The Dallas Post 1 defensive Section 2 January 13, 1999 POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Knights fall hard at home Sports The Lady Knights were cold from the start as Nanticoke jumped out to a 12-5 first quarter lead and never looked back on the way to a 69-39 victory. Melissa DeCesaris, top photo, scored 14 points for Lehman, followed by Sara Lozo with eight and Jen Frank, above right and Kieran Lucarino, above left with seven each. DeCesaris canned a 3-point shot. Eye Care Specialist 43 - Morgan, Stanley, Dean Witter 30 Eye Care defeated Morgan, Stanley, Dean Witter after a close first ‘half. Eye DYB Care broke it 5-6 BOYS open behind the shooting of Sean Leary and Ryan Murray, and fine play from Ryan Marascio, Curtis Montz, Adam Snider and Gracjan Kraszawski. Eye Care was led offensively by Sean Leary 18 points, Ryan Murray 17 points, Ryan Marascio and Curtis Montz, four points each. Dean Witter was led by Ben Thomas 16 points, Bobby Lenahan eight points, Justin Singer four points and Ronnie Shiner two points. Also playing for the investors were Kevan Husseni, Chris Nicholson and Mike Hazleton. Gilroy Better Homes & Garden 54 - Marsh & Yanik 48 Gilroy Better Homes came from behind to knock off the only pre- vious unbeaten team on the shoot- ing of Timmy Crossin and Adam King. Crossin finished with a game high 26 points, followed by King 15 and Jonathan Baker, eight points. Marsh & Yanik were led by Jimmy Schwerdtman 23 points, Ken Regan 18 and Jeff Decker two points. Joe DeGraba led Marsh & Yanik's defense. See 5-6 BOYS, pg 10 Tele-Media, Co. Pay-Per-View = January 16,1999 Tyson vs. Botha 639-1171 or 333-4442 SPORTS ROUNDUP Note: Most of last week’s high school sports events were post- poned because of bad weather. Killer Bees semifinalists Justin Hoover and Stephanie Potisek of Dallas have been named among eight semifinalists for the Student-Athlete Award sponsored by the Killer Bees Athletic Club. The awards will be presented Feb. 6 at the club’s annual banquet held at Genetti’s in Wilkes-Barre. Three finalists in male and female categories will be named later this month. GIRLS BASKETBALL Crestwood 44, Dallas 43 A cold fourth quarter cost Dal- ‘las the chance to win. The Moun- taineers led 37-30 going into the period, but were outscored 14 to 6. Stephanie Simonitis led Dallas with 15 points, followed by Katie Austin’s 10 and Jenn Noon and Jeannie Dreier with eight apiece. Austin had two 3-pointers. Lake-Lehman 54, Hanover 53 Down a point at the half, the Lady Knights outscored the Hawks by 10 in the third quarter, then hung on for the win. Melissa DeCesaris had 19 points, Danielle Kern scored 16 and Jen Frank had 11 for Lehman, including one + 3-pointer. Wyoming Area 45, Dallas 41 A poor second quarter doomed the Mountaineers, who matched the Warriors’ 10 points in the first period. Dallas bounced back to lead 28-27 after three quarters, but couldn’t hold on. Stephanie Simonitis led Dallas with 17 points, followed by Jenn Noon with 9 and Katie Austin, 7. Austin and Noon each hit 3-point shots. Carpenter’s buzzer beater gives Rotary 1-point win Krista Carpenter hit a clutch basket at the buzzer for a Rotary win by one 26-25 over Josie’s Italian Water Ice and raise their record to five wins and two losses after week #7. The ice makers grabbed a big Er-Wel[=]KS first quarter lead on the shooting of Jackie’ Hardwick's six points and Lauren Suppon with two points, while the defense led by Gabriella Huh and Jessica Roberts held Dallas Rotary’s Kelly Brzozowski to a single basket and a 8-2 lead after one quarter. The second quarter Rotary’s Brzozowski hit for three points, while Nicole Macri and Sherry Senausky added a bucket apiece. Josie’s were only able to come up with a bucket apiece by Ashleigh King and Hardwick to end the half 12-9 Josie’s. Josie’s extended the lead in the third quarter with six points by Hardwick, four by King and a big three pointer by Suppon. Rotary followed with Carpenter four points and Brzozowski and Senausky a bucket apiece to end the third quarter 25-17 Josie’s. In the fourth quarter Rotary’s de- fense came up big holding Josie’s scoreless, while Senausky put- ting in four points and Carpenter and Brzozowski two points, fol- lowed by Susan Banks one point. Rotary’s balanced scoring was led by Brzozowski nine points, Senausky, eight, Carpenter, six, Macri two points and Banks one point, while Mallery Carey and Kristy Schmid also contributed. Hardwick led Josie’'s with 14 points followed by King six points and Suppon five points. lll Guy’s Pizza 27 - Luzerne National Bank 24 Katie Smith exploded in the fourth quarter with seven points to have III Guy's come from be- hind and pick up the victory 27- 24 over the bankers. Halli Will- iams was hot in the first quarter - hitting a three pointer along with two more baskets for Luzerne Bank, while III Guy's Meredith Lacey had four points and Danielle Mikolosko hit a bucket to trail after one 7-6. Brooke Blase put in six second quarter points, followed by Caitlin Dukas with two points for Luzerne, while the bankers defense was led by Jennifer Konopki and Erin Swepston held by the pizza makers scoreless and acommanding 15-6 halftimelead. Lacey was hot in the third quarter swishing a three pointer, a bucket and two for two on the free throw line, while Kara Ringler had two points for III Guy's. Blase had seven points for the bankers in- cluding -a three pointer to lead after three quarters 22-15. The fourth quarter was all Smith as she came up with seven points driving to the basket, followed by Lacey three points and Rosalyn Wentko two points, III Guy's de- fense led by Amanda Reese, Lauren Noreika and Sylena Marmo held Luzerne to a single basket by Blase and a III Guy's victory. Lacey led III Guy’s with See 7-8 GIRLS, pg 10 Free throw ¢ competition Saturday umbus, Father John J. o Leary Council : 8224, will hold their annual basketball free throw competition on _Sat., Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. at Gate of Heaven School gymnasium, Machell Avenue, Dallas. The competition is open to all boys and girls, ages 10-14; trophies will be awarded for the boy and girl winners at each age level. The winners of this contest will advance to a district level competition. For more information, please call Barry Cawley, District Warden, at 696-5032, or Ed Raver, Jr, Grand Knight at 331-4448, The Knights of Columbis is a Catholic fraternal ‘organization dedicated to unity, charity, foto and patriotism. Smith honored for 1000 points A balanced Mountaineer scoring attack came up a bucket shy Saturday afternoon, in a game played despite the weekend's snow. Down by eight after three quarters, Dallas outscored the Warriors 21 to 15 in the fourth. Jon Saba lead all scorers with 21, followed by Jay Carroll with 12, J.J. Smith with 11 and Bruce Kunkle’s 10. Carroll and Kunkle each canned a pair of 3-pointers. Matt Eyet chipped in six points. Smith is shown in action, and before the game with his mother, Debbie and head coach Pat McCue. POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS BMT Baseball, Softball signups Back Mountain Baseball and Softball will conduct player regis- tration for the 1999 season Sat- urday, Jan. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Dallas Middle School. All children age 6 and older who wish to participate in tee-ball, major and minor league baseball, major and minor league softball and all teen programs should reg- ister at that time. All prospective players should bring their Social Security numbers to registration. New players should bring a birth certificate as proof of age. The cost of registration is $35 for the first child in a family, $15 for the second child and $10 for each additional child. i Send your sports reports by SE to: dalpost@aol.com
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