Dallas Post / George Poynton
Back Mountain National made it
two in a row as Beth Finn pitched a
no-hitter to lead the locals over
Mountaintop 10-0 for Back Moun-
tain’s second straight District 16
Girls’ Senior Little League title.
Finn struck out 13 and walked just
one in her no-hitter, and she benefit-
ted from a bad day on the part of
Mountaintop's pitchers and from an
outstanding hitting attack by her
own team.
Mountaintop committed five
errors behind Patsy Rinehimer anc
Lori Pleiscott, who walked 16 Back
Mountain batters between them.
The champions scored three runs in
the first inning, two in the second
and four in the third to put the
game away early.
Joyce Tinner had two hits, includ-
ing a double, to lead the Lady
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Mount attack. Noel Kuznicki, who
caught the no-hitter, had three RBI,
two of them coming in the second
inning with a two-out double.
Pam Coolbaugh drove in two of
the three first-inning runs with a
single.
Pleiscott pitched most of the
game in relief of Rineheimer, who
walked 11 in three innings. Lori
gave up no earned runs, but by then
Mountaintop was too far behind to
catch up.
Mountaintop was victimized by
the no-hitter, but it came close to
hitting Finn a few times. In the
second inning, Sue Butler laced a
pitch to second base, but was called
out at first. She also lined one right
to the first baseman, who caught
the stinger and stepped on the bag.
Kathy Hudock nearly had a hit
also when she bunted, made it to
first safely, but was called out by
the home plate umpire for interfer-
ence.
Marcie Turnie cracked a long fly
to deep center, only to have it
caught by a Back Mountain fielder.
Lori Pleyscott, Kelly Kraynak,
Karla Remensnyder and Lori Hol
lock also just missed getting a hit.
The closest Mountaintop came tc
scoring was when Kathy Hudock got
hit by a pitch, stole second and then
ran to third on an infoeld out.
in a row.
ships.
Back Mountain National Little
League boys’ All-Star Team had its
biggest test so far when it faced
‘always tough’ Nanticoke on their
home field.
A very confident Todd Sallo took
the mound and quickly struck out
the first two batters he faced. Drey-
fus, Nanticoke's big gun, then came
to the plate and he was gone looking
at a third strike.
Lead off hitter Sallo came up in
the bottom of the inning and hit the
Nanticoke pitchers first pitch out of
the park to get the only run Back
Mountain would need to win the ball
game. Five more runs and no hit
pitching by Sallo gave the Nationals
a very sweet 6-0 win.
Back Mountain added one more
run in the first when B.J. Mannix
slammed a double to score Eric
May to make the score 2-0 in favor
of Back Mountain.
In the second, the only walk
allowed by Sallo was erased when
the next Nanticoke batter lined a
hot-shot back to the mound, and
Todd quickly threw to first for a
double play. Back Mountain sewed
the game up with three runs in the
fourth. J.J. Straigis nailed a single
and Sallo walked. One run was
driven home by Eric May's double,
and two more runs scored after a
passed ball and a throwing error on
the catcher. Sallo later drove in the
sixth run with a double to center
Next game for the Back Mountain
team will be on Wednesday, August
1 at a site to be determined. A win
in that game will have them playing
on Friday, August 3.
Back Mountain National got into
that game and continued its quest
for the district crown by downing
Avoca 14-0 at the Pittston Twp.
Little League field. The Avoca all-
stars had the unpleasant task of
facing “fire-baller’’ Keith Schultz on
the mound who proved his worth by
mowing down 15 batters while walk-
ing only three. A two out sixth
inning single was the only hit
Schultz allowed on the night.
Back Mountain set the tempo
early in the game with homeruns
and continued throughout sending
the ball out of the park five times.
Keith Schultz helped his own cause
going one for three at the plate
including a two-run homer. Todd
Sallo, Eric May, Bob Barbacci and
Brian Hampel each chipped in with
homers to help the teams cause.
Darren Michael came through
with a double, and: Rich James
scored twice after reaching base
three times on walks.
BY LEE L. RICHARDS
Sports Columnist
For the fourth straight year it was
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sic. Each year the competition gets
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Rain turned a usually tough track
into a birdie-shoot as the greens
held just about any type shot.
While I predicted either Curtis
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old sons of Florida Pro.
Strange or Lanny Wadkins would
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Lanny in the top 25, I couldn't
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the wet conditions and steady rain.
Finally, Ronnie Black, who trailed
by seven shots going into the final
round, shot lights out and won the
title when Wood could muster only a
72, one over par.
Records on and off the course
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