THE DALLAS POST Section 2 " The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, June 27, 2002 From the bullpen Timothy J. Raub If nothing $15; tragedy ® Hulls baseball together The bonds that are formed among teammates can be stronger than any other force known to man. So, it comes as no surprise that, following the untimely death of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile, all of Major League Baseball joined Kile’s family in grieving. You can say what you want about the politics of Major League Baseball, and the greed evident in both the players and owners, but when it comes down yto it, both sides do know how to show their true humility. The evidence is clear. All levels of professional base- ball were affected by Kile’s death, and reacted with sympa- thy. The Red Barons had a mo- ment of silent meditation for Kile prior to Saturday's game against athe Columbus Clippers, Col- orado Rockies star Larry Walker spokeat'a press conference; cel = ebrating the life of Kile, who ptayed for the Rockies for two seasons and a number of Kile’s former teammates with the Houston Astros sat out the start of their game against Seattle in his honor. Kile, who spent 12 years in the Major Leagues with three different teams, was never &oiocea on the disabled list once in his career. He leaves behind a wife and three children. In a sport where it is becom- ing more and more evident that business, money and greed is the bottom line, Kile’s death shows everyone can get on the same page — at least once in a while — and pay fitting tribute @ to someone much deserving. Americans can stand tall with World Cup performance Members of the United States men’s soccer team, and their fans alike, can hold their heads high even in the loss to world power and three-time cup cham- pion Germany. The American team more than successfully avenged their pitiful & performance in 1998, and showed the world that they can play with the best of the best. Let's just remember that the U.S. was just a few inches short of tying the quarterfinal game with Germany, and advanced further in the tournament than traditional world powers Italy, Mexico and ‘98 cup champion . France. Now if they could only con- vince their fellow Americans that the sport of professional soccer is here to stay. Timothy J. Raub, a Dallas Post staff writer, can be reached at traub@leader.net, or by phone at 674-4658. BMT Youth Soccer ® Travel sets tryouts ~ The Back Mountain Youth Soccer Travel Program has scheduled tryouts for some of their travel teams, if you have ‘any questions, please call the respective coach for the team you wish to try out for. Team and tryout dates are as fol- ows: U-12 Girls, Xtreme, 408-4727, 3 p.m. June 30 at the Dallas Middle School Baranowski competes in All-State contest From Staff Reports HUNTINGDON, Pa — Lake- Lehman volleyball standout Josh Baranowski was named to, and competed in the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association All-State East-West Volleyball match at Juniata College last weekend. The West squad got three unanswered points late to pull away and take the all-state match in five games, 7-15, 16-14, 15-9, 11-15 and 15-12. Playing for the East squad, Baranowski and his all-state teammates took an early lead with a win in Game 1, but the West answered with back-to-back wins in Game 2 and Game 3. The East countered with a win in Game 4, but it was not enough as the West pulled away late to win the game and the match. Chacko in national wheelchair games Andrew Chacko, of Dallas, will take part in the 22nd National Wheelchair Games July 9-13 in Cleveland, OH. Chacko and five other wheel- chair athletes from the Wilkes- Barre VA Medical Center will be sponsored by the Eastern Para- lyzed Veterans Association. Travel soccer tryout The Back Mountain Youth Soccer Travel Program has scheduled tryouts for some of their travel teams, if you have any questions, call the respective coach for the team you wish to try out for. U-15 boys, 10 a.m., Saturday, June 29 at Cabbage Patch, Forty Fort. Coach John Gyory, 288- 5075. S. JOHN WILKIN/FOR THE DALLAS POST Amy Aston-Rome visits with her children after winning the Harveys Lake Victory Run women's title Saturday morning. Aston-Rome conquers Victory Run By ROBERT MINER Special to The Dallas Post HARVEYS LAKE — Corey Smith and Amy Aston-Rome ran to easy victories in the fourth annual Harveys Lake Vic- tory Run on Saturday morning. Aston-Rome, a 35-year-old from Dal- las and former standout runner at Penn State, won a diamond pendant for capturing top female honors. She clocked in at 49:44, outrunning sec- ond-place finisher and last year's win- ner Heidi Wolfsberger, 22, of Moosic, by 59 seconds. Wolfsberger, who recently graduated from Moravian College, where she ran track and cross country, outraced third-place finisher and former Hanover Area High School star Theresa Dennis by 2:03. Aston-Rome ran behind Wolfsberger in second place for the first four miles. Then she made her move. "I took the lead and hoped that Hei- di, who was setting a good pace, wouldn't pass me," Aston-Rome said. "I knew that she was an outstanding col- lege runner. And I don't have a good kick because I'm old. This is the first time I've ever won this race. I've been running it since high school (when it was part of the Irish Heritage Games). I'm thrilled." Smith, a 22-year-old from Washing- ton, D.C. who ran track and cross country for Wallenpaupack Area High School and Georgetown University, broke the tape in 42 minutes and nine seconds, scoring a wire-to-wire victory. He outran second-place finisher P.J. Ward, 22, of Mountain Top, by 1:55. Carbondale's Dan Dragwa, 34, placed third, 31 seconds behind Ward. Smith, who recently graduated from Georgetown, went into the race with a slight groin injury and wasn't sure whether the injury would bother him during the race. "l saw that I had a pretty good lead at one mile. And the injury didn't both- See VICTORY RUN, pg 10 Yankees and Giants win their league CHAMPIONSHIPS The stage was set for Tuesday night for the Back Mountain Baseball Boys Major League championship. In the first game of the evening, the Yankees held off the BMT Rangers 8- 7 to claim the Ameri- BASEBALL can League title. The Yankees had an 8-5 lead ' going into the bottom of the fi- nal inning. The Rangers’ Cory Templeton was hit by a Josh Shaver pitch and took first. Af- ter Shaver was replaced on the mound by Henry Messinger, Patrick Engler laid down a sac- rifice bunt that barely stayed fair in front of the plate, sacri- ficing Templeton to second. Josh Backes followed with a triple to right, scoring Temple- ton and narrowing the score to 8-6. After Joe Evans struck out, Messinger intentionally walked Matt Ruch, but the next batter, Kevin Engler, singled to center, scoring Backes and making it a l1-run game. Ruch advanced to third on a poor throw from cen- ter, putting all the fans of each team on the edge of their seats. But after Engler took second on an unchallenged steal, Mike Supczenski bounced back to the mound to end the game. Scott Skammer led the Yan- kees at the plate, going 3-for-4, all singles. Myer Messinger added a double and single. Shaver picked up the win, striking out seven. For the Rangers, Backes went 2-for-3 with a double and triple; Ruch slammed a two-run homer and Kevin Engler was 2- for-3 with a double. Engler took the loss, striking out three. In the second game of the night, the Giants topped the Cardinals 4-2 to claim the Na- tional League championship. ‘UPCOMING GAMES | M nor eague Boys Major Longue Girls All-Star game Frida , June 28, 6 p.m. John Bailey also doubled for the winners. Joe Hayes and Zach Aciukewicz each had two hits for the A’s, including a Hayes triple. Aciukewicz fanned seven Sox. Yankees 6, Cardinals 0 Josh Shaver and Myer Messinger combined to hurl a one-hitter for the. Yankees, striking out nine batters in the process. Messinger and Scott Skammer each had two hits for the Yankees, including two dou- bles by Skammer and one by Messinger. Michael McHutchin- son also doubled for the win- ners. The Rangers’ Mike Gross was safe at home as the Indians’ Darius Fetchko went after a stray throw during a regular season game last week. Bobby Peron was the winning pitcher, striking out nine Cards. Cody Kustrin led the Gi- ants with two hits and Dylan Cleaves had a triple. Ryan Phillips had two hits for the Cardinals. “We didn’t get many hits,” said Cardinals coach John Murray. Ryan Phillips took the loss. The Yankees and Giants were scheduled to meet Wednesday night to play for the BMT Base- ball Major League champi- onship. That game took place too late for this issue. National League Playoffs Cardinals 6, Astros 4 The defending National League and overall champion Cardinals, who finished third during the regular season, de- feated the second-place Astros 6-4 to advance to the National League championship game for the third time in the last four years. Pat Murray tossed a com- plete game with nine strikeouts to get the victory. Ryan Phillips smashed a three-run double to break open the game. John Prater contributed two singles POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS Giants 11, Pirates 2 Cody Kustrin and Dylan Cleaves did it all for the Giants. They combined to strike out ten Pirates and they each had three to the Cardinal attack. For the Astros, Jeremy Fike and Michael Eckman each singled twice. Kyle Arnaud and Mike Lipsky combined to fan seven Cardinals. Eckman made sever- al outstanding plays at short- stop for the losers. Regular Season Red Sox 5, A's 4 Kevin Little struck out nine A’s to get the win. Devin Al- brecht and Paul Kowalek each had two hits for the Red Sox, in- cluding a double by Albrecht. hits, including a Kustrin dou- ble. For the Pirates, Tom Horn, Scott Summa and Peter Steve combined to strike out five bat- ters. Rangers 10, Indians 2 Matt Ruch tossed a no-hitter, striking out ten, for the Rangers. Ruch and Josh Backes each had three hits for the win- ners, including a Ruch double as well as a homer and a triple by Backes. Michael Kravitski and Jordy Thimot combined to See BMT BALL, pg 10
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