10 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, March 1, 2000 Dallas ooes 25-0, wins Jr. High championship Dallas won the District 2 Junior High School girls basket- ball championship, beating Hazleton 51-39 in a game played Saturday at Bishop Hoban. That gave Dallas a 25-0 record for the year. “I can't remember a time a team won that many games,” said Jack Wolensky, Dallas Athletic Director. And they did it playing mostly eighth graders. Rosalyn Wentko and Meredith Lacey led the Moun- taineer scoring with 16 points each; Shannon Thomas had 9. a I Meredith Lacey cut past a Hazleton defender. She scored 16 points. oun "AL Rosalyn Wentko scrambled for a loose ball. She scored 16 points. Head coach Mark Lacey and assistant coach Barb Wisnieski reacted to the Dallas win. POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS Dallas Jr. High championship team. From left: Mark Lacey, head coach; Barb Wisnieski, ass’t coach; Meredith Lacey, Shannon Thomas, Ashley King, Rosalyn Wentko, Jackie Hardwick, Halli Williams, Brooke Blase, Caitlin Dukas, Katie Smith, Samantha Decker, Cory Patton, Nicky Gelso, Cara Ringler, Kaitlyn McGuire, Jodi Dickson, Megan Savage. Shannon Thomas broke free for two of her nine points. DYB girls win Prep tourney The Dallas Youth Basketball 8th grade girls won the champi- onship of the Scranton Prep Tour- nament over the weekend with a 44-26 victory over Nativity in the finals. Dallas Youth Basketball was led by the balanced scoring attack of Jackie Hardwick 13 points, Rosalyn Wentko 12 points and many rebounds, Shannon Thomas 11 points, including 3- of-4 from three point range, Meredith Lacey 6 points and many assists, Halli Williams 2 points and very strong defense. Ashleigh King also played a very strong defensive game for DYB. DYB 29- St. Mary’s S. Side 26 In the Semi-final game DYB defeated Saint Mary's of South Side 29-26. DYB was led by Tho- mas, Wentko 10 points apiece, Hardwick, Lacey, King, Williams 2 points each and Brooke Blase 1 point. Other members of the championship team are Caitlin Dukas and Kara Ringler. Roundup (continued from page 9) team standings with 139 points. Dallas was sixth with 109 1/2. SWIMMING District 2 Competition Matt Schweitzer of Dallas fin- ished second in two events at the district swim meet held Saturday atKing's College but did not qualify for states. His runner-up finishes came in the 200 Freestyle and in the 500 Freestyle. Shannon Galfney on the girls side ended up in. second place in the 500 Freestyle but too did not qualify for the state tournament. Alana Anzalone of Wyoming Seminary and Erin Cooper of Dal- las qualified for states the previ- ous weekend by finishing in first and second respectively in the district diving competition. Quality Collision edges CDI Quality Collision 20 - CDI Forty Fort 19 It was a defensive first quarter with Jackie O'Brien scoring the only basket, putting Quality Col- lision ahead. In the second DYB quarter, the RENEE] scoring was even with each team scoring six points. Quality Collision came out strong in the third quarter with Nikki Pisacano and Jessica Jones combining for eight points, while Jennifer Bobak added a basket. Stephanie Konecke scored 4 points and Lindsey McCabe added a bucket for CDI. This left Quality Collision ahead by 8 go- ing into the fourth quarter. CDI went on an 11-4 run with Robin Razawich scoring seven and Brittney Allan and Nicole Madden each scoring 2. Quality Collision’s Devin Lacey answered by driving Hold on tight to the hoop for a lay-up. Courtney Taylor, Margie Gelso and Ashley Judge led CDI's defense. Paige Kyle and Amy Yurchision played great defense for Quality Colli- sion. Skills Competition - 6th Grade Lay-ups: 1st place - Brittany Prater 2nd place - Caitie Hession 3rd place - Nikki Pisacano Foul shots: ~ 1st place - Jessica English 2nd place - Robin Razawich 3rd place - Gina Martin Skills Competition - 5th grade Lay-ups: 1st place - Kasey Corbett 2nd place - Claire Mitchell 3rd place - Devin Lacey Foul Shots: 1st Place - Kathleen Paley 2nd Place - Megan Youells 3rd Place - Stephanie Konecke POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Bob Morris, 160 |b. Lake-Lehman, worked on Nathan Frechen of Susquehanna. Morris win a tight 2-0 decision, then pinned Josh Tylutki of Lackawanna Trail in the quarterfinals. Hockey (continued from page 9) wrist shot to tie the score 1-1. In the second period with the score still at 1-1, the Bucks exploded, scoring three unan- swered goal within four minutes to grab a 4-1 lead. Then a penalty shot was awarded to Benitez who had scored two goals earlier in the game. This time he took the dramatic penalty shot and was stoned by goalie JP Drury. Soon after his save, Danny Ungvarsky took a pass from Chris Katyl and his slap shot found the net to bring the score to 4-2 after two periods. In the third period Back Mountain started to really pickup their skating and .. checking at this point and started to pressure the Bucks. POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS Simonitis hits 1000 points Dallas High School senior Stephanie Simonitis was recently honored for scoring 1,000 points in her high school career. She is shown with her parents, John and Debbie. The next goal tied the score at 4 each. Kyle Reid quickly passed the Danny Ungvarsky who found Dave Shultz at the point and he slapped it home for the goal. With only 2:49 left in the period a penalty was called against Back Mountain defenseman Dave Kowlek. Danny Ungvarsky took this opportunity to go end to end, slipping the puck past a dazed Buck goaltender. Back Moun- tain was at last ahead. The Bucks pulled their goal-tender at this point and the ensuing face-off Danny Ungvarsky tipped the puck to center ice where Kyle Reid outraced two defenders to score the open net goal. Back Mountain had won Elk (continued from page 9) sites.” The Pennsylvania Elk herd will now inhabit Elk, Cameron, Clearfield, Potter, Tioga, and Clinton counties. With the elk population boom- ing, it is expected that the herd’s number will double by the year 2005. Right now Michigan has the highest elk population east of the Mississippi River, a number that hovers around 800 animals. Approximately five years ago Michigan's Elk population num- bered over 1,300 animals, and with such drastic changes in herd populations it is quite possible Pennsylvania could have the larg- est elk herd east of the Mississippi in the coming years. With Pennsylvania's elk herd on such an upswing it is currently being discussed to have a limited elk hunt as early as the year 2002. An elk hunt advisory committee was formed and is currently pre- Send your sports reports by Rocky Mountain Elk like this mature bull will become a more common sight in some areas of Pennsylvania. paring recommendations for ex- ecutive director Vern Ross on how alimited elk hunt should be struc- tured. The game commission will then seek public approval before giving the elk hunt plan the final go-ahead. the Army Cup and in process had completed an undefeated season. Danny Ungvarsky has a sensational playoff series scoring and assisting on 9 of 11 points in the last two games. But in the end it was the sacrifice and effort of everyone playing their roles that made a difference. The team were guests of the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins and received complimentary Penguin shirts along with the Army Cup trophy during the first intermission of the Penguins-Hartford game at the First Union Arena. Lehman girls 2nd in WVW tourney A team of 6th grade girls from Lehman-Jackson and Lake-Noxen schools recently participated in the second annual Wyoming Valley West winter tournament. The team took second place, losing to Wyoming Valley West by 2 points in the championship game. Sheree Horvath was named to the all star team. Kneeling left to right: Loren Roderick, Sofie Grossman, Shannon Simoson, Traci Ragukas, Brittany Shewan and Jill Chocallo. Standing: coach Ira Grossman, Sheree Horvath, Allison Mariner, Jessica Callahan, Danielle Mitkus, Sarah Navin, Amanda Frain and coach Len Krygier. dalpost@epix.net Dl |: PD a I 3 fo, 5 L437 8 4 | & § Es 4 { ¥ ‘ 5 oo Ir
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