in a dale Said fais ah SE Bn —__ y ¥ | At i 4 4 i The Dallas Post Section 2 Wednesday , February 24, 1998 Sports Asphalt storms back to win 7-8 boys title Dallas Chiropractic outscored Ameri- can Asphalt 12-8 in the first quarter on the shooting of Adamn Tkaczyk and Donny Murray. Both teams shot the eyes out of the basket in the second quarter with Asphalt outscoring Chiropractic 21- 18 on the inside shoot- ing of Brian Dempsey DYB and Jon Barbose. Chi- ropractic continued a 47-46 lead after the third quarter, with fine shooting coming from Murray and Tkaczyk. American Asphalt’s Brian Dempsey scored 14 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to seal the 68-59 win for American Asphalt. American Asphalt’s offense was led by Barbose with 35 points, followed by Dempsey with 30 points. Dallas Chiropractic’s offense was led by an outstanding performance from Murray, who ended the game with a game high 43 points, followed by Tkaczyk with 10 points. 7-8 BOYS Playoffs, Sat. Feb. 20 Dallas Chiropractic 47 - Burger King 39 Dallas. Chiropractic jumped out to an impressive 15-4 lead at the end of the first quarter on the shooting of Adam Tkaczyk and Donny Murray. Burger King fought back in the second period and outscored Chiropractic 13-12 on the combined shooting of Matt Pieterzak and Ryan Gryskevicz. Chiropractic led at halftime 27-17. Chiropractic’s Murray continued his scoring pace in the third quarter and gave his team a 37-25 ad- vantage. Burger King mounted a come- back in the fourth quarter but key bas- kets by Adam Schoonover and Murray sealed the win for Dallas Chiropractic. Dallas Chiropractic’s offense was led by Murray with 26 points, followed by Tkaczyk with 8 points. Burger King's offense was led by Gryskevicz with 26 points, followed by Pieterzak with 7 points. American Asphalt 52 - Eastern Penn Supply 43 Donny Murray, Dallas Chiropractic (left photo), drove to the hoop on his way to two of his 43 points in the boys 7-8 grade championship game. Murray's heroics were not enough, as American Asphalt came back with a strong fourth SPORTS ROUNDUP Dallas teams in basketball playoffs The Dallas girls and boys basketball teams will begin district playoffs later this week. The boys (8-16) will face Hanover (12-12) at 7:30 p.m. in a game to be played at Wyoming Area High School. The girls (11-15) will meet Valley View (16-8) at Dunmore High School Friday at Dunmore High School, starting at 6:30 p.m. GIRLS SWIMMING Anzalone wins diving title, Potisek 2nd, Cooper 3rd Alana Anzalone of Shavertown, a jun- ior at Wyoming Seminary, set a new record on her way to winning the Class AA girls diving championship in District 2. Stephanie Potisek of Dallas finished second, and Erin Cooper was third. Anzalone’s score of 406.15 beat the pre- vious record by nearly seven points. She was so far ahead after 10 dives that she didn’teven need her last attempt. Potisek, who edged out Anzalone for the district title last year, scored 337.35 points, and Cooperiscored 321.95. Colleen Murphy of Dallas scored 285.8 to finish in sixth place, and Ashley Dav- enport was eighth with a score of 252.85. Dallas 126, Wyoming Area 60 Dallas swept 10 of 12 events on the way to a convincing victory. Shannon Gaffney won the 200 and 500 freestyle and joined teammates on the winning 200 and 400 free relay teams. Erin Allardyce won the 200 individual medley and 100 breast and was on the winning 200 medley and 400 free relay teams. Kelly Bevilaque won the 100 backstroke and was on the 200 medley relay team. Stephanie Potisek won the diving with a score of 201.9. GIRLS BASKETBALL POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Pittston 61, Dallas 55 In a game that meant nothing to the Lady Mounts but everything to the Patriettes, Pittston prevailed in overtime. Pittston jumped out to a five-point first Eastern Penn outscored American Asphalt 17-9 at quarter's end on the shooting of Paul McCue and Brett Sprau. American Asphalt battled back in the second quarter and narrowed the gap at halftime to 29-25 on the shooting of Jon Barbose. It was a defensive game in the third quarter with both teams scoring a combined 10 points. Eastern Penn led 33-31. American Asphalt exploded in the final quarter and outscored Eastern Penn 21-10 to seal the win and set a date to meet Dallas Chiropractic in the finals. American Asphalt’s offense was led by Barbose with 33 points. Eastern Penn's offense was led by McCue with 38 points. Dallas Youth Basketball would like to thank players, coaches, parents, commissioners, board members and committee members for a successful season. Male sure to get your banquet tickets for the April 11 dinner. quarter and a 68-59 victory. in top photo above, Brian Dempsey faked out Murray and headed for the hoop. Joey Bednash is in the background. Above, Jon Barbose backed in on Murray. Barbose scored 35 points and Dempsey had 30 for the winners. Photo of the winning team on page 10. quarter lead, but Dallas got it back to one at the half. The second half was similar, and the game ended in a 50-50 tie at regulation. Pittston dominated the over- time to claim the victory. Stephanie Simonitis led Dallas with 23 points, fol- lowed by Katie Austin’s 13 and Jenn Noon’s 11. The win earned a playoff berth for Pittston. Dallas had already qualified for the playoffs. See ROUNDUP, pg 10 PT fr ee PS Seed caps perfect season with 7-8 girls crown Shannon Thomas exploded for a game high 28 points to lead her team to the championship, 42-26 over Dallas Ro- tary, togo along with a perfect Byd-Well=]1KS 14-0 season. Jaime Sulewski and Nikki Bostock once again controlled the inside game for Penn State Seed with many big rebounds, 7 and 4 points respectively. Laura Stark added 3 points to go along with her out- standing defensive effort, while Ashley Razawich had 2 points. Also helping out defensively for Penn State Seed were Katie Tomek and Melissa Novitski. Leading the way for Dallas Rotary were Kelly Brzozowski, 16 points, fol- lowed by Sheree Senausky, 6 points, Krista Carpenter and Mallory Carey, 2 points apiece. Leading the way defensively for Dallas Rotary were Nicole Macri, Lauren Macri, Kristy Schmid and Susan Banks. 0)4:) Semi-Finals Penn State Seed 39 - Luzerne National Bank 25 Shannon Thomas went 4-for-4 from the three point line on the way to a game high 21 points to advance to the finals and stay undefeated for the season. Also playing a big role in the victory were Jaime Sulewski and Nikki Bostock’s inside game, big re- bounds and 10 and 8 points re- spectively. Laura Stark played a very strong defensive game. Lead- ing the way for Luzerne National Bank were Halli Williams, 11 points, Brooke Blase, 6 points, Caitlin Dukas, Jennifer Konopki, Nicole Martin and Jessica Karasek all chipping in with 2 points apiece. Dallas Rotary 30 - Josie Italian Water Ice 23 Kelly Brzozowki led the way for Dallas Rotary to advance to the finals with her game high 14 points. Also scoring for Dallas Rotary were Sheree Senausky, 6 points, Krista Carpenter and Kristy Schmid, 5 points apiece. Leading the way for Josie's were Ashleigh King, 11 points, Jackie Hardwick, 10 points and Lauren Suppon, 2 points. Josie Italian Water Ice was led defensively by Gabriella Huh, Jessica Roberts, Nicole Klepar and Alyssa Austin. Jancewicz on Susquehanna cheering squad Stephanie Jancewicz of Dallas is a member of the 1998-99 Susquehanna University basketball cheerleading squad. With 12 returning letterwinners and three new members, the squad is full of experience and depth. The cheerleaders perform at all home men's basketball games, select women’s basketball games and any playoff games and are proficient in dancing, gymnastics skills and elite stunting. A junior mathematics major, Jancewicz is a 1996 graduate of Dallas High School and is the daughter of Ted Jancewicz of Kingston and Linda Jancewicz of Dallas. Sheis also a lifeguard at the University pool. POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK 500 markers Ken Regan, Gate of Heaven sixth grader, recently was presented with a commemorative ball for reaching 500 points scored. He is shown with his parents, Jim and Barbara, and his brother, Mike. Richards, Copely win silver in skating Kirby Jo Richards, Dallas, won two silver medals in figure skating competition at the Keystone State Winter Games. Skating in the United States Figure Skating Association {USFSA) portion of the games, she finished second in Compul- sory Moves and Freestyle. Katie Copely, also a USFSA skater, finished second in her group in Compulsory Moves. Rosenn, Jenkins runs away with championship game Balanced scoring and a stifling defense helped Rosenn, Jenkins, & Greenwald defeat a pesky TGIFriday’s team 27-12. Rebecca Clay paced the victors with 15 points, several steals, and numer- DYB ous rebounds. Four other players for R, J, &G scored atleast a basket in a true team effort. The defense was spurred on by the aggressive front court of Melissa Evans and Michele Luksh. TGIFridays was again led by Caitlin McGuire who scored four baskets. 5-6 GIRLS Semi-Finals Rosenn, Jenkins 31, Savage Eye Care Specialists 11 Rebecca Clay led all scorers with 11 points, while Alyse Miller and Sara Swepston both chipped in six points for R, J, & G. Megan Savage and Tam Morris played well on both ends of the court for Savage Eye Care Specialists. TGIFriday’s 25, Chatham Technologies 20 For TGIFriday’s, Caitlin McGuire was the game's high scorer with 17 points. Jody Dickson led Chatham Technologies with 11 points. Nicki Gelso, Amanda Sczucki, and Jessica English contributed with fine defensive performances. Final registration for BMT Baseball, Softball Back Mountain Baseball and Softball will conduct both its monthly general meeting and final player registration for the 1999 season on Monday, March 1 at the Dallas American Legion. From 7-8 p.m. registration will be held for all children age 6 and older who have not yet registered and wish to participate in T-ball, major and minor league baseball, major and minor league softball, and all teen programs. All prospective players should bring in their Social Security numbers to registration. Any child who has not previously participated in Back Mountain Baseball and Softball should bring his/her birth certificate to registration as proof of age. The cost of registration is $35 for the first child in a family, $15 for the second and $10 for each additional child. All baseball and softball managers for the 1999 season will be announced at the general meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. U-9, U-10 travel soccer taking registration We are now accepting boys and girls for U-9 and U-10 registration for Back Mountain Travel Soccer for the Spring season starting in April. Players must be born between Aug. 1, 1988 and July 31, 1990. Anyone interested can contact Bill Ivenson, 288-91 18 or David Rosnick, 696- 4964.
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