og Cod) Vol. 102 No. 16 Wednesday, April 24, 1991 Tie DALLASCPoST - comin i Section2 HB School News BM Classified Ads Bm Calendar Sports\Week . Aco-ed volleyball tournament to benefit the Salvation Army was held recently at the main campus of Luzerne County Community College in Nanti- coke. : The annual event, which is ' sponsored by the LCCC Recrea- onal Leadership Class, raised $900 for the Salvation Army. Volleyball officials Robyn Ling, Wilkes-Barre; Doris Sar- VOLLEYBALL WINNERS - Shown are winners of the annual co-ed volleyball tournament at LCCC, from left, first row, Mark Yaple, Stephanie Kukosky, Sweet Valley; Mark Major, Lehman: and Matt Kukosky, Sweet Valley. Second row, Nick Kukosky, Chris Kukosky, Sweet Valley; Greg Javer, Har- veys Lake; Chuck James, Oak Hill and Aria Pierson, Dallas. Lehman team takes LCCC «CO-ed volleyball crown acino, Kingston; Dawson Jen- kins, Glen Lyon; Bill Ermish, Mountaintop; Jess Kresge, Wilkes-Barre; and Cathy Maheady, Wyoming, donated their time to the event. Patrons Pat and Leonard Verrastro, Scranton; Villa Roma Restau- rant, Harveys Lake; Bevaco, Pittston; Maier’s Bread, Pittston, Price Chopper, Wilkes-Barre; and Bob MacNeal, Dunmoreand Sal Shandra, Pittston, of the LCCC Food Production Manage- ment program, also made dona- tions. The Lehman team, under the direction of captains MarkJamor and Chris Kukowski, captured first place in the event, while captain Dan Brzozowski and his Blue Moon team took second. Third place honors went to the Bloomsburg team, captained by Sandi Riley. i Student-athletes honored at Misericordia Three Back Mountain athletes were recently honored at College Misericordia's student-athlete awards luncheon. The event, which coincided with National Scholar Athlete Day, recognized any stu- fy athicie at Misericordia who hal attained a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above. Renee Balberchak, afield hockey and basketball player from Dallas, Laura Poynton, a softball player from Dallas, and Susie Slocum, a softball player from Lake-Lehman were among the group of 31 hon- orees who were treated to a lunch- eon and received certificates from College Misericordia President Dr. Pasquale DiPasquale Jr. “The accomplishments of these students makes it obvious that wih students, faculty, coaches an®Yadminstrators work together, achievements in both academics and athletics are a realistic possi- bility,” said Misericordia athletic director Dr. Michael Mould. “This group of students has worked extremely hard in the class- room and on the athletic field and this is an opportunity for College Misericordia to reward them for thier efforts.” | 6th annual Penn State golf tourney May 13 Local golfers are invited to the Sixth Annual Open Golf Tourna- ment on May 13, sponsored by Penn State Wilkes-Barre. The tour- nament will be held at the Mill Race Golf Course in Benton. Ashot-gun start will kick-off the tournament at 1 p.m. Costis $100 Dal feating Andres and Kleinberger. STUDENT-ATHLETES - Three Back Mountain students at College Misericordia were recently honored during Scholar Athlete Day. From left, Susie Slocum, Laura Poynton and Renee Balberchak. Earlier in the week, the Mountaineers lost 7-0 to per person, which include green fee, golf cart, Penn State reception, and dinner. Deadline for registra- tion is May 6. More than $3,000 worth of Penn State prizes will be awarded. A drawing will be held for a set of Ping irons as first prize, a set of Taylor Made Woods as second prize, and a Ping Putter for third prize. In addition, a $10,000 cash prize will be given for the 1st Hole-in-One, plus a trip to the National Hole-in- One Tournament in Texas. Toregister, contactJack Monick, Athletic Director at 675-9262. as tennis team splits week's matches Dallas tennis defeated Seton Catholic 7-0 last Thursday with Justin Reich, Greg Burak, Matt Sleightholm and Pat Kilduff taking their single matches and Reich team with Davis defeating Gudz and Connors in doubles; Burak and Kilduff taking Mateya and Williams and Sleightholm and Aston the undefeated Wyoming Seminary team who ran their league record to 9-0. Fran Davis, Matt Sleightholm, Greg Burak and Justin Reich lost in the singles, each in two sets only. In doubles Reich and Jedd Aston lost 6-1, 6-1; Burak and Sleightholm lost 6-1, 3-6 and 6-1; Davis and Pat Kilduff lost 7-5, 6-1. : Sports roundup Dallas girls soccer moves to 8-0 The Dallas Lady Mountaineers moved their soccer record to 9-0 Friday by shutting out Wyoming Seminary 3-0 on the Blue Knights field. Sue Richardson scored the first goal in the game when she attempted to kick the ball across in front of the goal from the right side of the field and instead the ball went into the cage to give Dallas a 1-0 lead. Late in the quarter Richardson scored a second time with an assist from Carrie Miller and Patrice Shovlin moved the score to 3-0 when she scored five minutes late off an assist by Richardson. The Dallas girls also won on Thursday when they defeated Meyers 2- 0 on goals scored by Richardson and Shovlin. 3 Richardson scored the first goal late in the second period and Shovlin scored in the fourth period off an assist from A. Shelly. Richardson scored her goal off an assist by Miller. Earlier in the week the Lady Mountianeers shut out Lake-Lehman 2- 0 on goals scored by Shovlin and Miller. Shovlin scored the first goal off an assist by Karen Wisnewski near the end of the first period and Miller scored unassisted at 15:43 of the fourth period. Dallas girls softball splits week Wendy Cave had a tough time gaining control in the last two innings of the Lady Mountaineers game with Valley West, giving up 13 walks. The Spartans used the walks to their advantage and scored 12 runs in the two innings to overcome the Dallas lead and win 14-10. Stephanie Kreiner pitched the first four innings for the Mountaineers who led 9-2 going into the bottom of the fifth. ; Melanie Langdon had two hits for Dallas. Mollie Connolly, Ann Faulls and Brenda Misson had one hit each. The loss moves Dallas to 1-1 in season play. In Tuesday's game with Crestwood, the Dallas girls defeated the Comets 13-3 behind Stephanie Kreiner on the mound. Kreiner pitched the entire seven innings striking out two and walking none. She also helped her team with three hits. Wendy Cave led in hits with four and Kelly Janosky hit a home run to aid the win. Dallas baseball buries Sem, Hafey Matt Butler gave up only two hits Thursday to the Seminary Blue Knights and aided in the Mounts 11-1 win by knocking out a two-run triple. Ray Russin, who had three hits, drove out a three-run homer in the seventh inning and Sean Shovlin also had three hits and knocked in three runs. Butler struck out 11 and walked only two. In Tuesday's game with Bishop Hafey, Dallas won 7-1 behind pitcher Todd Paczewski who went the first five innings without giving up a hit. Hafey's only hits were in the sixth inning when rightfielder Tony Harris laid down a bunt and went to third on Matt Labuda’s single, then scored when their pitcher grounded out. : Matt Butler had two hits, one a double which sent home Russin and Shovlin. gris oni ee ali Paczewski fanned 11 and walked three. Lake Lehman girls defeat Crestwood 12-2 The Lake-Lehman girls softball team defeated Crestwood 12-2 behind the pitching of Karen Stefanowicz who gave up only seven hits in the five innings it took to destroy the Comets. Tracy Krupa and Amy Smith led the Knights at the plate with three hits each and Mindy Main had two. Stefanowicz struck out seven while walking five. In their game with Valley West Tuesday, the Lady Knights had nine hits but they were wasted as the Knights left a total of 14 on the bases to lose 6-3 to the Spartans. Cherub Honeywell gave up only two hits and struck out seven for the Knights but her efforts were wasted when the Knights were unable to score. Noell Brooks had three-for-four at the plate for the Knights. Black Knights baseball off to 2-0 start Lake-Lehman's Black Knights defeated Northwest 14-6 Thursday on their home field behind Don James pitching in the first four innings as he fanned two and walked only two. Kris Bowman came in and pitched the final three innings striking out two and walking two. Troy Strauser went 3-for-3 at the plate for the Knights and Chuck Finn, Sam Gorgone and Randy Perry had two hits each. Finn hitan RBI- double and Gorgone had an RBI-single while Jerry Owens knocked out a two-run single for the Knights. : The Knights defeated GAR 7-4 Tuesday behind Strauser’s 3-for-3, a homerun and a two-run double. The Knights scored what proved to be the winning run in the fifth inning when Kris Bowman singled, stole second and scored when Chuck Finn sent him home on a single. The score was tied at 4-4 going into the fifth after the Knights scored two runs in the first and two in the second and GAR came back to score two in the third and two in the fourth. The Knights added two insurance runs in the sixth. Knight spikers defeat Tigers Lake-Lehman Knights lost the first game 9-15 against Tunkhannock, but rallied in the second to take both the second game and third game by identical 15-10 scores. Ben Haughney did the great hitting and blocking for the Knights. Dave Knapp came through with some hits in the clutch and Mike Doerfler turned in a good defensive performance. Rob Spencer and Christ Tawes also had a good night for the Knights. Lehman loses in tri-match Pittston girls track team ran their record to 5-2 as they defeated Lake- Lehman 87-53 and Nanticoke 76-67 in Friday's meet. First place winners for the Knights were Frederick, triple jump, long jump; Naugle, 200m dash and Yetter 300m hurdles. Others who placed for the Lady Knights were Yetter, Naugle, Yeager, Yablonski. The Tunkhannock Tigers defeated the Lady Knights in last Thursday's tri-meet 105-31 and Crestwood 100-4 1. Frederick took two firsts for the Lady Knights in the long jump and high jump. Naugle won the 100m dash. Others palcing in events were Yetter, Naugle, Yeager. WAshuts out Dallas 3-1 in volleyball A strong Wyoming team defeated the Dallas spikers 3-1 Thursday behind the outstanding play of Doug Deutsch who had 10 kills, 10 service points and 12 assists. The Warriors took two out of three sets downing the Mountaineers 15- 3, 6-15 and 15-4. Ned Palka played an excellent attack game against the Warriors and Dan Watchulonis turned in outstanding defense and some good hitting. More sports roundup, pg 12 Back Min. wrestlers place at RICKY FINNEGAN The Back Mountain Wrestling 1 Club would like to congratulateall of the area wrestlers for the great job they did representing the area | at the Middle Atlantic Eastern Nationals held in Salisbury, Mary- land on April 13 and 14. The fol- lowing wrestlers placed: Aaron Kubasik-Back Mountain Aq Wrestling Club-Bantam 40, 1st Louie MacMillan-Noxen- | place; Bantam 60-5th place; Lynn MacMillan-Noxen-Midget 80-3rd place; Chin Orih-Wilkes-Barre YMCA-Junior 86-3rd place; Ricky Finnegan-Lake-Lehman-Advanced 85-1st place (4 time Eastern Na- tional champ). : Mini-Football registration April 27 Back Mountain Mini Foot- ball will hold registration for the 1991 season Sat., April 27. Registration will be held for both the Kingston Town- ship and Dallas teams begin- ning at 8:30 a.m. at the Back Mountain Little League field on Church Street in Dallas. To enter the program, play- ers must be 7 years old before August 1, 1991. Ages 7 to 13 can play, with the last year of eligibility determined if the child's birthday is prior to August 1. First time registrants should bring a copy of their birth certificate and a photo- graph. Misericordia captains Former Lake-Lehman standout athlete Susie Slocum is a co- captain of the College Misericor- dia softball team. Slocum, a junior occupational therapy major, anchors the Lady Cou- gars defense from her second base position and is a steady offensive force from her number- two spot in the lineup. Slocum and teammate Cindy Hughes were selected as co- captains in a vote by their teammates. region meet 5 7 he res TE SR rere (7 ¢ 3 A - ~ rr a An ES SAT ITAA — Ee — a ee Se pee———— p—
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