EE me Sunday, January 25, 2009 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 9 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Quinn Crispell has a front row seat with her dad, Scott Crispell, sports information director at Mi- sericordia University, as part of national ‘Bring a Kid to a Game’ day. Program gets kids out to basketball game Kids of all ages enjoyed basketball on January 10 when Misericordia University basketball teams participated in “Take a Kid to the Game” during a Freedom Con- ference doubleheader with Manhattan- ville. Children under the age of 12 were ad- mitted free when accompanied by an adult and received a coupon for a free hot dog and soda courtesy of the Misericordia University Alumni Association. Misericordia is one of more than 500 in- stitutions across the nation participating in this campaign which focuses on attract- ing more of the nation’s youth to college games. The “Take a Kid to the Game” pro- gramisin its 12th year in the promotion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and this is Misericordia’s sev- enth year in the program. son, Claire and Megan. Members of the Banks family, of Dallas, take in a basketball game at Misericordia University. From left, are Mike, Alli- U-10 GIRLS SOCCER TEAM GRABS FIRST PLACE The Wyoming Valley Soccer Club U0 girls finished in first place in the Wyoming Valley Sports Dome Championship playoff games. Team members are, from left, first row, Nicole Cavanaugh, Haley Gobla and Caitlyn Hill. Second row, Emma Lehman, Rachel Maniskas, To- ry McNulty, Madison Goodwin, Mia Greenwood, Sidney Neil and Coach Jay Maniskas. Ab- sent at the time of the photo was Mikalie Blazick. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Dallas High School dive coach Kim Kuzma offers encouragement to Mountaineer divers. OLYMPICS Continued from Page 8 ing program at the Dallas Middle School Natatorium. Kuzma founded the program, which she coaches, five years ago. “She (Kuzma) found out I was a gymnast,” Zerfoss said. “She al- ways said gymnasts make good divers.” Zerfoss not only dove with Olympians at the clinic, but also took part in other aspects of their .daily routines, including dance and Pilates, a method of exercise that strengthens the abdomen. In addition, she learned how to fix her hurdle and some of her other dives. “My favorite part was going off the 5-meter platform be- cause it was a new experience and I've never done it before,” Zerfoss said. “I think now I can make a lot of my dives a lot bet- ter and be a better all-around diver.” Kimball broke the back turn down for Kuzma and gave her tips on how to teach it. He also showed her how to teach basic skills on a trampoline. Kuzma says she does have a dry land fa- cility, but she never came from a program that used it heavily. “I think I personally took back the most about teaching twist- ers,” Kuzma said. “My senior, Marial (Adams), was having problems with twisters...they Dallas freshman Sarah Zerfoss is coached on the 1-meter spring- board by Olympic diving coach Dick Kimball at the USA Diving National Training Center Coaches Outreach Clinic from Dec. 29 through Dec. 30 at Indiana University - Perdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). “It's the kind of a sport you fall into if you really don’t fall into any of the other sports and you're looking for something to do.” Kim (Perez) Kuzma Dallas High School diving coach taught me a little trick to make them square tight with a single.” Kuzma, 28, of Dallas, was for- merly a diver at Tunkhannock High School and Clarion Univer- sity. She has been the coach of the Dallas High School diving team for six years. “Kids really just kind of come out as a freshman,” Kuzma said. “It’s the kind of a sport you fall in- to if you really don’t fall into any of the other sports and you're looking for something to do.” Kuzma has been teaching at Dallas Middle School for four years. Prior to that, she taught at Wyeallis Elementary School for two years. She and her husband, Nick, have a 9-month-old daughter, Megan. DYB Continued from Page 8 Deluca Law 17 Gordon Long 13 Gordon Long played great de- fense throughout the game de- spite losing, 16-13, to Deluca Law. Joshua Lupole and Brody Strick- land grabbed a number of tough rebounds. Justin Phillips saw his first action at point guard. Orthopedic Consultants 20 Grasshopper Lawns 18 Zach Charlton’s eight points and Colby Jimm’s six points led Orthopedic Consultants to a 20- 18 victory over Grasshopper Lawns. Ethan Szczecinski and Dylan Shaver anchored the de- fense. Grasshopper offense was led by Ben O’Connell with 10 points, Dalton Simpson with four points and Zachary Bloom who scored his first basket of the season. Gattuso Group 25 Frontier Communications 8 Gattuso Group remained unde- feated with a 25-8 drubbing of Frontier Communications. Lead- ing Gattuso’s offense was the tan- dem of Mason Gattuso with 10 points and Dalton Gattuso with five points. Also helping with two baskets was Jacob Serafin. Frank Weaver and Ricky Morgan an- chored the defense. Playing great defense for Fron- tier were Garrett Pall and Larson Rice. 5th & 6th GRADE GIRLS PRO HVAC 28 Community News 17 Caroline Banas tossed in 12 points and Amy Bolton 10 to pace the HVAC team past Back Moun- tain Community News, 28-17. The defense was led by Jessica Blatt and Ivy Chamberlain. The News team was led by Kal- ley Polachek’s 10 points and Da- nielle Walsh chipped in with sev- en. The News defense was led by Katie Kravitsky. : Bendick Law 24 Motorworld 14 Mallory Faux poured in a game-high 18 points to lead the Bendick Law team to a 24-14 vic- tory over Motorworld. Rachel Luke, Julianne Murray and Em- ma Doran each had a basket for the winners. Megan Roberts’ 10 points paced the Motorworld team while Lia Barbacci and Emile Banta got in on the scoring with a basket each. Brace Orchard 14 Drs. Banas, Byron & Kim 12 Kylee Saba had a game-high eight points and was the defen- sive standout to help secure a 14- 12 victory for the Brace Orchard team against Drs. Banas, Byron & Kim. For the doctors’ team, Lyndsey Jacobs tossed in six points while Sydney Kern, Ash- ley Strazdus and Julia Zochowski all chipped in with two points each. Arris Engineering 24 Riders World 22 Amanda Schwerdtman’s bas- ket with 12 seconds to play lifted Arris Engineering over Riders World, 24-22, in a thrilling game. Talia Szatkowski had a team-high 16 for Arris. Madison Kaminski had four points and Nicole Wren led the defense. For Riders World, Gabrielle Volpetti had a game-high 18 points while Allison Rismondo and Olivia Menning had two points each. Lyndsey Oremus and Courtney Wagner paced a strong defense. 7th & 8th GRADE BOYS Luxury Limousine 52 Dr. John Kish 50 Chase Makowski led Luxury Limo to a 52-50 victory over Dr. John Kish by hitting for 18 points. Ryan Kozloski was tough off the boards, adding 13 points. Carl Gross played strong defense and tossed in eight points. Kyle Razawich led Dr. John Kish in rebounding and scored 18 points. Chad DeBona added 16 BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Ally Rome of Arris Engineering brings the ball upcourt against Allison Rismondo of Riders World. points, including four 3-point shots and John Kane netted nine points in a close loss. Grotto Pizza 51 Drs. 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Chad Debona led a balanced scoring attack for Dr. John Kish with 17 points. Kyle Razawich was strong on the boards and contributed 11 points. Mike Pierce added six points. Grotto Pizza 53 Luxury Limousine 41 John Murray keyed a strong second quarter, scoring 14 of his game-high 29 points to lead Grot- to Pizza to a 53-41 victory over Luxury Limousine. All players scored for the pizza men with Er- ic Yurko and Greg Petorek each knocking down eight points. Nathan Kish led Luxury Limo with 18 points and in rebounds. Chase Makowski added eight points with some timely outside shooting. Ryan Koslosky had a strong game on defense and add- ed seven points. Drs. Banas, Byron & Kim 53 Medico Industries 45 Justin Brojakowski scored 12 of his game-high 19 points in the first quarter to lead Drs Banas, Byron & Kim to a 53-45 victory over Medico Industries. Jason Si- minovich led the doctors in re- bounds and added 18 points. Dan- ny Saba contributed 14 points in the win. 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