The Dallas Post Ep © Section 2 Wednesday, December 4, 1996 Wrestli ; restling preview Watch out WVC, Lehman | ° ' f ° / t ® ° t e : IS ‘cautiously optimistic e e By VITO QUAGLIA as the year goes on and the y RK Sports Writer younger guys have to fill some t h holes.” ; LEHMAN - Lake-Lehman wres- Lipski, along with co-coach Tom - r tling co-head coach Phil Lipski Williams, will have 32 wrestlers. : has alotof work ahead of him this thisyear. Keyreturners are sopho- year if he hopes to outdo his wife. = more Nick Raczkowski at 112: : His wife is, of course, Jean Lipski, pounds, who posted over 20 wins the coach of the state champion lastyear, senior Bill Brehaat 119," Lake-Lehman field hockey team. junior Eric Maciejczak at 125; With a little luck maybe Phil can sophomore Sam Saylor at 140, equal his wife's success. senior Joe Halowich at 145 and: All kidding aside, the Lehman senior Ned Walsh at 152. Both. © ® wrestling team should be a force = Halowich and Walsh placed fourth | i to contend with this season. Last in the regional tournament last* year's team went 16-1 and several year. I of the wrestlers from that squad Despite some talented return- will be returning. ing wrestlers, Lipski believes his “I am cautiously optimistic team may have some weak spots." about this season,” coach Lipski “We're a little vulnerable at spots stated. “I believe that we could be. a 4 a favorite, but we have to improve See LAKE-LEHMAN, pg 10: ¢ ; 4 . New Dallas coach hoping h,i | KNGHT for growth, improvement By VITO QUAGLIA weightlifting program and we're TI ME Sports Writer working on our conditioning.” J : Only three weeks into practice, it 0 ) The | ake-L ehmati Black DALLAS - This should be an is too early for the new coach to ; : exciting year for the Dallas Moun- accurately assess his squad. Knignis opened ten a Eric “There are a lot of . with season last week with a DeReemer. The first-year mentor only one or two years experience. non-conference game is taking over the reins of avarsity If the older guys can serve as | against AAAA power program after several years as an leaders for the younger ones, we Abington Heights. In top assistant at Wyoming Area and should continue to get better as photo, Dave Milunic (50) West Side Tech. the season goes on,” noted went up againstthe Taking over any athletic pro- DeReemer. | Comets’ Derek Belejchak. Som hey its good side and its Key returning wrestlers for o i Atlsft. Andy Loughnay ad. Insti ling your own personal Dallas will be senior Harry : style, setting goals, changing Hazeltine, who finished fifth at launched a jumper. workouts, and conveying your districts lastyear, and sophomore George Frank played ideas can all be exciting, but at Matt Gingo, who finished fourth tough defense in the the same time difficult. Getting to At the moment the lineup for photo at right. know the athletes and their abil- the Dallas wrestling team is: 103 POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK ity is one area that should not be lbs. Randy Evans (11th grade), ’ that difficult for DeReemer. Damian Temperine 112 (9), Dave “Right now we only have 16 or Spurlin 119 (9), Tim Dixon 125 17 guys, but there is talent there," said DeReemer. “I've started a See DALLAS, pg 10 ) |» Oliver will coach at baseball clinic Se TO WE The second annual Chip Sorber Baseball Clinic, will be held Dec. 27, featuring John Oliver: first round draft choice of the Cincinnati ) | Reds. Age 12 and under will be held 12-2p.m.; Age 13 and above will be held 2-4 p.m. at the Lake- Lehman High School. Pre- registration is $20. Payments can be mailed to: Chip Sorber, 20 Maple Tree Rd., Dallas, PA 18612. Cost at the door is $25. From left, John Oliver and Chip : Sorber. 9 OLD VS YOUNG. Rd GUESS WHO WON Several dozen parents, family and friends of Dallas High School soccer braved the cold Saturday to watch the team take on alumni in the annual Snow Bowl. The event was sponsored by the Boys Soccer Booster Club. The young guys won 2-1 * as Mike McHale scored both goals for the winners, and Joe Ankenbrand booted in one for the alumni. Below, Reese Finn chased Mike Cleary. Above, Jamie Robb raced Cleary to the ball with John Kertesz, in dark cap, Justin Hoover, in white cap and Lance Wega kept a close eye on the play. POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK Dallas Middle school wins jr. high title The Dallas Middle School soccer team recently won the Wyoming Valley Junior High School title with a playoff victory over Abington Heights 3-2. Coach Jeff Miller's team defeated Crestwood in the semi- finals to get to the championship game. The team ended the season with a record of 13-2-1. Miller credited the team’s success to the hard work of many dedicated players. From left, 1st row: J. Rice, J. Schneider, M. Metz, R. Morgan, A. Recchia, N. Sabatura, and A. Young; 2nd row, B. Kryston, T. Faneck, S. Amann, M. McGuire, A. Piazza, L. Loeffler, J. Raub, K. Callahan and R. Love: 3rd row, D. Ellis, J. Pambianco, G. Finn, L. Spurlin, C. Yale, J. Prebola, L. Griffin, R. Balara, J. Isaac and R. Branco; 4th row, K. Sprau, J. Katyl, C. McHale, M. Goeringer, D. Finn, S. Lykon, N. : Hoffman, A. George and J. Carroll; 5th row, Jeff Miller, coach. EB a i a a AA A AE Ae SR CAS I SL TSM TR AL PSP)
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