PAGE 10 Tue DALLAS POST SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2011 Sports CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Lady Mountaineer pitcher Kristan Baker allowed only two runs in a battle with Coughlin. HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Lady Mounts earn trip to title contest By JOHN ERZAR jerzar@timesleader.com It wasn’t until the sixth inning when the Lady Mountaineers of Dallas knew they would be head- ing to their fourth consecutive D2 Class 3A championship soft- ball game. RBI singles by Katy Comitz and Dez Roberts, along with a two-run double by Kristan Baker, allowed Dallas to pull away - fi- nally — for a 10-3 victory over the 11th-seeded Crusaders. The four-run sixth propelled Dallas (134) into the title game which was scheduled to be held Thursday against top-seeded Val- ley View (16-0) in a rematch of last year’s championship contest won by Valley View 11-1. Coughlin ended its year at 6-12 after knocking off sixth-seeded Crestwood and third-seeded Tunkhannock during the tourna- ment. Dallas’ bats picked up where they left off during the regular season meeting on April 30 when the Mountaineers scored 14 times in the sixth to win 18-7. Co- mitz and Roberts each had two- run singles and Mary Kate Osick knocked in a run with a base hit as Dallas jumped to a 5-0 lead af- See MOUNTS, Page 11 pee By DEREK LEVARSE dlevarse@timesleader.com district semifinals to Meyers. a different outcome. Be p 5 4 Te AT RYE VEL] pe 3 i, ph ¢ Some 363 days ago, Lake-Leh- man players and coaches gath- ered down the third-base line af- ter losing in extra innings in the Coach Mark LeValley and his staff immediately talked to the players about getting back to this point in 2011, this time with Thanks to an eventful first two innings, the Black Knights were able to put last year’s heartbreak behind them, defeating division rival Hanover Area 8-3 on Tues- Hanover Area third baseman Mike Su HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL LL men get revenge vs. Meyers day in the District 2 Class 2A semifinals. The top-seeded Knights (17-1) were scheduled to go for their first district title since 2007 against Holy Redeemer Thurs- day at PNC Field in Moosic. The Royals defeated Dunmore, 5-3, in the other 2A semifinal to ad- vance to their second straight D2 championship game. Lake-Lehman started off well enough, taking a 1-0 lead and loading the bases their first time up. But the Hawks grounded one to third for a double play to end the inning. Lake-Lehman answered back with two quick runs in the bot- rah so ae Se i ap) tom of the frame, which culmi- nated in some controversy. Bryan Mathers knocked in Josh Everett (2-3, home run, 2 RBI) with a single to tie the game. Tyler McGovern (2-3, 2 doubles, 3 RBI) then launched a double that he tried to stretch in- to a triple as another run came home. The throw came to the bag well in time, but the tag was dis- puted as no umpire was at third at the time and no signal ap- peared to have been made. Hanover Area argued as McGovern stayed put at third, prompting the officiating crew to convene and ultimately rule an out on the play. The call fired up the Knights. Lehman came through with five runs in the home half to take a commanding 7-1 lead, forcing the Hawks to head to their bull- pen. Sophomore Mickey Ferrence (3Hor-3) did his part on the mound in relief to keep Hanov- er’s hopes alive, giving up just one run — a solo homer by Ever- ett in the fourth — and three hits over 4 1/3 innings. But Lehman ace Justin Cor- nell had also settled in, allowing just three hits in the final four frames for the complete-game victory. S. JOHN WILKIN/ THE DALLAS POST on Lake-Lehman's Tyler McGovern during District 2 baseball playoffs. Senior members of the Lake-Lehman High School volleyball team were honored at Senior Night at May 3. The Black Knights finished the season with a 9-7 record. A team banquet will be held June 26 for players and their families. From left, are, Ken David, assistant coach; Tim Price, who will join the Air Force; JJ Ford, who will attend Misercordia University; Steve Simko, who will join the Army; Ryan Evans, who will attend Eastern University; Dylan Dunn, who is undecided about college at this time; and Cory Brin, head coach. BACK MOUNTAIN BASEBALL Selingo gets first win with complete game Dodgers 1 Phillies 0 The Dodgers picked up their second win of the sea- son as they shut out the Phil- lies, 1-0. Henry Selingo picked up his first win of the season with a complete game, scat- tering five hits and striking out 10 Phillies batters. Ben O’Connell led the Dodgers offense with two hits, in- cluding a double. The Phillies had their own strong pitching performance by Lee Eckert who pitched a complete game and struck out 13 Dodgers’ batters. The Phillies offense was led by Nate O’Donnell with two doubles and Eckert with two hits, including a double. A’s 16 Pirates 5 £0) Josh. Holdredge band) / out three hits, including two doubles as the A’s crushed the Pirates, 16-5. Elijah Geise was the win- ning pitcher, striking out seven Bucs. Mason and Dal- ton Gattuso each had two key hits to help gain the vic- tory. Jack Tomko was the losing pitcher for the Pirates while Byron Oldeack homered and Eric Llewelyn smacked two hits. A’s 12 Giants 4 Derek Peters had 10 strike- outs as the A’s defeated the See BASEBALL, Page 11 Christopher Tamanini to continue career with Wildcats of Villanova University Dallas senior will study economics and swim for Division | team. Christopher Tamanini, a se- nior at Dallas High School, will continue his academic and athlet- ic career at Villanova University in the fall and will attend Villano- va’s School of Business majoring in Economics. He will swim for the Division I Wildcats Swim Team. Tamanini concluded his high school swimming career by cap- turing two medals at the 2011 PIAA Class AA State Swimming Championships at Bucknell Uni- versity. He also won four gold medals at the 2011 PIAA District IT AA Swimming Championships, was part of the 2011 PIAA District II AA Dallas swim team champions and Wyoming Valley Conference undefeated champions, was se- lected as the 2011District I PIAA Scholar Athlete, is a recipient of the 2011 National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association of America Academic All-Ameri- can Award and was chosen as the Times Leader 2010/2011 Swim- ming Most Valuable Player and the Citizens’ Voice Swimmer of the Year for the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons. Tamanini currently holds eight school records at Dallas High School and nine pool records at various high schools. Shown here during Christopher Tamanini's signing of a letter of intent are, from left, seated, Tim Tamanini, father; Chris- topher Tamanini and Sandy Tamanini, mother. Standing, Romayne Mosier, Dallas High School head swim coach; and Jeffrey Shaffer, Dallas High School principal.
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