Se Le t Sunday, November 23, 2008 J HE DD A I I A S P O S T PAGE 11 hy Bowanko, Pincofski lead E ye Care Specialists Foll wing are results from last Aaron Yurko added eight and Ray Ostroski added nine as Bishop Photo 24 had several key assists. Law Offices with a game-high 26 [foshetd s games in the Dallas points and Brian Drouse had six Gattuso Group Accountants & Matt Ross scored 17 points and points with support from David Youth Basketball League: for Eye Care, while Jack Tomko Consultants defeated Smith In- Gattuso Group 42 Simpson with 10 points. Anthony ie "= | | 4 Eye Care Specialists 39 UGI/Penn National 36 Spencer Bowanko scored 11 points and Eric Pincofski added 10 as Eye Care Specialists defeat- ed UGI/Penn National Gas, 39- 36, in overtime in the opening game of the Dallas Youth Basket- ball 5th/6th grade boys season. led the defense. Matt Ross scored a game-high 18 points for UGI/ Penn National Gas while Nick Muldoon added 10 and Jonathan Sabatini dumped in six. Gattuso Group 30 Smith Insurance 21 Jake Archer scored 12 points to spark a second-half comeback surance Group Inc., 30-21. Tanner Gattuso added eight points and Connor Motley led the defense for Gattuso Group, while Zach Connolly led Smith Insurance with 12 points. Kyle Piscorik added seven points while Nick Malkemes and Peter Capitano played strong defense. UGI/Penn National 33 Cory Metz added four as UGI/ Penn National Gas rebounded with a 33-24 win over Bishop Photo. Brendan Balara played fine de- fense while Anthony Brominski had several assists. Omar Nijmeh was the leading scorer for Bishop Photo while Chad Phillips led the rebounding and Daniel Mingey Deluca Law 38 Jake Archer scored 14 points and Tanner Gattuso added 10 as Gattuso Group edged Vito DeLu- ca Law Offices, 42-38. Keith Gillette played fine de- fense for the Gattuso Group while Daniel Sweeney and Ange- lo Kwak pulled down several key rebounds. Allen Fell led DeLuca DeLuca led in assists while Con- nor Macarty played fine defense. Dallas Rotary 41 Smith Insurance 37 Adam Niznik and James Flores were the leading scorers as Dallas Rotary opened its season with a See SPECIALISTS, Page 12 The Dallas Junior High soccer team recently won the District 2 championship by defeating Sreviously-undefested Abington Heights, 2-0. DJS s soccer a orabs D-2 title ) he Dallas Junior High soccer team recently captured the District 2 championship, defeat- ing previously-unbeaten Abing- ton Heights of the Lackawanna County League, 2-0. This was the first District 2 ti- tle for Dallas Junior High School after making the finals the previ- ous two years. Dallas scored in the first min- ute of play on an unassisted shot by Dante DeAngelo. The remain- der of the game was a defensive struggle as both teams ex- changed multiple shots. With two minutes to play, Brian Step- niak played a beautiful through ball that Kyle Razawich finished on goal. Dallas reached the District 2 fi- nal by defeating Crestwood, 2-1, in a double overtime thriller to win the Wyoming Valley Confer- ence championship. Falling behind, 1-0, in the first half for the first time this season, Dallas tied the score at 1-1 within the next minute on a score by John Murray. The game re- mained tied until near the end of the second overtime period when Brian Stepniak headed the ball on a corner kick to win the con- test. In the first round of the play- offs, Dallas defeated Berwick, 5-1, on a hat trick by Murray and two goals by DeAngelo. The offense was led by the ex- ceptional play of Danny Saba, AJ Nardone, Dominick DeLuca, Brendon Scharff, Dante DeAnge- lo, John Murray, Kyle Razawich, Chad Debona, Casey Barrett and Brian Goyne. The defense turned in an out- standing season, allowing only nine goals with 12 shutouts in 17 contests. The defense was led by Ryan Koslosky in goal and Wendy Greenwood, Brendon Ehret, James DelPriore, Nathan Kish, Blake Purtle, Brian Stepniak, Matt Saba and Michael Gallis in the field. The team was coached by Russ Eyet and assisted by Luke Ruses- kas. The team concluded its regu- lar season at 14-0 and finished its first undefeated and untied sea- son in school history. SPORTS BRIEFS Alumni soccer game set for Saturday The Annual Dallas High School Alumni vs. Student Soccer Game will be played at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Cleary Field in Dallas. Coffee, drinks and donuts will be provided for all. Ox- ygen will be provided to all alumni who need it. No RSVP required - just bring your cleats and be é ready to play! [ Card Auction benefits WVCA A Sports Card and Silent Auction will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30, at the Holiday Inn, Kidder Street, Wilkes-Barre. Former National League Foothall playess 2 and area residents Walt and Lou Mi- chaels will sign autographs and Schiel’s Markets will award a bicycle to the winner of a card-flipping contest. The contest is open to children ages 6 and up. All proceeds will benefit the Wyoming Valley Chil- dren’s Association. For more information, call Wayne Namey at 466-3385. B-ball, cheerleading registration set The Rock Recreation Cen- ter, 340 Carverton Rd. is accepting applications for its Upward Basketball Program which runs January 1 through March 28. The program is open to boys and girls in Pre-K through ninth grade. Early registration ends De- cember 1 with the final regis- GEG LE tration and evaluation day being Saturday, Dec. 6. For more information, call 696-2769 or visit www.rockre- c.org. Players sought for cage league The Rock Recreation Cen- ter 340 Carverton Road is accepting applications for its Boys High School Basketball League. The league is open to indi- vidual players in ninth through 12th grades. The league runs January 4 through March 15 and all games are played on Sunday afternoons. Early registration cost is $70 per player before Decem- ber 15. For more information, con- tact the Rock Rec. Center at 696-2769. LAKE-LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAM CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Members of the 2008 Lake-Lehman High School volleyball team are, from left, first row, Kim- berly Hozlock, Sarah Brooks, Rebecca Farrell, Kaitlyn Steele, Stevie Kioske, Jamie Wasky, Na- tashaya Udzella, Sarah Leskowsky, Kayla Koziol and Lindsey Bennett. Second row, Taylor Brobst, Nicky Melnyck, Gabi Henry, Haeli Fagan, Michelle Mahoney, Andrea Butchko, Sarah Sorber, Lind- sey Williams, Jackie Eury, Rebecca Rosser, Emily Leskowsky and Laura Casterline. Third row, Naoh Pickett, coach; Audrey Millunic, Tiffany Oplinger, Kianna Spencer, Caitlyn Gashi, Leanne Grabski, Brooke Matza, Catherine Sullivan, Ellen Matza, Christie Simonson, Kiri Koziol, Carol Mosier, Ste- phanie Brown, Nicole Fink, Leigh Anne Knauer and Kevin Koziol, coach.
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