vo The Dallas Post Section 2 Wednesday , February 4, 1998 Sports .. Mountaineer boys salvage respect after slow start on court By JEFF FANECK Post Correspondent DALLAS - The Dallas Moun- taineers boys basketball team’s season has consisted of many streaks. With only games left Friday night at home against G.A.R. and ] © Tuesday night at rival Lake-Leh- man, the Mountaineers were in the midst of of two-game losing streak heading into last night's game with Hanover. But before the current slide, they racked up four consecutive wins, the long- est such streak in several years. » o E-M. Video oe © ® wins overtime thriller 19-13 E.M. Video 19 - Eastern Insurance 13 OT It took overtime for E. M. Video to put Eastern Insurance away, and stay in first place alone after III Guy's Pizza was knocked off by Sneaker King DYB earlier in the EGRIRCIIZ{ES day. This de- fensive game had Nicole Martin hitting the only bucket for E.M. Video in the first quarter, while Halli Williams hit a layup at the buzzer to end the quarter in a 2- 2 tie. The second quarter was no different as far as great defensive play by Shosanna Gitlin for E.M. Video and the same by Williams, Megan Savage, Nikki Gelso, Amanda Szczucki and Kelly Corbett for Eastern Insurance, holding each other scoreless to end the half still 2-2. Halli Will- ¢© S iams ruled the third quarter, scor- i 8 i ing & of her game high 11 points, while holding Kristy Schmidt to 1 point on the free throw line and a commanding 9-3 lead after three quarters. E.M. Video outscored Eastern lusurance 10-4 in the 1ourth quarter as Shosanna Gitlin hit a huge field goal in the last minute to tie the game 13-13 at the end of regulation. E.M. Video put it away in overtime as Shan- non Thomas, Kristen Schmidt and Nicole Martin each scored a bucket - and held Eastern Insurance score- less. E.M. Video was led offen- sively by Schmidt, 7 points, Tho- mas, 4 points, Martin, 4 points, Norika and Gitlin 2 points apiece. Sarah Pieczynski and Tiffany Gergel played, good defense for E.M. Video. Megan Savage had the only other bucket for Eastern ' Insurance and Bridget Henry had a good defensive game. Balanced scoring brings Team 3 win Team #3 - 37, Team #4 - 32 Jan. 25, Jill Youngblood and Whitney McOwen scored 12 points 5 @ cach and Jonelle Dickson added 11 to lead Team 3 over Team 4. Nancy Levinson led all scorers D)4=) with 18 points to lead Team 4. 7-8 GIRLS B.r an diy Rickaby, Jamie Sickler and Jamie Sulewski added 5, 4 and 2 points. & Team #2 - 27 - Team #1 - 23 Jan. 25 Rachael Kukosky led Team 2 over Team 1 with 18 points, Krista Carpenter added 4 and Jessica Karasek and Casey Noreika added 2 each. Karla Blase was high scorer for Team 1 with 9 points. Nicole Bostock added 5 points while April Piazza and Laura Fauerback added 2 baskets each. ‘ @ Team #1 -27 Team # 3 -15 Feb. 1, Karla Blase scored 18 points to lead Team 1 over Team 3. Nicole Bostock scored 3, Kelly Brzozowski, Holly Schwartz, and Laura Fauerback added a bucket each. Playing strong on defense were Kelly Brzozowski, Rebecca Rowett and Ashley Razawich. Team 3's ofense was led by Whitney McOwen with 6 points. @ Jill Youngblood added 3 points, while Jonelle Dickson, Sheree Senausky and Amanda Donahue each added a bucket. eg After all, they won a total of only six games the past two seasons. But that was before current head coach Pat McCue took over. McCue has installed a great deal * of confidence into a team which has taken its lumps the past few seasons. From day one, McCue and new assistant coach Mike Fulton had the team believing they could com- pete with the rest of the Wyoming Valley Conference. The result fi- nally appeared in mid-January when the team took advantage of a favorable schedule to defeat Lake-Lehman, Wyoming Semi- | We began playing less as individuals and more as a team.” Tony Luizza ~ Senior guard nary, Bishop Hafey, and Seton Catholic in succession. The key to success? “We began playing less as individuals and more as a team,” said senior guard Tony Luizza. Another possible explanation for the turnaround is the return of senior forward Ed Piekara. He suffered an injury early in the season at Northwest and missed several weeks. He provides some size along with the ability to take the ball to the hoop. Piekara also contributes on the defensive side with his ability to rebound, block shots, and make steals. He complements leading scorers J.J. Smith and Jon Saba. Freshman point guard Jay Carroll has seen his playing time significantly increase during the recent winning streak. His youth combined with his talent could well represent the new attitude at Dallas. The winning streak began with Dallas’s second victory of the sea- son, over the Black Knights of Lake-Lehman. The outcome of the game, held at Dallas, was a 20- plus: point win for the Mounts, giving them their second victory of the first half. The other was a high-scoring affair against West There was plenty of action in the Dallas Youth In left photo, Caitlin McGuire looked foran | outlet as she was closely guarded by Jackie Hardwick | ina grade 5. 6 contest. Jamie Youngblood (lower left photo) tried to catch up with Alana Allan. Jonelle Dickson . (lowerright photo) drove past Kelly Brzozowski in the 7-8 division. | The games were played Sunday at the old Dallas . Township school on Church St. POST PHOTOS/IM PHILLIPS Dr. Jack stays on top with overtime win over TGIF Dr. Jack Ellis 49 - T.G.l. Friday’s 45 O.T. T.G.I.F's Herby Bressler scored 9 of his game high 24 points in the first quarter, while Dr. Jack Ellis’s Tim Faneck and Mike Dombroski combined for 6 first quarter points. Dr. Jack led at quarter's end 10- 9. The teams traded baskets in the second quarter, Love providing théir teams offense, while Dr. Jack’s Dombroski and Andrew Check sank key second quarter shots. The score at half- time was all tied up at 18 apiece. Dr.Jack’s team outscored T.F.I.F. in the third quarter end, 34-32. Both teams spread the scoring around in the final quarter, and the defense was ex- ceptional at both ends of the floor. The fourth quarter, ended in a 45- while T.G.I.F."s Donny Murray and Ryan 16-14, to. take a 2 point lead at quarters | 45 tie. In the overtime Dr. Jack Ellis’s team sank some key free throws to seal the victory. Dr. Jack Ellis’s offense was led by Dombroski with 21 points, followed by Tim Faneck with 10 points and Andrew Dale with 8 points. T.G.I.F.’s offense was led by Bressler with a game high 24 points, followed by Ryan Love with 11 points and Donny Murray with 6 points. Mellon Bank 44 - NAPA Auto Parts 34 Both teams came out in the first quarter with a well balanced scoring attack. Mellon Bank's scoring came from Andrew George and Brian Dempsey, while NAPA Auto's defense came from Blake Saba and Paul McCue. Both teams were knotted at 8 apiece at the -DYB eR =10) £5 end of the first quarter. Mellon Bank outscored NAPA 14-8 in the second quarter, behind the shoot- ing of Mat Mark. Mellon Bank led athalftime 22-16. Mellon's Bank George scored 8 of his game high 27 points in the third quarter, to ex- tend Mellon's lead at the end of the quarter 32-24. The teams traded baskets in the final quarter, with Mellon recording the 10 point win. Mellon Bank's of- fense was led by George with 27 points, followed by Mark with 12 points. NAPA Auto Parts offense Matt Pietrzak with 4 points. Kingston Metals 29 - Grotto Pizza 36 Grotto Pizza came out shooting in the first quarter wih John -‘Pambianco and Arthur Redmond providing the offense. Grotto outscored Kingston Metals 12-5 at quarter's end. ‘Kingston Metals regrouped in the second quarter and outshot Grotto 10-4, behind the shooting of Chris Heister and Bobby Zaruta. Grotto held a one point lead at halftime, 16-15. The teams traded baskets in the third quarter, with Grotto’s Stephen Luksh and Ryan Morgan sinking key baskets, while Kingston Met- als, Greg Mascioli, Heister and Zaruta providing their offense. It was 24-24 at quarter's end. Kingston Metals, Heister, Mascioli and Mike Smith combined for 15 points and held off a determined Grotto Team in the fourth quar- ter; Grotto Pizza's John Pambianco had a fine fourth quar- ter, scoring 9 points. Kingston Metals’ offense was led by Heister See 7-8 BOYS, pg 10 Side Tech. The first Dallas-Leh- man game was the consolation game of the Crossin Tournament over the Christmas Holiday, a game which went to overtime. The Wyoming Seminary game was decided very early. Dallas raced to an early 20-point lead and never. looked back. A bal- anced scoring attack and unself- ish play were keys to that victory over the Blue Knights in Kingston. Bishop Hafey put up a tough fight, but the Mounts were stron- ger down the stretch to post a See MOUNTAINEERS, pg 10 SPORTS SHORE Ro RUE WRESTLING Lehman, Berwick After apparently taking a 36- : 24 victory over Lehman on Jan. 28 Wyoming Valley Wrestling Con- ference officials informed Lehman that an error occured in a Berwick wrestlers’ weight classification which resulted in the Bulldogs forfeiting the contest to give the Knights a victory. The ruling wipes out Lehman’s only loss in the West Division and increases their record to 6-0. Tunkhannock 48, Dallas 21 Five Dallas matmen took the count as Tunkhannock flattened Dallas 48-21 Jan. 29. It took Bill Duda just over five and a half minutes to finally dispose of Tunkhannock’s Ed Rought for Dallas’ only pin of the evening. Joe Saraka (119) and Matt Gingo (189) both won by decision while Dave Spurlin (135) landed a ma- jor decision and Damien Temperine (125) a technical fall. BOYS BASKETBALL Meyers 56, Lehman 45 A hometown crowd in looked on in dismay as visiting Meyers defeated Lehman 56-45 Jan. 30. James Lyons lofted a team high 14 points for the Knights followed by Matt Morris with 11. The loss drops Lehman to 1-5 in second half standings. See ROUNDUP, pg 10 McGeehan hits 21, leads Herbie's to win Herbie’s Autobody 37 - Fieldhouse 33 John McGeehan scored 21 points to lead Herbie’s Autobody “t0.a:37-33 win over the Fieldhouse in Dallas Youth Basketball 5th/ 6th grade action. Chad Narcum and David Menzel scored 2 points each. The Fieldhouse was led by Matt Daube with 14 points and the defense of Eric Samanas. DYB 5-6 BOYS Luzerne National Bank 40 - Fahnestock 25 Sean Leary, Ryan Murray and Sam Brown combined for 33 points to lead Luzerne National Bank to a 40-25 win over Fahnestock. Conor Judge and Nate Yoh leg Fahnestock. On Saturday, Feb. 7, Fahnestock will play Inter-Metro Industries for the regular season championship and ~ the top seed in the playoffs. 5-6 boys basketball skills winners Dallas Youth Basketball re- cently held their skills compe- tition in the 5th/6th grade di- vision. The results: 5th Grade: Foul shots, 1st place, Ryan Marascio; 2nd place, Tim Crossin; 3rd place, Sean Leary. 5th Grade: Layups, Ist place, Tim Crossin; 2nd place, Ken Regan; 3rd place, Ryan Murray. 6th Grade: Foul Shots, 1st place, Andrew Gialanella; 2nd place, Elijah Miller; 3rd place, Bruce Deeble.. 6th Grade: Layups, lst place, Jeff Pace; 2nd place, Eric DalSanto; 3rd place, Erich | Mahle.
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