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The Dallas Post
Section 2
Wednesday, September 25, 1996
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. . Fleeger making his
mark at Misericordia
DALLAS - After a stellar high
school athletic career, Lake-
Lehman product Jeremy Fleeger
has helped the College
Misericordia men’s soccer team
to a quick start in 1996.
- A sophomore midfielder,
Fleeger has started all six games
‘while the team recorded a 4-2
mark heading into yesterday's
game against Lycoming College.
With three goals this season,
Fleeger has already surpassed last
season's offensive totals when he
scored one goal while appearing
in all 17 games.
He utilized that experience to
his advantage while earning a
starting berth this year. “I knew
what I needed to do in order to
start this season,” said Fleeger,
~ whois majoring in biology. “I came
“into pre-season camp and just
worked as hard as I could. It has
paid off. *
With a talented roster, Fleeger
‘is aware that he can't rest on his
laurels. “We have avery good team
with several good players on the
bench waiting to take my posi-
tion,” he explained. “I know that if
I let up, someone else will work
harder to surpass me. We all push
each other and it makes us bet-
ter.”
As one of a handful of local
student-athletes playing for the
Cougars, Fleeger has no regrets
about his decision to attend
Misericordia. “I'm very happy with
my decision, “ he said. “I wanted
to stay close to home and coach
Edkins was a very positive influ-
ence on my decision. The campus
also provides a very pleasant en-
vironment.”
Misericordia head coach Chuck
Edkins is also pleased that Fleeger
chose to wear blue and gold. “Jer-
emy has been a valuable asset to
our program,” said Edkins, who
has guided the Cougars to three
runners-up finishes in the Penn-
sylvania Athletic Conference in
five seasons. “He saw plenty of
See FLEEGER, pg 10
Jeremy Fleeger has established himself as a stalwart on the
College Misericordia soccer team. The Lake-Lehman grad is in his
sophomore year.
ortsWeek
Samuel is
Pitt captain
The Pitt Cross Country has a
Dallas graduate as a team captain
this fall. Dallas resident Matt
Samuel is a senior runner for the
Pitt Panther Cross Country team
and has consistently been a first
team starter for the past three
years.
He recently ran as third man for
Pitt at a tough meet at West Vir-
ginia University. Samuel red-
shirted his freshman year and has
one more season remaining next
fall.
While at Dallas, Samuel was a
first team all-state runner and the
first men’s runner in Valley history
to qualifty four straight years for
the State Championships. He was
the district champion during his
senior year at Dallas.
An English writing major,
Samuel will run in the Penn State
Invitational at Lehigh University
and the Big East and ICAAAA
Championships in Boston.
MATT SAMUEL
SPORTS SHORTS
WRONG
GUESS
Dallas goalie John Fagan
guessed right, but the
Hazleton player kicked left for
a goal off a penalty kick in last
week's game. In far left photo,
Rich Samanis fought for
control, backed by Matt
Kerestes. Justin Kerr headed
the ball in front of Mitch
Bailey.
POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK
Kingston Twp. Raiders split pair with Lehman Jr. Black Knights
\
The Kingston Township Raid-
ers B team improved their record
to 3-1 with an exciting come-{rom-
behind 20-14 win over a strong
Lehman squad.
Trailing by two points with five
minutes remaining, the Raiders
‘marched 70 yards and scored on
“a 20-yard pass from quarterback
Steven
& Bobby Zaruta to
_ Salavantis.
The Black Knights took an 8-0
lead early in the game. Then
Jonathan Barbose scored two
touchdowns for the Raiders on
runs of five and 18 yards. The
Raiders put together the game-
winning drive following a fourth
quarter Knights’ score.
Other key performers on of-
fense were Matt Rondina, who
added a two-point conversion, Pat
Harmon, Marty Murray and Billy
Youells. The Raiders defense was
led by Salavantis, Nick
Mathewson, Danny Accillo, Kenny
Regan and Jonathan Miller.
A team falls behind early
The Raiders A team lost to the
Knights 34-6. The Raiders got off
toaslowstart, finding themselves
down 34-0 at the half. They played
dominating defense in the second
half, and scored their lone touch-
down in the fourth quarter when
Justin Sayre took an interception
in.
Playing well for the Raiders were
Paul Saxon, Brad Lothridge, John
Krispin, Jonathan Lorah, Justin
Sayre and Tim Banks.
The Raiders and Dallas Mini-
Mounts will play Sunday, Sept.
29 at the Dallas High School sta-
dium. Game times are: C team, 12
Noon; B team, 1:15 p.m.; A team,
3:15 p.m.
FOOTBALL
Dallas 21, Wyoming Area 14
The Mountaineer offense scored
early racking up a 21-0 halftime
advantage and hung on to squelch
Wyoming Area 21-14 under the
lights at Wyoming Sept.20. The
Mounts cashed in on weaknesses
in the Warrior defense to light up
the score board quickly. On the
second play from scrimmage
Frank Valvano went in motion
with the Warrior defense close in
tow as quarterback Billy
Puchalsky handed off to Brian
Pietracinni who scampered 59
yards for the touchdown. Mark
Kashenbach then supplied a little
more spark to the Mount fire dur-
ing the ensuing Warrior drive as
he pounced on a loose ball to set
up the Mounts near midfield.
Dallas capitalized as Puchalsky
tossed a 41 yard stike to Kevin
Kozel to lay the foundation for a 5
yard scamper to the end zone by
Valvano. In the second quarter
with the Warrior defense still con-
centrating on Valvano, Puchalsky
tossed to Kashenbach who ran 60
yards to pay dirt to complete the
Mount scoring. Dallas now faces
Crestwood at home Saturday
Sept.28.
Lehman 42, Crestwood 0
Lehman found the end zone on
each of its posessions in the first
half and racked up nearly 500
yards in total offense as they wal-
loped Crestwood 42-0 Sept.21.
Quarterback Mike Woronko com-
manded the Knight attack com-
pleting eight of twelve in the air for
153 yards including an eight yard
pitch to Chris Bath on the Knights
first drive to put the Knights on
the boards 6-0. Woronko's point
after attempt was good to raise
the score 7-0. On the next series
Woronko connected with Mark
Ronczka for a 29-yarder to the
end zone. Ronczka was Woronko's
right hand man carrying 16 times
for 108 yards. Lehman rounded
out the scoring in the first period
with a Roy Holcomb 53-yard sprint
to theend zone. The Knight defen-
sive line hampered the Comet of-
fense throughout the day holding
their opponents to just 131-yards.
Dave Oplinger finished Lehman's
scoring with a 7-yard rush in the
fourth. The Knights now encoun-
ter Meyers at home Sept 28 at
1:00.
FIELD HOCKEY
Dallas 2, GAR 0
The Lady Mounts sticks are on
fire! Following their stunning up-
set of Crestwood a day earlier the
Mounts dished out another upset
this time at the hands of previ-
ously unbeaten GAR Sept.18.
Michelle Molesky scored what
turned out to be the game winner
at 4:01 in the second half off a
pass from Mary Ann Selensky.
Selensky drilled an insurance tally
later in the period to end the scor-
ing at 2-0. Dallas kept the heat on
the Grenadier cage belting out 23
shots to GAR's 8.
Lehman 1, O'Reilly 0
Nikki Yoblonski penetrated a
stubborn O'Reilly defense in the
first to lift Lehman past the
Queenswomen 1-0 Sept.18. The
Knights rattled off 31 shots on
goal and 17 corners but were de-
nied 30 times by O'Reilly's keeper,
Erin Hammon.
Dallas 4, Nanticoke 2
Dallas continued on their path
of destruction through the W.V.
Conference this time victimizing
Nanticoke 4-2 Sept.20. Heather
Wilt lead the Mountaineer scoring
drive sailing two goals while
Melanie Getz and Mary Ann
Selensky each added one apiece.
Dallas outshot the Trojans 20-7
and lead on corners 17-3.
Lehman 7, Northwest 1
The Lady Knights again played
the role of spoilers as they rail-
roaded host Northwest 7-1
Sept.20. Jen Johnstone was re-
sponsible for three of Lehman's
six first half goals. Adrienne
Miroslaw scored twice while Chris-
tine Farrell and Susie Walters
drilled one apiece.
SOCCER
Lehman 7, Seminary 2
Eric Rittenhouse proved too
much for Seminary to handle as
he landed four goals as Lehman
downed Sem. 7-2 Sept.18. An-
drew Verdekal also added a pair of
tallies including one in the second
off a pass from Dan Dulebohn.
Nate Pankratz and Russ Mosier
shared duties in the cage racking
up eight saves.
Dallas 3, Abington 2
Dallas used two goals in the
fourth quarter to send the game
into overtime in a heartstopper
Sept.19 in Clarks Summit. John
Kertesz and Rich Semanis ac-
counted for the two late game
points to lock the score at two
apiece but it wasn't until 1:56 in
the second overtime that Kevin
Pizzano drilled the game winner.
Crestwood 2, Lehman 0
The Comets rallied for a goal in
both the third and fourth quar-
ters to upset Lehman 2-0 at
Crestwood on Sept.20. Crestwood
outshot the Knights 20-15. Knight
Goalie Nate Pankratz had eight
stops in the cage while freshman
Russ Mosier had 3.
Hazleton 5, Dallas 3
Mitch Bailey booted two
through the cage on penalty kicks
but didn't have the support from
the field as Hazleton ripped Dal-
las 5-3 Sept.20. Hazleton grabbed
the win by sinking three goals in
the fourth. Josh Dukas accounted
for the final Mount goal in the
final quarteroffa pass from Bailey.
VOLLEYBALL
Dallas 2, Hanover 0
The Mounts again relied upon
their strong service game as Dal-
las defeated Havover Area in
straight sets 15-3, 15-11 Sept. 18.
Lori Buzin and Stacey Engler
lead the drive with 13 service
points and seven kills. The win
increases the Mounts record to 4-
1 just a half game behind confer-
ence leaders Abington and
Tunkhannock both at 4-0.
Abington 2, Lehman 0
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