14 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Tuesday, November 20, 1990 SPORTS Dallas athletes finish By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer “Team effort, that's what counts,” most coaches drill into their athletes during their prac- tices. Team effort is good philoso- phy, atleast most of the time during this Fall's sports there were some athletes whose outstanding play often went unnoticed despite the fact that many times their dedi- cated efforts won games for the team. This proved to be so with Dallas this year as certain athletes mod- estly and diligently did more than their part to lead their team to victory. CONNOLLY ENDS WITH WINNING SEASON Molly Connolly, goalie for the Dallas High School field hockey team is one of the athletes who puts forth a team effort. There were many girls whose names hit the media game after game but Molly seldom made the headlines and well she should have. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Connolly of Trucksville, Molly has played field hockey for the last five years, two years in junior high and three years at Senior High. She has also played softball since she was in third grade, first in the Back Mountain PAT MORRIS RAY RUSSIN Baseball League Inc., then in sev- enth and eighth grade in junior high. In her freshman year, Molly played on the senior high varsity team at shortstop. She also played basketball but doesn't anymore. Molly played a key role in win- ning two games as a sophomore and all but one in her junior year. This year her ability as goalie and stopping the opponents from get- ting in the net helped win all of the games. Much as she loves field hockey, Molly is not going to play in college. “My major will be too demanding,” Molly said. “I want to study veteri- narian medicine and hoping to attend Cornell.” Molly is a member of the Na- tional Honor Society. MORRIS EXCELS IN FRONT OF GOAL Senior Pat Morris did for the Dallas Soccer team what Molly did for field hockey. Unlike many of the flashy players in the league, Pat was a determined, consistent player and his coach John McCaf- ferty knew he could count on Pat when the chips were down. The son of Mr. and Mrs. David Morris of Trucksville, Pat has played soccer for about 11 years. For the past four years he says his ability was about the same. This year I was in a position where 1 scored more and I had about 13 goals and twice as many assists. | was able to help win the game against Lake-Lehman, scor- ing one of the goals and in our final game in the playoffs which we lost I scored one of our two goals,” Pat said. A modest individual, Pat says little about his ability but is quick to give credit to other members of the team. Soccer is the only sport he participated in. A ‘B’ student Pat plans to attend college and hopes to major in pharmacy. In his leisure time he enjoys doing needlepoint and crossword puzzles. CAVE TRIES IT ALL IN VOLLEYBALL Dallas junior Wendy Cave has played volleyball since she was in ninth grade, playing in setter posi- tion most of the time. “On our varsity team, we played the six- two format and as a result every- one got to hit and we had two setters,” Wendy said. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Cave of Dallas, Wendy played three or four games as a freshman when one of the regular starters was injured. In her sopho- more year and this year, she was a starter on the varsity team. “This year I scored 66 service points, 12 kills and nine aces despite missing three games when I was injured in an accident,” Wendy said. She became inter- ested in volleyball through her older sisters who played. She also plays second Base on the senior high softball team after playing shortstop in junior high school. She also played softball in Back Mountain Baseball. ‘with successful seasons he was appointed basketball coach for the Dallas varsity team.” Ray said he likes all three sports but basketball is his favorite and is looking forward to this season. He plays point guard in basketball MOLLY CONNOLLY Jaycees present golf tourney proceeds to S.P.C.A. The West Side Jaycees recently presented a check, representing proceeds from a benefit golf tournament held October 6, to Luzerne County S.P.C.A. officials. The tournament was held at Wilkes-Barre Municipal Golf Course. The winning foursome was Brad Eckert, Dallas; Kevin Ross, Shavertown; Dr. George Nahas, Kingston; and Dr. Wayne Dombroski, Dallas. Pictured from left are, Mike Segarra, West Side Jaycees; Edward Gross, SPCA Manager; Sreny Goldwein, SPCA Vice President; and Paul Cwalina, West Side Jaycees. Wendy also played basketball but does not intend to this year. WENDY CAVE STEVE OLIVER She said she likes all three sports but probably softball best since she has been playing it for so many years. “lam looking forward to softball next year,” she said. A ‘B’ student, although only a junior Wendy plans to attend col- lege when she graduates. RUSSIN HAS BIG FOOTBALL SEASON Senior Ray Russin, son of Mrs. Patricia Russin of Shavertown, is often referred to as a natural ath- lete and since in high school has excelled in basketball and base- ball. This year for the first time, Ray went out for the football team and, to his surprise became a starter on the Mountaineers team, playing split end. “For the last couple of years, Coach Ted Jackson wanted me to come out for the team but my mother wasn't keen about the idea but toward the end of last season, assistant coach Paul Brown finally convinced my mother to let me go out for the team but I was only in on a couple of plays last year. This year I played every game,” Ray said. Ray played offense only on the team and as split end he scored six touchdowns, and ran for 615 yards on 30 catches, not bad for a first year player. “I surprised myself more than I did the coach,” Ray said. “I guess he recognized that I could play.” “I'm glad I went out for football in my senior year. I had fun play- ing it and I don’t have to look back someday and wish that I had tried out for the sport. The irony of the matter is that Coach Brown gave See ATHLETES, pg 15 DARREN MICHAEL JIM LISTER DAWN SMITH Lister, Michael and Smith excel in Wilkes sports Three Back Mountain athletes, Jim Lister, Darren Michael and Dawn Smith, were members of the fall sports teams at Wilkes Univer- sity. Lister, a sophomore, tight end, for the football team, has seen action in all nine of the Colonels games in 1990. He is fourth on the team in catches with 9 for 132 yards. His long catch on the year was 23 yards. A graduate of Dallas High School, Lister is a business ad- ministration major at Wilkes. He is the son of George and Angel Lister. Michael, a freshman, was a member of the ECAC Divison III South champion soccer team at Wilkes. The former Dallas High School star, is a biology major at Wilkes, he is the son of Clarence and Morag Michael of Dallas. Smith, a graduate of Lake- Lehman High School helped Wilkes to its first winning record since 1986 in women’s field hockey. On the year, Smith had one goal and one assist in 17 games for Wilkes, 8-6-3 in 1990. An accounting major at Wilkes, Smith is the daughter of Sandra Russell, and Bertram Smith. 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