Sunday, March 4, 2012 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 11 BAS S. E2190 PETE G. WILCOX/ THE DALLAS POST Members of the Misericordia University men's basketball team celebrate their victory over Wilkes University on Saturday in the Freedom Conference Final. A FIRST FOR MISE i Men's, women's basketball teams pick up Freedom Conference championship titles on same day. It was a 2-fer at Misericordia iversity last Saturday. The en’s and women’s basketball teams both women Freedom Conference championships — the women by defeating King Col- lege, 64-54, and the men by earning a 69-42 win over Wilkes University. Both Cougars teams were scheduled to be on the road in the first round of the NCAA Di- vision II Tournament as the men were slated to play NYU Thurs- day evening and the women were traveling to Massachusetts to face Tufts on Friday. The Lady Cougars have made their way to the conference tour- nament in each of their first four seasons in the league, reaching the finals in the past two. After losing on the road in last year’s championship game, however, the Cougars made their second chance count. The only team to beat King’s in league play during the regular season, Misericordia became the first team to beat the Lady Mon- archs at home in more than a year, snapping a 15-game streak. A whistlefilled second half saw plenty of trips to the foul line but King’s was unable to take advantage, shooting 17- of-26 from the stripe in the half and 22-0f-36 for the game. King’s shot 29 percent (14-0f-48) from the floor. Misericordia senior Christine Marks scored 15 points and add- ed a game-high 11 rebounds as the Cougars won the battle on BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST The Misericordia University Lady Cougars celebrate their victory over King's College in the women's Freedom Conference tournament championship game in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday afternoon. the boards, 38-24. Sophomore Lauren Smicherko chipped in with some valuable minutes off the bench, scoring seven of her nine points in the first half. Following the Misericordia’s men win, Ethan Eichhorst, the league’s player of the year, Steve Artzerounian, the tournament MVP, and fellow starters Matt Greene, Jeff Slanovec and Chris Undersinger all took turns cut- ting down the net. The last string belonged to coach Trevor Woodruff who climbed the ladder and took time to savor his alma mater’s first men’s basketball conference team. It was the 12th straight win for the Cougars (21-5), capping off what was likely the most suc- cessful day in the history of Mi- sericordia athletics. For Woodruff, who was a play- er at Misericordia when Wilkes and coach Jerry Rickrode were playing in the Final Four, the win carried some added mean- ing. Wilkes was the better team in the first half, stifling Eichhorst and building a 27-24 lead at half- time. Little went right for the Colo- nels after that, as the Cougars RICORDIA SPORTS blew them away with a 45-15 performance in the final 290 minutes. Wilkes, which had scored 103 points in an overtime win in the semifinals, was held to its lowest output of the sea- son. Slanovec finished the night with 11 points and passed the 1,000th career point mark dur- ing the game. Junior forward Steve Artzerounian led the Cou- gars with a double-double, fin- ishing with 18 points and 10 re- bounds, earning tournament MVP honors for his efforts. Eichhorst and Greene added 11 and 10 points, respectively. DALLAS YOUTH @)stroski’'s 30 points leads Lakers victory 7TH/8TH GRADE PLAYOFFS Lakers 65 Sixers 37 Ray Ostroski poured in 30 points to lead the Lakers over the Sixers in the first round of the playoffs while Joey Thompson scored 12 and Da- niel Mingy added 10 for the winners. Kyle Archer led the Sixers with 13 while Ethan Scieyzin- ski added nine. Zack Charlton, Alex Charlton and Charles Gia- cometti also played well in a losing effort. Raptors 40 Hornets 32 Jimmy Powell led the Horn- ets with 14 points while Tan- ner Gattuso added 12. Dalton Gattuso also played well for the winners. Matt Harrison led the Horn- ets with 15 points. Magic 51 Knicks 45 Lee Eckert led the Magic to victory with 19 points while Conner McCarty added 10 for the winners. Chad Phillips scored 21 for the Knicks and Aaron Yurko played well in a losing effort. Celtics 36 Bulls 35 Michael Farrell led the Cel- tics to a hard-fought victory over the Bulls with 16 points while Jason Anderson added 10 points. Peter Capitano also played well for the winners. Adam Niznik poured in 25 for the Bulls in a losing effort. Spurs 53 Lakers 25 ¥/ Sukmail Mathon exploded for 32 points to lead the Spurs past the Lakers while Spencer Bowanko added 10 for the win- ners. : Ray Ostroski tossed in 19 points for the Lakers in a los- ing effort. 5TH/6TH GRADE PLAYOFFS Raptors 34 Suns 26 The Raptors got a balanced scoring effort from Michael Luksic (13), Michael Anderson (9), Josh Lupole (6), Zach Bloom (5) and Zack Palfey (2). The Suns were led by Nick Kocher with 14 points and Matt Maransky who scored six in a losing effort. Raptors 30 Cavs 28 The Raptors edged the Cavs, 30-28, in a hard-fought semi- final match up with Michael Anderson and Josh Lupole each scoring nine points for the winners. Zach Palfey and Zack Hill played excellent de- fense for the Raptors. David Schuster poured in 23 points for the Cavs in a losing effort. 3RD/4TH GRADE PLAYOFFS Hornets 33 Cavs 27 Eric Berley scored 18 points to lead the Hornets to victory over the Cavs. Sam Zondlo and Jake Shaver both had ex- cellent all-around games for the winners. Brett Ostroski led the Cavs with 15 points while Johnny Cantando added 10 in a losing effort. Magic 25 Spurs 17 Lenny Kelley led the Magic over the Spurs with 12 points See LAKERS, Page 12 BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Lake-Lehman's Austin Harry, top, wrestles Nanticoke Area's Josh Allabaugh on his way to win the District 2 Class 2A gold medal in the 126-pound bout. Lake-Lehman wrestlers eke out win over Dallas Lake-Lehman was pitted against Dallas entering the final round of District 2 wrestling ac- tion on Saturday, with each team having earned a separate fourth match. When Hanover Area’s Steve Radzwilla turned back Garrett Artsma of Dallas, though, the Black Knights wrestlers cheered, knowing that Dallas would not overtake them in points and, by a margin of one point, the Knights came away with the team title in the wrestling tournament. See LEHMAN, Page 12 AT RIGHT: Dallas’ Dominick DeGraba, back, wrestles Hanover Area's Brad Glazenski on his way to win the District 2 Class 2A title in the 106-pound bout.
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