PAGE 12 THE DALLAS POST SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013 Rock Rec team qualifies for nationals The Rock Solid eighth-grade girls basketball team was tournament champions of the AAU Super Regional in Allentown in March. With the win, the team has qualified for the AAU Nationals in July in Orlando for the second consecutive year. The team defeated Fencor (Philadelphia) in the semi-final Team Mercury wins DYB Skills Competition and the Lehigh Valley Heat (Allentown) in the final to capture the tournament. The team is based out of the Rock Recreation Center in the Back Mountain and is coached by Chad Lojewski and Alison Wolfgang. From left, kneeling, are Sarah Holweg, Wyoming Area; Sara Lojewski, Dallas; Alexis Pizia, Nanticoke; Katie Wolfgang, Wyoming Area. Standing, Sarah Sabaluski, Lake-Lehman; Courtney De- vens, Dallas; Maddie Kelley, Dallas; and Paige Evans, Dallas. DYB travel team wins CYC championship The Dallas Youth Basketball eighth-grade boys travel team won the Catholic Youth Center League championship on Feb. 16. From left, first row, are Stone Mannello, Paul Zablotney, Colin Pertl, Dalton Team Mercury of the Dallas Youth Basketball fifth/sixth grade girls basketball league recently won the Skills Competition team championship and finished as runner up in the DYB tournament. The skills competition has a weighted scoring consisting of foul shooting and hot spot shooting and the team totaled 86 points to capture the team championship. The team had an extraordinary defensive effort during the annual tournament, holding all opponents to an average of less than 12 points scored per game in the DYB playoffs and championship. Members of the team are, from left, first row, Ashley Shotwell, Abbie Sutzko, Morgan MacNeely, Olivia Roback. Second row, coach Brian Fennell, Haley Fen- nell, Sierra Loiselle, Ashley Weinstein and coach Tom MacNeely. SE DYB 8th grade team wins travel league championship The Dallas Youth Basketball eighth-grade travel team captured the regular season and playoff championships in the Wyoming Valley West Travel League. It was the third consecutive year the team captured both championships as it attained a record of 95-16 in league and tournament play. From left, kneeling, are Breezy Coolbaugh, Emily Farrell, Sydney Strickland, Maria Bednar. Standing, Coach Gattuso, Nico DeLuca, Ben Donahue. Second row, Coach Mark Farrell, Lee Eckert, Ethan Szczecinski, Mike Farrell, Jason Anderson and Coach Vito Deluca. Chad Lojewski, Maddie Kelley, Sara Lojewski, Courtney Devens, Paige Evans and Coach Len Kelley. Noxen Strikers win first place ‘The Noxen Strikers elementary wrestling team recently took home a first-place team trophy in Troy land had top place finishes in many Top 100 tournaments. Boys who competed in the Central Columbia ‘Tournament on Jan. 26 are shown here with their trophies. From left, first row, are Nick Zaboski, Rob- ibie Ritinski, Jake Gizinski, Tanner Yanchick, Brandon Ritinski, Logan Slivinski, Hunter Burke. Second irow, Coach Meehan, Coach Raczkowski, Shane Sherwood, Dylan Meehan, Jacob Stefanowicz, JJ (White, Jake Trumbower, Matt Galasso and Coach Stuart. Absent at the time of the photo was Jeremy iScouton. Shock is DYB championship team DYB Shock is Dallas Youth Basketball seventh and eighth-grade girls champions. From left, first row, are Kaveri Singh, Frankie Treslar, Talia Kosierowski, Bianca Cantando. Second row, Coach Peter Ser- ratore, Claudia Leu, Miranda Roche, Gabby Serratore, Laura Buckman and Coach Steve Kosierowski. AR Swim clinics scheduled for Dallas Middle School pool Peter Vanderkaay, 2012 USA Olym- pic swim team captain, is hosting two swim clinics on Saturday, May 11 at the Dallas Middle School. The morning session from 8 to11:15 a.m. is geared for swimmers ages 10 years of age and under. Swimmers over age 11 can attend the afternoon session from 1:45 to 5 p.m. Peter Vanderkaay is a highly-decorat- ed Olympian from the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. At the clinics, participants will be able to: e Watch drills and demonstrations on a 100” screen ¢ Learn and practice drills in the wa- ter with Vanderkaay to improve their technique ® Ask questions in Q&A sessions for children and parents ¢ Take photos with Vanderkaay and get his autograph * Receive a gift bag with items from Swimming World Magazine, PowerBar, TYR and more. One registrant and up to two friends will win a free half-hour clinic with Pe- ter Vanderkaay for personalized atten- tion and instruction. The winner of the free clinic will be announced at the end of the session and the clinic will take place immediately following the main event. For more information on the swim clinics, contact david@arluck.com or call 786-837-6881. DHS swimmers named All American Dallas High School swimmers Brian Stepniak and Marcus Wagner have been named Academic All Americans by the National Interscholastic = Swimming Coaches Association. There are over 289,700 students in- volved in aquatics in high school in over 14,000 programs for boys and girls. Approximately two percent of these students are recognized as high school All Americans. To qualify for this award, the athlete must have a minimum GPA of 3.750 on 4.0 scale or 95.75% on the grade scale the school uses for seven semesters, GPA may not be rounded up and they must be a graduating senior and letter in senior year. Dallas High School swimmers Brian Stepniak, left, and Marcus Wagner have been named Academic All Americans by the National Interscho- lastic Swimming Coaches Association.
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