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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
“They are a great group of boys,” said Joseph
Kelley, manager of the Back Mountain National
All Stars, following the locals’ 5-2 loss to Milton
Saturday afternoon at the Dallas field.
“After the game, I sat them down in the
dugout and told them they had nothing to be
ashamed of. They gave their best throughout our
entire tournament competition and I'm proud of
them. They won the District flag and you can’t
take that away from them.”
This year’s All Stars were only the third Back
North-South Tier title and Kelley predicts that
Back Mountain residents will be hearing more of
these boys in the future because, he says, they
are great ballplayers. Kelley was concerned
going into Saturday’s game that the boys might
be getting tired.
They were all 12-year olds, with the exception
of 11-year old Eric Paczewski, and they put in a
lot of hours. With Kelley, Coach Jack Tinner,
staff assistants, Joe Konigus and Jay May, and
scorekeeper Charlotte Kelley, they all put in at
least three hours of practice every day.
“It was a great team effort by all of the boys
and my staff as well,” said Kelley.
In the game with Potter-McKean at Couders-
port last Wednesday, Keith Schultz did the
pitching for the local All Stars as the Back
Out at first
the team’s power hitter, and lead off batter,
started off with a homerun on the first pitch in
the first inning.
The big guns in hitting that day were B.J.
Mannix, 3-4; Bob Barbacci 2-4; J.J. Konigus 2-4,
one of th nm a three run homer; and Todd Sallo
3-4. According to Kelley, Sallo was the team’s
No. One hitter and best as leadoff.
Kelley said the team had a few problems in
the Wednesday game, but nothing major. It was
a tiring trip and the weather was very humid
which took a lot out of the boys.
In the Milton game, Kelley said his boys were
flat. He also said that Milton’s pitcher Mike
McLaughlin threw his boys off balance with his
assortment of pitches because he never threw
two consecutive pitches the same way which
puzzled the Back Mountain boys.
Errors played a major role in Milton's victory
since Sallo was pitching a no-hit game until the
fourth inning when Milton got two homeruns. He
gave up only one more hit with Milton getting
their other three runs on errors.
Schultz, who went 2-4 on the day, was the
leading hitter for the Nationals. Brian Hampel
and Jeff Tinner drove out homeruns for the
team’s two runs.
“We had such an excellent group of ball
players I feel bad that some of them didn’t get
as much playing time as they should, but I had
to make decisions before each game and I made
what I thought was best for the team,” said
Kelley.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Kelley said he couldn’t play Darren Michi,
to. Under tournament rules, it made it impossi-
ble to get him in any more than he did. He had
to save him in the event Mannix was injured.
Michaels was excellent All Star material, Kelley
said, and he was super the way he supported the
team.
Ed Reabuck came along strong and Eric May
was Kelley’s rock on second base. Kelley said
May was captain and did a great job keeping
things together.
Jeff Tinner didn’t play a lot, but most people
didn’t realize he was injured. Kelley’s plan was
to rotate Tinner in various infield positions, but
in the first game he had to take Tinner out. He
sat out the second game, played the third, then
sat out the fourth.
Dave Catrambone also was injured as he
pulled a cartilage and didn’t get a lot of playing
time. He was the team’s utility infielder and a
super ballplayer, according to Kelley.
Kelley said Paczewski played very little but he
also had an injury. ‘“He’s a super ball player
and he will be back next year,” said Kelley. ‘All
but Eric will be with the 13-year-old Teeners
next season and you can bet you will hear a lot
about them. If they continue to play, they will be
great high school players.
“It’s been a great season and we had outstand-
ing support from parents, kids, and all of our
fans,” Kelly continued. “I'm looking forward to
next year.”
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