diiu hum ana miss aiw ft.it- tannings rose Lo 4B per cent, tanning took the lead late in the Attempts...............52 20■ i miDfcer Lakes........22 13 12 12—5?JTiirvt ■—s ii y j -J +Deer LakeJohn Drab IS.LernerrMina reinPointFord Citv Past SenecarBy FRANK SWA ST L-T Sports ReporterFORD CITY - Led by Dave Lerner’s scoring andrebounding, along with TomMinarc: 's all-around play, Ford City defeated Seneca Valley, 70-54, last night on the Ford City floor.Lerner tallied in every period to pile up bis highest-scoring game of the season. He also ledLhe Ford City rehounders with17.Minarein, Ford City's nnly other remaining 1975 let-terman, was second in scoring with 12 points.points and led 15-2 in a brilliant display of offensive strength.The first period ended with Ford City out front for good, 23-9.i 1The Sabers scored the firstseven points of the game, twoby Stan Stideski and give byLerner. before the Raiders could get on the scoreboard.Ford City scored Lhe next eightWe seemed lo taper off afterthat first quarter and didn’t seem to hdve the same momentum the rest of thegame,” Ford City coach Mark Fruehan said. “Then, too, we didn’t have the starters in there14k oxlhe entire game. I used twelve boys to see what they could do.' * The second quarter was more even with Seneca outscoring Ford City, 16-14, Ford City came back in the third quarter to outscore lhe Raiders, 19-7, and lead, 5G*32r going into thelast frame, Seneca outscoredthe Sabers, 22-14, in the final period.“We started off with a zone defense/’ said Raiders’ coach Ray Ondako, “bm had to switchto a man-to-man when we got behind. Ford City is a good team with a lot of inside scoring power that we lack. Randy Mulneix was the only senior who played regularlyU1Mulneix scored two points and one other senior, Chris Kipper, one point. All other 51 points ,rere scored by juniors, led by Chuck Mawhinney with 24 poinls.Like I/emer, Mawhinney also led Seneca in rebounds, with 11.Ford City's three seniors scored 24 points, the juniors 42 and the sophomores four. The Sabers had 24 field goals out of 71 shots for 34 per cent while Seneca made 17 out of 5G for 30 per cent. Ford City was 22-30 at the foul line for 73 per cent while the Raiders were 20-31 for 65 per cent.The teams were even in• i:rebounding, but Seneca committed 27 turnovers and FordCity, 20.The Sabers go to Knoch on Friday and will end the season at home next Tuesday with Kittanning.The scoring:Ford Cityffl « IPKipVolek...............403Stan Sadeski ............243Dave Lern-er............81127Dave Orton..............204Tom Minarxin...........4412MikeKarabln...........113Bill Heilman............000Jerry Bish..............000Mike Oresick............204Brian Russell...........102Ron Schaffhauser .......O22Greg Heriast.............000Totals................24227DAttempts..............7130a . l r t f ,