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Thursday, March 06, 2003 Page: 10A
I CALLED ABOUT the Hazleton Area-Abington Heights (girls basketball) game
because I have a cousin who plays on the team, and I think that Hazleton team
should go on. I thought they were a very good team, and they might have beaten
Abington except for that one shot. It’s a shame that only one team can go.
I’M CALLING TO answer the person from Hazleton who called about the
Hazleton girls game being played closer to Abington Heights. Well, nobody
complained that the Hazleton boys played at the Wilkes gym, where they played
no fewer than four games, and Wallenpaupack had to travel all the way there.
Wilkes was certainly closer to Hazleton. Also, who are they kidding that
Hazleton is one of the best teams in the east? The majority of Hazleton’s
victories came against schools half their size. What will Hazleton do in a
year or two if the PIAA adds classes 5A and 6A?
TO THE EXPERT on Emmitt Smith who thinks he has a couple of good years left
in him, I’m glad you can pick people. By the way, the Cowboys were there; it
was a few years ago but they were there. Where have the Eagles been?
TO THE PERSON who called in about the accident involving three GAR kids,
get your facts straight. There were only two basketball players, not three.
… I think it’s sour grapes with GAR and you don’t like the school.
HERE WE GO again. For the umpteenth time Eagles fans and Cowboys fans are
at each other’s throats and it’s not football season. Grow up and start acting
like adults. And does whoever is in charge of Fan Fare get his jollies by
allowing such immature phone calls to make it to this forum?
Editor’s note: Jollies? The government should force the terrorists who get
captured to type in some of this stuff as punishment.
I’M THE PERSON who called in two days ago and said that the Flyers should
receive more coverage than the Penguins. I was talking about the Pittsburgh
Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers. I understand that the Wilkes-Barre
Penguins should get more coverage than the Philadelphia Flyers do, but the
Philadelphia Flyers should get more coverage than the Pittsburgh Penguins do.
That was my point.
THIS IS FOR the idiotic person who wants the kids from GAR kicked off the
team. Take away the one thing that keeps them grounded, that’s really smart.
I SUGGEST ALL you college basketball fans beat the rush and call to WYOU-TV
to complain that they’re going to cut the college basketball to show some
stupid parade.
I WAS GLAD to hear that Dave Plisko made first-team MAC Freedom League
all-star. He really deserved the honor. He carried the Wilkes team on his back
for most of the season and was the heart and soul of the team.
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