Sunday, May 9, 2004
Little League tests interleague play
By CHRIS BELL
Post Correspondent
field two teams from the Back
Mountain.”
Bob Horlacher has three ma-
jor teams and Harveys Lake has
two and there is a possibility
the two leagues could combine
BMT Baseball posts reward
For the fifth time in three years, the concession stand at the
Back Mountain Baseball fields has been broken into. League
president Jack Snyder said the alarm went off at about 1:30
Although the calendar shows
the first day of spring was a few
weeks ago, baseball fans know
the official start of spring does-
n’t arrive until the opening of
Little League season.
the 2004 season has begun
and it will offer a bit of history
as three local leagues — Back
Mountain, Harveys Lake and
Bob Horlacher — will compete
in interleague play at the Major
League level.
The leagues have competed
against each other in softball
and at other levels, but this is
a.m. May 6. Snyder said no cash was missing.
The league is offering a $1,000 reward for information lead- «
ing to the arrest and conviction of the robber. Call Snyder at
675-0939 or the Dallas Township Police Dept. at 675-5251. be
ferent levels,” said Back Moun-
tain Baseball president Jack
Snyder. “We've had a good rela-
tionship with the other leagues
over the years and it just
seemed like the right time to
give it a try.”
Chuck Edkins, the head base-
kids and our league,” said Bob
Horlacher
Wright. “We've been playing
against Harveys Lake and
Tunkhannock for years. It’s go-
ing to provide our teams with
better
should help when we get to the
one involved,” said Edkins.
“You get to play a lot of differ-
ent teams and I think the kids
will really enjoy it. We're excit-
ed to be associated with the
other local leagues.”
Back Mountain will field 10
major teams this season and
come tournament time.
with Back Mountain is going to
We think interleague play
a great experience for our
president Dale
competition, which
an distri E
the first time at the Major ball coach at College Misericor- will continue to sponsor its heat tou nAmien
: . d i oyu Wright said the Bob Horlach-
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fal or li] HEE Lake Little L - ) er teams will continue to play
FOR THE POST/JIM PHILLIPS om all three leagues are excit- for arveys € itt e eague, tournament. Interleague play against Tunkhannock teams as
iL ide : ed about the latest venture. agrees with Snyder. “I think it's won't impact our all-star
The Athletics’ Conner Rice fired a ball back into the infield. “It’s worked in the past at dif- a great opportunity for every- teams,” said Snyder. “We'll still See INTERLEAGUE, pg 8
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"Dallas boys win
Adam Holena led off the top of the
sixth with a long home run to center
to break open a tie game, leading the
Giants over the Rangers, 6-5. Kyle
Caffrey picked up the victory, strik-
ing out six.
Staff report Paulauskus filled a big hole in the Travis DeBona had two hits for the
Black Knights’ normally weak sprint Rangers.
LEHMAN TWP. — The Lake-
Lehman girls track and field team
P) Boris
had to do all it could against its Back
Mountain rival with the Wyoming
Valley Track and Field League Divi-
sion II title hanging in the balance
on Wednesday in a tri-meet.
Juniors Jamie Lipski and Allison
and freshman Allison
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Brian Wengen throws discus for
Dallas.
events, helping Lehman to a 79-71
victory over Dallas.
“We had to make do where our
points were going to come from,”
said Lehman coach John Sobocinski.
“When we go to districts, it will be
different.”
The Black Knights also beat Bish-
op Hoban 124-20, and Dallas
downed the Lady Argents 108-31.
Midway through the meet, action
was halted for about 30 minutes
when a thunderstorm rolled through
the area.
Lipski hasn’t run the 200 in her
high school career, while Boris has-
n't run the event this year, but both
were entered on Wednesday.
Paulauskas, meanwhile, stepped in
to run leadoff for the Lehman 400 re-
lay team, which has won just once
this season.
The results decided the meet. Lip-
ski (27.3) and Boris (27.4) finished
1-2 in the 200-meter dash and
Paulauskas jumpstarted Lehman's
400 relay team to victory in 53.6.
Boris also won the 400 (1:02.6), with
Lipski taking second and Paulauskas
adding a second-place finish in the
100.
“I was nervous, but it was a big
competition against our rival,” said
Paulauskas.
Making things bigger yet was Dal-
See TRACK, pg 9
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Lake-Lehman’s Ryan Ruda cleared a hurdle. He finished third in both the
110 and 300 meter races.
Phillies 6, Red Sox 1
The Phillies bats came alive in the
fifth inning to break open a pitchers’
duel between Carson Baker and
Cody Plesnar. Baker picked up the
win for the Phillies, striking out 10
and scattering five hits. Baker also
helped himself at the plate with two
hits. Matt Bevan, Hunter Englehart,
Adam Paulauskas and Colbey Evans
had hits for the Phillies.
Plesnar struck out nine and al-
lowed five hits in a losing effort. The
Red Sox offense came from Brandon
Harding and Scott Riccetti, each
with two hits. Mark Malloy also had
a hit for the Red Sox.
Pirates 5, Red Sox 0
Tom Smith’s pitching kept the Red
Sox batters in check, striking out sev-
en. Solid defense from Jason
Schilling and J.P. Henry preserved
the shutout. Marc Noyalis provided
all the offense that was needed with
a home run in the third to break
open a scoreless game.
Eric Baines struck out six in a los-
ing effort. James Youngman, Tanner
Baloh and Cody Plesnar had hits for -
the Red Sox.
Dodgers 12, Yankees 0
Austin Carr and Hayden Jenkins
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TENNIS
Wyoming Seminary 5,
Dallas 2
May 4 — Wyoming Seminary
swept the singles matches to de-
feat Dallas 5-2 in a special boys
tennis play-in match to earn the
third seed for the District 2
Class 2A Team Tournament
semifinals.
P.J. Marranca, Joseph Yoo,
Rob Silverblatt and Ross Fein-
stein recorded singles wins for
the Blue Knights, the four-time
defending D2 team champs. GIRLS SOCCER : place on Uneven Bars
The teams of Jeff Pace/Ryan Dallas 2, Coughlin 0 and Floor Exercise, and
Murphy and Drew Abington Heights 2, Apr. 30 — Caitlin Dukas sixth place on vault and
Slocum /Cory Shultz won dou- Lake-Lehman 1 J scored two goals as Dallas balance beam,
bles matches for Dallas. May 5 — Traci Ragukas clinched a District 2 playoff earned her the All-
Wyoming Area 4,
Tunkhannock 3
May 3 — Matt Turbish, Adam
Roscoe and Ned Zelinka won
singles matches for the Tigers.
Dallas 7, Coughlin 0
Apr. 29 — Ryan Murphy over-
came a 5-0 deficit in a first-set
tiebreaker to win at No. 1 sin-
gles 7-6 (9-7), 1-6, 6-4 for Dallas.
Also winning singles matches
were Drew Slocum, Cory Shultz
and sean Carter.
The Mountaineers’ No. 3 dou-
bles team of Chris Nicholson
and Ben Rother finished the reg-
ular season undefeated with a 6-
2, 6-3 victory. Murphy teamed
with Dave Menzel to win a dou-
bles match and the team of max
Shultz and Max Strasser also
won.
scored for Lake-Lehman, which
led 1-0 at halftime. The Black
Knights had their game at
North Pocono postponed
Wednesday when no referees
showed up. The game has been
tentatively rescheduled for Mon-
day.
Dallas 4, North Pocono 0
May 4 — Caitlyn Dukas
scored two goals in the first half,
and Ashleigh King and Alyssa
Miller scored in the second half
as Dallas shut out North
Pocono. Rosalyn Wentko
stopped all three shots the
Mountaineer defense allowed.
Pittston Area 5,
Tunkhannock 3
May 4 — Katie Hurst, Amy
Love and Jamie Domko scored
for the Tigers.
berth with a shutout of Cough-
lin. :
Hallie Williams and Megan
McDonald each had an assist as
the Mountaineers improved to
9-0-1.
Dallas also defeated Abington
Heights on Wednesday, with
See ROUNDUP, pg 9
Mariel Adams
wins state
gymnastics
championship
Mariel Adams, a seventh
grade student at Dallas
Middle School, won the
2004 PA YMCA All-
Around Level 7 State
Gymnastics title. The
meet was held in
Brookville, PA. Mariel’s
strong performances in
all four events, third
Around Championship.
Mariel competes for the
Wilkes Barre YMCA.