Sunday, October 5, 2008 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 13 SPOrts Jr. Mounts A team continues its undefeated streak A TEAM Dallas 26 Plymouth 8 The Dallas A team extended its perfect season to 7-0 with a 26-8 win over Plymouth. Dallas turned over the ball on the initial kick off as Plymouth executed a perfect onside kick. The first quarter ended scoreless as both teams tried to acclimate themselves to the rainy weather. In the second quarter, Dallas marched the ball down the field, ending in a touchdown as Eric Zawatski scampered in from eight yards out. The two-point conversion failed. On the follow- ing Plymouth possession, Jason Siminovich intercepted a Ply- mouth pass and returned it 38 yards for a Dallas touchdown. The two-point conversion failed. Again, when Plymouth got the ball back, it turned it over. The In- dians fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Connor Martinez and Steve Mingy. The Dallas of- fense took over as Aaron Napkora scored on a run from 28 yards out. The score at halftime was Dallas 18, Plymouth 0. To open the third quarter, the kickoff was fumbled by Plymouth and Zack Macosky of Dallas reco- vered. Dallas was unable to take advantage of the turnover and gave the ball back to Plymouth on downs. Plymouth marched the ball down the soggy field, scoring scored a touchdown and convert- ing the two-point conversion. This put the score at Dallas 18, Plymouth 8. In the fourth quarter, Siminov- ich had his second interception of the game to give Dallas the ball on the 48-yard line. Siminovich then scampered 48 yards on the next play to score another touch- down. Mark Michno blasted through the line to add two points on the conversion. Logan Brace had a fumble recovery late in the fourth quarter. The game ended as Dallas ran out the clock. Dallas goes head to head with the Back Mountain Bobcats to- day at Dallas High School. B TEAM Kingston Township 22 Ed-Lark 0 The Kingston Township Raid- ers B team scored two touch- downs in just over one minute of play before halftime as it upset the Hurricanes who entered the game undefeated. Tanner Gattuso ran for the first touchdown on a 23-yard scamper after a long, grinding offensive surge with tough inside running from Omar Nijmeh and Corey Pa- trick. The Hurricanesturned the ball over to the Raiders on a fumble on their first play from scrim- mage after the kickoff. Michael Olenginski then connected with See STREAK, Page 14 SUBMITTED PHOTO Nick Whitesell runs the ball for lone Back Mountain Bobcats touchdown in “’C" team action. | Different ages, same interest By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com ick Nesler and Joe McKe- R:- were in their late 30s when Drew Slocum was born but that doesn’t stop the three from playing tennis togeth- er. The men, all of Shavertown, are players on the men’s 4.0 ten- nis team from the Eastern Penn- sylvania District of the United States Tennis Association (US- TA) Middle States section. The team claimed top honors at the 2008 USTA Adult League Middle States Section Cham- pionship. August. 22-24 at Veter- ans Park in Hamilton, N.J., com- pleting the weekend at 5-0 with an individual match record of 16-9. " Other members of the team in- clude Christopher Barclay, cap- tain, Plymouth; P.J. Marranca, West Pittston; Marc Smulowitz, Shawanese; Mark Dryfoos, Sug- arloaf; John Mack, Wilkes-Barre; Jason Sallemi, Plains; Kevin Ko- lodgie, Nuangola; Rick Barletta, Hazleton; and Dominick Casse- tori, Exeter. Using the Kirby Park tennis courts as its home base, the team begins its season in late May and plays through early August. The team was founded by Nesler in 1980 when he saw an ad in the newspaper to form teams for the new USTA League Tennis. The league groups players by using six National Tennis Rating Pro- gram (NTRP) levels, ranging from 2.5 (entry-level players) to 5.0 (advanced players). In 1985, the team won nation- als in Las Vegas, Nev. with cur- rent players Nesler, McKeown, Barletta and Mack as members of that winning team. Because of its performance at the Middle States Section Cham- pionship, the team was eligible to compete in the 4.0 division at the 2008 USTA Adult League Nation- al Championship from Septem- A a a > ¥ ¥ FEN EN ad GREYS FONE \ pr gig CS Sm tei Fo a atthe ae At a 8 PE, Re Sd BL aa i Gi £ ESTAR SE ded a SUBMITTED PHOTO Rick Barletta serves the ball as Joe McKeown waits at the net for a return hit during the 2008 United States Tennis Assocation Adult League Middle States Section Championship held August 22-24 at Veterans’ Park in Hamilton, N.J. ber 26-28 in Tucson, Arizona. But Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association rules pro- hibited the two men who play col- lege tennis from competing in the tournament and two other play- ers were unable to go, so the team did not make the trip. “It's unfortunate, but there would be no reason going short- handed,” Slocum said. Slocum, 19, became interested in tennis through his grandpar- ents, Bruce and Nancy Slocum, of Dallas. At 75 years old, Bruce Slo- cum still plays tennis three to four times a week. Bruce and Nancy Slocum purchased tennis lessons at Kingston Indoor Rac- quet Club for their grandson when he was just 13 years old. “From there, the interest stuck and I continued with it,” the younger Slocum said. A 2007 graduate of Dallas High School, Slocum was a tennis standout at the school. He joined the Dallas boys tennis team in ninth-grade and played on the team for four years. He and his high school doubles partner, Mark Covert, finished second at the 2007 PIAA Class 2A Boys Doubles Tennis Championship. Slocum was chosen as the 2007 Times Leader Boys Tennis Player of the Year. He was also manager of the Dallas girls tennis team for three years while he attended the school. Now a student at Millersville University, Slocum is studying biology and is a member of the men’s tennis team. In the spring of 2008 when he was a freshman, he was named Rookie of the Year for men’s tennis at Millersville. He was also selected as a member of the All-Pennsylvania State Ath- letic Conference (PSAC) First Team. Slocum knew many of the play- ers on the men’s 4.0 tennis team from the Eastern Pennsylvania District of the USTA Middle States section from playing at the Kingston Indoor Racquet Club and Kirby Park. The team is com- posed of two singles and three doubles matches. When the team needed a singles player this year, they asked Slocum to join. “I think tennis has definitely been growing, looking at the numbers at the Dallas High School team,” Slocum said. “The four years I played at Dallas, there were probably 25 guys and See AGES, Page 14 Lake-Lehman Members of the 2008 Lake- Lehman High School cheerlead- ing squad are, from left, first row, Ranya Grzyboski, Miranda Say- re, Tasha Coenen, Megan Davis, Megan Spencer, Jamie Wilkes, Ashlee Barker and Josh Lubin. Second row, Lauren Boyle, Sara Davis, Kailee Taylor, Keegan Truska, Amanda Zacharias, Ra- chel Holena and Suzie Norten. Third row, Mandee Juckett, Leigh Mulhern, Kirsten Litch- man, Melinda Wright, Johnna Hudak, Jill Franklin and Laura Lohmann. Fourth row, Erica Schwartz, Caity Wright, Katelyn Dawsey, Alycia Fowler, Ashley Headman, Samantha Brown, Ga- bi Dragon and Mackenzie Brown. cheerleading squad CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Members of the 2008 Lake-Lehman High School cheerleading squad can be seen cheering on the Black Knights football team. a SPORTS BRIEFS the “MiniMounts,” a swim DMS pool opens to public tomorrow Beginning Monday, Oct. 6, the Dallas Middle School swimming pool will be open to the Dallas School District public with early morning and evening hours. No one under the age of 18 will be admitted without an accompanying adult. Proof of residence and a $2 per swim- mer fee applies. Days and times are as follows: 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 to 9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. Fridays and 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Dallas Mountaineers Aquatic Club meets An informational meeting for team that provides expert com- petitive swimming instruction and fun swim meets through- out the winter season, will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, at the Dallas Middle School swimming pool. A two-week trial practice period will follow. Team fees apply. For more information, con- tact mstretanski@dallassd.com or kateberger@epix.net. Mountaineer Diving Club starts Monday Sign-ups for the Mountaineer Diving Club, a United States Diving Club for novice or expe- rienced competitive divers, will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 6 EE Ea ER VS 5 ER A DER Cop A BR SE Ee and 7, at the Dallas Middle School swimming pool. For information, practice times and dates, contact Coach Kimberly Kuzma at kkuz- ma@dallassd.com. Water Polo Clinic scheduled for Oct. 7 A Fall Water Polo Clinic will be held from October 7 to Octo- ber 23 at the Dallas Middle School swimming pool. The six-session clinic will be held from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and is open to boys and girls in grades 6 through 12. Participants will learn the fundamentals and rules of the sport of water polo. A $40 per participant fee will apply.
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