The Dallas Post Dallas, PA May 23, 2003 THE DALLAS POST Section 2 Cup will be awarded to Lake-Lehman May30 The inaugural Back Mountain Cup will be presented to Lake-Lehman i 2 High School at a \ 9TH YY, 7 | J Lz~ cookout/celebra- s\ I Salavantis sweeps throwing events MOSCOW — Dallas senior thrower Steve Salavantis pulled off a rare cr of the throws by winning the shot put (49 feet, 8 inches), discus (154-2) and javelin (182-3). The triple victory helped the small-Class 3A Mountaineers to a fifth- place team finish at the District 2 Class 3A Track and Field Champi- onships at North Pocono High School on May 14. : Salavantis qualified for the PIAA Championships on May 23-24 at » Shippensburg University. Salavantis, who was hampered last year by an injured elbow, set a school record with a personal best throw in the discus. He won the javelin by 14 feet. He heaved his winning throw in the shot put on his second attempt and hung on to win by a little more than a foot over Delaware Valley's Bill Hayden. : “I don’t know off the top of my head but I'm pretty sure there's only one other guy who's done that (in history),” said Dallas ‘coach Matt Samuel. “To win two throws is a lot but to have the strength and ability to win all three is unbelievable.” Salavantis’s approach did not include reviewing the history books. Healthy, he just wanted to get to Shippensburg. ; “My main goal this year was to get to states,” Salavantis said. “I had a plan on how to come in. My arm was feeling good and I just wanted to get a few off for the team.” : > \ tion Friday, May ') 30. The event will be held at Pavilion 2 at Frances Slocum State Park in Kingston Township. The event is open to the all mem- bers of both school families, and to anyone who would like to share in honoring the dedication of high school student-athletes and the people who support them. Lake-Lehman won the school-year- long competition over Dallas by win- ning 13 of the 23 regular-season matchups between the schools’ varsi- ty teams in all sports. Pre-season and playoff results did not enter into the results. The Black Knights nearly swept the fall schedule, winning seven times before Dallas claimed the Old Shoe football game. Then the Moun- taineers won all four basketball games (boys and girls, twice each) in the winter to make a race of it. Dallas continued to edge closer in the spring, - getting the standings to 9-8 with three wins on April 14. But the Lehman track and girls soccer teams put an end to the Mountaineers’ hopes later that month. The Back Mountain Cup is spon- sored by The Dallas Post. It was con- ceived to raise awareness of the value of all high school athletics and is not meant to compete with the Old Shoe trophy or other individual awards. See TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS, pg 10 HE BFK SY YW Nothstein records ace Dr. Gary Nothstein made a hole-in- one May 18 at Applewood Golf Course, Harding. He used a 7 iron on the par 3 second hole, which was playing at 148 yards. The ace was wit- FOR THE DALLAS POST/MADALYN RUGGIERO FOR THE DALLAS POST/FRED ADAMS Steve Salavantis wound up for the discus throw at the District 2 Class Lake-Lehman’s Nate Carsman won the pole vault at the District 2 Class 2A champi- 3A championships, where he won all three throwing events. onships with a jump of 12°6”. SPORTS ROUNDUP BOYS TENNIS Sem loses in | state semis SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT — Wyoming Seminary was leading 2-1 and had won the first set of the No. 2 singles and No. 2 dou- bles matches in the finals of the PIAA Team Tennis Champi- onships May 17. But the Blue Knights could not polish off Dis- trict 7 champion Quaker Valley, which handed the District 2 champions a heartbreaking 3-2 defeat in the Class 2A semifinals at West Branch Tennis Club. @ got a quick win from their 1 doubles team, followed with a win at No. 3 singles by Eric Feinstein, who won by in- jury default over Mike Burger. Burger sprained his ankle. Quaker Valley's John Houghton, the two-time defend- ing state runner-up in singles, then disposed of Seminary’s Tye Morris 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. At No. 2 singles, the Blue Knights’ Jordan Koslosky won the first set over Rich Houghton 7-5, but stumbled in the next two sets 6-2, 6-3. Meanwhile, at No. 2 doubles, Seminary’s Noah Blum and P.J. Marranca won the first set 6-3 against Paul Piccolo and A.J. Baumwell. After the Blue Knight duo lost the second set 6-4, Blum and Marranca jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the third, but lost five consecutive points to lose the match. See ROUNDUP, pg 12 &" your sports reports by dallaspost@leader.net FOR THE DALLAS POST/FRED ADAMS Mike Race raced to first base, beating the throw in last week's play- off game against GAR. Dallas wins first round game By DAVE KONOPKI Special to The Dallas Post WILKES-BARRE — Dallas pitcher Ryan Gryskevicz threw 120 pitches en route to tossing a three-hitter as Dallas posted a 4- 2 win against GAR in the opening round of the District 2 Class 2A playoffs. “It wasn't one of my better out- ings, but we got the win and that’s the most important thing,” said Gryskevicz, who struck out 10 and walked five. “We had a mediocre regular season, but we came together to play as a team today. The playoffs are a new season.” After GAR tied the game at 2-2 in the home third, the Moun- taineers scored what proved to be the game-winning run on a two- out triple by freshman Mike Race in the fourth. The hit scored Mike Fehlinger, who had reached on his second single of the game. Dallas added an insurance run in the fifth inning when pinch- runner Ryan Marascio stole sec- ond base and advanced to third on a passed ball. After Ryan Bolton walked to put runners at first and third, the Mountaineers attempted a double steal. GAR shortstop Mark Wojtowicz cut off the throw to second by catcher Geoffrey Hodle and fired the ball to . home plate. With Marascio bearing down on Hodle, the ball tipped off the catcher’s glove and went to the backstop, allowing Marascio to score. The Grenadiers had an oppor- tunity to score in the second, loading the bases with two outs and Wojtowicz working a 3-0 count against Gryskevicz. But . the Dallas pitcher threw a pair of strikes before retiring the GAR leadoff hitter on a ground out. “Both pitchers fell behind in the count, but were extremely tough,” said Dallas coach Ken Kashatus. “Ryan did a great job for us. He made some very big pitches in key spots. This is a good win for us. It's good to get that first (playoff) win under your belt.” nessed by his sons, Jared and Greg. Favored Black Knights sent packing in OT Staff report DALLAS — Top-seeded Lake- Lehman was upset by Coughlin in a District 2 Girls Soccer semi- final on May 19. Coughlin’s = Laura = Lisofsky scored on a direct kick with two seconds left in overtime to lift fifth-seeded Coughlin to a 2-1 victory at Mangelsdorf Field on the campus of College Misericor- dia. It was Lehman's first loss of the season, as the Wyoming Val- ley Conference Division 1 cham- pion Black Knights (14-1-1) saw their season come to a shocking close. “This is a disappointing mo- ment,” said Lehman co-coach Dave Elston. “But we had a great season. This is the way it is (in districts). Every team is good now.” ; Lehman took a 1-0 lead when Stephanie Frank sent a brilliant ‘looping, hooking shot into the top-right of the goal from 23 yards away on a direct kick in the 19th minute. : After the break, Coughlin wasted little time evening things up. Sarah Bronack sent the ball in from the left wing and Lisofsky attempted to head it, but didn’t get all of the ball. Amid a wild scramble in front of the net, Brit- tany Gregor poked it in to tie the game at 1. Lake-Lehman goalie Melissa Strunk made six saves. Lake-Lehiman advanced to the semis with a 5-1 runaway victory over Bishop O'Reilly last week. Tracy Ragukas scored two goals to lead Lake-Lehman in that game. Ragukas’s first tally, assisted by Stephanie Frank, gave the Black Knights a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute. She added another goal in the 69th minute for the game's final tally. Caroline. Motyka and Casey Horvath also added unassisted goals for Lehman. Mountaineers give Comets a fight, but lose Staff report WRIGHT TWP. — Dallas out- shot the unbeaten Crestwood girls soccer team by more than a three-to-one margin during the second half of their May 15 quar- terfinal game, but came up a goal short of advancing in the District 2 playoffs. The Comets managed to hold on for a 2-1 victory — thanks, in part, to help from the Moun- taineers (7-7-1). With Crestwood leading by one in the 61st minute, a Dallas de- fender accidentally put the ball in her team’s net, giving the Lady Comets what would eventually become the game-winning goal. Despite the own-goal, which was credited to Crestwood’s Sara Dewey, Dallas did not go away quietly. The Mountaineers surged in the game's final 20 minutes, scoring once and nearly cashing in on several other opportunities that would have evened the mar- gin. The Mountaineers outshot the Comets 17-6 in the second half. But Dallas could only put the ball in the net once. It came in the 62nd minute when Caitlin Dukas headed in a corner, with Celia Pambianco assisting. That goal ignited a furious comeback attempt by the Moun- taineers that featured two break- away scoring chances by Dukas and five yellow cards being is- sued against Dallas. The first yellow came on Dukas’s second breakaway op- portunity, when she was upend- ed outside of the box by the charging Crestwood goalkeeper, Amie Survilla. Officials issued Mountaineer coach Chris Scharff a yellow card for dissent after the play. ) Approximately two minutes lat- er, another yellow card was is- sued, this time to Dukas for un- sportsmanlike conduct. While play was stopped to an- . nounce the penalty, Scharff and co-coach Chris Chapple each re- ceived a yellow Scharff's for dissent and Chapple’s for un- sportsmanlike conduct. Moments after that, before play even restarted, Scharff was ejected. Chicken barbeque to benefit Dallas football Dallas Gridiron Club is holding a chicken barbeque on May 24 at the Dallas High School. Dinners will be available between 1 and 5 p.m. Adult tickets are $7.50 each and a child’s portion is $5.50. Proceeds will defray the cost of the Dallas Football Team's participation in the Wild World of Sports’ “Kick off Classic” football game with a Florida High School football team in Orlando, Florida this August. For more information; Call Attorney Glenn Yanik at 675-8286 or Alan Pugh at 675-3181.
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