@~ Wednesday, November 16, 1994 ) LAE oR adi BEN Co. Tock FUR SIE aad Vol. 105 No. 46 ' Mounts prep for shot at AA title By LYNN OLDHAM Sports Writer Meyers scored the first points of the District 2, Class AA semifi- nal game last Saturday against Dallas, but the Mountaineers came back to win by a score of 16- 6. The Mounts will meet GAR » DFriday night, with the winner claiming the District 2 Class AA title and a trip to the state play- offs. / It looked as if Dallas would be the first to hit paydirt, as Ted Jackson completed a pass to Rich Klick in the endzone in the first quarter. But the play was called back due to a holding penalty against Dallas and the game ¢ pS ninsd scoreless. { The Mohawks recovered a Dal- las fumble which set them up for their early second quarter touch- down. The Dallas defense had some powerful tackles, but this time they weren't enough to hold Meyers from scoring. On the 2- point conversion attempt, the Mountaineer defense forced quar- terback Brian Hilburt out of the pocket, and the conversion failed ® {when he ran out of bounds. It then looked as if Dallas would score on a late second quarter possession. Rich Butcofski and Buddy Rhodes advanced the ball from the Dallas 47-yard line to the Meyers one, but the Mohawk defense kept Rhodes from scoring as they dropped him at the three. Alittle over a minute later Dallas again had possession of the ball. This time they were able to capi- talize on their possession as Jackson completed three passes to Mike Viglone, who hauled in the catches under heavy cover- age. Rhodes did the honors as he ran in from the 20-yard line for the score. Jeff Kunkle kicked the extra point, and Dallas led 7-6 at halftime. Dallas added two points on a Meyers third-quarter punt at- tempt deep in their own end, when 2) @ CO the snap sailed beyond the reach of punter Steve Brominski and out of the end zone. PLAYOFF PICTURE PIAA Class AA Dallas vs. GAR Fri., Nov. 18, 7 p.m. Lackawanna County Stadium Eastern Conference Lehman vs. Montrose Sat., Nov. 19, 1 p.m. at Montrose High School After receiving the free kick after the safety, Dallas drove the ball for another touchdown. Mike Viglone returned the kick to the 29. On the following play, Jackson faked a handoff to Rhodes and found a wide open Kunkle in the end zone. He then kicked the PAT and Dallas led 16-6. Butcofski, Steve Button, Aaron Gingo and Pat O'Neill were the power behind the Dallas defense, as they held the Mohawks to only two first downs in the remainder of the game. Butcofski passed the 500-tackle mark in the game. “Meyers is a good team,” said Dallas coach Ted Jackson. “They came ready to play. I thought we moved the ball really well in the first half, we just didn’t put it in the end zone. I thought we had three great drives in the first half, and they played really good de- fense inside the red zone, and we didn't get in. We didn’t execute really well inside there, but that's a tribute to Meyers.” “We have to have a great week of practice. GAR is a great football team. We're looking forward to the challenge of playing a team as good as GAR” said Jackson of this week's game. “We're going to have tobe at the top of our game to play them. They're a tremendous foot- ball team.” Dallas handed GAR its only loss of the season, winning 14-7 at GAR on September 17. Dallas will meet GAR this Fri- day night at Lackawanna Sta- dium for the District 2 title, and must win to remain undefeated. The Dallas Post Sports\Week The Dallas Mountaineers were on the run against Meyers last weekend. Above, Ted Jackson steps lightly over a teammate. Below, Buddy Rhodes rambles for a gain. Bottom, Rich Butcofski tries to escape a tackle. : POST PHOTOS/LYNN SHEEHAN BM School news BM Classified BW Calendar Woronko leads Mike Woronko filled a pair of big shoes in Saturday's semi-final victory over Wellsboro. Woronko stepped in to replace injured quarterback John Oliver who left the game late in the first half with an ankle injury. The sophomore reliever mas- tered the field, hitting 6 of 7 passes for 105 yards and vaulted the Knights to a 21-14 victory that “qualified the team for this Satur- day's Eastern Conference final against Montrose. Lehman posted their first score in the second quarter with a 9- play romp downfield ending with Mike Pitcavage pushing his way through the defense from the 1- yard line for the TD. The PAT failed. Wellsboro responded with two trips to the end zone and 14 points on the board. Late in the second, Woronko's ® Knights to win magic began as he lofted a pass to Tim Waslick to combine for a 51- yard completion as Waslick scam- pered to the end zone for the score. The Knights could not complete the conversion to end the half 14-12. The Knights came out of the locker room strong at the begin- ning of the third marching the ball 67 yards in 10 plays to set up a Woronko 4-yard rush into the end zone. Woronko then rifled the ball to Jason Adamshick for the 2 point conversion for the final score of the game. The Lehman defense ended Wellsboro's hopes of a come- ‘back with a sack by Jamie Patton and an interception by Waslick to end the game. The Black Knights nowadvance to the E.C. Championship this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Montrose. Knight boosters plan support The Lake-Lehman Football Club is planning to travel in a group to Montrose Saturday for the team's Eastern Conference championship game. All friends and supporters are welcome to attend and are asked to meet at the high school at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. Dallas Mini-Mounts win C-team 'Super Bowl’ The Dallas Mini-Mounts C- Team won the 1994 Junior Foot- ball League Super Bowl champi- onship November 13 by beating the Larksville Greenwaves 22-20. The Greenwaves jumped out to an 8-0 lead early in the first quar- ter, then added another six points and the Mini-Mounts trailed by a score of 14:0. cc 51) at 5 Hols With only a few minutes re- maining in the first half, quarter- back Ryan Gryskievicz bulled in for Dallas’ first touchdown, but Dallas couldn't come up with the two-point conversion. At the end of the first half the Mini-Mounts found themselves trailing 14-6. Starting out the second half, the Mounts took control again, scoring another six points as Gryskievicz muscled his way through Larksville’s defense, then added a two-point conversion to tie the score 14-14. An on-side kick by Mike Ra- cosky and recovery by Dallas threatened the Greenwaves once again. Larksville struck back with a third-quarter touchdown to take the lead, 20-14. From a Larksville kickoff, Gryskevicz ran the ball to the Larksville 10-yard line, then handed off to receiver Jimmy Jordan, who muscled his way in for the touchdwon to tie the score 20-20. Gryskievicz muscled his way through Larksville’s line to make the two-point conversion, putting Dallas ahead 22-20. The Mounts’ defense then did a remarkable job in stopping Larksville on its own 10-yard line. The final score was 22-20, with Dallas winning a truly exciting game. The Mounts thank the C-Team cheerleaders and advisors, team supporters and league vice presi- dent Jeff Emanuel, who supplied the Mounts with the most deco- rated bus of all time. Cougars to begin roundball play The third annual Laurel Line Basketball Tournament sponsored by T.G.I. Friday's will be held at College Misericordia November 18-19 in the Anderson Sports-Health Center. The University of Scranton will begin defense of its 1993 Laurel Line crown when the Royals meet Baptist Bible College in the tournament open November 18 at 7 p.m. Misericordia will face Marywood in the nightcap at 9 p.m. with the winner's meeting for the championship, Saturday at 8 p.m. The consolation game is set for 6 p.m. Turkey shoot golf tourney has openings There are still a few openings left for the Four Seasons Golf Club Turkey Shoot Tournaments to be held November 19 and 20. The $25 per person entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, meal, beverages and all turkey prizes for flight winners and contests. Tee-times start at 9 a.m. Call 655-8869 to reserve a foursome. Sports roundup FIELD HOCKEY Dallas 0 - Twin Valley 3 Moran is proud of his senior players @ {3 By LYNN OLDHAM Sports Writer Dallas field hockey coach Ron Moran and his team ended their post-season play last week as district champions for the fifth straight year. The Mountaineers did not ad- vance in last week's state playoff game against Twin Valley, but they have a district medal to show 9 w for their efforts. “We're really happy with the season. When you win the dis- trict championship that's a real plus for the kids,” said Moran. “They're disappointed because they know they didn't really play their best. It's tough when you don't play your best in games like this. We had the opportunities and just didn’t convert when we had them, especially in the first half. That was sort of our down- fall. If we could have capitalized on one or two of those, I think that we might have been in the game. But, it's a good season really.” Moran attributed the girls’ performance this season to the leadership of the team’s seniors. Senior starters were Mindy Haber - stich, Shelby Jayne, Tami Palka, Katie Sallitt and Bridget Temper- ine. Other senior players were Melissa Bartolini, Beth Delescav- age, Kim Kamine, Gail Morris and Kerry Rittenhouse, who all ended their high school careers on the field in the game against Twin Valley. Even though the Mountaineers did not advance further in the state playoffs, they accomplished a great deal. “They worked hard, and we have the district championship. That part of it helps. That will be something they remember later on. Right now they won't, but later they will,” said Moran of the girls performance. “When they look back on it, they'll realize that very few teams got to this point. There were only 16 teams that were left, so it's a real honor for them. They did really well.” The Lady Mounts season ended November 8 after an upset from Twin Valley 3-0 in the first round of PIAA state field hockey playoffs. The Mounts outshot Twin Valley 21-11 and led in corners 12-3 but could not squeeze the ball past the fiesty Valley keeper. Dallas goalie Lisa Tomaine racked up seven saves in the loss. The Lady Mountaineers ended their season as district champions at 14-4. SOCCER Lehman 4 - Notre Dame 2 The Black Knights relied on the hot foot of Jeremy Fleeger November 8 to advance to the state quarterfinal match against Middleburg. Fleeger racked up the first Knight score at 16:35 in the first with an assist from Erick Dieffenbacher. Fleeger then tallied another shooting the ball just out of the reach of the Spartan keeper. With the score tied at two apiece, Charlie Snyder put the Knights ahead for good scoring . on a header from Fleeger. Fleeger then sailed the last goal of the game in at 2:01 in the fourth with an assist from Ryan Bombick. Keeper Shannon Kelly posted six saves. Lehman 0 - Middleburg 3 The Knights ended their quest toward a state title Saturday as they were knocked off by a strong Middleburg squad 3-0 in a quarter final match. Lehman played consistent offense in the first half with Charles Snyder and Jeremy Fleeger drilling a number of close shots at the net. Despite 12 shots on goal, the Knights could not manage to find the net. Senior keeper Shannon Kelly kept the Knights within reach by posting 10 saves for the Knights and only allowing one through. Lehman lost their momentum in the second half allowing the Middleburg team two goals and securing only one shot on the Middie goal.
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