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@ Baseball
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The first three innings looked like
the game was going to be a pitchers’
duel between Steve Poorman and
Back Mountain National's Hunter En-
glehart. Neither allowed a hit, but
both teams managed to get a run for a
1-1 tie. For Back Mountain, Erik Can-
non walked, advanced two bases on
passed balls and scored on a ground
out in the first inning.
District 29 champ Stroudsburg Na-
tional took a 4-1 lead in the fourth,
then. exploded for seven runs in the
fifth.
D-16 MINOR BASEBALL
BMT National 8, Northwest 5
July 19 — Drew Brandt struck out
11 batters as he led Back Mountain to
a victory. Tom Donovan and Cody
Poepperling each had a double, and
Austin Smith added a hit to lead Back
Mountain on offense.
D-16 JUNIOR BASEBALL
BMT American 6, Plains 5
July 17 — Winning pitcher Matt
Ruch struck out six and allowed just
two earned runs as Back Mountain
American won the District 16 Junior
Baseball Tournament.
Doug Harding picked up the save
and had two hits. Mike Prater had
three hits, Josh Backes and Ryan
Phillips added two each.
Chris Iorio pitched all seven innings
for Plains and had three hits, includ-
ing a double. Rob Charnicho went 3-
for-3 with two RBI, and Mike Smith
had two hits for Plains.
D-16 SENIOR BASEBALL
Back Mountain wins
championship
July 19 — Greg Harris and Matt
Shumbris were each 2-for-4 with two
RBI and two runs scored as Back
Mountain defeated Wyoming/West
Wyoming 13-6 to win the District 16
Senior League Baseball championship.
Back Mountain opened the Section
4 playoffs at 1 p.m. Saturday against
host District 29. Results of that game
were not available in time for this is-
sue.
Shumbris was also the winning
pitcher, recording three strikeouts,
and received relief help from Jake
Stryjewski, who fanned five. Dylan
Seeley added two hits and an RBI for
iBack Mountain,; Dan Jacebs added
‘two hits and scored a.tun.
‘Back Mountain 10,
Wyoming/West Wyoming 2
July 15 — Dylan Feeley pitched six
innings and allowed four hits as Back
Mountain defeated Wyoming/West
Wyoming 10-2 in the District 16 Se-
nior Baseball winners bracket final.
Matt Kapitula and Nick Samanas
each had two hits and tripled for Back
Mountain.
KUBIS TOURNAMENT
BMT National 13, N. W-B 0
July 21 — Marc Noyalis went 4-for-4
with three doubles and six RBI as Na-
tional advanced. Chad Carey was 2-for-
Clockwise from left: Matt Ruch slid across the plate to score what proved to be
the deciding run in the top of the seventh inning of the Junior Baseball champi-
onshp game, making the score 6-4. Ruch was the winning pitcher, allowing two
POST PHOTOS/RON BARTIZEK
earned runs in six innings and striking out six.
FOR THE POST/FRED ADAMS
Back Mountain National catcher T.J. Stepanski held up the ball in
triumph after tagging out Mountain Top's Chris Kempinski to
snuff out a rally that would have tied the score in the District 16
Little League championship game.
Dood Su if
Mike Prater tagged out a Plains runner who tried to advance to sec-
ond base after his single got through the center fielder.
3 with a double; Zack Yursha had two
hits and Andrew Sabol had a double.
Austin Carr held North W-B to one
hit, striking out 10 in four innings.
Northwest 9, BMT National 2
EEE July 16 — Austin’ Carr scored both”
Back Mountain runs and Marc Noyalis
smacked a double.
FETCH'S
11-12 TOURNAMENT
Mayflower 13, Back Mountain 0
July 21 — Kyle Parsons and Andrew
Kaufman had Back Mountain's only
two hits.
WILKES-BARRE REC
11-12 TOURNAMENT
Kingston 9, BMT American 1
July 17 — Scott Riccetti, Cory
Plesner and Nick Lombard had hits
for
Back Mountain American.
DISTRICT 16
9-10 TOURNAMENT
BMT National 5, South W-B 1
July 20 — Brian Stepniak struck out
seven in his complete-game victory as
Back Mountain National advanced to
the championship game. Stepniak also
doubled three times and teammates
Cody Poepperling Noah Kustrin also
doubled. Jordan Thomas singled for
National.
BMT National 11, North W-B 1
July 17 — Brian Stepniak pitched a
complete game two-hitter with five
strikeouts as National advanced to the
third round of the District 16 Minor
League tournament. Jason Schilling
had two hits including a double, and
Drew Brandt also had two hits, includ-
ing a triple. Michael Banas and Jordan
Thomas added hits.
South W-B 3, BMT American 2
July 17 — Shane Dunn went 3-for-3
for Back Mountain American. Jordan
Stephens took the loss but struck out
nine in five innings.
W-B REC
9-10 TOURNAMENT
BMT American 11, South W-B 5
July 21 — Shane Dunn was the win-
ing pitcher by striking out four and al-
lowing eight hits.
Ryan Thomas had two hits and
knocked in two runs for Back Moun-
tain American and Jordan Stephens
added two hits and a RBI
BMT National 13, Pittston 3
July 17 — T.J. Schultz had four hits
and scored four runs and William Ful-
Softball —
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Konopki, Alexa Decker,
Mary Kate Osick and
Danielle Shaver had two
hits each. Sarah Skammer
was the winning pitcher.
NEWPORT 9-10
SOFTBALL
Back Mountain 11,
Northwest 1
July 21 — Alyssa Mon-
aghan was the winning
pitcher with seven strike-
outs.
Chelsea English, Kas-
sandra Michno and Kelly
Monaghan each added
two hits for Back Moun-
tain.
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Ted Ruch had some advice for his son, Matt (15) and Joe Collini late in Back
Mountain American's 6-5 district championship victory.
ton pitched a complete game with sev-
en strikeouts as National topped
Pittston in a Wilkes-Barre Rec Board
game. Brian Stepniak smacked an in-
side the park home run, while Cody
Poepperling added a triple and Job
‘Stepanski a single.
BMT National 16, Forty Fort 2
July 15 — Shane Dunn and Jordan
Stephens combined to pitch a four-in-
ning no-hitter to lead Back Mountain
National.
Alex Zupko had three RBI, Dunn
added a double and Nathan Vario sin-
gled.
Kingston 6, BMT National 3
Drew Brandt had two hits for Na-
tional, including a double, as National
lost to Kingston in a Wilkes-Barre Rec
Board game. Noah Kustrin added a
triple while Tommy Donovan had a
single.
d BMT Soccer Club camps directed by UK Soccer
Ages U10-U18: July 26-30, 9a.m.-1p.m., $99
All camps located at Dallas Middle School track field. All camps
directed by English pros.
To register, log on to www.uksoccercamps.com
Direct questions to UK Soccer Camps director Gaz Davies, 717-
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