Sunday, April 8, 2007 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 7 Sports 3 Cleary “tournament ‘draws near a * # £ The second annual Lt. Mi- © chael J. Cleary Memorial x i Golf Tournament will be held “at 12:15 p.m. Monday, May 14 ““at the Wyoming Valley Coun- try Club. All proceeds will benefit the Lt. Michael J. "Cleary Memorial Fund, which helps families who ~have been irrevocably affect- ed by the injury or loss of a loved one in the military ser- vice and also for special needs children. A box lunch and gift bag will be provided at registra- tion and dinner will be served immediately follow- ing the tournament. Prizes will be given for first, second and third place in each flight, for hole in one, closest to the pin and longest drive. A putting contest of $2,500 and two additional chances for a hole in one for a cash prize of $10,000 will also be available. Golfer and tournament sponsor applications may be picked up at the Ranch Wag- on, Memorial Highway, Dal- _ las; Wyoming Valley Country & Club, Minuteman Press, 620 Market St., Kingston; Sincav- age Lumber and Hardware, 60 Maffett St., Plains; or by e-mailing chg@epix.net. For more information, call Chuck Garnett at 760-0521 or Allen Roberts at 362-2802. DYB 6th grade wins tournament John Murray and Jason Simi- & novich scored eight points each and Danny Saba added a basket to lead the Dallas Youth Basket- ball sixth grade boys to a 32-21 victory against Tunkhannock in the championship game of the annual DYB sixth grade boys tournament. DYB went undefeated in the tournament, opening with a 36-27 win against Lehman- Jackson behind eight points from Ryan Zapoticky and six from Michael Gallis. DYB also defeated Northwest, 41-15, as Brian Stepniak scored a game- high 11 points. Greg Petorak and Chad De- Bona added eight points each. FOR THE DALLAS POST/ CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Mark Covert serves for Dallas during a key conference tennis match against Bishop Hafey. Covet won the match, helping to lead the Mountaineers to a 5-0 victory Though it’s still early in the season, the Dallas boys tennis team took a huge step toward possibly winning a league championship by picking up a 5-0 victory over Bishop Hafey last week. The victory puts the Moun- taineers alone in first place of the Northeast Tennis Conference Southern Division. “This is it. It’s the best chance we will have, so we need to make something of it,” Dallas’ No. 1 player Drew Slocum told a Times Leader reporter after the win. “We have the depth. We need to pick it up now.” Slocum battled Hafey’s No. 1 Mike Sidari for nearly two hours, defeating Sidari in straight sets— 7-5 and 7-6 — in a crucial tiebreaker. Dallas also posted a 50 win against Meyers. Here's how some other Dallas and Lake-Lehman teams fared in Wyoming Valley Conference action last week as the spring sports season got under way. KERESTES LEADS DALLAS Kenslie Kerestes won three events, leading Dallas to a convincing 125-24 victory against Tunkhannock in a girls track and field meet. Kerestes was victorious in the 3,200 relay, the 1,600 run and the 800 run. Stacey Stepniak scored wins in the 400 run and the high jump for the Mountaineers. DALLAS BASEBALL TAKES THIRD The Dallas baseball team captured third place in the annual Trojan Classic with a 15-1 win against Wyoming Seminary. Ryan Konopki tossed a complete-game three-hitter and helped his own cause with three hits. Pat Murray, Gerrid Kohli and Tom Parrish added three hits for Dallas. Parrish, Konopki, Kohli and Greg Har- ris were named to the all-tournament team. In the regular season-opener, Harris was 1-for-3 with two RBI but it wasn’t enough as the Mountaineers suf- fered a 7-3 defeat to Crestwood. Tom Parrish pitched Drew Slocum hits a forehand for the Dallas boys tennis team against Bishop Hafey. The win against Hafey puts Dallas in the driver's seat for a league championship. seven innings and struck out four in the loss. LAKE-LEHMAN COMES OUT HITTING | - - Mike Prater had four hits and drove in four runs as the Black Knight baseball team pounded out 16 hits in a 17-1 rout of Bishop O'Reilly. Kevin Racemus added three hits and five RBI, while Scott Davis had three hits. Bobby Peron tossed a three-inning one-hitter to pick up the win. It's a stretch, but Nick Nakkache return a serve in doubles play to help Dallas post a win against Bishop Hafey. LADY KNIGHTS COME UP JUST SHORT Kelcey Cole gave Lake-Lehman a 1-0 lead in the first half, but Crestwood battled back to post a 2-1 overtime win against the Black Knights in a WVC soccer game. the Mountaineers enjoyed a 4-0 lead at intermission. Goalkeeper Jill Spring also recorded a shutout in a 5-0 win against Crestwood. BLACK KNIGHTS SPIKE WARRIORS Bruce Mosier had 11 kills and Rick Jayne recorded 25 assists as Lake-Lehman cruised to a straight-set 3-0 win against Wyoming Area. Justin Eimers added eight kills for the winners. CARUSO SCORES TWICE IN DALLAS WIN Kayla Caruso managed two goals to lead the Dallas girls to a 7-0 soccer victory against Back Mountain ri- val Lake-Lehman. Led by Caruso’s two first-half goals, DALLAS SIXTH-GRADERS CAPTURE CHAMPIONSHIP GATE OF HEAVEN CAPTURES EAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP Greg Petorak. The Dallas Youth Basketball sixth grade tournament team recently captured the championship ina tournament sponsored by DYB. Members of the team, from left, are Ryan Zapoticky, Danny Saba, Chad DeBona and Michael Gallis. Second row: John Murray, Jason Simonovich, Brian Stepniak and The Gate of Heaven fourth grade boys basketball team recently won the East Side League playoff championship with a 39-29 win against SS Peter & Paul at St Joseph's Oblates in Pittston. The team is coached by Wayne Devine, Ed Gatusky, Joe Lyons, Scott Marshall and Mike Tomalis. Members of the team, from left, first row are Kurtis Carichner, Matt Lyons, Brian Devine and PJ Konnick. Second row: Jeff Vanesko, Mike Gatusky, Ryan Marshall, Anthony Huntington, Eric Stamer. Tom Calpin is also a member of the team. |
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