] f {9 Wb, A» v WoL LR VE Cn SOV ant REA SAE, grt LL anced wf ‘dW dq Section 2 Wednesday, January 17, 1996 Match of unbeaten teams set for Sunday After almost a month off due to the Christmas break and inclem- ent weather, the Dallas Youth 7th- 8th ‘erade basketball got back under way this past Sunday. In the opener, the Sixers, con- tinued where they left off before . the break by defeating the Bulls ! by a score of 73-52. The inside- outside shooting of Matt Wycallis and Matt Jackson proved too much for a determined Bulls team. The half time score was Sixers 37, Bulls 21. The Sixers offense was led by Jackson with 28 points followed by Wycallis with 25 points, which included two-3- point goals. Jared Flowers had a fine offensive game with eight ¢ points. The Bulls offense was led by Mike Regan with a game high 37 points, and Randy Knappman chipped in with five points. The Sixers win puts them at 5-0 and on a collison course with the Magic, which also sports a 5-0 record. The teams will meet next week at 3 p.m. The Bulls record falls to 0-5. In game two, the Magic in- creased their record to 5-0 by defeating the Heat in a close game, 39-34. Both teams started off slow, with the first quarter ending with a six all tie. The Magic outscored the Heat 12-8 in the econd quarter, to give the Magic 18-14 lead at the half. For the next two periods each team traded baskets and with the Heat's tall man, Joe Stupino fouling out in the fourth quarter, the Magic con- trolled the boards and recorded the win. The Magic had a well balanced scoring attack, which was led by Mike Domzalski with a game high 14 points followed by Brian Barrett with 10 points and Ryan Sorber with nine points. Domzalski turned in a fine defen- sive game for the Magic, recording five blocked shots. The Heat of- , fense was led by Jason Race with 10 points, followed by Joe Stupino with eight points and Dan Fetko, Jared Karalunas, and Francis Yanik each with four points apiece. The Heats record falls to 2-3. The third game featured the Hornets jumping out to a first quarter lead of 14-4 over the War- See UNBEATENS, pg 10 Lehman By LEN KRYESKI Sports Writer LEHMAN - Phil Lipski and Tom Williams weren't quite sure what to expect from their team of grap- plers Saturday night. This year’s edition of the Lake-Lehman wres- tling team is balanced and tal- ented, but needs constant work to improve and reach their poten- tial. That normally doesn’t hap- pen when high school wrestlers only manage to squeeze in two practices in a week's time. “We really didn't know how they'd respond,” said Williams, the Lehman co-coach. The Lehman brain trust was more than pleased with what they witnessed as the Black Knights came together to dominate neigh- borhood rival Dallas. The Moun- taineers spotted Lehman 12 points by forfeiting two matches, but Lehman returned no mercy for their kindness with a 53-0 blank- ing. With new inductees as well as members of the prestigious Lake-Lehman Wrestling Hall of Fame on hand, every Knights grap- pler wanted to leave some kind of impression of his own. During every close match the Lehman wrestlers came up strong in the third period to assure themselves a victory. The two practices Lehman squeezed in since the previous Saturday was double the amount Steve Kaschenbach’s Mountain- eers had to work with during a week that saw two major winter The Dallas Post Sports\Week School Spirit The Dallas girls' basketball team may have come up short in the last couple of games, but they show plenty of spirit, as exemplified by the banner that decorated the gym during last week's game against Meyers. In photo above, Adrienne Camp drove for the hoop past a pair of Mohawk defenders. At right, Stacey Suda was ready to lay in two points. POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK Nick Raczkowski, wrestling at 103 Ib., picked up Lehman's first points Saturday in a meet against Dallas. He decisioned Randy Evans 12-2. storms channel over Pennsylva- nia. “It’s terrible,” said Kaschenbach. “We only got in one practice this week. We're doing the best we can under the conditions.” With so much idle time spent in the comfort of home, away from school and practice, a couple of Dallas wrestlers arrived over- weight Saturday. Ironically it was an overweight Lehman wrestler who may have kept Dallas off the scoreboard. Matt Raczkowski, who usually competes at 112 pounds, weighed in at 116. Rather than sit by idly, blanks Dallas on the mat Raczkowskimoved upto 119, set- ting up a confrontation with Mike Metz. “I'm glad (Dallas) left Metz there,” said Williams of the match between two of the most success- ful wrestlers in the Back Moun- tain. “To get those two guys to- gether was great.” The two seniors sized one an- other up the entire first period, Metz shooting high, Raczkowski going for the legs. There were three breaks in the action includ- ing one to put a heavy bandage on Raczkowski's head due to a cut suffered when the two bumped heads. Raczkowski scored first with a 2-point takedown at the 1:18 mark of the second period. Metz man- aged an escape in the third before his Lehman counterpart nailed the victory with another take- down. A 4-1 decision gave Lehman a 13-0 lead after three matches. Make it two pins in two league meets for Eric Maciejczak. The 130 pound sophomore built up an 8-1 lead over Mike Hoover be- fore recording the fall in 2:36. At 160, Ned Walsh won the quickest meeting of the night. He pinned Rick Macri in 1:55. Nick Raczkowski and Joe Halowich picked up major deci- sions for Lehman. Raczkowski won the 103 pound match over Randy Evans 12-2. Halowich beat John Crispell 13-5 at 140. See LEHMAN WINS, pg 10 BW School news HM Classified WM Calendar Mounts go cold, lose to Hanover By LEN KRYESKI Sports Writer HANOVER TOWNSHIP - A stingy Hanover defense held Dal- las scoreless over the last 3:10 en route to a 39-29 victory in a key Wyoming Valley Conference Divi- sion 2 girls basketball game. Hanover finished the Monday night contest with an 11-0 run after a lay-in by Stacey Suda put the Lady Mounts on top 29-28. The Lady Hawkeyes created most of their points off of Dallas turn- overs. The Hanover press gave Dallas fits during the game's wan- ing moments. Two sets of free throws gave Hanovera 32-291ead, after which the Dallas girls turned the ball over on three consecutive possessions. A victory would have kept Kim Barbacci's club alive for a pos- sible tie of the first half crown. The Lady Mounts entered the game with 4-2 conference record, Hanover came in 6-0. Dallas took control of the game early and enjoyed a 9-5 lead at the conclusion of the first quarter and a 13-7 lead at halftime. The hustle of Adrienne Camp helped build the margin. The forward was all over the court picking up four steals, five rebounds and five points by intermission. Were it not for several missed lay-ups and 1-for-5 free throw shooting, the Dallas lead would have been larger. Many fans were expecting to see a classic confrontation be- tween centers Robin Suda of Dal- las and Katie Watkins of Hanover. Suda led all division 2 girls in scoring at an 18.9 clip a season ago. Watkins finished third with 15.6 per game. It was not to be. During the first half the two in- side forces traded a single bucket. Watkins took over in the sec- ond halfby scoring 11 of Hanover's 17 third quarter points. After in- termission Hanover changed their offensive scheme. Coach Jerry Blazick decided to force the ball into Watkins and allowed point guard Robin Mendygral to pen- etrate. This came after running a very patient offensive in the first two quarters of play. Hanover tried working the ball over the middle down low or flipping it back out to. three-point specialist Tami Tho- mas on the wing. The Dallas defense was well prepared, doing a good job denying the middle while Thomas was held scoreless. With Dallas holding a 17-10 lead early in the third period, ‘Hanover climbed back into the contest with a 9-0 run. Five of those points were courtesy of Watkins who led all scorers with 16 points. Thomas hit just one trey on the night, but it came in the clutch. The 5'5” junior tied the game at 17. Stacey Suda led Dallas with 14 points and nine rebounds. Robin spent most of the second and third quarters on the bench because of foul trouble and fin- ished with just two points. She added seven rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot. Camp re- corded nine points, eight rebounds and five steals. through senior league. Back Mountain Baseball registration Saturday for all ages of boys girls Back Mountain Baseball will hold registration for all ages and groups of boys and girls for the 1996 season Sat., January 20 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dallas Middle School. A registration fee of $25 per child or $40 per family will be collected at the time of registration. Birth certificates are required for all new players. A separate $18 fee will be collected at registration for all players who do not wish to sell a box of candy for a fund raiser. Registration is for boys and girls, and all groups from tee-ball GOH boys win pair, lose pair Gate of Heaven 7th-8th grade boys basketball Green Team split four games. The Gators of coaches Russ Susko and Bill Wagner lost to Hanover, won over St. Mary's, lost by two to Plains and were victorious over St. Boniface in an exciting game. P.J. Spigarelli scored 12 points in the Hawkeye contest. Russell Susko scored 19 and Rob Bradbury 10 in the St. Mary's win. P.J. Spigarelli scored 13 in the Plains loss. In the St. Boniface win, P.J. Spigarelli and Joe Latosek scored 11 and eight points. There was strong rebounding by C.J. Adamchak and blocked shots by Rob Bradbury. Brian Wagner, Rob Neher, and R.J. Barna played tough defense. Excellent ball handling and floor leadership was provided by Lee Stevans. GOH 8th grade girls win twice The Gate of Heaven Gator Girls’ 8th grade varsity had their fourth game of the season on Thursday, January 11, at Gate of Heaven. " Gate of Heaven was victorious with a score of 55-12 over Pope John Paul of Nanticoke. The high scor- ers for Gate of Heaven were Lind- say Mace with 14 points, Maria Wright with nine points, and Bridget Narcum, Katie Creamer and Veronica McRipley, all with six points each. Ashleigh Steward was high for Pope John Paul with four points. The Gate of Heaven Gators Girls’ 8th grade varsity had their fifth game of the season on Sunday, January 14, at St. Nick's-St. Mary's in Wilkes-Barre. Gate of Heaven, was victorious with a score of 54- 37. The high scorers for Gate of Heaven were Maria Wright with 16 points, Lindsay Mace with 12 points, and Bridget Narcum with 11 points. Karolyn Boback was high for St. Nick’s-St. Mary's with 25 points. GOH sixth-grade girls win pair In an exciting game on their home court, the Gate of Heaven sixth grade girls beat Pope John Paul Il of Nanticoke 26-20. In an away game, GOH won 45-28 over St. Nick's of Wilkes-Barre. Leading scorers were Katie Delaney, Sarah Armand, Courtney Dombroski and Jennifer Bjelich. Top rebounders were Laura Krakosky, Monica Latosek and Cece Williams-Moen. Jeanne Herman and Lauren Davis led the defense. Coaches are Steve Bjelich and Wayne Dombroski. Gate of Heaven cheerleaders The Gate of Heaven School basketball cheerleaders this season are; Lauren Adamchak, Lauren Collini, Kristen Evans, Stephanie Latosek, Beth Ryan, Jessica Ryan, Melissa Supczenski and Laura Tyira. They are directed by Theresa Ryan and Theresa Supczenski.
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