OMAHA, Neb. - Oklahoma University senior Eric Lapotsky became an All-American on Friday night.
Lapotsky, a Mount Carmel High School graduate, lost in the morning session at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships but rebounded in the consolations to earn his place on the podium. The top eight placewinners in each weight class receive All-America honors.
Seeded sixth, Lapotsky began the day with a 9-3 loss to No. 3 Hudson Taylor of Maryland.
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Shamokin Area's Brent Forbes and Tara Sabotchick, and Southern Columbia's Kurt Kessler have been named to Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference first teams in basketball in voting by conference coaches, and Shamokin girls coach Bill Callahan was named Division I Coach of the Year.
Forbes was named to the Division I boys first team, and Kessler to the boys Division II first team. Sabotchick was named to the Division I girls first team.
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Following is a list of selected District 4, Schuylkill League and some defunct schools, with their total number of state medalists, state champions and point totals (awarded on an 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis on place):
School Medalists Champs Points
Athens 34 4 170
Benton 36 15 234
Bloomsburg 25 2 118
Blue Mountain 17 4 99
Canton 17 4 86
C. Columbia 29 2 132
Coal Twp. 1 0 7
CMVT 1 0 5
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Wrestling writer Brad Wilson of the Express-Times in the Lehigh Valley came in for some rough treatment on the District 4 Wrestling website for a post-state tournament column which began this way:
'Boys, here's a new way to PIAA glory: hang on a leg, win a state title! No need to improve your position or make the remotest effort to score or generate offense - wrap your arms around a leg, cling on for dear life and wind up winning!'
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Southern Columbia
5th and 6th grade tournament
Shamokin 46 Father Ciszek 17
Shamokin - Jayman Lichty 16, Jakob Weaver 14, Jacob DiRienzo 8.
Shamokin 64, Freeland 15
Shamokin - Lichty 14, Jordan Fobia 9, DiRienzo 9.
Shamokin 60, Tamaqua 24
Shamokin - Litchty 14, Fobia 14, Weaver 10.
Shamokin 32, Shikellamy 23
Shamokin - Weaver 15, Lichty 6, Isaiah Reiprich 6.
Championship Game
Shamokin 41, Shikellamy 25
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SELINSGROVE - Selinsgrove Speedway will kick off its 2010 season this weekend with a special Friday-Saturday twinbill featuring the 358 modifieds and big block modifieds.
Friday's show will consist of the 358 modifieds in a full program of heats, consolation races and a $2,200-to-win feature event, while Saturday's main event will consist of the big block modifieds of the Race of Champions Dart Dirt Modified Tour.
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OMAHA, Neb. - Former Mount Carmel standout Eric Lapotsky got off to a flying start Thursday at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
Wrestling for Oklahoma University, the sixth-seeded Lapotsky registered two falls at 197 pounds to reach today's quarterfinals at the Qwest Center. In the round of 32, Lapotsky (26-6) decked Indiana's Matt Powless in 2 minutes, 19 seconds. In the round of 16, Lapotsky, a senior, gave up the bout's first takedown to Pitt's Matt Wilps, but quickly reversed, locked up a cradle and planted Wilps (33-9) at 2:23.
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