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HEADLINES: Lady Foresters Win District Title; Sabers Reach State Tournament The District 2 Class A girls’ basketball championship game matchup has been the same throughout the career of the Forest City senior players. Cassie Erdmann and Katie Yale made sure the result was different in their last shot at three-time defending champion Old Forge. Erdmann scored 24 points and combined for Yale to key a third-quarter outburst that carried Forest City to the championship with a 61-44 victory over Old Forge Saturday afternoon at Carbondale. Yale had 18 of her 20 points in the second half when the Lady Foresters pulled away after leading 17-14. Erdmann and Yale combined for 17 of the points in the 23-10 third quarter. Forest City then added the first four points of the fourth quarter for a 44-24 lead with 6:01 remaining. Erdmann had 11 points and Old Forge’s Nicole Marianelli had nine of her 15 in the first half for Old Forge. Lauren Carey added 11 points for Old Forge. The teams played in the final for the fourth straight year. Old Forge won 46-33 in 2008, 38-19 in 2009 and 44-38 last year. Forest City reached the final with a 55-23 semifinal rout of Blue Ridge. Erdmann scored 11 points and Yale added 10. Blue Ridge was led by Ashley Warren with 12 points. WEEK IN REVIEW Susquehanna eventually fell to Old Forge in the District 2 Class A boys’ basketball championship game, but the Sabers earned themselves a state tournament preliminary round spot when they rallied in the semifinals to defeat Freeland MMI Prep, 49-44. The Sabers scored the game’s final seven points to pull out the victory. Taylor Cundey’s basket started the rally and forced a tie. Cole Mallery hit two free throws with 1:05 left to put the Sabers in front. Forte hit 10 of 15 shots and scored 21 points to lead MMI, which finished 16-7. Mallery led Susquehanna with 17 points and Cundey added 12. Old Forge defeated Forest City, 56-30, in the other semifinal behind 20 points by Tony Goodall. Dylan Walsh led Forest City with nine points. Goodall also led Old Forge in the final, scoring 15 in the 47-24 victory over Susquehanna that gave the Blue Devils their fifth straight title. Dom Avvisato added nine points and 10 rebounds while Mario Martinelli had eight assists for the Blue Devils. Andrzej Tomczyk led the Sabers with 10 points. Scranton (AAAA), Holy Redeemer (AAA) and Riverside (AA) won the other district championships. In girls’ basketball, Montrose came within one win - in either of two games - of qualifying for the state Class AA tournament, but finished fourth in District 2 in Class AA. The Lady Meteors fell to Lake-Lehman, 51-44, in the semifinals and Mid Valley, 48-39, in the third-place game. Lake-Lehman outscored Montrose, 23-10, in the middle two quarters to take a 37-25 lead into the fourth quarter. The Lady Meteors used a 19-8 surge to get within a point before the Lady Knights scored the final six to pull out the win. Selena Adamshick scored 30 points for Lake-Lehman. Dallas Ely hit five 3-pointers while scoring 19 for Montrose. Montrose jumped out to a 6-2 lead on Mid Valley with the help of five points by Ely. Mid Valley built a 37-22 lead after three quarters then held off Montrose in the fourth quarter. Ely had 12 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter to help the Lady Meteors outscore the Spartanettes, 17-11. Amelia DiPhillips contributed seven points, six rebounds and five steals. Alli Walsh led Mid Valley with 14 points, 11 rebounds and six steals. Danielle Terranella added 13 points and Sam DeMarco had 12. Abington Heights (AAAA), West Scranton (AAA) and Dunmore (AA) joined Forest City for a Lackawanna League sweep of the District 2 titles. In all, the Lackawanna League took seven of eight titles in boys’ and girls’ basketball and claimed 14 state tournament berths to five for the Wyoming Valley Conference. In boys’ swimming, Elk Lake’s Adam Phillips won a District 2 Class AA 100 yard breaststroke title by finishing in 1:00.93 Saturday at the Catholic Youth Center in Wilkes-Barre. Phillips also had a second-place finish in the 200 individual medley and anchored relay teams to fourth- and sixth-place finishes. Cody Mowry and Brad Grosvenor were also part of the 400 freestyle relay team that finished fourth and the 200 freestyle relay team that was sixth. Alex Manzek was on the 400 freestyle team and John Kreig was on the 200 team. Grosvenor, Manzek and Kreig joined Codie Malloy on the 200 medley relay team finished eighth. Dylan Simmons finished seventh in the diving event held a week earlier. Cody Mowry (50 freestyle), Grosvenor (100 butterfly), Kreig (100 free) and Malloy (500 free) all had 11th-place finishes in the meet where the top 12 scored points for their team. Elk Lake finished seventh out of 13 teams with 93.5 points. Dallas outscored Holy Redeemer, 343-218.5, for the team title. In girls’ swimming, Elk Lake’s Chelsea Karabin (100 freestyle) and Abby Zdancewicz (500 freestyle) each had second-place finishes at the District 2 Class AA championships. Karabin also had a third-place finish in the 50 freestyle while Zdancewicz was fifth in the 200 freestyle. They also took care of the last two legs of the 400 freestyle relay team that finished second with the help of Rina Nikolaidis and Emmie Gibson. Nikolaidis was seventh and Gibson eighth in the 50 freestyle. Heather Winner was 10th a week earlier in the diving. Nikolaidis, Olivia Everitt, Rachael Grosvenor and Gibson finished 11th in the 200 medley relay. In wrestling, Susquehanna’s Tom Maby and Blue Ridge’s Dalton Church each won one match in the Class AA Northeast Regional before being eliminated two victories short of a state tournament appearance. Maby pinned Zach Macosky of Dallas in 1:49 at 140 pounds in the first round of consolations. He was eliminated with a 1-0 loss to Central Columbia’s Herbie Shannon. Church won in the same round with a 4-2 victory over Brian Deluca of Dallas. Blue Ridge’s Zach Edwards (112) and Montrose’s Zach Thorne (160) each lost two straight. COLLEGE CORNER Cody DeBoer, a sophomore from Montrose, took third in the long jump to help Shippensburg University win the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference women’s indoor track and field title. DeBoer set a school record of 24 - 1/4, the fifth-longest in the nation in Division II at the time, only to have his school record broken when teammate Herman Kirkland followed with a national-best jump of 25 - 3 1/4. Sarah Kimsey, a freshman from Montrose, took seventh in the women’s triple jump with 35 - 10 3/4 for Kutztown. THE WEEK AHEAD Forest City (17-8) opens the state Class A girls’ basketball tournament Saturday at 3 at Carbondale against District 1 runner-up Our Lady of Sacred Heart (12-13). In boys’ basketball, Susquehanna needed to get through Tuesday’s play-in round game at Antietam to reach Friday’s quarterfinals against District 1 champion School at Church Farm (21-1) at Coatesville at 6. TOM ROBINSON writes a weekly local sports column for the Susquehanna County Transcript. He can be reached online at RobbyTR@aol.com.
NASCAR Racing Edwards Tops Stewart At Vegas LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards both pitted for tires under green, late in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400. Stewart took on four tires, while Edwards’ team only gave him two. The time between changing two tires versus four tires was about seven seconds. Stewart had been leading the race, but after the pit stop, Edwards was the leader. He went on to win by less than a second, while all Stewart could do was watch and fume. After the race had ended, Stewart shouted to his team on the radio, “I want ya’ll to explain to me how we lost today’s race?” Edwards went into the race a 10-1 under dog according to Las Vegas bookies, but he led 65 of the 267 laps, including the last 16. “My team gave me the win,” said Edwards. “After the bad incidents at Phoenix last week, I didn’t know where our team was going, but today showed just how good we are.”
Carl Edwards doing his victory lane backflip at Las Vegas. Furnished by NASCAR. Stewart, who finished second, led the most laps and had the fastest car for most of the race. “We just gave one away,” said Stewart. “On second thought, it sucks.” Juan Montoya was third and Marcus Ambrose came in fourth. “We fought all day,” said Ambrose. “They worked and worked on the car. They gave me great pit stops, and it shows in our finish.” Ryan Newman, Martin Truex, Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kurt Busch, and Brian Vickers were the remaining top-10 finishers. Polesitter Matt Kenseth came into the pits with a cut tire on Lap 13 and lost a lap. During a long green-flag run that followed a restart on Lap 19, Kenseth was trapped one lap down. Kurt and Kyle Busch had a terrible race. Kurt lost control of his No. 22 Dodge and spun out. Kyle had a right front tire blow out early in the race, then the engine in his No. 18 Toyota blew up, and he wound up with a DNF. Jeff Gordon, the winner of last week’s Phoenix race hit the wall and did not finish. “We never got a handle on the car,” said Gordon. “Nothing seemed to help. It kept getting tighter and tighter until that happened.” Top-12 driver standings after 3 of 36: 1. Stewart-113, 2. Kurt Busch-113, 3. Edwards-106, 4. Montoya-106, 5. Newman-103, 6. Menard-96, 7. Truex-95, 8. Hamlin-95, 9. Allmendinger-94, 10. Earnhardt-91, 11. Martin-91, 12. Johnson-87. MARTIN GRABS NATIONWIDE RACE Mark Martin stretched his fuel mileage to win Saturday’s Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas. After race leader Brad Keselowski cut a tire and hit the wall on the final lap of the Sam’s Town 300, Martin cruised to the checkered flag, posting his 49th Nationwide victory. “I can’t gloat over the win,” said Martin. “If Brad hadn’t of had a tire problem, he looked like he would win. All I could do was make sure I didn’t run out of gas. Justin Allgaier ran second, with Keselowski coming home in third. After falling more than two laps down earlier in the race, Danica Patrick rallied to finish fourth, posting the best result ever for a female driver in one of NASCAR’s top three series. Patrick’s previous best finish was 14th at Daytona in February. Trevor Bayne was fifth, followed by Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Ricky Stenhouse, Jason Leffler, and Kenny Wallace. Kyle Busch, dominated early, but later fell out of the race. He finished 30th. His winning chances disappeared on Lap 130, when he made an aggressive move off Turn 4, clipped the infield grass, and slid through the tri-oval. The left front of Busch’s Toyota smacked the inside wall and his race was over. “I had a really big run off the top, and I didn’t want to go to the outside,” Busch said. “I wanted to kind of get down and be on the bottom, so I could get down on the white line in Turn 1. I didn’t even make it that far. I got to the bottom of the 22 (Keselowski), and I guess he came to block a little bit. “I didn’t want to run into him, so I went into the grass, and I know the grass typically doesn’t work, so I looked kind of stupid doing that. Tried to hang on to it, and just couldn’t get it back straight in enough time and got into the inside wall.” Top-10 points leaders after 3 of 34: 1. Sorenson-111, 2. Stenhouse-109, 3. Leffler-106, 4. Patrick-98, 5. Allgaier-95, 6. Bayne-87, 7. Almirola-85, 8. K. Wallace-84, 9. Bliss-82, 10. Nemechek-79. VLRA TO PURCHASE NASCAR BIRTHPLACE DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The historic Streamline Hotel, where NASCAR held its organizational meeting on December 14, 1947, will soon have a new owner. Zetta Baker, one of the founders of Victory Lane Racing Association announced at their annual meeting in February, which was held at the Pelican Bay Country Club, that the organization plans to purchase the hotel. “We think it is a wonderful opportunity to preserve this part of our history,” said Baker. “We are in the process of finalizing plans. We will convert it into a museum as well as keep it operating as a hotel.” Baker, who is a VLRA boardmember is also handling the purchase for the organization. “We have made an offer to the owners and they have accepted,” she continued. “We have an attorney-in-waiting, and as soon as everything moves through channels, we will finalize our operating plans. “We have until May, 2011 to secure financing and close. The owners have told us that if we are not able to close by that date, we will be given an extension. “This building and property was the birthplace of NASCAR’s and occupies an important aspect of its heritage. We are going to preserve and enhance as much of this history as we can. “All our long-range plans for the hotel are still being worked out, but we plan on selling something like a time-share to teams and other interested racing organizations. In exchange, they would be able to use their room for at least three months a year, for a certain number of years. “You might call it a “Sponsorship.” “In addition, teams would be able to display their memorabilia. “It will provide a great opportunity for the fans that are staying with us to see all the NASCAR items on display, and learn more about the team history. Victory Lane Racing Association is a not for profit organization based in Daytona Beach, FL. It was formed in 2005 to assist racing families in need. For additional information go to www.victorylaneracingassociation.com. Weekend Racing: The Cup and Nationwide teams are off. The only NASCAR action this weekend is the Camping World Truck Series at Darlington on Saturday, March 12. It will be televised on Speed, beginning at 5 p.m. ET. Racing Trivia Question: Which state is Kasey Kane from? Last Week’s Question: Which Cup team does Regan Smith drive for? Answer. He drives the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet. You may contact the Racing Reporter at: hodges@race500.com.
Tom Maby Is February’s Athlete Of The Month
Winning a District 2 Class AA wrestling championship was something that Tom Maby thought about much of this season after coming one step short a year ago. “This was the goal of the season,” Maby said after taking the title with a 12-3 victory over Hanover Area’s Matt Luckachinsky in the 140-pound final at Lake-Lehman Feb. 26. For accomplishing his goal, Maby was named Susquehanna County Transcript Athlete of the Month for February. The Susquehanna junior suffered just two losses in the month, each by one point, and felt like he was doing some of his best wrestling coming into districts. Maby ran into a tough spot, however, in the semifinals. Dallas sophomore Zach Macosky, who won by pin in his other four bouts and eventually finished third, had Maby in a scoreless tie most of the way. After ending regulation tied at 2-2, Maby used a takedown in the opening seconds of overtime to post a 4-2 victory and clinch a return trip to Northeast Regionals at Williamsport. “I just thought he was leaving his leg out too much and I went for it,” Maby said. Maby received a first-round bye before posting a 9-1 victory over Valley View’s Mike Cipilewski for his first of two major decisions in the tournament. The three wins improved his season record to 23-5. “I just felt like I was focused better this season,” Maby said. “I was going from one move to the next much quicker than before.” Wrestling is one of three varsity sports for Maby, a back-up running back and linebacker on the Sabers’ championship football team and a utility player in baseball. Tom is the son of Greg and Carmen Maby of Lanesboro.
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