po aaa SS 2 a Ee at iti edd a ARR SER SR TERPSTRA IE Fe 5 NSH Wr SRR rR © & < > coae mt Bo Ay { The Dallas Post™ - SportsWeek Wednesday, September 28, 1994 9 Mounts shut out Comets By LYNN OLDHAM Sports Correspondent “ee The Dallas Mountaineers dominated Crestwood last Satur- day, cruising to a 28-0 win over the Comets for their fourth straight win of the season. Steve Button set the pattern for the Mountaineer defense early in the first quarter when he sacked Comet quarterback Kevin Zurawski in the backfield. Buddy Rhodes set up the first ("Pallas score with a tremendous ‘wpass coverage that broke up a ‘wing play was set up by an earlier “64-yard run from the Mountain- eer 23-yard line late in the first quarter. Rhodes finished the drive with a six-yard touchdown run. Jeff Kunkle kicked the extra point to give Dallas a 7-0 lead. After stopping the Comets on their next possession, Dallas scored again on a 55-yard pass play from quarterback Ted pf acison to Rich Klick. The scor- completion from Jackson to Rich Butcofski. Kunkle again kicked the PAT for a 14-0 Dallas lead. Klick intercepted a Zurawski pass on the next Comet series, buta Crestwood interception gave the ball back to Crestwood on the Dallas 42-yard line. The Moun- taineers stopped this drive as well when Button sacked Zurawski again and Klick provided superb pass into the endzone. Jackson then picked off an- other Comet pass near the endzone and ran the ball past midfield. Dallas retained posses- sion for the remainder of the first half. A drives were held to minimal gains {Jy a tight Dallas defense. The first Mountaineer posses- sion of the half led to another Dallas score, when Rich Butcofski rambled in from the nine-yard line. The touchdown was set up when Buddy Rhodes, after taking the handoff to the Crestwood 37, hauled in a Jackson pass at the nine. Kunkle's kick was good for a 21-0 lead. Rhodes scored the final Dallas aasouchdown after a drive which started after the Mounts recov- ered a Comet fumble on the Lehman By LYNN OLDHAM Sports Correspondent Tim Brislin's goal in overtime gave the Lake-Lehman soccer team a brief lead over Bishop Hoban last Thursday, but it was not to last. Hoban answered with a goal only a minute later, and the contest ended in a 2-2 tie. Hoban opened the scoring early C testwood's offense posed no threat in the second half, as their POST PHOTO/LYNN SHEEHAN Dallas fullback Rich Butcofski busted through the Crestwood line in the Mounts’ 28-0 romp over the Comets last Saturday. Butcfoski scored one of the four Dallas touchdowns. Crestwood 13-yard line. After a nine-yard gain by Klick and three more from Butcofski, Rhodes punched it in from the one-yard line. Kunkle's fourth PAT made the final score 28-0. Head coach Ted Jackson had kind words for the winless Com- ets. “We came out a little tight, a little flat” he said after the game. “Crestwood came ready to play.” Despite scoring two Dallas touchdowns, senior Buddy Rhodes wasn't satisfied. “For the rest of the year, we're just going to take it one game at a time,” he said. “Myself, I don't feel I played that well today. I'm a little banged «ups A couple. of the guys are banged up. We're just going to try to keep improving every week.” Butcofski praised the Comet defense. “They're a really good team, but I think we did well. They're big, strong.. they didn't have a very good offense. They ‘had a good defense.” Jackson and his players may have felt their opponent was in better condition for the game, but that didn’t seem to matter as the Mounts easily advanced their record to 4-0. Dallas next faces winless Bishop Hoban in a night game Saturday at Hoban. Game time is 7:30 p.m. battles to in the first quarter with a breaka- way goal by Curt Cannon assisted by Julio Hernandez. Lehman answered in the final minute of the first quarter when Jeremy Fleeger nailed a penalty kick awarded due to a hand ball by the Argents in the penalty box. Throughout the remainder of the regular game, neither Lake- Lehman nor Hoban scored, though both came extremely close Frank Valvano turned the corner against Crestwood. Valvano and his teammates dominated the Comets on the way to a 28- 0 shutout that put the Mounts’ record at 4-0. Dallas sports roundup VOLLEYBALL Pittston 2, Dallas 0 The strong offense of the Patri- ots resulted in a Dallas loss in two games 15-4 and 15-5. The lady spikers gave up eight aces to vis- iting Pittston. Dallas's record now drops to 2-3. BOYS X-COUNTRY Bishop Hoban 20, Dallas 35 Dallas suffered its first loss of the season September 21 against Hoban. Mike Tomasura was the first Dallas runner to cross the line with a third place finish and time of 17:08. Steve Tomasura (17:55) took sixth and Mike Lyon (18:10) placed seventh. GIRLS X-COUNTRY Bishop Hoban 22, Dallas 37 Despite a first place finish from Stacey Suda (18:17) the Mounts lost their shot at a top ranking September 21 against Hoban. Both teams entered the contest with identical 2-0 records. Dallas will now settle for second place. Amber Coolbaugh finished sixth at 21:16, FIELD HOCKEY Dallas 1, Wallenpaupack 0 Although the Mounts un- leashed 25 shots on goal the ‘Paupack defense only let one get through. Katie Sallitt scored the only goal in Dallas’s win over Wallenpaupack on September 21. Sallitt's goal was unassisted at 3:28 into the second half. SOCCER Bishop O'Reilly 2, Dallas 0 Dallas goalie Fred Maier stopped five shots but let two slip past September 22 against O'Reilly. Despite a steady offense, the Mounts were unable to find the net. GOLF Dallas 175, Bishop Hafey 176 Dallas edged out a one shot victory over Hafey September 22 at Irem Country Club in Dallas. JustinJumper captured medalist honors with an 8-over 46. Tom Klimeck completed the nine hole course with a 4-over 40. Lehman sports roundup FOOTBALL Lehman 30, Hanover 27 Lehman overcame a 27-19 deficit with 12 minutes left in the game to edge out Hanover Sep- tember 24 at home. The Knights took advantage ofa critical fumble recovery by linebacker Jamie Patton at the Hanover 26-yard line. Lehman drove the ball to the 3 yard line. With 53 seconds left in the game John Oliver nailed a field goal to grab the win. Lehman's next game will be Friday, Septem- ber 30 at GAR. FIELD HOCKEY Lehman 6, GAR 0 Judy Sichler drilled two goals and had two assists September 21 as Lehman buried GAR 6-0. The Lady Knights also secured goals from Amy Rogers, Tara Dymond, Kelly Komsisky and Erin Edwards. VOLLEYBALL Lehman 2, Hanover 0 Lehman served 15 unanswered points in their first game against Hanover September 21. Their momentum never slowed as they took the second game 15-3. Kelly Spencer and Nikki Parry knocked in 10 service points each to lead the Knights to win their fourth match in a row. 2-2 soccer tie with Hoban several times. A number of penal- ties and yellow cards were handed out by the officials to both sides, which could have affected the scoring capabilities of both teams. The large number of penalties did not daunt the goalkeepers’ performance, though, as a total of nine saves were made by Lehman goalie Shannon Kelly, and 13 saves were made by his Hoban counterpart. POST PHOTO/LYNN SHEEHAN “Lake-Lehman's Tim Brislin worked the ball against an Abington Heights opponent during the Knights' game against the Comets last week. Lake-Lehman's offense sputtered and the team lost 2-1. 5 2g In the first overtime, the scor- ing drought was broken by Lake- Lehman which took the lead for the first time in the game when Tim Brislin, assisted by Ryan Bombick, headed the ball into the net. This lead was celebrated by the Black Knights all too soon, as Hoban's Paul Bigus came back to score for the Argents within only one minute ot Brislin's goal. Bishop Hoban nearly won the game when, with only seconds left, Hoban's Hernandez on a pass from Cannon, took a shot at the Lehman goal which entered the net immediately following the sounding of the horn signifying the end of the game. POST PHOTO/LYNN SHEEHAN Chris Snyder dribbled downfield against Abington Heights. Snyder had the Knights’ only assist, to Jeremy Fleeger, but it proved too little against the Comets. BOYS X-COUNTRY Lehman 28, Crestwood 29 The Black Knights counted on the strong running of Chris Long to help knock off Crestwood Sep- tember 21. Long finished second overall with a time of 18:13. Trail- ing behind were Kevin Newell (19:03), Alan Scott (19:04), and Mike Phillips (19:32) completing the course in fifth, sixth and sev- enth places respectively. GOLF Lehman 184, Berwick 214 The Knights overcame Berwick September 22 led by Jeff Farley, ; H 2 or shooting a 5-over-41. Also for the. Knights, Mark Andrews shota 45, Ray Bartosh a 46 and Harold Roberts a 52. SOCCER Lehman 2, Bishop Hoban 2 Lehman settled for a draw September 22 against Hoban. Jeremy Fleeger sank a penalty kick late in the first half for the first Knight point to tie the score at one each. Neither team was able to score again in regular play sending the game into overtime when Tim Brislin drilled the sec- ond goal only to be matched by Hoban a minute later. Car wash aids Dallas football Dallas football players and cheerleaders will hold a Car Wash, donation $3, (exterior wash), Sunday, Oct. 2, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. (rain or shine) at Schmid's Amoco Gas Station across from Burger King, Memorial Hwy., Shavertown. All proceeds benefit the players and cheerleaders. Misericordia pool reopens October 1 The swimming pool in the Anderson Sports-Health Center © -at College Misericordia will reo- pen Oct. 1 with its regularly sched- uled hours. The swimming activities in Misericordia’s “Fall Fitness & Fun” program will also begin at this ° time. The natatorium is open for community use Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-8:30 a.m.; Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 674- 6446 or contact the Continuing Education Office at 675-3862. Youth basketball registration Dallas Youth Basketball will hold registration for the 1994-95 season Friday, Sept. 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 8 from 9-11 a.m. at the Dallas Middle School cafeteria. Registration is open to boys and girls in grades 3-8, who reside in the Dallas School District. A limited number of registrations will be taken. For more information, call Bob Bayer at 675-0446. ar 8 Ee a] iid I) Wok) ade Sr > oO 6) hx Loe ho Ad YEO OD = [® ay bb a 3 oe WN AS eh. old (&) Si. Q 2 JE ’ 4 RT A TAT RTT TIE mad
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