Tie SDALLASCP0ST The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 27, 1992 © SportsWeek Little League Rangers squeak by Cards to stay on top § The Rangers remained unbeaten for the fourth straight week, win- ning three games last week, in- cluding an exciting conclusion to a continuation game. The Indians remained close on their heels, fin- ishing the week with a 8-1 record. The Reds remained atop the National League, despite losing only their second game of the sea- son. The week saw exciting action, ig ding four games that went inYS extra innings. Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W Rangers 10 Indians Yankees Red Sox Orioles > wn oN WH N® Nogaro NOIr ONOOOW—=0r1~ NATIONAL LEAGUE Reds Giants Pgkles C&xdinals Dodgers Phillies Astros = oOWhphproOorio Indians 2 - Giants 1 Chuck Fehlinger and Josh Butler hooked up in a pitcher's duel with Fehlinger and the Indi- ans coming out on top. Fehlinger tossed a two-hitter and struck out eight in going the distance. Butler allowed just four hits and struck out 11. Fehlinger had two hits for thg Indians while Ed Piekara Wided out a triple. J.J. Smith had a triple for the Giants. Reds 7 - Athletics 5 @sh Dukas' two-run triple bri§*e open a. close game as the Reds edged the A's. Dukas and Moyer had two hits each for the Reds while Jason Perles and Chris Habrack added doubles. Baird had adouble for the A's and Kyle Drop- pers struck out eight despite the loss. Tigers 14 - Pirates 4 Harry Hazeltine had four hits, including a home run, to lead the Tigers. Tim Dickson and Jake Lanyon also had four hits each for the Tigers. Jason Lazinski led the Paaates with three hits while team- E.J. Ishley added two. Rangers 8 - Cardinals 7 Jeff Faneck scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Rangers the win in a completion of a game started last week. The Cardinals’ Scott Walsh tied the game with a bases- loaded single before the Rangers scored the winning run. Faneck had two hits, as did the Cardinals Matt Marchakitis. Greg Witkowski struck out 10 in the loss. Yankees 9 - Phillies 8 Keith Zinn's single scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Yankees the win. Zinn and Martin had two hits apiece for the Yankees. Zinn also had 10 strikeouts in six in- nings. Sean Killeen led the Phillies with three hits, including two doubles. John Fagan had two hits, including a triple, Jeremy Cars- man added a triple for the Phillies. Carsman had nine strikeouts in three innings. Indians 5 - Reds 4 Ed Piekara struck out 11 bat- ters as the Indians downed the Reds. Chuck Fehlinger had two hits, including a double for the Indians. Jason Perlis pitched well and struck out six for the Reds in going the distance. Rangers 14 - Pirates 1 Randy Evans, Mike Faneck and Matt Wycallis had two hits apiece to lead the Rangers over the Pi- rates. Faneck had a double and a triple while Kevin Pizzano picked up the win. Jason Lasinski belted a triple for the Pirates while E.J. Ishley and Chris Suhocki added doubles. Yankees 10 - Astros 9 Brian Sabatura and Ricki Dou- gal had two hits each as the'Yan- kees got by the Astros. Charlie Martin added a double in the win- ning cause. Wenrich had three hits, including a triple, to lead the As- tros. Giants 17 - Orioles 2 Jay Pope, J.J. Smith and Dusty Rhodes combined on a one-hitter tolead the Giants. Josh Butler had four hits for the Giants while team- mates Brian Bayer and J.J. Smith added two hits apiece. Rhodes struck out the side in the sixth. Matt Barnard had a double, the lone hit for the Orioles. Dodgers 7 - Athletics 3 Jeff Eyet struck out 11 batters to pick up the win as the Dodgers downed the A's. Mike McHale had two hits for the Dodgers while teammate Ryan Marx had a double. Cardinals 7 - Tigers 6 The Cardinals scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to break a 6-6 tie. Greg Witkowski and Matt Marchakitis combined to strike out 12 batters for the Cards. What a stab Josh Dukas made a leaping grab of a hot shot down the first base line during Little League action last week. (Photo by Duncan Whitehead) Marchakitis also had two hits. Rick Lorah led the Tigers with three hits while Jason Baker and Tim Dickson added two hits apiece. Rangers 18 - Astros 2 Kevin Pizzano, Mike Faneck and Rick Macri each had three hits to lead the Rangers. Jeff Faneck added two hits while teammate Mike Farko added a double. Rich Samanas had a triple for the As- tros. SENIOR GIRLS’ SOFTBALL Bmt. Braves 18 - Horlacher “C” 3 Suzanne Fisher had two hits, including a triple, and picked up the win on the mound to lead the Braves. Robin Holeman, Cathy Dymond, Amy Rogers, Erica Conrad and Joy Holeman all had two hits apiece for the Braves. Fisher, Dymond and Rogers com- bined to limit Horlacher to just three hits. Yankees 23 - Dodgers 13 Winning pitcher Amy Johnson helped her own cause with two doubles to lead the Yankees. Katie Kaleta led the Yankees with three hits while teammates Kelly West and Rebecca Hoover had two hits each. Kathy Ferko had two hits for the Dodgers while Suda and Krause added doubles. Sports roundup Softball MATHERS, JANOSKY LEAD MOUNTS TO WIN On Monday, May 18, Dallas defeated visiting Tunkhannock by the score of 4-1. Pitcher Stephanie Kriner gets the win for Dallas. The top offensive leaders for Dallas throughout the game were Ther- Mathers who went 3 for 4, with an’ RBI and three stolen bases, while her teammate Kelly Janosky went 3 and 4 as well with an RBI, and two stolen bases. LEHMAN UPSETS WYOMING AREA The Lake-Lehman Black Knights upset Wyoming Area on Tuesday, May 19, by the score of 7-6 on Lehman's home field. The winning pitcher was Karen Stefanowicz who allowed six hits, walked one while striking out seven. The top hitters for Lehman were Mindy Main who was two for two and Jennifer Cross who was two for four. DALLAS FALLS TO TUNKHANNOCK The Dallas Mounts lost to Tunkhannock on Tuesday, May 19, by the score of 12-9. The loss goes to pitcher Stephanie Kriner. This loss put Dallas out of conten- tion for post season play. However, during this game they were led by Kelly Janosky and Wendy Cave who both excelled offensively. MOUNTS BEAT NANTICOKE Dallas beat Nanticoke by the score of 12-8 on Wednesay, May 20. Dallas had a team effort offen- sively with multiple hits by Ther- esa Mathers, Wendy Cave, Kelly Janosky, Kelly Mcintyre, Stepha- nie Kriner and Jodie Ward. KNIGHTS TOP HOBAN Lake-Lehman defeated host Bishop Hoban by the score of 2-1 on Thursday, May 21. The Knights completed their regular season with only two losses to Wyoming Area and Berwick. Lake-Lehman's Cherub Honeywell pitched a three hitter and went two for three in her offensive state. Jen Cross was also two for three for Lehman. MOUNTS BEATEN BY WYOMING AREA Wyoming Area beat Dallas 9-6 on Thursday, May 21. Dallas’ Wendy Cave and Kelly Janosky both went two for four and led Dallas offensively. The Mountain- eers recorded the loss to pitcher Stephanie Kriner. Baseball FINN HOMERS AS KNIGHTS WIN Lake-Lehman defeated West Side Tech on Monday, May 18, by the score of 12-2. The win went to senior Eric Stogoski and offensively catcher Chuck Finn had a three run homer. Donny James also homered for the Knights. MOUNTS LOSE TO ‘NORTHWEST 8-2 Dallas was beaten by host North- west on Monday, May 18, by the score of 8-2. The loss is Dallas’ sixth of the season. Dallas recorded only four hits throughout the game. MILLER SHUTS OUT SETON CATHOLIC The Dallas mounts shut out Seton Catholic 14-0 on Wednes- day, May 20. The winning pitcher was Brian Miller who went five innings giving up one hit. Miller did not walk any Seton batters and _ struck out six. Soccer KNIGHTS BLAST MEYERS 7-0 Lake-Lehman defeated Meyers in girls’ soccer on Tuesday, May 19, by the score of 7-0. The Knights had goals from Heidi Wenrich, Carrie Llewellyn, Gretchen Der- shimer, Nikki Sennett and Heather Picchi. The Knights had 30 shots on goal while Meyers had only five. LEHMAN TOPS COUGHLIN IN PLAYOFFS Lake-Lehman won its first game in the quarter finals of the WVC playoll tournament. Lehman de- feated Coughlin by the score of 5- 1. Lehman got goals from Nikki Sennett (2), Carrie Llewellyn (2), and Gretchen Dershimer. Lehman had 24 shots on goal. Bayer was Phillies batboy Brian Bayer, 12, of Dallas, won a special sweepstakes that entitled him to be the Phillies/Milk Duds Celebrity Batboy on May 8, when the Phillies took on the San Diego Padres. As the Celebrity Batboy, Brian went on field prior to the game for an up close and personal look at batting practice. This VIP Phillies experience included a photo with the Phillies second baseman, Mickey Morandini and recognition through Phanavision and public address announcements. Brian also received a host of Phillies souvenirs including a jersey, bat, ball, certificate and autographs from some of the players. He then rejoined his friends and family in complimentary box seats for the game. Softball day camp has strong staff By CHRISTINA CONRAD The second annual Back Moun- tain softball Day Camp will be held June 15-20. This camp was de- signed for girls between the ages of 8 and 18. A general session will be held on June 15-19. Session two will be for pitchers and catchers from June 19-29. The camp is sponsored by Back Mountain Baseball Inc. The camp has added many accomplished names to its list of camp directors. Heading up the camp will be Ronnie Maurek, for- mer head softball coach for Temple University. Maurek held the posi- tion at Temple for 15 seasons and finished with a career record of 255-183. She also set a record at Temple University for the most wins in a season in 1989 with a 31-18 record. Maurek was named the Atlantic 10 coach of the year when her team captured the Atlantic 10 Championship in 1989. She has a great deal of experience in softball and education. She was also a member of the ASA softball team in 1969 and 1971. Maurek also played professional softball for the Pennsylvania Lib- erties. At this time she is retired from coaching softball but is the head of the softball department at the Longstreth Sporting Goods Company. Another member of the camp directing staff is the area's Cheryl Travis. She is the assistant coach at Trenton State University. Tren- ton State is the top ranked Divi- sion III college in the nation. She also was the assistant coach at Temple University with Ronnie Maurek for two years while the Owls won the Atlantic 10 champi- onship. She also coached at Lake- Lehman High School and led teams to 2 district titles and five league championships. Travis received her BA in psy- chology at Susquehanna Univer- sity where she also played four years of varsity softball. She played and coached The Rebels, an ASA National Championship team. At this time Cheryl is pursuing a doctorate in Sports psychology at Temple University after she completed a Master's degree at the University of Scranton. A member of the staff who is also a player is Diona Harris. She will be in her third season with the Raybestos Brakettes. She is in the top four squad hitters on the team. She is a graduate of Temple Uni- versity and was named to the Northeast All-American squad and Atlantic 10 All-Star. Harris is known for her amazing speed and helps the Brakettes with a .350 batting average. Her posi- tons in the field are center field and second base. She is a two time National champion and has two gold medals to her credit from the Olympic Festival. Another member of the Brakettes is on the staff for the camp. She is Leslie Adams, a catcher, who had two years of experience at the University of Southern California. She is cur- rently catching for the Division I team of Florida State University. She was ranked as one of the best defensive catchers while also post- | ing a batting average near .300. ! She was also voted USC's “Softball | player of the year.” She is majoring in physical therapy and athletic | training. Flossie Finn is the initiator of this program. She was a head coach | at Lake-Lehman High School for 14 years. Her coaching record fin- ished at 203-46. Her teams won six conference titles, two district titles, and one state qualifier. She was the coach of the year three 1 LF | 11 tl times and was the all star coach | four times. Finn also coached the ASA Rebels to a national championship and a Pennsylvania Keystone State Team to a gold and silver medal. | She was the coach of the 1991 Big | League state runner-up team. And, she is currently working with pitch- | ers at Lake-Lehman High School | and speaks at various clinics. Joyce Tinner, was a graduate of | Dallas High School who set all ! time records at Penn State Univer- sity for at bats, base-on-balls, and | doubles. She is ranked third in ! hits with 54 in one season and | RBI's with 36 in '90 and '91. She |, played 155 consecutive games in a three year period. Tinner was the first Penn State |, University second baseman to ! make the All-Conference Team. She | was a 1991 Northeast Regional | All-American and All Atlantic Ten | at second. She posted a .321 bat- ting average in the Big Ten confer- ence. Marge Kelly is the head coach at | Wyoming Valley West High School and has been for 21 years. Her teams won one district champion- | ship, four conference titles and ! four sportsmanship awards. She | marked her 200th career win in | 1990. She coached a Keystone State Team to a silver and bronze medal. Kelly is‘ a) clinician ‘at many camps where she specializes in pitching and catching techniques. She is also a respected high school field hockey coach at Wyoming Valley West. Another person who will be on this accredited staff is Denise Davis. She is a Lake-Lehman High School graduate. She continued to pitch and play first base at Brown University but is planning to con- , tinue her career at the University of Virginia while majoring in sports management. She is currently the coach of the junio high softball team at Lake-Lehman and also works with pitchers. Finally, Sandy Boyle rounds out the list of directors. She is the! varisty field hockey coach and junior high coach at her alma mater Lake-Lehman. She graduated from Ursinus College and was a four year NCAA athlete and Academic , All-American. This camp is a great opportu- | nity for girls in this area because it is a quality camp equal to what: many colleges and university can offer. However, it is available to, girls at a much lower price but with more than the average expe- rience of the camp directors. Infor- | mation for this camp can be ob-! tained by picking up a brochure at the Back Mountain Little League | Complex in Dallas. Screen Printing wins first game in slow-pitch league The Screen Printing USA soft- ball team opened the 1992 Back Mountain Slo-pitch Softball League with an 11-7 win over Plains Pub, Tuesday, May 19. Dwight Barbacci led the win- ners with three hits while Chuck Edkins had two hits and scored three runs. Scott Crispell added two hits and John Belles scored | two runs. Don Crispell picked up the mound win. This is the first season for the local loop in three years. Girls' basketball clinic at Sem Bernie Kozlowski, the director of the [irst Wyoming Seminary Lady Blue Knights' Basketball Clinic, invites girls in grades 5 through 9 to improve their skills on the court while learning teamwork, competition, and fairness. During the week of June 15-19, daily competitions will take place in Seminary's two Upper School gyms on the campus, allowing for plenty of playing time and one-on-one instruction. Daily lectures will complement the hands-on lessons, and each player will receive an individual evaluation of her skills. The staff of eight includes coaches and standout players from regional high schools, as well as college varsity players. For more information or to register [or the clinic, call Mrs. Jeanne Yarmey, 288-5431. Irem tournament winners The Irem Womens Golf Association held a Shotgun Tournament on Tuesday, May 12 for the Grandmother's Prize which was won by Leah Flock. Weekly prize winners were Flight A-Carole Ertley, Flight B-Shirley Evans. Putting prizes were won by Flight A-Kay Shynn; Flight B-Arlene Rothstein; Flight C-Bok Choi.
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