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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; After 40 minutes of play, Thursday&#8217;s matchup at Coughlin felt awfully familiar for the Dallas boys soccer team.</p><p>Leading by a goal after one half of play, the Mountaineers (8-3-1) were in the same position Tuesday, holding a one-goal advantage over Crestwood at the half before the game ended a 1-1 tie.</p><p>At halftime, Dallas head coach Chris Scharff gave his players two options: they could either pick up the intensity to start the second half and score some early goals or play to a tie, like they did Tuesday.</p><p>The Mountaineers chose option No. 1.</p><p>Two quick goals to start the second half turned a one-goal lead into a three-goal cushion as the Mountaineers pulled away to bury Coughlin 4-0. With the road win, Dallas was able to avenge an early-season 5-2 loss at the hands of the Crusaders (6-4-2) on Sept. 19.</p><p>&#8220;I told them we have to finish our chances,&#8221; Scharff said of his halftime message. &#8220;When we finish our chances, when we finish we&#8217;re a pretty good team, but we don&#8217;t always finish.</p><p>&#8220;Coughlin&#8217;s a good team and very tough to play, especially here at their field, but with Coughlin you have to get a lead and it helps you. You never want to let Coughlin get the lead. So we get the lead, it helps us. I wasn&#8217;t comfortable with a 1-0 lead, not against Coughlin at their field because I knew they were going to come after us. When we got the second goal that was huge.&#8221;</p><p>The aggressive play of Dallas freshman Zach Holthaus gave the Mountaineers an early 1-0 lead after positioning himself next to the left goal post and capitalizing on a feed from Nico Deluca. Holthaus got the ball and was able to bury it in the top right corner of the net with 33:23 remaining in the first half.</p><p>Holthaus also got the ball rolling to start the second half, making the most of a free kick just outside of the box to give Dallas a 2-0 with 38:44 remaining in regulation.</p><p>&#8220;They just crossed it and I trapped it and I decided to hit it because there was no way to play it to someone else, I was right in front of the goal,&#8221; Holthaus said of his first goal. &#8220;I was trying to put (my free kick) lower corner.&#8221;</p><p>Leading 2-0 early in the second half, Deluca took it upon himself to put the game out of reach. After missing on three breakaways in Tuesday&#8217;s 1-1 tie at Crestwood, Deluca wanted to finish the job against Coughlin.</p><p>Deluca&#8217;s first of two goals came on a goal kick from Eric Llewellyn, who sent the ball all the way across the field. The goal kick found and open Deluca, who made it a three-goal game.</p><p>Then almost 25 minutes later, Deluca put away the Crusaders for good, scoring on a one-on-one with the Coughlin goalkeeper to make it 4-0 with 9:47 remaining in regulation.</p><p>&#8220;I just ran up and hoped that there was going to be a weird bounce, and I kept flowing to the ball and I saw the ball hit my feet and I just put it in the corner for the score,&#8221; Deluca said of his first goal. &#8220;(The two goals) gave me a lot of confidence going into future games and getting closer to playoffs. It&#8217;s giving me a lot of confidence because I haven&#8217;t been playing up forward for long, so since I&#8217;m starting to play it, it&#8217;s giving me a lot of confidence.&#8221;</p><p>Deluca and his teammates look to carry the momentum into a wide-open District 2 3A tournament, which is less than two weeks away.</p><p>&#8220;No doubt it&#8217;s up for grabs,&#8221; Deluca said of districts. &#8220;The best team, whoever&#8217;s going to play the best, strongest, 100 percent is going to win the district.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Wyoming Valley West 8, </strong></p><p><strong>Pittston Area 0</strong></p><p>Jake Gurtis had a hat trick and added a pair of assists in Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s route of Pittston Area. Valley West&#8217;s Kyle Yusko also netted a pair of goals in the win.</p><p>The Spartans outshot Pittston 50-3.</p><p><strong>Tunkhannock 7, Wyoming Area 0</strong></p><p>Drew Tinna and Billy Prebola led the way, each scoring a hat trick, in Tunkhannock&#8217;s win over Wyoming Area.</p><p>Wyoming Area goalkeeper Jason Mapes registered a game-high 11 saves.</p><p><strong>BOYS SOCCER</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Dallas 4, Coughlin 1</strong></p><p><strong>Dallas`1`3`&#8212;`4</strong></p><p><strong>Coughlin`0`0`&#8212;`0</strong></p><p><strong>First half &#8212;</strong> 1. DAL, Zach Holthaus, 33:23. <strong>Second half &#8212;</strong> 2. DAL, Holthas (Nico Deluca), 38:44; 3. DAL, Deluca (Eric Llewellyn), 32:56; 4. DAL, Deluca (Owen Sprau), 11:22.</p><p><strong>Shots &#8212;</strong> DAL 18; COU 13. <strong>Saves &#8212;</strong> DAL 4 (Kyle Greenwood/Cory McAndrew); COU 2 (David Kosik). <strong>Corner kicks &#8212;</strong> DAL 5; COU 5.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Wyoming Valley West 8, Pittston Area 0</strong></p><p><strong>Wyoming Valley West`7`1`&#8212;`8</strong></p><p><strong>Pittston Area`0`0`&#8212;`0</strong></p><p><strong>First half &#8212;</strong> 1. WVW, Kyle Yusko (Jake Gurtis), 4:52; 2. WVW, Yusko (Gurtis), 19:22; 3. WVW, Gurtis (Nate Naugle), 19:42; 4. WVW, Gurtis (Claas Nemitz), 21:42; 5. WVW, Gurtis (Eric Baron), 23:17; 6. WVW, Joyssen Gonzalez (Nemitz), 26:55; 7. WVW, Nemitz, 37:44. Second half &#8212; 8. WVW, Mitch Forgash (Scott Nilsson), 71:10.</p><p><strong>Shots &#8212;</strong> WVW 50; PA 3. <strong>Saves &#8212;</strong> WVW 0 (Marco Pernisco/Davis Weaver/Chris Stoodley); PA 21 (Shane Syms/Jordan Powers). <strong>Corner kicks &#8212;</strong> WVW 12; PA 0.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Tunkhannock 7, Wyoming Area 0</strong></p><p><strong>Wyoming Area`0`0`&#8212;`0</strong></p><p><strong>Tunkhannock`5`2`&#8212;`7</strong></p><p><strong>First half &#8212;</strong> 1. Drew Tinna (Avery Newhart), 5:00; 2. TUN, Tinna (Damon Williams), 8:00; 3. TUN, Stefan Sica, 9:00; 4. TUN, Billy Prebola (penalty kick), 21:00; 5. TUN, Tinna (Sica), 29:00. <strong>Second half &#8212;</strong> 6. TUN, Prebola (Jaxson Montross), 58:00; 7. Prebola, 64:00.</p><p><strong>Shots &#8212;</strong> WA 8, TUN 22. <strong>Saves &#8212;</strong> WA 11 (Jason Mapes); TUN 8 (Matt Goodwin/Cage Gregory). <strong>Corner kicks &#8212;</strong> WA 2; TUN 8.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Three-goal 2nd half sparks shutout victory</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By DJ Eberle</p><p>djeberle@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach DJ Eberle at 570-991-6398 or on Twitter @ByDJEberle.</p></shirttailMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><videoMeta><p><table style="border:none;width:98%;" class="mceItemTable"><tbody><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">VideoID:</td><td id="videoid" style="width:50em;font-size:90%;"> XBTC80A35BM</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">VideoType:</td><td id="videotype" style="font-size:90%;"> YOUTUBE</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">URL:</td><td id="url" style="font-size:90%;"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBTC80A35BM</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Embed String:</td><td id="videoembedstring" style="font-size:90%;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Caption:</td><td id="videocaption" style="font-size:90%;"> Nico Deluca discusses Dallas&#8217; 4-0 win over Coughlin on Thursday, Oct. 13. Deluca scored two goals in the win.</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Credit:</td><td id="videocredit" style="font-size:90%;"> DJ Eberle | Times Leader</td></tr><tr><td style="font-weight:bold;font-size:100%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right;border:none;">Video Position:</td><td id="videoposition" style="font-size:90%;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="margin-top:10px;font-size:70%;color:#555;">(use the &#8220;for files&#8230;&#8221; link above to associate attached files with this source)</p></videoMeta></div>

WVC Boys Soccer: Dallas rolls in win over Coughlin