bh Nam # : | - Sunday, September 20, 2009 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 11 Back Mountain teens win Fox Hill golf tournament Mariano Medico, Chase Makowski shoot impressive score of five under par 66. By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Mariano Medico enjoys golf so much he gave up Little League baseball to focus on the sport. That decision appears to have paid off as Medico and his guest, Chase Makowski, from the Wyoming Valley Country Club, captured the First Jr. Member and Guest Golf Tournament on August 17 at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter. The Back Mountain 13-year- olds shot an impressive score of five under par 66. They had sev- en birdies (one stroke under Nancy Medico, of Shavertown. Makowski is the son of Jim and Laurie Makowski, of Dallas. “'m very proud of them,” Nancy Medico said. “The most important thing is that they’re enjoying themselves and having a good time. It’s not always about winning but it’s about en- joying it as well.” The boys first met at age 3 when they started preschool at Apple Tree Nursery and Pri- mary School in Forty Fort. Over the years, their friendship has grown and they have played many rounds of golf together. They are now both in the eighth- grade at Gate of Heaven School in Dallas. Both Medico and Makowski credit their fathers, Larry Med- ico and Jim Makowski, for teaching them how to play golf and developing a love for the par), nine pars and only two bo- game geys (one stroke over par). The field consisted of players ages 11 to 20. “We weren’t expecting to play that well,” Medico said. “We we- ren’t going out to win; we were going to have fun.” The duo won a trophy and a gift certificate to the pro shop at Fox Hill Country Club which they redeemed for golf balls. Medico is the son of Larry and “My dad liked golf and, when I was a kid, he just put a golf club in my hands, I guess,” Medico said. Makowski says his dad gave him pointers while they played together which, he believes, helped him to become better. “My father taught me how to play golf,” Makowski said. “We used to go golfing every day and he’d give me tips here and “We weren't expecting to play that well. We we- ren't going out to win; we were going to have fun.” Mariano Medico On winning the first Jr. Member and Guest Golf Tournament at Fox Hill Country Club there.” Medico and Makowski won a captain and crew (four-person) all ages golf tournament during the summer at Mill Race Golf & Camping Resort in Benton. Their other teammates were Medico’s neighbors, John Kane, 13; and Matt Slavoski, 14, of Sha- vertown. The two have also played in multiple Junior Anthracite Golf Association (AGA) competi- tions. This past summer, Medi- co won a tournament at Scran- ton Municipal Golf Club and Makowski won a tournament at Lake-Lehman Golf Club. “I like to golf because it gives me a challenge and I enjoy play- ing it every day to get better at it,” Makowski said. Medico and Makowski have been playing on the Holy Re- deemer junior varsity golf team since they started seventh- grade. The team won its first match of the year against Meyers the week of September 7. Both boys are also members of the Lehman Golf Club owned by John Spencer, their golf coach at Holy Redeemer. In ad- dition, they both play basketball for Gate of Heaven during the winter when it’s too cold to golf. As for the future, Medico and Makowski hope to continue playing golf and getting better at the game. “Golf’s one of those sports you can play for your entire life because it’s enjoyable for all ag- es,” Makowski said. Mariano Medico, left, and Chase Makowski relax near a course hole during the First Jr. Mem- ber and Guest Golf Tournament on Aug. 17 at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter. The 13-year-old Back Mountain boys won the tournament for players ages 1 to 20. WYOMING VALLEY JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE RESULTS Bobcats A’ team wins third The Back Mountain Bobcats won their third straight game with a 36-12 victory over the Exe- ter Panthers. The offensive line led by Cody Long, Evan May, Adam Simmo- nette, Joey Vigil, Elija Vigil, Matt Durling, Justus Shultz, CJ McCauley and Pete Konnick did another outstanding job opening holes for the running backs. The backfield led by Paul Ciac- cia, Justin Butler, Dylan Pilger, Willy Mucha, Brian Durling, Joey Vigil and Angelo Baltier racked up over 300 yards rushing and five touchdowns. Paul Ciaccia played his first game at quarterback and did a great job in getting the ball to Dy- lan Pilger, Willy Mucha, Brian Durling and Angelo Baltier for rushing touchdowns. He also rushed for a touchdown himself when the pressure was on. Two-point conversions were “added by Dylan Pilger, Brian Dur- ling and Justin Butler. The defense of PJ Konnick, Austin Parry, Paul Ciaccia, CJ McCaulery, Randy Zacharias, Elija Vigil, Brian Durling, Angelo Baltier, Tyler Brobst, Dylan Pil- ger and Willy Mucha played a near flawless game, holding the Panthers to just six points. The A team is now 3-1 on the The Kingston Township Raid- ers launched an impressive aerial attack behind the arm of JT Ca- rey and the receiving corps of Co- rey Stegman and Daunte Zaren- da to finish off a tough Duryea team with a convincing 32-6 win this past Sunday. Kyle Kotulski, Steven Derham- mer, Stephen Wempa and Matt Karuza provided the protection up front, enabling the Raiders to open up their passing game. Cody Stemrich ran tough be- tween tackles, keeping Duryea’s defense guessing all day while Corey Patrick was flawless at quarterback. Aaron Kliamovich and Shawn (@ spencer kept the Duryea passing game in check with blanket cov- erage and continuous pressure on their quarterback. B TEAM Exeter 34 Back Mountain 0 The Back Mountain Bobcats suffered a tough 34-0 loss to Exe- ter on Sunday at their home field. With several players injured, the Bobcats played tough. Great carries were made by Cameron Brennan, Corbin Hol- comb, Jack Tompko, RJ Driscoll and Stone Mannello. The Bob- cats had great rushing yardage but were unable to score. The of- fense line of Adam Rosencrance, Connor Kerkowski, Art Cool- baugh, Deven Dickson and Owen Morgan did a great job. The defense stopped the Pan- thers twice on the two-point con- versions and once at the goal line. The defense was played by Zack Haddle, Zack Gabel, Eric George, Eric Sweppenheiser, Anthony Grandinetti, Marcus Steele and Tom Piatt. a Great tackles on defense were made by Jack Tompko, Stone Mannello, Zach Haddle, Eric Ge- orge, Cameron Brennan and Cor- bin Holcomb. Kingston Township 24 Duryea 0 The Kingston Township Raid- ers B Team topped the Duryea Wildcats, 24-0. The offensive line led by Chris- tian Roberts, Abdul Almeky, Mitch Kelly, Dalton Gattuso and Michael Golden opened up holes, allowing Bret Storers to score two touchdowns and Ricky Mor- gan to add another on a quarter- back keeper. Conner Motley, Ja- son Culp and Matt Mathers also gained hard-fought yards. Special teams stepped up as Bret Storres ran a 60-yard punt re- turn for a touchdown while Peter Capitano, Kyle Piskorik and Nick Mathers led the downfield block- ing. The defense recorded its third shutout of the year as David Ed- wards had three solo tackles for a loss of yardage. The defensive line was solid all day as the trio of Tanner Gattuso, Jason Anderson and Ryan Martin held Duryea to only two first downs. C TEAM Exeter 6 Back Mountain 0 The Back Mountain Bobcats played well and gave up only one touchdown to Exeter but came away on the short end of a 6-0 score. The offensive line of Bradley Adams, Zach Bloom, Ian Evans, Joseph Deyo, Josh Durling and Hunter Landon made a great at- tempt to open holes for the backs. Great runs were made by Nate Hazeltine, Nick Whitesell, Nate O’Donnell and Nate LaBar. The defense of Dakota Hein- rich, Zach Hill, Huey Quinten, Gage Mitchell, Cole Robbins, Matt Schnable and Cole Wyffels played great. Duryea 22 ip 0 Kingston The Kingston Township Raid- ers suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of the unde- feated Duryea Wildcats, 22-0. The Raiders took the opening kickoff and marched downfield to the Duryea 5-yard line behind the blocking of Nate Maransky, Ca- leb Hill, Carl Markowski and Jus- tin Finarelli. The Raiders, howev- er, turned the ball over and, three plays later, the Wildcats struck on a 95-yard touchdown run. KT’s defense was able to con- trol the Wildcats behind the strong play of Justin Brown, Con- nor Markham, Wyatt Vonderheid and Max Dzugan for the rest of the half until Duryea struck again on 70-yard run with just under two minutes to go. The second half was a defen- sive struggle with the only score coming on a long pass play late in the third quarter for the Wildcats. Dallas 30 West Pittston 12 The Dallas Jr. Mounts beat the West Pittston Rams last Sunday, 30-12. Jay Bitner returned the open- ing kickoff for a touchdown. Josh Lydon and Todd Phillips also found the end zone. Steven New- ell returned an interception for a TD. The defense forced three turn- overs and was anchored by Con- nor Maloney, Ethan Zawatski, Dalton Simpson and Jerry Ogur- kis. D TEAM Dallas 20 West Pittston 14 The Dallas Jr. Mounts contin- ued their undefeated season this week with a 20-14 comeback vic- tory over the West Pittston Rams. West Pittston jumped out to a 6-0 lead on a methodical touch- down drive, capped by a Matt De- Luca run. Dallas and countered with a touchdown run by Jacob Esposito on key blocks by Matt and Michael Lukasavage. Deluca then returned a Dallas fumble to give West Pittston a 14-8 halftime lead. Jack Farrell and Jared Adamski led a great team effort on defense for the Jr. Mounts. Xander Shan- er and Hunter Love scored sec- ond-half touchdowns to give Dal- las a hard-fought victory. Exeter 36 Back Mountain 28 The Back Mountain Bobcats played a great game but came up on the short end of a 36-28 score against the Exeter Panthers. Leonard Kelly scored all four touchdowns and Ethan Adams added one two-point conversion. The offensive lines of Noah Sil- ver, Bryce Taylor, Daniel Meuser, Billy Martin, Dale Deyo, Braeden Love, Aaron Groboski, Blaise Na- pierkowski, Chase Hector, Gabe Allen, Joshua Schnable, Damien Conklin, Colby Kennedy, Ben Yanchick, William Labar, Peyton Shaw, Connor Morgan, Dustin Heirich, Thomas Michak and Ja- cob Monko played great. SCHOOL BRIEFS Lock-In booth at Harvest Festival The Dallas High School Senior Lock-In 2010 will have a booth at the Dallas Harvest Festival today, Sept. 20, where lottery calendars for the month of January 2010 will be sold and a bake sale will be held. Grocery certificates for Mr. Z’s and Thomas Markets in increments of $50 will also be on sale. Tea will benefit LL Foundation The Lake-Lehman Founda- tion will hold its Second An- nual Ladies Tea at 1 p.m. to- day, Sept. 20, at Hayfield House, Penn State Wilkes- Barre. Ladies of all ages are wel- come. Senator Lisa Baker will be the guest speaker and wom- en from the community will be honored for their outstanding community service. The tea will be hosted by Sarah Hauze, a senior at Lake- Lehman High School, as her senior project. Tickets are $20 each and reservations may be made by visiting lake-lehman.k12.pa.us, click on the foundation tab. All proceeds from this event will benefit The Lake-Lehman Foundation Scholarship Fund. Auditions slated Auditions for “The Nutrack- er” will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, at Major Performing Arts, Carv- will audition from 4:30 to 7 p.m. PARSE plans breakfast seminar The Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees (PASR) will sponsor a health options break- fast seminar for all school reti- rees on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Pickett’s Charge restaurant, Route 415, Dallas. Those attending are request- ed to arrive at 8:45 a.m. as a breakfast buffet will be served at 9 a.m. followed by the work- shop. A speaker from PSERS will present the Health Options Program (HOP) available for school retirees. There will also be a short program on retire- ment living options. Total cost of the program is $7.50 per person. Due to limited seating, pre-registration is re- quired by calling June Seely at 384-4407. LLHS Class of 1960 will meet Lake-Lehman High School Class of 1960 (Lake-Noxen School) will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, at Grotto Pizza, Harveys Lake, to begin planning the 50th anniversary class reunion. Car wash, bake sale benefit Lock-In A car wash and bake sale to help support the Dallas High School’s Lock-In 2010 will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, at N-Mart, Route 309, Trucksville. Cost will be $4 the day of the Lock=-In Committee will meet October 8 The Dallas High School 2010 Graduation Lock-In Committee will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, in the high school li- brary. LLHS Class of 1989 ‘plans reunion The Lake-Lehman High School Class of 1989 will hold its 20th anniversary class re- union on Friday, Nov.27, at Irem Temple Country Club. Classmates are asked to e- mail their contact information to LLHS1989@frontier.com even if they are not planning to attend the event. For further information, contact Renee Hillman Raspen at 477-3077. WVW class plans reunion The Wyoming Valley West High School Class of 1989 will hold its 20th anniversary re- union at Bentley’s of NEPA, 2300 Route 309, Ashley, on Friday, Nov. 27. Tickets are $35 per person and include buffet dinner, dess- ert and dancing. A cash bar will be available. Send reservation deposits to “WVW Class of 1989 Reunion” to Michelle Verry Smith c/o UPS Store, 62 Dallas Shopping Center #274, Dallas, PA 18612. LL Class of 1984 hosts event Lake-Lehman High School Class of 1984 will host a Lake- Lehman alumni get together at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, at Grotto Pizza, Harveys Lake. ROAD Continued from Page 3 ick said the owner of an al- leged nuisance property on Westminster Drive has failed to accept a certified letter asking her to cut the grass on her property. Kozick says he also knocked on the woman's door and no one answered so he left a copy of the letter in her mailbox. Brennan said the township trate because the woman is in vi- olation of a high grass ordinance and has been warned. Car lot concerns Kozick told the board he has received several complaints about a used car lot, which he did not name, located near Lake Catalpa Road and Route 309. Kozick says the cars are packed in very tightly and inquired as to whether there is a state regula- tion that mandates a minimum amount of space between cars. Brennan said he has never erton Road, Trucksville. car wash or $3 if a ticket is pur- Please RSVP to Judy McGov- Actors between the ages of 7 chased in advance from a mem- ern at 762-3201 or fourmsju- and 11 will audition from 4 to ber of the Dallas High School dy@yahoo.com 5 p.m. while teens up to age 18 senior class. will take the matter to the magis- heard of such a law. Land protection Clarence Michael asked the supervisors if any type of land development protection in the township is being considered. Supervisor Frank Wagner said supervisors are looking at land protection as part of a compre- hensive plan for the township. Doughton added that a township land development or- dinance adopted in 2007 re- quires larger developments to have a certain amount of green space. COACH Continued from Page 3 JoAnn Wanyo was reas- signed from a food service worker to a one-to-one aide ata rate of $9.95 per hour. Adminis- tration was also approved to advertise for the food service position. Rae Ann Hansell, a teacher associate, was reassigned to the position of classroom aide at the junior/senior high school at a rate of $11.45 per hour. Resignations Board members also approved the retirement of David Clancy, a biology teacher at the junior/se- nior high school, effective Sep- tember 16 and authorized the ad- ministration to advertise for the position. Clancy also resigned as head boys’ basketball coach and as the junior high track and field coach. The resignation of Candice Jean Duffy as a crossing guard in Lake Silkworth was approved ef- fective August 31. Duffy was hired for the position at last month’s meeting. A district offi- cial said that Duffy quit due to scheduling issues. The board also approved the resignation of Pickett as the head boys’ and girls’ volleyball coach. * kJ
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