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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Charlotte Slocum’s Back Moun-
tain National Senior Girls All Stars
defeated the American Girls All
Stars, 7-2, Saturday to take the
District 16 title and advance to
Tuesday’s game with District 15's
Roosevelt Trail.
Pitcher Lori Cannon hurled a one-
hitter for the nationals, struck out
three and walked nine. The Ameri-
cans Tracy Cave hit a single in the
sixth inning for the only hit off
Cannon. Cave, the losing pitcher,
had a no strikeout, three walk game
in taking the loss.
Pam Coolbaugh led the Nationals
at the plate with a triple, single and
chalked up an RBI. Susie Slocum
drove out a triple, tapped out a
single and Noel Kusnicki accounted
for two singles and knocked in two
RBIs.
The Nationals, District 16 champs
for the third straight year advanced
to Saturday’s game by defeating
Mountaintop, 10-2, Thursday night
in the district semi-final.
Pam Coolbaugh did the pitching,
giving up only two hits and Kuznicki
combined in the win by hitting a
two-run double and a three-run
triple to account for five of her six
RBI’s in the game.
Mountaintop took an early 1-0 lead
in the first inning but Nationals tied
the score when Paula Switzer sent
Susie Slocum home with a single.
Kuznicki gave the Nationals a 2-1
lead in the fourth when she sent
home Sue Slocum with a single but
Mountaintop tied it up at 2-2 when
Jen Klucar stole home.
In the sixth inning, the Nationals
and stayed in front the rest of the
game. Kuznicki hit her two-run
Safe at second
double, Tracy Hunter hit an RBI
sacrifice fly to the outfield and
Holly Bachman scored on a bases
loaded walk. :
In the seventh Kuznicki’s triple
scored three runs, then she scored
on her hit when the ball was mis-
played in the outfield.
Sue Slocum, Laura Paynton, Pam
Coolbaugh, Paula Sweitzer and
Tracy Hunter hit singles in the
game.
The loss to the Nationals by the
American All-Stars eliminates the
team from further play. |:
The American All Stars advanced
to the semi-finals by defeating
Avoca, 26-1, in a game which
started July 12 but after an inning
and half was postponed due to rain
till July 14, when the game was
resumed. The Back Mountain Amer-
icans had 18 hits and numerous
stolen bases.
They defeated Wyoming-West
Wyoming, 11-2, July 17, behind a
one-hit game pitched by Lori Cave.
Tracy Cave pitched a two-hitter
against Avoca.
“We counted on using our speed
on the bases to win against the
Nationals,” said Coach Mary
Meighan. “We didn’t hit so we
didn’t get on. I believe the pressure
got to our girls and they made too
many errors.”
In Division 1, both the American
and the National All star teams lost
in the opening rounds. The Nation-
als lost to 3-2 to Northwest and the
Americans lost 23-8 to Mountaintop.
The Americans three pitchers
issued a total of 17 walks which
gave Mountaintop the advantage.
They scored four runs on walks in
the first inning, as well as a two-run
single and two errors.
The 29th annual John Resse’s
Summer Wrestling Clinic will be
held Aug. 5-9 at the Wilkes Colleg
Gymnasium.
Two sessins will be held each day
between the hours of 10 a.m. to 12
p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The clinic, the oldest in Wyoming
Valley, is under the direction of
Wilkes College Head Wrestling
Coach John Reese. Other clinicians
scheduled to appear are Brooke
Yeager, and Wilkes Assistant
Coaches Gary Seigel and Tim
McGinely.
Shown here are members of the Back Mountain National
League All-Stars after they copped the District 16 title with: a
7-2 victory over rival Back Mountain American League All-Stars
Saturday evening. Here, the girls try to control their emotion
prior to receiving the District, 16 banner. Members of the team
are Holly Bachman, Laura Poynton, Noel Kuznicki, Pam
Coolbaugh, Carol Kropp, Tracy Hunter, Joanna Garbush, Joyce
Coolbaugh, scorekeeper; Charlotte Slocum, manager; Wendy
Stritzinger, Joyce Tinner, Susie Slocum, Paula Sweitzer, Laurie
Lehman, Zoe Bachman, Lori Cannon. aT
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
This season’s Back Mountain Boys All Stars teams
were eliminated from District and Regional competi-
tion early this. year when the American All Stars
edged the Heights All Stars 2-1, in their opening round
but lost, 3-2, to the Nanticoke All Stars on July 12 to
put them out of the running.
The National All Stars, last season’s champions, lost
their opening game, 2-1, to St. Therese’s dropping
them to the B. Division where they defeated Mountain-
top, 7-1, then took Harveys Lake All Stars, 5-1, to
advance to Monday’s game against Swoyersville for
the District 16 B Division Little League championship.
SWOYERSVILLE WINS
In a closley contested game, Swoyersville took the
title by downing the Back Mountain boys, 3-2.
Gary Miller and Charles Rutt each drove in a run in
the fourth inning to give Swoyersville the winning runs
of the game. Miller hit a double to score pitcher Eric
Pollick and Rutt grounded out, which scored Lou
Marcin. Dave Ash scored the first run for Swoyersville
when he came home on a wild pitch.
The winning team’s hurler Pollick gave up only
three hits in the game, fanned six and drove out two
hits to aid in winning his own game. ;
The Back Mountain team made a strong comeback
in their top half of the sixth, scoring two runs with two
men out but Pollick got the third man out on a pop-up
fly.
y LOSE TO ST. THERESE’S
After losing to St. Therese’s in the opening game of
the district play-offs, the Nationals won in five innings
against Mountaintop. Heavy rain caused the short
inning game.
In picking up the win, Pitcher Brett Gauntlett gave
up only three hits, fanning 10 and walking only six
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while his teammates took advantage of six bases-
loaded walks, three in the first inning and three in the :
third, to score three runs in each of those two innings. 5
Back Mountain iced the win when Len Kelley hit a :
double in the fourth inning to send home a run.
Gauntlett, Eric Paczewski and N. Kaiser forced
home the runs in the first inning and Gauntlett, Jim
Cole and Randy Parry sent home the three runs in the
third. Ha
Mountaintop scored its single run in the bottom of
the first inning on a single by Mike Chesna.
DEFEAT MOUNTAINTOP
The win over Mountaintop advanced the nationals to
a July 17 game with Harveys Lake All Stars at
Harveys Lake. The Nationals defeated the Lakers, 5-1,
behind hurler Eric Paczewski, who gave up only five
hits and aided in his team’s win by driving out a two-
run homer. He also struck out nine at the plate and
walked only four.
Paczewski gave the Nationals an early 2-0 lead by
driving out his homer in the first inning, scoring Mark
Stallard ahead of him: i
Harveys Lake scored its only run in the fifth inning
when T. Martin and B. Haughney got on base ¥
singles and pitcher D. Bowman sent in the run
fielder’s choice. The Lake nine rallied in the s
geting two men on with one out but the Nationals
ended the threat with a double play.
The win sent the Nationals to the semi-final game,
against Swoyersville on Monday to determine the B
Division championship, which is as far as the B
Division advances.
Harveys Lake advanced to the game with the
Nationals when they defeated the Mayflower All Stars,
3-0, on July 15, behind the two hit pitching of B.
Haughney. Haughney fanned seven and walked only
two while chalking up the shutout. Martin drove out a
long triple, C. Bowman had three singles and J. Sims
knocked out a double for the Lake team.
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