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Sports
Diving Coach Arie VanKuyk and Stec.
DHS DIVERS PLACE AT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Two Dallas High School divers recently won medals at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Swimming &
Diving State Championships held at Kinney Natatorium on the campus of Bucknell University. Junior Sarah Zerfoss placed eighth
with a score of 359.70 while senior Michael Stec placed third with a score of 406.65. Shown here, from left, are Zerfoss, Dallas
GOH cagers
end season
with party
The Gate of Heaven School
eighth-grade boys basketball
team recently finished its 2010-
2011 season in the Eighth Grade
Catholic School league. The final
game celebration included a visit
by middle school teachers Janice
Szczechowicz, Bridget Occhia-
to, Dianne Ruch and Colleen En-
gler and a special presentation of
personal caricatures by Gate of
Heaven School Principal Abe Si-
mon. From left, are Anthony
Huntington, Michael Gatusky,
Kurtis Carichner and Tommy
Calpin. Mike Tomalis was the
eighth-grade coach and Tom Do-
nahue,Hatim Ouladelhad-
jahmed and Fran Calpinassisted.
Travel team
captures
league fitle
The Dallas Sixth-Grade Girls
Travel Basketball Team won
the league championship in the
Wyoming Valley West Fall Bas-
ketball League and enjoyed an
undefeated season, going 14-0.
From left, first row, are Emma
Lehman, Talia Kosierowski, Sa-
rah Lojewski, Rachel Maniskas.
Second row, Len Kelley, Mad-
die Kelley, Paige Evans, Breezy
Coobaugh, Courtney Devens,
Maria Bednar and Chad Lojew-
ski.
Se.
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Dallas swimmer Christopher Tamanini won two medals at the
recent PIAA Class AA State Swimming Championships.
Tamanini captures
two state medals
Dallas senior Christopher Ta-
manini captured two state med-
als at the recent PIAA Class AA
Swimming Championships
held at Bucknell University in
Lewisburg.
Tamanini captured fifth place
in the 100 yard butterfly with a
time of 52.82 and seventh place
in the 100 yard freestyle with a
time of 47.82. Both times broke
the old Dallas school records,
previously set by Tamanini.
Along with teammates Brian
Stepniak, Brandon Harding
and Jake Chielli, Tamanini cap-
tured ninth place in the 200 me-
dley relay. Tamanini was also
part of a ninth-place finish in
the 400 freestyle relay which in-
cluded Stepniak,Chielli and
Jon Laity.
The Dallas boys swim team
finished in the top 10 among 59
teams competing for the state
championship.
THE STORM WINS
FIRST-PLACE TROPHIES
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The Dallas Youth Basketball Championships were played re-
cently at the Dallas High School gym with The Storm winning
the third and fourth-grade girls first-place trophies. Members of
the team are, from left, first row, Madison Sinoraki, Grace Jar-
den, Emily Farrell and Sydney Strickland. Second row, Assistant
Coach Steve Weinstein, Ashley Weinstein, Shelby Carr, Coach
Judd Jarden and Assistant Coach Don Strickland.
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