| = pic 5 SPORTS Sunday, October 25, 2013 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, October 27,2013 Aegan Rome runs to a perfect 4-for- ® oii Deluca takes boys title; Dallas girls finish first in cross country districts TOM ROBINSON For The Dallas Post Dallas won three out of four possible Class AA titles at the District 2 Cross Country Championships. Mountaineers senior Regan Rome made it a per- fect 4-for-4 personally. Rome became a four-time district individual champion Wednesday, completing the 3.1-mile course at Elk Lake High School in 19:03. “All four of my years were here at Elk Lake,” Rome said. “T have lots of awesome memories. As I was walking the course (before the race), I was thinking about all the memories I have.” added another performance , Rome @® ; she led a 1-2-3 finish that car- ried Dallas to the girls team title. Dominic DeLuca won the individual boys champion- ship but the Mountaineers had to settle for third place in a strong team field. Rome's latest success story came less than 24 hours after a nervous build-up to her dis- trict title defense and in her team’s latest chance to qualify for Saturday’s Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Championships on the Hershey Parkview Course. After spending most of Tuesday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital with kid- ney stones, Rome quickly established Wednesday that she had enough pain toler ance and remaining strength to win another champion- ship even at the end of what had already been an injury- plagued season. “With her, she’s such a D2 ROUNDUP smart runner and such an intelligent young lady, that I trust her implicitly,” said Dallas coach Matt Samuel, who, along with Rome, noted that there was no strat egy change for racing while recovering. “It’s just one of those unsaid things. “She asked once in the race, ‘how are things going?” That's the only indication that she was not feeling Rome asked that question to get an assessment of what was going on behind her while running well ahead of the rest of the pack. “Tve given up being sur- prised by what she can do when she’s running,” Samuel said. “I can’t be surprised any more by how she’s been able to overcome some of the adversity she’s been beset with this year.” Rome, who had a groin injury to start the season, leading to shin splints when she adjusted her stride, broke to the front of the pack early. She opened her eventual winning margin of 12 sec- onds a little more than a mile to start the race. Although it was not easy, she maintained her lead. “For the first mile I was OK, then it started hitting me,” said Rome, who was still taking pain medication. “Pm just kind of happy it’s over with so I can get better. “I can get ready for states and get some of my strength back.” Rome will be running with her teammates again in Hershey. Lindsey Oremus and Bryanna Dissinger com- pleted the top-three finish and sophomore Ally Rome, Regan’s younger sister, fin- ished sixth. Katie Grose fin- ished 24th to complete the team scoring and lock up a 36-79 victory over second- place North Pocono. The district championship was the latest accomplish- ment for the Dallas girls team, which went unbeaten to win the Wyoming Valley Conference and won the conference’s Ed Narkiewicz Meet. The Dallas boys had won those same two champion- ships, but fell short not only of a team title, but also of qualifying for the state meet. Tunkhannock won with 47 points. Scranton Prep took the other state spot with 55 points. Dallas finished third with 61, but did qualify four individuals for the state meet. The top 10 individuals from schools other than the two team qualifiers earned berths in Hershey. DeLuca made it by win- ning. Kyle Borland was eighth, Travis Mattson 13th and Bryce Mattson 15th. Lake-Lehman’s Dominic Hockenbury advanced by fin- ishing second. DeLuca finished in 15:53, 29 seconds ahead of Hockenbury as they posted the two fastest times of the 478 runners who com- peted in six varsity races Wednesday. “It was definitely better than last year with the condi- tions,” said DeLuca, who fin- ished almost three minutes faster than the time he post- ed as a runner-up in thick mud a year ago on his way to an 11th-place fmish in the state meet. “I'm just trying to do better than I did last year.” Eric Seidle photos | For The Dallas Post Dallas High School's Dominic DeLuca wins at Wednesday's District 2 cross country race in Elk Lake. Hockenbury was 22nd in the state last season. Lake-Lehman sophomore Lindsay Pembleton qualified for the state girls meet as an individual by finishing 13th. Tunkhannock and Scranton Prep are back in the state meet after finish- ing fourth and fifth in the Class AA boys team race in Hershey last year. “We have probably the best three teams in the whole state here in District 2,” Tunkhannock coach Randy White said. “It's a shame theyre only taking two.” Jack Tidball was third and Jacob Toczko finished sixth to lead the Tigers. Tunkhannock had its second, fourth and fifth runners place ahead of the corresponding Field hockey ends, boys soccer team loses, girls soccer team prevails Staff Reports Dallas and Lake-Lehman had their field hockey sea- sons come to an end Tuesday with one-goal, home-field losses in the District 2 Class AA quarterfinals. Holy Redeemer dumped _ Dallas, 2-1, Tuesday after- oon and Wyoming Area nocked off Lake-Lehman, 4-3, in overtime at night. Both Back Mountain teams went into the first- round playoff games as the higher seeds after going 9-4-1 to finish in a three-way tie for third among seven Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 Class AA teams. . Dallas was the fourth seed on a tiebreaker over fifth-seeded Holy Redeemer, the other 94-1 team. Lake- Lehman, the third seed, fell to sixth-seeded Wyoming Area, which was 6-8 in the regular season. The Mountaineers and Black Knights each had comebacks fall short. Greta Ell had a goal and an assist for Holy Redeemer, which opened a 2-0 lead with a goal in each half. Dallas came on strong, forcing a penalty stroke with 12 minutes left, scoring with @: minutes left and apply- ng pressure into the fal minute. Holy Redeemer’s Holly Slowik made the last of her 11 saves on a quality chance with 15 seconds left. “We pushed to the last second,” Dallas coach Kylie Fisher told the Times Leader. The Dallas goal came when Vanessa Parsons, the WVC scoring leader with 27 in conference play, con- verted a centering pass from Michelle Thompson. Dallas finished with a 19-9 lead in shots and a 6-5 advantage in penalty cor- Bill Tarutis | For The Dallas Post Dallas’ Vanessa Parsons, center, weaves her way between Holy Redeemer defenders Ana Turosky, left, and Audrey Zavada in a District 2 Class 2A field hockey quarterfinal in Dallas. ners. Freshman Grace ' Angelella, who ultimately scored the game-winner with 6:15 left in the first overtime, gave Wyoming Area a 3-0 lead when she scored with 19:39 left. Lake-Lehman’s Korri Wandel, who had assisted on a Katey Supey goal with 10:53 left, forced overtime when she converted a pen- alty stroke with 3:25 remain- ing. Taylor Alba also scored on an assist from Alyssa Adams with 6:14 left. “If they had played the whole game like those last 10-to-12 minutes, we wouldn’t have had to play overtime,” Lake-Lehman coach Jean Lipski told the Times Leader. BOYS SOCCER Honesdale eliminated Lake-Lehman with a 2-1 vic- tory Tuesday in a District 2 Class AA play-in game. Austin Harry put the Black Knights ahead mid- way through the first half before Honesdale rallied in a game that finished with the teams even in both shots and corner kicks. Lake-Lehman had won an earlier play-in game Oct. 23, beating Holy Redeemer, 4-1, behind two goals from Ian Dawsey. The Black Knights went 59-1 to finish fifth of six teams in Division 1 of the WVC. Honesdale’s victory Tuesday spoiled a potential Back Mountain rematch in Friday’s quarterfinals. WVC Division 1 champion Dallas was scheduled to host that game as the top seed. GIRLS SOCCER WVC Division 1 cham- pion Dallas is the top seed and Lake-Lehman is also in the field for the District 2 Class AA tournament that got underway this week. Dallas went 14-1 in WVC play. Lake-Lehman was 11-4 for sixth place in the 16-team league and the sixth seed in the district playoffs. Lake-Lehman’s Dominic Hockenbury finished second at Wednsday's Class AA race. runners from both Scranton Prep and Dallas. “I have all the respect in Seconds after finishing first and third, Regan Rome and Bryanna Dissinger emotionally hug each other as Lindsey Oremus Dallas High School's second-place finisher runs in cheering for her team- mates at Wednesday's District 2 meet. Dallas finished the day with four out of the top five runners. the world for Tunkhannock - them at times, but they got and Scranton Prep,” Samuel the best of us when it mat- said. “We got the best of tered most.” Dallas C team beats Ed / Lark; heads to Super Bowl C TEAM Dallas 40 Ed/Lark 8 The Dallas Junior Mounts C team advanced to the WVWYEFECC super bowl with a 40-8 vic- tory over the Ed/Lark Hurricanes Dallas stands at 10-0 and will play the 9-1 WWWE Panthers. Dallas won the coin toss and elected to receive. After a short drive, Alex Hajikowski punched the ball in the endzone for a Dallas TD. Jared Adamski added the 2-point conversion and Dallas led, 8-0. Ed/Lark came right back, returning the ensuing kickoff for a TD. The 2-pointer was good and the score was knot- ted at 8-8. Dallas’ offense broke the game open with Jared Adamski scor- ing four unanswered TDs in the second quarter. Dallas held a commanding 34-8 lead at halftime. Ed/Lark received the second half kickoff and put on an impressive drive, getting all the way to the Dallas 2-yard line before the Junior Mount defense, led by Ryan Cuba and Mark Karcutskie, turned them back. The Dallas offense got the ball back on downs and went on a 98-yard drive with Mitch Burgess capping off the drive with a TD. The 2-pointer was no good and Dallas led, 40-8. The Dallas defense once again held the Submitted photo Lucas Tirpak carries the ball for a Dallas D team first down. Hurricane offense of Logan Geskey, Noah and took over on Greco, Dalton Robbins, downs. Dallas took a Charlie Stephens and couple knees and ran out Archie Stephens, the the clock to end the game. Bolen led, 16-8, at the half. D TEAM During the second half, Back Mountain 32 the duo of Mason Calvey and Luke Hajkowski Dallas 24 blasted through the The Dallas Junior Bobcats offense and dis- Mounts D team con- rupted their rhythm. cluded a stellar season, The offensive back finishing with a record of field of Nate Malarkey, 8-2, losing a hard-fought Lucas Tirpak, Aaron battle in the first round of Patton and Dylan playoffs. Geskey fought tirelessly, The Junior Mounts bringing the score to dropped their only 24-24 in the fourth quar- regular season game ter. of the year during the The Bobcats drove into final week against the strong-running Back Mountain Bobcats. This loss dropped the Dallas team into a 3-way tie for first place and resulted in a rematch against the Bobcats in the playoff round. Round 2 started off with the two teams trading scores. Despite the strong defensive play the endzone during the last few minutes, taking the game to 32-24. With less than 30 seconds left, the Dallas offensive line (Bryce Casey, Michael Elgonitis, Dalton Hislop, Colby Powell and Caleb Venosh) tried to pave the way for the back- field, but fell short as time expired.
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