The Dallas Post Dallas, PA January 9, 2003 THE DALLAS POST Section 2 By SCOTT VINNACOMBE II Post Correspondent Wilson. “We're not too bad.” “Our height is certain- The girls’ basketball teams of Lake- Lehman and Dallas high schools will face worthy opponents next Monday — each other. Last year in district play- offs, a 23-4 Mountaineer squad was defeated by a 16-8 Knights team that advanced to the state playoffs. “So far,” says Lehman coach Rob division and are 9-3 overall. “The hard- est part of the schedule is coming up though,” the coach admits. “We've been playing mediocre teams so far.” Over the next few weeks, Lehman's girls will face off against the “big teams” where they will really be tested. “Then we'll better know where we're at,” Wilson believes. “We can play sev- ly an advantage but they [Dallas] are good.” "Rob Wilson Lake-L.ehman coach eral combinations with 10 of our girls and not really lose a thing.” Sl a b By JOHN ERZAR Special to The Dallas Post DALLAS TWP. — The Dallas girls basketball team changed up the de- fense Monday night, then got enough offense going to claim a 54-41 victory over Nanticoke Area in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division II game. Dallas (3-1 Div. II, 8-3 overall) kept pace with front-runners Bishop Hoban and Lake-Lehman, each 4-0 in the division. Nanticoke fell to 2-2 in Joe Noon, Dallas coach, thinks his team also is doing pretty well. At this point, his squad has faced and lost to “some real hard teams” like Abington Heights and Marion Catholic. “We lost by three to Abington and I think by four to Marion.” Noon doesn’t think the losses so far will hurt them overall, especially since every girl is pumped by the recent Christmas tournament. “We beat Steel- the division (6-4 overall) and saw its first-half division title hopes dealt a setback. “Every game for us is critical,” Dal- las coach Joe Noon said. “We can't af- ford to lose a game, because we lost to (Division I) Hazleton. That hurt us. I thought we could have beaten them.” And for the first two quarters, Dal- las was unsure if it would defeat Nan- ticoke. Center Sara Brace was strong inside in the early going, helping the Dallas, Lehman girls hoop teams at top of their games The Knights have a 4-0 record in their own ton Highspire and then East Juniata in the championship game,” says the coach. “And we were some 80 miles from home.” “Lehman is a tough school who al- ways gives us a hard time,” says Noon. “They always come and compete.” From the coach though, “the only way you get better is to face better competi- See HOOP TEAMS, pg 10 Mounts dispose of Nanticoke with defense Trojanettes to a lead four times. Dal- las, though, took a 21-20 advantage into halftime. “We couldn’t get our outside game going at all and probably shot like 30 percent in the first half,” Noon said. “That's what really hurt us. We could- n't get anything to drop.” So the solution was to prevent Nan- ticoke from getting anything to drop either. The Mountaineers did so by See DALLAS, pg 10 led Dallas with 16 points. Rosalyn Wentko split two Nanticoke defenders during Monday night's game. She POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Back Mountain Cup standings 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. 25 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 Head coach Joe Noon talked things over with his players late in the game. Next week’s games mark renewal of race for Back Mountain Cup Monday's game between the Dallas and Lake- Lehman girls basketball teams renews the winter se- ries of contests between the two schools. Lake- Lehman jumped to a 7-1 lead in fall sports, winning every meeting except the Old Shoe football game, and beat Dallas in wrestling on December 4. Both the boys and girls basketball teams will play twice, giving Dallas a chance to tighten up the race before the end of the winter schedule. The boys will play Tuesday night and will meet again on February 7, a day after the second game between the girls’ teams. The Back Mountain Cup, sponsored by The Dallas Post, tracks all regular-season varsity meetings of the two local high school teams. Pre- and post-sea- son games aren't included. The winning school will be treated to a victory barbecue and claim ownership of the Cup until the completion of the next season. A collection of non-perishable food items will be held in connection with that event. The general public and local sports celebrities will be invited to attend, in a spirit of healthy celebration. Gators nipped by SPORTS ROUNDUP Dallas in tourney The GOH 8th grade boys team beat GAR 36-25 in the Solomon League. the Gators were led by Chris DeRojas, 15 pts. and Jeff Clemente, 8 pts. The Gators beat Lake-Lehman 50-25 in the GOH basketball tournament, advancing to the fi- nal game against Dallas. The Gators were led by Chris DeRo- jas, 13 pts, and Keith Hizney 8 pts. In the final game Dallas beat the Gators 68-62. Dallas was led by Brad Fagula 22 pts, and Adam Singer 19 pts. The Gators were led by Chris DeRo- jas, 22 pts and Jeff Clemente 17 pts. Slocum saves a tie Goaltender Drew Slocum recorded 33 saves as the Pocono Pirates Bantam A ice hockey team tied the Glaciers 4-4 at the Ice Box in Pittston. The Pirates are in fifth place in the 26-team Bantam A division of the Delaware Valley Hockey League. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bishop O’Reilly 62, Wyoming Seminary 61 Morgan Carey's game-high 25 points weren't quite enough for Wyoming Seminary, as Bishop O'Reilly nipped them January 6 on late-game foul shots. Both teams had big fourth quarters, with O'Reilly and Sem scoring 31 and 26 points, respectively. Carey's 11 fourth-quarter points pulled Sem within 61-57 with 19 sec- onds to play. Devin Carey secured two points at the foul line and Jamie Flack made a follow-up basket for the Blue Knights at the buzzer, but Nina Williams hit 5- of-8 foul shots in the final 1:01 to give O'Reilly just enough of a cushion. Although its fourth-quarter shooting almost won the game, it wasn’t as helpful early on for the Blue Knights. In the first half, Bishop O'Reilly lim- ited Blue Knights aces Carey and Kris- ten Krisulevich to just six points. The Queenswomen took a 34-25 halftime lead thanks to accurate shooting from Williams and Molly Guntli. Guntli, who Williams passed to con- sistently under the basket, scored 18 points for O'Reilly. Williams finished with 13 points, while Janelle Zabresky scored 12 for Bishop O'Reilly. Lake-Lehman 47, Wyoming Area 31 EXETER — Sheree Horvath scored a game-high 12 points and Lisa Wass- er added 11 as Lake-Lehman outscored Wyoming Area 25-11 in the second half. Johanna Tripler hit a 3- pointer and scored nine points. Dallas 64, Pittston Area 38 YATESVILLE — Dallas jumped out to a 37-5 lead and cruised to the victo- ry behind Jackie Hardwick's 20 points and Rosalyn Wentko's 16. Shannon Thomas contributed 14 points and Cory Patton had 12, including two 3- pointers, for the Mountaineers. WRESTLING Lake-Lehman 63, Hazleton Area 9 LEHMAN TWP. — Kelby Morgan (112) and Jeremy Schutz (140) regis- tered pins in less than a minute to See ROUNDUP, pg 10 Black Knights pin Berwick By JOE PETRUCCI Special to The Dallas Post LEHMAN TWP. Chad Derhammer pinned Berwick’s Nick Tsirgotis in 49 sec- onds at 171 pounds, clinching a 42-27 Black Knights victory over Berwick Tuesday night to give Lehman a big leg up in the WVC West Division title race. Derhammer’s pin closed a tremendous bonus-point run by Lehman (7-0, 7-0 WVC), during which it won five of six matches by fall to build a 42-6 lead. Lehman's six total pins was the difference in what wound up being an even match — each team won sev- en bouts. The match’s intensity on the mat was matched in the stands, as an overflow crowd had fans both standing and sitting wherever there was free space. Also, there were two near-fights involving Lehman fans and two Berwick wrestlers, necessitating a small po- lice presence. After his hand was raised, Derhammer jogged off to the mat and was met by jubi- lant Lehman coach Phil Lipski, who unchar- acteristically hugged Derhammer, yelled ap- provingly at him and picked him up over his shoulders. “We knew that one was important. It could've went either way,” said Lipski. “I was a little pumped up ... a little: I haven't been that excited for a while.” Lehman's John Houssock started the match with a pin at 119. Berwick’s Nick Yalch had sucked down to 125, and a show- down with Lehman's Matt Dragon did not materialize. Yalch, a three-time district champion, nearly lost but scored a reversal See KNIGHTS PIN, pg 11 Free Throw Tourney J an. 18 at Gate of Heaven The Knights of Columbus Council #8224 Father John O Leary is holding the Annual Free Throw Tournament at the Gate of Heaven gym on January 18 at 12:30 p.m. Regis- tration will be held between 12 and 12:30 p.m. The event is open to boys and girls be- tween the ages of 10-14. For information please call Barry Cawley at 696—5032.
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