EE a acde (IE LY Sunday, September 28, 2008 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 15 Napkora leads Junior Mounts Following are game results from September 21 in the Greater Pittston Youth Football Conference. ATEAM Dallas 29 Duryea Dallas Jr. Mounts A team extended its win streak to 6-0 with a win over Duryea this last Sunday. In the first quarter, it was a defensive battle as both teams were held scoreless. It looked like the second quarter would be more of the same until Jason Simi- novich of Dallas blocked a Duryea punt to set up the first score of the game. The first score came when Aaron Napkora scam- pered into the end zone from eight yards out. Zack Ma- cosky converted on the point after to put Dallas up, 80. Dallas got the ball back in a few plays as Mark Mich- no recovered a Duryea fumble. Duryea defense held Dallas and got the ball back in good field position. Du- ryea’s progress was short lived as Macosky intercept- ed a Duryea pass and returned it to the 10-yard line. This set up a TD pass from Eric Zawatski to Siminov- ich that put Dallas ahead, 14-0. On the following kickoff, Dallas got the ball back as Michno recovered the onside kick. This set up another Dallas TD as Siminovich hit Zawatski in the end zone. Napkora added another point as he kicked the point after through the u rights. The half ended Dallas 21, Duryea 0. The second half was more of the Dallas defense. Steve Mingy, Chris Behm, Mike Harrison, Matt Ron- cevich and Connor Martinez led the Dallas defense in keeping Duryea scoreless. In the third quarter, Zawat- ski intercepted a Duryea pass. In the fourth quarter, Macosky broke free and ran 48 yards to put Dallas up, 27-0. Macosky added two more points on a fake field goal attempt and Dallas won, 29-0. Other notable performances were made by Logan Brace, Russ Newell and Nick Luzetski as Dallas ex- tended its perfect season to 6-0. Kingston Township 38 The Kingston Township Raiders B team utilized a balanced offense and a stifling defense enroute to shut- ting out a tough Kingston Huskies football team, 38-0. Michael Olenginski, Omar Nijme, and Corey Pa- trick (two TDs) all punched in touchdown runs and Chris Knecht scored on a 35-yard touchdown pass from Olenginski, while Tanner Gattuso, Nijmeh and Patrick converted on the two-point attempts. The Raiders’ defense registered its fourth shutout in five games and was led by Jason Morgan and Jason Anderson who recorded two sacks each. Peter Capitano (eight solo tackles), Aaron Kliamovich (six solo tackles) and Matthew Wargo (five solo tackles) The Raiders improved their record to 5-1 with four \ regular season games to play. CTEAM Exeter 8 Back Mountain 6 The Back Mountain Bobcats C team lost to Exeter, 86, last Sunday. When the Panthers turned the ball over on downs and the Bobcats took possession at the 34-yard line, great carries were made by Cameron Brennan, RJ Driscoll, Nick Whitesell and Stone Mannello. When the Bobcats fumbled the ball and the Panthers took possession, great tackles were made by Bradley Adams and Zack Hill. After Bobcat Nate Hazeltine intercepted a pass, See MOUNTS, Page 16 efore the varsity volleyball teams from Dallas and Lake-Leh- man High Schools did battle in the Lake-Lehman gym, the ju- nior varsity teams squared off and proved that the rivalry be- tween them is just as great as is the rivalry between the varsity teams. Ellen Matza, of Lake-Lehman, served as a line referee for the junior varsity game. Taylor Brobst serves for Dallas during a junior varsity volleyball game against Lake-Lehman. JV game also a rival CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Left: Alli Smith serves Ee one up for the Dallas team. Below: Nikky Melnyck (No. 5) and Tiffany Oplingher (No. 94) guard the net for Lake- Lehman. Passion for sports By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Heavy snow and hail pelted Con- nor Ennis as he stood outside gath- ering quotes and facts on Novem- ber 20, 2000 in Buffalo, N.Y. Over two feet of snow fell in about eight hours that day, causing blizzard conditions. Ennis had been working as a temporary sports writer for the As- sociated Press in Buffalo for several months and helped cover the bliz- zard. “When I was in Buffalo and we | covered that blizzard that came through, that was the first time I re- ally understood reporting is going out and gathering as much infor- mation as you could and it could be a collaborative effort,” the Dallas High School graduate said. “I re- member I was calling in quotes from the kitchen of a restaurant.” A Dallas native, Ennis, of Queens, NY., is a copy editor in the sports department at The New SUBMITTED PHOTO A Dallas native, Connor Ennis, of Queens, N.Y., is a copy editor in the sports department at The New York Times. He is a1996 graduate of Dallas High School and the son of John and Joann Ennis, of Philadelphia, formerly of Dallas, Dallas High School is the son of John and Joann Ennis, of Philadel- phia, formerly of Dallas A former varsity football and bas- ketball player for Dallas High School, Ennis first became interest- ed in sports journalism as a young becomes a job child when his uncle, Ned Munlen, who lived outside of Syracuse, took him to Syracuse University football games. Ennis learned of what he calls a “broadcasting legacy” at Sy- racuse University and decided he wanted to be a sports broadcaster. “I was always really into sports and it seemed like this great thing,” he said. “It was ajob but it wasn’t re- ally a job. You would get paid to watch games and see stuff for free.” While Ennis was in high school, Dallas teacher Jay Pope recom- mended him for a student sports correspondent for The Times Leader. After high school, Ennis was ac- cepted to Syracuse’sS.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. But in his sophomore year, he real- ized he preferred to write, switch- ing from broadcast journalism to print journalism and working as a sports reporter for The Daily Or- ange, Syracuse University’s stu- dent newspaper. He also continued See PASSION, Page 16 LE RR GR SL SPORTS BRIEFS Soccer league accepting players USTA Strikers Ul1 girls soc- cer is accepting players for the fall and winter indoor seasons. The team competes at the travel level and plays in a varie- ty of tournaments. Travel play- ers born after August 1, 1997 are eligible to participate. For information, call 466- 0262 or visit USTA at www.uni- tedsoccertrainingacademy.org Rotary Golf Tourney raises $8,000 The 25th Annual Dallas Rotary Golf Tournament at- tracted 104 players to Irem Temple Country Club and raised approximately $8,000 for Rotary-sponsored events. Winners were Steve Ubaldini, Mike Amory, Dr. Chester Yavor- ski and Dominic Castrignano Jr. in fall Girls ages 11 and younger are invited to sign up to play in the Back Mountain Little League Girls Softball Fall League. Games are played on Mondays and Wednesdays. For team and individual information, contact John Pe- rez at 675-8324 or johp- er4d@epix.net. Rec Center plans basketball clinic The Rock Recreation Center, 340 Carverton Rd., will hold its Third Annual Fall Basketball Clinic on Monday and Wednes- day evenings from October 13-27. The clinic is open to boys and girls in kindergarten through sixth grade. Times are 5:30 to 6:30 for kindergarten and first grade, 6:30 to 7:30 pm. for second and third grade and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for fourth and fifth grade. Early registration cost for five sessionsis $50 before Octo- ber 1. For more information, REASON plans Open House for Oct. 4 R.E.A.S.O.N, the Retired Equine Adoption Society of the Northeast, will hold an Open House from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, at its farm on Route 292 in Centermoreland between Dallas and Tunkhan- nock. The open house will include a silent auction, pony rides for children and adults, bake sale, food and drink plus new and used horse tack and horse- related items for sale. Admis- sion is free. There will be horses looking be to be adopted. Also on hand will be Diana Tuorto, a chil- dren’s author and poet from New Jersey, who will sell and sign copies of her children’s novels with 50 percent of all sales from the event to be do- nated to REASON. R.E.A.S.O.N is a non-profit 501-(C)3 equine adoption orga- nization dedicated to providing the first step to a new begin- ning for all equines. For more Girls can play softball a The Rock Rec Center at I ————_—_ — information, call 333-5266.
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