Sunday, March 25, 2012 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 11 SPOrts Members of the KaPow Germany field hockey team are, from left, first row, Kim Barbacci, Shaver- town; Ashley Sebia, Plains; Kelcie Hromisin, Larksville; Kristian Stefanides, Swoyersville; and Caitlin Wood, Plains. Second row, Elizabeth Leh, East Stroudsburg; Kristen Mericle, Shavertown; Sarah Stewart, Shavertown; Lily Shemo, Kingston; and Maura Anistranski, Forty Fort. KaPow Germany and China field hockey teams win gold The KaPow Germany and KaPow China field hockey teams both won gold medals at the National Indoor Tour- nament (NIT). Led by coaches Kim Barbac- ci and Lunda Comiskey, each team had to fight to the bitter end of each 25-minute game to earn the coveted gold med- al. In order to reach the NIT, each team had to finish in the top four teams at its qualifier tournament. Wi Members of the KaPow China field hockey team are, from left, first row, Greta Ell, Plains; Brigid Wood, Plains; Isabella Delpriore, Dallas; Molly Turner, Dallas; and Mallory Lefkowitz, Wilkes-Barre. Second row, Lunda Comiskey, Dallas; Ashlee Olenginski, Mountain Top; Danielle Grega, Kingston; Kaitlyn McHugh, McAdoo; Selena Garzio, McAdoo; and Marissa Surdy, Mountain Top. KaPow entered two Un- der-19 teams, two Under-16 teams and one Under-14 team qualify and represent KaPow at the NIT, the most teams from one field hockey club in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Besides winning gold in both the U19 Division and U16 Division, the club also marked a second-place finish with KaPow Netherlands, a fourth place with KaPow USA and fifth place with KaPow New Zealand. DYB FOURTH-GRADE TEAM WINS CHAMPIONSHIP The Dallas Youth Basketball Fourth-Grade Travel Team captured the championship in the Newport Invitational Basketball Tournament by defeating the Newport All Stars, 35-15. Dallas also defeated the Mountaintop Ballers, Newport Twp. and Mountaintop Madness on its way to the title game and finished the tournament with a 4-0 record. This is the second tournament title this season for Dallas and its overall record in tournament and league play is 24-0. From left, kneeling, are Matt Dolan, Lenny Kelley, Sam Nocito and Jack Lukasavage. Standing, Ray Ostroski, assistant coach; Brett Ostroski, Todd Phillips, Dylan Schuster, Jack Farrell and Joe Phillips, head coach. ERS Ei) anrmony AREER = Hi g - Members of the Dallas High School swim and dive team competed in the PIAA Class 2A Swimming and Diving Championships at Bucknell University last week. From left, are Jenn Swiderski, assist- ant swim coach; Sarah Zerfoss, Jack Matusiak, Marcus Wagner, Brian Stepniak, Jake Chielli, Matt Fasulka, alternate; and Romayne Mosier, head swim coach. DHS swimmers and divers compete in 2A state meet The Dallas High School swim and dive team proved to be suc- cessful at the PIAA Class 2A Swimming and Diving Cham- pionships at Bucknell University last week. The 200 and 400 freestyle relay team was seeded 13th in the state competition but moved up to fin- ish with two sixth-place wins in the finals, earning two medals at Kinney Natatorium. The line up for the Mountain- eers’ 200 and 400 relay team was Jake Chielli, Marcus Wagner, Jack Matusiak and Brian Step- niak. All four of the Dallas swim- mers also swam individual events and posted successful re- sults. Chielli finished 10th in the 50 freestyle and 29th in the 100 but- terfly events. Wagner posted a pair of 25th-place finishes in the 200 and 500 freestyle while Matu- siak placed 23rd in the 200 IM. Stepniak posted an 18th place- finish in the 100 freestyle and 23rd in the 100 backstroke. The team finished the state competition with an overall rank- ing of 13th of 58 teams. Sarah Zerfoss, a three-time state champion diver was the on- ly participant from Dallas High School in the 1 Meter Diving Competition. She posted an 11th- place finish, earning 349.45 points Eckert advances to state event Lee Eckert won first place in the Knights of Columbus Bas- ketball Regional Free Throw Shooting Competition recently held in Cresko. To get to the re- gional level, Eckert won first place locally and also first place in the district competition. He advances to the state competi- tion to be held later this month. Eckert is shown here with Ge- orge D. Koch, State Deputy for the Knights of Columbus. Flores makes hole in one James Flores, 14, of Shaver- town, has enjoyed an early start to the golf season. And the season got even better when he made his first hole in one on the par 3, number 17 at Irem Country Club on March 15. Flores was playing the back nine with his mother when he teed off at the hole. He thought it was a pretty good shot, but when he got to the green, he was dis- appointed when he couldn’t find his ball. He then discovered the reason he couldn’t find his ball was be- cause it was in the hole. Flores has played golf since he was 11 years old and is a member of the Dallas High School Golf team and a member at Irem Country Club.