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By LEN KRYESKI
Sports Writer
DALLAS - Sixty-seven runners
became part of local history by
participating in the first Gator
Run, a five mile road race to bene-
fit students at the Gate of Heaven
day. All but six were able to
complete the five miles and claim
a victory over not only the heat
and humidity, but hills and those
pesky elm spanworms.
Only Scott Sick of Millville was
actually able to claim victory in
therace. He completed the course
in 30 minutes, 25 seconds and
%s J a minute before Durelle Scott IV.
. Scott, a native of Dallas was 25
' seconds behind Sick with a time
» of 30:50. Sick's wife, Ann, was the
“top female finisher and placed
ninth overall with a time of 32
minutes, 55 seconds.
Paced by runner-up Scott, six
‘residents of the Back Mountain
‘placed in the top 15. Matt
| ‘McLaughlin of Dallas finished fifth
ow with atime of 31:38, just ahead of
. Brian Hosey of Harveys Lake.
. the Masters Division (age 40-44).
31:55.
PERE J Onzik of Shavertown rounded out
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y POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
“Pat Persico won the women's
30-39 bracket In the first Gate
of Heaven Gator Run.
School in Dallas this past Satur-
crossed the finish line nearly half
' Hosey's time of 31:45 was not
- only good enough for a sixth place
finish, but gave him top honors in
"John Sobocinski of Shavertown
‘finished eighth with a time of
Trucksville's Bret
Yarczower ran the five miles in
1 34:48 to place eleventh while Ed
FINAL STANDINGS,
ALL-STARS, pg 14
had the only Reds hit.
PIRATES 10 - YANKEES 7
Jordy Spencer got the win for
the Pirates, striking five in three
innings. 'The Pirates spread the
hitting around with Pat Velde
getting two singles, Lloyd Drop-
pers a double and highlighted by
Chris Arnaud hitting a three run
home run off the scoreboard. The
Yankees also had active bats with
Brad Felicia getting a single and
triple and Sean Lykon two doubles.
PIRATES 10 - ASTROS 9
Pat Velde got the win for the
Pirates, striking out two in two
innings. B.J. Lewis and Jordy
Spencer pitched in relief. Tony
See 3-WAY TIE, pg 14
First Gator Run
was a success
the top fifteen.
Onzik's time of 36:08 was good
enough towina very special award
however, as special recognition
was given to parents of Gate of
Heaven students. Onzik took
home the trophy for First Gate of
Heaven finisher. Ann Seitz of
Dallas was the top female Gate of
Heaven finisher.
Eight of Saturday's runners
were parents of Gate of Heaven
students and if the Gator run
continues as an annual event, a
third trophy may be added as
early as next year, for the first
student to cross the finish line.
“We did a lot of talking after the
race,” said race director Kurt
Moody, “and one suggestion for
next year was to incorporate the
kids. It would probably be a little
track meet.”
Moody also said a bicycle race
is under consideration for the
younger set. A meeting set for
September could determine if the
Gator Run becomes an annual
event.
While any profit from the race
was to benefit the students at
Gate of Heaven, it was mainly
held to increase the awareness of
the school. Saturday's Gator Run
raised about $400 for the school.
“That worked out pretty well,”
said Moody. “We were hoping to
break even. We received good
support from our sponsors, espe-
cially our main sponsors.”
The main sponsors of Satur-
day's event were Wyoming Valley
Health Care, Blue Cross/Blue
Shield and Pugliese Eye Special-
ists. All Sports was able to donate
some of their popular sports drink
and the water, courtesy of Sutton
Springs, was greatly appreciated.
“The best thing that worked
was the help of the police,” added
Moody of the Dallas force. “They
were very supportive from the
start.”
The fact the the Gator Run was
in part a resurrection of the de-
funct Back Mountain 10 miler
drew extra interest to the race. A
few of the runners braved the heat
and the hills because they were
thankful for the chance to remi-
nisce about the once popular race.
“Everybody had a good time,”
said Moody. “The course was very
hilly, but they knew that going in.
We had a little trouble and that
was with those elm spanworms
hanging from the trees near the
Huntsville Reservoir.”
Scott, McLaughlin, and Soboc-
inski made it a sweep for Back
Mountain males, finishing one,
two and three in the 20-29 bracket.
Trucksville’s Tom Berezich led the
50-54 group. Berezich completed
the course in 38:35
See GATOR RUN, pg 14
The Dallas Post
The last time
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POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK
Dallas and Lake-Lehman softball players participated in the
annual Dallas Kiwanis Seniors All-Star game Monday, playing
together for perhaps the last time. In top photo, Jen Birt
pitched three innings for the West squad. Above, Therese
Paxton and Katie Sallitt shook hands at the start of the fifth.
The Dallas battery played the middle three innings.
Other local players were: Nicole Naugle, from Lake-Lehman,
and Bridget Temperine from Dallas. Lake-Lehman coach
Flossie Finn coached. The East won 7-1.
~ pions
The Dallas Post
SportsWeek
"POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK
Kevin Razawich applied the tag on the Reds’ J.C. DeRojas Thursday, but it was too late. But the
Orioles played a superb game to claim the 1-0 victory, which put them Into the playoffs Sunday.
Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 21, 1995 13
Orioles pitcher Ryan
Gryskevicz celebrated his
team's 1-0 win over the Reds.
Harveys Lake title
goes to Pirates
By LEN KRYESKI
Sports Writer
HARVEYS LAKE - The Pirates,
Harveys Lake Little League cham-
for the 1995 season, de-
feated the Mets 10-3 Friday night
at Robert D. Wintersteen Memo-
rial Complex. The game also
wrapped up the league's regular
season.
The Pirates under the direction
. of Galen Waltman took the league
championship with an 11-4 rec-
ord. The Mets finished 8-7 and
were guided by David Kasper.
Charlie “Yankee” Besteder
earned the win for the Pirates.
Besteder struck out eight, walked
three and allowed only four hits
during the complete game vic-
tory. He also helped himself out
at the plate by going 2-for-4 and
scoring three runs.
The visiting Pirates jumped out
in front 3-0 with two runs in the
first and another in the second.
Galen Waltman scored the first
run of the game after drawing a
one out walk. He raced all the way
home from first when Besteder
reached on an infield error. Best-
eder later scored on a wild pitch.
Chris Vinstofski made it 3-0 in
the second when he scored from
third on Waltman's sacrifice bunt.
Vinstofski reached base when he
was hit by a pitch. from losing
pitcher Dustin Kasper.
Right fielder Francis Rogen got
the Mets on the scoreboard all by
himself in the bottom of the sec-
ond. Rogen reached via a Best-
eder walk, stole second and made
it to third on a throwing error by
Pirate catcher Gaise Lacek. Ro-
gen later scored on a wild pitch to
narrow the margin to 3-1.
The Pirates opened the third
inning by loading the bases. Paul
Santarelli singled and Lacek
reached on an error before Joey
Shurmaitis hit a slow dribbler to
the pitcher. Kasper's initial reac-
tion was to get the lead runner,
but held the ball after realizing he
had no play. Santarelli scored on
a wild pitch. Lacek and Shur-
maitis came home when leadoff
hitter, Jeff Taylor, drilled a two
out double to the gap in right-
center.
The extra base hit knocked out ;
Kasper, who only allowed an
field hit before the third, from t
game. Three walks, the hit bats-
man, three infield errors and the
no-play really hurt the Mets
hurler. He managed to strike out
four batters during his 2 2/3
innings pitched.
Relief pitcher Dwayne Kalindy
ended the Pirates rally by striking
out the first batter he faced and
then opened the Mets third by
hitting a double to dead center.
. The ball traveled to the deepest
part of the ball park and just
missed hitting the fence on the
fly. Kasper drove home Kalindy
with a single to left. He continued
all the way to third as the ball
rolled through the left fielder's
legs. Kasper scored when Josh
Schraeder hit a shot at Waltman.
The second baseman made a nice
stab at the ball to throw out
Schraeder at first.
Waltman made another fine
defensive play to retire the Mets in
the fifth inning. With a runner on
third, Waltman traveled back into
the outfield to catch a short fly
ball off the bat of Ryan Spencer.
Besteder allowed only one hit,
a sixth inning single to Rogen,
after the back-to-back hits by
Kalindy and Kasper in the third.
The Pirates added one run in
the fourth and three more in the
sixth to account for the 10-3 final.
Shurmaitis’ two out single in the
fourth drove home Besteder, who
also reached base on a single.
Besteder, Santarelli and Lacek
scored off Kalindy for the Pirates
in the sixth. Kalindy struck out
seven, walked one and gave up
four runs, none of them earned,
on four hits.
Santarelli helped the Piraies
cause by going 2-for-4 with a run
batted in and a stolen base.
Schraeder smacked a two-out
double to right with the bases
empty for the Mets in the first.
Rogen went 1-for-2 with a walk,
an rbi and a stolen base.
Fleeger will to to Misericordia
Lake-Lehman High School athlete standout Jeremy Fleeger has
announced that he will continue his academic and athletic careers at
College Misericordia.
Fleeger starred in soccer and volleyball at Lehman and will Pl y
soccer for the Cougars of coach Chuck Edkins.
He was named Lehman's offensive Most Valuable Player last season
after leading the Black Knights in scoring with 15 goals and 18 assists.
He was named a second-team Wyoming Valley Conference all-star in
both soccer and volleyball.
He was chosen to play in the Geisinger All-Star Classic and was
recently named offensive MVP at the NASCUP all-star game.
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