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September 12, 2003
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yoming Area Is big test for Mounts
By KEVIN KAZOKAS
Post Correspondent
The players on the Dallas football
team may be young, but it didn’t take
long for them to encounter a big-game
situation.
The Mountaineers will play a criti-
cal week-three contest when they host
Division 2-rival Wyoming Area at 1
p.m. Saturday at Mountaineer Stadi-
m. Both teams come into the week-
end carrying 1-0 records within the di-
vision.
Overall, the Warriors hold a 1-1
mark, their only loss a 7-3 defeat to
Berwick last Friday.
Dallas stands at 2-0. The unbeaten
Mountaineers have posted victories
against Coughlin (21-14) and Division
Lady Knights
blank Dallas
A 300th win for
coach Jean Lipski
From Staff Reports
DALLAS — Traci Ragukas had a
hat trick on Monday and Amanda
Sagan added a goal and three assists
as Lake-Lehman defeated Dallas, 7-0,
in Wyoming Valley Conference field
hockey.
The victory gave Lehman coach
Jean Lipski her 300th career win.
“l wasn’t thinking of this as my
300th win,” Lipski said. “I was think-
ing of this as a game against Dallas,
and it is a rivalry. Our girls really rose
to the occasion and I'm proud of
them.”
Lehman scored early and often,
dominating the game from start to fin-
ish. The Black Knights probably
would have scored a double-digit vic-
tory had it not been for the outstand-
ing play of Mountaineers goalie Ros-
alyn Wentko. The senior made some
acrobatic stops to prevent goals
among her 18 saves, but her efforts
alone weren't nearly enough to thwart
Lehman.
“They're really coming together
well,” Lipski said of her players.
“There are a lot of new faces on the
field. I'm sure we haven't seen the
best yet, and that this team is going to
get better and better.”
Ragukas opened the scoring three
minutes, 56 seconds in when she de-
flected in a shot by Sagan. Sagan
made it 2-0 went she fired in an Alli-
son Boris rebound at 15:55. Chrisse
Kazmierski tipped in a Sagan shot to
make it 3-0 at 18:37. Ragukas scored
off a Sagan feed at 24:31, giving the
Black Knights a 4-0 lead heading into
halftime.
Ragukas completed her hat trick
with an unassisted goal 12 seconds
into the second half. Ryan Hoover's
goal at 9:10 made it 6-0, and Lauren
Lipski completed the rout by convert-
ing a penalty stroke at 22:34.
2-opponent Nanticoke (47-0) last
week.
“The kids know the importance of
the game,” said Dallas head coach Ted
Jackson. “This is going to go a long
way to (determining) a Division 2
championship and will have a lot of
playoff implications.”
With that in mind, Jackson will look
for a variety of players to step up.
“We have to remain balanced,” he
said. “We can’t go in there thinking
we're going to run the ball down their
throat, and we can’t go in there and
pass the ball all over the place. We
have to mix it up.”
The Mountaineers have done exact-
ly that this season. So far, junior quar-
terback Matt Kelly has thrown for four
touchdowns and rushed for 179 yards
in two games. Junior tailback Doug
Harris has provided the team with an
additional 218 yards rushing.
But when it comes to facing a talent-
rich Wyoming Area squad, the key for
Dallas may lie in the trenches. The
Mountaineers’ offensive line features
four returning starters.
“Our experienced guys on the line
are the guys who've got to win the
game for us,” Jackson said. “Our line’s
got to step up like they have, and our
young skill kids have to match up with
their very, very good and experienced
skill kids.”
Wyoming Area’s attack features a
number of playmakers, including re-
ceiver Joe Marianacci and tailback
Marlon Bayard. Marianacci had three
touchdowns opening night against
Crestwood — one in the form of a
pass reception and the other two on
punt returns. Bayard rushed for 110
yards last week against Berwick.
In total, the Warriors have
outscored their opponents by a 49-7
margin this season.
“We're going to have to stop their
big-play offense,” Jackson said. “They
have great skill kids with great speed.”
The Warriors edged Dallas, 6-0, in
last season’s meeting. This
around, the Mountaineers will look to
strike back.
However, after last week’s mistake-
in which
Wyoming Area fumbled the ball seven
times, Jackson knows the Warriors
and their head coach, Paul Marranca,
filled loss to Berwick
will be hungry for a victory.
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Jean Lipski shed a tear after Lake-Lehman won her 300th ca-
reer victory as coach.
POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS
“I think they'll be a
dangerous opponent.”
time
Ted Jackson
Dallas coach
“I think they’ll be a dangerous oppo-
nent,” he said. “He’s a great coach. It’s
a great program.”
Dallas romps
over Nanticoke
Staff report
NANTICOKE — Quarterback Matt Kelly
threw for three touchdowns and ran for anoth-
er as the Mountaineers cruised to a 47-0 win
against Greater Nanticoke Area September 5 at
Frank Chicknosky Memorial Stadium.
“A lot of times I might make Coach hold his
breath a little bit,” said Kelly, who threw for 96
yards and added a 63-yard scoring run. “I don’t
always run the play the way it’s supposed to be
run, but I'm only trying to make a big play and
do everything I can to help my team win the
Even if that means testing his coach’s pa-
tience.
“Sometimes I'm ready to kill him, but he
makes a lot of big plays for us,” Jackson said.
“Matt’s an exciting player. He plays hard and
doesn’t quit until the play is over. I admire him
for that.”
Dallas dominated Nanticoke in every-aspect.
The Mountaineers amassed 423 yards of total
offense and 20 first downs, while the Trojans
finished with 97 yards and four first downs.
Junior tailback Doug Harris scored two
touchdowns and was one of six Dallas players
to rush for at least 20 yards. Sophomore receiv-
er Mike Race caught a pair of touchdown pass-
es and sophomore tailback Joe Lambert rushed
for another.
BMT Blitz win
back-to-back
The Back Mountain Blitz U-9 boys won back-
to-back games on the opening day of travel soc-
cer. Blitz defeated Mountaintop Crush 5-0.
ey Frank Henry, Erik Yarko, Josh Shilanski, and
FOR THE DALLAS POST/FRED ADAMS
POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS
Amanda Sagan took a swipe at the
ball as she tried to stay ahead of Dal-
las’s Megan Savage and Shannon
Thomas (3).
FIELD HOCKEY
Seminary 5, Northwest 0
SEPT. 8 — Tam Morris scored four
goals as Wyoming Seminary blanked
Northwest.
Laura Suchoski scored the Blue
Knights’ other goal, and assisted on
two of Morris’ tallies. Abby Sordoni
also had a pair of assists for Seminary,
and Laura Eckman also had an assist.
Dallas 1, Meyers 1
SEPT. 5 — Dallas and Meyers bat-
tled to a 1-1 overtime tie in a Wyoming
Valley Conference field hockey game
that neither helped nor hurt each
team’s playoff aspirations.
Four teams from the WVC will make
up the field for the District 2 Class 2A
playoffs. Crestwood, Lake-Lehman and
Wyoming Seminary figure to be three
of those teams, as each has won a state
title in the past four years.
The fourth spot is up for grabs, with
Dallas and Meyers probably con-
tenders for the berth along with Lack-
awanna Trail and Nanticoke Area.
In a game that was evenly played
and featured numerous scoring
chances on both sides, Rosalyn Wentko
made 14 saves for the Mountaineers.
Dallas took a 1-0 lead 14 minutes, 11
seconds into the game on a drive from
a SRR be hod
POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS
Mike Peeler of Dallas watched a
putt approach the hole. He was
medalist with a 41 in a Dallas rout
of Lake-Lehman last week, 173-
197, at Irem Temple Country Club.
the right wing by Stephanie Pace. The
goal was unassisted.
The Mountaineers controlled play
for a while, until Meyers tied the score
when Tracy Oram took a pass from
Leah Gulius and fired a shot that
hopped over Wentko’s pad at 12:23.
Wentko denied the Mohawks on
some outstanding scoring opportuni-
ties the rest of the game.
Meyers dominated overtime, but
Wentko denied the Mohawks on sever-
al occasions, including one on a hot
shot with just seconds left in the 10-
minute, sudden-death extra period.
Lake-Lehman 6, Elk Lake 0
SEPT. 5 — Ryan Hoover scored
three goals in the second half as de-
fending state champion Lake-Lehman
blanked Elk Lake.
Elk Lake played the Black Knights
tough in the first half as the teams bat-
tled to a scoreless tie. However,
Lehman broke open the game with
four goals early in the second half and
two more for good measure. Besides
Hoover, goals came from Amanda
Sagan, Traci Ragukas and Chrisse
Kazmierski. Sagan and Ragukas had
two assists each as the Black Knights
outshot Elk Lake 18 to 1.
Morris hat trick for Sem
SEPT. 4 — Tam Morris recorded a
See ROUNDUP, pg 10
Jared James led the offense, while Drew Hard-
ing and James Delpriore played strong defen-
sively to help shut down the Crush.
Blitz also defeated Abington Fury 4-1. Jared
James, Chris Edkins, Josh Shilanski led the of-
fense, while Brenden Ehret, Dylan Pilger, Brian
Goode, Brandon Scharff, and Kieran Sutton
were credited for strong defense. Blitz is
coached by Dawn Harding and Barbara Goode.
FOR THE DALLAS POST/PETE G. WILCOX
Eddie Daris battled with WVW's Thomas Waskevich in first half action
in Monday's soccer match, which Dallas won 4-0.