PAGE 10 Tue DALLAS POST SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2007 iE Dallas Youth Basketball Boys Winter League begins Fa LE HE F aR EERE CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Cory Metz looks for the basket around Kyle Archer during a game of the Dallas Youth Basketball Fall League. Fundamental learning he Dallas Youth Basketball Boys Fall League held a session on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Wycallis Elementary School gymnasium. The fall league ses- sions consists of instruction and scrimmage games. The winter league for boys and girls be- gan holding tryouts on October 22. Games will begin in November and run through March. Reg- istered children for the winter league include 187 boys and 168 girls in grades three through eight. The 24 boys teams and 20 girls teams will play at Dallas Middle School, Wycallis Elementary and Dallas Elementary schools. Leagues are divided up between grades three and four, five and six and seven and eight. Boys and girls in grades sev- en and eight typically play on Sundays and boys and girls in grades three through six play on Sat- urdays. Mitchell Winters lays up the ball in practice play of the Dallas Youth Basketball League. The fall league which involves instruction and scrimmages is in session while the winter league begins in November. League game. C )) SPORTS BRIEFS Rock Recreation Basketball Clinic to hold registrations The Rock Recreation Center is now accepting registrations for its Fall Basketball Clinic. The clinic is open to boys and girls in kindergar- ten through the sixth grade and will be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings through Oct. 29. Participants will receive instruction from pro- fessional and knowledgeable staff on the funda- mentals of the game. For more information, contact Doug Miller at 696-2769, email TheRockRecCenter@bmbha.org, or check out www.rockrec.org. DYB plans fall boys league Sessions for third, fourth, and fifth grades par- ticipating in the Dallas Youth Basketball League will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays through November 3. For more information, call George at 406-8642. Basketball clinic slated The Dallas High School girls basketball team and coaches will host a basketball clinic on Sun- day, Nov. 18. The clinic is for girls in grades 3 through 8. The cost will be $20 per child. For registration information, call Randy Dunbar at 696-2015. Raiders defeat Indians; face Dallas J The Kingston Township Raiders youth football program went 1-0 last weekend during the first week of playoff action. The KT A team post- ed a 20-6 win against Plymouth while the B, C and D teams all received playoff byes and will play their first post-season game today, Oct. 28. For more Raiders info and game pic- tures, visit us at WWW.KTRAIDER- S.ORG. A TEAM Raiders 20 Plymouth Shawnee Indians 6 The Kingston Township Raiders A team avenged a regular season loss by defeating the Shawnee Indians in post-season play last Sunday at Ply- mouth, posting a 20-6 victory. The Raiders opened up the game with a stellar defensive stand hold- ing the Indians in check and took over on downs with the help of the offensive line led by Brandon But- win, Henry Puchalsky, Mike Sebas- tian, Mike Carey, Luke Edwards, Jon Strausser, Billy Gately, TJ Weeks, Tyler Bulford and Joe Delamater. The running attack led by Jim Roc- cograndi with 138 yards on 13 carries and Robert Baker with 109 yards on 15 carries was untethered to compile 340 yards of offense on 40 attempts. Nathan Kish (No. 30) of the Kingston Township Raiders drops back to pass during first round A-game playoff action against Plymouth last Sunday. The Raiders defeated the Shawnee Indians to advance to the next round today against the Junior Mounts of Dallas. On the Raiders’ first offensive drive, the Kingston Township boys rambled 60 yards on nine carries with a 12-yard TD run and 2-point conversion by James Roccograndi, making it Raiders 8, Plymouth 0. On the kickoff, Kingston Town- ship’s Robert Baker recovered the ball on the Plymouth 40-yard line and, eight plays later, the Raiders scored on a 3-yard scamper by Rob- ert Baker. The 2-point conversion failed, making it Kingston Township 14, Plymouth 0. Once again, the Raiders “John Dougherty” recovered the kickoff when the ball bounced off a Shawnee Indian’s leg. After a 25-yard burst by Nathan Kish, the Raiders offense marched to the Plymouth 3-yard line but a key play by Plymouth in strip- ping the ball from the runner result- ed in a change of possession. And two plays later, it was half time with Kingston Township up, 14-0. On the opening drive after the half, unior Mounts today the Raiders started from their own 20-yard line. With the lead blocki@ by the offensive line, the running tack, led by Robert Baker, Nathan Kish, John Dougherty, Luke Ed- wards, Brandon Rome and the Roc- cograndi brothers, Jim and Kris, drove the field and a 37-yard TD run by Roccograndi completed the drive. The 2-point conversion was no good and the KT Raiders led the Indians, 20-0, with less than four minutes to play in the third quarter. Plymouth then took the kickoff and marched 55 yards, scoring on a 15-yard run. The 2-point conversion failed, making it Kingston Township 20, Plymouth 6. On KT’s next possession, the Raid- ers drove to Plymouth’s 15-yard line but a penalty moved the Raiders back 15 yards and, on the next offen- sive play, an interception by Ply- mouth gave the Indians the ball with two minutes remaining in the game. The Raiders’ defense led by Billy Gately, Jim and Kris Roccograndi, John Dougherty, Luke Edwards, John Strausser, TJ Weeks and Bran- don Rome was able to hold Pym) on downs and the fourth came to an end with the Raiders ad- vancing to today’s playoff round against the Dallas Junior Mounts.
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