Sunday, January 27, 2008 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 9 Sports for a good time JIUNTA WINS 13-0 DECISION AT 140 POUNDS CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Michael Boland has his eye on making baskets during a free throw tournament at Gate of Heaven School in Dallas. ight boys and girls from Dallas Area, ages 10-14, were named local champions of the 2008 Knights of Colum- bus Free Throw Championship and have earned the right to compete at the district level. Fr. John J. O’Le- ary Knights of Columbus Council #8224 sponsored the local competition at Gate of Heaven gymnasium. All youngsters ages 10-14 were eligible to participate. Korri Wandel was the 10-year-old girls’ champion and Jonathan Wilson was the winner of the 10-year-old boys’ division. In the 1l-year-olds’ bracket, Michele Fromel was the girls’ champion and Brendan Baloh was the boys’ champion. Twelve-year-old winners in the girls’ and boys’ divisions were Kristen Williams and Ryan Zaputicky:. The 13-and 14 year-old boys’ divisions were won by John Mur- ray and Mike Pace. Each contestant was allowed 15 free throw attempts in the con- tests. Each of these winners will compete in the district competi- tion to be held on February 10 at West Side Vo-Tech School, Prin- gle, with an eye toward moving on to the state and international levels. Local champions of the 2008 Knights of Colum- bus Free Throw Championship are, from left, first row, Jonathan Wilson, Korri Wandel, Brendan Baloh, Michele Fromel, Kristen Williams and Ryan Zapoticky. Second row, Jack Cacozza, Grand Knight; John Murray,Mike Pace, Bill Ro- berts, Free Throw Chairman; and Joe Sallitt. Third row, Frank Smaka, Marty Lukas, Paul To- manck, Ed Sholtis and Bob Lukas. Girlfriends Korri Wandell, left, and Hannah Stull have a chat while waiting for the results during a free throw tour- nament at Gate of Heaven School. JONATHAN J. JUKA/FOR THE DALLAS POST Lake-Lehman wrestler Jordan Jiunta is on his way to a13-0 deci- sion over Paul Williams of Pittston Area in a 140-pound bout as Williams attempts to turn over and escape Jiunta's clutch. The Black Knights, however, were defeated by the Patriots, 47-22. Matcho's 13 leads winners 3RD & 4TH GRADE McCarthy Tire 33 Metlife Securities 10 Andrew Matcho scored a game-high 13 points and Adam Niznik added 10 as McCarthy Tire defeated Metlife Securities, 33-10 in Dallas Youth Basketball League acdtion. Nico DeLuca and Adam Adel- man led the defense for McCar- thy Tire and Kyle Archer led Met- life Securities with 10 points. De- rek Peters had five rebounds while Brendan Balara and Mi- chael Smith led the defense. Gattuso Group 28 Fieldhouse 25 Gattuso Group Accountants & Consultants remained in first place with a thrilling 28-25 win over Fieldhouse. Connor Motley, Tanner Gattu- so, Nick Malkemes and Jason An- derson all scored for Gattuso Group while Spencer Bowanko led the Fieldhouse with 11 points. Lee Eckert led the rebounding and Jack Murray played fine de- fense. Burger King 12 Walgreen Drug 9 Aaron Yurko led the offense while Kyle Besecker, Jacob Be- secker and Mitch Kelly played ex- cellent defense as Burger King won a hard fought 12-9 game over Walgreens Drug Stores. Stephen Darling led Walgreens with three points while Andy Zeyher played great defense. Ja- cob Ondish and Daniel Sweeney controlled the boards. Eastern Penn 19 Fieldhouse 11 Chad Phillips scored nine points while Ray Ostroski added six to lead Eastern Penn Supply Co. to a hard-fought 19-11 win over Fieldhouse Sporting Goods. Jack Tomko and Peter Capita- no added two points each for Eastern Penn. Kyle Piscorik led the offense for The Fieldhouse while Christian Wargo played fine defense. Quad Three 28 Metlife Securities 15 Ryan Martin scored 12 points and Joey Bevevino added eight as Quad Three topped Metlife Secu- rities, 28-15. Jimmy Barlow added two points and Paul Weaver and Da- vid Orehotsky played great de- fense for Quad. For Metlife, Tim Elston played well, scoring four points. Cory Metz added two points and Anthony Brominski one while Paul Smith and Mitch- ell Winters played fine defense. Derek Peters pulled down several key rebounds. Eastern Penn 17 Quad Three 14 Ray Ostroski scored a game- high 12 points, including four key free throws in the last two min- utes of the game, as Eastern Penn Supply Co. continued its hot play with a key 17-14 win over Quad Three Group.Chad Phillips and Jack Tomko also nailed game- winning free throws in the fourth quarte, while Nick Mathers led an excellent defensive effort. Da- niel Mingey was the leading scorer for Quad Three while Jim- my Barlow added two points. SPORTS BRIEFS DYB Skills Competition slated for Jan. 28, 30 The annual DYB Third/ Fourth Grade Skills Competi- tions will be held the last week in January at Dallas Elementary. The fourth grade boys will hold their skills competition on Mon- day, Jan. 28, while the third grade boys event will take place on Wed. Jan. 30. Start time each night is 5:30 pm. : The top three in free throws and lay-ups in each grade will receive trophies. Baseball/softball registration is Feb. 2 Back Mountain Baseball/ Softball registration will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday Feb.2, at the Dallas High School. Any boy or girl ages 5-16 may register. New players must bring a birth certificate and proof of address. For more information, call 255-BMLL (255-2655). Baseball/softball group meets February 4 The Back Mountain Baseball / Softball Organization will meet on Monday, Feb. 4, at the Dad- dow-Isaacs American Legion, Memorial Highway, Dallas. A board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. with the general meet- ing set for 8 p.m. For more information, call Jack at 675-0939. Junior Mounts set registration dates The Dallas Junior Mounts Football and Cheerleading Asso- ciation will hold registrations from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat- urday, March 15, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, at the Dallas American Le- gion.
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