make EC pl _ I'HE DALLAS PosT The Dallas Post Dallas, PA November 7, 2002 9 _. SportsWeek Lehman wins first round of field hockey state playoifs Old Shoe action. Clockwise from left: Ryan Bolton turned upfield in front of Brandon Short’s block; Dallas quarter- back Ryan Gryskevicz dived toward the goal line in the grasp of Matt Gember- ling; Dallas head coach Ted Jackson laid out the game plan to his team. POST PHOTOS/ JIM PHILLIPS Mounts win Old Shoe, By DAVE KONOPKI Special to The Dallas Post DALLAS TWP. — Four seniors scored touchdowns, three com- ing off passes from senior quar- terback Ryan Gryskevicz, lead- ing Dallas to a 35-0 victory against Lake-Lehman. Tailback Ryan Bolton scored two touchdowns, and fellow se- niors Jon Barbose, Chris Hayes and Mike Racoski also reached the end zone. The Mountaineers (7-3 overall, Wyoming Valley Conference Di- vision 2) will play at 7 p.m. Fri- day. at Selinsgrove (7-3) in an Eastern Conference playoff game. Lake-Lehman ends its season at 2-8 and 2-3. “Were thrilled,” said Dallas coach Ted Jackson after his team received the Old Shoe Tro- phy from Bob Dolbear, who coached at Dallas Township High School in 1939 and was ayofts one of the founders of the annu- al game. “After a terrible second half (in a loss) against Wyoming Valley West, we talked about playing well in our last three games and possibly making the playoffs. “Beating Tunkhannock 35-0, beating Berwick in two over- times, and winning the Old Shoe Game 35-0 is a great way to end See OLD SHOE, pg 10 The Jayhawks recently won the Hazle- ton AAU Basketball Tournament. The Jayhawks defeated Momouth Power AAU from New Jersey in the Champi- onship Game 47-44. The Jayhawks are pictured below. From left, first row: Ben Thomas, Kyle Flemings, Ryan Nemetz, Mike Clemente. Second row: Coach Ron Winters, Tim- my Crossin, Robbie Myers, Josh Aciukewicz, Coach Rick Nemetz. Miss- ing from photo, Coach Lew Thomas. Date Sport Location Winner Standing Sept. 5 Golf Huntsville Lehman LL1-DO Sept. 9 Field Hockey Dallas Lehman LL2-DO Sept. 20 Boys Soccer Lehman Lehman LL3-DO Sept. 25 * Golf Irem Lehman LL4-DO Sept. 256 Boys Cross Country Dallas Lehman LL5-DO Oct. 1 Volleyball Lehman Lehman LL6-DO Oct. 11 Boys Soccer Dallas Lehman LL7-DO Nov.2 Football Dallas Dallas LL7-D1 Dallas claims first win over Lehman in race for the Back Mountain Cup The Dallas Mountaineers’ victory in the Old Shoe Game had extra significance, since it was the first and only time Dallas beat Lake- Lehman in a varsity fall sport this season. The Back Mountain Cup will be awarded to the school that has the best record in head-to- head, regular-season meetings throughout the school year. The Black Knights have jumped to a substantial — although not insurmount- able — lead at the end of the fall sports sea- son. : Should the teams meet in pre-season or playoffs, those games will not be counted. So, going into the winter season, the pressure will be on the Dallas basketball squads to since the teams play come up with wins, which could be significant twice in both boys and girls games. By MATT CORBETT Special to The Dallas Post LEWISBURG — Trailing by a goal at halftime, Lake-Lehman roared back with three second- half scores to knock off Middle- burg, 3-1, in a PIAA Class 2A first-round game Tuesday. With the come-from-behind victory, the District 2 runner-up Black Knights (17-3) advanced to a quarterfinal matchup on Saturday against Palmyra at a site and time to be determined. Palmyra, the District 3 champ, advanced with a 1-0 victory over ELCO in its first-round game. “Often this team has been a second-half team, and our of- fense just turned it on in ‘the second half,” Lehman coach Jean Lipski said. “Our seniors really stepped up. They started going to balls instead of waiting, and I think that’s what made a big difference, that we just got to the balls harder and faster.” The Knights had come close to scoring on each of their three first-half shots, yet trailed 1-0 at the break. At the 13-minute mark of the first half, Amy Ruda’s shot from the stroke line went just wide left, and Mered- ith Edwards's follow bounced over the cage. Another shot hit the cage’s left post and caromed away. “We talked to them at halftime about that, that we had more shots on goal but that they had just been fortunate to get one in,” Lipski said. “This is a game of inches, like when we hit the post, and we told them to just keep doing what they were do- ing. ‘Just get it on cage, and it CROSS COUNTRY “Our seniors really stepped up.” Jean Lipski Lake-lL.ehman coach will work.’ And it came true.” Those near-misses became not-misses in the second half. Just more than five minutes in, the Knights earned a corner, one of their three on the after- noon. Megan DeCesaris’s shot from the left wing was headed wide right, but Edwards stopped and controlled it at the right post, then put it in for the tying score. Lake-Lehman took the lead with 12:05 remaining, when Traci Ragukas crossed from the right wing into a crowd in front of the cage. Ruda came up with the ball and beat Middleburg keeper Kristin Yetter to make it 2-1. Allison Boris provided the clincher with 2:21 remaining, off an assist from Ragukas. “The thing they do so very well is fly to the cage when the ball gets in the circle,” Middleburg coach Matt Soto said. “They're good and they're aggressive. You have to give them credit. They made a couple of goals that way.” The game was a rematch of last year’s PIAA Class AA semifi- nal, when the state runner-up Knights defeated the Middies 3- 0 to reach the title game. This article appeared in origi- nal form in the Times Leader. Dallas girls finish 6th at states Staff report HERSHEY Dallas accom- plished its goal of cracking the top 10 among Class 2A girls teams at the PIAA Cross Country Championships, held Saturday. Two Dallas runners, freshman Lisa Giacometti and Whitney Adams, just missed out on medals. Giacometti was 26th (20:21) and Adams 27th (20:26). The team was bolstered by ju- nior Jamie Stanish (115th, 21:31) and freshman Robin Razawich (131st, 21:43). The Mountaineers, like the Lake-Lehman boys, were shoot- ing for the top 10 a week after winning their first district team title since 1995, but Saturday's outcome still surprised coach Reg Thomas. “I figured if they could run comparable times at districts, they were definitely a top 10 team,” said Thomas. “But when I saw in the race they weren't near that I thought they were in trouble. So I am thoroughly as- tonished that we came out with a sixth-place finish. The condi- tions were tough and consider- ing that, they did well. I'm very proud of them.” Lake-Lehman’s Brad Baird, ninth a year ago, earned a medal (18th place, 16:49.5) in the boys 2A race, but was disappointed he didn’t come near his goal, the junior “The conditions were tough and con- sidering that, they did well. I'm very proud of them.” Reg Thomas Dallas coach top five. Lehman, the District 2 Class 2A runner-up, finished 12th as a team. PIAA Cross Country Championships Class 2A Girls 26. Lisa Giacometti, Dallas, 20:21; 27. Whitney Adams, Dal- las, 20:26; 115. Jamie Stanish, Dallas, 21:31; 131. Robin Raza- wich, Dallas, 21:43; 186. Jamie Bozentka, Dallas, 22:31; 257. Nikki Appel, Dallas, 28:32. Class 2A Boys 18. Brad Baird, Lake-Lehman, 16:49.5; 82. Rich Eckman, Lake- Lehman, 17:40.9; 128. Kelby Morgan, Lake-Lehman, 18:03.5; 159. Corey Norton, @ Lake- Lehman, 18:20.9; 226. Jerry Mikielski, Lake-Lehman, 19:26.6; 228. Ryan Bloom, Lake- Lehman, 19:31.5; 260. Brian Rigez, Lake-Lehman, 21:45.8. Black Knights fall in soccer playoft HERSHEY — Casey Clauser scored three goals to lead Dis- trict 3 champion ELCO to an 8- 0 victory against Lake-Lehman in the first round of the PIAA Class 2A playoffs at Hershey- park Stadium. Goalkeeper Phil Kurello made eight saves for District 2 runner- up Lake-Lehman, which ended its season at 9-7. The Black Knights managed only two shots on the ELCO goal and a single corner kick. ELCO (23-4-2) led 5-0 at half- time. The Raiders will face Selinsgrove in Saturday's semifi- nals. Kuwaye scores TD for Lackawanna Lake-Lehman graduate Josh Kuwaye scored Lackawanna Col- lege’s only points in a 34-6 loss on Saturday at Nassau (N.Y.) Com- munity College. Kuwaye had a 4-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter and had 11 yards on three ‘carries. Coughlin graduate Mike Sklarosky had two tackles in the game for the Falcons (6-3).
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