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round out relay teams.”
Matt and Chris Edkins, an-
other son of Coach Edkins,
were part of a 200 freestyle re-
lay team that finished sixth in
District 2 last season.
Chris Edkins and Jon Ellen-
berger, both seniors, joined the
program last season.
Zeiler and Sutton are the oth-
er seniors.
When the team opened its
season Dec. 7 against Valley
View, Sutton and Matt Edkins
provided the only event wins
during a 12845 loss. Sutton
won the 200 freestyle and was
second in the 500 freestyle.
Matt Edkins and Zeiler finished
1-2 in diving. |
Junior Chris Herrick and
freshman Chris Sabol are new
to competitive swimming.
Samantha Sabol, senior cap-
tain of the girls team, set five
school records last season be-
fore finishing third in the dis-
trict in her best event, the 100
backstroke, and seventh in the
200 IM.
“She also does well in the 200
freestyle and 200 IM,” coach
Edkins said. “She’s one of those
people I can use anywhere.”
Edkins said Baur fits the
same description, although the
butterfly and IM may be her
best events.
Sabol won the 200 free and
100 backstroke, Baur won the
100 butterfly and Brinley Wil-
liams and Amanda Mathers
went 1-2 in diving during a 122-
56 opening loss to Valley View.
Sabol is one of five experi-
enced seniors on the team.
Amelia Jenkins, Cassie Stevens,
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won in the 100 fly and 100 back-
stroke while junior Abby Berger
won the 500 freestyle.
Augustine had several multi-
ple-win efforts in dual meets last
year as a freshman.
“She’s a real standout,” Mo-
sier said. “Kaylin’s going to be
very versatile for us.”
Berger and sophomore Aman-
da Schwertdman should make
Dallas strong in the distance
events.
Junior Nell Adams, who was
part of a third-place 200 freestyle
relay team in the district meet,
and sophomore Sarah Fasulka
are among the other returnees.
Mosier said Joy Nave is a hard-
working freshman who has a
chance to make an impact on the
team.
Dallas swept both meets Tues-
day when it defeated Tunkhan-
nock, 109-74 in boys and 103-80
in girls.
Marcus Wagner, who set a
pool record, and Brian Stepniak
each won two individual and two
relay events. Wagner won the
200 and 500 free. Stepniak won
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3-year-old Golden Retriever, to
the event.
“We love to support Blue
Chip,” she said. “It's a great
place.”
Brace said Cider is a big part
of the family and helps on the
orchard as much as she can.
“She’s like a ray of sunshine,”
said Brace. “She loves living on
the farm and helps the guys
prune the trees.”
Cider seemed a little nervous
before meeting Santa Claus.
“She wants lots of bones and
indestructible toys for Christ-
mas,” said Brace.
Kristin Fino, of Dallas, is a
Blue Chip volunteer and offers
homes to the dogs she feels
might not have the best chanc-
es for adoption.
One of those dogs, a Bichon
Frise mix named Prada, had a
rough start in life but eventu-
ally turned out to be a model
pup - literally.
“Her picture is hanging in the
Prada corporate headquarters
in Milan, (Italy),” said Fino. “I
adopted her and got her picture
taken with Prada accessories
and sent them to Milan and
they loved it so much. they sent
me a Prada book and a thank
you note.”
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CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Lake-Lehman swimmer Chris Edkins practices at Misericordia’s
Anderson Center.
Jolisa Copeman and Mathers
are the others. Mathers was
ninth in the district diving
meet. Senior Carly Gromel is
new to the team.
Brinley Williams had to miss
the district diving competition
last season because of an injury.
She joins fellow juniors Syman-
tha Sharon and Lindsay Wil-
liams on the team. Sophomore
Kirsten Cope and freshman Ka-
rissa Monico are also new to
the squad.
Lake-Lehman was 1-6 in the
Wyoming Valley Conference
Southern Division in girls ac-
tion and 0-7 in boys last season.
The teams also picked up one
win each in crossover meets
that do not count in the stand-
ings.
The boys followed Matt Ed-
kins’ efforts to a seventh-place
finish out of 15 in the District 2
Class AA championships, one
year after placing last. The girls
were 12th out of 17 teams.
Lake-Lehman repeated the
crossover sweep of West Scran-
ton that it produced last season
when it won on the road, 80-35,
in boys and, 95-71, in girls on
Tuesday.
Chris Edkins, who won the
50 and 100 free, and Sutton,
who won the 200 and 500 free,
also won relay events each.
Matt Edkins added wins in
diving, the 100 backstroke and a
relay. Ellenberger was on two
winning relays while Chris Sa-
bol won the 100 breaststroke
and Herrick was on one win-
ning relay.
Jenkins, who won the 100
breaststroke and 50 free, and
Samantha Sabol, who won the
200 IM and 500 freestyle, each
added two relay wins while
leading the girls.
Brinley Williams won the div-
ing.
The girls swept all three re-
lays with Copeman swimming
on three of the teams, Sharon
two and Baur, Mathers and
Cope one each.
BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Dallas’ Jack Matusiak swims the breast stroke in the boys 200
yard individual medley.
the 50 free and 100 free.
Matusiak, who won the 100
butterfly, and Porter Luksic
were each on two winning re-
lays. Madaya won diving and
Reid Luksic won the 100 breast.
Augustine won the 100 butterfly
and 100 backstroke and was part
of the winning 400 freestyle re-
lay team for the girls. Adams
won the 100 freestyle and was on
the relay win. Megan Parsons
the 50 freestyle and Kendra Va-
nesko diving.
Berger and Amanda Lopez
were also on the winning relay
team.
The division portion of the
schedule begins with a meet at
Holy Redeemer Jan. 3.
BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Santa poses with ‘Duke,’ a black lab owned by Major Moore, of
Lake Silkworth, at Dymond's Farm in Dallas in a benefit for Blue
Chip Farms Animal Refuge.
Fino found Prada the pup on-
line at a Poconos-based shelter.
The dog was underweight and
had a broken jaw - Fino thought
for sure she wouldn't have
found a suitable owner other-
wise.
“Now she is the best dog,”
she said.
And what does Fino’s four-
dog brood want for Christmas?
“They want there to be no
more homeless animals,” she
said.
DALLAS MOUNTAINEER AQUATIC CLUB
Local swim club boys and
girls win against Berwick
The Dallas Mountaineer Ag-
uatic Club won a dual meet with
Berwick on Dec. 8 in the North-
east PA Age Group Swim
League. The girls won, 186-52,
and the boys won, 173-32. The
following swimmers placed in
their events:
GIRLS
8 & UNDER
25 Free - Gabriella Spaciano,
first; Brook Martin, second
50 Free - Jordan Bond, first;
Gabriella Spaciano, second
25 Fly - Victoria Spaciano,
first; Jocelyn Mattinly, second
25 Back - Evelyn Toennes,
first; Morgan Sakulich, third
25 Breast - Brook Martin, first;
Jordan Bond, second
10 & UNDER
100 IM - Melissa Leonard, first
50 Free - Sydney Bittner, first;
Gabriela Krochta, second
50 Fly - Kaitlyn VanEtten, first;
Gabriela Krochta, second
50 Back - Sydney Bittner, first;
Hannah Kline, second
50 Breast - Kaitlyn VanEtten,
first; Emma Thomas, second
100 Free - Melissa Leonard,
first; Lauren Hurst, third
12 & UNDER
100 IM - Madison Federici,
first; Jordyn Miller, second
50 Free - Holly Holthaus, first;
Emma Berger, second
50 Fly - Hunter Kline, first;
Peyton Ross, second
50 Back - Annalise Cheshire,
first; Madison Federici, second
50 Breast - Abby Zolner, first;
Ava Baur, second
100 Free - Peyton Ross, first;
Abigail Bartuska, second
200 Free - Annalise Cheshire,
first; Hannah Thomas, second
14 & UNDER
200 Free - Abby Zolner, first;
Madison Hurst, second
50 Free - Julia Baur, first; Lind-
sey Hoover, second
100 Fly - Julia Baur, first; Ann
Metzloff, second
100 Free - Ava Baur, first; Tay-
lor Cercone, second
100 Back - Madison Hurst,
first; Lindsey Jorda, second
100 Breast - Holly Holthaus,
first; Jessica Ravert, second
200 IM - Taylor Cercone, first
BOYS
8 & UNDER
25 Free - Thomas Doran, first;
Tanner Manzoni, second
25 Fly - Thomas Doran, first
50 Free - Gary Weaver, first;
Tal Richards, second
25 Back - Stephen Brdaric, sec-
ond; Aidan Chapple, third
25 Breast - Gary Weaver, first;
Tanner Manzoni, second
10 & UNDER
50 Free - Shane Szczecinski,
first; John Andrews, second
50 Fly - Zachary Blockus, first;
Logan Stambaugh, second
100 Free - Shane Szczecinski,
first; Dennis Dukinas, third
50 Breast - Logan Stambaugh,
first
50 Back - Zachary Blockus,
first; John Andrews, second
100 IM - Dennis Dukinas, first
12 & UNDER
100 IM - Garrett Pall, first
50 Free - Donovan McCall,
first
50 Fly - Mikail Krochta, first;
Donovan McCall, second
100 Free - Dylan Lisnow, first;
Issa Dahdal, second
50 Back - Dylan Lisnow, first;
Bobby DeLuna, second
50 Breast - Garrett Pall, first;
Evan Sabecky, second
200 Free - Mikail Krochta,
first; Issa Dahdal, second
14 & UNDER
200 Free - Thomas Manzoni,
first
50 Free - Tyler Manzoni, first;
Conner McAndrew, second
200 IM - Porter Luksick, first
100 Fly - Troy Reinert, first;
Andrew Herrick, second
100 Free - Thomas Manzoni,
second; Andrew Herrick, third
100 Back - Troy Reinert, first;
Conner McAndrew, second
100 Breast - Porter Luksick,
first; Tyler Manzoni, third
The team travels to the Valley
View today, Dec. 16.
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she made progress on by making
it to San Diego.
“I hope to return next year and
improve on my place and time,”
she said. “ ... I was just looking
around down there and seeing
coaches from 50 Division I colleg-
es walking around.”
Rome, who was also a state
bronze medalist in track season
in the 3200-meter run, spent six
days a week running a total of 45
miles a week throughout the
summer to prepare for a season
full of accomplishments. After
fighting an illness during her
third-place state finish to com-
plete the Dallas High School por-
tion of her season, she was ecstat-
ic to make it to the top half of the
field at nationals.
In addition to the competition,
qualifying for the race gave Rome
the chance to meet and seek ad-
vice from elite runners like Deena
Kastor, the American women’s
marathon record holder and a sil-
ver medalist in the event at the
2004 Athens Olympics, and R
Hall, who was 10th in the m:
thon at the 2008 Beijing Olym-*"
pics.
“They had the Foot Locker
alumni there and they had a panel
where we got to ask questions of
the Olympians, people that were
in the same place I am just 10 or
15 years ago,” Rome said. “Being
around all the top runners in the
country and being part of the
Foot Locker history is just such
an honor.”
SPORTS BRIEFS
Sullivan is named
All-American
Senior Cat Sullivan, a gradu-
ate of Lake-Lehman High
School and a member of the
RIT volleyball team, earned
2012 Co-SIDA/Capital One
Academic All-American third
team honors. She has a 3.94
grade-point average in computer
science and computational
math.
Sullivan became RIT’s fifth
Academic All-American. A mid-
dle hitter, she has earned several
regional and national honors
this season. In November, she
was named to the 2012 Amer-
ican Volleyball Coaches Associ-
ation (AVCA) All-New York
Region team and was an All-
Liberty League first team selec-
tion. Previously, she was a 2011
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set up the computer software, in-
cluding for the Four Firs, a sing-
ing quartet of lights mounted on
a greenhouse that plays holiday
songs from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday
through Saturday.”
The entire display, which in-
cludes nearly 40,000 lights, is lit
from dusk to 10 p.m. and will run
through New Year’s Eve. Plans
are already in the works to make
the display bigger and better in
the future.
Along with the help of Kukuch-
ka’s parents, his wife Sherri, Jef-
frey and his wife Jenilee, brother
Eric and his wife Gretchen and
their son Grayson, 8, and mem-
bers of the Creekside Gardens
staff, the project became a reality.
“We worked four days into the
evening to set up the display,” Ke-
vin Kukuchka said. “We were like
a bunch of kids running around
with a sparkle in our eyes.”
All-Liberty League honorable
mention and Co-SIDA/ Capital
One Academic All-Region selec-
tion.
Academically, she was nomi-
nated for RIT’s Outstanding
Undergraduate Scholar Award,
is nine-time Dean’s List recip-
ient, and two-time Liberty
League All-Academic selection.
Rock Rec basketball
season begins
The Rock Recreation Center
is accepting registration applica-
tions for the 2013 Upward bas-
ketball season. The league is
open to girls and boys Pre-K
through sixth grade.
Practice begins the week of
Jan. 2. Games begin Saturday,
Jan. 19 with the final game set
for Saturday, March 16.
For more information, contact
The Rock Rec Center at 696-
2769.
Futsal league planned
for PSU/WB
Back Mountain Youth Soccer
will host an indoor Futsal/
Soccer league Jan. 11 through
March for ages U6 to high-
school age at the Penn State/
Wilkes-Barre campus gymnasi-
um.
FIFA futsal ball and rules will
be used. Games will be played
on weekends. All area intram-
ural and travel teams are wel-
come All area individual players
seeking a team can sign up
online as well Divisions will be
set to insure fair competition.
More information and sign up
sheets available online at
www.bmysa.org. Registration
closes Dec. 31.
JASON RIEDMILLER/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Sherri, Tom and Kevin Kukuchka are the owners of Creekside
Gardens in Tunkhannock which offers an extensive holiday light
display.
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