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THE DALLAS POST
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Brown.
enry Messinger dumped
in a game-high 22 points
to lead the Dallas Moun-
taineers past the Lake-Lehman
Knights, 48-33, in a Wyoming
Valley Basketball Conference
game Tuesday evening at the
Lake-Lehman gymnasium.
In what was dubbed “an ugly
game,” both teams shot poorly
from the floor — both at well un-
der 50 percent - and both defens-
es created a number of turn-
overs.
Messinger scored 10 of his
points in the first quarter, allow-
ing Dallas to jump out to a 25-17
halftime lead.
A three-point play by Mike
Eckman, a three-pointer by Eoin
Ellis and a layup by Eckman in
Mountaineers Hunter Englehart dribbles past Lake-Lehman's Jared
the final minutes of the third
quarter, bumped the Black
Knights to within four, 29-25,
going into the game’s final quar-
ter.
But things changed drastical-
ly in the fourth quarter when
Dallas went on a 12-0 run and its
defense held Lake-Lehman
without a field goal in the first
4:04 of the final quarter. Hunter
Englehart scored six of his 10
points in a span of 81 seconds
and Messinger dumped in five
points during the run as the
Mountaineers grabbed their
biggest lead of the game, 41-27,
with just 4:31 remaining.
Dallas outscored the Black
Knights, 19-8, in the final eight
minutes to seal the win.
Lake Lehman's Carson Baker looks for an opening as Mountaineer Mike
Mazur covers him.
Dallas trounces LLehman
JONATHAN J. JUKA PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Jackie Ellis dumps in a layup for the Mountaineers as Lake-Lehman's Jared Brown attempts the block.
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Following are results from
games played in the Dallas
Youth Basketball League during
the past week:
3rd/4th GRADE BOYS
Gattuso Group 21
Coon Industries 6
Gattuso Group’s offense was
led by Dalton Gattuso with 16
points while Mason Gattuso and
Ricky Morgan combined for
another five points. Frank Weav-
er anchored Gattuso Group's
defense.
Coon Industries offense was
led by Evan McClain with four
points and JD Barrett with a
basket. Elijah Chester put forth
a strong defensive effort for
Coon Industries.
Deluca Law 21
Pizza Perfect 6
Deluca Law’s offense was led
by Nico Deluca 16 points and
Colin Pertl with four points.
Defensively for Deluca Law,
Stone Mannello and Mitch Win-
ters were solid.
Gattuso Group 24
Drs. M&K Kovalick 16
Seven players scored for the
Gattuso Group which was led by
Dalton Gattuso with 10 points.
Others getting baskets were
Connor Phillips, Mason Gattu-
so, Jacob Serifin, Chris Allen,
Josh Lydon and Ricky Morgan.
Ryan Phillips led the defense.
Lee Eckert tallied a game-
high 12 points for the doctors
and Jacob Stritzinger dumped in
four points.
Deluca Law 28
Belrick Corp. 26
Nico Deluca led Deluca Law
with 12 points while Colin Pertl
had 10 points and Stone Man-
nello chipped in six points to
cap off the scoring. Mitch Win-
ters played great defense.
Gattuso Group 20
Pizza Perfect 12
Gattuso Group pushed its
record to 3-0 with this win.
Gattuso’s offense was led by the
tandem of Dalton and Mason
Gattuso, combining for 17
points. Jacob Serifin and Frank
Weaver capped off the scoring
with three points. Ricky Mor-
gan, Chris Allen, Ryan and Con-
nor Phillips led Gattuso Group's
defense.
Jay Bittner, Josh Farrell, Josh
Lydon and AJ Spears all hit
baskets for Pizza Perfect.
Grasshopper Lawns 20
Frontier 18
Ben O’Connell powered the
offense for the Grasshoppers
while Dalton Simpson, Sam
Kravitsky and Adam Borton
provided the stiff defense to
secure the win.
Matt Mathers’ 12 points led
Frontier’s offense while Malik
Kaleta, David Chopyak and
Garrett Pall each scored a bas-
ket. The Frontier defense was
anchored by Michael Mesko and
Larson Rice.
Drs. M&K Kovalick 36
Orthopedic Consultants 21
Alex Charlton led the Ortho-
pedic Consultant Bone Crushers
offense with 11 points while
Collin Gleco hit a basket. Dylan
DALLAS YOUTH BASKETBALL
Shaver anchored the Crusher
defense.
Long Real Estate 26
Coon Industries 22
Nick Kocher led Gordon Long
with 16 points in this overtime
game. Chris Murray added four
points while Brody Strickland,
Joshua Lypole and John Bynon
each hit baskets for the winning
team. The entire Gordon Long
team played well offensively and
defensively.
Coon Industries’ offense was
led by Kyle Besecker’s six points
and Evan McClain’s four points.
Coon Industries benefitted from
the great passing of Matthew
Dillon.
3rd/4th GRADE GIRLS
Corbett Insurance 27
Pike Law 16
The Corbett Insurance Tar
Heels beat Pike Law Office,
27-16. Sara Lojewski paced the
Heels with 20 points, with sup-
port from Sam Delamater with
three points, Carley Perloff and
Frankie Treslar with two points
each. Rachel Maniskas, Megan
Meyer, Mikayla Sowga and Jolie
Treslar played strong defense
for the 1-0 Heels.
Pike was led by Paige Evans
with 10 points and Talia Kosie-
rowski with six points. Court-
ney Devens, Megan Miller, Kim
Manganella, MaKenna Bryant,
Brianna Rinehimer, and Caitlyn
Pike played awesome defense.
5th/6th GRADE GIRLS
Atty. Mike Bendick 26
Pro HVAC 20
Abby Bendick poured in a
game-high 19 points and Mallo-
ry Faux added six to lead the
Atty. Bendick team.
Leading the way for Pro
HVAC was Caroline Banas with
six points while Amy Bolton
chipped in five and Alexa Pel-
char had fourpoints.
Riders World 16
Banas, Byron and Kim 11
In a come-from-behind win for
Riders World, Courtney Wagner
scored eight and Tara Zukoski
hd six points. The defense was
led by Lindsey Oremus and
Julia Baloh.
Drs. Banas, Byron and Kim
were led by Lindsey Jacobs with
six points while Alexa Doziak
added four.
Motorworld 20
Community News 17
Leading the way for Motor-
world was Megan Roberts with
five points who also led the
team in rebounds. Emile Banta
chipped in with two and played
tough defense.
For the Community News
team, Kaley Polachek was high
scorer with 10, Danielle Walsh
added five points while Katie
Kravitsky led the team in re-
bounds.
Brace’s Orchard 25
Arris Engineering 24
Talia Szatkowski was high
scorer for Arris Engineering
with 16 points and Nicole Wren
added four points and six re-
bounds in this exciting game.
5th/6th GRADE BOYS
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DeLuca Law Offices 30
Bishop Photo 23
Connor Macarty scored eight
points and Jeff Stazdus added
six to lead Vito DeLuca Law
Offices over Bishop Photo, 30-
23. James Fiorello added two
points and played fine defense.
Omar Nijmeh led Bishop
Photo with 16 points, followed
by Chad Phillips with four.
James Geiger and Jesse Goode
played strong defense.
Dallas Rotary 27
Gattuso Group 22
Dallas Rotary handed Gattuso
Group Accountants & Consult-
ants its first defeat, 27-22. Game
results were not provided by
either team.
7th/8th GRADE BOYS
Grotto Pizza 50
Deluca Law 37
John Murray scored 16 points
and Greg Petorek added 11 to
lead Grotto Pizza to a 50-37 win
over Vito Deluca Law Offices.
Eric Yurko and Michael Carey
added six points each for the
league’s first-place team.
James DelPriore and Mariano
Medico led DeLuca Law with 10
points each while James Duffy
added two.
Banas, Byron and Kim 44
Gallis Insurance 31
Jason Siminovich scored 20
points while brothers Matt and
Danny Saba added 16 as Drs.
Banas, Byron and Kim defeated
Gallis Insurance, 44-31. Felix
Doleman led the doctors with 14
points, followed by J.T. Carey
with 11 and John Murray with
three.
Medico Industries 53
Dr. John Kish 51
Ryan Zapoticky scored a
game-high 24 points as Medico
Industries edged Dr. John Kish,
53-51, in one of the best games
of the season. Nigel Stearns
finished with eight points and
made the game-winning shot for
Medico Industries while Steven
Wempa also added eight points.
John Kane led Dr. Kish with
23 points followed by Kyle Ra-
zawich with 17. Chad DeBona
and Chris Reimard combined
for an additional seven points.
Luxury Limousine 60
Bishop Photo 42
Nathan Kish scored 19 points
and Chase Makowski added 16
to lead Luxury Limousine over
Bishop Photo, 60-42. Carl Gross
added 10 points for Luxury
while Darren Lupole had six
points and Rory Mullin two.
Brian Stepniak led Bishop
Photo with 18 points and Kyle
Zumchack added 12. Rudy Ge-
orgetti scored 10 points and
Alex Rubbico had two.
7th GRADE BOYS
TRAVEL TEAM 8
DYB 35
St. Nick’s/ St. Mary’s 33
The DYB seventh grade boys
tournament team began its
season at the Plains-Solomon
league with a 35-33 defeat to St.
Nick’s/St. Mary's. Kyle Razaw-
ich led Dallas with 14 points,
followed by Chris Behm with
eight. Jory Brezinski and Matt
Saba added four points each.