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RUNNING
Moulton tops at Bear Creek 5K Mountain Top teen wins event; Shavertown’s Kelly Ciravolo takes women’s division.
By ROBERT MINER For The Times Leader
BEAR CREEK TWP. – Robert Moulton and Kelly Ciravolo scored victories in the 17th running of the Bear Creek 5K Run on Saturday at Messiah Primitive Methodist Church. Moulton, 19, of Mountain Top, relinquished the lead before regaining it en route to the win in16 minutes, 38 seconds. Bornfase Nyandusi Omurwa, a 28-year-old Kenyan who now lives in Kingston, finished second, 24 seconds behind Moulton. John Martino, 27, of Dallas finished third, 57 seconds behind Omurwa. “I went out fast right from the start and took the lead,” said Moulton, who is a sophomore at
King’s College, where he runs indoor and outdoor track. “(Nyandusi) caught and passed me about a quarter of a mile into the race. Then I caught him at the 1mile marker.” Moulton and Omurwa ran together over the next mile. “At Mile 2, we both realized that one of us had to make a move,” Moulton said. “I surged and gradually pulled ahead. I didn’t know how far behind me he was. So I just ran for time the rest of the way.” After the race, Omurwa said to Moulton, “I thought I was going to take you out. But you proved me wrong – good job.” No females were about to take out Ciravolo, who scored a wireto-wire win in 18 minutes, 33 seconds. The 32-year-old from Shavertown, who is the area’s top female triathlete, outran secondplace finisher Cathy Dragwa, 40, of Mayfield by 1:34. Deedra Porfi-
rio, 35, of West Pittston finished third, 10 seconds behind Dragwa. “I came to this race because I knew they had a kids race and wanted my daughter (Gemma, age 21⁄2) to run in it,” Ciravolo said. “It’s a nice race with the awards ceremony inside the church where it’s nice and warm, and out of the winter weather.” Ciravolo took the lead right from the start despite not going out too fast. “I knew that the early part of the race was pretty much downhill,” she said. “I wanted to save energy for on the way back going uphill. I knew it was going to be tougher. There was a strong head wind on the way back as well. So the strategy worked.” Officials from the Bear Creek race honored area runner Rich Chase for his many years of dedication to the running community. Chase, of Larksville, has been a fixture at most area races for
more than 34 years – he’s the guy at the starting line without the shirt no matter the weather. George Dunbar presented Chase with a plaque that read, “Rich Chase, in recognition of your contributions to the running community. Inspiring. Encouraging. Supporting. Challenging and Victorious. From your running family. March 3, BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER 2012.” Dunbar said of Chase, who of- Runners take off to start the Bear Creek 5K Run at Messiah ten helped out other runners Primitive Methodist Church in Bear Creek Township on Saturday. with advice and training tips, Male award winners: Overall: 1. Moulton; 2. lutes; 3. Christine Fazzi. 51-60: 1. Sharon Davies; 2. “Rich has taught many local run- Omurwa; 3. Martino. Age group winners: 12 & under: Patti Phillips. Field: 132 (run-107, walk-10, kids 1. Mike Rockefeller. 13-16: 1. Mike Lewis; 2. Joe race-15). Official starter: Vince Wojnar (Wyoming ners the definition of the word te- Piestrak; 3. Alexci Walutes. 17-20: 1. Jake Reinert; Valley Striders). Registration: Margaret Livsey. Tim2. Mike Arogalis; 3. Jared Kotsko. 21-30: 1. Tim No- ing: Dove Timing Services. Results: Volunteers from nacity.” vakowski; 2. George Watson; 3. John Zelena. 31-40: Messiah Primitive Methodist Church. Race director: 17th Bear Creek 5K Run
Top 10 Robert Moulton, 19, Mountain Top, 16:38 Bornfase Nyandusi Omurwa, 28, Kingston, 17:02 John Martino, 27, Dallas, 17:59 Jake Reinert, 20, Dallas, 18:02 Kelly Ciravolo, 32, Shavertown, 18:33 Mike Drogalis, 21, Old Forge, 18:40 Tony Korch, 52, Nanticoke, 18:41 Jared Kotsko, 17, Mountain Top, 18:47 Mike Lewis, 16, Shickshinny, 18:57 James Ryan, 19, Wilkes-Barre
MIRACLE
Miseri records fall at ECAC championships The Times Leader staff
NEW YORK --- The Misericordia University men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams traveled to New York to compete in the ECAC Championships on Saturday. For the women, Kelsey Cameron ran the 800 meters in a school-record time of 2:17.23 and finished ninth, while Stacey Perrins finished 10th in the 200 meters (26.14). Jill Dunn, Cameron, Bridget Comiskey and Stephanie Grow placed ninth in the 1,600 relay (4:00.47), and Marinna Orrson finished eighth in the mile in a time of 4:05.81. On the men’s side, the 3,200 relay team of Kyle Suponcic, David McLean, Jarrett Higley and John Gibbons broke a school record with a time of 7:58.15.
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King’s Samantha Simcox reacts to their win over William Paterson as Lindsay Atchison (22) and Molly Dahl (14) run to celebrate with her.
shooting 37 attempts today,” Donoghue said. “But ultimately we just always try to talk about taking good shots. I don’t know if 37 was ‘good shots,’ but our shot selection was reasonably good I thought.” Through it all, the Pioneers (26-3) still had the ball on the final possession and a chance to win. They had four players finish in double figures in scoring.
They held a commanding 49-35 were on paper, they did a great edge on the glass. job.” But they couldn’t finish off the WILLIAM PATERSON (63): Lucas 2-10 1-2 5, Lady Monarchs. Borova 4-14 0-0 10, Smith 7-11 2-5 17, Callander 5-8 0-0 13, Jeter 7-12 1-2 15, Walker 0-1 2-2 2, Ja“It didn’t come down to that vis 0-3 0-0 0, Palmer 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 25-61 7-13 last shot,” Pioneers coach Erin 63. KING'S (64): Simcox 4-12 0-1 8, Rader 9-15 0-0 Michaels 5-13 3-4 14, Atchison 1-4 0-0 3, ManMonahan said. “We made some 27, ning 2-8 1-3 5, McHugh 0-2 0-0 0, Davies 0-2 1-2 1, bad decisions at the end. We mis- Dahl 2-6 0-0 6, Carlin 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 5-10 64. sed some foul shots. It was a Halftime— William Paterson, 34-27 3-point field goals— WPU 6-15 (Callander 3-6, whole bunch of things. Borova 2-6, Smith 1-1, Lucas 0-2); KC 13-37 (Rader 9-13, Dahl 2-4, Atchison 1-4, Michaels 1-5, “(King’s) did a great job. For McHugh 0-2, Davies 0-2, Carlin 0-2, Simcox 0-5) how mismatched I thought we
TENNIS
Federer slips past Murray for Dubai victory By MICHAEL CASEY AP Sports Writer
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Roger Federer edged Andy Murray 7-5, 6-4 Saturday to win his fifth Dubai Championships title. The second-seeded Federer didn’t drop a set all week and kept Murray off balance much of the match. The win was Federer’s fifth title in seven tournaments and his 72nd overall. “This is perfect. This is great. Any title is a good one, I’ll tell you that,” Federer said. “I have a losing record against Murray.” The 16-time Grand Slam champion improved to 7-8
Reginald Thomas. Schedule Saturday, March 18: Wyoming Valley Striders 32nd annual Winter’s End (4.5 mile) Run at 11 a.m. at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Lehman Twp. (first leg of Striders Triple Crown). Info: Vince Wojnar, 4745363. Saturday, March 24: Make a Break for Auley 5Km Run ane 1 Mile Walk at 10 a.m. at Kirby Park. Info: Joey, 417-8680. Saturday, March 31: 3rd annual American Red Cross “Run for the Red 5K Run/Walk” at 10:30 a.m. at the Blood Center, Hanover Industrial Estates, Hanover Twp. Info: Phoretta Hoover, 823-7161, ext. 340.
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game, all while still trailing 6353 with 2:28 to play. • They needed threes on consecutive trips down the floor from Rader and fellow juniors Molly Dahl and Lindsay Atchison, with Dahl’s line-drive shot even banking in. • They needed an inadvertent distraction of Atchison hitting the deck while guarding an inbound play, flustering a Pioneers player into turning it over on a five-second violation. • They needed Katlin Michaels, the focus of the Pioneers’ defense all night long, to hit a runner in traffic to give King’s a 64-63 lead with 42 seconds left. • And, of course, they needed Paterson’s driving layup at the buzzer to miss the mark, triggering the celebratory mob. “It was just a huge blur,” said Michaels, who finished with her second NCAA tournament double-double in as many nights (14 points, 10 assists). “As soon as Molly banked that three in, everything just started going right.” Things had been going right for Rader from the opening tip. The Scranton Prep grad connected on her first four shots from behind the arc and hit on five in the first half. After cooling down to start the second, Rader again found herself open with the game on the line, hitting her other four threes in the final four minutes. “It’s happened to me before, but not anything like this,” Rader said of the shooting groove she found. “It’s all about muscle memory. I’ve been shooting almost every day. I shoot on the three-point line and 2 feet behind the line. “It was just that kind of night.” King’s had come into the game planning to fire away from long range, though not to this extent. A whopping 57 percent of the Lady Monarchs’ field goal attempts came from behind the arc, finishing 13-of-37 on the night. Rader was 9-of-13, Dahl hit two and Michaels and Atchison had one apiece. “We thought we’d spread them out, but I didn’t think we’d be
1. Jeremy Dormer; 2. Paul Manley; 3. Ryan Veet. 4150: 1. Randy White; 2. Mark Wright; 3. George Dunbar. 51-60: 1. Tony Korch; 2. Bob Warnagiris. 61-70: 1. Len Sowinski; 2. Joe Dutko; 3. Max Furek; 4. George Cometis. 80 & over: 1. Ed Livsey. Top 3 females Kelly Ciravolo, 32, Shavertown, 18:33 Cathy Dragwa, 40, Mayfield, 20:07 Deedra Porfirio, 35, W. Pittston, 20:17 Female award winners: 1. Ciravolo; 2. Dragwa; 3. Porfirio. Age group winners: 12 & under: 1. Kara Centroni; 2. Andrea Rockefeller. 13-16: none. 1720: 1. Molly Roberts; 2. Grace Fazzi. 21-30: 1. Kristy Rockefeller; 2. Shelly Sobieray; 3. Sara Orloski. 3140: 1. Jill Matthews-Lada; 2. Jen Stec; 3. Brooke Bilko. 41-50: 1. Traci Dutko-Strungis; 2. Michele Wa-
against Murray, outplaying the 24-year-old from Scotland with a mix of powerful groundstrokes, drop shots and the occasional serve-and-volley. Murray, who was coming off a semifinal win against top-ranked Novak Djokovic, struggled with his backhand and serve. He won 85 percent of his first service points against Djokovic, but only 48 percent against Federer. “For sure I made a few too many mistakes in the second, and he was playing a lot more aggressive than in the first set,” Murray said. “Sets can come down to just a couple points. You get a lucky shot here or one great
shot and you can break the set wide open.” Federer saved two break points when down 3-2 in the first set at the Aviation Club. He saved the first when Murray hit a forehand long and won the second with a backhand volley. Federer broke Murray to go up 6-5 and took the first set when Murray hit a forehand wide. The two players traded breaks early in the second set before Federer broke decisively to make it 5-4. Murray saved one match point before the Swiss star hit a forehand winner into the corner. “The match was close, I think in both sets, I just gave myself
more opportunities than Andy did overall,” said Federer, who used the fast surface to his advantage. Murray insisted his win over Djokovic was not on his mind when he took the court against Federer. “It was a good win yesterday, good win the day before, tough match today,” Murray said. “So I’m just happy with the week, because at this stage last year I was in a very different position, different frame of mind.” Despite losing, Murray said his performance this week will help him at upcoming tournaments in the United States.
beat Cabrini in the 1996 NCAA tournament. Only the King’s comeback featured a whole host of playmakers like Williams. There was Rader, scoring 27 points – more than she’d ever scored in a college game before – by getting hotter than any Lady Monarch has ever been from behind the arc. There was Michaels, determination etched into her face, feeding 10 assists and scoring 12 points after being held scoreless until the final minute of the first half against a defense designed to stop her.
MEN’S LACROSSE
Susquehanna 4, King’s 2
Susquehanna defeated visiting King’s in Selinsgrove. The Monarchs did not score until Kevin Sweeney struck net off an assist by Kieran McMahon to trim the lead the Susquehanna lead to 3-1 heading into the final period. Susquehanna wasted little time when Austin Lein scored just 33 seconds into the fourth quarter to give the Crusaders a 4-1 lead. McMahon scored unassisted with 10:55 remaining but the Monarchs would draw no closer. King’s was outshot 27-20 and Susquehanna also held a 26-22 advantage in ground balls. Brendan McCrudden made 10 saves in goal for the Monarchs. With the loss, King’s falls to 0-3. There was Molly Dahl hitting her second basket of the game – a three-pointers with 97 seconds to play which pulled King’s within four points. And there was Atchison scoring her only points on a three-ball with 63 seconds remaining to get the Lady Monarchs within one and set up the winning bucket by Michaels. “I really don’t think you can explain it,” Atchison said. “Just our desire to win.” Some fantastic finishes really don’t need an explanation. They’re just built on an unshakeable belief in an old adage that’s proven true when winners never quit. Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or email him at psokoloski@timesleader.com.
NFL
Alex Webster, former N.Y. Giants RB and coach, dies The Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Alex Webster, the star running back for the New York Giants who later coached the team for four years, died Saturday at a hospital in Florida. He was 80. Webster played for New York from 1955-64 and was the head coach from 1969-1973. He is fifth on the franchise list with 4,638 yards rushing and also ran for 39 touchdowns. “Alex was one of the all-time great Giants,” team co-owner John Mara said in a release. “He contributed so much to our team as a player, assistant coach and head coach. He was an even better person. We shall miss him dearly.” Webster played his entire NFL
career with New York. He rushed for two touchdowns in the Giants’ 47-7 victory over the Chicago Bears in the 1956 NFL championship game. The former North Carolina State star was inducted into the Giants’ Ring of Honor on Dec. 4. “Some of my greatest memories growing up were my father taking me and my brother and sister to Giants games at Yankee Stadium,” Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said. “I knew early in life what a great Giant Alex Webster is and was and what he meant to our organization. We are all thankful and proud of Alex’s induction into our Ring of Honor this past fall.” Webster also played for Montreal in the CFL in 1953-54.