Te SS em a SR ST Wt ES 14 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, April 25, 1990 SPORTS Dallas sports roundup Lady Mounts suffer first loss Dallas girls softball team lost their first game Friday when Bishop Hoban defeated them 8-4 behind the pitching of Cathy Yanachunas the sparkling defense by first baseman Kelly Burn, whose double play gave her Argent team the incentive they needed to rally for seven runs in the sixth inning. The Lady Mountaineers were leading 4-1 going into the bottom of the sixth. Stephanie Andrasko went 3-for-3 in the game and in the sixth inning led off with a single, took second on an error and third on a bunt. On a ground ball to the Argents shortstop, Andrasko started home on ~ the throw to first but Burns not only caught the throw to put out the runner to first but threw to Hoban'’s catcher to get Andrasko for the third strike of the inning. Going into the bottom of the sixth, Dallas Pitcher Laura Poynton had given up only one hit. The Argents started the inning with Knorr's walk to first, then Burns hit a single and after one out, Lori Austin walked to load the bases. That sparked the Argents rally as they followed with a single, a triple, two doubles and an error to score their runs. - In the seventh, the Mountainers were unable to score and the Argents were home free with their win. In Thursday's game with Valley West, the Lady Mountaineers won 14- 6 on two errors, five stolen bases, a three-run single by Jen Coon and four players getting on base when hit by the pitcher. Poynton pitched the first three innings, striking out two and Stephanie Kriner went the final four innings striking out one and walking only three. Dallas girls opened the season with an 11-7 win over Crestwood, scoring seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to overcome Crestwood’s 7-4 lead. Poynton was the winning pitcher and helped chalk up the win with “two hits. Mollie Connolly and Melanie Langdon also had two hits for the Lady Mountaineers. “The girls played beyond our expectations in the first two games,” said Coach Jay Pope, “Particularly in their aggressive base-running. This is a new aspect for Dallas but we have the girls with the speed and the ability to use it to advantage. They scored six runs in the seventh inning in both the Crestwood and Valley West games. “Unfortunately the tables were turned on us in the Bishop Hoban game but that was our best game so far this year. Everyone played their best. It's still early in the season and we will play them again in a few weeks." This week Dallas was scheduled to play Wyoming and Hazleton. Wyoming is undefeated and like Dallas a young team and it will be a tough game. Hazleton is among the unknowns to date but Dallas travels to Hazleton and Hazleton always seems to play better at home. ‘Tennis tops Valley West, loses to Sem Dallas tennis team dropped to 5-2 last Friday when Wyoming Seminary won the singles and doubles matches to defeat the Mountaineers 7-0. Taking the singles were Steve Rosenthal, Greg Choi, Ketan Desai and Dan Kramer. Darren Michael, Greg Burak, Justin Reich and Matt Sleighthom lost in the singles for Dallas. Doubles partners for the Mounts were Michaels and Burak; Sleightholm and Chad Urso; Mike Farris and Damon Lisnow. The Dallas team defeated Valley West 6-1 Thursday afternoon with Dave Ruckno the only winner in singles for the Spartans. Greg Burak, Reich and Sleightholm won the other single matches for Dallas. Double winners were Rich and Michaels, Burak and Sleightholm and Farris and Lisnow. Dallas defeated visiting Pittston Patriots 5-2 Wednesday afternoon with Michael, Burak, Reich and Sleightholm taking the singles. Farris and Larry Dymond won one doubles match for the Mountaineers. Volleyball wins twice Dallas boys volleyball team defeatedWest Side Tech 15-3, 15-10 Thursday at Dallas with Dave Zachary leading the Mountaineers with 15 service points. The Dallas junior varsity also won 15-6, 15-7. Earlier in the week the Dallas team defeated Pittston area 13-15, 15- 10 and 15-3 sparked by the hitting by Eric Nardone and Ned Palka. Myron Pitcavage led the Mounts in setting and Zachary and Tom Mertz tumed in a fine defensive performance. Track sweeps tri-meet Dallas boys track team took three firsts last Thursday sweeping Nanticoke 95 1/3 to 54 2/3 and Northwest 119-31 in a tri-meet. The Mountaineers upped their record to 4-3 with Sam Jayne the triple winner in the shot put, javelin and discus. Dave Podehl won the 100 and 200 meter dash for Dallas. Steve Oliver took the 800m run, Rogers the 1600m run, Dover the 400m run. Dallas runners also took the 3200m relay and the 400m relay. The Mountaineers had nine second place winners and seven third place winners. Eight other Dallas boys finished in the top five. Girls track splits two meets Dallas girls lost to Nanticoke 77-64, but defeated Northwest 73-68 in Wednesday's tri-meet in Shickshinny. Gretchen Schuler took the gold medal in the 800m and 1600m and Smaka took the 110 hurdles. Dallas won the 3200m relay run by Schuler, Baluh, Cleary and Terescavage. Other girls placing in the events for the Lady Mountaineers were Monica Matthews, Monique Matthews, Yurko, E. Cleary, Froncek, Terescavage and Baluh. Soccer team undefeated Dallas soccer player Jen Besecker scored two goals in the second half oftheir game with Lake-Lehman Thursday to lead the Lady Mountaineers to a 5-0 shutout over the Lady Knights. Besecker scored both goals unassisted. Besecker scored when Knight Megan Kozemchak failed to haul in a ~ loose ball to give the Mountainers a 3-0 lead. The goal was the key in the Dallas win. Before the score Dallas leading by 2-0 made it possible for the Knights to get back in the game by scoring a goal. Besecker came through with the insurance goal in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter when she bounced the ball into the net. Tina Hite scored the final goal for Dallas. It was Besecker who scored the first goal for Dallas in the first period on a direct kick and Wendy Hozempa scored the second one on a crossing pass from Sue Richardson. Earlier the Mountaineers defeated Bishop O'Reilly, Wednesday 7-2 when Besecker scored two goals in the first quarter and Amy Shelley scored a third one to give Dallas an early 3-0 lead. Brenda Love scored two goals unassisted for the Mountaineers in the second period and Patricia Love scored one unassisted in the second period. Wendy Hozempa scored off a penalty shot in the third period for the Lady Mounts. Case goes 4 for 4 in baseball win Dallas Mountainers rallied in the seventh inning to score five runs and defeat the Coughlin Crusaders 7-3 last Thursday at Miners Mills. ‘The Mountainers were behind 3-2 going into the seventh but went ahead when Jeff Tinner walked and later scored on an error to tie the game 3-3, then the Mountaineers scored two more when relief pitcher Krushnowski had an error allowing two more runs to cross the plate. Pitcher Bob Ashworth came up and hit a two-run single which insured the Dallas win. Alex Case hit 4-for-4 for Dallas. Ashworth fanned four and walked only two in earning the win. Dallas outslugs Pittston Area Dallas Mountaineers outslugged the Pittston Patriots 12 hits to 10 in Monday's game at Dallas to win 11-9. Bob Ashworth hit a homerun in the seventh inning good for two runs to give Dallas the win. The Patriots led 9-7 going into the bottom of the seventh after their pitcher drove out a homerun and shortstop Mark Mullin knocked out a two-run hit. They added another run in the top of the seventh. Alex Case led off for Dallas with a single and Dave Grundowski went to first on an error with one out. Ray Russin advanced the runners on a fielder’s choice and the next batter, catcher Neil Kaiser reached first on an error and Case and a pinch runner John Romano scored. Pitcher Bob Ashworth then came up and drove out his two-run homer. Lady Knights lose first to Meyers Meyers girls defeated Lake-Lehman 6-2 Monday at Meyers behind pitcher Kim Maguire who struck out 12 and giving up only five hits. The Lady Knights with Karen Stefanowicz on the mound, relieved by Cherup Honeywell gave up only two hits but 11 walks were their downfall. Jennifer Cross was 2-for-3 at the plate forthe Knights and Stefanowicz, Tracy Krupa and Noelle Brooks picked up the other three. The loss dropped the Knights to 3-1. Dallas girls defeat Wyoming Area 12-8 Dallas pitcher Laura Poynton struck out four and walked four for the Mountainers to lead them to a 12-8 win over Wyoming Area. She also aided her win with three hits for four runs in Monday's game at Wyoming. Molly Connolly and Melanie Langdon each had two hits both of them driving out doubles and Stephanie Andrasko knocked out two singles. The win moved Dallas to 3-1. Knights win in volleyball Lake-Lehman volleyball team continued undefeated Monday by defeating Valley West 15-11, 15-6 behind hitting by Mike Taylor and John Baranowski, who also excelled in setting. Mike Kukosky also did some fine setting and Ben Haughney and Mark Stroud did some fine defense. Strikes 'n' spares In the final rolloff of the season's Ladies Country League Fashion Vending won the season trophy by defeating the Castlettes 2126-1948 paced by D. Garnett’s 190 (509). In Our Gang League Spanky shut out Porky led by P. Swingle’s 510. B. Harris rolled 530 for Porky. 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MOUNTAINTOP, PA | FOR FURTHER INFORMATION | 474-5341 | Lake-Lehman sports roundup Lady Knights win twice Karen Stefanowicz’s two-hit pitching combined with the Lady Knights nine runs in the fifth inning last Thursday gave the Lady Knights their 14-2 win over Bishop O'Reilly on the Queenswomen'’s field. Tracy Krupa went 3-for-4, one of them a triple in the third inning which was enough for the Knights win. In the fifth inning, Krupa hit a leadoff single which started the nine run rally as the remaining players knocked out eight hits and stole four bases to score nine runs. Stefanowicz struck our four and walked eight while giving up only the two hits. In Wednesday's game with Semnary Cherub Honeywell pitched a no- hitter to lead the Knights to a 10-0 shutout in five innings. She fanned only one and walked only eight in gaining the win. Honeywell also had a triple and two singles to help the game. Wendy Skibitsky went 3-for- 4 for Lake-Lehman. Tigers defeat Knights 7-0 in tennis Tunkhannock Tigers shut out the Knights tennis team 7-0 Wednesday by winning all the singles and doubles matches at Tunkhannock. Losing in the singles were John Littleford, Shawn Kelly, Chris Ryan and Jeremy Smith. Littleford and Kelly lost to Tigers Orkwis and Singer; Justin Miller and Howie Whipple were defeated by Neven and Mast; and Sue Niezgoda and Swatna Sudhakaran lost to Rosansai and Zika. Knight spikers on a roll The Black Knights spikers defeated Nanticoke 15-5-, Thursday behind Matt Kukosky's nine points and his outstanding defense. Kukosky also did some fine setting and so did John Baranowski who made nine of 10 kills. Ben Haughney set the pace in blocking and Paul Clemunes and Mike Doerfler did solid background play. Earlier in the week, the Knights defeated Wyoming Area 15-3, 15-7 Tuesday with excellent hitting by Baranowski and Haughney. Mark Stroud and Clemunes did some stellar defense. Clemunes had 12 service points. Going into this week the Knights had a 7-0 record in conference play. Lady Knight track wins one, lose one The Lady Knights lost to Berwick 96-45 but defeated Wyoming Area in a tri-meet last Wednesday. Winning for the Knights in at least five of the top spots were Naugle, Recek, Marcin, Yeager, McDonald, Douglas, Billington, Frederick, Meade, Gable, McHenry. i In the boys meet with Berwick and Wyoming Area, the Black Knights lost to Berwick 109 1/2-40 1/2 and to Wyoming Area 95-54. The lone placers for the Knights were Oatridge, Gensel, Yencha, Hutchins, Ruggere, Jones, Mastes and Manzoni. First place winners were Oatridge in the 200 dash; Gensel 100 hurdles. Lady Knights lose in OT soccer match Lake-Lehman girls soccer team playing in its fourth overtime game lost in the first of the two 10-minute overtimes when Crestwood scored four times in the first 10 minutes to take a 6-2 win from the Ladi Knights. 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