The Dallas Post Section 2 November 1, 2000 ports —« Black Knights stun Dallas, win back 'Shoe' Head coach Bob Langan and Dr. John Rhouds held the Old Shoe trophy, which will be on display at Lake-Lehman for the first time since 2 out. Kuwaye fin- For the first time in five years, Lake-Lehman was able to defeat Dallas and capture the Old Shoe trophy. Cory Gallant got Dallas on the scoreboard first, running into the end zone from five yards out in the first quarter to culminate a 65-yard drive. Vito Recchia nailed the extra point to give the Mounts a 7-0 lead. Troy Long of Lake- Lehman answered Gallant's touchdown with a 38-yard scoring run on the next drive but the extra point failed, so Dallas still led by a point. Tailback Josh Kuwaye scored on a run from 23 yards away with 5:45 left in the third quarter to give the Knights their first lead at 12-7. The two-point conversion failed, so Dallas was only down five. But Kuwaye's 10-yard run with a little over/a minute remaining gave Lake-Lehman a first down, allowing the — remainder of the : time to _be run ished with 134 yards rushing. Gallant for Dal- las had 110 yards rushing on the afternoon. The Knights im- proved to 3-6 on the year while Dallas fell to 6-3 and now must win Friday night in Berwick to have a chance at qualifying for the playoffs. Lehman quarterback Zack Ragukas scampered away from Nick Harris. 1995, as players shouted with joy at winning the 53rd Old Shoe game. px A SRT CR BES cl - RE. - a + SEN— T_T 4 en a = a proudly before the game. Mitch Onzik pinned a corsage on his mom, Charlene while his dad, Tim, looked on Curling up against the cold while t from selling lollipops on the Dallas side, from left: aking a break Erica Harvey, Casey Noreika, Jen Lewis. Cory Gallant was the leading Dallas rusher with 110 yards and scoring the Mounts; touchdown.. Three second-half goals ral- lied host Dallas toa come-from- behind 3-1 victory over Lake- Lehman Oct. 24 in the regular season finale for both teams. Junior midfielder David Walters scored the first goal of the game to the give the Black Knights the early lead. His goal ‘came on a direct kick in the first half. After the teams switched ends; the Mountaineers completely shut down the Knights’ offense and managed to tally three goals of their own to earn the 3-1 win. Ricky Branco scored the first and second Dallas goals a minute apart from each other shortly in the second half. John [saac recorded the assist on the second goal after the first came unassisted. The insur- ance goal came from Ryan Love with about twelve minutes re- maining. Paul Shiber made the cross from the right end, and Love deflected the pass directly into the net in one mo- tion. The Mountaineers lim- ited the Knights to eight shots on goal while getting more than double themselves. Nate Hoffman of Dallas made two saves in net, while Lehman keeper Phil Kurello made eight saves in his first appearance of the season. With the win, Dallas earned the Wyoming Valley Con- ference AA crown. The Mounts finished the season 17-1, while the Knights ended 14-2-2. Both teams had second-round playoff games Tuesday, too late for this issue. John Isaac, left, stayed ahead of Jason Mahle. Mountaineers top Lehman to finish 17- Brian McMahon, left, and Ryan Love raced for a loose ball. POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Josh Kuwaye ground out a first down with just over a minute to close the door on a Dallas comeback SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS SOCCER Lehman 7, Western Wayne 1 Six goals in the first half were plenty for the Knights to defeat the Wildcats Friday afternoon in the opening round of the district tournament. Junior Jason Mahle scored the gameis first two goals within the first twelve minutes in setting the pace early. The second came off a B.J. Lewis assist. Nathan Carsman got the third goal off a David Walters assist. Walters then scored the fourth goal off a direct kick that deflected off the crossbar and into the net. Lewis then scored twice before the half, each coming on a header in the box. Walters scored his second goal of the game after Western Wayne got the first tally of the second half. With the win, Lehman advanced to yesterdayis semifinals against Valley View. Dallas 10, Nanticoke 0 The Mountaineers opened de- fense of their district title by rout- ing Nanticoke Friday at home. The junior trio of Ricky Branco, Andrew George, and Ryan Love each scored two goals and as- sisted on another. George scored in the second minute of the game in squandering the Trojans hopes early. Adam Clay, Lewis Spurlin, JohnIsaac, and Terry Ruger added scores. [saacalsohad an assistin the game. Dallas managed to get all 35 players on the roster into the game, pleasing Coach Scharff. Semifinal action for Dallas was yesterday against Scranton Prep. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY District 2 AA Meet Local runners fared extremely well in Wednesdayis 3. 1-mile run at Kirby Park as Lake-Lehman as a team finished third while Dallas finished eighth. Black Knight Ryan Post finished eleventh over- all with a time of 17:04. Team- mate David Walters finished five spots behind in 16th. Peter Miller = of Dallas finished 19th in the Mountaineersi best showing. T.J. Dougherty (25), Kelby Morgan (30), and Martin Schmitt (43) of Lake- Lehman and Floyd Mattie (50) of Dallas each finished in the top 50. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Lady Mounts 3rd in District 2 AA Meet : The Lady Mountaineers fin- ished third place in the team com- See ROUNDUP, pg 10
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