SPORTS
Sunday, October 6, 2013
THE DALLAS POST
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Lehman netters sweep Dallas in WVC action
a TOM ROBINSON
For The Dallas Post
When Lake-Lehman swept three sets
from rival Dallas in the meeting of
Wyoming Valley Conference girls volley-
ball rivals, it extended a winning streak
for the Black Knights.
Now, Lake-Lehman coach Kevin
Koziol said the team is intent on extend-
ing that run to set itself up for the post-
season.
“We're swinging for the fences,”
Koziol said. “We’re going to try to get
over everybody and, hopefully, get into
second place.”
Lake-Lehman has its eye on one of the
top two spots for the District 2 Class AA
playoffs since those teams get to open
the postseason on their homecourt.
The 25-28, 25-19, 25-20 win at Dallas
Sept. 27 was the sixth straight for Lake-
Lehman, which started the season at 1-2.
“The rivalry between Lehman and
Dallas is always pretty big,” Koziol said.
“My girls were pretty fired up for it and
I think we all performed well.”
Kahli Kotulski had 12 kills and
Brittany Acevedo scored 13 service
points for Lake-Lehman in the win.
© The hitting of Kotulski and Danae
Sutliff has made the most of the setting
by Maria Chinikaylo to lead the Black
Knights during their surge to fourth
place out of 18 teams in the WVC. Those
were again big factors against Dallas.
“Our setter, Maria Chinikaylo, did a
great job and Danae Sutliff and Kahli
Kotulski, our two middle hitters,
stepped up and gave us points when we
really needed them,” Koziol said.
Koziol said the team works well
together. Chinikaylo, in her second sea-
son as setter, is a big part of that in put-
ting her teammates in position to finish
off points as the assist leader.
Kotulski and Sutliff shared a spot in
the lineup last season and now work
together.
“They're very similar in their styles, but
they both have their strengths so they’re a
little bit different,” Koziol said. “Danae is
a little bit more of a finesse player, being
able to place the ball real well.
“Kahli is really strong in serving.
When she’s in a zone, her serves are
really tough to return.”
Koziol is hoping for that success to
continue as the team works its way
through the second half of the regular
season.
“They have a real never-say-die atti-
tude,” Koziol said. “They're going to do
whatever they can to be victorious.”
Dallas players are dejected.
Sentiment shows on the court as the Lake-Lehman
between the two schools that Lake-Lehman won.
is Mallory Faux (No. 21) for the Dallas Mountaineers.
The Lake-Lehman varsity girls volleyball members celebrate their
win over the Dallas Mountaineers.
Photos by Charlotte Bartizek | For The Dallas Post
Olivia Musto (No. 3 for Dallas) and Kahil Kotulski (No. 3 for
Lake-Lehman) battle at the net in a varsity volleyball show down
Bim ra er et
varsity volleyball team member smile while the Maria Chinikaylo (No. 16) puts the ball over for Lehman defending Danae Sutliff, of Lake-Lehman, whacks the ball over the net for the
first point of the game against the Dallas Mountaineers.
Hockenbury working toward ultimate goal
Added a second invitational title Sept. 21 when he won the Class AA boys race at the PIAA Foundation Invitational.
TOM ROBINSON
For The Dallas Post
When Dominic Hockenbury won
his first high school cross country
invitational, he never lost sight of
his ultimate goals for this, his sopho-
more season at Lake-Lehman.
“The goal is to run in the low-16s
on the state course,” Hockenbury
said after breaking 16 minutes in his
win at Scranton’s McDade Park in the
Lackawanna County Commissioners
Invitational on Sept. 14.
Hockenbury took a major step
toward that goal and added a second
invitational title on Sept. 21 when he
won the Class AA boys race at the
PIAA Foundation Invitational, lead-
ing a field of 182 runners in 16:43
on the Hershey Parkview Course
that will host the Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic Association
Championships in November.
Continuing to lower that time
would allow Hockenbury to repeat as
a state medalist and likely move up
the ranks in the process.
Because of the number of top teams
and runners from around the state
that compete, the PIAA Foundation
Invitational is often seen as an unof-
ficial preview of the state meet.
Defending state champion Pottsgrove
won the Class AA boys team title where
Lake-Lehman finished 17th of 26 teams.
Last year, Hockenbury ran a 16:56
while finishing 22nd in the state. He
was one of only five underclassmen
in the top 23 in the state in his class
and the top freshman.
Dominic DeLuca, of Dallas, the top
returning AA boys runner after placing
11th in the state in 16:44 last year, did
not compete. Bryan Mattson, one of
DeLuca’s Dallas teammates competing
as individuals, finished 10th in 17:37.
DeLuca and Hockenbury should
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! HOLEINONE
MaryAnn Martin,
who resides in
Zellwood, FL and sum-
mers at Mill Race Golf
Camping and Resort
in Benton, scored her
third career hole in one
when she shot a hole
in one at Newberry
Country Club on Sept.
7 while golfing with her
husband, Alfred.
In April of this year,
she also shot a hole
in one at Zellwood
Station Country Club.
In 2001, she scored
another hole in one at
Newberry Country Club
by MaryAnn.
FLAG FOOTBALL
TOURNEY SET
An adult flag football
i ® will be held
B on Sunday, Oct. 13 at
i the Noxen field.
i Eight team flag belts
per team will be pro-
vided.
Entree fee is $120
per team for a 12-man
roster. Entry deadline
y is Wednesday, Oct. 9.
Prizes will be awarded
to the winning team as
well as a Most Valuable
Player trophy.
For more informa-
i tion, call Dwight at
570-417-2797.
both be viewed as state threats as
cross country moves toward its post-
season. Dallas will tryi to capture
Wyoming Valley Conference boys and
girls titles when it closes the regular
season Wednesday in a cluster meet
that includes top threat Tunkhannock
and Lake-Lehman.
The following two Wednesdays
are the WVC Meet and the District
2 championships. Runners qualify for
states at the district meet.
Rockathon raises money for two memorial causes
A Rockathon, held Sept. 20-22
at the Rock Recreation Center
in Trucksville, raised money for
two memorial causes.
The Rock is working on plans
for both a POW/MIA Memorial
at the base of its driveway and
an artificial turf outdoor sports
playing field in the name of
Matthew Benjamin Rondina,
a Kingston Township Raiders
youth football player who died
in 1998 at age 13 from brain
cancer.
Elijah Miller, development
director at Rock Recration and
one of Rondina’s friends, ran 54
miles on Sept. 20 in memory of
his childhood friend. Rondina
wore number 54 as a junior
Members of ‘The Royal Court’ basketball team Bianca Cantando, Leah Mullery, Lauren
football player and many of the
weekend’s events had a connec-
tion to that number.
A 5K trail run and a 3-on-3
basketball tournament were
part of the weekend, along with
other community events. There
was live music, food and craft
vendors.
The total cost of the Matthew
Benjamin Rondina Memorial
Sports Field, including site
preparation and bleachers next
to the field, will cost close to $1
million. Plans call for Rondina’s
number 54 to be stitched in
to the turn in the middle of
the field, which would become
the new home of the Kingston
Township Raiders.
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Wasiakowski and Madison Guido relax between games.
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Alex Meuser, left, and Zach Luksic go one-on-one in the 3-on-
3 basketball tournament at the Rock Recreation Center.
Photos by Bill Tarutis | For The Dallas Post ~ Marijo Zehner, left, of Pittston, and Natalie Miller, of Exeter,
serve food to hungry athletes during the Rockathon at the
Rock Recreation Center.
The Mud
Pond Boys
perform out-
side the Back
Mountain
Harvest
Assembly
Rock
Recreation
Center in
Trucksville.
From right,
are Paul
Riffon on fid-
dle, Carl Kohl
on banjo, Jess
Fink on guitar
and Floyd
Balliet on
bass fiddle.