Sunday, March 25, 2012
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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.
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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.
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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.