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THE DALLAS POST/Wednesday, June 11, 1986 9
Lake-Lehman girls defeated
strikeouts in the game, eight of them in the final six
frames and walked three.
Lake-Lehman loses only three starters through
graduation and should be strong again next season.
They finished the season with 20-3 record.
DEFEATED TRAIL
The Lady Knights advanced to the game with Oley
Valley by edging out Lackawanna Trail 4-3 Tuesday
afternoon at Kirby Park.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Lake-Lehman’s Beth Finn hurled a one-hitter
against Oley Valley Thursday at Pine Grove, but a
bad first inning with five walks, a wild pitch and a
batter hit by a pitched ball gave Oley the 3-2 edge it
needed to defeat the Knights by one run. The win
advances Oley Valley to the state tournament at
Shippensburg where they will meet Minersville Thurs-
day at 10 a.m.
The Knights took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first
inning to build their hopes for the win they needed to
advance to states.
FAST GROUNDER HIT
Oley’s Sharon Howard opened the inning by striking
out Susie Slocum, but Lori Pantle drew a walk to go to
The Lake-Lehman girls scored an unearned run in
the bottom of the seventh inning in that game to break
a 3-3 tie and advance to the inter-district game with
Oley Valley.
With the score at 3-3, Kelly Wandel walked to lead
off the seventh and stole second and third. Cindy
Slocum and Debbie Levi were thrown out by Lacka-
wanna Trail and with two down it appeared the game
would go into extra innings. Pitcher Beth Finn came
up to the plate and hit a short fly to left field which
fielder Chandra Fleet went after but in making the
play she collided with shortstop Carol Gibson and lost
the ball. Wandel scored on the play to give the Knights
the game.
baseman for a single. Pantle went to third on the play
and Slocum was safe on second on Oley’s try to tag out
Pantle.
Kelly Siglin hit the first of the Knights three hits
with a two-run RBI single to right field and Noel
Kuznicki hit their second single over second before
Finn grounded to the mound for the third out.
BASES LOADED
Oley Valley came up in the bottom of the first with
leadoff hitter Theresa O’Mara striking out but Lisa
Edwards walked to take first and Karen Howard took
the fourth ball on a 3-2 count to walk to first. Pitcher
Sharon Howard struck out, but designated hitter Lori
Fegly loaded the bases when she was hit by a pitched
ball. Edwards scored when a pitch by Finn got past
catcher Noel Kuznicki then Oley’s third baseman April
Henry walked to load the bases for the second time.
The next two hitters walked to send in two unearned
runs and Oley Valley took a 3-2 lead all they needed
for the win.
Both pitchers settled down after the first inning but
Finn gave up her chances for a no-hitter when
centerfield Diane Mest beat out a slow ground ball to
third in the fourth inning. Oley’s threats in the fourth,
fifth and sixth innings were cut off by Finn, who
retired the side each time leaving runners on base.
She struck out five but walked nine.
OUTSTANDING DEFENSE
The Lady Knights played outstanding defense behind
Finn but Oley’s Sharon Howard got stronger as the
game continued striking out five of the six batters
facing her in the fourth and fifth innings. She had 11
GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAYS
The Knights also had two excellent defensive plays
earlier in the game which were a major factor in the
final score.
Trail took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning on
a walk and an RBI double by second baseman Chris
Gibson. Sister Carol Gibson hit a double to right field
put rightfielder Lori Pantle made a great throw to
home plate to get Chris trying to score. Pam
Coolbaugh later made an outstanding play when she
caught a hard hit by Brenda Lewis with the bases
loaded to end the inning.
The Knights took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third
when Wandel hit an RBI double to score Pantle and
Cindy Slocum, who had walked, scored on a passed
ball.
TRAIL SCORES TWO
In the fourth inning, Trail scored two runs on three
singles and an error to go in front 3-2 but the Lady
Knights tied the score in the bottom of the fourth when
Kuznicki walked, went to second on an error and
scored when Pam Coolbaugh bunted to the third
baseman who couldn’t field it.
Finn struck out five, walked four and gave up six
hits while losing hurler Laurie Sharpe struck out five,
walked eight and gave up only five hits. It was Finn's
20th win of the season. She ended the year with a 20-3
record.
Dallas Post/Lynn Sheehan
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
5 ; i : Eu
Bikers raise money
Wilkes-Barre.
The Eighth Annual Run for
Mental Health will take place on
Saturday, June 14.
Cosponsored by the Hazleton-Nan-
ticoke Mental Health-Mental Retar-
dation Center, The Fairview Town-
ship Recreation Board and Boscov’s
Department Store, the 4-mile run
will begin and end at the Fairview
Township Memorial Park, Moun-
taintop.
The race features seven separate
age groups for both men and women
including 14 and under, 15-21 years,
22-29 years, 30-39 years, 40-49 years,
50-59 years and 60 and over.
First, second and third place win-
ners in each of the age groups will
receive attractive trophies. In addi-
tion, trophies will be awarded to the
overall first place winner in the
male and female categories.
Entry fee is $4.00 and each partic-
ipant will receive a commemorative
Run for Mental Health tote bag.
Registration for the run will begin
at 9:30 a.m. at the Fairview Town-
ship Memorial Park with the run
starting at 10:30 a.m.
Individuals interest in further
information are urged to contact the
Mental Health/Mental Retardation
Center, at 735-7590, ext. 550.
at affordable low rates.
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Softball Coach Jay Pope’s Lady
Mountaineers lost their bid for the
state title last Tuesday when they
were shut out 6-0 by Williamsport in
the first round of PIAA AAA inter-
district play.
The Lady Mountaineers reached
the playoffs at Williamsport by
defeating Nanticoke and Valley
View in District 2 playoffs at Kirby
Park but the Millionaires pitcher
Sharon Nichols allowed them only
four hits backed up by a solid
defense to shatter the Dallas girls
hopes.
MOUNTAINEERS OPEN
The Lady Mountaineers opened
the first inning with an infield hit by
Tracy Hunter but Lisa Sharkness’
attempted bunt to send Hunter to
second ended in a double play by
the Millionaires. Sharkness popped
up to the infield and the Williams-
port third baseman caught the ball
and got Hunter trying to run to
second.
Dallas shortstop Joyce Tinner
walked and went to second on a wild
pitch by Nichols but Tinner was left
stranded when Heidi Scholz
grounded out.
BILLS SCORE FIRST
Williamsport scored their first run
in the bottom of the first inning
when Tracy Cave walked the leadoff
hitter and left fielder went to first
on a bunt single. First baseman
Tammy Dickey went to first on a
fielder’s chocie with Gallew out at
third. Third baseman Tammy
Packer flied out to right field to
move up Dorren Mosher and
Dickey. Cave walked centerfielder
Karen DeLullo and Mosher scored
the first run for the Millionaires
when the ball got by catcher Lori
Bartleson.
The Mountaineers never got past
second base in the game and
Nichols gave up only four hits,
Hunter’s infield hit in the first
inning, one in the second, fourth and
fifth innings. Tammy Davesky, Kim
Rinhimer and Tracy Cave got those
singles.
ADD THREE MORE RUNS
The Millionaires added three runs
in the bottom of the second and two
more in the fourth to collect their
six hits.
The game was much better than
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walked five. Coach Pope said he
thought the home plate official was
slightly inconsistent in his calls on
Cave’s pitches. She has been taught
all season to keep the ball low but
he called only about two called for
strikes throughout the game.
the score indicates with both teams
playing excellent defense and get-
ting some good hits off at the plate
which were pulled down by the
fielders.
Coach Jay Pope said following the
game that his girls were a little
surprised at Nichols’ speed. He
compared her to Lake-Lehman’s
Beth Finn or Seminary’s Tammy
Perkins but Pope did not think
Nichols was overpowering. He gave
credit to the outstanding defense of
the Millionaires. Nichols struck out
five and walked one but pitched
consistently.
GAVE UP SIX HITS
Cave gave up only six hits but
Overall, Pope was pleased with
the way his Mountaineers played
but disappointed in the outcome
especially for the girls who have
worked so hard all season. Dallas
has only one senior starter, Kim
Rinehimer, so will have a seasoned
team to begin next year.
The young Lady Mountaineers
ended the season with a 19-3 record.
Waterfront hoses Kandlelight
The Waterfront squashed the Kan-
dlelight, 6-1 while Scholl’s took a 13-
4 victory over Carl’s last week in
Lyn, 1-7; and Rave’s Nursery, 0-7.
the Back Mountain Slow Pitch
League.
Standings ar as follows: Division
A - Rebels, 7-0; Farmer’s Inn, 7-1;
Pizza Bar, 6-1; Humphrey’s. 5-2.
Division B - Fort Pike, 5-2; Pickett’s
Charge, 4-3; Scholl’s Plumbing, 4-4;
Jones’, 3-4; Waterfront, 3-4; Carl’s,
1-6; Kandlelight Lounge, 1-6; Mac-
Other results during the week
were Pizza Bar 15, Scholl’s 9; Fort
Pike 11, Mac-Lyn, 3; Humphrey’s
24, Jones’ 4; Pickett’s 18, Rave’s 7;
Farmer’s Inn 16, Carl’s 5; Scholl’s
13, Carl’s 4; Rebels 15, Pickett’s 3;
Humphrey’s 13, Kandlelight 2;
Jones’ 8, Rave’s 7; Pizza Bar 8,
Fort Pike 1; and Farmer’s Inn 7,
Mac-Lyn 0.
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