By LEN KRYESKI Sports Writer Individual sports statistics are often misleading, overrated and don't always tell the entire story. Take a look at Carrie Llewel- lyn's final tally for the Lake- Lehman girls’ soccer team. The senior striker finished this spring with four goals and five assists, down from last year’s total of nine and five respectively. She scored 20 goals as a freshman. Yet, Lehman's husband and wife coaching duo of Dave and Jan Elston don't know where they would have finished in the tough Division I of the Wyoming Valley Conference without Carrie. “When Carrie was not in the lineup, we didn't perform as well,” said Jan Elston. “She was the glue that held us together.” The Elstons explained that Carrie's willingness to be unsel- fish played a vital role in helping the Lady Knights finish on top of the WVC for the first time. Lehman finished the regular season 11-2- 1 and defeated North Pocono in the opening round of district play- offs before being ousted by even- tual champion, Bishop Hoban. Lehman also managed to over- come last year’s scoring deficiency by putting the ball in the net 43 times in their 16 games. Last season they scored just 21 times and were involved in two score- less ties. While just three Lady Knights accounted for Lehman's scoring in '94, nine saw their names in the box scores over the course of the just concluded campaign. Again, some of the success was a result of the expe- rienced and unselfish play of Lle- wellyn. “She helped the other girls earn their stats,” explained Jan Elston. “A couple of times she dished (the ball) off when she could have scored. She also saw in Kelly Spencer, the type of player she was as a freshman.” Spencer's 41 points gave her the league scoring crown by a wide margin. The closest com- petitor was Coughlin’'s Megan Major League Baseball RANGERS 11-A’'S 3 The Rangers scored early and cruised to their 10th win of the season. Adam Tkaczyk had the A's lone hit; Darrell Evans led the Rangers with three hits, Brian Vetter and Brian Dempsey each doubled. RANGERS 11 - YANKEES 6 Al Martino’s clutch bases- loaded single in the bottom of the fourth featured the Ranger come- back that erased a 5-run Yankee lead. The Yankees had a big 5- run first inning which was keyed byJeffEmanuel’s booming double with the bases loaded. Brad Feleccia of the Yankees and Dar- rell Evans, Brian Vetter, Tim Faneck of the Rangers all had a multiple hit game. PHILLIES 5 - DODGERS 0 Josh Katyl fired a one hitter striking out 14 batters to lead the Phillies over the Dodgers. Katyl helped his own cause with a pair of hits, while John Slaby added two hits, including a double, Nathan Carsman also had a pair of hits. Kyle Tomek had the lone hit for the Dodgers, a triple in the fifth inning. GIANTS 7 - TIGERS 0 Mike Domzalski and Jimmy Belles combined on a two hitter striking out nine batters. Hitters for the Giants, Belles a home run (3rd of the season) and single while Erick Walasek had a triple and a double. PHILLIES 10 - ORIOLES 1 John Slaby threw a complete game three hitter as the Phillies defeated the Orioles. Slaby had a pair of hits, including a double, while Katyl added a pair of singles. Gryskewicz and Barnard had singles for the Orioles. REDS 15 - PIRATES 14 (10 INNINGS) The Reds beat the Pirates in a rain delayed thriller. Justin Bick- ing had a double and two singles for the Reds while Josh Baranow- ski had a double. Drew Suszko had a single and a double, Lloyd Droppers had a single and a home run and Pat Veld had three singles and a double for the Pirates. Droppers struck out 13 while Laurenzi struck out nine for the Reds. PIRATES 21 - CARDINALS 3 Pat Velde got the win. Lloyd Droppers had two singles, Pat Velde two doubles and Drew Suszko a double. PHILLIES 17 - CARDINALS 8 Josh Katyl had 5 hits, includ- ing a pair of home runs to lead the Phillies over the Cardinals. Keith Sprau added three hits for the Phils, while Colin Donnelly, Joel Lesinski, John Slaby, Nathan Carsman and Aaron Bonito, all had two hits for the winners. Greg Mascoli had a double while Mat Metz and Dan Krause added hits for the Cardinals. Joan Greulick-Byron excels at U.S. masters swim meet Back Mountain resident Joan Greulick-Byron set several rec- ords at the 1995 United States Masters Swimming National Short Course Championships. The meeting was held May 18-21 at the International Swimming Hall of Fame and Aquatic Complex in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Greulick-Byron's 45-54 yearold female 200 yard medley relay set a new national record swimming the event in 2:09.99. She also placed seventh na- tionally in the 50 yard breast, 50 yard free and 50 yard fly. She placed 11th in the 200 im, 100 yard im and 100 yard frees- tyle. Her 200 yard mixed free relay came in second with a time of 1:46.07. Dr. Greulick-Bryon swims for JOAN GREULICK-BYRON the 1776 Colonials of Philadel- phia. Sports camps at Penn State Penn State Wilkes-Barre announces its Summer 1995 Sports Camp schedule: Soccer: Grades 1-5 June 26-30, 9 a.m. to noon; Grades 6-12, June 26-30, 12:30 to 3:30. Basketball: Grades 1-6, July 10-14, 9 a.m. to noon; Grades 7-12, July 10-14, 12:30 to 3:30. Volleyball: Grades 7-12, July 17-21, 9 a.m. to noon. Field Hockey: Grades 7-12, July 24-28, 9 a.m. to noon. To be placed on the mailing list, call Janet Rosenbaum at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, 675-9102. The Dallas Post SportsWeek Stats are only part of Carrie Llewellyn story CARRIE LLEWELLYN Burke with 28. The freshmen striker also scored two goals dur- ing the playoffs. Carrie is the daughter of Larry and Carol Llewellyn of Harveys Lake. Besides soccer, she has also been involved in theater pro- duction, student council, S.A.D.D (Students Against Drunk Driv- “If Carrie could ever stay healthy no one could stop her.” Jan Elston Lehman soccer coach ing), and served as manager for the boys’ soccer team at Lehman. Next year Carrie will begin study in the field of communications at Indiana University of Pennsylva- nia. She's been accepted to play soccer at IUP, but a chipped ankle may keep her off the field. “I'm still undecided on that,” said Llewellyn of parttcipating in women’s’ soccer, which is played in the fall at the collegiate level. The Elstons have coached at Lehman for just the past two seasons, but they've seen enough of Carrie to know that she could easily adapt to the college game and do quite well on the field. “If Carrie could ever stay healthy no one could stop her,” said Jan Elston. “Injuries have overcome her. Her only other weakness is The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 31, 1995 11 | that her self confidence is not what it should be. She figures if she can do this, anyone can, but the team looks up to her and she is a leader.” Carrie's leadership abilities take a back seat to no one. She often had something positive to say during a time-out or a pep talk and was one of the players who helped ease the transition when the Elstons took over the coach- ing duties last season. She was an excellent practice player and as one of the captains she often got the squad down to business. “She shapes them up,” com- mented Jan Elston. “I try keeping the team up,” said Llewellyn. “I have fun out there, but I'm also serious.” The Elstons exceeded their goal of improving on last year’s 6-5-3 record, but will lose eight seniors to graduation in just a few weeks. Filling Carrie's spikes next sea- son will be a major chore. “We depended on her tremen- dously,” said Elston. “Carrie is ~ able to view the whole field from - Big game middle, withuot success. POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK The Phillies and Dodgers met Saturday night in one of the biggest BMT Baseball games so far this season. In top photo, Dodgers starting pitcher Steve Moyer flipped the ball to first baseman Colin McHale for an early-inning out. Above left, Phillies hurler Josh Katyl went the distance, giving up only one hit and striking out 14 for the win. Above right, Moyer stabbed for a hard shot up the Three on Misericoria golf team Three former Back Mountain athletic standouts recently completed the golf season at College Miseri- cordia. Dallas graduate Jim Reynolds was third on the team in average with an 87.8 in 11 matches. Lake-Lehman product Ray Klemunes averaged 95.6 in eight matches. He was followed by Dallas graduate Steve Buckley, who shot 102.7 in two matches. Travel soccer tryouts June 3 The Back Mountain Devils U-13 boys travel team (birthdates Aug. 1, 1982-July 31, 1983) and the Back Mountain Lightning U-12 boys travel team (birth- dates Aug. 1, 1983-July 31, 1984) will hold tryouts Saturday, June 3 at 10 a.m. at the field adjacent to the Dallas Middle School. For information on U-13, contact Jack Schneider at 696-3900. For informa- tion on U-12, contact Paul Jesse at 779-2247. her striker position. She is a phenomenal player.” i “I like the coaches,” said Lle- wellyn. “They really brought the team up this year.” about high school soccer is the competition. Her favorite moment in the black and gold was when gr boi AT What Carrie will miss the most | the team won the district playoffs | during her freshman season. She left the field, however, withafunny feeling after Lehman's season finale with Bishop Hoban this year. “It was sad” said Llewellyn, “especially since [don't know ifI'll be able to play in college. “It'salso | hard toimagine the (Lehman) team without me and the other sen- | iors.” Carrie is also anxiously await- | ing graduation day. The fouryears at Lehman have been quite enjoy- able and rewarding, but she feels it's just time to move forward with her life. Of course she will be missed at the high school level. “We respect what she did for Lake-Lehman,” said Jan Elston. Smith, Gatto named all-stars College Misericordia softball : standouts Jen Smith and Joey Lynn Gatto have been named to the Eastern College Athletic Con- ference Division III Southern all- | star team. A junior second baseman, 4 Smith was the only repeat selec- | A tion after being chosen as an outfielder last season. This year, she was runner-up in the Player of the Year. Gatto, a junior pitcher/desig- nated player, was named desig- nated player on the team which includes two seniors, seven jun- iors and two freshmen. Smith enjoyed a specatcular season for the Cougars, which resulted in her selection as first- team All-East Region and All- | Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. She led the Cougars in nine | offensive categories including | average (.479), hits (58), homeruns | (11), total bases (107), runs scored (57), RBI's (68), slugging percent- age (.885), stolen bases (11) and on-base percentage (.519). Gatto was named second-team J All-PAC and third team All-Re- gion after splitting time between designated player and pitching. As designated player, she pro- vided plenty of firepower from the clean-up spot with a .421 average and team-high 11 doubles. She also smacked five triples to drive in 29 runs and scored 21 more. On the mound, she was also 11-6 with a 1.90 earned run aver- age to help the Cougars toa 27-12 record. Brown will attend Wilkes University Lake-Lehman field hockey star Melissa Brown has announced that she will continue her athletic and academic careers at Wilkes University this fall. Brown was a senior starter and varsity letter winner under coach Jean Lipski and helped the Lady Knights to a 12-5-1 season rec- ord. + This past year she was a Wyo- ming Valley Conference All-Star, a second team Mideast selection and first team All-Susquehanna selection. Off the court, Brown is a member of the Student Council, SADD, Peer Tutoring and Theater Production. She was also a two year letter winner in track and participated in soccer and cheer- leading. Melissa, who will study nurs- ing at Wilkes, is the daughter of Mary Ruth and Thomas Brown of Dallas.
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