re — at a RI RE Tue DALLAS POST SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2006 '} Alissa Stegman, Trucksville; Kaleb Taylor, Dallas; and Alex Ivoska, Shavertown attended the lacrosse clinic. By DAVE KONOPKI Dallas Post Editor DALLAS TWP. — Rich Cohen and John Dela- mater have a vision. A dream that includes hun- dreds of boys and girls playing lacrosse on fields throughout the Back Mountain — and beyond. They're off to a very good start. Two of the founders of Back Mountain Youth Lacrosse, Inc. recently attended an “Introduction to Lacrosse” clinic at Mangelsdorf Field on the campus of College Misericordia. The organizers were expecting approximately 30 players. In- stead, the artificial surface was a sea of young la- crosse players. “I was overwhelmed by the turnout,” Cohen said. “Twas registering people and I picked up my head and saw all of these people. We ended up having 57 boys and 18 girls. I'd say about 80 per- cent of the kids are from the Back Mountain.” The clinic, run by College Misericordia men’s lacrosse coach Jim Ricardo and women’s coach Robyn Fedor Stahovic, will also be held from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1and Oct. 8. There is no admis- sion charge — and experience is certainly not re- quired. “We had some kids who've played before, but the majority of the kids — probably 90 percent — never held a lacrosse stick in their hand,” Cohen said. “We want to expose the kids to the game. We want to give them an opportunity to put a stick in their hand and give them some idea of what lacrosse is all about.” Thanks to a grant from M&T Bank, clinic orga- nizers loaned sticks, gloves and helmets to the players. And the coaches provided the instruc- tion. “We're teaching them the very, very basics of the sport,” said Ricardo, a Binghamton, N.Y. na- tive. “We're teaching them how to pass, catch, cradle the ball and move with it. We did a lot of drills to teach those fundamentals.” “They always want to do the fun stuff first,” added Fedor Stahovic. “But you have to teach them the basics — and the correct way to play the sport — so eventually they can do the fun things.” The girls were taught the same technique and See LACROSSE, Page 7 FOR THE DALLAS POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Group plants lacrosse roots in the co Almost 20 girls showed up for the lacrosse clinic at College Misericordia. Raiders win th The Kingston Township Raid- ers won three of their four games against the rival Back Mountain Bobcats last weekend in the Wyoming Valley West Youth Football League. The Kingston Township C team won 180 in a battle between undefeated teams, while Raiders’ D team al- so remained unbeaten at 6-0. The Kingston Township B team improved to 5-1 with its win. The Bobcats A team looked impressive in a big win against Kingston Township. Here's a re- cap of the games: ree of four in battle of Back Mountain foothal the Raiders. The rushing game was led by the blocking of Chase Benson, Zach Dirsa, Derrick El- lard and Eric Romsdorf. Jake Si- mon and Jake Chelli scored two touchdowns apiece. The Bobcat defense was led by Lucas Lansberry, J.D. Mead, Da- vid Pierce and Tony Lafratte. The Bobcats will face the Ply- mouth Shawnee Indians on Sun- day, Oct. 1 at Plymouth in a game with playoff implications. B DIVISION The Kingston Township B team posted its fourth consecu- ° Kingston Township's Mike Olenginski follows the blocks of Corey | ’ Patrick and Omar Nejib to gain some yards during a C team game against the Bobcats. A DIVISION The Back Mountain Bobcats A team rolled to a 32-0 win against See RAIDERS, Page 7 : Ld Kingston Township's Chris Roccograndi follows the blocks of Quincy Patrick, Neil Shaver and Josh Weaver during a B team game against Back Mountain. tive win with a convincing 32-6
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