FALL SPORTS PREVIEW, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2004 PAGE 10 a Fast start for young but talented team His team may have won the Wyoming Valley Conference Tom Tryba Preseason Tourna- ment, but coach Tom Kilduff is cautious. “Our division's strong,” said the 20-year coach. “There’s no guarantees.” DALLAS cle] N 3 Twenty players are out for the team, with a core of four return- ing lettermen. Jon Stephens is the only senior and the Moun- taineers’ most experienced play- er. Juniors Adam King and Scott Grundowski also return, and they, along with sophomore John Ashley and freshman Joe Bevevino, make up the majority of the eight players who partici- pate in each match. Others competing to round out the field are sophomores Dave Hanadel and Chad Gelso, and freshmen Matt Luksic and Steve Sabol. “The good news is, we're go- ing to be strong next year,” Kil- duff said. Dallas scored a surprising win in the preseason match, and Bevevino caused an even bigger stir with his individual title. But they won by only a stroke, and the top four teams were separat- ed by one stroke apiece. Kilduff says other teams in the Central Division are more expe- rienced than Dallas, and that is a concern. He cites Tunkhannock, Wyoming Seminary, Bishop Hoban and Wyoming Valley West as major obstacles, and matches played in August illus- trate how tight things may be. Dallas beat Hoban by a shot to open the season, and lost to Sem in a match that had to be decid- ed by a tiebreaker. Both matches were played away, and Kilduff hopes the rematches will make the difference. “If we could win out at home, we could take the division,” he said. “I think we’ll definitely be in the mix.” The Sem match illustrated how important it is to develop bench strength. Normally, the team score is the total of the four players, but that was tied. So was the next measure, the total score of the six players who are counted. Two other players also are out for each match, and if one of them plays well, he may be moved into the starting lineup the next time. — by Ronald Bartizek a —— ~~ Coach has modest hopes for young Black Knights Coach says, winning isn't primary in sport that lasts a lifetime One goal does not change year to year for Lake-Lehman golf coach Mike Sharok — to help his players learn to love a game they will be able to con- tinue playing throughout life. “It’s the only sport that peo- ple retire to, not from,” said the 22-year coach. Many of his players this year will be just starting out on that lifetime journey. “It’s going to be a learning year,” Sharok says of his group of 20 players, more than half of them freshmen or sopho- mores. “We’re very young.” Only two seniors are return- ing to the 20-man squad, Doug Piazza and Mark Rossick. They will likely be joined in most matches by Chris Jones, a returning sophomore, Bryan Cardillo, Steve Cornia and Rick Jayne. This will be the second re- building season for the Black Knights, and Sharok does not have high expectations for the won-loss record. “We're going to struggle,” he said, “but I don’t worry about that.” The Wyoming Valley Confer- ence schedule is long, with each team playing 10 matches and two tournaments before the district playoffs. Sharok sees Wyoming Seminary as the team to beat. “They just keep reloading,” he says. Dallas; Bishop Hoban and Dymond’s Farm Market & Bakery Fri. Sept. 3 Wed. Sept. 8 Fri. Sept. 10 Tue. Sept. 14 Thu. Sept. 16 Mon. Sept.20 GAR 2003 Dallas Girls Volleyball Coughlin Tunkhannock Berwick Hanover Bishop O'Reilly Home Away Home Away Away Away LAKE-LEHMAN clo] HN 3 Wyoming Valley West will also be tough, he thinks a predic- tion borne out by the Moun- taineers’ surprising victory in the pre-season tournament. While the schools play team matches through the season, the post-season becomes an in- dividual quest. Sharok would like to change that; he and other coaches have been push- ing for a state team champi- onship beyond the district ti- tle. But the calendar conspires against it. Even though the regular season started two weeks ago, the district team tournament won’t be held un- til October 21, with states the following week. That makes the weather dicey, since a state team tournament would have to be played in Novem- ber. Sharok had a chance to ex- perience the long-term aspects of his sport a few weeks ago, when he teamed up with Doug Barbacci, whose brother played for Lake-Lehman in the 1980s, at the Huntsville Golf Club member-guest tourna- ment. In the end, four players in his flight were former Knights, including Chris Landmesser, who now lives in Atlanta and has become a scratch golfer. — by Ronald Bartizek 2004 Lake-Lehman Field Hockey Sept.3 Montrose Sept. 8 Seminary Sept. 10 Sept. 15 Sept. 17 Sept. 20 | Sept. 24 Hanover Meyers Crestwood Wyoming Valley West Wyoming Area Away Away Away Home | Home | Home Away Wed. Sept. 22 Mon. Sept. 27 Wed. Sept. 29 Fri. Oct. 1 Mon. Oct 4 Wed. Oct. 6 Mon. Oct. 11 Thur. Oct. 14 Thu. Oct. 21 Sat. Oct. 23 Tue. Oct. 26 Thur. 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