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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Tue DALLAS POST
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By SARAH HITE
shite@mydallaspost.com
Two Dallas students recently
received awards from the Penn-
sylvania Interscholastic Athletic
Association for swimming and
diving, though it wasn’t the first
time either teen won such
awards.
Jake Chielli, of the Dallas High
School swim team, and Sarah
Zerfoss, a member of the diving
team, won the PIAA Outstanding
Swimmer and Outstanding Diver
awards, respectively, for the 2011-
12 season.
Each award is given to one boy
and girl in the entire AA confer-
ence - that’s about a dozen teams,
said Dallas swimming head
coach Romayne Mosier. The
swimming award is also given to
one boy and one girl in the AAA
conference.
Chielli, 18, of Dallas, has been a
member of the Dallas team for
three years, and this is the second
time he has earned the award.
Zerfoss, a diver for all four years
of her high school career, has won
the diver award three times.
“It means a lot to me to be rec-
ognized for my hard work and
ethic on and off the pool,” said
started swimming
didn’t pick it up again until he
SPOrts
Chielli, Zerfoss recognized by swim officials
“It says a lot about the team, the coaches and the
whole culture of the school district. We're so proud
to be a part of this program.”
Deborah Chielli
Dallas swim parent
was a sophomore at Dallas when
a friend convinced him to join the
team. He’s been a hard-working
member ever since.
“I feel such a sense of accom-
plishment afterwards,” he said.
“Practice is so strenuous, you feel
great after.”
Deborah Chielli believes her
son is a two-time award winner
because of his sportsmanship
and dedication to the team.
She said at the district compe-
tition this year, Jake swam back-
to-back events and opted to swim
harder for the relay event than in
a tie-breaking individual event
that could have earned him a
medal.
“As a parent, you don’t know
what he would do,” she said. “It
was very emotional.”
Chielli was moved by Jake's de-
cision, and she and her husband
Jack are very proud of their son’s
accomplishments.
“It says a lot about the team,
the coaches and the whole cul-
ture of the school district,” she
said. “We're so proud to be a part
of this program.”
Zerfoss, 18, of Dallas, started as
a gymnast. She was told that
gymnasts often make good div-
ers, so she tried out for the team
and hasn’t looked back.
“It’s mentally and physically
challenging,” she said.
Zerfoss believes her hard work
and dedication to diving made
her a good candidate for the
award.
Last season she proved her
merit - she slipped on the edge of
a diving board and broke one of
her toes, but still managed to fin-
ish the season, advancing to dis-
trict and state competitions.
“Her work ethic is great - she
hasn’t missed a practice all year,
and, besides, when she broke her
toe, she never missed a practice,”
diving coach Matthew Nonnen-
burg said of Zerfoss’s dedication
to the sport.
Rick Evans of the Wyoming
Valley Chapter of PIAA Swim-
ming Officials said officials vote
who they deem should win the
awards, and Chielli and Zerfoss
definitely stood out in his mind.
“When I vote, I keep in mind
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SARAH HITE/ THE DALLAS POST
Shown here during the presentation of awards at the Dallas Middle School Pool by the Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic Association for swimming and diving are, from left, From left, Matthew
Nonnenburg, Dallas diving coach; Romayne Mosier, Dallas swim coach; Rick Evans, PIAA swim offi-
cial; Jake Chielli, Dallas High School swimmer and award winner; Sarah Zerfoss, Dallas High School
diver and award winner; and Jeffrey Shaffer, Dallas High School principal.
what they've achieved during the go out to the schools and see how las has a great reputation... When
season,” Evans said. “These peo- these kids interact with other you look at these kids, I see super
ple are all officials so they get to teams and their teammates. Dal- people.”
AMANDA HRYCYNA/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Tess Macarty (No. 30) of Dallas kicks the ball away from Lake-Lehman's Shoshana Mahoney (No. 18)
of Lake-Lehman.
The Lady Mountaineers from
Dallas High School hung tight
and nipped arch-rival Lake-Leh-
man, 2-1, in the District 2 spring
girls soccer semifinal game
Wednesday evening at Wilkes
University.
Dallas (13-2) advanced to a dis-
trict title game for the sixth time
in the past seven years where it
was scheduled to play Berwick
on Friday at Wilkes.
The Lady Black Knights at-
tempted to make the champion-
ship for the first time since 1998
when head coach Kelly Adam-
shick, then known as Kelly Spen-
cer, led the team to the state title
game. The Dallas girls had a dif-
ferent idea.
Vanessa Parsons led Ashley
Strazdus on a run and the Dallas
freshman forward scored inside
the left post seven minutes into
the game. About 16 minute later,
Division 1-A scoring champ Ash-
ley Dunbar picked the ball off the
foot of a Lehman player 50 yards
Lady Mounts hang on for
| 21 soccer victory over LL
from the goal and went on a
breakaway for a 2-0 lead.
Things changed in the 25th
minute when Lehman’s Emily
Sutton followed up Shoshona
Mahoney's shot to move the Lady
Nlack Knights within 2-1.
Dallas freshman sweeper Talia
Szatkowski stepped up her game,
twice plucking goals from cross-
ing the goal line when keeper
Gabby Oliveri wasn’t there. Se-
nior midfielders Elaine Tomaselli
did the same, also in the first half.
LL girls lacrosse team gets 14-3 win over Tunkhannock
e Lake-Lehman girls lacrosse
defeated Tunkhannock, 14-3,
last game of the season, finish-
ing with a 7-13 overall record.
With four goals and one assist in
the game, freshman Mallory Wil-
for the season with 102 points (81
goals, 21 assists) for the Black
Knights.
Also for Lake-Lehman, Court-
ney Thomas had four goals, Emily
Galasso had three, Kassie Keiper
Soalhiand one assist and
Hannah Bonomo had one goal.
Sam Headley forced four turnovers
and won eight ground balls to lead
the defense.
For Tunkhannock, Kathy Cow-
her had two goals and Harley
Jain had 08%...
Action in the Back Mountain
Little League for last week is as
follows:
Yankees 9
Orioles 2
Darren Kerdesky, Beaudyn
Lewis and Mark Roginski all
went 2-3 with a triple and single
while Carl Markowski drove in
three runs to lead the Yankee of-
fense over the previously unde-
feated Orioles, 9-2.
David Schuster pitched a
complete game five-hitter while
striking out 10 to lead the Yan-
kees to their second win of the
season.
Devin Robbins singled and
knocked in two runs to lead the
Orioles offense.
Yankees 14
Giants 3
Beaudyn Lewis went 4-4 with
a triple and three doubles to lead
the 14-hit Yankee offense over
the Giants, 18-3.
Joseph Fioti, Mark Roginski
and Michael Doggett added two
hits each while David Schuster
and Collin Pert] each doubled.
Doggett got the win going the
distance while striking out six
and holding the Giants to three
hits.
Jerry Ogurkis homered and
EJ Williams doubled for the Gi-
ants.
Pirates 9
Phillies 6
Justin Marshall and Chris
Murray combined for seven
strikeouts as the Pirates downed
the Phillies, 9-6.
Adam Borton and Adam For-
gione pitched well for the Phil-
lies. Nick Whitesell, Marshall
and Murray all had multiple hits
for the winners and Justin
James and Chris Banas each
contributed with hits in the win.
For the Phillies, Nathan
O'Donnell had two hits and
Nathan Hazeltine smashed a
double.
As 12
Giants 2
LL
BACK MOUNTAIN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL
Kerdesky, Lewis and
Roginski lead Yankees
The A’s bats were led by Dal-
ton Gattuso, Andrew Kovalick
and Josh Holdredge who each
had two hits as the A’s crushed
the Giants, 12-2.
Evan McClain was the win-
ning pitcher, striking out two
and giving up one hit in two in-
nings. Michael Collins also
pitched well in the win, striking
out two.
Ian Evans led the Giants with
two hits while Bobby Lugiano,
Kyle Gurzynski and Jerry Ogur-
kis added one each. Evans was
the losing pitcher and Lugiano
came in relief.
Dodgers 6
Astros 5
In a battle for first place in the
National League, the Dodgers
outlasted the Astros, 6-5, in sev-
en innings behind the combined
14 strikeout pitching of Alex Ka-
pral, Henry Selingo and Michael
James.
James picked up his third win
of the season by pitching the last
two innings without giving up a
hit. The Dodgers offense was led
by Freddie Lombardo, James,
Selingo and Kapral, each with a
double.
The Astros Nick Kocher and
Drew Pattoncombined to strike
out 12 batters. Steven Newell,
Kocher, Patton and Brody
Strickland added two hits each
for the Astros’ offense.
Dodgers 8
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Henry Selingo extended his
hitless inning streak to 9 and
2/3, combining with Michael
James and Ben O’Connell in a
14-strikeout performance as the
Dodgers clipped the A’s, 8-5.
O’Connell picked up his first
win of the season while only
yielding one hit. The Dodgers
offensive charge was led by Sel-
ingo and Alex Kapral each with
two hits.
The A’s Andrew Kovalick and
Josh Holdredge combined to
ut nine Dodgers. The A’s
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offense was led by Kovalick’s
line drive home run in left cente-
rand the hitting of Holdredge,
Evan McClain, Dalton Gattuso
and Michael Collins.
Red Sox 13
Astros 2
The Red Sox beat the Astros,
13-2, as Mike Anderson kept the
Astros at bay with JD Barrett
coming in to close.
Will McCrum and JD Barrett
both hit home runs as Connor
Maloney, Mike Anderson, Ste-
ven Finarelli and Barrett gar-
nered singles and doubles to
keep the Sox momentum mov-
ing forward.
Starting pitcher for the Astros
was Nick Kachur. Garnering
Hits for the Astros were Steven
Newell, Nick Kachur and Brody
Strickland. Nick Kocher hit a
home run for the Astros.
Yankees 7
Pirates 6
Dave Schuster picked up his
second win of the season in re-
lief of Collin Pertl as the Yankees
held on to outlast the Pirates,
7-6.
After staking the Yankees to a
4-1 lead, the Pirates came back
and took the lead twice before
the Yankees were able to push
across the final two runs needed
to win.
Michael Doggett led the Yan-
kee offense, going 3-3 with two
doubles and a single while driv-
ing in three. Schuster and Carl
Markowski added two hits each
while Derek Answini tripled and
Mark Roginski and Beaudyn Le-
wis each doubled.
The Pirates offense was led by
Nick Whitesell going 3-3 with a
double while Nathan Salus and
Justin Marshall added two hits
each. ;
Dodgers 6
Red Sox 4
Michael James picked up his
fourth win of the season with
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