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Del.Aware - January 31, 2014Page 19Wrestling empire captures the leagueWarriors clinch the league championship and head on to the district tournamentBY GRACE FARRELLSports EditorOn Jan. 15, for the sixthconsecutive year in a row, theDelaware Valley Warrior wrestlingteam won the District 2 LackawannaLeague championship.Facing off against theWallenpaupack Buckhorns, theWarriors were able to easily put pointson the board with their quick pins,ending the match with an effortless 46-18 victory against rivaling Buckhorns.“We executed really well againstWallenpaupack, and I’m hoping to pickup another district medal this year. Ourteam is working hard and we will get towhere we need to be in time,” said seniorJunior Frankie Carozza dominates opponentwith attempted Half Nelson.Photo by Grace FarrellColin Irwin.A week later, DV took on theundefeated Wyoming Valley WestSpartans and with a close match of 33-27,the Warriors were able to pull through andLady Warriors fall to Lady CometsBY JESSICA BALCARCELNews Co-EditorOn Jan. 23, the Lady Warriorsplayed rival Abington Heights, fallingto their mercy with a score of 16-33.The Lady Warriors’ record for theseason thus far is 4-11.“I look forward to continuing toimprove and shape the team for thefuture basketball teams and gettingto play with the seniors for a fewmore games because I’m going to missthem,” said junior Nikki Cuccio.Both teams scored within the firstseconds while Aragona was the first toput the Warriors on the board. TheComets and Warriors hustled throughoutthe first quarter. Peters with a three pointThe Warriors set up in 2-3 defense. Despite theloss to Abington, the girls were aggressive in thepaint.Photo by Jessica BalcarcelMartin Strenkshot and Cuccio with a three point buzzerbeater left the Warriors up by one, endingthe first quarter 8-7.maintain their perfect record of sevenwins and no losses in the district. TheWarriors are 10-5 overall, competingin weekend tournaments and all daymatches.“The district title is definitelybetween us and Wyoming ValleyWest. We as a team did not wrestleas well as we could have against them,however we match up against theSpartans again this weekend at theDistrict Team Championship. I’mlooking forward to that match,” saidhead coach Lou DeLauro.“I personally think Valley West’smatch was a step in the right direction,and that they are the team to beat. I hopethat that is a preview of how we performat our district tournamnet this weekend,”said senior captain Jalen Palmer.Collegiate UpdatesAt Delaware Valley, Martin Strenk had a reputation of beingan athletic powerhouse excelling in football, lacrosse andwrestling. This past year, Strenk decided to take his talentsto Division III Williams College and wrestle. At the 174 poundweight class, Strenk has 13 wins under his belt as a freshmanand has defeated opponents of national ranking. “Thetransition from high school to college is different as a wrestlerbecause you have to learn to manage your free time, aWlongwith cutting weight and your class schedule,” said Strenk.Abington started the secondquarter with a press against DV,falling back into a 1-3-1 defense.This made it tougher for theWarriors to score, but two lay upswere made by freshman HannahGallagher, both assisted by Peters.The half ended with the Warriorsdown by one 12-13.Opening up the second halfAbington scored 12 points againstthe Lady Warriors 2-3 zone defense,ending the quarter with a score of12-25.In the fourth quarter, Peters andAragona both scored two points each.“They played very well in thefirst half but lost composure in second halfand could not score,” said head coach AlHoltzer.SPOTLIGHTATHLETEPJ Testino, JUNIOR“PJ has been wrestling very wellfor us lately and won the matchfor our team against WyomingValley West with a pin.”-Coach Lou DeLauroSPOTLIGHTATHLETEHannah Gallagher, FRESHMANAmber Tooley“Hannah is improving withevery game and working hard inpractice.”-Coach Al HoltzerAmber Tooley is a freshman at Temple University majoringin pre-health. Being a collegiate athlete, Tooley admits thatcheering for a D1 school is like having a full time job. Thetransition for her was tough at first managing her crazyschool schedule and cheer, but she wouldn’t give up beinga cheerleader for anything. For all of the seniors planningon playing a sport in college Tooley says, “Make sure youmanage your time. You may have all the love and passion inthe world for your sport but your grades are really importantas well.”Contributed Photo / Caption by Grace FarrellContributed Photo / Caption by Erin McNeely
Del.Aware Page 20January 31, 2014DV loses hard fought battle to Valley ViewBY ERIN MCNEELYManaging EditorThe boys’ basketball team wentdown with a fight on Jan. 23when they lost to theValley ViewCougars 65-63.The boyswent into thegameon a hot streak;ready to handleanythingthe Cougarsw e r eg o i n g t othrow at them.Valley View, n o tnormally a bigrivalfor the boys,cameready to play.The score fluctuatedthroughout the firsthalf of thegame, the Warriors kept theCougars behind them witha safe lead. Senior point guardJoey Raniero ledthe offense bySchor sets high hopesfor collegiate careerexample as hefinished thegame witheight threepointersand24 points.As thegame cameto a close,the WarriorsThe Warrior fan section showslost the leadtheir unrivaled support for theallowing team.the score Contributed Photosto becomeexceptionallyclose. Valley View put a great deal ofpressure on the Warriors, hoping tocatch them off their game in order totake the lead; however, the boys keptthe game at their own pace, holding theCougars to a two point lead.Going into the last few seconds of thegame, the Cougars had solid possession ofball. With five seconds remaining, one ofValley Views’ guards chucked up a shot andAfter earning Class AAAA all-state honors, throwing for 2,586yards, and scoring 27 touchdowns his senior year, as well asstarting for four years, DV alumnus Bryan Schor had verballycommitted to play at Division I Miami (Ohio) University in Sept.2012. That was until Miami’s head coach was fired and thereplacement, Chuck Martin, changed plans.After being hired on Dec. 2, Coach Martin told Schor thathe was looking for a dual-threat quarterback, but Schor’sscholarship would still be honored even though he is a drop-backpasser. Schor says he called Martin about 30 times after thatconversation, none of which were returned. Athletic directorMark Rountree alerted Schor last week that his scholarship wasbeing revoked.“I guarantee when Martin first met with his team, he talked tothem about commitment, family, and loyalty. He practices noneof that, that’s for sure,” said Delaware Valley head coach CoachKeith Olsommer.Since Schor was gray-shirted, meaning he was not set to go toschool until this week for the spring semester, he has lost outthe chance to talk to many other schools. Luckily, he has nowarranged to attend Lackawanna College and play there in theupcoming fall season.“I’m just going to work hard and I believe that everything willwork out. I hope to play at Lackawanna for a year and, hopefully,go on to another Division I school,” said Schor, who still has bigexpectations for himself.their left forward crashed theboards for a layup at the buzzer.Although the Warriors weredisappointed in the outcome,they held their heads high,knowing that the next week’sgames were even morevital.“I thoughtthe boys playedwell. Our offensecontinues to getstronger eachgame buton defensewe are stillstruggling andthat is definitelysomethingweneed to continueto work on forfuturegames,”said head coachKris Holtzer.Cheer team takesoff for NationalsNearing the end of its season, competitioncheerleading heated up at States on Jan. 24 and 25at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa.Based on the size of their team, the 126 teams thatattended were broken up into four divisions: small,medium, large and co-ed.On the first night, the girls competed against 42teams in the medium division for preliminaries. TheWarriors were one out of 11 teams to make it to thenext round.The next morning, half of the teams went to the semifinalswhile the rest went home.The Warriors waited to compete for a win in the finalsand ended up placing twelfth.“It was very exciting but nerve racking. We were veryconfident asa team and itwas a greatway to preparefor Nationals,”said freshmanMia Joseph.Contributedphoto / Captionby JennyWisniewskiSPOTLIGHTATHLETEJoey Raniero, SENIOR“Joey had a great gameagainst Valley View; he hadeight three-pointers and 24points.”-Coach Kris HoltzerSPOTLIGHTATHLETEKelsey Lyzell, SENIOR“Kelsey is a solid baseand a strong leader onthe team. I am very proudof her for performing herround-off back handspringfor the first time on themat.”-Coach Jen SimonsenCaption by Marielle Cavallaro
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