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SPORTS
Sunday, March 21, 2004 9
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gold medals in individual events at the same
state meet.
Byron won the 100 freestyle in 51.38 seconds,
with Blue Mountain sophomore Lindsay Guers
finishing second in 51.91. Guers also finished
second to Byron in the 50 freestyle.
“I wasn’t thinking about the 100 free,” Byron
said. “I was thinking about the relay. I wanted to
win the 100 and get back and help us in the re-
lay.”
Byron swam the final 100 yards of the 400
freestyle relay in 50.57. When she hit the water,
Hoban was in sixth place, and the heroics of By-
ron allowed the Argents to win bronze and wind
up third in the team standings.
“In the relay, I go beyond what I think my ca-
pabilities are,” Byron said. “The only way it hap-
pens is when you have a team as great as Hoban
is. That’s what triggers it and makes you swim
faster.”
This article appeared in original form in the
Times Leader.
freestyle at the PIAA Class 2A Swimming Championships. She is shown
above in the 50-yard race on March 12.
Eby
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field was cut to 12. He solidi-
fied his position in the final
three dives.
Eby went into the state meet
with high hopes, after setting a
District 2 record of 482.60
points. Even though he didn’t
win gold, he is satisfied with the
effort.
“I'm still really glad to win a
medal,” Eby said two days after
the event. “What keeps me up is
knowing I recovered.”
In the girls competition, Dal-
las junior Whitney Bolton
placed 14th with 238.45 points
for eight dives.
Bolton’s experience show how
precise competitors have to be
to advance at states. She was
14th after the first round of five
dives. She made the cut by sev-
en points and was only 11 points
out of sixth place at that point.
She remained 14th after the
semifinal round of three more
dives, missing the top 12 by a
little more than three points.
“You realize how tough the
competition really is,” said
Bolton, who won the District 2
Class 2A Diving Championship
by a comfortable margin. “It
makes you want to work hard-
er.”
Overall, Bolton said she was
thrilled with the way her season
turned out, and that her experi-
ence at states has inspired her
for her senior year.
“I didn’t expect to place this
well,” Bolton said. “I was
shocked that I even made it to
states.”
~ O’Reilly ——
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turnovers in the first half, in-
cluding five in the first three
minutes and 10 in the first quar-
ter. The O'Reilly zone defense
also created four turnovers in
the third quarter and seven in
the fourth.
“(Scotland) was very, very
frustrated,” said Queensmen
head coach Mark Belenski. “We
knew they liked to pound the
ball inside and we weren't going
to allow it.”
The Queensmen couldn’t
take advantage of the Scotland
turnovers, committing seven of
their own in the first quarter.
“We usually take care of the
ball, but we didn’t do that ear-
ly,” said Belenski. “It took a
while for our kids to settle
down.”
That took place in the second
quarter, when Flanagan and
Aciukewicz began to take over.
The duo combined for 19 points
in the first half, one more than
e entire Scotland team.
Mark Williams and Kevin
Della Rosa provided a spark off
the bench in the final minute of
the half, with Della Rosa’s short
jumper and a three-pointer by
Williams with 20 seconds re-
maining giving O'Reilly a 30-18
halftime lead.
“It was just nervous energy,”
said Flanagan of his team’s slow
start. “Once we calmed down,
we cut down on the turnovers
and started to score more. This
is a great feeling. It’s what we've
worked so hard all summer to
accomplish.”
O'Reilly began to put the
®: away in the third quarter,
musing a 9-0 run capped by a
Crossin layup to take a 17-point
lead, 45-28, with 1:38 remain-
ing. Greg Robinson chopped
two points off the lead for Scot-
land, but Aciukewicz closed the
door with five consecutive
points to make it 50-30. He also
finished the game with 10 re-
bounds.
“We knew Scotland wasn’t
very tall, but they have tough
inside players,” said the 6-foot-5
Aciukewicz of the Cadets, who
have only one player taller than
6-2. “I took that as a challenge
and I love a challenge.”
The Queensmen played nine
players against Scotland — all
quality players, according to
Young.
“They have a lot of talent,” he
said. “Flanagan can shoot and
Aciukewicz was impressive.
They're very deep. Everybody
they put on the floor can play.
They didn’t put a player on the
oor that hurt them.”
This article appeared in origi-
nal form in the Times Leader.
Bishop O’Reilly’s Matt
Flanagan (31) shot inside
the paint as teammate Jason
lazosek (32) and Scotland's
ryan DeBrest (15) look on
during Wednesday's Boys
PIAA Class A semifinal in
Hershey.
FOR THE POST/PETE G. WILCOX
Above, Bishop O'Reilly coach Mark Belenski shouted out instruc-
tions to his players during Wednesday's Boys PIAA Class A semifi-
nal in Hershey.
At right, Bishop O’Reilly’s Josh Aciukewicz went up and over
Scotland’s Jarmal Ruffin (53) during Wednesday's Boys PIAA
Class A semifinal in Hershey.
(Queensmen
pound
NW Bradford
in quarters
Mar. 12 — Tim Crossin
nailed three consecutive three-
pointers in the first 99 seconds
of play and Bishop O'Reilly es-
tablished its running game ear-
ly en route to a 62-39 pound-
ing of Northeast Bradford in a
PIAA Class A eastern semifinal
at Carbondale High School.
“We got off to a great start
and we were able to put them
away early said Mark Belenski,
O'Reilly coach.
Crossin scored 11 of his
game-high 20 points in the
first quarter as O'Reilly took a
19-11 lead. The Queensmen
dominated the second quarter,
scoring another 19 points and
limiting the Panthers to one
field goal en route to taking a
38-17 halftime lead.
The Panthers didn’t make
another field goal until O'Reil-
ly held a 45-17 lead with 5:37
left in the third quarter.
O'Reilly didn’t let up in the
second half, leading by as
many as 28 points in the third
quarter and invoking the mer-
cy rule by taking a 30-point
lead, 60-30, with 7:38 remain-
ing in the game.
Sophomore center Josh
Aciukewicz added 11 points
for the Queensmen, who had
nine players in the scoring col-
umn.
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