The Dallas Post Section 2 October 18, 2000 SPORTS ROUNDUP FOOTBALL Dallas 23, Hazleton 15 The Cougars led 8-7 at halftime, but the Mountaineers rallied to pull out an 8- point road victory Friday night. Duane Short took the opening kick of the second half and returned it to the Hazleton Area 17-yard line. Vito Recchia made the return result in points by converting a 30-yard field goal to give Dallas the 10-8 lead. The first-half touchdown came courtesy of Cory Gallant's five-yard run. Quarterback Chuck Suppon later con- nected with Short on a 14-yard touch- down pass to push the margin to 17-8. The Cougars answered back with a touch- down of their own to pull within 17-15, but Dallas got a late touchdown run from Suppon to increase the lead and eventu- ally the winning margin to eight. Gallant finished with 82 yards on 18 carries. North Pocono 28, Lake-Lehman 21 North Pocong improved to 2-5 on the season with a close win against Lake- Lehman Friday night. The Trojans led by 20 points before the Black Knights man- aged to get on the scoreboard. Quarter- back Zack Ragukas scored in the third quarter on a ten-yard keeper. Josh Kuwaye scored from eight yards out on the next drive to cut the deficit to six. North Pocono then scored a touchdown and converted the two-point conversion to go ahead 28-14. The Knights got a fourth quarter touchdown from Kuwaye, but did not manage to recover the onside kick. Kuwaye finished with 218 yards on 33 carries on the two touchdowns. Chris Navin caught five passes in the game. FIELD HOCKEY Lake-Lehman 7, Northwest 0 The Lady Knights scored early and often and cruised to victory, keeping their unbeaten record intact. Meredith Edwards scored twice, along with a goal apiece by Colleen Mahon; Alyson Bevan, Terri Peiffer; Neena Patton and Megan DeCesaris. The ‘defense held Northwest to two corners and nine shots, while Janel Janiczek stopped three. Dallas 7, Montrose 2 Molly Savage scored the first goal and one more to lead Dallas. Also scoring wre Daisy Neiman, Kate Benedetti, Amie Tkaczyk, Jackie Hardwick and Rae Elleen Zekas. Melonie Sappe stopped nine of 11 Montrose shots. Lake-Lehman 1, Crestwood 0 Senior Colleen Mahon scored on a scramble in front of the Crestwood goal shortly before halftime to push the visit- ing Black Knights past the Comets in field hockey action last Wednesday. The victory enabled now 12-0 Lake-Lehman to clinch a playoff berth. Over the course of the game, the Black Knights fired 21 shots at the Crestwood keeper while al- lowing only five against Janel Janiczek. Maureen White tipped the ball, setting up Mahon right in front of the net to finish. Wyoming Seminary 1, Dallas 0 The Mountaineers put up an inspired effort but fell to the conference-leading Blue Knights 1-0 last week. A goal by a Seminary forward early in the second half accounted for all the scoring in the game. Dallas only managed five shots against the very tough Blue Knight de- fense. Keeper Melonie Sappe made seven saves in the contest. Lake-Lehman 2, Honesdale 0 One goal in each halfin addition to fine defense helped Lake-Lehman remain uhbeaten after Friday's game at Honesdale. Alyson Bevan scored from Corin Smith at the 20:05 mark of the first half to give the Knights a one-goal half- time lead. Marueen White converted a penalty stroke in the second half to pro- vide the final margin of victory. Keeper Janel Janiczek stopped five shots in earn- ing the shutout. Lake-Lehman outshot Honesdale 25-6. Delaware Valley 3, Dallas 2 A late first-half goal by Delaware Val- ley helped hand Dallas another one-goal loss, this time 3-2 to Delaware Valley on Friday. Dallas was behind 2-1 at half- time and fell behind 3-1 before Molly Savage scored sixteen minutes into the second half to pull the Mounts to within a goal. No further scores were made though, and Dallas suffered the tough home loss. Kate Benedetti, who assisted on the Savage goal, scored the first Moun- taineer goal unassisted in the fifteenth minute to tie the game at one. BOYS SOCCER Dallas 3, Wyoming Seminary 1 In a matchup of division leaders, Dal- Wl Sports PA Game Commission releases pheasants The Pennsylvania Game Commission began releasing ringneck pheasants in anticipation of the upcoming small game hunting seasons, according to Steve Smithonic, Federal Aid Supervisor for the agency’s Northeast Region. Over the next several weeks, Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officers, Deputy WCOs and Food and Cover Corps personnel will release approximately 28,000 pheasants throughout the Northeast Region. County include: SGL 91, SGL 187, Farm-Game Projects 6 & 156, and Safety Zone Cooperators in Exeter, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lehman, Kingston, Plymouth, Ross and Salem Townships, and New Columbus Borough; Farm-Game projects 226 in southeastern end of county and 187 along the Nescopeck Creek. Dallas dropped a hard-fought game to Wyoming Seminary last week by a single goal, as a lone second half goal made the difference. A tight Sem defense held Dallas to three corners and five shots, while the Blue Knights offense peppered the Dallas goal with 14 shots. Goalkeeper Melonie Sappe stopped seven of them. In photos, clockwise from top left: Shannon Thomas was in a tight battle for the ball; Jackie Hardwick tried to clear the ball against an aggressive Sem defender; Kate Benedetti swiped the ball from a Sem player; Molly Savage brought the Dallas offense upfield. Inset, head coach Nancy Shaw left, and assistant Jonelle Pall looked at the action. POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Junior Football results Bs . The Lake-Lehman Jr. Knights won the A game 40-0 and the C game 36-0 over Plymouth Sunday, but the B team dropped a 32-6 decision. Dallas Mini Mounts teams swept Edwardsville, with the A team winning 34-0, B by a pair, 22-20, and C by a 40- with the A team losing by forfeit and the B team on the short end of a 38-8 score. Possible stocking area in Luzerne Lehman is at 4-3 and the Raiders are winless in eight games. In the B division, Lake-Lehman is now 4-3, Kingston Twp. is 3-5 and Dallas is 2- 5. The Jr. Knights are trailing unbeaten Kingston in the C division with a 6-1 record; Kingston Twp. is 5-3 and Dallas is 3-4. las knocked off previously-unbeaten Wyo- ming Seminary 3-1 last Tuesday. Cap- tain Josh Katyl assisted on the first two Mountaineer goals before scoring the fi- nal one unassisted. He passed to fellow senior John Isaac who scored in the ninth minute of the game to give Dallas command early. In the 26th minute Katyl found senior Adam Clay to give the Mounts a two-gal margin at halftime. Seminary scored midway through the second half, but Katyl's goal six minutes later ended any momentum Seminary may have built. The Mountaineer de- fense limited the Blue Knight offense to just four shots. Keeper Nate Hoffman had another solid performance in goal. Lehman 2, Wyoming Seminary 1 Black Knight midfielder David Walters contributed on both goals to give Lake- Lehman a one- goal victory over Wyoming Seminary on Thursday. The game fea- tured teams both entering the game with just one loss on the season. Jason Mahle scored in the first half on a pass from Walters, before Walter broke the tie in the second half when scoring himself. Lake-Lehman 6, Hanover Area 0 Three goals in each half were more than enough as Lake-Lehman defeated Hanover Area on Friday afternoon. Six different Knights scored in the game. Senior B.J. Lewis both scored and as- sisted in the contest, doing that on the first two goals of the game. David Walters, Jason Mahle, Anthony Harrison, Andy Harrison, and Tyler Van Scoy added goals in the game. T.J. Dougherty assisted on the Lewis goal. Keeper Chip Harrison made two saves to earn the shutout in net. See ROUNDUP, pg 10 Black Knights win Back Mountain volleyball matchup Lake-Lehman swept Dallas in volleyball last week, but it wasn't easy, as the young Mountaineers squad took the second game to 15-10 before succumbing. in photo at right, Lehman's Nichole Siewell went high to block a Dallas spike. Below, Sue Dwinchick, Dallas, set one up. POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS 8 score. Only the C team won for the Kingston Twp. Raiders, 14-0 over Swoyersville, Dallas is tied for second place in the A team standings with a 6-1 record. Lake-
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