Sports
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The Dallas High School soccer team lost its
bid for a state title Monday at Allentown when
District I’s Harriton team shut out the Mountai-
neers, 6-0, in the Eastern quarterfinal.
The Mountaineers held Harriton scoreless the
first quarter but five minutes into the second
quarter, Harriton’s Paul Auday scored off an
assist by Jon Goodman to give the Rams a 1-0
lead. The Rams went out in front 2-0 with only
two minutes remaining in the first half when
Skip Hollingshead kicked in a score unassisted,
and with only seconds on the clock Mitch Rose
broke down the Mountaineers defense when he
gave the Rams a third goal.
The Rams went in front 4-0 at the 7:46 mark in
the third period when Goodman scored again
unassisted, then they picked up two additional
scores in the final period to shut out the
Mountaineers 6-0.
Harriton’s goal tender played an outstanding
game turning away nine Dallas shots in the first
three periods.
Dallas Coach John McCafferty said after the
game that the third score by Harriton broke
down the Mountaineers, who were very much in
the game up until then.
The Mountaineers advanced to the quarterfin-
als by defeating Notre Dame of East Strouds-
burg, 4-3, in a game at Memorial Stadium in
Scranton that lasted nearly two hours. The
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get our kids ready. If their
performance rises to their
enthusiasm, they will take the
Old Shoe.”
He knows they’ll have to do a
better job of stopping the run
against Dallas than his Knights
did Saturday night in their
game with Bishop Hoban. They
will also have to avoid holding
penalties such as they had
against the Argents.
The Knights looked good in
the first half. They mvoed the
ball well and their defense held
the Argents from picking up
first downs. Scott Shafer put the
Knights on the board first when
he kicked a 33-yard field goal at
5:25 in the second quarter. Fol-
lowing a blocked punt and a
face mask penalty called on the
Argents, the Knights had theball
at the 25-yard line of the
Argents. Bishop Hoban started
to move in the closing minutes
of the second quarter and when
the whistleblew for the half,
they were on the Knights two-
yard line.
“In the second half they came
right at us,”’ said Gorgone.
“They did nothing physical -
just plain, basic football.
They’re very physical up front
and our kids weren’t able to
stop Sal Montagna.
On their opening possession in
the second half, the Argents
marched 57 yards to the two-
yard line where Joe Dougherty
took the ball in for six points.
Dave Suda kicked the extra
point to give Hoban a 7-3 lead.
On their next possession, the
Argents came right back and
drove 68 yards to the 27-yard
line on the first play of the
fourth quarter and Dougherty
picked up his second score of
the game. Suda again made the
extra point and the Argents took
a 14-3 lead.
“Our kids drove the ball but
they made too many mistakes,’
said Gorgone. “They’re up on
one play, then down on the next.
They’re inconsistent and I can’t
figure them out, it’s not any-
thing average.”
The Knights got back in the
game in the fourth quarter
when Annetta passed for 80
yards in six plays with the final
pass a hit to Billy Davis, who
went in for a Knight score.
Annetta’s try for two with a
pass to Chris Landmesser and
the score was 14-9.
The last score of the game
was Argent George Strish’s
screen to Montagna who carried
the ball up the sidelines for a 63-
yard touchdown. The Knights
blocked the Argents kick and
thegame ended with a final 20-9
score.
“We can’t be inconsistent and
we have to play flawless ball if
we're going to beat Dallas,”
said Gorgone. ‘“‘Scott Francis is
on a roll and playing a fantastic
game from his position,” Gor-
gone added.
Dallas team won in a shoot-out. :
Prior to the 4-3 win, the Mountaineers defeated
Wyoming Seminary 1-0 to take the Wyoming
Valley Conference title earning the chance to
meet Notre Dame.
Dallas finished the season with a 16-4 record
and is the first Wyoming Valley team to make it
past the first round of the PIAA playoffs.
It was Mountaineer Eric Marshall who scored
the winning shot for Dallas in the shoot-out
ball past the Notre Dame goalie to the right.
Each team made its first two shots when
Mountaineer Bruce Weaver missed his shot,
giving Notre Dame a chance. Notre Dame’s
Chris Lovecchio took his turn to shoot but Dallas
goalkeeper John Sheehan knocked the shot
away.
Dale Morris made his score for Dallas: and
Paul Reiger put his shot in for Notre Dame. °
Marshall made his shot to give the Mountai-
neers a 4-3 lead. Then Notre Dame’s John
Peeney tried to put a grounder past Sheehan but
Sheehan smothered it and kept the win for
Dallas. \
The Mountaineers played an aggressive game}
from the beginning and tried to shake up Notre}
Dame but the players came right back at Dallas
with their own attack and appeared to try to
intimidate the Mountaineers. }
Notre Dame’s physical aggressiveness did not (g
appear to rattle the Mountaineers and Sheehan,
who had 10 saves, had a key save on a three-on-
three breakaway by Notre Dame to hold the
score at 0-0.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
After defeating Allentown Allen, 4-3, in PIAA
interdistrict AAA competition on November 4,
the Dallas girls’ field hockey team lost its bid
for a state title Thursday when West Chester
East defeated the locals, 3-1, in the quarterfinals
at Nazareth High School.
West Chester scored two goals in the first half
while holding the Lady Mountaineers scoreless.
The Mountaineers came back strong in the
second half and took heart when Joyce Tinner
scored unassisted to bring the Mountaineers
within one of the 2-1 score.
Coach Robyn Jones said after the game that
the team had played an up and down game most
of the season which was of major concern to
her. She said her girls were reacting throughout
the game instead of acting and playing aggres-
sively throughout.
After the first 10 minutes in the first half, West
Chester took the ball and was in control most of
the time. In the second half, Dallas became
more aggressive and played with more momen-
tum but it was too late for them to score the
points they needed to win.
West Chester scored first on a goal by Karen
Gottshall at the 7:15 mark in the half. Dallas
tried to get the ball past West Chester’s defense
but failed. Jodie Browne scored the second goal
for West Chester to make the score 2-0. Follow-
ing Joyce Tinner’s goal to make the score 2-1,
Anita Santucci scored a third goal for West
Chester to put the final score at 3-1.
In the game with Allentown Allen, both teams
played a game as close as could be.
Dallas took the lead 1-0 when Shannon Cleary
scored unassisted at the 3:50 mark. The Moun-
taineers held the 1-0 lead until the final minutes
of the second half when Allen’s Denise Oswald
scored with an assist by Carmen Aguilla.
With the score tied at 1-1, the two teams
played to a 20 minute stalemate before they
went to the flickoff to break the tie.
The first five girls on each team went through
the flickeff without either side scoring. The
second five girls also went scoreless so the game'igy
into sudden death.
The first girl shot and her opponent had to
match it. If the opponent missed, the first girl’s
team won. Maureen Wisniewski was the first
girl up for the Mountaineers and smashed the
ball past goalie Amy Vokeit.
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