teams, (1. te for Seminary, disposing of The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Friday, May 9, 2003. : 13 L . Patton ®. from page 11) April 25 when she scored the game-winning run by stealing home plate. Cory credited her sister with helping her build up her own dbnfidence. “She's a really good teacher. She’s always there to boost your self-esteem.” Lauren had similar kind words to say about Cory. “It's nice hav- ing her on the team,” Lauren said. “It's nice having somebody to support you. I definitely enjoy it a lot more that she’s been play- ing this year.” With two Pattons on the roster, the Lady Mountaineers have posted .five wins through their first 11 games this season— enough to place them among the top four teams in Wyoming Valley . Conference Division II. The division is comprised of six all of them Class 2A schools. All six Division II teams are eligible to advance to the Dis- trict 2 Class 2A tournament ng with the three Class 2A ams from Division III. But the post-season may be bittersweet for Lauren Patton. The end of the season will also likely mark the end of her scholastic softball career. Al- though. she will attend Penn State next fall, she does not plan to play softball in college. Yet even as her final year winds down, Patton has not lost sight of her role — to make contributions that help the team win. And win- ning, she said, is something the Lady Mountaineers might be do- ing a lot of in the near future. “I think we definitely have a lot of potential and were just as good as anybody else out there,” Patton said. Tennis (continued from page 11) over Dante Terenzio. “We had high hopes. We all have great experience. It's what do best.” £0 Morris took over Seminary’s top spot from classmate Jordan Koslosky close to a month ago ‘and has not missed a beat. Mor- ris’s lone career singles loss in team competition came at the hands of defending District 2 Class 2A singles champ Mike Portonova of Bishop Hafey last week. : “I've adapted,” said Morris. other No. l. pla er i os, Sls “round, just like Jord Koslosky won at No. 2 singles for the Blue Knights, 6-0, 6-3 over Billy Hall, while Eric Fein- stein continued to quietly domi- tefen Lovelace 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles. Seminary’s only bump in the road came at No. 1 doubles; as the duo of Jason Brown and Zach Greenwald had to come It could be said that the second annual Fulton Chari- ty Classic held May 2 in the Dallas High School gym, was, in part, a tribute to the Back Mountain sports com- munity that started it.: “It's tremendous what this (Dallas) community has giv- en back” says Mary Jo Ful- ton, widow of Michael Ful- "ton, with tears in her eyes. The annul basketball game and a golf tournament have been held to celebrate the life of Michael Fulton, assis- tant basketball coach at Dal- las High School, who died two years ago at age 42 from a rare form of cancer. From its beginning the event has attracted wide and unusual support from the community. Pat McCue, for- mer head coach at Dallas and Michael Fulton's best friend, notes that $5,000 was collected just from busi- ' nesses in a first round solic- itation of funds for the Ful- ton Book Scholarship Fund. A $500 scholarship is awarded to the senior boy or girl basketball player who has the highest GPA by the end of the first semester of their senior year. Money is also donated to the National Institutes * of Health in Bethesda, Maryland where Michael Fulton was treated, and to a scholarship fund for his daughter, Morgan Fulton : Michael Fulton's heart is still in Dallas. “He loved the kids, he loved to coach, they all still remember him, the kids, the faculty, the com- munity. We went to all the Dallas sports games togeth- er,” said McCue, who has, since his friend Michael's death, resigned from coach- ing at Dallas. — Text and photos by Charlotte Bartizek Fulton Charity Classic draws a crow In photos, clockwise from top right: Organizers Pat McCue, left, and Greg Solfanelli flanked Morgan Fulton, with Mary Jo Fulton behind; Emma Healey and Gina Keating, Dallas teach- ers, collected donations; Chris- tine Dombroski held T.J. Con- nors, a “faculty baby,” at the game; Pat McCue reached over Jackie Hardwick and Rosalyn Wentko blocked from the side during the Fulton Charity Classic at Dallas High School. back for a 7-6 first-set win over Western Wayne's Brent Hoban and Eric Snyder before bearing down and taking the second set 6-3. Seminary, which has won every District 2 team tennis event since the tourney’s incep- tion in 2000, shut out fourth- seeded Scranton Prep 5-0 May 5 to advance to the championship match. The District 2 Boys Tennis Singles Tournament was held Thursday and Friday. Results were not available in time for this issue. The D2 doubles com- petition is slated for next Mon- day and Tuesday. At left, Joe Pretko led in a 110 hurdles race. Above, Stan Brudnicki put some ‘oomph’ behind the shot put. Knights top Junior High track meet Girls Results: Lake-Lehman 96, Dallas 54 Lake-Lehman 113, Hanover 37 Girls Highlights: Jaime Lipski won four events while Tina Watkins, Jill Chocallo, and Re- bekah Williams won three apiece to pace Lehman to a double vic- tory over Dallas and Hanover. The Lady Knights finished the season undefeated and won the District 2 Junior High Girls League Championship for the fourth year in a row. : Boys Results: Lake-Lehman 76, Dallas 74 Hanover 81, Lake-Lehman 69 Steve Schwartz won the pole vault and the long jump for the Knights. POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS Registration next week for Dallas High School cheerleading clinic The Dallas High School Cheerleaders will hold their annual Cheer- leading Clinic for students from Kindergarten through 8th grade. The. clinic will be held Monday June 9 through Thursday, June. 12 from 1-4 p.m. each day at the Dallas Senior High gymnasium. The students will put on a performance for their parents Thursday at 3 p.m. Registration will be held in front of the Dallas Elementary gymna- sium on Tuesday, May 13, Thursday, May 15 and Wednesday, May 21, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The fee for the clinic is $40. Each student will receive a Dallas Cheerleading Clinic t-shirt and learning cheers, chants and dances and doing arts and crafts. Snacks and juice will also be provided. Dallas wrestling golf tournament The 1st Annual Dallas Wrestling Golf Tournament to benefit the Dallas wrestling programs will be held Saturday, June 7 at 1 p.m. at Sand Springs Golf Club. Format will be captain and crew. DelBalso Ford will give away a brand new 2003 Ford Focus for the first hole- in-one on the par 3, 17th hole. A dinner will follow golf at the Sand Springs Country Club. : Fee is $75 per player or $300 per foursome. The field will be limit- ed to the first 144 paid entrants. Deadline to enter is June 1. To reg- ister, contact Sean McMahon 675-7287 or Mike Ropietski 675-7976. Golf tourney to aid Children’s Service Center The Junior League of Wilkes-Barre is currently planning its 14th Annual Golf Tournament to benefit the Children’s Service Center of Wyoming Valley. The tournament is to be held at the Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club in Mountaintop on Friday, May 30 with a Shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. The cost of the tournament is $400 for a foursome and $125 for an individual golfer. Call the Junior League office at 288-4818 for registration information. Black Knights spike Hoban WILKES-BARRE — The Black Knights looked incredibly sharp and handed Bishop Hoban a 2-0 loss in a key Wyoming Valley Conference match May 6. Lehman (11-1) defeated . Hoban (10-2) by scores of 15-3, 15-5 to set up a showdown for first place. The Black Knights traveled to archrival Tunkhan- nock (12-0) Thursday. Results of that match were not available for this issue. Aaron Pagoda, Zack Deubler and Phil Pineno made critical saves during an 8-0 run in game one. Those eight points, all served by Cory Spencer, turned a close game into a rout. Nine previous service rotations had resulted in a 1-1 tie. Spencer, Lehman's top hitter, had just six kills, but the Black Knights overwhelmed the Ar- gents with balance at the net. Chris Coombs added six kills, while Pagoda and Pineno chipped in with five apiece. Andy Coombs had four blocks. The second game was more competitive until Lehman took a 13-4 lead with a 5-0 run. Deubler started the run with yet another back-row save. The Black Knights ended the match when Spencer blocked a spike attempt by Blasco. Stitzer, Kildull are medalists at Irem The Spring Classic Golf Tour- nament was held May 2 and 4 at Irem Country Club. Tourna- ment results were: Medalists: Tom Stitzer, Lynn Kilduff ; Championship Flight, Winner: Jim Hoover - Bill Gaylord. Run- ner-up: Jim Breck - Tim Hol- land. Semi-finalist: Tom Stitzer - Lynn Kilduff, Tom Gauntlet - Ray Cecconi. First Flight, Winner: Russ Goodman - Pat Regan. Runner- up: Joe Maniskas - Jason Man- iskas. Semi-finalist: Scott Fran- cis - Second Flight, Winner: Pete Pitarra - Lou Sciandra. Runner- up Bob Roberts - Mike Sharok. Semi-finalist: ‘Al Choman’ - Aaron /Choman, Chet) Blazik - Ralph ‘Brown. Beaten''''12s, Championship Flight: (1) Ron Pokrinchak - Ron Pokrinchak, Jr. (2) Charles Brand - Rick Berry Beaten 12s, 1st Flight: (1) Moe Schonfeld - Bill Mattioli. (2) Kevin Fisher - Francis Fisher. Beaten 12s, 2nd Flight: (1) Dave Evans - Tony Piontek. (2) Dick Lopasky - Joe Strazdas. Cyclones win first two games of the season - After a delayed start due to poor weather, the Back Moun- tain Cyclones U-12 boys won their first two games of the spring season, defeating the Valley Youth Fury 4-3 and the Bloomsburg Pound Dogz 2-1. 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