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Wednesday, February 19, 1997
Oliver's
eager for
1st spring
training
By CHRIS BELL
Sports Correspondent
DALLAS - Groundhog Day has
come and gone and for baseball
fans, that can only mean one thing.
Spring training isn’t far away.
For former Lake-Lehman High
School athletic standout Johnny
Oliver, it means time to get back
to work.
Actually, Oliver has been work-
ing harder than ever in prepara-
tion for his first spring training
camp with the Cincinnati Reds.
The Reds’ first-round draft choice
last June, Oliver has participated
in a vigorous off-season training
program of lifting weights, run-
ning, hitting and throwing.
While major league pitchers and
catchers will be reporting to spring
training within the next week,
Oliver plans to leave for the Reds’
spring training facility in Plant
S
City, Florida, March 7.
“I'm pumped up and ready to
go,” said Oliver. “I've been work-
ing extremely hard on my strength
and conditioning to prepare my-
self for my first full season of
professional baseball.”
Oliver expects to play right field
for the Class A Charleston Reds in
the South Atlantic League this
Dallas girls stand out in
By BRIAN BAYER
Sports Correspondent
DALLAS - In only their third
season, the Dallas Mountaineers
girls swimming team has an ex-
ceptional winning percentage.
Their record going into Tuesday's
meet with Wyoming Seminary was
11-3, good enough for third place
in Division AA.
“It has been all hard work,”
said third-year head coach Matt
Stretanski. “The girls noticed that
they were a little bit successful,
then they wanted to do better.”
8th grade
* boys win
playoff
By DAVE DOMZALSKI
Sports Correspondent
DALLAS - The Dallas Middle
School 8th grade basketball team
ended itsregular season atop their
division, advancing in the playoffs
after a last-second victory over
Crestwood. The team is coached
by Larry Evans.
The day is Wednesday, Feb. 12,
the place the Dallas Middle School
gym. Dallas’s opponent is
Crestwood. The teams met earlier
in the season, with Dallas win-
ning by a narrow 39-32 score.
Dallas received a first round bye,
and Crestwood advanced into the
second round by defeating Bishop
Hafey.
Before the game got under way,
the Dallas team experienced a tem-
porary coaching change. Due to
jury duty for Evans, John McNeil,
Dallas 9th grade basketball coach,
filled in as the head coach. Coach
Evans arrived in time for the start
of the third quarter.
Dallas started off the first quar-
ter by going to their big men in-
side, while Crestwood countered
with outside shooting. At quarter's
end Dallas’s big men, Paul Dougal,
Matt Eyet and Mike Domzalski,
accounted for all of the team’s 14
first quarter points. Struble and
Dorzinski scored Crestwood’s
eight first quarter points.
The second quarter was much
the same, with Dallas using their
inside game and Crestwood on
the perimeter. Dallas outscored
Crestwood 13 to 11 in the quarter
to take a 27-19 lead at halftime.
Crestwood regrouped in the
third quarter, and outshot Dallas
12 to 4, to tie the game 31-31 at
Since the start of the season in
December, the team has relied on
their depth. Many of the 26 girls
on the team have stepped up and
prospered. The team begins train-
ing with workouts during the
week, with double workouts every
other day.
“With all of this work and prac-
quarter's end. Crestwood again
got a fine shooting and defensive
performance from Struble and
Dorzinski.
Fourth quarter scoring went
back and forth with each team
making key baskets and playing
tough defense. With the game
knotted at 42 and Dallas in pos-
session, the game it seemed, would
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season after spending his rookie
season with the Princeton (W.Va.)
Reds in the Appalachian League.
“I'm not sure if I'll be in center or
right this season,” he said. “I re-
ally like right field and would pre-
fer to play there.”
Oliver is listed by the Reds as
one of their top 16 minor league
prospects, but a recent issue of
: POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK
Johnny Oliver has spent the off season working out at Ernie's Fitness, adding 15 pounds of muscle in
the process. He's shown with Ernie Baul, trainer.
Baseball America, which didn’t
mention him among that group,
has provided him with extra mo-
tivation. “I was named among the
top prospects in the organization
in a report which came directly
from the Reds,” he explained.
“That makes me feel good that
See OLIVER, pg 10
third swimming season
tice, they really improved and have
been impressive,” said Stretanski.
“Jill McGinley (assistant coach)
and I had just taught what we
know from the start to prepare the
girls and they have taken their
talents from there. They are all
good athletes and they want to be
competing in matches. Most im-
portant, we are all having fun.”
Stretanski pointed out three
senior girls who have been with
the team since its inaugural sea-
son in 1994-95 and have stood
out; Alisa Harris, Michele Molesky,
and Emily Schweitzer.
come down to Dallas taking the
last shot. Dallas put up a shot
with 10 seconds to play, but it
bounced off the rim into the hands
of Crestwood’'s Zaborney, who
passed to Dlelich who was fouled
by Dallas's Matt Eyet, with six
seconds left on the clock. Dallas
quickly called time out.
Crestwood was in a two-shot
“They have been there from the
start and have added quality lead-
ership,” Stretanski said.
On Fri., Feb. 28, several swim-
mers from the girls and boys
teams’ will participate in the Dis-
trict meet at the University of
Scranton. Each swimmer com-
petes to win their event and they
earn points for their team.
“We want to be among the top
three teams in AA,” added
Stretanski. From the districts,
the top two finishers in each event
will go to State College to compete
in states.
Dallas Youth Basketball 7th &
8th grade league, wrapped up its
regular season play, with the
Sixers alone at the top, with a
narrow 36-34 win over the Heat.
HORNETS 44 - WARRIORS 18
In the first game of the after-
noon, the Hornets crushed the
Warriors by a 44-18 score. The
Hornets held a 6-2 lead after the
first quarter. The Hornets
outscored the Warriors by 17 to 5
in the second quarter to put the
game out of reach. The Hornets
kept up the pace by outscoring
the Warriors 12-3, on a well bal-
anced attack led by Ryan Morgan
and Andrew Dale. The fourth
quarter was much the same with
the Hornets scoring at will. The
Hornets’ offense was led by John
Simonitis with a game high 16
points, followed by Pat Barnard
with 14 points. The Warriors
offense was led by Jonathan
Schneider with 9 points. The
Hornets record goes to 3-9 and a
sixth place finish, while the War-
riors finish the season 0-10.
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CELTICS 51 - BULLS 46
In the second game of the after-
noon, the Celtics defeated the.
Bulls 51-46 to finish in second |
place. The loss puts the Bulls in *
the third spot. The first quarter «
had both teams testing their .
strengths and weaknesses. The *
Celtics outscored the Bulls in the -
first quarter by a slim 7 to 6
margin. The Bulls turned up the
pace in the second quarter and *
outscored the Celtics 16-12 to .
take a 22-19 halftime lead. The
third quarter went to the Celtics *
on fine plays by Matt Eyet and «
Jared Karalunas. The Bulls tried
to muster up a comeback but fell
short, and the Celtics came away
with a hard fought victory. The
Celtics offense was led by Matt
Eyet with 16 points, followed by
Jared Karalunas with 15 points *
and John Lukasavage with 13.
points. The Bulls offense was led .
by Paul Dougal with a game high
29 points, followed by Lloyd Drop-
pers with 13 points. The Celtics
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DALLAS YOUTH BASKETBALLS5-6
ST. JOHN'S 48 - MIAMI 38
David Lohin scored 25 points
to lead St. Johns over Miami 48-
38. Chase Susko scored 24 points
for Miami. With the victory, St.
Johns clinched the top seed for
the playoffs.
HALL 36 - NOTRE DAME 14
Ryan Gryskewicz scored 12
points to lead Seton Hall over
Notre Dame 36-14. Jeff Pace and
Bobby Hadzor scored 6 each for
Notre Dame.
G'TOWN 47 - U CONN 30
Greg Mascioli scored 18 points
and Curtis Kieper 8 to lead
Georgetown to a 47-30 victory
over U. Conn. Todd Kerestes had
8 points for U. Conn.
HALL 48 - SYRACUSE 26
Jeff Dickson scored 13 points
and Matt Pietrzak 10 as Seton
Hall topped Syracuse 48-26.
Christian Cobleigh has a season «
high 21 points and 9 rebounds fo
the Orange.
MIAMI 46 - VILLANOVA 18 g
Donny Murray had 19 points -
and 10 rebounds to lead Miami
over Villanova 46-18. Stephen
Luksh had 10 points for the Wild- +
cats. by
SYRACUSE 29 - PITT 28
Syracuse edged Pittsburgh 29-
28 as Sean Jones scored 6 points
with 3 rebounds. Eric Baltimore
had 4 points and 3 rebounds for
Syracuse. Pitt was led by Tyler
Droppers with 12 points and Brad
Hubbard with 8.
Opening round playoffs are
Tuesday with U.Conn playing
Notre Dame and Syracuse play-
ing Pittsburgh.
POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK
Josh Katyl (31) and Matt Eyet battled a Crestwood player for a rebound (top photo).
John Nackley (left top), played tough defense against Crestwood. Jared Karalunas (left, bottom),
hustled for a loose ball. He scored the winning basket with three seconds on the clock.
foul situation, and took the op-
portunity to plan their strategy if
Dlelich’'s shots were made or
missed. Dlelich sank his first free
throw to give Crestwood a 43-42
lead. Dallas positioned four of their
five players in the foul area, with
Jared Karalunas setting up at the
other end of the court. Dlelich
studied the basket and released
his second shot, which bounced
off the front of the rim and into the
hands of Domzalski, who passed
to teammate Danny Fetko, who
took the ball down court.
When a Crestwood defender left
Karalunas to come out and inter-
cept Fetko, Fetko passed to
Karalunas with three seconds re-
maining. Karalunas's layup sealed
the victory for Dallas.
The Dallas offense was led by
Paul Dougal with 16 points, fol-
lowed by Matt Eyet with 11 points
and Mike Domzalski with eight
points. Crestwood’s offense was
led by Struble with 16 points,
followed by Dorzinski with 10
points. Dallas will continue in the
playoffs and will next face Berwick.
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