rT SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 11 Sports TENNIS Members of the Dallas Youth Basketball fifth-grade travel team are, from left, kneeling, Matt Dolan, Sam Nocito, Jack Lukasavage and Brett Ostroski. Second row, Lenny Kelly, Todd Phillips, Dylan Schuster and Jack Farrell. Third row, Joe Phillips, head coach; and Ray Ostroski, assistant coach. DYB fifth grade travel team wins tournament The Dallas Youth Basketball fifth-grade travel team recently won the Newport Invi- tational Basketball Tournament with a 39- 20 victory over the Newport All-Stars in the championship game. Todd Phillips led the winners with 19 points - while Jack Farrell added five points and Brett Ostroski chipped in with four points. Dylan Schuster and Lenny Kelly had sev- eral key rebounds for the winners while Matt Dolan, Jack Lukasavage and Sam Nocito played excellent defense for Dallas. Dallas defeated Plymouth Meeting, Leba- non and Newport to advance to the champi- onship game. It defeated Plymouth Meeting, 43-15, behind 20 points from Todd Phillips and 11 points from Jack Farrell. It defeated Lebanon, 35-1, behind the balanced scoring Penguins fundraiser benefits Fallen icers Remembered ‘A portion of ticket sales for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. Worcester game on Friday, April 19 will benefit the efforts of Fallen Officers Remembered to purchase bul- letproof vests for law enforce- ment officers and police K-9s. To order tickets, call 208-5415 ofr email aaugustine@wb- spenguins.com. From left, are Chris Sipsky, senior director of group sales for Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins, Tux, Pen- guins mascot; Gina Boyle and Jaclyn Mosley, founders and officers of Fallen Officers Re- membered. i 5) ) {_ of Brett Ostroski, Dylan Schuster and Todd Phillips who had eight points apiece in a win- ning cause. It defeated Newport, 37-25, in the opening round behind 14 points from Todd Phillips, 10 points from Jack Farrell and five points from Matt Dolan. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Francois Ross is a member of the Dallas Senior High School tennis team. Ready to net a win By TOM ROBINSON For The Dallas Post Having a mother who coaches tennis meant Francois Ross got an early intro- duction to the sport. Ross left the sport for a while but, after coming back to it age age 14 and starting to take it more seriously, he has steadily increased his prominence with the Dallas High School program. Now, as he prepares to take over the No. 1 singles spot for the Mountaineers, Ross still picks up key pointers from his mother, Marywood University women’s coach Dominique Lemire-Ross. “My mom will help me in matches,” he said. “If I'm losing my head, she helps calm me down.” That’s an important part of his approach this season. When Ross talks about what he needs to do most to handle the chal- lenge of facing Wyoming Valley Confer- ence top players, he points to two things — improving his volleys and “keeping his head.” During his freshman year, Ross filled in as part of the varsity lineup whenever a teammate was missing. As a sophomore, he played regularly in the doubles lineup. Last season, he split time between singles and doubles. Dallas coach Joe Pugliese plans to rely on Ross more heavily this season. Ross was away on vacation when the team was shut out by defending champion Wyo- ming Seminary in the opener, then suf- fered a loss in his return Monday when Dallas evened its record with a victory over Hazleton Area. As Ross gets back in a groove after missing time, Pugliese plans to use him at the top of the lineup. “He’s gotten bigger and stronger,” Pug- liese said. “That’s probably his biggest as- set. He’s grown a lot.” Ross feels the additional strength come through in more powerful shots in many situations. “With my forehand, my backhand and my serve,” he said. “All around, my hits are stronger.” Ross worked on his game in the winter at Kingston Indoor Tennis. He enters his busy final season of high school play while his mother’s team has just three April matches — including April 19 at Misericor- dia University — in preparation for a mile- stone in Lemire-Ross’ coaching career. Marywood is headed to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Tournament in May after winning the Colonial States Athletic Conference title in the fall in its second season under Lemire-Ross. She moved to Marywood af- ter spending three seasons as Dallas girls coach and still teaches junior tennis at the Valley Tennis and Swim Club in Shaver- town. SPORTS BRIEFS ‘RAIDERS REGISTRATION @: Township Raid- ill hold registration for mini football and cheerleading from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 20 and May 18 at the Kingston Township Municipal Buidling, 180 E. Center St., Shaver- town. Parents should bring the child’s birth certificate, two proofs of resi- dency and a photo of the child. ‘Registration fees are $50 for cheer- leading and $60 for football with a $10 sibling discount. ‘BANDITS ACCEPT REGISTRATIONS ‘Registrations are now being accepted via the website at www. -laxteams.net/bmylax for the Back Mountain Bandits lacrosse team. Boys and girls in grades 1-3 may sign up for intramurals. Boys age groups are U-9, U-11, U-13 & U-15. Girls age groups are third and fourth grade, fifth and sixth grade and seventh and eighth grades. The registration fee includes US Lacrosse registration, US Lacrosse magazine and a team jersey. Participants should print the form and mail it, along with applicable fee to BMYL, P.O. Box 1746, Shaver- town, PA 18708. FASTPITCH PLAYERS SOUGHT The Endless Mt Blast U14 travel fastpitch program is still looking for a few qualified players to round out its teams for the upcoming season. Anyone interested is asked to call 840-6433 or email ronh@sbsmod. com. Sem cage team wins championship The fifth/sixth grade boys basket- ball team from Wyoming Seminary recently won the East Side League Championship after finishing the regu- lar season at 16-4. From left, first row, are Eric Berley, Kyle Hromisin and Benjamin Paglia. Second row, Daniel Meuser, Nicholas Bufalino and Jeremy Callahan. Third row, Paul Amara, Zane Nardone, Dimitri Gnall, Alex Meuser and Chris Kane. Fourth row, Coach C.J. Bufalino. Absent at the time of the photo were Jacob Sarnevitz, Nikko Si- mons, Santino Gaudino, Scotty Lynett and Chris Burg.
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