Section 2
Wednesday, September 20, 1995
By LEN KRYESKI
Sports Writer
DALLAS TOWNSHIP - The
Dallas field hockey team remained
undefeated in Wyoming Valley
Conference play after five games
with a 3-0 win over Abington
Heights Monday. The victory was
also the fourth consecutive shut-
_ out for the Lady Mounts, who
have given up just one goal to
date.
“When you're able to keep the
offensive pressure on, like we did
today, it takes the pressure off of
your backs and keeper,” said
Dallas coach Ron Moran.
And did the Dallas offense keep
the pressure on Abington - close
to 80 percent of the contest was
_ played near the Comets goal
Aa Having the ball on the opponents
end of the field and getting it in
the goal are two different things,
however. The Dallas fans began
to get antsy after a while and
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* Mountaineers sporting
5-0 record in field hockey §
“This is a tough
week, we've got a
long way to go.”
Ron Moran
Dallas coach
began to wonder if their team
would ever score.
Although the Lady Mounts
continuously threatened to put
the ball in the net, they were not
hitting the ball with authority and
seemed to have a hard time get-
ting their sticks down. Dallas was
trying to slap the ball from the
outside instead of setting up tight
at the top of the circle.
With the score tied at zero, and
about seven minutes remaining
in the first half, Moran did some-
thing he normally doesn't like to
do - call time out.
“We weren't intense, even
though we talked about intensity
just before the game,” said Mo-
The Dallas Post
ran. “Our sticks weren't down
and we weren't doing fundamen-
tal things.”
Atter the little midfield session
the Lady Mounts starting hitting
the ball with authority and really
went to work on the young Abing-
ton team. Moran was pleased
with the effort of the girls from
that point on with the exception of
their drives.
“We really don’t do well when
we have free hits,” Moran said.
“The drives off of those were not
real strong today.”
Dallas got on the. scoreboard
with 3:25 remaining before
halftime when Kristy Woolbert fed
Melanie Getz. Getz madeit1-Oby
slapping the ball into the right
side of the Abington net.
Dallas wasted little time add-
ing to the lead in the second half.
Amory Fetko scored off an assist
from Mary Ann Selenski at the
28:48 mark. At 14:51 the two
forwards accounted for another
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Mountaineer head coach Ron Moran, right, and assistant Nancy Shaw have the team off to an
undefeated start this year. But it's along season, cautions the veteran coach.
score, this time it was Fetko feed-
ing Selenski.
Statistically, Dallas finished
with 32 shots and 25 corners.
Senior goalkeeper Lisa Tomaine
recorded two saves and received
plenty of support from defenders
Kathy Ferko, Suzanne Fisher and
Michelle Moleski. The play of the
Dallas links has helped them post
Dallas
pulled out
close win
over GAR
The Dallas Mountaineers kept
their record unblemished with a
tight 23-20 win over GAR last
week. Frank Valvano scored
two Mount touchdowns and
Jeff Kunkle one and kicked a
field goal. In photo at left,
Kunkle runs down GAR back
Maneul DeGraffernreid. Below
left, quarterback Ted Jackson
: Jr. scampeted around end.
Below, right, Mark
Kaschenbach broke up a GAR
pass play.
Dallas plays at Crestwood
Saturday.
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Media celebrities will join an
estimated 800 golfers for the Red
Baron Pizza Million Dollar Shoot-
out to benefit Volunteers of Amer-
ica and Wyoming Area Kiwanis.
The event will be held September
G 21-24, 1995at Rich's Golf Center,
Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming.
The Red Baron Pizza Million
Dollar Shootout works much like
aclosest-to-the-pin contest. Some
18 tee mats will be set up at Rich's
Golf Center, Wyoming Avenue,
Wyoming during the competition.
golfers will pay $1 per ball to
shoot at a special green from
approximately 115 yards. Each
golfer who makes a hole-in-one
and the next 30 players with shots
closest to the pin will qualify for
Sunday's finals. Any golfer shoot-
ing a hole-in-one in the finals
would win the $1 Million Dollar
prize.
If no one wins the $1 million,
*$1 million golf shootout will aid VOA
prizes will be awarded to the top
10 golfers hitting the shots clos-
est-to-the-pin.
For more information on the
Red Baron Pizza Million Dollar
Shootout, please call Colleen
Jackloski at Volunteers of Amer-
ica at 1-800-836-4VOA.
four shutouts thus far.
“If our links are doing the job of
getting through to our forwards
and keeping the ball from getting
downfield, our offense reallyhas a
better flow,” Moran said.
A month ago, Moran felt con-
sistency would be the key to the
'95 season, and although unde-
feated, his feelings on the subject
haven't changed. Dallas has
posted high grades every other
game. They'll need to break that
streak if they hope to beat a strong
Wallenpaupack team on the road
“Wallenpaupack is really tough,
especially defensively,” Moran
said. “Then we play Bishop
O'Reilly on Friday. This is a tough
week, we've got a long way to go.”
Cara Stroud helps
all around the court |
By LEN KRYESKI
Sports Writer
Cara Stroud, a senior middle
hitter for Lake-Lehman, fully
understands that it takes more
than talent to become one of the
premier volleyball players at the
high school level. She has shown
a strong on-the-court sense plus
has been willing to dedicate her-
self to the sport, even if it means
giving more than one hundred
percent and staying after prac-
tice.
Stroud's love for and dedica-
tion to girls’ volleyball made her a
first team all-scholastic player a
year ago. Lehman coach Bob
Rogers hopes the program will
benefit from her attitude for years
to come.
“I hope all of my freshman look
at her and say, someday I want to
play volleyball like that,” Rogers
said.
It's not uncommon for Cara to -
stick around long after most of
the varsity players have gone home
and help out with the freshman,
work on her digs or just take a tub
full of volleyballs and hit away.
“She puts the time in, works at
volleyball and the results show,”
Rogers said.
Another sight has become all
too familiar to Lake-Lehman
opponents — Stroud making a
keyblock, pass or serve that leads
to a point for the Lady Knights.
“She has progressed in all parts
of the game,” explained Rogers.
“She's an excellent server and
blocker, a good passer and a good
hitter when we give her the ball. I
wouldn't say at any time I had to
say you must work on one part of
the game more than anything
else.”
Cara is the daughter of Donald
and Fay Stroud of Sweet Valley.
* She has a younger sister Kelly as
well as two half sisters, Lori and
CARA STROUD
Patty. She alsohasahalf brother,
Clinton. An older cousin, Mark,
helped get her interested in the
game of volleyball while she was
in seventh grade. A church base-
ment league was Cara's first ex-
perience with organized volley-
ball.
Since then she's attended a
number of summer camps at
Wyoming Valley West and one at
Juniata College last summer.
Blocking is her favorite part of the
game, while she feels she’s made
the most improvement in the
passing department.
“I used to only like to hit be-
cause I wasn't a very good pas-
ser,” Stroud said. “Now my pass-
See STROUD, pg 11
SPORTS THIS WEEK
DALLAS
Cross Country
" Thur, 9-21 Bishop Hoban, home
Wed., 9-27 @ Hanover
Field Hockey
Wed., 9-20 @ Wallenpaupack
Fri., 9-22 Bishop O'Reilly, home
Wed., 9-27 @ Honesdale
Football
Sat, 9-23 @ Crestwood
Golf
Thur., 9-21 Hanover, @ W.V.C.C.
Mon., 9-28 Lake-Lehman, Irem
Soccer
Thur., 9-21 Bishop O'Reilly, home
Sat, 9-23 @ Tunkhannock
Tues., 9-26 Coughlin, home
Volleyball
Wed., 9-20 @ Pittston
Tues., 9-26 Wyoming Area, home
LAKE-LEHMAN
Cross Country
Wed., 9-20 Crestwood, home
Wed., 9-27 @ Wyoming Area
Field Hockey
Wed. 9-20 GAR, home
Fri., 9-22 Hazleton, home
Football
Fri., 9-22 @ Hanover
Golf
Thur., 9-21 @ Berwick
Mon., 9-25 Hazleton, home
Soccer
Thur., 9-21 Bishop Hoban, home
Fri., 9-22 @ Meyers
Tues., 9-26 Berwick, home
Volleyball
Wed., 9-20 @ Hanover
Tues., 9-26 Meyers, home
All dates weather permitting