@ Sunday, September 10, 2006 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 7 SPOrts BRIEFS Lacrosse workshop begins Sept. I7 The newly-formed Back Mountain lacrosse team and College Misericordia are teaming up to for a series of learn-to-play workshops. The series of four workshops will be d from 5-7 p.m. Sun- , Sept. 17 at the college campus on Lake Street in Dallas Township. There is no cost to attend the workshops. To register, call 675- 1328. Equipment will be provided on an as-needed basis. Youth wrestling sets registration The Back Mountain Wrestling Club will hold registrations for the 2006- 07 season from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Dallas American Legion on Route 415. Students in kindergarten through sixth grade are eligible. For more information, call John at 675-0185 or Sher- ry 675-4777. @B holding winter registration Dallas Youth Basketball will hold registration for ~ its boys and girls winter leagues from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 at Wy- callis Elementary School and from 6-9 p.m. Thurs- day, Sept. 14 at Dallas High School. Players in grades 3-8 who reside within the Dallas School District are eligible. All players are required to participate in a d-raiser. For more ation, call George racely (boys) at 639-1467 or Brent Berger (girls) at 675-0817. Dallas Rotary Club plans golf tourney The 23rd annual charity golf classic sponsored by the Dallas Rotary Club to support Dallas Rotary Charities will be held Monday, Sept. 18 at the Irem Temple Country Club. The captain and crew event will begin with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. The club is also looking for looking for hole spon- sors, according to chair- man Kevin Smith. There were 80 hole sponsors at last year’s tournament and this year’s goal is 100. gale sponsorships are ilable for $100. Each sponsor will receive a sign prominently displayed near a green or tee. Individual and team registrations are being accepted. The entry fee is $100 per person, which includes the greens fees, cart and a steak dinner. All proceeds will help charities such as the Back Mountain Library, the annual Christmas shop- ping spree for 45 under- privileged children, the Dallas and Lake-Lehman high school book scholar- ships and essay contests, the annual boys and girls leadership camps, the Luzerne County Fall Fair and the Back Mountain Food Pantry. For more information, call Smith at 696-5420. Sponsors must respond no ter than Sept. 12 to ow enough time for signs to be printed. Play- ers are urged to register as soon as possible. Editor’s note: The following in- formation was submitted by repre- sentatwes of the respective teams. Game results may be e-mailed to thepost@leader.net no later than noon Tuesday. Back Mountain rivals Kingston Township and Dallas battled last weekend in the Wyoming Valley West «Junior Football League. Kingston Township won three of the four games, with the B, C and D teams each posting a victory. The Dallas A team easily downed Kingston Township in the other contest. The Back Mountain Bob- cats C team downed Edwardsville in league play. Information about the Dallas A, C and D teams - as well as the Bobcats A, B and D teams — were not provided. A DIVISION The Dallas Junior Mounts rolled to a 34-8 win against the Raiders. Rob Boedecker scored for Kingston Township on a 4-yard run to cap a 62-yard drive in the second half. Mark Malloy com- pleted a conversion pass to Jim Roccograndi for the other two points. Matt Tatarnyw and John Laity combined for 51 rushing yards during the drive. B DIVISION Quincy Patrick scored three touchdowns, including two in the second half, as Kingston Town- ship broke open a close game in a 26-6 win against the Dallas Junior Mounts. With the game tied 6-6 at halftime, Patrick scored on runs of 40 and 47 yards to cap a 168-yard rushing day. Neil Shaver recorded -two interceptions on defense, re- turning one for a 60-yard score. He also scored on a 2-point conver- sion. Ryan Zapoticky gave Dallas a 6-0 lead in the first quarter, scor- ing on a 22-yard run. Jeremy Geis- inger and Logan Bullock threw key blocks during the play. The touchdown was set up on a 41-yard pass by Alex Barilla to Zapoticky. Other key plays during the game for Dallas included a 37-yard run by Mark Michno and a fumble re- covery by Zack Macosky. Nick Lu- zetski led the Junior Mount de- fense. Trailing 6-0 in the second quar- ter, the Raiders tied the game on a 17-yard run by Patrick. The play capped a drive of more than 80 yards. Robert Wargo recorded a sack for the Kingston Township defense, while Joe Delamater re- covered a fumble. C DIVISION The Kingston Township Raid- YOUTH FOOTBALL Kingston Township's Neil Shaver takes the snap near the endzone in a game against the Dallas Junior Mounts. Young rivals square off a ih during last week's game. ers raised their record to 3-0 with a 26-2 win against the Dallas. Corey Patrick finished the game with three touchdowns and 175 rush- ing yards on 17 carries. Patrick has scored eight touchdowns in three league games. Chris Knecht scored for the Raiders on a 26-yard run. Defen- sively, the Raiders didn’t allow a touchdown for the second consec- utive game. Mike Olenginski and Omar Nijmeh caused and reco- vered a fumble each, while Jason Morgan, Ryan Martin, Bret Storrs, Ben Cook and Tanner Gattuso added sacks. Kingston Township's Josh Weaver tackles Ryan Zapoticky of Dallas Cole Dixon accounted for the two Dallas points by recording a safety. D DIVISION Kingston Township improved to 3-0 with a tough 16-0 win against previously-unbeaten Dal- las. Ricky Morgan scored on the first play of the game from 60 yards out to give the Raiders a lead. Matt Mathers added the 2- point conversion run to make the score 80. On the next possession, Morgan capped a six-play, 45-yard drive with a 22-yard touchdown run. Nick Adams, Parker Voitek, Ja- son Anderson and Michael An- derson provided key blocks dur- ing the drive. Jason Culp scored on the 2-point conversion to give the Raiders a 16-0 lead. Logan Baseski, Dalton Gattuso and Jason Anderson combined for five sacks and two forced fum- bles for the Raiders in the second half, while Devin Robbins reco- vered a fumble in the third quar- ter. BACK MT. BOBCATS The Back Mountain Bobcats C team improved its record to 3-0 with a 26-12 win against the Ed- wardsville Eagles. Justin Mucha scored on a 25-yard punt return to give the Bobcats a 6-0 lead. Mu- cha also scored early in the sec- ond quarter on a 45-yard run and Mitchell Benson added the 2- point conversion to make it 14-0. And before halftime, Tyler Alba ran 20 yards for a touchdown to give the Bobcats a 20-0 lead. The Bobcats kept things roll- ing in the second half as Steven Darling ran the kickoff back 30 yards and five plays later Mucha scored on a 30-yard run. Cody Long, Justus Shultz and Morgan Salter did a nice job opening holes for the Bobcat runners. HIGH SCHOOL GOLF Mounts up to par against Knights They might not play for the Old Shoe trophy, but the rivalry was just as in- tense when the Lake-Leh- man and Dallas golf teams squared off earlier this week at Huntsville Golf Club. Steve Sabol led the way with a 2-over par 38 as Dallas edged the Black Knights, 162-174, in a Wyoming Valley Confer- ence match. Joe Bevevino (41), Chris Skezofilax (41) and Mike Rutalis (42) were part of a balanced at- eers. Jonathan Thomas shot a 40 to lead Lake-Leh- PHOTOS FOR THE DALLAS POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK tack for the Mountain- Dallas senior Dave Hanadel takes a break between holes dur- ing a match against Lake-Lehman. man. He was followed by At far right, Lake-Lehman's Matt Maciejczak chips the ball out teammates Chris Jones onto the green during the match against Dallas. (42), Justin Eimers (45) and Brian Cardillo (47). Dallas golfer Joe Bevevino, above, muscles the ball out of some deep rough on the eighth hole at Hunts- ville Golf Club.
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