The Dallas Post Dallas, PA February 27, 2003 THE DALLAS POST Section 2 Swimmers look for big showing at districts Dale Radginski tried to escape from Shane Dixon of Lackawanna Trail. Radginski finished fourth at 145 1b. at districts. Black Knights win district, seven advance to regionals Staff report SCRANTON — Lake-Lehman wrestlers won three individual championships on the team’s to the team title at the Dis- ’t 2 Class 2A wrestling cham- pionships Saturday night at Scranton Prep High School. The top three wrestlers in each weight class advance to next weekend's regional champi- onships at Williamsport High School. Seven Lake-Lehman wrestlers will make the trip. “Winning never gets old,” said Lake-Lehman head coach Phil Lipski, whose team won its third consecutive team championship and 12th in the last 14 seasons. Lake-Lehman finished with 212 points, 58.5 ahead of second- place Hanover. Willie Weber's match against vers’s Carlo Mercadante was of the most exciting of the tournament. The two state-ranked wrestlers battled to a 1-1. deadlock through three regulation periods and one overtime period. But with seven seconds remaining in the second overtime, Weber was called for a false start. When the wrestlers resumed their position on the mat — We- ber on top of Mercadante — the Lake-Lehman senior moved his right hand before the whistle and Mercadante was awarded one point for the infraction. Lake-Lehman’'s Matt Dragon remained undefeated with a first-period pin in the 130- pound final. The Black Knight sophomore used only 1:38 to win his first three matches and capped the tourney with a fall in 1:34 against Hanover Area's Matt Pekar in the final. “Going into a tournament, I try to use the least amount of energy possible to make it to the finals,” said the state’s No. 4- ranked 130-pound wrestler. “Once you get to the finals, you can let it all out. I thought I wrestled well. I'm looking for- ward to regionals.” Dragon will be joined by team- mates John Houssock and Andy Josuweit, who won champi- onships at 119 and 125, respec- tively. Both entered the tourna- ment as No. 1 seeds. Also quali- fying for regionals were Kelby Morgan, who finished second at 112; Jeremy Schutz (third at 135), and Derek White (third at 140). Coolbaugh wins district title A He and 3 other Dallas wrestlers advance to regionals Perry Coolbaugh won an 11-2 major decision over Alex Giblin of Abington Heights to claim the 160 1b. championship in the District 2, Class 3A wrestling championships Saturday at Ha- zleton Area High School. This was the second consecutive year the Dallas wrestler won the dis- trict title. Coolbaugh will be joined by teammates A.J. Musto (fourth at 112), John Hettes (fourth at 125) and Morgan Anderson (fourth at 152) at regional com- petition next week. Brandon Short finished sixth at 215. By SCOTT VINNACOMBE II Post Correspondent DALLAS TWP. — Dallas High School swim- mers will be a force at the district meet this Saturday at King’s College. Both the boys and girls sides have entries in all events and sever- al swimmers have a good shot at moving on to states. There are 10 senior boys on the team, and nine of them qualified for districts. Every one of the five senior girls on the squad has quali- fied and should put up a good fight for states as well. Coach Matt Stretanski attributes the great season to tremendous leadership from his se- niors and the great work ethic and commit- ment of all the students. “We had only one bad meet this season,” says Stretanski. “The girls (11-5) have had the best season in five or six years and the boys (9-5) the best ever.” Because the league is so much more compet- records. Eby wins district diving championship, page 11 itive this season, Stretanski says his squad has lost one or two meets they may have won five years ago, while still compiling those Stretanski has had help from Assistant Coach Jill McGinley in preparing his swim- mers for meets and now the district champi- onships. While Stretanski works with the divers on one side of the pool, McGinley sees to the sprinters and freestylers on the other. The configuration may change from day to day, but either way the coaches are very happy with what they've been seeing. “We have the most people who have ever qualified for districts,” Stretanski says excited- ly. He continues to praise the new swimming POST FILE PHOTO Joe Stredny set a Dallas record in the See SWIMMERS, pg 11 butterfly this season. Dallas presses way to playoff Byd JAMIE PIERCE or The Dallas Post EXETER — A pressing Dallas defense turned things around for the Mountaineers Monday night in their District 2 Class 3A quarterfinal matchup with Scranton Prep. Late in the third quarter, Prep held a four-point lead, its largest advantage of the game. But for the rest of the game, the Dallas defense swarmed and caused 10 turnovers that led to numerous easy buckets and the POST PHOTOS/IM PHILLIPS Jackie Hardwick battled for a reboind in he Dallas Moun- taineers’ 71-61 win over Scranton Prep Monday night, in the quarterfinal round of the District 2 Class 3A playoffs. Hardwick led Dallas with a game-high 21 points. Sam Lloyd is finalist for High School Heisman award Samantha Lloyd of Shaver- as co-captain of the field hockey Dallas wrestlers who competed at districts. Kneeling, Perry Cool- baugh, champion at 160 Ibs. Standing, from left: Head Coach Mike Ropietski, John Hettes, 4th at 125; Brandon Short, 6th at 215; Morgan Anderson, 4th at 152; A.J. & 4th at 112; Assistant Coach Joe Ropietski. Send your sports reports by | dallaspost@leader.net town, a senior at Wyoming Sem- inary, -has been named a Penn- sylvania State Finalist in the 2002 Wendy's High School Heisman Award contest. Lloyd received a bronze medallion to commemorate her selection as state finalist. The award recognizes stu- dents for their academic achievements, athletic accom- plishments and community ser- vice. Lloyd is one of 1,020 state fi- nalists selected from more than 13,500 nominees nationwide. The Wendy's Heisman Award program will choose one male and one female finalist from each state to continue on to na- tional competition. Lloyd is a four-year varsity letter winner in field hockey and was the team’s offensive MVP in 2000 and 2002. She has served team for the last two years, in- cluding last year’s state cham- pionship team, and has been named to the all-state field hockey team for three years. She also is a member of the Sem girls soccer and girls ice hockey teams, serving as cap- tain of the soccer team and re- ceiving varsity letters in both sports. On campus, Lloyd has been named to the Dean's List High Honors and was a commended student in the 2003 National Merit Scholarship program. She has been active in the school’s Blue Key Club and Peer Group and chaired the 2002 Orienta- tion Committee. She also served as a class officer during her freshman and junior years. Samantha is the daughter of Tom and Susan Lloyd of Shavertown. Mountaineers coasted to the win over the defending district champions. “We knew that they couldn't take the pressure,” Noon said. I didn't want to press early be- cause of the big court and a few sicknesses we have.” Dallas (20-5) faced North Pocono (22-3) in the semifinals Wednesday night, in a game that took place too late for this issue. The winner earns a berth in Sat- urday’s district final and a ticket to the state playoffs. With starting forward Rosalyn Wentko seeing limited action for Dallas because of a stress frac- ture, junior Jackie Hardwick was forced to play extra minutes despite suffering from flu-like symptoms. She scored a game- high 21 points — including 15in the second half — and grabbed eight rebounds. Hardwick's layup with 1 43 to go in the third started a 29-15 Mountaineer run to close the game. Junior Meredith Lacey fol- lowed with a pair of free throws and the game was tied, 46-46, after three quarters. With the help of three consec- utive turnovers, a little more than midway through the fourth, Dallas went on a quick 8-0 spurt to push its lead to 60- victory 49. A couple of missed free throws by the Mountaineers allowed Prep to temporarily hang around. Molly Cowley scored eight consecutive points, includ- ing a three-pointer and a three- point play, and the Classics pulled within six at 63-57 with 1:15 to go. But Dallas knocked down eight consecutive free throws to end the game. “The stakes were raised for this one,” Hardwick said. “This is the round we lost in last year, but we were too determined to do that again this year. We ~ worked too hard and our mind- set was that we were Jefinitely - going to win this game.” Dallas got off to a fast start. Guards Shannon Thomas and Cory Patton combined for 11 first-quarter points and the Mountaineers led 18-13. The teams traded buckets for most of the second quarter, with Patton adding eight more points and Dallas took a 33-30 lead into halftime. Hardwick got going in the third. She scored six in the quarter before her last layup and Lacey's foul shots tied the game at 46-46. Thomas added 19 for the Mountaineers to go along with six steals. Patton finished with 17 points, including two 3-pointers. Lehman falls to N. Pocono SCRANTON — A cold first half doomed the Black Knights Mon- day night, as North Pocono ran off with a 49-31 victory in a Class 3A semifinals game Mon- day night. Casey Horvath was Lehman's high scorer with 10 points, including a 3-point goal. Lake-Lehman ended the sea- son with a 13-12 record. Samantha Lloyd received her Wendy's High School Heisman Award medallion from David L. Davies, Wyoming Seminary Upper School Dean.
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