Sunday, December 30, 2012 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 9 @ hi 1 SPOrts THE YEAR IN SPORTS From the downfall of a longtime football coach to an Olympic hero to a couple of firsts at the local university By DOTTY MARTIN dmartin@mydallaspost.com Longtime Dallas High School football coach Ted Jackson Sr. found himself out of a job after re- ceiving an unsatisfactory per- formance review. Dallas High School graduate Paige Selenski made the Back Mountain proud when she be- came a member of the United States Olympic Field Hockey Team, prompting employees at the Lands at Hillside Farms to of- fer the Paige Sundae. Misericordia University cele- brated several firsts when both its men’s and women’s basketball teams turned in championship seasons and its newly-formed football team took to the field for the first time. All in all, it was a busy year for sports in the Back Mountain. Here's a review of some of the ar- ea’s athletic accomplishments in 2012. AdUARY : ming Seminary Upper School named Back Mountain athletes who received Most Valu- able Player, Coaches Awards and Gold Awards for the fall season. Frank Henry, of Dallas, a golfer, received the Most Valuable Gol- fer Award; Jane Henry, of Shaver- town, a tennis player, received the Blue Knight Award; Alannah Trombetta, of Dallas, a cross country runner; received the Most Valuable Runner Award; and Emma Spath, of Shavertown, a tennis player, received the Gold Award. k Solid AAU Boys ,/11th grade basketball team completed its fifth season with a record of 284. Members of the team were Eugene Lewis, Shane Dunn, Bobby Saba, Ryan Hoin- ski, James McCann, Travis Buckner, Frank Vito, Paul Brace and Jon Gimble. Doug Miller was head coach of the team and Jesse Francis was assistant coach. The Dallas Youth Basketball Fourth-Grade Travel Team cap- tured the championship in the Back Court Hoops Holiday Bas- ketball Tournament. Members of the team were Sam Nocito, Jack Lukasavage, Matt Dolan, Jack Farrell, Dylan Schuster, Lenny Kelley, Brett Ostroski and Tom Phillips. : The Dallas Mountaineer Ag- uatics Club remained undefeated in the Northeast PA Age Group Swim League season with an im- pressive win at Abington. Dallas diver Sarah Zerfoss re- corded scores of 6 and 6 12 as the Mountaineers earned a 96-90 vic- tory over Pittston Area at home. Joining Zerfoss in the winning category were Kendra Vanesko and Patrick Maday. FEBRUARY Owen Kiluk of Dallas won the 100 back in a 118-39 Mountaineer 1) BILL TARUTIS FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST win over Lake-Lehman. Jake Chielli took first in the 50 free and 500 free. Matthew Edkins took first in diving for the Black Knights’ lone with. Connor Daly broke a school record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:25.89. Eric Berley and Dean Shaver combined for 18 points to lead the Hornets to victory while Brett Ostroski scored 19 points for the Cavs in a losing effort in Dallas Youth Basketball action. Winners of the 2012 Father O’Leary Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship were Donnie Faux, Nicole Cavanaugh, Nick Kocher, Lee Eckert and Jo- nathan Wilson. Lake-Lehman’s Josh Sayre pinned Eric Young of Dallas in the finale of an intense dual in front of a near-capacity crowd at Lake-Lehman, pushing the Black Knights to a 32-31 victory over their arch-rivals in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division II meet. Shane Dunn of Dallas signed a letter of intent to pay football at East Stroudsburg Univerity. Todd Phillips scored 22 points to lead the Suns while Nathaniel Spare added 10 for the winners as the Suns defeated the Lakers, 40- 29, in Dallas Youth Basketball ac- tion. The Dallas Middle School sev- enth-grade girls basketball team captured the championship in the Wyoming Valley Seventh- ‘Grade Basketball League with a perfect 11-0 record. Members of the team were Lauren Dotter, Breezy Coolbaugh, Maria Bed- nar, Talia Kosierowski, Carley perloff, Jackie Dotter, Samantha Delamater, Maddie Kelly, Court- ney Devens, Sara Lojewski, Da- nielle Walsh, Miranda Roche, Paige Evans, Catherine Dillon and Kaitlyn Pelcher. MARCH Nanticoke broke open a one- point game midway through the third quarter to defeat Lake-Leh- man, 60-42, in the Wyoming Val- ley Conference Division III girls basketball championship at Holy Redeemer High School. Dallas had three payers reach double figures to defeat Tunk- hannock, 49-45, to capture the Wyoming Valley Conference Di- vision II boys basketball title at Lake-Lehman High School. It was a 2-fer at Misericordia University when the men’s and women’s basketball teams both won Freedom Conference cham- pionships — the women by defeat- ing King’s College, 64-54, and the men by earning a 69-42 win over Wilkes University. Jake Wilson, Bryan Carter and Nick Shelley all won by decision for the Lake-Lehman wrestling team after Dallas Dominick De- Graba started the day with a win. The Knights came away with the team title in the wrestling tourna- ment. Alison Piatt, of Pikes Creek, is Brogan Stec, 14, swims the breast stroke in the boys 14 & under 200 yard medley relay during a DMA eet. relay. so dedicated to the sport of curl- ing, she volunteered to officiate at the 2012 USA Curling National Championships at the Ice Works Skating Complex in Aston. Sikhmail Mathon poured in 20 points to lead the Spurs to a 55-38 win over the Magic in the cham- pionship game of the 7th/8th The Back Mountain Bandits hosted Mountain Top for the first game of the season and came out on the short end of a 64 score. Scoring goals for the Bandits were Ricky Morgan, Michael San- tora, Ryan Cohen and Stone Man- nello.The Dallas Youth Basket- ball fourth-grade travel team won BILL TARUTIS FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Emotions ran the gamut for former coach Ted Jackson Sr. at the Dallas football reunion. BILL TARUTIS FILE PHOTO./ FOR THE DALLAS POST Dallas’ Aaron Weir, right, taps the ball over the net but Lake-Lehman's Scott Judson is there for the block. grade boys division of the Dallas Youth Basketball League. Co-captains Tim Piatt, of Leh- man, and Robbie Hoffman, of Shavertown, joined fellow team- mate senior Mike Cutts, of Scott Township, to lead Summit Chris- tian Academy Patriots to a sec- ond-place finish in the NyPenn Christian League Tournament. Ray Ostroski and Spencer Bo- wanko scored 124 points apiece to lead Dallas to a 45-27 victory over Berwick in the champion- ship game of the Wyoming Valley Conference 8th Grade Basketball League. James Flores, 14, of Shaver- town, made his first hole in one on the pare 3, number 17 at Irem Country Club. Flores was playing the back nine with his mother when he teed off at the hole. He has played golf since he was 11 years old and is a member of the Dallas High School golf team and Irem Country Club. Lee Eckert won first place in the Knights of Columbus Basket- ball Regional Free Throw Shoot- ing Competition in Cresco. APRIL Mallory Wilson scored seven goals and registered a pair of as- sists but the Lake-Lehman girls lacrosse team fell one shy, losing to Bethlehem Freedom at Lake- Lehman. Alyssa Adams recorded six goals and Amelia Jenkins to- taled four goals and two assists for the Lady Knights while Lydia Forster accounted for 14 saves in the net. The Dallas High School track and field team entertained Pitt- ston Area at the school district’s newly-constructed track. Shane Jacobsen threw the discus, Jason Simonovich competed in the tri- ple jump and Regan Rome and Alex Zubko ran, her in the 1-mile run and him in the 4 x 800-meter rivals battle on the wresling mat. the Wyoming Area Catholic March Madness Tournament by defeating Pittston Area, 39-18, in the title game. Members of the tam were Sam Nocito, Brett Os- troski, Matt Dolan, Jack Lukasav- age, Lenny Kelley, Todd Phillips, Dylan Schuster and Jack Farrell. The Lake-Lehman volleyball team defeated arch-rival Dallas, 25-16, 25-23 and 25-23, to grab a 3-1 on-the-road victory. Kevin Fine led the victors with 21 kills and four digs. Teammate Kevin Masters had 10 kills and six blocks while Zack Doran had six service points and seven digs. Kyle Morgan led the Mountain- eers with 40 assists and three ac- es. F.J. Costantino, of Dallas High School, signed a letter of intent to play football at Wilkes Universi Hockenbury, Jimm Loefflad, Er- CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Tommy Williams, of Lake-Lehman, and Dallas’ Jesse Goode tangle in the 130 Ib. bracket as the arch- The Dallas High School girls lacrosse team won the battle of the Back Mountain arch rivals with a 14-67 victory over Lake- Lehman. Dallas goals were scored by Melissa Tucker, 4; Maddie Mulhern, 3; Lynn Vier- cinski, 3; Emily Capitano, 2; Cara Pricher, 1; and Sarah Stewart, 1. Alyssa Adams scored five of Leh- man’s goals while the sixth was scored by Amelia Jenkins. MAY The Back Mountain Black- hawks finished the NEPASHL varsity ice hockey season in first place with a 10-2-2 record. Mem- bers of the team were Sean Jen- kins, Corey McAndrew, Eric Yen- chak, Paul Ciacci, Eric Smith, Lo- gan Obes, Patrick Newhart, Don ic Anderson, Tyler Steve, Johnny Yenchak, Dylan Pilger, Casey McAndrew, Eric Gotoweski, Le- wis Hackling, David Payne, Ken- ny Burkhardt, Hunter Hackling and Alex Hoyt. Back Mountain Bandits girls 7/8 lacrosse team participated in the 2012 “Queen of the Turf” Clinic & Tournament at Blooms- burg University. Attending were Sam Delamater, Jordan Kelly, Grace Butler and Katie Strohl. Anthony Grandinetti hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh sinning as the A’s beat the Astros, 6-5, in Back Mountain Baseball action. Ma- son Gattuso was the winning pitcher as he gave up one hit in 1.1 innings. See REVIEW, Pa ,,
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