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By COLLEEN DEMPSTER; Times Leader Sports Correspondent
 Wednesday, January 14, 1998 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 





WILKES-BARRE- The Bishop Hoban Argents and the Wyoming Valley West Spartans
have a swimming rivalry that extends more than a decade. Tuesday night, these
two WVC powerhouses met again in what promised to be an intense and exciting
matchup. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Behind four first-place finishes by Corey Welch and three by Brian Monico,
the Spartans defeated Bishop Hoban 68-35 and proved why they are a
championship-caliber team. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "This is the best boys team I have ever had," said Valley West coach Frank
Tribendis, who has guided the Spartans to eight Wyoming Valley Conference
championships over the past 10 years. "We have so much depth and many strong
swimmers, they are outstanding." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Hoban certainly held its own though, with Luke Bartlinski and Ray Kruk
turning in good performances. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "We swam well, especially in the first half," said Hoban coach Bill Milz.
"We came out ready and enthusiastic, the team wanted to swim well and they
did." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bartlinski captured first place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.80,
and was part of a first-place team in the 400 freestyle relay along with Seth
Kundrot, Paul Shea, and Blake Powell. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Even though Valley West took an early lead, Hoban refused to go away.
Argents divers Matt Brosh and Ben Ford did well taking second and third,
respectively, behind an impressive 211.65 by Spartan John Fronzoni. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "It was great to see such impressive diving," Milz said. "All of the divers
had a great meet." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Ray Kruk also helped Hoban by snagging first place in the 100 backstroke
with a time of 1:00.33. However, in the end, Valley West was just too tough
for the Argents. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I think maybe in the second half the boys started to look at the
scoreboard," Milz said. "They had a bit of a mental let-down and didn't
challenge as hard as they could have." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Spartans now look ahead to an important meet with Parkland on Saturday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "Parkland is probably one of the very best teams in the state," Tribendis
said. "After that we have our invitational, then Tunkhannock and Scranton
Prep, so our schedule isn't getting any easier from here." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bishop Hoban will meet Dallas on Jan. 21 at Wyoming Valley West High
School. This weekend, the Argents head to the All-American Invitational in
Lancaster. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1.WVW, (Jones, Monico, Capitan, Welch) 1:47.19; 2.BH;
3.WVW. 200 FREE- 1.WVW, Shawn Calkins, 1:57.47; 2.WVW, Matt O'Connor; 3.BH,
Blake Powell. 200 IM- 1.WVW, Brian Monico, 2:05.74; 2.WVW, Jeff Church; 3.BH,
Ray Kruk. 50 FREE- 1.BH, Luke Bartlinski, 23.80; 2.WVW, Britt Jones; 3.BH,
Paul Shea. DIVING- 1.WVW, John Fronzoni, 211.65; 2.BH, Matt Brosh, 185.50;
3.BH, Ben Ford, 184.95. 100 FLY- 1.WVW, Corey Welch 58.48; 2.WVW, Britt Jones;
3.BH, Dan Son. 100 FREE- 1.WVW, Matt O'Connor, 53.03; 2.Jim McCabe; 3.BH, Luke
Bartlinski. 500 FREE- 1.WVW, Brian Monico, 5:05.40; 2.WVW, Jeff Church; 3.BH,
Blake Powell. 200 FREE RELAY- 1.WVW, (Welch, O'Connor, Jones, Calkins)
1:36.03; 2.BH; 3.WVW. 100 BACK- 1.BH, Ray Kruk, 1:00.33; 2.WVW, Jim McCabe;
3.WVW, Sean Calkins. 100 BREAST- 1.WVW, Corey Welch, 1:05.40; 2.BH, Ron
Tiboni; 3.Ryan Farrell. 400 FREE RELAY- 1.BH, (Bartlinski, Powell, Shea,
Kundrot) 3:42.09; 2.WVW; 3.BH. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Tunkhannock 112, Scranton 73 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 SCRANTON- Pat Barrett and Steve Janeski had two first place finishes for
Scranton, but it was not enough to hold off the Tigers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Tunkhannock's Brian Veety placed first in the 200 freestyle and the 500
freestyle to help the Tigers to a victory. Tunkhannock improves its record to
5-0, while Scranton falls to 3-2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1.Tunk, (Boehmer, Elich, McDonough, Fisher) 1:45.98;
2.Tunk; 3.Scr. 200 FREE- 1.Scr, Pat Barrett, 1:52.19; 2.Tunk, Boehmer; 3.Tunk,
Hudock. 200 IM- 1.Tunk, Rob Johnson, 2:10.79; 2.Tunk, Shiffer; 3.Scr, Gerrity.
50 FREE- 1.Tunk, Steven Fisher, N/A; 2.Tunk, Elich; 3.Scr, Montoro. DIVING-
1.Tunk, Justin Tyson, 211.60; 2.Scr, Russo, 188.90; 3.Scr, Noll, 176.95. 100
FLY- 1.Steve Janeski, 56.55; 2.Tunk, Dobrinski; 3.Tunk, Bonnice. 100 FREE-
1.Tunk, Steven Fisher, 49.14; 2.Scr, Montoro; 3.McDonough. 500 FREE- 1.Tunk,
Rob Johnson, 5:20.64; 2.Tunk, Hudock; 3.Scr, Baldasinni. 200 FREE RELAY-
1.Scr, (Barrett, Noll, Janeski, Montoro) 1:35.99; 2.Tunk; 3.Tunk. 100 BACK-
1.Tunk, Nick Boehmer, 58.11; 2.Scr, Barrett; 3.Scr, Boettger. 100 BREAST-
1.Tunk, Bill McDonough, 1:06.51; 2.Scr, Janeski; 3.Tunk, Shiffer. 400 FREE
RELAY- 1.Tunk, (Elich, Boehmer, Johnson, Fisher) 3:34.48; 2.Scr; 3.Tunk. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Hazleton Area 123, Dunmore 57 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 HAZLETON- Jim Perry, Evan Ostroski and Jon Mears each had two individual
firsts and two team victories as Hazleton Area defeated Dunmore. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dunmore's 200 free relay team captured the Bucks' only first place finish. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1.Haz, (Jim Perry, Jon Mears, Mike Johnson, Evan
Ostroski) 2:00.13; 2.Haz; 3.Dun. 200 FREE- 1.Haz, Jim Perry, 2:14.79; 2. Haz,
Leggie; 3.Haz, Jenkins. 200 I.M.- 1.Haz, Jon Mears, 2:30.18; 2.Dun, Germano;
3.Dun, Zehner. 50 FREE- 1.Haz, Evan Ostroski, 24.60; 2.Haz, Cahalan; 3.Haz,
Delina. DIVING- 1.Haz, D.Dellisanti, 187.10; 2.Haz, Scheidy. 100 FLY- 1.Haz,
Jon Mears, 1:11.90; 2.Dun, Germano; 3.Dun, Trotta. 100 FREE- 1.Haz, Evan
Ostroski, 55.36; 2.Haz, Johnson; 3.Haz, Belina. 500 FREE- 1.Haz, J.Fay,
6:35.31; 2.Dun, Brier; 3.Dun, Mecca. 200 FREE RELAY- 1.Haz, (Mike Johnson, Jon
Mears, Evan Ostroski, Jim Perry) 1:45.22; 2.Haz; 3.Dun. 100 BACK- 1.Haz, Jim
Perry; 1:09.60; 2.Dun, Zehner; 3.Dun, Phillips. 100 BREAST- 1.Haz, Mike
Johnson, 1:18.80; 2.Dun, Zehner; 3.Haz, Jenkins. 400 FREE RELAY- 1.Haz
(M.Leggie, Mike McCormick, D.Schedig, J.Fay) 4:23.95; 2.Dun; 3.Dun. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dallas 92, Abington 88 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 CLARKS SUMMIT- The Dallas Mountaineers captured first and second place in
the 400 freestyle relay, the meet's last event, to edge Abington and win. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Jim Armbruster turned in a great performance for Abington with four first
place finishes. Peter Hwan also won four. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 For Dallas, Matt Schweitzer snagged two wins in the 200 free and 500 free. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Abington will face Scranton on Thursday and Dallas will meet Bishop Hoban
next Wednesday at Wyoming Valley West. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1.AH, (Hwan, Striepeck, Armbruster, Hudachek) 1:50.70;
2.Dal; 3.Dal. 200 FREE- 1.Dal, Matt Schweitzer, 1:58.10; 2.AH, Prye; 3.AH,
Hudachek. 200 IM- 1.AH, Jim Armbruster, 2:09.83; 2.Dal, Herbert; 3.Dal,
Jumper. 50 FREE- 1.AH, Peter Hwan, 23.58; 2.AH, O'Connor; 3.Dal, Dugal.
DIVING- 1.AH, Matt Charnitski, 165.45; 2.Dal, Kertez; 3.N/A. 100 FLY- 1.Dal,
Tim Herbert, 59.19; 2.Dal, Dugal; 3.Dal, Neil. 100 FREE- 1.AH, David Hudachek,
55.85; 2.Dal, Vodzak; 3.AH, O'Connor. 500 FREE- 1.Dal, Matt Schweitzer,
5:25.14; 2.AH, Prye; 3.Dal, Hubbard. 200 FREE- 1.AH, (Hwan, Armbruster,
Striepeck, Hudachek, ) 1:38.05; 2.Dal; 3.AH. 100 BACK- 1.AH, Peter Hwan,
1:03.66; 2.Dal, Neil; 3.AH, Striepeck. 100 BREAST- 1.AH, Jim Armbruster,
1:07.78; 2.Dal, Jumper; 3.AH, Striepeck. 400 FREE RELAY- 1.Dal, (Herbert,
Neil, Vodzak, Schweitzer), 3:54.30; 2.Dal; 3.AH. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Valley View Boys 54, Wyoming Seminary 45 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 KINGSTON- Behind the efforts of Joe Wizda and Chris Jones, Valley View
defeated Wyoming Seminary. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Tim O'Donnell had three first-place finishes for Wyoming Seminary in the
loss. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1.Sem, (T.O'Donnell, Nardone, Kobayashi, M.O'Donnell)
1:52.20; 2.VV; 3.Sem. 200 FREE- 1.Sem, Tim O'Donnell, 1:55.01; 2.VV, Sultzer;
3.VV, Farrance. 200 IM- 1.Sem, Matt O'Donnell, 2:04.30; 2.VV, C.Jones; 3.VV,
Slivinski. 50 FREE- 1.VV, Joe Wizda, 23.54; 2.Sem, M.O'Donnell; 3.VV, Slunni.
DIVING- 1.Sem, Lucas Taylor, 142.8; 2.Sem, Ferraro. 100 FLY- 1.VV, Chris
Jones, 1:02.25; 2.Sem, Kobayashi; 3.Sem, Harris. 100 FREE- 1.VV, Randy
Farrance, 53.56; 2.VV, Jones; 3.Sem, Moseman. 500 FREE- 1.VV, Joe Wizda,
5:39.81; 2.Sem, Kobayashi; 3.VV, Slivinski. 200 FREE RELAY- 1.VV, (Farrance,
Sultzer, Bevan, C.Jones) 1:41.32; 2.Sem. 100 BACK- 1.Sem, Tim O'Donnell,
1:00.57; 2.VV, M.Jones. 100 BREAST- 1.VV, Tom Taylor, 1:10.06; 2.VV, Sultzer;
3.Sem, Nardone. 400 FREE RELAY- 1.VV, (M.Jones, Farrance, Wizda, Slivinski),
3:39.83. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Hanover Area 102, Berwick 49 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 BERWICK- Hanover Area won nine of 12 events to defeat Berwick. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Steph Moyer, Mike Mill and Gerald Wuorio each had four victories, including
first-place finishes in all three relay events to lead the Hawkeyes. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1. Han (Mill, Wuorio, Kawczenski, Moyer) 2:10.90; 2. Ber;
3. Han. 200 FREE- 1. Han, Wuorio, 2:28.91; 2. Han, Politz; 3. Ber, Tice. 200
IM- 1. Ber, Hinkle, 2:52.01; 2. Han, Moyer; 3. Han, Pointels. 50 FREE- 1. Han,
Kawczenski, :27.68; 2. Ber, Lombard; 3. Han, Murphy. DIVING- 1. Ber, Hinkle,
177.05; 2. Han, Paddn; 3. Han, McKenna. 100 FLY- 1. Han, Politz, 1:23.32; 2.
Ber, Iorfida; 3. Han, Murphy. 100 FREE- 1. Han, Mill, 1:03.44; 2. Ber, Cole;
3. Han, Kunec. 500 FREE- 1. Han, Moyer 6:55.14; 2. Han, Kunec; 3. Han,
Hilinski. 200 FREE RELAY- 1. Han, (Mill, Kawczenski, Murphy, Moyer) 1:59.45;
2. Ber; 3. Han. 100 BACK- Ber, Tice, 1:19.63; 2. Han, Olivarez; 3. Han, Moyer.
100 BREAST- 1. Han, Wuorio, 1:19.63; 2. Ber, Iorfida; 3. Han, Kunec. 400 FREE
RELAY- 1. Han, (Mill, Moyer, Kawczenski, Wuorio) 4:29.07; 2. Ber; 3. Han. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Girls &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wyoming Seminary 67, Valley View 35 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 KINGSTON- Kourtney Koslosky and Tricia Rado were triple winners and Amy
Lloyd was a two-time winner as the Lady Blue Knights sank Valley View. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Koslosky captured the 100 freestyle and was part of the 200 free and 400
free relay teams. Rado took the 200 freestyle, the 100 backstroke and was on
the 400 free relay. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Lloyd was a winner in the 200 IM and 100 breastroke. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 200 MEDLEY RELAY- 1.VV, (Harran, Plominski, Moraski, Grenda) 2:11.04;
2.Sem; 3.VV. 200 FREE- 1.Sem, Tricia Rado, 2:02.22; 2.Sem, Baker; 3.VV,
Harran. 200 IM- 1.Sem, Amy Lloyd, 2:33.55; 2.VV, Plominski; 3.Sem, Rosa. 50
FREE- 1.VV, Dobryzn, 33.14; 2.Sem, Taylor; 3.VV, Grenda. DIVING- 1.Sem,
Anzalone, 186.4; 2.VV, Paciotti; 3.Sem, Koehl. 100 FLY- 1.Sem, Weightman,
1:16.52; 2.Sem, Baldino; 3.VV, Moraski. 100 FREE- 1.Sem, Kourtney Koslosky,
57.90; 2.VV, Plominski; 3.Sem, Alinikoff. 500 FREE- 1.Sem, Harley Chivers,
5:52.72; 2.VV, Delicah; 3.Sem, Benjamin. 200 FREE RELAY- 1.Sem, (Chivers,
Rosa, Gonos, Koslosky) 1:48.93; 2.VV; 3.VV. 100 BACK- 1.Sem, Tric

Strong Valley West Team Outpaces Hoban