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Sports
Ragukas named first
{eam All-American
Staff report
Lake-Lehman junior midfielder
Traci Ragukas was named a first team
All-American by the National Field
Hockey Coaches Association.
Four other Valley Conference player
were named to the first team.
| Overall, 32 players were named to
the All-American teams, 16 on the
first team and 16 on
the second team.
The All-American
teams are selected
through a two-step
process.
To be nominated, a
player’s coach had to
belong to the
NFHCA. The nomi-
nations were given to
one of six regional
selection committees. Players from
Pennsylvania were in the Mideast
Region.
Six regional teams were named on
Tuesday, with a total of 89 players
named to the elite squads. The five
WVC standouts were among 16 play-
as named to the Mideast Regional
Team.
All-regional team selections become
digible to be picked All-American. A
ommittee of the six regional chair-
fersons, plus a national chairperson,
ficked 16 players to the first team and
£ more to the second team. The
flideast Regional chair was Midd-
West High School head field hockey
pach Matt Soto. There were no WVC
epresentatives on any of the commit-
, ipes.
“Five out of 16 from the same
ltague” as first team All-Americans,
Ragukas said, “is pretty great. That
- shows how much skill our conference
lias.”
it Ragukas is the third Lake-Lehman
- jlayer to be named All-American, and
the first to earn first-team honors. Sara
Kasper (1997) and Janelle Perlis
(1998, 1999) were second-team picks.
Ragukas had 16 goals and 17 assists
for the Black Knights this season.
“I don’t even know what to say,”
Ragukas said. “I'm speechless. It’s
such a great honor.”
DALLAS YOUTH
BASKETBALL
Berley leads balanced
Bishop offense to win
I D.J. Berley led Bishop Photo over
Heldhouse, 57-56, with 16 points, fol-
Ibwed by Jonathan Orlando with 14
ints, Lee Culver 10 points, Chris
PY B Dailey with 8 points.
Tony Bevevino
T-8 Boys
chipped in 5 points
] and Ryan Williams
added 4 for the winners.
Josh Backes led the Fieldhouse with
&B points followed by Hunter
Englehart with 6 points and Preston
Halavage with 5 points. Matt Shaver
chipped in 4 points and Alex Slocum
alded a 3 pointer.
Traci Ragukas
0.J. Charlie Hayes 56,
Pompey Dodge 52
Ryan Urzen led the D.J’s with 25
points, Steve Meskers followed with
2 points. Joe Osick chipped in 5
points and Mike Mazur added 4 for
the winners.
Tommy Youells led Pompey with 27
points, followed by Kevin Pierce with
4 points and Joe Murray with 8.
Russell Jenkins and Cody Plesnar
added 2 points apiece.
Bishop Photo 64,
Januzzi's Pizza 30
D.J. Berley led Bishop Photo with
14 points, followed by Jonathan
Orlando with 13 points, Lee Culver
vith 10 points, Chris Dailey with 8
points, Tony Bevevino with 7 points.
Kyan Williams scored 6 points, while
Ed Stredney chipped in 4 and Griffin
Adams added 2 for the winners.
Scott Daube led Januzzi’s with 8
points, followed by Nick Lombard and
Derek Martin with 7 Points apiece.
Ryan McAndrew had 6 points and
Bevon O’Brien added 2.
J
Fompey Dodge 55,
Januzzi's Pizza 42
« Tommy Youells led Pompey with 22
points, Mike Diaco and Kevin Pierce
|
See DYB, pg 8
104 wins and counting
Lake-Lehman's Jeremy Schutz joins locked up a cradle to record the fall. “It
an elite fraternity, and is on pace
to set a school record for pins.
By CHRIS BELL
Post Correspondent
The 100th career victory for is usual-
ly a memorable one for high school
wrestlers, but Lake-Lehman senior
Jeremy Schutz really hit the century
mark in style.
Schutz, who owns a career record of
104-18, earned his 100th career win
with a 25 second pin over Lampeter-
Strasburg’s Adam Reichanbach at the
Upper Dauphin Duals, December 5.
Schutz scored a quick takedown and
¢
happened pretty fast,” said Schutz. “I
don’t remember how I got the take-
down, but I know I used a cradle for
the pin.” :
Schutz, who competes at 140
pounds for the Black Knights, was glad
to get the milestone behind him.
“Getting 100 wins was a goal of mine
for my high school career,” he
explained. “It was pretty exciting and I
was nervous leading up to the match.”
With one goal down, Schutz can con-
centrate on the rest of his senior sea-
son and achieving the more important
aim of qualifying for the PIAA state
championships in Hershey.
See SCHUTZ, pg 9
POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK
Jeremy Schutz worked on Jake Burgess of Tunkhannock during the Dec.
15 meet. Schutz claimed his 101st victory with a technical fall.
Gi E
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Fr TE 3
The coming generation
Lake-Lehman Junior High player Cody Kustrin threw up an underhand layup while surrounded by Crestwood
defenders in their game last week. He was the leading scorer for the Black Knights with 10 points.
Killer Bees seek
award nominees
By STEVE SEMBRAT
For The Post
WILKES-BARRE — The Killer
Bees Athletic Club is seeking nomina-
tions for its major awards that honor
area amateur athletes.
The Joe Hoinski Memorial Awards
for Excellence in Athletics and the
Student-Athlete Awards will be hand-
ed out at the club’s annual awards ban-
quet, set for 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 30,
at Genetti Hotel & Convention Center
in Wilkes-Barre. The public is encour-
aged to submit nominations for those
honors.
The Hoinski Awards are named in
honor of a club member who was
killed in a motorcycle accident, and
are given in four divisions: open male,
open female, scholastic male and
scholastic female. |
The Student-Athlete Awards are
open to seniors of oming Valley
Conference schools who carry an A
academic average and who win a letter
in a varsity sport. There are male and
female divisions for the awards, which
are sponsored by the Times Leader.
Nominations may be submitted in
one of two ways.
They can be sent via mail to: KBAC
Nominations, Box 1346, Wilkes-Barre
Pa. 18703-1346.
They can be sent via e-mail to
(KBACNominations@aol.com}.
The deadline to submit nomina-
tions is Friday, Dec. 31.
Nominations for the Hoinski awards
should include a list of an individuals
accomplishments from the 2004 calen-
dar year.
The nominations that are received
will be submitted to a selection com-
FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
See BEES, pg 9
BOYS BASKETBALL
Tunkhannock 67, Nanticoke 54
Dec. 15 — Brendan Mulhern scored
a game-high 22 points and Spencer
Lunger added 17 as the Tigers broke
open a tie game at the end of three
quarters and rolled to victory.
Berwick 71, Dallas 67
Dec. 14 — Matt Wilson, Ryan
Nemetz and Robby Meyers each
scored 17 points for the
Mountaineers, with Wilson hitting
three 3-point shots and Nemetz two.
Wyoming Area 65,
Bishop O'Reilly 60
Dec. 14 — Wyoming Area pulled off
one of the biggest upsets of the boys
high school basketball exhibition sea-
son, defeating the state’s top team in
the Class A rankings.
Josh Aciukewicz finished with a
game-high 26 points and Tim Crossin
had 25. Chris Kester tossed in three
three-point baskets to net the
Queensmen’s nine other points.
Crestwood 61, Lake-Lehman 27
Dec. 14 — After a sluggish first
quarter, Crestwood turned up the
defensive intensity and dominated the
offensive and defensive boards during
the final three quarters en route to a
61-27 win against the host Black
Knights.
Caleb Piatt scored seven points in
the first quarter as Lake-Lehman
grabbed an early lead. A three-point
play by Piatt gave the Black Knights
TE
an 11-10 lead after the end of one
quarter. Chris Boyle also scored seven
points for the Knights.
Dallas 63, Coughlin 50
Dec. 13 — Sophomore guard Ryan
Nemetz scored a game-high 24 points,
including four 3-pointers, to lead the
Mountaineers.
Coughlin led 46-42 after three quar-
ters, but Dallas outscored the
Crusaders 214 in the fourth quarter
to secure the win.
Robbie Myers added 16 points for
Dallas and Brad Fagula scored seven.
Seminary 57, Tunkhannock 47
Dec. 13 — Craig Scanland scored
seven of his 19 points in the fourth
quarter as Seminary pulled away from
Tunkhannock. The Blue Knights
outscored the Tigers 16-9 in the fourth
quarter.
Brendan Mulhern led Tunkhannock
with a game-high 23 points and team-
mate Spencer Lunger added 14.
Mulhern hit three 3-point shots.
Dylan Seeley chipped in eight
points for Sem.
Berwick 73, Lake-Lehman 46
Dec. 11 — Caleb Piatt led the scor-
ing for Lake-Lehman with 15 points,
Chris Boyle had 11 and Alan Sheridan
scored seven. Each hit a 3-pointer.
Bishop O'Reilly 74, Seton Catholic
50
Dec. 10 — Tim Crossin scored a
game-high 27 points and the O'Reilly
See ROUNDUP, pg ©
FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
Brianna Allan drove past a Coughlin defender in the Dec. 13 game.