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Sunday, October 12, 2008
THE DALLAS POST
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STAMBAUGH IS
LEHMAN-JACKSON CALENDAR
CONTEST WINNER
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The Lehman Jackson PTA recently held its annual calendar
cover contest. The contest theme was “Every Child - One Voice."
The winner of this year's cover was Madison Stambaugh who re-
ceived a gift certificate, along with having her art displayed on the
cover of the 2008-2009 PTA Membership Calendar. From left, are
Jill Hoyt, PTA president; Madison Stambaugh and Mrs. Marilyn
Glogowski, Lehman-Jackson Elementary School principal.
L-J PTA ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
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The Lehman Jackson Elementary PTA recently elected new
officers for the next two-year term. From left, first row, are Nan-
cy Federici, treasurer; Rhonda Spencer, corresponding secreta-
ry; and Jill Hoyt, president. Second row, Holly Kline, secretary;
Suzanne Cercone, second vice-president; and Lauran Hall, first
vice-president. For information regarding the Lehman Jackson
PTA, log onto www.lje-pta.com.
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PARTICIPATES IN FESTIVAL
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The Col. Timothy Pickering Society recently participated in
the Dallas Harvest Festival by staffing a table during the histor-
ical portion of the festival. The public was invited to view a large
poster about the U.S. Constitution which the society displayed
to promote Constitution Week. Based in Dallas, the society
works to promote patriotism and appreciation for history. Its
members are active in community events in the Back Mountain
and surrounding areas. For the more information about the so-
ciety, emailpickeringsociety@yahoo.com or call 704-9809.
From left, are Mark Swick, society vice-president; and Rhiannon
Borchert, librarian.
NBLT is awarded accreditation
The Land Trust Accreditation
Commission, an independent
program of the Land Trust Alli-
ance, announced recently that
North Branch Land Trust has
been awarded accredited status.
“North Branch Land Trust's ac-
credited status demonstrates our
commitment to permanent land
conservation,” says Douglas J.
Ayers, VM.D., chairman. “Our
land trust is a stronger organiza-
tion today having gone through
the rigorous accreditation pro-
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Representatives from North
Branch Land Trust attended a
special awards ceremony at the
2008 Rally in Pittsburgh in
September. From left, are Sarah
P. Carr, NBLT Board Secretary;
Linda Thoma, NBLT Director of
Operations; Rick Koval, NBLT
Land Protection Specialist/
Naturalist; and Mary Louise
Faber, NBLT Board Member.
North Branch Land Trust,
headquartered on Carverton
Road in Trucksville, focuses its
efforts on conserving the agricul-
tural heritage and watershed
lands that frame the North
Branch of the Susquehanna Riv- counties: Susquehanna, Brad-
er. ford, Wyoming, Luzerne, Sulli-
Since its founding in 1993, the
Land Trust has helped conserve
7,167 acres through conservation
easements, and another 671 acres
through fee ownership, in eight
van, Lackawanna, Wayne, and
Columbia.
For more information, call the
Land Trust at (570) 696-5545 or
visit its website at www.nblt.org.
In C team action, Nick Whitesell carries
for the Bobcats while RJ Driscoll goes
down defending and Xavier Barber from
the Mounts attempts to stop him.
Jr. Mounts take four
Katie Lydon shows members of the
Dallas Jr. Mounts D team that she's
definitely on their side.
Jr. Mount Xavier Barber puts an end to
any more yardage Nick Whitesell of the
Bobcats may gain.
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Justin Hutchins (No. 12) gains yardage for the Dallas Jr. Mounts during C team action.
Following are results of games played
on October 5 in the Greater Pittston Ju-
nior Football Conference.
A TEAM
Dallas 28
Back Mountain 26
Sunday’s match-up between the Dallas
Mountaineers and the Back Mountain
Bobcats lived up to the high expectations
with the Jr. Mounts coming out on top,
28-26, handing the Bobcats their first loss
of the season.
In the first quarter, the Bobcats me-
thodically marched the ball down the field
with Brady Butler scoring from three
yards out. The two-point conversion
failed. Later in the first quarter, Butler
again broke free from the Dallas defense
to run for another six points from 45 yards
out. The two point conversion failed again
but the Bobcats got off to a quick start
with the first quarter ending with the Bob-
cats up, 12-0.
The second quarter was all Dallas of-
fense. QB Jason Simonovich scampered
55 yards on a QB sneak to get Dallas on
the board. Running Back Zack Macosky
added two points on the conversion. Dal-
las got the ball back in great field position
as Simonovich blocked a Bobcat punt and
Mark Michno recovered the ball for the
Mountaineers. With time running out in
the first half, Simonovich connected with
Eric Zawatski for a touchdown from 22
yards out. Simonovich scampered in to
add two points on the conversion, putting
Dallas up, 16-12, at the half.
Early in the third quarter, Dallas got the
ball back as Simonovich recovered a Bob-
cat fumble but the Jr. Mounts gave the ball
right back to the Bobcats on an intercep-
tion from Macosky, giving the Bobcats ex-
cellent field position and they again took
advantage as they scored another six
points. The two-point conversion failed,
but the Bobcats had the lead back, 18-16.
Late in the third quarter, Simonovich fum-
bled a high snap to give the ball back to
the Bobcats.
The Bobcats started the fourth quarter
with the ball from the previous fumble
and took advantage, scoring another six
points and adding two points on the con-
version. At this point, the Bobcats were
leading 26-16 and Dallas looked like it was
going to be handed its first loss of the sea-
son. But, the Jr. Mounts were not to be de-
nied and, on the next possession, Simo-
novich scored for the Mounts. The two-
point conversion failed but, with a little
over two minutes remaining, the Bobcats
had a 26-22 point lead.
The Dallas defense , led by Chris Behm,
Mark Michno, Steve Mingy, Aaron Nap-
kora, Brian Sotko, Connor Martinez,
Mike Harrison and Nick Luzeski stepped
up to the occasion as they held the Bob-
cats on fourth down to get the ball back in
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CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Mark Whitesell, left, and Rick O'Donnell, coaches of the Back Mountain Bobcats C
team, offer words of encouragement to their players.
their offense hands.
Simonovich went back in the pocket,
looking to hit someone deep but all re-
ceivers were well covered. He had no
choice but to scamper from the backfield.
Finding running room, he blasted down
the field to go out of bounds on the three
yard line. On the next play, he cut through
the defense and scored. The two point
conversion failed, but Dallas was now
leading, 28-26.
The Bobcats had one last chance as
they got the ball back with about 50 sec-
onds left in the game. The Dallas defense
came through again as it held the Bobcats
and the clock ran out.
B TEAM
Dallas 28
Back Mountain 24
Dallas Jr. Mounts B team won a hard-
fought 28-24 victory over the Back Moun-
tain Bobcats.
Cole Dixon scored three touchdowns
for Dallas, Ryan Gryzceicz added a fourth
TD and a 2-point conversion and Joe Be-
vevino recovered a key fumble. Jude Mo-
ran, Aaron Yurko, Chris Rosencrans, An-
drew Stubeda, Shane Pitts and Jackson
Shaver anchored the offensive line.
Leading the defense were Robert Rei-
chold, Aidan Martinez, Colin Ryniec and
Andrew Shurites.
C TEAM
Dallas 22
Back Mountain 6
The fireworks started early in a battle of
Back Mountain rivals as the Dallas Jr.
Mounts defeated the Back Mountain Bob-
cats, 22-6.
Xavier Barber returned the opening
kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown and Jus-
tin Hutchins added the conversion to
stake Dallas to an 8-0 lead early. Hutchins
added a touchdown later in the half and
Jay Bittner plowed in for the two pointer
to send the Jr. Mounts into halftime with a
16-0 lead.
The Bobcats still had some fight left in
them as quarterback Stone Mannello took
a keeper around the right end for a long
touchdown run to make the score 16-6.
That’s when the Dallas ball control of-
fense took over and marched down the
field on a time-consuming drive capped
by a Barber touchdown plunge.
Jerry Ogurkis, Mike Farrell and Colin
Dempsy led a strong defensive effort as
Dallas improved its record to 54.
D TEAM
Kingston Township 26
Ed-Lark 0
The Kingston Township Raiders D
team improved to 6-1 on the season with a
26-0 shutout of the Ed-Lark Hurricanes.
Mason Gattuso threw a 60-yard touch-
down pass to Derek Answini on the first
play of the game and then added two
touchdown scores of his own to lead KT.
Michael Starbuck had his first touchdown
run of the year and Michael Doggett add-
ed a conversion attempt to round out the
scoring.
Kyle McAndrew, Devon Butwin and
Troy Turinski provided excellent block-
ing up front. Defensively, the Raiders
were led by Ben Emershaw, Matt Maran-
sky, Tyler Meyer and Christian Motley
who had a number of tackles on the day.
Dallas 22
Back Mountain 12
The Dallas Jr. Mounts D team contin-
ued to roll last Sunday beating Back
Mountain, 22-12.
The offense showed its diversity as 10
different players carried the ball for nice
gains. Colin Zeiss, Sean Cuba and Freddie
Lombardo opened up some nice holes on
the offensive line.
The defense had some underclassmen
making big plays with Jack Gallis, Jacob
Esposito, Ryan Maloney and Xander
Shaner all with multiple tackles.
Dallas improved to 80 and plays at
home today against Forty Fort.