By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Back Mountain Division II All
Stars got off to an early start
Friday evening, scoring 11 runs in
the first inning against Avoca in the
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softball division. The win advanced
the Back Mountain girls to the
second round in the semi-finals
Monday when they went up against
the Bob Horlacher All-Stars.
Kim Schultz pitched a no-hit game
for the Back Mountain team, strik-
ing out 16 of the 23 girls who faced
her, to lead the team in their 22-0
shutout. She walked only four, gave
up two ground ball outs and one
pop-up fly.
The local girls scored their 11
runs in the first inning on six hits
with one of them a long triple by
Schultz to left centerfield. Lori
Cave, Tracy Hunter, Lori Piatt,
Jean Stahovec and Jill Urbanis also
collected hits in the inning.
The girls did some outstanding
base stealing in the game using
their speed and aggressiveness to
advance to second or third nearly
everytime they got on base.
SCORE THREE MORE
With the score 11-0, the Back
Mountain All Stars scored three
more runs in the second inning, two
in the third, three in the fourth and
added three more in the sixth.
Schultz added a second triple in the
third inning and Holly Bachman and
Hunter drove out triples in the sixth
inning.
Meighan said he expected her girls
to play a good game because they
have the power, speed and the
confidence on the field. She wasn’t
surprised at Schultz’s performance
because the girl practices every day
no matter what goes on and instead
of the 100 pitches Meighan told the
team’s pitchers they would throw
each day in practice, Schultz threw
200 pitches every day when practic-
ing with her father.
Amy Salerno was the losing
hurler for Avoca, giving up 19 runs
before she was relived in the fourth
inning by Julie Martin. She walked
11, gave up 11 hits and fanned none.
Martin gave up two hits and three
runs and walked two.
NO DIVISIONS
In past years, the Back Mountain
All Stars were divided into two
teams, the Americans and Nationals
but this season fielded only the one
team in the All-Stars, a move
former softball coach Charlotte
Slocum said in her opinion was a
good one.
Stahovec drove out a double and a
triple in the game. Laura Poynton
slammed out one double and Hunter
hit a triple, as did Bachman, as well
as Schultz knocking out two in the
cause.
NEWPORT RALLIES
In the game with Newport Town-
ship, the Back Mountain National
All-Stars held a 16-4 lead going into
the sixth inning but Newport rallied
to score four runs on two hits, an
error and a sacrifice before the
Nationals cooled them off.
The Nationals manager Warren
Rogers said he thought his team
had some advantage because it had
played a first-round game while
Newport drew a bye. The Back
and held up behind pitcher Jennifer
Gabel who gave up eight runs on
four hits. She walked five, three
consecutively in the third inning to
start Newport’s four run rally. The
Newport team was behind 5-0 at the
time.
The Nationals scored 11 runs in
the third inning, putting together
four hits, three walks and taking
advantage of seven Newport errors
to score the runs.
Noel Brooks, Cheryl Gunn, Gable
and Tracy Krupa had the hits in the
third inning. Brooks was 2 for 4 with
an RBI in the game. Megan Shee-
han hit a two-run single in the first
inning to start the Nationals five-
run first inning.
EDGE OUT NANTICOKE
In Friday’s game, the Nationals
edged out Nanticoke 6-4 scoring all
six runs in the first inning. Gornick
and Mandy Jones knocked out two
RBI hits to lead the team, after
Nanticoke took a 1-0 lead in the top
of the first.
Cheryl Gunn, 3-for-3, hit a single
and Gable got on base on 'an error
by the shortstop and Gornick drove
in two runs. Lee Ann Rogers walked
and Krupa took base on an error.
Jones hit a two RBI single but was
out at third. The Nationals scored
two more runs before the inning
ended.
Krupa pitched the entire game for
the Nationals striking out eight and
walking 13. She gave up only two
hits.
Girls still in action
PLAY EACH OTHER
The Back Mountain Nationals
were scheduled to meet the Back
Mountain Americans in the champi-
onship game this Tuesday, July 15,
at Mountaintop.
HL GIRLS ELIMINATED
Harveys Lake girls team was
eliminated when Mountaintop ran
over the local girls 27-0, Friday.
Gail Tereshak pitched a no-hit game
against the Divsion 2 13-15 year old
girls.
Back Mountain American All-
Stars edged out Harveys Lake 2-1,
Wednesday night led by Melanie
Marino whose single knocked in two
runs in the top of the sixth inning to
break a 0-0 tie. The win advances
the Americans into the semi-finals
with Mountaintop.
Jodi Ward led off the inning with
a single then with two out Andrea
Shone singled, followed by Marino's
winning-run single.
In the bottom of the sixth, Har-
veys Lake threatened as pitcher
Denise Wysocki walked the first two
batters and Tracy Hummell hit an
RBI single. Wysocki bore down,
however, and with two runs on base
with nobody out, she struck out
three batters to retire the side. She
had 13 strikeouts in the game and
allowed only one hit.
Star action.
Back Mountain National Little
1L.eague All-Stars shut out Ashley-
Newton 6-0 last Tuesday, then
defeated West Pittston 6-4, Thurs-
diay night to advance to the third
round of the District 16 playoffs
Saturday, July 12, where they play
the Heights team, who downed
Sw oyersville 8-7.
T'he National All-Stars were led in
their win over Ashley-Newton by
pitcher John Morris who struck out
12 and gave up only two hits in
shutt'ing out the opposing team.
Morris also aided in the win by
collecting two hits, one of them a
home run. Hugo Selenski and Chuck
Finn also had two hits each for the
Nationals.
GAME TIED
In Thursday’s game with West
Pittston, the Nationals were tied
with West Pittston 4-4 going into the
bottom of the fifth.
Relief pitcher Tony Finarelli
knocked out a two run single to
drive in two runs which were
enough to give the Nationals the
game. He also struck out nine at the
plate in picking up the win.
Finarelli came in to relieve start-
ing pitcher Stan Gubish in the
second inning and pulled his team
out of a bases-loaded situation.
Selenski and Morris had two hits
each for the team. Facciotti was the
losing pitcher for West Pittston.
AMERICANS ROMP
The Back Mountain American All-
Stars, after losing 4-1 to North End
last Tuesday dropping them to B
division, came back, Thursday
night, to trounce a visiting May-
flower team 16-p2 behind a no-hit
game pitched by Brian Miller.
Miller struck out 11 at the plate and
let only two runs score in the game,
one in the first inning on a passed
ball and one in the third on an
error.
The Americans had 11 hits paced
by Scott Bearly and Silas Fernandez
with a single and a double. Jeff
Masley drove out a triple and Brian
Karuza and Mark Medura each had
a double.
In Tuesday’s game, the Ameri-
cans were held to two hits by
George Howe whose superb pitching
aided by the shortstop, Chris
Warnken’s backhand catch on a
ground ball and a throw to third to
force out the runner saved the win.
— CHARLOT M. DENMON
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Racing car
leisure time in these days.
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Chuck Stevens, a Dallas native
now living in Charlotte, North
Carolina, has entered into his
second childhood.
That’s not to say he has given
up on life and regressed to his
earlier days. On the contrary,
the 39-year-old Dallas High
School graduate is the president
of three very successful real
estate and building enterprises,
has a wife and five kids, and now
finally has the time to enjoy
them.
At times, the family has gone
snow skiing, camping and trav-
eled, among other activities. But
it is their involvement in another
sport — road racing — a venture
Stevens was so successful at
during his childhood and teen
years, that is probably the glue
to the family.
“We’re known as the ‘six-pack
of the Carolinas,” Stevens said,
in reference to Kenny Rogers’
movie, ‘Six-Pack.’ “It’s a lot of
fun and it’s something we can all
do as a family.”
With Dad behind the wheel,
each member of the ‘Stevens
Racing Team,” his wife, Patri-
cia, and their children, ages 12-
18, often clad in identical outfits,
are assigned specific tasks
during each race.
The team, which began com-
peting late in the season in Show-
room Stock events (cars that are
raced in essentially the same
form as they were purchased in
at the showroom) won the highly
acclaimed South Atlantic Road
Racing Championship, placing
first in their class, first overall,
and established a new track
record. The team set another
track record during the year and
finished third in points for the
entire Southeast Region.
In 1986, the family plans to
participate in 15 events in the
plus an appearance in" :the
Poconos in July.
‘“The sport has always been in
my mind,” Stevens said. ‘But in
1971, I moved to North Carolina
and went into real estate. We
started raising a family and I
just didn’t have time for racing.
But now I do. Instead of golfing
like so many other people do, I
got back into racing.”
And if he performs anything
like he did in his younger days,
he may have to add another
room onto the house to store his
trophys.
At the age of eight, Stevens
began competing in quarter
midget races in the Back Moun-
tain and eventually started
racing at tracks in Berwick,
Allentown, Reading, Sunbury,
Williamsport and other spots.
By the time he was 15, he won
the East Coast Championships
and held the Northeast Region
points Championship. During
that span, in which he held a
number of other track records,
he accumulated 312 trophies,
including 189 first place finishes.
Following that era, Stevens,
who also excelled in football,
basketball, track and golf during
his high school days, got into
drag and road racing while build-
ing V-8 engines for friends at the
same time.
He continued road racing and
hill climbs following graduation,
but ceased shortly after because
of business pursuits.
He proved just as successful
there, too. Currently he is presi-
dent of the Carolina Land Devel-
opment Inc. in Matthews, N.C., a
corporation formed to develop
land for residential and commer-
cial uses, and the Chuck Stevens
Company, another business
formed to build homes under
“Signature Homes by Chuck
Stevens,’ which received six
state awards for excellence in
design and quality standards,
including two Grand awards in
statewide competition. He also
heads a general brokerage com-
pany called Stevens and Asso-
ciates.
Still, despite those business-
filled years, racing never left his
system and, after encourage-
ment from a friend here in the
valley, Stevens decided to get
back into the sport and pur-
chased a 1986 red Corvette that
‘he races today.
“I talked to Oscar Koveleski
about it,”’ Stevens stated. ‘‘He
said, go ahead, why not give it a
try?”
Immediately, he entered the
Performance Driving School to
have his old skills evaluated, and
joined two other schools follow-
ing that. After receiving top
scores, Stevens again began
competing.
In Solo I competition at Roe-
bling Road, he set a new track
record, and then followed that
performance with a third place
finish in the Rockingham Double
Regionals.
Barket wins gold
NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle
has really stepped in it this time.
You would think this guy is having
enough problems wit t he USFL
anti-trust case to be looking for
anymore headaches. Apparently
not.
Last week, the King of the NFL
decreed his program of mandatory
drug testing for all football players.
The Players
Association
said no, and
pointed to the
collective-
bargaining
agreement
they have with
the owners.
Under it, they
claim, the
league cannot
do this kind of
thing without the approval of the
1,600 players in the NFL.
Rozelle protested. The players
held firm and began to talk of a
strike. Although some of the players
said publicly that they welcomed
the chance to be tested, Gene
Upshaw, union chief, stood firm.
Who wins will be decided in
September by a mediator.
Although Upshaw and the Players
Association will be painted by the
Commissioner, the owners and the
public as condoning drug use in the
NFL, any kind of an objective look
at the positions of the players and
the league will indicate one thing:
Rozelle is trying to pull a fast one
with players’ rights and he thinks
he can get away with it because of
public sentiment.
Up until this time, I have been
fully in favor of mandatory drug
testing. That drugs in sports is the
single greatest threat to the
integrity of all sports in America is
a fact, save one.
But there is always the wrong
way to go about anything, even
something obviously good.
What Rozelle is trying to do is
change the rules in mid-stream.
There is a collective-bargaining
the Management Council, not with
Rozelle. But he sees that public
opinion swinging his way and
unilaterally decides to impose
testing.
Simply, it is not fair, and no union
in the country would accept this
kind of action. It is the most obvious
form of opportunism.
But the question of mandatory
drug testing goes far beyond the
1,600 players that. might be affected
if the ruling is upheld.
This whole question has to do with
personal rights.
Are football players entitled to the
same rights of privacy as the rest of
us; or because of their status as
something of role models and
heroes, do they forfeit some of their
rights? And if the NFL can require
its employees to take drug tests, are
other employers entitled to the
same rights?
In the words of Upshaw, ‘He does
it with drugs (meaning ruling that
testing is necessary), wher does it
stop? It could be anything.”
The only thing more deadly than
drugs in this country is the loss of
freedom in the name of getting rid
of drugs.
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THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT.
(See ROGERS, page 10)