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Local gymnasts earn competition honors

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Level 10 gymnasts from the United Sports Academy in Dunmore include from left: Mackenzie Black, a sophomore at Dunmore High School; Emma Firmstone, a senior at Honesdale High School; Adeliner Rieder, a sophomore at Scranton prep; and Taylor Osterhout, an 8th grade student at Abington Heights.

Two Dunmoreans in the Junior Olympic team program at United Sports Academy, located in Dunmore, who participated in competitions over the weekend of February 12-14 brought home honors.

Ten-year-old, Maura Michalczyk, a fourth grader at Dunmore Elementary Center, is a level 4 gymnast who competed in the Dalmatian Classic in Wales, Pa., over the weekend and took home first place on Vault, first place on Bars, first place on Beam, second place on Floor, and first place All Around.

The second gymnast is 16-year-old Mackenzie Black, who is currently a sophomore at Dunmore High School., She is a  level 10 gymnast at United Sports Academy and  just competed in the Presidential Classic in Disney World. Mackenzie took home first place on Vault, first place on Floor, third on Beam and third place All Around.

 

DHS senior named offensive player of year and all-state

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Photo Credit: Rich Banick/Rich Banick Photography

By Steve Svetovich

Dunmore senior back Garrett Murray capped an outstanding football season by being named Times-Tribune offensive player of the year and earning a spot on the Pennsylvania Football Writers Class AA all-state team.

The shifty back led the Dunmore Bucks district title football team with 1,530 yards rushing and an astonishing 27 total touchdowns.

He began to earn more playing time in veteran coach Jack Henzes’ offense as a junior in the PIAA playoff run. He played a bigger role as each game went on.

This season, he rushed for 177 yards and scored five touchdowns in Dunmore’s 51-29 win over Notre Dame-Green Pond in the PIAA Class AA opening round contest Friday, November 27, at Northern Lehigh High School.

His exploits helped lead Dunmore to its second straight District 2 Class AA championship. The Bucks lost in the PIAA Class AA quarterfinal game, 28-10, to West Catholic. Murray rushed for 76 yards in the loss to West Catholic.

Lake Lehman offensive lineman Connor McGovern was also selected to the Class AA all-state team. The 6-5, 310-pound senior center will enroll at Penn State.

Murray was part of an awesome group of backs that included Colin Holmes, Kyle Lasher and Pat Reese.

Murray and Holmes were considered a dynamic one-two combo as starters. Holmes was selected all-state last season.

The Bucks running game typically totaled well over 300 yards each game.

In two state playoff games this season, Murray rushed for 253 yards on 48 carries and scored six touchdowns.

A tough performer, Murray played often with two sore shoulders. One shoulder was surgically repaired in the off season,

The stalwart senior back finished his Dunmore football career with 2,309 rushing yards and 35 touchdowns, He particularly shined in the big games. He totaled 635 rushing yards and scored 10 touchdowns in six state playoff games.

Murray was a part of three Lackawanna Football Conference Division II titles in his three years with the Bucks.

Murray looked back at his fight through injuries and credited his teammates for helping to push him to success.

He was a threat in the backfield throughout the season.

Holy Cross High School 3rd Quarter Honor Roll

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12TH GRADE:

Distinguished Honors: Taylor M. Augustyn, Ann Basting, James Basting, Bethany Bateman, Maria Batyko, Allison Bauman, David Burge, Maggie Chen, Kylie Chichura, Julia DeMarco, Morgan Ditchey, Alexandra Ditchkus, Gabrielle Giordano, Olivia Golay, Marissa Grecco, Scott Howard, Liam Jones, Tess Kearns, Kimberly Kowalski, Brenden J. Leese,  Lauren Lomberto, Kaelin Lynott, Drew Magda, Maria Manzano, Haley Marcinkevich, Thomas Marino, Ian Martin, Brianna Mazzaccaro, Ryan McDonald, Maggie McDonough, Maura McDonough, Stephanie Merli, Juliana Muta, Shelby Ohotnicky, Riley Orr, Gina Marie Pettinato, Daniel Piazza, Amanda Pienkowski, Ruoxin (Christina) Qi, Margaret Rainey, Harrison P. Rapp, Alex Rowella, Joseph Rutledge, Sarah Scavo, Vito Scocozzo IV, Jack Shean, Masen Suhadolnik, Jonathan Symonies, Christian Tomaino, Matthew Valvano, Nicholas J. Vinansky, Matthew Walsh, James Wetter, Jeremy Yzeik, Anela Zaccone

Honors: Austin Dembesky, Lindsey Dippre, Kali Gianacopoulos, Lilyanna Guziewicz, Olivia Kosin, Lauren Leppo, Aidan McAndrew, Jacob Mineo, Joseph Neyman, Leo Sebastianelli, Chelsea Skrepnak, Mitchell Spall, Adam Walsh

11TH GRADE:

Distinguished Honors: Alexandria Arbie, Bridget Boginski, Richard J. Boyle, Christina Brannon, Emily Burden, Molly Cerep, Sam Collura, Antonia Corma, Isabella Crotti, Gabriella Day, Reilly M. Dugan, Felicia Dzielak, Thomas Dzwonczyk, Emily Faith,  Alyssa Flannery, Lauren Franklin,  Kathleen Fricke, Andrew Gownley, Lexie Green, Mackenzie Greenfield, Edward Gregorowicz, Zoe Haggerty, Taylor Karkut, , Olivia Klein, Erin Kranick, Courtney Kuschke, William Legg, Noah Leopard, Karl Lewis, Moriah Lukasik, Eric Macarski,  Cierra Marino, Matthew Marsh, Courtney McDonnell, Shannon McDonough,  Jake McGovern, Joshua Megliola, Rachel Merritt, Brendan Mizok,  John Jeffrey Montefour, Nina Mucciolo, Robert J. Murphy, Angelina Noto, Erina Oguma, Gannon Palmiter, Allie Rainey, Caitanne Robinson, Lauren Schuster, Monica Seamon, Monica Shaffern, Alyssa Sheehan-Fazio, Nathan Skrutski, , Timothy Sokolowski, Sarah Sporko, Joshua Strony, Andrey Svistunov, Sarah Tanana, Isabelle Tokash, Zachary Zaluski

Honors: Alyssa Alfano, James Backus, Melissa Berardelli, Abigail Bloom, Dominique Bonavoglia, Nikolas Boniello, Devon Carey, Sean Collins, Jacqueline Dende, Claire Duncan, Emily Fisher, Jocelyn Griffin, Julia Haefele, Sierra Hembury, Kayla Kincel, Ashley Kneier, Angelo Mancinelli, Rachel Mazur, Joshua Mesaris, Luke Monteleone, Cindy Morales, Matthew Nealon, Emily Pettinato, Abigail Phillips, Emily Robinson, Michael Rogers, Karalyn Rook, Austin Shattin, Brian Sokol

10TH GRADE:

Distinguished Honors: Abigail Anderson, Caitlin Andrews, Jeffrey Antosh, Joseph Arbie, Mary Kate Bateman, Deidra Cali, Kaitlyn Cebular, Jenny Chang, Abigail Corrigan, Francesca Creavey, Brianna Dyson, Thaddeus Farrell, Leah Georgiades, Hannah Gilhooley, Mary Margaret Graff, Cassandra Gronki, Abigail Guziewicz, James Hanna, Meghan Healey, Julianne Hunt, Jeff Kim, Mark Kobierecki, Louis Koch, Acacia Krenitsky, Morgan Kriefski, Mia Maiolatessi, Rose Martillotti, Makayla McClemens, Joshua Mies, Rachel Moffitt, Celine Nash, Matthew Nelson, Kaitlyn O’Connor, Kateri O’Connor, Kella Pacifico, Leah Pawluck, Shelby Petrillo, Alyssa Pezzuti, Malachi Phillips, Miranda Piwowarski, Kevin Ra, Bailey Simrell, Alana Siock, Ann Siock, Lauren Torre, Nicholas Urso, Ashley Walsh, Jade Wehner

Honors: Kevan Bailey, Christopher Baumher, Lianna Bilbao, Shayonna Escalera, Emily Griffiths, John Iacobacci, Davianne Laforme, Paul Marmo, Colin McAndrew, Madelyn McGoff, Emily McHale, Lauren Mekilo, Cory Miller, James Owens, Grace Perechinsky, Amanda Ross, Jordan Symonies, Carly Tomaine, John Topalanchik, Lauren Walker, Matthew Warden, Madison Ware

9TH GRADE:

Distinguished Honors: Amanda Alfano, Neena Beggin, Rosalie Bennie, Christian Bloom, Mollie Burda, Matthew Cerep, Nicholas Cerep, Emma Connolly, Brigit Coolican, Ashlynn Cox,  Harleigh Davis, Luke Fiscus, Patrick Galvin, Kirsten Gilern, Jared Griffin, Erin Hartman,  Julianna Innocenti, Emelie Irwin, Ronald James, Elisabeth Johnson, Isabel Lopez, Destiny Marino, Madeline Neville, Thomas Niemiec, Maura Perri, Christina Shaffern, Cassie Sporko, Nathaniel Talbot, Alexis Walsh, Jillian Warabak

Honors: Carson Cacioppo, Christian Colaiezzi, Kelsey Hartman, Anysia Jurgiewicz, Karli Kozel, Lindsey Leppo, Conor Nealon, Nicholas Novobilski, Mariah Petrucci, Charlie Pettinato, Emily Romanski, Matthew Troiani, Soren Yadlosky