L The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, February 14, 2002 13 | ®Black Knights fall in state team quarterfinals 2 day at By JOE PETRUCCI Special to The Dallas Post HERSHEY — Lake-Lehman's wrestling team has prided itself all season on the balance of its lineup. On Friday, the Black Knights’ one small hole was exposed. Without a bedy to fill 140 ounds, Lake-Lehman forfeited there, starting an .18-0 Fort Cherry run that ultimately end- ed the Black Knights’ run into the PIAA Class ‘2A Team Wrestling Championships, 35- 28, in the quarterfinals at Her- sheypark Arena. After a major decision from Matt Dragon and a pin from Je- emy Schutz pulled the Black Knights (18-3) within 14-10, Lake-Lehman forfeited to Fort Cherry's Ken Beaumariage at 140 pounds and readied for two of the Rangers’ toughest wrestlers — Steve Vanzin and Matt Schiff. Vanzin, at 145, and Schiff, at 152, both won by fall and Fort Cherry took a commanding 32- 10 lead. “I knew it was going to be touch and go. We just don’t have another body there,” Lehman coach Phil Lipski said of his middle weights. “It's weird that we don’t. I felt maybe we'd give up one fall realistically, not two. I didn’t think we'd have the abil- ity to win if we bumped everyone up. I thought we could win like this.” : “The bottom was key,” Lipski said. “I felt we had to win three matches. We only won two. But we weren't out of it yet.” Freshmen Dragon and Jeremy Schutz got those two wins to put Lehman right back into it. Drag- on worked a pair of cradles for two sets, of three back points en route to a 17-4 major decision over Ed Ruffenach at 130. And Schutz, after building a 4-0 lead, slapped a headlock on Gary Green at 135, pinning him in 3:13 and cutting the Rangers lead to four points. But then came the Rangers’ 18-point onslaught, and a 7-4 decision by Fort Cherry's Tom Rutledge over Matt Stuart at 160 sealed the victory. The Black Knights finished strong. His last three wrestlers, Bob Morris (171), Ed Becker (189) and Matt Carey (heavy- weight) — each of whom have won all four of their bouts in the duals tournament — won with bonus points. Morris recorded a fall in 3:00 over Trevor Martinek, Becker came on strong in the third period for an 11-1 major decision against David Hursh and Carey needed only 36 sec- onds to pin Justin Stoffella. Lehman joins Meyers as the only two District 2 teams to ad- vance as far as the quarterfinals in the 4-year-old state team championships. Lake-Lehman Elementary wrestlers win at Benton @ The L-L Elementary wrestling ‘team won the Benton invitation- al wrestling tournament on De- cember 14. : Those who placed were: Pee- Wee: Jeffrey Carter, 45 Ibs., 1st place; Justin Pelosa, 45 lbs, 3rd place. Bantam: Hunter Murphy, 50 lbs., 3rd place; Curtis Bar- It was an upsetting day for Dallas Youth Basketball’'s sev- enth and eighth grade boys divi- sion. Two of DYB the top three seeds were de- feated as the 14-100 4S league began playoff action Sun- Wycallis Elementary School. The semifinals will be held Sunday afternoon at the school. Gilroy Realtors 60, | == Dean Witter 28 Mike Race and Adam King led a balanced scoring attack as No. 8 seed Gilroy Realtors defeated top-seeded Morgan, Stanley, i @ Dean Witter. Race finished with 16 points, while King added 15. ‘=== Mike 'Wyberski chipped in 11 points, while Ryan Konopki and Ryan ‘Gilroy finished with eight points apiece. Ben Thomas scored a team-high 15 points to Mark Covert scored 30 points ®: the Dallas Lions captured the p 3 { regular season championship with a 40-28 DYB win against CELINE Common- wealth Tele- phone. Tommy Qswalt added four points and Harry Giacometti chipped in two for the winners. Derek Martin led Commonwealth » with 12 points, while teammate Chris Mozeleski added eight. The Lions secured the No. 1 seed in the playoffs and will play at 3 p.m. Saturday. Dr. Jack Ellis 40, The Fieldhouse 39 | & high 23 points to lead the win- ners, who earned the No. 2 seed in the playoffs. They will play at 4 p.m. Saturday. Garrett Hann and 3 Justin Rice added two points apiece. Michael Tonart led The Fieldhouse with 12 points, while teammate Nick Barbose was the team’s leading rebounder. Pompey Dodge 37, Dough Company 34 Doug Harding scored 20 points and Matt Alfano added nine as Pompey Dodge clinched the No. 3 seed with the victory. Russell Jenkins added two points for the winners, who will play their play- Joe Bevevino scored a game- Banners) "J. bacci, 55 lbs, 2nd place; Josh Zacharias, 55 lbs., 3rd place; Richard Emel, 55 lbs, 4th place; Jake Winters, 60 lbs., 2nd place; Cole Barbacci, 65 lbs., 1st place; Ryan Murphy, 75 lbs., 1st place; T.J. Labar, 75 lbs., 2nd place; Walter Dropko, Unl., 2nd place. Midget: ° Brandon Peloso, 55 lead Dean Witter. Sean McAn- drew added nine points and Adam Singer chipped in four. Wilkes-Barre Pallet 55, Eye Care Specialists 52 The brother combination of Bobby and Connor Lenahan combined for 50 of their team’s 55 points as No. 6 Wilkes-Barre Pallet Co. defeated the No. 3 seed. Bobby Lenahan led all scorers with 28 points, while Connor finished with 22. Team- mate Jeremy Weinstock chipped in four points. Eric Domzalski scored a game-high 40 points to lead Eye Care Specialists. Team- mate J.J. Durr added eight ‘points. PNC Bank 61, Sneaker King 50 Second-seeded PNC Bank sur- vived a 34-point performance by Sneaker King's David Harding to advance to the semifinals. Brad off game at 3 p.m. Saturday. Stephen Dudascik scored , five points for the Dough Company, while teammate Aaron Hogan played well defensively. Renaissance Center 52, Wasserott’'s 38 Eric Tucker scored a game- high 30 points as The Renais- sance Center for Plastic Surgery grabbed the No. 4 seed. Mike Mazur added eight points for the winners. Joe Kaiser led Wasserott’'s with 12 points and teammate Zack Breck chipped in two. Renaissance Center will play Wyoming Valley Auto Sales in the playoffs at 4 p.m. Saturday. Dr. Jack Ellis 46, Summit Pointe Builders 42 Jackie Ellis scored 19 points and Peter Steve added 15 in the double-overtime victory, as the teams played one of the best lIbs., 4th place; Shane Stark, 75 Ibs., 1st place; Tyler McDonald, 85 lbs., 1st place; T.J. Pearson, 85 1lbs., 2nd place. Junior: Shamus Field, 65 Ibs., 3rd place; Chris Barbacci, 70 lbs., 1st place; Robert Peloso, 85 lbs., 3rd place. epsets rule the day in first playoff round Fagula led PNC Bank with 28 points, while Mike Clemente added 19. Billy DeAngelo chipped in six points for the winners. In addition to Hard- ing's 34 points, Max Millington scored 12 points and David Luksh tossed in four. Gordon Insurance 42, House of Nutrition 38 Robbie Myers scored a game- high 28 points as the No. 4 seed defeated the No. 5 seed. Robbie Tomko added eight points for the winners, while Joey Bailey finished with four. Nick Samanas led House of Nutrition with 23 points, while teammate Stephen Zubko added nine. In semifinal action, No. 4’ Gordon Insurance will play No. 8 Gilroy Realtor and No. 2 PNC Bank will face No. 6 Wilkes- Barre Pallet Co. ~ Lions top Commonwealth for season championship games of the season. Vince Oliv- eri played well defensively for the winners. Michael Gross led Summit Pointe Builders with 19 points, while Josh Shaver chipped in four. Dallas Lions 57, The Fieldhouse 37 Mark Covert scored a game- high 30 points to lead the Lions. Eric Long chipped in added two points for the winners. Mike Kravitsky led The Fieldhouse with 26 points, while teammate ° Keith Roberts added two. WV Auto Sales 40, Dough Company 34 Ryan Phillips scored 10 points and Preston Balavage added six to lead Wyoming Valley -Auto Sales. Kyle Arnaud led the Dough Company with a game-high 32 points, while teammate Ryan Williams played well defensively. DYB 5-6 boys tourney starts Monday The annual DYB fifth and sixth grade boys tournament will begin Monday, Feb. 18. Eight teams in each age group will play in a dou- ble-elimination format with all games scheduled for the Dallas Ele- mentary School. Teams which have registered in the fifth grade di- vision are DYB, Gate of Heaven, Wyoming Valley Auto Sales, St. Mary's of Avoca, Hanover Area, and Fairview Elementary. The eight teams in the sixth grade division will be DYB, Lake- Noxen Elementary, Northwest, St. Mary's of Avoca, Valley West, Berwick, Sacred Heart of Wilkes-Barre, and Gem Therapeutics. ,| o_Vehicle Graphics) » | @ Magnets)" Digital Prints ) -714-7446 ) Kingston Corners | POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Rosalyn Wentko (left photo) tries to pass around two Nanticoke défenders in Wyoming Valley Confer- ence girls basketball action. Dallas guard Meredith Lacey brings the ball up court in the Mountaineers’ game with Nanticoke. Dallas (continued from page 11) second-half divisional title. The two teams will meet tenta- tively at 6 p.m. February 14 at Wilkes University, for the sec- ond-half title. Dallas won the first-half championship and the teams will play again February 16 should Wyoming Area win February 14. “Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong,” said Dallas coach Joe Noon, who starts five sophomores. “Maybe this was the game to get rid of all those things.” The same could be said for Nanticoke, which came into the season as the three-time Divi- sion II champion. The Tro- janettes (2-6, 12-12) lost their fourth straight. Dallas took the lead midway through the first quarter, then led by as many as 11 in the sec- ond period as guard Shannon Thomas scored 10 of her 12 points. Foul trouble beset the Mountaineers’ top inside players — Wentko and Jackie Hardwick — and Nanticoke went about pecking at the deficit. Candice Gesecki and Lauren Kurkowski spearheaded the rally with six points apiece. The Trojanettes gained the lead four times in the fourth quarter, the last 50-49 with 1:12 left on Arielle Phillips’ outside jumper. Wentko, though, pow- ered inside for a basket despite having four fouls to give Dallas a 51-50 lead. After a Nanticoke miss, King hit two free throws. Nanticoke then set up for a three-pointer, but was forced to its third op- tion. Wentko nicked the ball just enough to alter its flight. | Send The Dallas Post to a friend. It makes a great gift. Call 675-5211 for information. What bank can I rely on for the latest technology and hometown service? High-tech access makes First Liberty Bank & Trust more convenient than ever. 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