The Dallas Post Dallas, PA September 5, 2003 Tue DALLAS POST Section 2 HM Sports lM School MW Classified HB Calendar Mounts run to opening victory Staff report WILKES-BARRE — A pair of jun- iors led Dallas to an opening 21-14 victory over Coughlin in the Moun- taineers’ Wyoming Valley Conference season-opener at Wilkes-Barre Memo- rial Stadium. Tailback Doug Harris rushed for 123 yards and a pair of touchdowns and quarterback Matt Kelly ran for 101 yards and passed for 85 yards and a score in a game that was delayed 35 minutes by lightning in the fourth quarter. The Dallas offensive line and de- fense controlled the action during most of the final three quarters after Coughlin jumped to an early lead. “I was impressed with the way our offensive line played,” Dallas coach Ted Jackson said. “I thought we played good defense after the first arter.” “I thought we played good defense after the first quarter.” Ted Jackson Head coach Coughlin took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 10-yard touchdown run by Joe Cunningham, set up by a 49- yard pass from quarterback Vince Mc- Closkey to tailback Matt Leskiw. It was a short pass that Leskiw turned into a long gain by breaking several tackles. “We were sloppy at times,” Jackson id. “But Coughlin has some good players, and they're just going to get better.” After the first drive and until late in the fourth quarter, Cunningham and Leskiw seldom touched the ball. Coughlin ran just 19 plays between its POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS . first score and its final possession in the fourth quarter, which resulted in a late score. Dallas pulled even when Kelly hit Adam Schoonover with a 23-yard touchdown pass in the second quar- ter. Good downfield blocking by the Mountaineers’ receivers helped turn In top photo, Doug. Harris broke through the line in last week's football opener for the Dallas Mountaineers. Harris gained 123 yards and scored twice in the 21-14 victory over Coughlin. At right, Dallas quarterback Matt Kelly gained 101 yards on the ground and threw for 85 yards in the Mounts’ win over Coughlin. the short pass into a score. Above, Head coach Ted Jackson exhorted his squad after See DALLAS, pg 10 Coughlin jumped to a 7-0 lead early in the game. Lehman’s defense makes 2 points count Staff report NANTICOKE — Lake-Lehman overcame five fumbles and an anemic passing game to win its Wyoming Val- ley Conference opener by a score that would do the baseball team proud. A faulty snap on a Nanticoke punt attempt led to a Lehman safety mid- way through the first quarter. The Lehman defense made that score stand up, pitching a shutout as the Black Knights held on for a 2-0 victo- ry in a game dominated by mistakes. “It has always been my belief that special teams and turnovers play a big part in the outcome of a game, espe- cially the first game of the season,” Langan said. “It wasn’t pretty, but we'll take it.” After its second consecutive three- and-out to open the game, Nanticoke was forced to punt. The snap sailed over the punter’s head and landed close to the goal line. It then rolled through the end zone, giving Lehman a 2-0 lead with 6:53 left in the first quarter. Although they obviously have a lot to improve on, there were two obvi- ous bright spots for the Black Knights. The first was their defense. Lehman limited Nanticoke to 124 yards of total offense. “Our defense played great all night,” Langan said. “We shot our- selves in the foot time and time again See LEHMAN, pg 10 Lake-Lehman 2, Nanticoke Area 0 Lake-Lehman 2000—2 Nanticoke Area 0000—0 First Quarter LL — Safety, ball snapped through the end zone LL First Downs 12 Rushes-Yards 40-182 Passing yards 35 Passes 3-10-1 Sacks by 2-8 2-8 Punts-Avg 4-36.5 Fumbles-lost 5-2 Penalties-Yards 7-57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Lehman, Burkhardt 4-8, Durhammer 23-122, Kragle 7-6, Pimm 9- 46. Nanticoke, Nearhouse 15-62, Ji. Cun- ningham 1-(-1), Sarnack 3-(-5), Argento 3- 7, Klessemer 4-24, Jo. Cunningham 3-3. PASSING—Lehman, Kragle 3-9-35-1; Burkhardt 0-1-9. Nanticoke, Sarnack 4-8- 76-1. RECEIVING—Lehman, Burkhardt 1-(-3), Boyle 1-13, Wren 1-25. Nanticoke, Grant 2- 24, Jones 1-30, Ushinski 1-14. Dallas Dallas B 40, Kingston 0 Tyler Shutlock led the offense with 3 rushing touchdowns. Adam Goeringer added 1 rushing touchdown and ran a punt back 65 yards for another touchdown. Taylor Dunn passed to Kevin Muldoon in the end zone for the 2 point conversion. The Dallas “D” kept the offense on their heels all day and held ngston to 0 points. David Dewitt led the defense in tackles in- cluding a safety in the second quarter. Dustin Siperko finished second in tackles to include 2 sacks on the quarterback. Dallas had a second safety in the fourth quarter led by the front four Alexander Baney, Ricky Evans, Justin Brobst and Robert Graham. Dallas C 36, Tunkhannock 0 Last week Dallas hosted Tunkhannock in the season’s opening game. C team was victorious with a 36-0 win. Touchdowns scored by Garrett Artsma and Brett Wanek. 2 point conversions scored by Eric Anderson and Jordan Mullen. The strong defensive line was led by Chase Benson and Eric Anderson. Don Behm, Buddy Shut- lock and Billy Dixon held Tunkhannock scoreless. C team also proved successful in their second game of the sea- son in Kingston. The team won 34-6. Scoring their first touch- downs of the season were Cody Cleaves and Jordan Mullen. Also scoring was Brett Wanek with 2 touchdowns and Barrett Arstma with another. 2 point conversions were added by Chris Phelps. Again defense held a solid front line limiting the Huskies to 6 points. Youth basketball signups Dallas Youth Basketball will hold signups for boys and girls win- ter leagues on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 1-5 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 7-9 p.m. at the Wycallis Elementary School gym. Players des 3-8 who reside within the Dallas School District are eli- le. There is a mandatory fundraiser for each player with a buy- out option. For more information, call George Gracely (Boys) at 639-1467 or Dan McCabe (Girls) at 696-1190. i Fe & 4 aE Dallas students dominate diving Recently, Keystone Games were held at Wyoming Valley West High School for 1 meter and 3 meter diving. Sara Skammer, Alaric Eby and Erica Lisses placed first on both three meter and one meter boards. Sara Skammer participated in the 10-11 age group. She completed 5 dives on each board. She is a fifth grade student at Dallas Elemen- tary School. She resides in Dallas. Alaric Eby participated in the 14-16 age group and completed 10 dives on each board. He is a tenth grade student at Dallas High School. He also resides in Dallas. Erica Lisses participated in the 12-13 age group. She completed 7 dives on each board. She is an eighth grade student at the Dallas Middle School. She resides in Trucksville. Sara, Alaric, and Eric are members of the WVW Fast Diving Club and are registered members of U.S.A. Diving. They are all coached by Mr. Rob Jacobs. From left: Sara Skammer, Alaric Eby and Erica Lisses. FIELD HOCKEY Seminary 4, Tunkhannock 0 TUNKHANNOCK — Tam Morris scored twice and Ali Kornfeld and Caroline Blaum added goals as Wyoming Seminary opened with a victory at Tunkhannock. Dallas 2, Honesdale 1 HONESDALE — Dallas was able to connect on a pair of goals off of corners to defeat Honesdale. Hallie Williams scored first — just 48 seconds in to the game — and Sam O’Brien scored the game winner in the second half. GOLF Bishop Hoban 138, Wyoming Valley West 140 WILKES-BARRE — Jarred Nothstein fired a 3-under par 29 to earn medalist honors and lead the Argents over Valley West. Matt Mileski added a 34 for Hoban. VOLLEYBALL Pittston 3, Lake-Lehman 2 YATESVILLE — Pittston Area won a tough 25-15, 25-20, 14-25, 22-25, 15-12 victory over Lake-Lehman in Wyoming Valley Conference girls volleyball. For the Knights, Marissa Harrison had five aces, three digs and three kills and 10 points; Christy Core had three aces, four digs, four kills and 10 service points; Melissa Strunk had an ace, eight digs, two kills and five points. Crestwood 3, Lehman WRIGHT TWP — Crestwood dominated Lake-Lehman in high school volleyball Friday, winning 25-9, 25-9, and 25- 20. Liz Martin led Lake-Lehman with three digs, five kills, and two service points, while teammate Christie Cole end- ed up with three points and three digs. Bishop O’Reilly 3, Hanover Area 1 HANOVER TWP. — Stephanie Latosek had 36 digs and Ashley Rome notched 16 kills to lead Bishop O'Reilly past Hanover Area.
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