8 The Post SPORTS Sunday, May 30, 2004 GIRLS SOCCER Crestwood 2, Lake-Lehman 1 May 24 — Crestwood scored in the third overtime to edge Lake-Lehman 2-1 in a District 2 girls soccer semifinal game at College Misericordia. Melissa = Strunk knocked down the initial shot, but the rebound went right back to Krista Jones, who was the fourth-seeded Comets’ second- leading scorer during the regu- lar season. After a scoreless first half, Crestwood took a 1-0 lead four minutes into the second half. Lehman tied the game in the 58th minute on a series of quick, short passes in the right side of the penalty area. Chrisse Kazmierski made a quick boot to Traci Ragukas, who then tapped a similar pass to Allison Culver. Culver wast- ed no time in tying the score 1- 1. Keeper Melissa Strunk stopped 18 shots on goal, but Crestwood’s Amie Surville smothered 22 Black Knights scoring attempts. Second-seeded Lehman end- ed its season at 12-3-1. Lake-Lehman 2, Bishop Hoban 0 May 20 — Caroline Boris hit two direct kick goals for Lake- Lehman to give the Black Knights a victory over sixth- seeded Bishop Hoban in a dis- trict quarterfinal game. Boris scored two minutes into the game, then again just before halftime. Keeper Melissa Strunk’ made six saves to record the shutout. Dallas 2, Berwick 1 OT May 20 — Megan Savage scored on an 18-yard shot two minutes. into the second over- time as top-seeded Dallas edged eight-seeded Berwick. Savage followed up a shot by Hallie Williams that deflected off a Berwick defender. Berwick struck first as Sierra Matash scored unassisted in the 32nd minute. Dallas tied the score with nine minutes left in regulation when Megan Mc- Donald scored off an assist by Cecila Pambianco. BASEBALL Dallas 7, Meyers 5 May 24 — After letting two leads slip away, the 13th-seeded Mountaineers used a little small ball to score two runs and upset fourth-seeded Mey- ers, 7-5 in a first-round District 2 playoff game. After the Mohawks scored a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, Dallas went to work in the seventh. An error allowed Adam King to reach first base before Tim Dymond’s bloop single moved him to second. Ryan Marascio then laid down a two-strike sac- rifice bunt and reached first when Meyers couldn't cut down the lead runner at third. After a strikeout, leadoff hit- ter Mike Race drew a walk, bringing home pinch runner John Baker with the go-ahead run. A fielder’s choice by Grac- jan Kraszewski scored Dymond and Dallas led 7-5 through 6 1/2 innings. Joe Lambert, who picked up the victory in relief, induced a quick groundout and then bat- tled for a strikeout to start off the home half of the seventh. After a walk, he got Matt Hahn to pop up to end the game. The Mountaineers took an early lead on a two-run home run by starting pitcher Dave Shultz. : Race took a fastball the other way for an RBI triple, scoring Marascio. Kraszewski then brought Race home with a sin- gle, putting Dallas ahead 4-1. After Meyers tied the game in the fifth, Dallas regained the lead on Kraszewski’s RBI in the sixth. Valley View 4, Lake-Lehman 1 May 24 Valley View scored a run in each of the first three innings and kept the Black Knights scoreless until the seventh inning of a first round district playoff game. Kevin Racemus went 2-for-5 and scored Lehman’s only run. Matt Kapitula and Ryan Best- FOR THE POST/AIMEE DILGER Lake-Lehman’s Traci Ragukas, left, blocked Crestwood’s Janelle Wasser in a battle for the ball. eder had the only other Lehman hits. Dallas 10, Lake-Lehman 5 May 20 — Tim Dymond hit a three-run home run to high- light a seven-run sixth inning for the Mountaineers. Mike Race went 3-for-3 with two runs scored for Dallas and Gracjan Kraszewski added two RBI. Cory Shultz had two dou- bles. Matt Straub knocked in two runs for, the Black Knights. Kevin Racemus and Joe Lam- bert stroked doubles. GIRLS SOFTBALL Hanover Area 7, Lake-Lehman 2 May 24 — The No. 4-seeded team in the District 2 Class 2A playoffs scored three runs in the first inning before the sec- ond out was recorded, and that proved to be enough. Lake-Lehman (4-13) rallied in the fifth inning to bring the score within two runs, 4-2, but could get no closer. “We did not play our best at all,” Lake-Lehman coach Stacey Stack said. “You expect more things, but we are looking for- ward to next year since we are a young team.” The Knights scored two runs in the fifth inning to bring the score to 4-2. Tara Fawler came off the bench to hit an RBI dou- ble, scoring Jackie Hettes. Their second run was scored by Fawler off of Jill Chocallo’s single. Chocallo was the top hitter for Lehman, going 2-for-4 with an RBL Sheree Horvath struck out six in the losing effort. - VOLLEYBALL Lake-Lehman 3, Abington Heights 0 May 24 — Cory Spencer had 20 kills and eight service points as top-seeded Lake-Lehman ad- vanced to the District 2 boys volleyball semifinals with a 3-0 victory over Abington Heights. Game scores were 25-11, 25- 13 and 25-20. Dave Harrison and Alan Sheridan added eight and four kills, respectively. Sheridan fin- ished with 14 service points. Valley West 3, Dallas 2 May 20 — Cory Hine had 21 kills and 14 blocks for Dallas, which finished the season with a 69 record. Dustin Bednarz had 14 kills and 37 digs; Jordan Belschner had nine kills, eight blocks and 28 assists. Pioneers (continued from page 7) said Daube. “They asked us to come back. We go and try to make as much noise as possi- ble.” In addition to the players, the Pioneers front office noticed as well. In fact, they offered dis- counted tickets to Back Moun- tain residents attending the May 22 game. “We love having those guys involved,” said Ja- son Jarecki, the Pioneers’ direc- tor of public relations. “We hope their enthusiasm spreads.” Pioneers’ head coach Les Moss has noticed the group as well. “The crowd plays a huge role in arena football,” said Moss. “The players draw a lot of energy from the fans and they feed off of their enthusi- asm. It’s like having a ninth man. I think it’s evident since our level of play has been much higher at home.” Other members of “The Sta- ble” include sophomores Chris Parrish, Eddie Daris, Bobby Lenahan, Rob Santillana, Jesse Swartwood, Eric Domzalski, Nick Samanas, Dan Considine, Mike Race and Robbie Tomko. The group often finds itself on the Wachovia Arena video board and several group mem- bers attended a taping of the “Pioneers Playbook” television show. “It’s been fun,” said Daube. “After the first game, Volleyball — (continued from page 7) handle this, nobody’s got an ego. They all understand the concept of what we're trying to do. Also contributing for the Knights: Craig Thomas (8 kills, 8 service points), Alan Sheri- dan (10 service points) and Patrick McMahon (13 service points, solid defense). “There’s not a whole lot of secrets involved,” Baranowski said. “It’s just a matter of exe- cution and we were able to exe- cute today.” Thas article appeared in orig- inal form in the Times Leader. Tigers take payback from Pittston May 25 — Tunkhannock ace Jon Clemens threw 30 of his 156 pitches to work out of a fi- nalinning jam and the Tigers scored five times in the top of the seventh inning — culminat- ing on a game-winning two-run single by Adam Maciorkoski — to post an 86 victory against the host Pittston Patriots in a wild District 2 Class 3A playoff game. Down to their final three outs and trailing 6-3, the Tigers put together a furious rally in the seventh. Kraig Givens started things off with a leadoff walk, prompt- ing Pittston Area head coach Paul Zaffuto to take out start- ing pitcher Dom Bartoli. Re- liever Chris Tonte walked Chad Crispell and surrendered an RBI single by Tim Schemel to make it 6-4 and end Tonte’s re- lief appearance. Designated hitter Corey Rau drew a walk from relief pitcher Joe Hines to load the bases and Grey tied the contest at 6-6 with a two-run single. Ma- ciorkoski then hit a two-run single, scoring Grey and Mike DeLeo, who was pinch-running for Rau. The game wasn’t only about offense. In the fourth inning, Tunkhannock center fielder Givens saved three runs when he leapt above the fence to rob Pittston’s Brad Tucker of a three-run home run. we couldn’t wait to see if we made the highlights on the news.” Daube said the group is al- ways looking for new members. “We've had some kids ask their parents if the could sit near us and some people request tick- - ets in our section,” he ex- plained. “The more the merri- ”» EINER Re ET. § High School principal Frank * Galicki made-a special guest appearance at the last home game. “It was cool to have Mr. Galicki there, but he kept his distance,” said Daube. “I don’t know if we could get him to paint his hair blue.” BMT Ball (continued from page 7) Pirates 10, Horlacher #2 0 Andrew Kaufman and William Fulton combined to pitch a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts for the Pirates. John Patrick Henry led the offense with a double and sin- gle while Joey Murray added two hits. Will Bevevino and Christopher Dillon each hit sin- gles for the winners. Red Sox 7, Horlacher #3 2 Matt Shaver pitched a com- plete game masterpiece, strik- ing out nine and scattering sev- en hits for the Red Sox. Shaver helped himself at the plate with a double and scored ‘twice. Brandon’ Harding continued with the hot bat for the victors with two hits, Cody Plesnar tripled, driving in two runss, and Eric Baines added two hits including a double. Scott Ric- cetti, and Mark Malloy also had hits for the Red Sox. Horlacher had a double from Chase Knott and singles from Ryan Murray, Matt Stephenson, Brian Freeman, Leon Sidorek, and Allen Wehler. Dodgers 7, Pirates 2 Konrad Kraszewski pitched a complete ~ game for the Dodgers, striking out eight. He also had two hits while T.J. Stepanski had a double and a single. Drew Schaub, Keith Cusma and T.J. Shultz had base hits for the Dodgers. Cusma made a running backhanded grab in left field to squash a Pi- rates rally. For the Pirates, Thomas Smith hit a deep home run to left field while Joey Mur- ray had two hits. Griffin Adams ripped a double to centerfield. Dodgers 19, Harveys Lake 6 Keith Cusma lead the hitting attack with two base hits as the Dodgers scored 18 runs in the first inning. Hayden Jenkins, Austin Carr and Mike Diaco each had hits for the Dodgers. Hayden Jenkins pitched two in- nings for the victory, striking out three batters and only al- lowing two hits. Curtis Barbacci had a double for Harveys Lake while Chad Wadell had two singles. Pirates 4, Giants 3 Marc Noyalis had three hits, including a home run and the game-winning hit Wy in the sixth inning, as the Pi- rates edged the Giants in a key National League matchup. Tom Smith and Joey Murray com- bined to pitch a six-hitter for the Pirates, striking out eight batters each. Chris Dailey pitched a @ plete game for the Giants, strik- ing out 10. Dailey also hit a home run, while Eric Cannon and Adam Holena each had two singles. Phillies 10, Orioles 1 Carson ‘Baker held the Ori- oles to one hit and Hunter En- glehart went 3-for-4, including a triple and home run for the Phillies. Keyed by Englehart’s three-run shot to center field, the Phillies were able to break open a close 2-0 game in the top of the fifth. Matt Bevan and Robby Evans provided key sin- gles to complete the Phillies fifth inning rally. Zubko’s line drive single in the bottom of the fifth broke up Baker's bid for a no-hitter. Zubko later scored the Orioles lone run. Jimmy Brown pitched an excellent six innings for the Orioles, striking out nine in a losing effort. Rangers 6, Horlacher Cu Travis DeBona hit a singl the middle with two out to score the winning run from third as the Rangers scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth with two outs to capture a win. Pat Engler and Shane Dunn had RBI walks in the sixth be- fore Stephen Ruch tied the scored by driving in two runs with the bases loaded to set the stage for DeBona. Ruch was the winning pitcher, striking jout eight for the complete game victory. : The Cubs’ Freeman hit a grand slam in the fifth while Reeves and Zachrios combined to strike out 11 in the loss. Rangers 8, A's 7 Taylor Dunn hit a bases loaded triple to tie the score in the bottom of the sixth and scored on a passed ball as the Rangers’ scored five runs to come from behind against the A’s. Travis Debona got the vic- tory combining with Z Dirsa to strike out' se ; Stephen Ruch led the Rangers with two hits including a dou- ble. Nick Lombard had three hits for the A’s while Andrew McCabe had a triple. 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