EE ——— _ THE DALLAS PosT The Dallas Post ams —————— Dallas, PA Thursday, September 12, 2002 9 -. SPortsWeek SPORTS ROUNDUP Lehman shuts out Dallas in field hockey @.ake-Lehman 4, Dallas 0 DALLAS — Lisa Wasser scored twice as Lake-Lehman topped Dallas Mon- day. Amanda Sagan and Ryan Hoover also scored goals, and Carla Chiampi had a pair of assists for the Black Knights, who dominated play on both ends of the field. Megan DeCesaris had the oth- er Lehman assist. Lake-Lehman had 14 shots on goal and 23 corners while denying the or iziaineers any of either. Rosalyn “Wentko stopped 14 shots. Meyers 1, Dallas 0 WILKES-BARRE — Rebecca Conrad's goal in the first half lifted Meyers to a victory over Dallas. The Mountaineers outshot the Mo- hawks 17 to 15 and had seven corner kicks. Rosalyn Wentko stopped nine @ots in goal. Lake-Lehman 8, Elk Lake LEHMAN TWP. — Goalie Tracey Hu- dak scored on a penalty stroke in Lake- Lehman’s victory over Elk Lake. Goalies are allowed to take field hock- ey’s version of a penalty shot, and Hu- dak did so at 10:57 of the second half. Allison Boris scored two goals for the Black Knights little more than a minute apart, and Traci Ragukas had a goal nd two assists. Also scoring were Ryan Hoover, Lisa Wasser, Meredith Edwards and Kalyca Stransky. The Lake-Lehman defense did not al- low a shot or corner kick the entire con- test. Lake-Lehman 1, Coughlin 0 WILKES-BARRE — Meredith Ed- wards scored the game's only goal with 2:20 remaining, assisted by Tracy Ragukas. Lehman dominated the statis- tics, with 15 corners to one and 25 shots to five. Tracy Hudak was never challenged in goal. BOYS SOCCER Wyoming Valley West 4, Dallas 1 KINGSTON — Paul Douglas scored Dallas’s only goal in the 63rd minute as Wyoming Valley West handed the de- a: nding district champions a 4-1 loss. e Mountaineers had only six shots on goal, while keeper Jon Pall stopped 10 Spartans shots. Wyoming Seminary 4, Lake-Lehman 2 KINGSTON — Nate Carsman scored both of Lake-Lehman'’s goals unassisted as Sem outscored the Black Knights 2- | in each half. Dan Fuhr stopped 18 Sem shots, while Lehman had 18 shots. and three corners. WVW 5, Lake-Lehman 0 LEHMAN TWP. — The Black Knights failed to convert on eight shots. Dan ind had 11 saves in goal. Johnathan Schmid scored three goals and Josh / Frank added a goal and two assists for / Wyoming Valley West. @-cughlin 2, Dallas 1 DALLAS — Dustin Laird scored the game-winner off an assist by Steve Fer- rance in the first half as the Crusaders edged host Dallas. Paul Douglas scored the only goal for the Mountaineers on a penalty kick in See ROUNDUP, pg 10 ® rem Labor Day Scotch Twosome results Low Gross: first, John and Diane Ko- cik, (87). Low Net: first, Dr. Tai and Kaye Shynn, (67); second, Pete and Jean Welgus, (68); third, Ray and Doris Par- sons, (69); fourth, Jack and Shiela Yaple, (71); fifth, Dr. and Bok Choi, (72); sixth, Jim and Barbara Cocolin, 72); seventh, Jane and Tom Lloyd, (73); eighth, Kim and Esther Saba, (73); ninth, Jane and Bob Kopp, (73); tenth, Carol and Roy Smith, (74); eleventh, Betsy and George Thomas, (75); twelfth, Dr. and SunHee Koo, (75); thirteenth, Ann and Hary Nicholson, (75). Member-Member, Member-Guest Cat- egory: Low Net: first, Cindy and Kevin Fisher, (65). Closest to the Pin #17, man; chardson. Closest to the Pin #17, woman; Es- telle Laux. Ian Lisa Wasser advanced the ball past Cassie Snider Monday. The 2002-2003 school year will hold new drama for the Dallas and Lake- Lehman high school athletic teams, as they will be playing to claim the “Back Mountain Cup,” sponsored by The Dal- las Post. The Cup will be the reward for an en- tire year of excellence on the field and pe POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS Traci Ragukas hit the ball upfield. Ed Dallas, Lake-Lehman will | play for ‘Back Mountain Cup’ in the gym, with each meeting between the two school’s varsity squads given equal weight in determining the winner. “Everybody's going to get into this,” said Robert O. Roberts, Lake-Lehman Superintendent of Schools. “It sepa- rates the Back Mountain rivalry from everything else.” The Cup is not intended to diminish the importance of the Old Shoe football game, or the more recent awards given by Back Mountain Youth Soccer to the winning squad. It will include every game, match and meet in which the schools play one another, awarding one point for each victory and .5 point to each school in a tie. There will be no distinction made between a win in vol- leyball, football or track - all will be equally important. Dr. Gil Griffiths, Dallas superinten- dent, thinks the Back Mountain Cup competition could spark interest in sports that are not now very popular. “We might be able to get more students coming to the events,” he suggested. Roberts agreed. “It will give all the other kids (playing sports) the opportu- nity to be in the spotlight.” ‘ The Cup is the brainchild of Patrick See BMT CUP, pg 10 Black Knights can’t get anything going against Hazleton By DAVE KONOPKI Special to The Dallas Post LEHMAN TWP. — Hazleton Area used an exciting offense — scoring on its first six possessions, and a stifling defense, the first unit allowed just 15 total yards — en route to a 42-12 rout of host Lake- Lehman at Edward H. Edwards Stadi- um. The Cougars wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, driving 57 yards in four plays on their first possession. Bolton scores By JERRY KELLAR Special to The Dallas Post DALLAS — The Mountaineers racked up 145 yards on the ground and a deci- sive 48-7 victory over Nanticoke Area Saturday at Mountaineer Field. Head coach Ted Jackson, who was disappointed with this team’s perfor- mance a week earlier, was impressed. “We really emphasized the run this week,” said the fiery coach, who admit- job. Kicker Robert Brown added the first of his six PATs to give Hazleton Area a 7-0 lead. Lake-Lehman fumbled the ensuing kickoff and the Cougars took over at the Black Knights’ 38. Four plays later, Heck pulled in a 4- yard scoring pass from quarterback Bob Holderman. And before the game was four minutes old, Hazleton Area led 14- 0. The big play on the second scoring drive was a 29-yard reception by Mc- Gowan, who broke five tackles to take the ball inside the Lake-Lehman 10. four times as tedly was embarrassed by the Moun- taineers’ 60-yard running effort in their season-opening 21-13 win over the Cru- saders. “Our offensive line did a nice After rushing for negative yardage a week ago, senior tailback Ryan Bolton redeemed himself with a 64-yard, four- touchdown offensive performance against the Trojans. He scored on runs of 4, 10, 2 and 6 yards, and also re- turned an interception 45 yards for an- POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Lots of ‘O’ and ‘D’ — Dallas ran roughshod over Nanticoke Saturday at home, sprinting to a 34-7 lead at halftime and winning 48-7. In photo above, Chris Hayes broke free for a big gain. He scored the Mountaineers’ final touchdown. At right, Elisha Miller wrapped up a Trojans runner. Dallas can expect more of a challenge at Wyoming Area Friday night. “We have to improve our tackling,” said Lake-Lehman head coach Bob Lan- gan. “Part of the credit has to go to their backs, but we missed too many tackles. If we're going to win any football games, we're going to have to do a better job tackling.” Lake-Lehman’s backfield duo of senior Dave Harris and sophomore Brandon Burkhardt gave the Black Knights faith- ful a reason to cheer. Harris finished the game with 94 yards and two touch- downs on 12 carries, and Burkhardt added 32 hard-earned yards on eight carries. : Although he was impressed by Hazle- ton’s one-two punch in Heck and Mec- Gowan, Langan said the Cougars are just as impressive up front. “Hazleton has great backs, as every- one saw today, but they have dominat- ing offensive and defensive lines,” said Langan. “They're big, they're physical, and they're fast. They're everything you look for in an offensive and defensive line.” allas romps over Nanticoke other TD as Dallas built a 34-7 halftime advantage. By the time talented quarterback Ryan Gryskevicz hit split end Mike Racoski for a 17-yard score at the 10:00 mark of the third quarter, the contest, for all intents and purposes, was over. The Dallas offense scored on four of its five drives in the first half, wearing down the Trojans, who came into the game with 22 players and left with 21 after starting sophomore lineman Mike Hudak went down with a knee injury midway through the first quarter. “We felt like we got beat last week,” Jackson went on. “Our kids responded well. They knew they didn't play well. That's taking nothing away from Cough- lin; Coughlin played their (butts) off. Our kids practiced this week like they got beat last week.” Dallas’ senior fullback Chris Hayes closed out the scoring with a 17-yard run in the third quarter.
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