Shaler Titans

MT LEBANON - "Rabbit Season - Duck Season", the famous Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck cartoon was on display at about 4 o'clock in Erie yesterday as Marlin Coon's Trojans headed to Mt Lebanon to face what is supposed to be a rebuilding Mt Lebanon program. McDowell was minus a few key players due to the hunting season and would face a little 'Bear Season' in the Blue Devils. You see Mt Lebo coach Paul Taibi has been shielding his young club early this season telling those famous naysayer stories about how young they are and inexperienced his club is. There is no question that Mt Lebanon had an outstanding campaign a year ago, but what is unfolding this season with this young club may be even more impressive. Before the Trojans could get out the I-79 doldrums, the Blue Devils jumped on them as Eric Sloan, Mike Jordan, Tony Valarino and Sean Dooley scored prior to the half way mark of period one to give Mt Lebanon a 4-0 lead. Sloan added an exclamation point with only :01 on the clock on a nice feed from Chad Uddstrom. Eddie DeGregory scored at 13:06 of the second to make it 6-0 and Sloan completed the hat trick at 5:37 on the power play with another nice feed from Chad Uddstrom. McDowell's Chris McDonald broke the shutout bid of Matt Vaughn at 11:13 of the third to make it 7-1 and Sloan closed out the scoring as Mt Lebanon scored an impressive 8-1 win over McDowell.