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It was a fun year! :
It was a fun year for the Lake-Lehman girls’ softball team and, even though the season didn’t
end quite the way the players and coaches had hoped, there were a lot of bright moments as are
seen in the photos here. The top left photo shows a portion of the team with some faithful fans
behind. Things were going well for the Lehman following here as the Lady Knights defeated
Bishop O'Hara for the first time in three years to grab the District 2 title. Flossie Finn, Lehman
coach, studies the batter in the top center photo while the infielders gather for a moment at the
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pitcher's mound during the inter-district game against Wallenpaupack. One of the brightest
moments of the season was when the girls had the opportunity to accept their District medals.
Ronda Hudzik, the team’s catcher, is shown in the bottom left photo as she prepares to accept
her medal. Shortstop Kim Fey prepares to throw out a runner at first in the bottom center photo
while a few members of the team bask in the glory of being District champs in the bottom right
In Lehman loss
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Lake-Lehman girls’ softball team
scored four runs in the first inning
against Wallenpaupack in the open-
ing round of interdistricts last Tues-
day, but two key errors by the Lady
Knights in the final three frames
ended their chances for a try for the
state title.
The Lady Knights jumped on Wal-
lenpaupack’s Buckhorns right away
and the first inning went just like
textbook theory. But the Buckhorns
came back in the bottom half of the
first with a run and added two more
in the second to bring the score to 4-
wo
The tying run came in the fourth
on an error by the Knights and an
overthrow in the sixth put the Buck-
horns in front 5-4 where the score
remained.
_ The Knights had an opportunity to
tie it up in the seventh when pitcher
| Jill Solinski hit a triple to center-
| field with two out. Lori Pantle came
in to run for Jill but never scored
because Sandy Dicton flied out to
center field to end the game.
“The better team didn’t win,”
said Coach Flossie Finn. ‘They
may have been the better team last
Tuesday because they won, but I'd
like the chance to play them again.
“I've replayed that game over
and over but I don’t believe I would
do anything any different than I did.
The season shouldn’t have ended
that way, but the girls gave it their
best.
fault,” the Lehman coach added.
“It takes an entire team with good
offense and defense. I was never
happy that league officials didn’t
force GAR to play Thursday as
scheduled. We should never had had
to play two consecutive days. It
gave us not time for any scouting
report.
Finn said since the fame she has
been criticized for calling the bunt.
But she said she would do it again
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because it was the only way they
got people on base.
“The girls can be very proud.
They had a terrific season, 19-0
before Tuesday’s game. On
Monday, they routed Bishop O’Hara
12-0 to take the District 2 champion-
ship. They're a great team and I
still say a better team than Wallen-
paupack. It’s too bad one game has
to decide who advances in the play-
offs.”
Finn said Monday’s win over
Bishop O’Hara, getting psyched up
for it, then playing again the next
day made it difficult to get up
again.
“But Jill (Solinski) was fantastic.
Two consecutive days didn’t hurt
her. I didn’t have a backup who
could pitch anywhere near as well
as she can. Beth (Finn) is a fresh-
man and doesn’t have enough con-
trol. She pitched in a number of yz
games when we knew we co¥
absorb the walks such as Hazleton,
Tunkhannock and finsihed against
Wyoming Seminary. She needs
another season, but she throws a
fast ball, she’s confident and gutsy.
“What will next season be like
without Jill? We'll see - I'm confi-
dent we will be a winning team, we
may even take another title. We had
six of nine girls on the first All Star
team. Five of those graduated but
Cindy Slocum, our power hitter will
be back. Kelly Wandel, Sandy
Dicton, Beth Finn and Pam Solinski
were on the second team. They’ll all
be back. We’ll have to absorb some
of Beth’s walks because she’s
young. Lori Lopasky will be back
and Kelly Siglin, a freshman, did a
great job catching for Beth this
year.
“That gives us a good nucleus. We
had 32 kids on the bench this year
and their attitude is great. They're
looking forward to meeting the chal-
lenge What are you going to do
when these kids graduate? They
want to follow in their footsteps, not
fade into the shadows. They are
great bunch of kids and I’m looking
forward to next season. Who knows
there may be some kids from the
next year. ”
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