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DHS lacrosse seniors honored
Members of the Dallas Lacrosse Booster Club honored senior members of the Dallas High School boys lacrosse team prior to the team’s game against Lake-Lehman on May 3 at the Forty Fort …
Senior lacrosse girls recognized
The Dallas Lacrosse Booster Club honored senior members of the Dallas High School girls lacrosse team following the team’s game against Lake-Lehman on May 3 at the Forty Fort Recreation Fields. …
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Bandits girls, boys teams win
The Back Mountain Bandits girls elementary lacrosse team defeated Delaware Valley, 16-5, last weekend at Warrior Stadium.
This was the second time this season the Bandits met the Warriors on the …
Legion golf tournament is June 2
Daddow-Isaacs Dallas American Legion Post 672 will hold its annual American Legion Golf Tournament on June 2 at Stone Hedge Golf Course in Tunkhannock.
Monies raised will support a Scholarship …
Junior high softballers
The Lake-Lehman junior high girls softball team hosted Hanover Area at its field in Lehman Township on April 25.
Annual Farber Golf Tourney set
King’s College will host the 28th Annual Rev. Paul Farber, C.S.C. Memorial Golf Tournament on Friday, June 8 at Mill Race Golf and Camping Resort in Benton. All proceeds benefit the …
Novitski will play football at Ursinus
Jared Novitski recently signed his letter of intent to play football at Ursinus University. Novitski was a three-year letterman and starting quarterback for the Lake-Lehman varsity football team and …
Blackhawks finish first with 10-2-2 slate
The Back Mountain Blackhawks finished the NEPASHL varsity ice hockey season in first place with a 10-2-2 record.
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Hockey League varsity playoffs included …
Local lacrosse players attend clinic
Back Mountain Bandits Girls 7/8 lacrosse team participated in the 2012 “Queen Of The Turf” Clinic & Tournament at Bloomsburg University this month. Bloomsburg University Head Coach …
Sem MVPs announced
Wyoming Seminary Upper School Director of Athletics Karen Klassner recently announced the Back Mountain students named Sem’s Most Valuable Players, Gold Award and other award winners for winter …
Costantino will play football at Wilkes
F.J. Costantino of Dallas High School recently signed letter of intent to play football at Wilkes University in the fall 2012. Looking on is former Dallas football coach Ted Jackson, Sr.
BMT Blackhawks finish second in ice hockey league
The Back Mountain Blackhawks finished the NEPASHL varsity ice hockey season in second place with a 10-2-2 record.
The North Eastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Hockey League varsity playoffs included …
Sem hockey team visits Senate
State Sen. Lisa Baker (R-20) and colleagues recognized Wyoming Seminary Girls Field Hockey 2011 PIAA Class AA champions on the Senate floor recently in honor of their repeat championship season. …
Newell is best at wrestling tourney
Steve Newell placed first at an Area X Sectional Wrestling Qualifier in Tunkhannock.
He then moved on to Area X Regional Championships in Williamsport where he also placed first to qualify him …
Roccograndi will play football at Ursinus
Dallas’ Jim Roccograndi, center front, signs to play football at Ursinus College at the Back Mountain Memorial Library in Dallas flanked by his parents, Deb and James Roccograndi. From left, …
Lake-Lehman spikes DHS Mountaineers
The Lake-Lehman volleyball team defeated arch-rival Dallas, 25-16, 25-23 and 25-23, to grab a 3-1 on-the-road victory. Dallas won the second game of the match, 25-22.
Kevin Fine led the victors …
Baker hurls great game in DHS softball loss
Serra Degnan knocked in the winning run with a two-out triple in the seventh inning, giving Wyoming Area a 3-2 victory over Dallas in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division I East softball …
Four advance in free throw competition
Four Back Mountain residents all advanced in the second round of the Knights of Columbus free throw competition and advanced to the regional competition at Msgr. McHugh School in Cresco. From left, …
DYB fourth-grade team wins March Madness Tournament
The Dallas Youth Basketball fourth-grade travel team recently won the Wyoming Area Catholic March Madness Tournament by defeating Pittston Area, 39-18, in the title game. The team also won the …
Bandits open lacrosse season
The Back Mountain Bandits hosted Mountain Top for the first game of the season and came up on the short end of a 6-4 score. Scoring goals for the Bandits were Ricky Morgan, Michael Santora, Ryan …
LEARNING the BASICS
Girls between the ages of 7 and 14 had the opportunity to learn and practice fundamentals of softball while being instructed by members of the two-time district championship Dallas High School …
Tearin’ up the new track at Dallas HS
The Dallas High School track and field team entertained Pittston Area at the school district’s newly-constructed track on Tuesday afternoon.
Stickin’ it to the opponents
Mallory Wilson scored seven goals and registered a pair of assists but the Lake-Lehman girls lacrosse team fell one shy, losing 19-18, to Bethlehem Freedom on Monday at Lake-Lehman High …
Lehman-Jackson Pink wins PTA/PTO basketball playoffs
The three elementary schools in the Lake-Lehman School District recently held their PTA/PTO basketball playoffs with Lehman-Jackson Pink defeating Lake-Noxen Red in the championship game. Members of …
Dallas nips Coughlin
Ashley Dunbar angled in a shot from deep on the right side of the field as the Dallas girls soccer team defeated rival Coughlin, 1-0, in a Wyoming Valley conference Division 1-A game that went into …
DYB fourth-grade team wins championship
The Dallas Youth Basketball Fourth-Grade Travel Team captured the championship in the Newport Invitational Basketball Tournament by defeating the Newport All Stars, 35-15. Dallas also defeated the …
Flores makes hole in one
James Flores, 14, of Shavertown, has enjoyed an early start to the golf season. And the season got even better when he made his first hole in one on the par 3, number 17 at Irem Country Club on March …
KaPow Germany and China field hockey teams win gold
The KaPow Germany and KaPow China field hockey teams both won gold medals at the National Indoor Tournament (NIT).
Led by coaches Kim Barbacci and Lunda Comiskey, each team had to fight to the …
DHS swimmers and divers compete in 2A state meet
The Dallas High School swim and dive team proved to be successful at the PIAA Class 2A Swimming and Diving Championships at Bucknell University last week.
The 200 and 400 freestyle relay team was …
Eckert advances to state event
Lee Eckert won first place in the Knights of Columbus Basketball Regional Free Throw Shooting Competition recently held in Cresko. To get to the regional level, Eckert won first place locally and …
DYB seventh-grade team wins title
The Dallas Youth Basketball seventh-grade girls travel team won the championship game in the Wyoming Valley West Basketball League, defeating Nanticoke in the title game. From left, first row, are …
Ostroski, Bowanko team up to lead Dallas to title victory
Ray Ostroski and Spencer Bowanko scored 14 points apiece to lead Dallas to a 45-27 victory over Berwick in the championship game of the Wyoming Valley Conference 8th grade basketball …
DYB seventh-grade girls team wins championship
The Dallas Youth Basketball seventh-grade girls travel team is the tournament champion in the Back Mountain Shootout held at Lake-Lehman High School. The team defeated Nanticoke in the title game. …
BMT pair leads Summit Christian
Co-captains Tim Piatt, left, of Lehman, and Robbie Hoffman, right, of Shavertown, joined fellow teammate senior Mike Butts, center, of Scott Township, to lead Summit Christian Academy Patriots (20-0, …
Community college run benefits local charities
The Luzerne County Community College Health, Physical Education, and Exercise Science Department will hold a Run for a Purpose 5K Run/Fun Walk on Saturday, April 14, at 9 a.m., at the college’s …
Paul Brace will attend Misericordia
Dallas High School standout athlete Paul Brace Jr. recently signed a letter of intent to attend Misericordia University. From left, are, Lu Ann Brace, mother; Paul Brace Jr., Paul Brace Sr., father. …
Local curling enthusiast officiates at nationals
Alison Piatt is an avid curler.
Not the hair-twirling kind.
She’s more interested in the Olympic sport of curling – a game where players hurl stones across sheets of ice towards a …
DYB Champions
7TH/8TH GRADE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Spurs 55
Magic 38
Sukhmail Mathon poured in 30 points to lead the Spurs to a 55-38 win over the Magic in the championship game.
Paul Zablotney added 10 …
Dunbar comes alive
With the Dallas girls basketball team trailing by 13 points in the second half and its leading scorer, Ashley Dunbar, not yet scoring, things did not look good for the Lady Mountaineers.
But, then …
Wings team grabs first place
The Wilkes-Barre Wings Pee Wee A team took first place in the Canadian Cup Tournament in Montreal, Quebec at the Les 4 Glaces Ice Rink this month, beating teams from New Jersey, Boston and …
Lake-Lehman wrestlers eke out win over Dallas
Lake-Lehman was pitted against Dallas entering the final round of District 2 wrestling action on Saturday, with each team having earned a separate fourth match.
When Hanover Area’s Steve …
Jack Farrell scores 44 points in DYB victory
When 9-year-old Jack Farrell steps on the court to play basketball, he means business.
The Dallas Elementary student plays for the Knicks in the Dallas Youth Basketball third and fourth-grade …
A FIRST FOR MISERICORDIA SPORTS
It was a 2-fer at Misericordia University last Saturday. The men’s and women’s basketball teams both women Freedom Conference championships – the women by defeating King College, …
FRIENDLY RIVALRY
The rivalry between the Dallas and Lake-Lehman high school swimming and diving teams is a little friendlier than one might think.
The Lake-Lehman team, which started competing in the Wyoming …
Dall boys advance
Dallas had three players reach double figures to defeat Tunkhannock, 49-45, to capture the Wyoming Valley Conference Division II boys basketball title Tuesday night at Lake-Lehman High …
LL girls defeated
Nanticoke broke open a one-point game midway through the third quarter to defeat Lake-Lehman, 60-42, in the Wyoming Valley Conference Division III girls basketball championship Monday at Holy …
Young swimmers split final meet
The Dallas Mountaineer Aquatic Club split its final meet before championships with Delaware Valley as the girls team won, 141-104, and the boys team lost, 128-113, on Saturday, Feb. 11 in the …
Future STARS
The Dallas ninth grade girls basketball team hosted Pittston Area on Feb. 2 at the Dallas High School gymnasium.
U13 girls soccer team finishes first
The Wyoming Valley Soccer Club U-13 girls team recently finished in first place in the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association U-13 Indoor State Cup. Team members are, from left, Megan Miller, …
Youths win Knights Free Throw Championship
Four boys and one girl from the Back Mountain area were named local winners of the 2012 Father O’Leary Knights of Columbus #8224 Free Throw Championship, earning the right to compete at the …
Young wrestlers
Lake-Lehman and Dallas sparred in a junior high wrestling match on Jan. 25 at Lake-Lehman High School.
Dwyer’s pin lifts Knights over Dallas
Lake-Lehman’s Josh Sayre pinned Eric Young of Dallas in the finale of an intense dual in front of a near-capacity crowd at Lake-Lehman, pushing the Black Knights to a 32-31 victory over their …
DYB skills competition held
Dallas Youth Basketball recently held its annual skills competition. Winners were Lauren Charlton, first place; Morgan McNeely, second place; Emma Thomas, third place, fourth-grade foul shots; Megan …
DYB players win medals
Dallas Youth Basketball recently held its annual skills competition. Pictured are the fifth and sixth-grade boys who won medals for foul shooting and all-around shooting. From left, first row, are …
Mountaineers swim to victory
Owen Kiluk won the 100 back from Dallas in a 118-39 win over Lake-Lehman. Jake Chielli took first in the 50 free and 500 free.
Matthew Edkins took first in diving for the Black Knights’ lone …
Jr. high RIVALS
The Lake-Lehman Junior High girls basketball team hosted the Lady Comets of Crestwood on Jan. 20.
Anita Ghosh wins tennis tourney
Anita Ghosh, of Dallas, won the Girls 18 Under division of the Birchwood Holiday Classic Tennis Championships in Clarks Summit.
Over 120 junior tennis players from the Middle States section …
Good Shepherd girls win holiday tournament
Good Shepherd Academy eighth-girls basketball team the first-ever Good Shepherd Academy Holiday Classic Tournament. In the championship game, Good Shepherd beat Wyoming Area Catholic to secure the …
Good Shepherd boys win holiday tournament
Good Shepherd Academy eighth-grade boys basketball team won the first-ever Good Shepherd Academy Holiday Classic Tournament. In the championship game, Good beat All Saints Academy, 41-39, to secure …
Stars of TOMORROW
The Lake-Lehman Junior High girls basketball team hosted the Lady Spartans of Wyoming Valley West on Monday, Jan. 16.
DHS ekes out swim victory
Against Pittston Area at home on January 6, the swimming Mountaineers of Dallas took first and second place in the final event, the 400 free relay, to earn a close 96-90 victory at home.
Protect YOURSELF
Linda Cardany can’t be much more than five feet tall, though the 64-year-old from Dorrance recently learned she packs quite a punch.
Cardany was one of a group of women (and men) in attendance …
Girls soccer club finishes in first place
The Wyoming Valley Soccer Club U-14 girls team recently finished in first place in the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association U-15 Girls Indoor State Cup. Team members are, from left, first …
