PAGE 10 Tue DALLAS POST SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009 Sports iK Da CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Twins Christopher and Olivia Mennig share more than common genes. The pair enjoys basketball and plays in the Dallas Youth Basketball program and are members of their respective teams at Gate of Heaven School. Double the No matter what the season, sports play a big part in the Mennig family of Shavertown. Eleven-year-old twins Christopher and Olivia see to that. Currently, the twins play basketball for Gate of Heaven Elementary School, where they are fifth-grade students, and in the Dallas Youth Basketball League. Christopher is a member of the Smith Insurance team while Olivia plays for Riders World. During football season, Christopher can be found on the football field, play- ing left guard for the Back Mountain Bobcats while baseball season sees competition both twins on the diamond. Olivia plays first base for Explosion in the Back Mountain Little League while Christopher plays first base and right field for the Pirates. And, although they are competitive, the twins are, most likely, each other’s biggest fans, as well. Christopher and Olivia are the chil- dren of John and Deanna Mennig, of North Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown. They are the grandchildren of Ed and Deanna Farrell, of West Wyoming and John and Antoinette Mennig, of Clarks Summit. DYB HOLDS 7TH GRADE GIRLS SKILLS COMPETITION oe Kleynowski. Dallas Youth Basketball recently held a skills competition for seventh grade girls. Winners in the free-throw con- test were Samantha Missal, first; Maggie Michael, second; and Stephanie Cybulski, third. In the 3-point shots cate: gory, winners were Katy Comitz, first; Taylor Kelley, second; and Leah Kleynowski, third. Shown here, from left, first row, are Katy Comitz, Taylor Kelley and Maggie Michael. Second row, Stephanie Cybulski, Samantha Missal and Leah DYB HOLDS 8TH GRADE SKILLS COMPETITION RE AA/AAA championship are, from left, first row, Jimmy Caffrey, Jess Adams, Eric Young and Kris Roccograndi. Second row, Dominic Chopka, Billy Dixon- ,Zach Macosky, Dakota Stritzinger and Garrett Artsma. DJHS wrestlers win D2 title The Dallas Junior High wrestling team scored a decisive win in the PIAA District II AA/AAA Championship. The Mountaineers scored 144 points, 48 points more than the second-place team. The Mounts were led by district champions Dominic Chopka at 155 pounds and Garrett Artsma at 185 pounds. Silver medals were won by Er- ic Young at 100 pounds, Jess Adams at SUBMITTED PHOTO Members of the Dallas Junior High wrestling team who won the PIAA District Il 110 pounds and Zach Macosky at 122 pounds. Bronze medals went to Kris Roccograndi at 105 pounds and Dakota Stritzinger at 250 pounds. Finishing in the medals in fourth place were Jimmy Caffrey at 95 pounds and Billy Dixon at 115 pounds. The team is coached by head coach Jim Rosecrans and assistant coaches John Perez, Jerry O’Gurkis and John Hutchins. Dallas Youth Basketball recently held a skills competition for eighth-grade girls. Winners in the free throw cate: gory were Ashley Dunbar, first; Brittany Harris, second; and Madeline Mulhern, third. In the 3-point shots cate- gories, winners were Jessica Hiscox, first; Morgan Gilhooley, second; and Rachel Olszewski, third. Shown here, from left, first row, are Madeline Mulhern, Brittany Harris, Rachel Olzewski, Ashley Dunbar, Jessica Hiscox and Morgan Gilhooley. Second row, Lauren Rando, Kristi Oschal, Chloe Alles, Tanner Englehart, Michaela Marek, Mariee Nelson, Alyssa Menzel, Cara Pricher and Briana Konecke. WES HE Le RESO VL Editor’s note: Dallas Youth Basket- ball championship games will be held today at the Dallas High School gym- nasmum. 3rd & 4th GRADE BOYS Orthopedic Consultants 13 Frontier Communications 12 Orthopedic Consultants defeated Frontier Communications in the first round of playoffs, 13-12. Leading the offense for Orthopedic Consultants was Alex Charlton with eight points, Zach Charlton with four points and Collin Gleco hitting a free-throw. Col- by Jimmie, Dylan Shaver and Ethan Szczecinski played great defensively. For Frontier, Matt Mathers had sev- en points, Garrett Pall and Ed Zo- chowski each hit baskets and Michael Mesko made a free-throw. David Cho- pyak, Larson Rice and Malik Kaleta anchored Frontiers’ defense. Grasshopper Lawns 26 Coon Industries 15 Grasshopper Lawns defeated Coon, 26-15, to advance to the next round of playoffs. Ben O’Connell had 12 points and Dalton Simpson had 10 points to with Adam Borton adding four points. Zach Bloom, Chris Sedeski and Josh Wyandt anchored the defense. Leading Coon Industries’ offense was Evan McClain with 13 points and Mike Krakowski who hit a basket. De- fensively Matt Dillon, Paul Roman, Kyle and Jacob Besecker played great. 3rd & 4th GRADE BOYS QUARTER FINAL PLAYOFFS Gattuso Group 24 Orthopedic Consultants 10 Gattuso Group defeated Orthope- dic Consultants, 24-10, to advance to the semi-finals. Gattuso Group's of- fense was led by the tandem of Dalton and Mason Gattuso each with 12 pts. Ricky Morgan, Connor and Ryan Phil- lips anchored the defense. Zach Charlton and Colby Jimmie led Orthopedics offense with four points each. Collin Gleco and Alex Charlton each hit a free-throw. Mi- chael Montgomery, Tom Marsola, Dy- lan Shaver and Ethan Szczecinski played well on defense. Belrick Corp. 29 Smith Realty 18 Belrick Corp. defeated Gordon Smith Realty, 29-18. Leading Belrick’s lead the scoring for the Grasshoppers Em LE ee ENE offense was Paul Zablotney with 17 points and Jason Anderson with 12 points. Anchoring the defense were Josh Holdredge, Steven Finarelli, Jake Weiland and Joey Chacke. Gordon Smith Realty was led by the offense of Chris Murray with nine points, Nick Kocher with seven points and Brody Strickland with two points. Josh Lupole, David Schuster, John By- non and Alex Perry played well on de- fense. Deluca Law 38 Grasshopper Lawns 36 DeLuca Law defeated Grasshopper Lawns, 38-36.Colin Pertl’s 20 points and Nico DeLuca’s 14 points led the offense for DeLuca Law with Mitch Winters and Hunter Resavage hitting baskets. Dylan Lisnow, Stone Manello and Paul Hurn anchored the defense. Grasshopper Lawns offense was led by Ben O’Connell with 13 points, Adam Borton with 11 points, Dalton Simpson with 10 points and Zach Bloom with a basket. Chris Sedeski, Josh Wyandt, and Ty Madden played well defensively. Drs. Kovalick 21 Pizza Perfect 15 Drs. Kovalick defeated Pizza Perfect, 21-15. Drs. Kovalick’s offense was led by Lee Eckert’s 21 oints while Andrew Ko- iE an valick, Cole Wyfells, Jacob Strizinger and John Macey anchored the defense. Pizza Perfect was led offensively by Michael Farrell's eight points, Jay Bittn- er’s five points and Josh Lydon and Tyler Cavanaugh each hitting a free-throw. AJ Spears, Jacob Mullen and Mustafa Al- meky played good defense. 3rd & 4th GRADE GIRLS Corbett Insurance 22 Dallas Lions 16 In a semifinal playoff game, the Cor- bett Insurance Tar Heels beat the Dallas Lions, 22-16. Sara Lojewski led the Heels with 20 points while Carley Per- loff chipped in with the other two. The Heels’ defense was led by Jolee Treslar, Frankie Treslar, Megan Meyer, Mikayla Sowga, Rachel Maniskas and Sam Delamater. The Dallas Lions were led in scoring by Leah Gorr with 11 points. In support, Kaitlin Connolly had two points, Kait- lyn Pelchar had two points and Saman- tha Banks had one point. The Lions’ de- fense was led by Kendra Saba, Maria Os- trum, Jackie Dottor and Katie Roma- noski. 5th & 6th GRADE BOYS Smith Insurance 24 Dallas Rotary 22 Zach Connolly came alive in the fourth quarter, scoring 10 of his 11 points, and Smith Insurance Group shocked top-seeded Dallas Rotary with a 24-22 upset in a quarterfinal matchup in the DYB 5th/6th grade boys playoffs. Peter Capitano sparked a second-half rally with four of his six points in the third quarter as Smith outscored Ro- tary, 21-12, in the second half. Donald Michalisin added three points and Jus- tin Sweeney had two for Smith Insur- ance. Rotary was led by Jamie Flores with 13 points and Ryan Martin with four. | Adam Niznik and Joey Bevevino added a basket each. Fieldhouse 33 Bishop Photo 32 Jonathan Wilson made five key free throws in the fourth quarter as Field- house Sporting Goods survived a thrill ing 33-32 win over Bishop Photo. Rag Cheskevich added five points for Fiels house, while Ryan Marshall netted four and Nicholas James had two. Omar Nij- meh led Bishop Photo with 19 points} and Jesse Goode added nine. Chan Caruso and Daniel Mingey added k baskets.
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