The Dallas Post De Section 2 Wednesday , February 3, 1998 SPORTS : SRORUN\ Ro RUN ) ® BOYS BASKETBALL Hazleton 67, Lehman 37 Dom Castrigano hit a 3-point shot on the way to scoring 12 points, Dave Hage had 11 and Bob Baird had 6, half on a 3- pointer. Dallas 70, Pittston 65 The Mounts jumped out to a 10-point first quarter lead, nearly gave it back by the half and then stayed ahead until the end. Bruce Kunkle and Jon Saba had 23 points each, J.J. Smith had 10 and Jay Carroll had 7. Kunkle hit three 3-pointers and Smith had two. Valley West 74, Lehman 37 Bob Baird scored 19 points in the losing effort. Matt Dunn and @)y) Ted Sadowski had 5 each. Baird " swished three 3-pointers and Dunn made one. GIRLS BASKETBALL oa Nanticoke 59, Dallas 43 The Lady Mounts never made it back after falling behind 19-5 in the first quarter. Katie Austin led 1 4 Dallas with 16 points, followed by Stephanie Simonitis with 9 and Erika Turner with 8. Austin hit two 3-point shots, and Jenn Noon hit one. Wyoming Area 48, Lehman 40 Down only two points at the half, Lehman couldn't overcome the Warriors at home. Kieran Lucarino scored 17 points, Mel- issa DeCesaris had 11 and Jen 4 : Frank put in 8. ? ' @Tunhannock 43, Dallas 41 After falling behind 38-30 after three periods, the Lady Mounts roared back to tie the Tigers at 41 before a last-second shot ended the game. Katie Austin led Dallas with 15 points, followed by Stephanie Simonitis with 9 and Jenn Noon with 6. Austin had.one 3-pointer. ) @ Hazleton 77, Lehman 38 The Lady Knights’ season of frustration continued at Hazleton. Jen Frank scored 12 points in- cluding one 3-point shot, Kieran Lucarino had 11 and Melissa DeCesaris netted 9. WRESTLING Meyers 46, Dallas 13 @® The Mounts fell to unbeaten Meyers athome Feb. 1. Joe Saraka (119), Darrell Evans (145), Damian Temperine (152) and Ron Selenski (171) won for Dallas. Lehman 42, Tunkhannock 20 The Black Knights won eight matches, five by pin in cruising over the Tigers. Aaron Kubasik (112) pinned his opponent in only 39 seconds; Nick Raczkowski did A] even better, winning in 32 sec- onds. Dallas 57, Sem 6 The Mounts won all but one match, with six pins. The only loss was a forfeit at 103, and neither school had a wrestler at 119. Dave Spurling needed only 14 seconds to win at 140, and Lewis Spurlin won at 130 in 33 seconds. @® BOYS SWIMMING Dallas 94, Hanover 76 Matt Schweitzer won the 100 and 200 free and was on the win- ning 400 free relay team. Rob Neil won the 200 individual medley, joined Schweitzer, Paul Dougal and Matt Kertesz on the 400 free team and was second in the 100 & back. Kertesz won the diving. GIRLS SWIMMING Dallas 128, Pittston 58 The Lady Mounts won nine of 12 events. Erin Allardyce won the 200 individual medley, and 100 fly, and was on the winning teams in the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay. Laura Gammage won & the 100 breast and was on the 200 and 400 free relays teams. Shannon Gaffney won the 500 free and the 400 free relay. Erin Cooper won diving. Dallas 92.5, Hanover 92.5 Shannon Gaffney won the 200 free and 100 breast, Erin Allardyce won the 200 individual medley and Stephanie Potisek won div- ing. Hanover tied by taking first ho and third in the final event, the 400 free relay. Soi Back Mountain battle Lake-Lehman hosted Dallas Saturday for a wrestling match between the two schools. While Lehman won 45-27, it was one of the closer matches between the rivals in some years as Dallas won the final five matches. But it was too little, too late after the Black Knights jumped out to win the first six bouts. In top photo, Matt Chiropractic wins in overtime Chatham Tech's Jeff Dickson and Kevin Arnaud combined for nine. points and’: ‘Dallas Chiropractic’s Donny Murray and Adam Tkacyk also scored nine first quarter points. Chiro- DYB Pp ractic outscored Chatham 9 to 2 to lead on the shooting of Murray and Tkaczyk, to lead at halftime 18 to 11. Chatham turned the game up a eR =10) £45 notch in the third quarter and - outscored Dallas Chiropractic 17 to 4 on the shooting of Greg Mascioli and Dickson. Then Chi- ropractic outscored Chatham 23 to 17 and the game was knotted at 45 at the end of regulation. Mascioli canned two three point baskets in the fourth quarter, while Donny Murray went on a scoring spree by registering 14 points. Both teams did a fine job in the overtime period with Chiro- practic pulling out a hard fought 57-56 win. Chiropractic’s offense was led by Murray with 36 points, followed by Tkaczyk with 14. Chatham Tech's offense was led by Dickson with 21 points fol- lowed by Mascioli with 16 and Johnny McGeehan with seven. Gilroy Realtor 53 - Pace Physical Therapy 35 Each team was on fire, with Gilroy Realtor outscoring Pace Therapy 15-12 at the end of the first quarter. Gilroy's Charlie Stajewski led his team with five first quarter points, while Stephen Luksh and David Lohin combined for 10 first quarter points. The paced slowed in the second quar- ter and Gilroy led at halftime 20- 17. Gilroy's Chase Susko and Mark Kertesz provided the offen- sive spark in the third period and gave their team a 33-26 lead at quarter's end. Gilroy exploded in the fourth quarter by outscoring Pace 20 to 9, to record the win. Gilroy's offense was led by Susko . with 18 points, followed by Stajewski with 17 and Kertesz with 9. Pace’s offense was led by Lohin with a game high 20 points, followed by Jeff Pace with six and Luksh with five. Eastern Penn Supply 41 - Pioneer Constr. 36 Pioneer Const. came out shoot- ing in the first quarter and outscored Eastern Penn 11-3 at quarter's end on the shooting of Mike Fehlinger and Kevin Domzalski. Eastern Penn took charge in the second period with Paul McCue sinking two 3-point baskets and Joel Lesinski and Brett Sprau made key baskets to give their team a 15-13 halftime lead. Eastern Penn out shot Pio- neer 12 to 2 in the third quarter. Each team traded baskets in the third quarter, with Pioneer's Fehlinger and Eastern’s Todd Kerestes leading the way. Pioneer made a run for it in the fourth quarter, with Domzalski making . some key steals and baskets, but See 7-8 BOYS, pg 10 POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Gingo, Dallas, had control of Lehman's Seth Moyer. Gingo went on to win an 18-3 technical fall in the 189 Ib. match. Above left, Lewis Spurlin tried to escape from James Higgins at 130. Higgins won. At 160 (above right photo), Eill Duda, on left, tried to get control of Dave Delong. Duda won by pin. Lake-Lehman team takes third The Lehman-Jackson, Lake-Noxen 6th Grade PGA Basketball Team, sponsored by The Lake-Lehman Girls Booster Club, recently played in the Wyoming Valley West Lady Spartans 6th Grade 1998 Winter Tournament held at the Wyoming Valley West Middle School. The Lake-Lehman girls took third place in a very competitive field of eight teams winning a Bronze Medal for each player and a trophy for the school. The players who participated are: First row, from left, Kim Cholak, Amanda Sagan, Julia Covert, Caroline Motyka and Janine Mitkus. Second row, Kathryn Semcheski, Savannah Coombs, Jessica Turak, and Samantha Krygier. Third row, Coaches Robert Mitkus, Leonard Krygier and Gene Semcheski. Amanda Sagan was chosen to the First Team All Stars. Send your sports reports by to: dalpost@aol.com Gingo is 'Unsung Hero' for 1998 Matt Gingo will be the recipient of the McLaughlin Unsung Hero Award at the annual Killer Bees Athletic Club banquet, to be held Saturday, Feb. 6 in Wilkes-Barre. Stephanie Potisek, a Dallas High School senior, is a finalist for the female Student-Athlete Award, and Kyle Droppers, a senior at Wyoming Seminary, is a finalist for the male Student-Athlete Award. The Back Mountain has been wellrepresented in the 11 years of the Joe Hoinski Memorial Awards, starting when Ricky Bonomo won the first outstanding athlete award in 1987. Other winners since then have been: 1988: Special Achievement - Ted Jackson, Dallas First Pete Gray award winner - Jerry Ogurkis, Dallas 1990: Male H.S. - Steve Oliver, Dallas 1991: Female Open - Lori Warneka, Dallas/Temple U. Special Achievement - Robyn Jones, Dallas 1993: Winner of Male H.S. - Brian Brady, Dallas 1995: Male H.S. - John Oliver, L-L Male Open - Brian Kelly, L-L Pete Gray Award - Jay Humphreys, Dallas 1996: First Female Student Athlete - Debbie White, L-L First Male Student Athlete - Mike Woronko, L-L 1997: Special Achievement - Charlotte Slocum, College Misericordia The awards dinner will be held Saturday, Feb. 6, starting at 6 p.m. at the Genetti Hotel & Con- vention Center. Tickets are $25 each and can be obtained by call- ing Frank Natitus at 696-3649. Mites are mighty against Elmira Back Mountain ice hockey play- ers were the key to a tie and victory this past weekend as the Pocono Pirates Mite B ice hockey - team took on the mite team from Elmira, NY in a hockey double- header. Game one ended in a 2- 2 tie as Alex Slocum of Shaver- town had an assist to Sean Davis of Clarks Summit to start the scoring for the Pirates. Elmira battled back to score two goals, but Nate Kalvaitis of Tunkhannock scored a the end of the second period to tie the score. Goalie Drew Slocum of Shavertown stopped 18 shots on goal and held the Elmira team scoreless the re- mainder of the game to secure the tie. In the second game, Ricky Rose of Shavertown came on strong, scoring two goals with an assist from Cameron Boris of Shaver- town. Matt Luksic of Shavertown then scored the winning goal late in the third period to lead the Pirates to a hard fought 3-2 vic- tory. Drew Slocum stopped 37 shots on goal to take the victory. Baseball clinic at Misericordia The College Misericordia base- ball team will host its third an- nual Winter Baseball Clinic for boys 8-14 years old Feb. 7and 14 in the Anderson Sports-Health Center. The sessions are geared toward individualized instruction and of- fer immediate video analysis. Cost is $30 for one session or $55 for both. For more informa- tion or to register, please contact Chuck Edkins in the Misericordia baseball office at 674-6397.
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