it The Dallas Post Dallas, PA March 6, 2003 9 THE DALLAS POST _. Sports Three L-L Matt Dragon was the lone lo- cal champion at the Class 2A Northeast Regional Wrestling 1ampionships, held Saturday Williamsport High School. Dragon, a Lake-Lehman sophomore, win the 130 lb. class with a 7-4 decision over Zack Schnee of Bloomsburg. Two oth- er Lake-Lehman wrestlers ad- vanced to states by finishing second; Andy Josuweit (125) and Willie Weber (160). The Black Knights finished fifth out of 44 in the team standings. Dallas, competing in Class 3A, will not send any wrestlers to states, as Perry Coolbaugh (160) and John Hettes (125) both lost their third-place matches. wimmers qualify for states WILKES-BARRE — The Dallas oys team finished third in the District 2 Class 2A Swimming & Diving team championships, which wrapped up Saturday at King's College. The Moun- taineers girls finished fourth out of 14 teams. Dallas qualified a relay for states for the first time in school history, as Robert Murphy, Sean Gilroy, Mark O'Brien and Joe Stredny took second in the 200 freestyle relay. In individual events, O’Brien finished third in the 200 freestyle, with Gilroy fourth. Stredny was fourth in the 200 individual medley nd 100 butter- @ Murphy was third in the 100 ‘eestyle and fourth in the 50 freestyle; Pete VanLoon was fifth in the 100 butterfly. On the girls side, Jen Arthur * finished second in the 50 freestyle and fourth in the 100 freestyle. Her second place qual- ified her for the PIAA state championships, March 14-15 at Penn State. Byron leads Hoban to title Bishop Hoban won the girls District 2 Class 2A Swimming & Diving team championships, led by sophomore Caroline Byron. “I love how Hoban has so much tradition,” said Byron, the only individual to win four gold medals in the girls competition. “It's not short term, where we have a good year and a bad year. We always come out with a good am.” Byron shined the brightest in relays. After winning the 50 and 100 freestyle, she anchored the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. In each race, the outcome was in doubt when Byron hit the water, but she lifted Hoban to gold in each instance. “Relays are the best part of a meet,” Byron said. “I love being the anchor when the race is so close. I love it.” Dallas Jr. football, cheerleading signups Registrations for boys and girls living in Dallas Township and Franklin Township will be held Saturday March 8 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Dallas Twp. Municipal Bldg. Bring a copy of your Birth Cer- tificate, a recent photo, and a copy of your health insurance card. Contact Kim Anderson with @ at 696-2305. POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Dallas plays for junior high title The Dallas junior high girls basketball team played Nanticoke for the District 2 championship Wednesday night. Results were not available in time for this issue. Dallas beat Wallenpaupack 44-32 in a semifinal game Monday. Melissa Gorski was the leading scorer with 21 points, Lyndsay Ellis scored nine and Devin Lacey chipped in seven as the Moun- taineers took control after being ahead by only two points at the half. Ellis hit two 3-point shots, while Lacey and Erin Delaney had one apiece. In photos Above; Danielle Krawetz looked for a place to pass after a scramble for the ball. At right; Melissa Gorski stepped between two defenders on the way to the goal. POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Lady Mounts are district champions By JERRY KELLAR For The Dallas Post WILKES-BARRE — The Lady Mountaineers put on a clinic in team basketball in Saturday's girls District 2 Class 3A title game at Wilkes University. Dal- las allowed Bishop Hoban center Meredith Alexis her share of Noon. Meredith Lacey leaped into the waiting arms of head coach Joe points — 30, to be exact — but shut down the rest of the Lady Argents in winning the school’s first girls basketball district championship, 63-53. It was sweet revenge for the Lady Mountaineers, who were beaten twice this season by See CHAMPIONS, pg 11 O’Reilly girls fall to Forest City Staff report SCRANTON — A mixup dur- ing the District 2 Class A cham- pionship game at the University of Scranton put Bishop O'Reilly in a hole that resulted in a 52- 46 loss to the four-time defend- ing champion Foresters. A misunderstanding during a critical time-out late in the fourth quarter led to six Queenswomen on the floor, a technical foul and a larger deficit. “Those things happen. A lack of communication, I guess, somewhere along the way,” Ap- pel said. “Those things are part of the game. You have to play through the tough and the good.” A string of free throws, includ- ing the two technicals, stretched the Forest City lead from two to seven points with 1:14 to play. The Queenswomen chased the deficit down to 47-45 with 24 seconds left, but Forest City hit five free throws during the oblig- atory late-game fouling process. Adams wins gold at Keystone Winter Classic Mariel Adams recently brought home a gold medal from the Keystone Winter Classic gymnastic competition held in Dunmore. Mariel scored a 9.3 on floor exercise. To win the gold, she also placed third on vault winning the bronze medal in that event. At the Parkette Invita- tional in Allentown, Mariel won a bronze medal in the floor competition. She also won a fifth place medal in floor exercise at the I Love NY meet in Binghamton, NY. Mariel competes for Northeast Gymnastics and is a sixth grader at Dallas Middle School. The Foresters scored 15 of their 19 fourth-quarter points from the line. O'Reilly (18-8) received a state berth despite the loss. The Queenswomen will face the Dis- trict 11 champion — either Mar- ian Catholic (23-4) or Cardinal Brennan (23-5) — on Saturday. Those teams played Saturday night for the D-11 crown. Forest City (22-4) gets District 3 fourth-seed Mount Calvary (21- 6), also on Saturday. “We wanted to win to get a higher seed,” said Molly Guntli, the team’s only starting senior. “But it’s still good to be in it. We know we have a difficult game next week, but were going to come out strong and be pre- pared.” O'Reilly did both against For- est City, making use of its size advantage to attack the Foresters inside. The 5-foot-11 Guntli scored a game-high 13 points, 6-foot sophomore Janelle Zabresky had 11, and 6-foot freshman Erin Chesnavich added seven.
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