Sunday, February 3, 2013 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 9 Sports ) @® MOUNTAINEER AQUATIC CLUB Club swimmers | get big victory The Dallas Mountaineer Ag- uatic Club girls and boys swam to a decisive victory . “against Pittston on Saturday, Jan. 26. The following swim- mers placed in their events: GIRLS 8 & UNDER 25 Free - Brook Martin, first; ~ Jordan Bond, second; Victoria Spaciano, third 50 Free - Erin Oldt, first; shley Metz, second 25 Fly - Gabriella Spaciano, : t; Evelyn Toennes, second; Morgan Sakulich, third 25 Back - Brook Martin, first; Madison Grinshteyn, sec- . ond | 25 Breast - Gabriella Spacia- no, first; Jordan Bond, second; Evelyn Toennes, third 10 & UNDER 100 IM - Sydney Bittner, first; Gabriela Krochta, sec- ond; Rhiannon Borchert, third | 50 Free - Emma Thomas, first; Madelyn Stuart, second; Hayley Vasek, third 50 Fly - Melissa Leonard, first; Kaitlyn VanEtten, sec- ond; Amanda Puza, third 50 Back - Melissa Leonard, first; Amanda Puza, second; Rhiannon Borchert, third 100 Free - Emma Thomas, first; Madelyn Stuart, second; Jennifer Leonard, third 12 & UNDER 100 IM - Lindsey Jorda, sec- ond; Melinda Ratchford, third “50 Free - Abigail Bartuska, first; Peyton Ross, second; Ju- | lia Sabol, third 50 Fly - Ava Baur, first; Hun- ter Kline, second; Jessica Rav- ert, third ~~ 50 Back - Ava Baur, first; Holly Holthaus, second; Han- nah Thomas, third 50 Breast - Julia Sabol, first; Melinda Ratchford, second; Abigail Bartuska, third 100 Free - Abby Zolner, first; Madison Federici, second 200 Free - Grace Ciaccia, first; Nichole Conrad, second; Sierra Jendrzejewski, third 14 & UNDER 50 Free - Madison Hurst, t; Taylor Cercone, third 100 Fly - Taylor Cercone, first 100 Free - Madison Hurst, first; Ann Metzloff, second 100 Back - Peyton Ross, first 100 Breast - Abby Zolner, first; Ann Metzloff, second 200 IM - Madison Federici, first; Holly Holthaus, second 200 Free - Donna Rose Her- ron, first; Avery Godwin, sec- ond BOYS 8 & UNDER 25 Free - Thomas Doran, first; Tanner Manzoni, second; Stephen Brdaric, third 25 Fly - Jakob Baur, first; Gary Weaver, second; Tal Ri- chards, third 50 Free - Thomas Doran, first; Stephen Brdaric, second; Jakob Baur, third 25 Back - Ben Ditty, first; Tal Richards, second; Gabriel DeLuna, third 25 Breast - Gary Weaver, first; Tanner Manzoni, second; Richard DeLuna, third 10 & UNDER 50 Free - Zachary Blockus, first; Dennis Dukinas, second; Logan Stambaugh, third 50 Fly - John Stout, first; Shane Szczecinski, second; Jeremy Fagan, third 100 Free - Zachary Blockus, first; Logan Stambaugh, sec- ond 50 Breast - Dennis Dukinas, first, © oe _50 Back - Trent Szczecinski, first; Aiden Peterkin, second; Blake Perrego, third 12 & UNDER 100 IM - Evan Sabecky, first; Bobby DeLuna, second; Issa Dahdal, third 50 Free - Mikail Krochta, first; Garrett Pall, second; Tyl- er Christian, third 50 Fly - Dylan Lisnow, first; Donovan McCall, second; Sa- muel Zondlo, third 100 Free - Garrett Pall, first; Tyler Christian, second; Mat- thew Duffy, third 50 Back - Mikail Krochta, first; Colin Dempsey, second; Issa Dahdal, third 50 Breast - Donovan McCall, See SWIMMERS, Page 10 \ Lake-Lehman girls upset Lady Mountaineers in Black and Blue Trophy Game. By TOM ROBINSON For the Dallas Post As neighbors and rivals, the Dallas girls basketball team has seen a lot of Lake-Lehman. The Lady Mountaineers, how- ever, had never seen the Lady Knights look quite like they did in the Jan. 26 game. ~ No one had. “They came to see us play multiple times,” said sophomore center Cayle Spencer, who “scored a career-high 33 points to lead Lake-Lehman to a 72-63 up- set. “We've never played that well.” With Spencer making strong inside moves to the basket and Emily Sutton hitting all four of her 3-point shots in a 22-point effort, Lake-Lehman never trailed while knocking off the Wyoming Valley Conference Di- Mountaineer Ashley Dunbar, left, drives to the basket as Lake- Lehman's Danae Sutliff goes for the block in girls varsity basket- ball. Talia Szatkowski, left, of Dallas, and Lake-Lehman's Emily Sutton fight for a loose ball as Dallas’ Tanner Englehart moves in during the inaugural 'Black and Blue’ girls varsity basketball game. BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Members of the Lake-Lehman and Dallas girls varsity basketball teams stand for the singing of the national anthem prior to a game between the two Back Mountain rivals. vision 1 leaders on their home floor in the first Black and Blue Rivalry Trophy Game. The annual game now fea- tures a trophy sponsored by the Dallas Lions Club which will be displayed at the school of the winning team throughout the year. Lake-Lehman coach Charlie Lavan agreed with his leading scorer. The Lady Knights picked their rivalry game for their best effort of the season. “Our Crestwood game was close, but it was not like this,” Lavan said. Lake-Lehman entered the day tied for seventh place out of 18 teams jockeying for seeding po- sition in the District 2 Class AAA playoffs and as a third-place team in Division 2 of the WVC. The Lady Knights used the non- conference game to show their potential for the playoffs that are weeks away. “It’s a big rivalry game for us,” Lavan said, “but it’s also a gauge to see where we are with these Class Triple-A teams. We moved up to Class Triple-A this year and this was encouraging.” That was clear in the first 1:47 when Lake-Lehman forced three Dallas turnovers and scored the game’s first six points, convinc- ing Lady Mountaineers coach Kelly Johnson to use her first timeout. “They weren't expecting that from us,” Spencer said. “We played harder than ‘we ever played.” Lake-Lehman’s hustle was evi- dent from the start. The Lady Knights made six steals in the first quarter and, at the midway point in the second quarter, were crushing the Lady Mountain- eers, 18-6, on the boards. “That was all on effort,” Lavan said. “The girls had their minds made up they were going to make a total effort. They did.” Spencer had 11 points in the game’s first seven minutes, cre- ating a 22-9 lead. Sutton hit one 3-pointer in each quarter while scoring 22 points and leading the team with See UPSET, Page 10 Lady wrestler steps up to fill In empty weight class at LL By TOM ROBINSON For the Dallas Post Lake-Lehman opened the wrestling season with another championship-caliber team, but one that was in position to give away points in every match be- cause it could not fill the 106- “He gave me a lot of advice. He helped me with the moves." Rebecca Wright Lake-Lehman wrestler Speaking about her brother, Robert home again. According to the National Fed- pound weight class. Rebecca Wright spent parts of the last three years telling her family she would like to try wres- ling. & When they connected a few weeks into the season, the Black Knights solved a problem and Wright got a chance to try a sport that, in 2011-12 in Pennsylvania, was exclusively for boys. “I wasn’t a fan of the idea to be honest,” said Bob Wright, Rebec- ca’s father and president of the Lake-Lehman Wrestling Parents Club. “She does’ competitive cheerleading, which is very de- manding of her time. BN “She’s wanted to wrestle for the last three years.” Once Rebecca had a discussion with the Lake-Lehman coach, it was time to talk about her idea at Robert Wright, Rebecca’s older brother and a two-year starter with the Black Knights, helped with the process. “I had to convince my dad,” said Rebecca, who is a football cheerleader at Lake-Lehman and does cheerleading competition outside of school. “My brother helped me.” It was not the last time Robert helped Rebecca with wrestling. “He gave me a lot of advice,” Rebecca said. “He helped me with the moves.” And, he kept an eye on his little sister. While he says he is protec- tive of Rebecca, Robert said his teammates have accepted her well. “They were all pumped and ex- cited to have her on the team,” he said. eration of State High School Ath- letic Association’s annual Athlet- ics Participation Survey, 9,920 boys at 496 Pennsylvania schools participated in wrestling on the high school level in 2011-12. Not a single girl competed. On the national level, 272,149 boys wrestled for 10,407 schools while 8,235 girls wrestled at 1,441 schools, with California and Tex- as accounting for more than half of those participants. At Lake-Lehman, Rebecca has been able to help her team while still learning the sport. She has picked up six team points for the Black Knights on six occasions, gaining forfeit wins when opponents could not fill the weight class. She wants to bring more t6 the team. also on the team. “She said she wants to wres- tle,” Lake-Lehman coach Tom Williams said. “She doesn’t want to stand there and take forfeits. She comes into the wrestling room and works at it.” Rebecca ran into one reluctant opponent, who did not want to have to wrestle her when they were paired up at a tournament. See WRESTLER, Page 10 AT RIGHT: Rebecca Wright is part of the team line-up at a Lake-Lehman wrestling match. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLASPOST Lake-Lehman wrestler Rebecca Wright gets encouragement from her older brother, Robert, who is
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