OR
Section 2
Wednesday, October 16, 1996
By VITO QUAGLIA
Sports Writer
DALLAS - Golf is not a sport
that is introduced to people in the
traditional manner. Packs of 10-
year-olds are not usually found
choosing up foursomes to play a
round in an abandoned sandlot.
No, for many people golf is
something they stumble across
while channel surfing. It is that
sport where people get dressed up
to walk across acres of manicured
grass to hit a little white ball with
a crooked stick, and then chase it.
Golf isn't exactly one of the ex-
treme games.
On the scholastic level, golf is
nota “revenue” sport. High school
golfers usually don't play in front
oflarge crowds the way their coun-
terparts in football, field hockey
or soccer do. For the high school
golfer, the love of the game, rather
than the roar of the crowd is what
entices him. But that may be
changing.
Tiger Woods is a young golfer
just beginning to make his mark
on the professional tour. In an
age when football and basketball
players are usually the only ones
contemplating coming out of col-
lege early, Woods, a college jun-
22 local riders
jor, traded in his course selec-
tions for a tour card. You've prob-
ably seen his Nike commercials
on television or maybe you read
about himin the newspapers. His
electric smile and solid golf play
have made him a media darling.
Tiger Woods might just be to
golf what Michael Jordan is bas-
ketball. Okay, maybe that's push-
ing it just a bit, but the kid sure is
good for golf.
Locally, a young golfer is also
trying to make his mark. Two
weeks ago, Dallas's JustinJumper
qualified for the state champion-
ship golf tournament. Going into
Monday and Tuesday's rounds,
Justin said he [eels relaxed. “I
just want to go out there and have
fun. I'm not pulling too much
pressure on myself."
Justin, who also plays base-
ball, .'seces golf as an
underappreciated sport. “I'd like
to see more publicity for golf,” he
says. “I think that Tiger Woods
and other young golfers are help-
ing to expose kids to golf, but I'd
like to see it become more popu-
lar. Tiger is somebody who I can
look up to. I see what he has
accomplished and that makes me
practice even harder.”
This year Justin had to don the
role of leader of the Dallas golf
will make trip
to State 4-H Horse Show
Twenty-two Luzerne County 4-
H horse club members will be
proceeding to the State 4-H Horse
Show in Harrisburg October 25-
27. In order to be eligible for the
state show, these members had to
compete and place in the top rank-
ing at both the county and district
elimination shows.
Representing Luzerne County
and the District are: Amanda
Adamitz, Shavertown, English
Grooming and Showmanship Sr.;
Pleasure Pairs and County Team;
Cyndi Boyle, Dallas, Western
Grooming and Showmanship Sr.,
and Reining; Tanya Campbell,
Hunlock Creek, Pleasure Horse
Driving; Rebecca Conyngham,
Dallas, Welsh Pony Yearling Geld-
ing; Alison Corey, Tunk-hannock,
Pleasure Pairs.
Also, Reagan Gruelich, Dallas,
Quarter Horse Filly of this Year;
Elizabeth Heller, Hunlock Creek,
Western Pleasure Ponies over 13.0
hands; Sarah Heller, Hunlock
Creek, Western Pleasure Ponies
13.0 hands and under.
Also, Amber Lauri, Hunlock
Creek, Pole Bending Ponies; De-
von Lewis, Harveys Lake, West-
ern Grooming and Showmanship
Jr., Open Trail Horses, Stock Seat
Equitation Jr., Western Riding,
and Reining; Erin Liss, Dallas,
English Grooming and Showman-
ship Jr.; Megan Ross, Dallas,
Working Hunter Ponies and
Hunter Under Saddle Ponies;
Wendy Wallo, Dallas, County
Team, Working Hunter Horses and
Hunter Seat Equitation over
Jumps Jr.; and Becky Yeisley,
Shavertown, Cloverleaf Barrel
Race Horses.
SPORTS SHORTS
FIELD HOCKEY
Dallas 3, Wallenpaupack 3
Dallas staged an incredible sec-
ond half come back with three
goals in the final seven minutes of
play but were unable to secure
the win and settled for a tie after
an overtime battle with ‘Paupack
3-3 Oct.9. Natalie Temperine
pulled the Mounts within one slap-
ping off a goal at 22:40 and 24:00
in the second. Michelle Molesky
tied it up at three all at 29:20 to
send the game into overtime. Jenn
Jancewicz had 13 saves.
Lehman 1, Crestwood 1
Lehman hosted one of this
season's most brilliant field hockey
games as the Knights clashed with
Crestwood Oct.9. Sara Kasper put
the Knights up by one just a
minute and a half into play off a
pass from Kacy Ziomek. The Com-
ets then locked it up off a bizzare
corner with only seven minutes
remaining. Neither team was able
to break the deadlock in regula-
tion sending the game into over-
time. Despite several breakaways
for both teams the defenses hung
tough and held the game ata 1-1
tie. The Knights record now stands
at 11-1-1.
Dallas 4, Northwest 1
Natalie Temperine supplied the
fire and a hat trick in the Mounts
4-1 victory over Northwest Oct. 11.
Temperine shot a goal in the first
and two in the second and set up
another for Mary Ann Selenski to
put the Mounts ahead for good.
The win puts the Mounts (9-3-2) a
step closer to securing one of two
remaining District II playoff
berths.
Lehman 5, GAR 0
Lehman clinched a seed in the
District II playoffs witha 5-O shut-
outof GAR Oct. 11 in Wilkes-Barre.
Jen Johnstone slipped two past
as the Knights rattled off 38 shots
on goal. Kacy Ziomek rocketed a
penalty shot into the cage in the
late minutes of the first. Sara
Kasper and Susie Walters also
had goals for Lehman.
SOCCER
Valley West 4, Dallas 1
Mike McHale evened the score
at one apiece in the second but
the Mounts let the game slide
from there as Valley West downed
Dallas 4-1 Oct.9. McHale's tally
came off a pass [rom Kevin
Pizzano. The Spartans had two
goals in the second and one in
both the third and fourth to grab
the win from the Mounts. Dallas’
record drops to 5-8.
Coughlin 6, Lehman 3
The Knights went up 2-0 in the
first 15 minutes of play but
Coughlin responded with 5 unan-
swered goals of their own as the
Crusaders beat Lehman 6-3
Oct.10. Russ Wenrich and Dan
Dulebohn had the early tallies for
Lehman but were unable to find
the net again until 4:31 in the
fourth when Nate Walters booted
in a pass from Brian Noler.
Dallas 4, Seminary 1
Dallas paced the game with a
goal in each of the first three
quarters and two in the third to
blow past Seminary 4-1 Ocl.10.
Richard Douglas assisted on goals
from Rich Semanas, Justin Kerr
and Kevin Pizzano. Mike Cleary
booted the remaining score as-
sisted by Pizzano.
Dallas 4, Abington Heights 1
Dallas allowed the Comets one
in the first but controlled the game
from there and downed Abington
4-1 Oct.14. Kevin Pizzano and
Justin Kerr assisted on each oth-
ers goals in the first. Justin Hoover
then increased the lead with a
goal in the second. Richard Dou-
glas ended the scoring in the third
assisted by Pizzano. Dallas’ record
stands at 7-8.
More SHORTS, pg 10
The Dallas Post
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team. Aller playing in the shadow
of former Dallas standout Lynn
Kilduff, Justin realized that this
year he would be asked to be the
go-to guy. “lI knew that coach
expected me to lead the team, to
turn in good scores consistently.”
That really wasn't as easy as it
sounds. Last year Jumper ad-
mits he was an average golfer at
best. “Last year I was basically
pretty bad,” he said with a laugh.
“But this summer's practices re-
ally paid off. Right now I feel that
I'm a pretty good golf player.”
Dallas coach Tom Kilduff thinks
what Justin has accomplished is
terrific. “In all my years at Dallas,
Justin is only the third golfer to
qualify for the state playoffs,”
Kilduff said. “As a coach, it is a
real honor to have someone from
your team qualify. It's also a
tremendous honor for Justin.
_ Jumper goes from 'bad golfer’ to states
Essentially, what he has accom-
plished is equal to a baseball or
football team making the state
championship. It's really an in-
credible feat.”
Looking back, Justin said it all
started when he was an eight-
year-old. “My grandfather used
to take me golfing at Fox Hill on
Monday mornings. That's where
I learned to love the game.”
How much of a role did coach
Kilduff play in Justin's improve-
ment? “Coach really helped me
with the mental part,” Jumper
explained. “He kept my mind
focused on what I had to do, and
that's the toughest part. Golfis so
mental. If you lose your cool, if
you get mad at yourself, you're
going to go out there and shoot
90's.”
Golf is very much a “mind”
game as opposed to baseball, the
other sport that Justin hopes to
excel in this year. Justin is a
pitcher on the Dallas baseball
team and he feels that he needs to
alsobecome a leader on that squad
this year. “Last year we had so
many seniors that did a great job
for us, especially JeffKunkle. This
year I want to go out there and be
a leader.
See JUMPER, pg 11
POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS
Marc Ronczka, above, broke through the Wyoming Area line in
Saturday's game. Ronczka and his teammates had a rough
afternoon, falling 31-0 for their first conference loss. Below, Kevin
Whipple (33) and Brock Raspen scrambled for a loose ball.
But basically, I just
JUSTIN JUMPER
Black ws
must regroup
to save season
By VITO QUAGLIA
Sports Writer
LEHMAN - The Lake-Lehman
Black Knights had been march-
ing through Division II of the Wyo-
ming Valley Conference victori-
ously, boasting a 5-1 record, un-
defeated against divisional foes.
Until last Saturday, that is. The
Lake-Lehman victory march ran
straight into a wall in their game
against Wyoming Area, as the
Warriors’ stingy defense blanked
the Knights 31-0 in front of
Lehman's homecoming crowd.
“We only ran 35 offensive plays
the entire game,” head coach Rich
Gorgone stated. “We beat our-
selves just as much as they beat
us. Kopka is one heck of a back
and Wyoming Area is a fine team,
but we made it easier for them to
win. We made too many mental
mistakes and couldn't come back
from them.”
In addition to losing the game,
Lehman has lost the services of
lineman Joe Kosior for the next
few games, if not the season.
“Kosior is one of the premier line-
men in the league, and losing him
really hurts,” the Black Knight
mentor said.
Lake Lehman is now 4-1 and
tied for second in their division
and the Wyoming Area defense
and Warrior running back Ben
Kopka are the reasons for it.
Kopka rushed for 162 yards and
two touchdowns, while the
Knights were limited to just 137
total offensive yards. To make
matters worse, Lehman racked
up 90 yards in penalties.
In the first hall against Wyo-
ming Area, Lehman could not capi-
talize on Warrior miscues. The
Knights wasted two Warrior turn-
overs, turning the ball over them-
selves which resulted in a Jell
Kostik touchdown with just over
three minutes left in the first half.
Kostik also returned an intercep-
tion 75 yards to the Lehman 15-
yard line, setting up a Fred
Marianacci field goal. The Black
Knights trailed at halftime, 10-0.
The second hall was all Wyo-
ming Area, as the Warriors held
the ball for all but 3:45 of the
entire half. The Knights [ell victim
to two huge drives in both the
third and fourth quarters. The
first was a 79-yard, seven and a
half-minute, 14-play marathon
march that put the Warriors up
17-0, and drained the life from
Lehman's comeback hopes. The
second was a 76-yard, eight
minute, 20-play odyssey that
made the score 24-0, and sealed
Lehman's fate.
“We couldn't stop them in the
second half,” Gorgone explained.
“Even when we seemed to stop
them, a penalty kept the drive
going. They came at us with two
tight ends and took it to us.”
Offensively for the Knights Mike
Woronko completed seven passes
for 81 yards. Mark Ronczka had
31 yards on nine carries, and
Woronko chipped in with 22 yards
rushing.
See BLACK KNIGHTS, pg 11
KT Raiders C team rolls again, but but A and B lose to Wilkes-Barre
The Kingston Township Raid-
ers C Squad won another game on
the road to the Super Bowl. A
great performance was turned out
by the entire offense. Brian
Ostrowsky and Elijah Miller scored
two touchdowns each and Matt
Kelly took in a two-point conver-
sion. Kevin Roman had a 50-yard
punt return that took the Raiders
to the eight-yard line and almost
in for another score. The offen-
sive line took the scrimmage line
over the Bears for a 26-point ad-
vantage.
KT held the Bears scoreless.
This is the fifth week in a row the
Raiders defense has not allowed a
single point. Playing well for the
Raider defense were Jacob
Kovalchik, Matt Brokenshire,
Steve Rosencrans, David Judge
andJamie Trochi. Making a strong
appearance on defense were some
first year players, Mark Rondina,
Ryan Edwards, Erick Tucker and
Andrew Karavitch.
The Raiders B Team suffered a
disappointing 28-8 loss to ihe
Wilkes-Barre Bears on Sunday.
The loss snapped the Raiders’ five
game win streak and temporarily
put on hold the team's qualifica-
tion for a playoff position. Aftera
slow start, both the offense and
“the defense played well in the
second half. Although two long
drives ended without any points,
the team moved the football in the
air and on the ground. The first
defensive unit played outstand-
ing in the third and fourth quar-
ters, shutting down the Bears and
helping set up the Raiders TD.
The Raiders A Team lost to the
Bears on Sunday. Playing their
last home game for the Raiders
were John Krispin, George
Sprague, Paul Saxon, Jonathan
Lorah, Matt Tucker, Paul Mentis,
Tim Banks and Frank Martino.
Also A cheerleaders graduating
are Crystal Youells and Deanna
Hedges.
The Kingston Twp. Raiders
Junior Football Organization
would like to thank local busi-
“nesses and residents in Kingston
Twp. for their support in makng
our annual Door Bell Night a suc-
cess. Also we would like to thank
the Shavertown Fire Company for
letting us hold our Homecoming
Dance at the Fire Hall.