstadium.com. Single
items such as the Panther logo
from midfield (minimum bid,
$7,500) were sold at an auction
that has already closed; multi-
ple items such as doors, win-
dows, concession stands, signs,
ticket booths, lockers and cut-
up pieces of turf were sold at a
set price.
Among the items not for
sale: the $1 million scoreboard
TV replay board, which may be
relocated to the 12,500-seat
basketball arena that is sched-
uled to open in 2002.
The end of an eraCOLLEGE FOOTBALL
AP
Larry Salkeld, right, supervises workers as they move a weight machine from Pitt Stadium. This
machine might not be for sale, but the doors behind them, the goal posts, scoreboard, playing field
and just about anything else, even the bathroom stalls, are as the stadium is scheduled to be torn
Stadium glance
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
Facts about Pitt Stadium,
which will be torn down fol-
lowing the Notre Dame-Pitts-
burgh game on Saturday.
˝ Opening date: Sept. 26,
1925, Pitt 26, Washington
and Lee 0.
˝ Stadium construction
engineer: W.S. Hindman, a
Pitt graduate.
˝ Size of stadium lot: nine
acres.
˝ Cost of land and stadi-
um construction: $2.1 million.
˝ Dedication game: Oct.
24, 1925, Pitt 12, Carnegie
Tech 0.
˝ Largest crowd: 68,918,
Pitt vs. Fordham, Oct. 29,
1938, Pittsburgh 24, Ford-
ham 13.
˝ Number of levels: one.
˝ Number of levels envi-
sioned when stadium
opened: two, but Pitt never
chose to expand the capacity
to more than 90,000 by build-
ing a second deck.
˝ First game on artificial
turf: Sept. 19, 1970, UCLA 24,
Pitt 15.
˝ First night game: Aug.
31, 1985, Pittsburgh 31, Pur-
due 30.
˝ Permanent lights
added: 1987.
˝ Most points: Pitt, 88, vs.
Westminster, 1926.
˝ Most points, opponent:
Notre Dame, 69, 1965.
˝ Most points total: 105,
Pitt 53, Temple 52, 1996.
˝ Pitt’s longest stadium
winning streak: 20, 1978-81.
˝ Pitt’s longest stadium
losing streak: 9, 1966-68.
˝ Pitt’s record in Pitt Sta-
dium: 215-149-15 (.623).
˝ Biggest comeback in
Pitt Stadium: Pitt trailed West
Virginia 35-8 at halftime on
Oct. 17, 1970, before winning
36-35.
˝ Number of College
Football Hall of Famers who
played or coached for Pitt in
Pitt Stadium: 19.
˝ Number of Heisman
Trophy winners to play for
Pitt in Pitt Stadium: one,
Tony Dorsett.
˝ First Pitt victory over
Notre Dame in Pitt Stadium:
1932, 12-0 before a crowd of
65,000.
˝ Opening bid for Pitt Sta-
dium scoreboard in Internet
auction: $20,000.
AP
The giant “Pitt Panther” logo appears on the 50-yard line of
Pitt Stadium. The logo and turf are just a couple of the many
items from the stadium being sold.
Penguins 5
Canadiens 4