D J SN Section 2 Wednesday, July 23, 1997 S D All-Star girl's softball sets sights on higher level By JENNIFER KLAIPS Post Correspondent What does an abundance of talent and togetherness create? A successful team that’s headed for states. That's exactly where the Back Mt. girls’ All-Star softball team has their sights set. After breezing through their weekend games, attention is now focused to a higher level. Coach Gary Naugle believes that talent is the primary factor that brought the girls to where they are. “They're probably the most talented team I've ever coached,” he said. The All-Stars defeated North Central on Sat., Jul. 19, 9-3 Sa- rah Stolarick was the winning pitcher. Backed by a tremendous defense, the girls cruised to a victory. On Sun., Jul. 20, the All-Stars were victorious as they beat Christy Mathewson 10-0, April Naugle pitched a perfect game. Combined with some big hits and, once again, an outstanding de- fense, the girls easily took the win. Talent and team unity have guided the All-Stars in the direc- tion of state competition. Coach Naugle credits his team with hav- ing no weaknesses. “We have great pitching and an outstand- ing defense,” he said. He has resources he can call upon, with a competent bench. “It’s a total team effort,” Naugle said. The players seem to account their success to how well they get along. “We've all had a lot of fun. We play like a family,” said April Naugle. Sarah Stolarick agreed. “We all get along really well,” she said. Coach Naugle described his team as very competitive. “They want to win,” he said. “It will take a very good team to beat them.” Naugle told the girls, earlier in the season, that he expects them to go to states. “Now the girls have made it their goal,” he said, and he thinks they’ll do well. Determination is an attitude prevalent among the All-Stars. They are all looking forward to states. Primarily, they want to win. “We're very determined,” said Amanda Stolarick. Maria Wright expressed the team’s attitude best when she said, “Our hearts are set on states.” Campers, Dinosaurs each win a pair, at 7-1 Julius Perry fired in 19 points. to lead Dinosaur Jr. to a 52-47 win over Wyoming Quality Bever- age in the Dallas Rec Summer Basketball League. Derrick Johnson chipped in with 12 for the victors while Dave Piavis had 11 for the losers. The win allowed Dinosaur Jr. tomain- tain a hold on first place at 7-1 while Wyoming Quality drops to 3-5. Oliver Cafe got back on the winning track by dumping Insalaco’s 59-50 behind Shawn Bell's 24 points. Oliver improves to 2-6 while Insalaco’s drops to 2- 6. Camp Orchard Hill kept a share July 17 Box Scores - * 3 point goal Dinosaurs - 52 FG F Total Perry 8 3519 Lazzari* 1 0 3 Jaster* 3 2 9 N. Hage 1 0.2 D. Hage* 2 0:5 Wilson 1 0 2 Johnson 4 4 12 20:9 52 Oliver - 59 FG F Total Puz 7 0 14 C.Van Orden 4 0 8 Bell 10:4... 24 Durkin 1 0 2 Gerlack* 5 0 11 27.4: 59 Camp Orchard Hill - 62 FG F Total J. Smith 8 5% 21 S. Smith” 5 3 14 Mihalik 8 0 16 Nichol 0 0 0 Perlis 5 1 11 269 62 Ww L Dinosaur Jr. 7 1 Camp Orchard Hill 7 1 Ziemba Insurance 3 5 Wyoming Qual. Bev.3 5 Oliver Cafe 2 ..6 Insalaco’s 2 6 of first place by tripping Ziemba Insurance 62-54. J.J. Smith led the way with 21 while Frank Debona had 18 for Ziemba who dropped to 3-5 with the loss. The Campers are now 7-1 on the year. Regular season action ends on July 23 with playoffs beginning the following week Wyoming Quality Bev. - 47 FG F Total Black 3 0 9 McGovern 0 2 2 Ford 1 2 4 Dolan 2 0 4 Siglin 4 1 9 Luksic 2 0 4 Piavis** 4 1 11 Cuff 0 4 4: . 16 10 47 Insalaco’s 50 FG F Total Gordi*** 3 0 9 Bullions** 7 1 17 Bestider 4 0 8 Riddle 3 2 8 Bowen 4 0 8 19 3 50 Ziemba Insurance - 54 FG F Total Debona** 6 4 18 Sutliff 5 2 12 Rice 2 0 4 Millington 5 0 10 Dolan 4 2 10 22: 8 54 Dennis Perlis (top photo) let loose a pass for Camp Orchard Hill. Tim Sutliff, Ziemba Ins., in glasses, Dan Nichol, Campers and Frank Debona, Ziemba, lined up to his left. Clark Van Orden (lower left photo) driving as Oliver's Cafe teammate Aaron Gerlock prepared to rebound. Shawn Bell, Oliver's, (lower right photo) went up for a pair over Dave Puz and Steve Godri. POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS rn The Dallas Post orts\Veek Clockwise from left; Sarah Rogers takes a conservative lead off second. Amanda Stolarick has a look of confidence before stepping to the plate. Bottom left; Stacey Amann rounded first after belting a single with Meaghan Peel looking on. Local pair qualifies for state amateur tournament By Chris Bell Post Correspondent Former Dallas High School golf teammates Lynn Kilduff and Tom Klimek will be together on the links at the Pennsylvania State Amateur Golf Tournament which will be played next week at Scran- ton Country Club. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Golf Associa- tion, the tournament features 120 of the best amateur golfers in Pennsylvania and will include 72 holes of golf, Monday through Wednesday. After 18 holes on Monday and Tuesday, the field will be trimmed to 40 players for 36 holes on Wednesday. Kilduff, a sophomore at the University of Maryland, and Klimek, a sophomore at College Misericordia, earned spots in the state tournament by finishing among the top 27 golfers in the Northeast Qualifier last week at Glen Oak Country Club. Kilduff, who is making his third appear- ance in the State Amateur, fin- ished tied for 11th with a 76. Klimek will be playing in his first State Amateur after shooting a 78 to tie for 21st. After missing the cut each of the last two years, Kilduff is hop- ing to change things this year. “I wasn’t really concerned about winning the qualifier,” said Kilduff. “I just wanted to advance. I'm happy that I qualified. Hopefully, I'm saving my big day for the state tournament.” Klimek, who has been playing golf for just five years, is hoping to crack the top 40 in Scranton. “My goal is simple,” he explained. “1 want to put up two good scores the first two days. Hopefully, they will be good enough to get me to the final round.” Kilduff, who advanced toa U.S. Open sectional qualifier earlier this year, is excited to have the State Amateur in his back yard. “I've been thinking about this tour- nament all summer,” he said. “Be- sides the U.S. Open, it is the big- gest tournament of the summer to me. With so many good players in the field, it would be an honor to win this tournament, especially in my home area.” Kilduff is also excited about having Klimek in the field. “I'm not sure it has hit Tom yet that he made it,” said Kilduff. “I think I was more pumped up when he qualified than he was.” Both players are confident heading into the tournament. “I'm hitting the ball pretty well,” said Klimek. “I don’t plan to do any- thing different to prepare.” Kilduff is happy with his recent progress. “My game is coming to- See GOLF, pg. 10 All-Star roundup SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Back Mt. 7, W. Wyoming 0 Back Mountain clinched the District 16 Senior Baseball Cham- pionship with a 7-0 shutout of Wyoming July 16. Ryan Sorber picked up the complete game vic- tory fanning five and allowing five hits. Mike Regan went 3-for-2 with two RBI and one run scored. Josh Katyl belted a triple and drove in two runs. Back Mt. 9, Lehigh 6 Back Mountain continued on their winning track with a 9-6 come from behind win over Lehigh July 19. A solo homer by Matt Wycallis in the second and a three- run shot by Josh Katyl in the fourth contributed to Back Mountain's success. Back Mt. 13, Abington 12 The District 16 champions made their way to the Section 4 Senior finals with a sensational come-from behind victory over Abington July 20. Back Mountain was down 12-10 in the bottom of the seventh when Chuck White- head slammed a bases-loaded triple to capture the win. W-B REC 11-12 TOURN. Exeter 5, Back Mt. National 3 Joel Lesinski put Back Moun- tain up early with a three-run round tripper in the first before Exeter subdued National and came away with a 5-3 victory July 18. Jordan Kosloski and Scott Lozo added singles for Back Moun- tain in the losing effort. Lesinski was tagged with the loss despite striking out nine. 16 YEAR TEENERS LEAGUE TOURN. Back Mt. 25, North Valley 7 Back Mountain sandbagged North Valley with a lopsided 25-7 victory July 18 in 16-Year Teen- ers League Tournament in Wyo- ming. Jerry Long connected for a grand-slam and picked up the win after two innings from the mound. Chad Sorber finished with four hits including two doubles while Jayson Pope and Jason Maciejczak ripped two hits apiece. Back Mt. 13, Nanticoke 0 Jayson Pope displayed his power with a grand-slam in Back Mountain's 13-0 shutout of Nanticoke July 20. Chad Sorber and T.J. Nickoden had three hits apiece for Back Mountain. LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL Back Mt. 16, Pocono Mountain 0 Molly Guntli, Rachel Kukosky, Carla Chiampi and Lisa Wasser combined for a no-hitter after each pitched one inning in Back Mountain's 16-0 shutout of Pocono Mt. July 19. The victors rallied for nine runs in the third inning and followed with four more in the fourth to end the game early due to the ten-run rule. Guntli led Back Mt. at the plate with a home run and five RBI. See ROUNDUP, pg. 10 |
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