PAGE 10 Sunday, March 2, 2008 THE DALLAS POST SPORTS BRIEFS Baseball/ softball registration scheduled Back Mountain Baseball/ Softball registration will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Monday, March 3, at the Daddow-Isaacs American Legion, Memorial Highway, Dallas. Any boy or girl ages 5-16 may register. New players must bring a birth certificate and proof of address. For more information, call 255-BMLL (255-2655). Baseball softhall organization to meet Back Mountain Baseball / Softball Organization will meet on Monday, March 3, at the Daddow-Isaacs American Le- gion, Memorial Highway, Dal- las. A board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. followed by a general meeting at 8 p.m. For additional information, call Jack at 675-0939. Junior Knights set registration Registration for players in the Lake-Lehman Junior Knights football program will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thurs- day, March 13, and Thursday, March 20, at the Lake-Lehman High School. Returning players should register on March 13 while new players are invited to register on March 20. All those registering must bring a copy of their birth certificate and insurance card and a recent photo. For further information, call Lesa Bonner at 371-8503. Junior Mounts set registration dates The Dallas Junior Mounts Football and Cheerleading Asso- ciation will hold registrations from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat- urday, March 15, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, at the Dallas American Le- gion. BASKETBALL Continued from Page 9 fourth, fifth and sixth grade divi- sions. Each division will be a four- team pool play format with each team playing three games with the top two teams playing in a single championship game in each division. The fourth grade division will consist of Dallas, Lehman, Moun- taintop and St. Al's, while the fifth grade division will have the DYB fourth and fifth grade grades competing with Moun- taintop and Valley West. The sixth grade bracket consists of Dallas, Valley West, Lehman and Gate of Heaven. SIXTH GRADE TOURNAMENT TEAM DYB 45 Northwest 10 Kyle Razawich scored 13 | points and Justin Brojakowski | added nine as the sixth grade i | boys tournament team topped | Northwest, 45-10, in the Sunday | Lehman League. | Nigel Stearns had eight points and Chad DeBona seven while { Aaron Napkora and Chris Behm added four points each. Dyb fin- { ished with a record of 8-2 in the | league. Gordon and Long Real Estate captured the first place title in the Dallas Youth Basketball third and fourth grade girls division by defeating Eye Care Specialists, 12-8. WE Gordon and Long Real Estate cap- CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/FOR THE DALLAS POST The top two Dallas Youth Basketball third and fourth-grade girls teams squared off in a championship game Tuesday evening at Dallas Elementary School. Members the winning Gordon and Long Real Estate team are, from left, first row, Rachel Luke and Katie Snedeker. Row two, from left to right, are Michelle Leonard, Emily Hult- zel, Julia Baloh, Maura Chappell and Emilee Zawatski. Zawatski leads team to win | point. Julie Kosierow- tured the first place title in the Dal- las Youth Basketball third and fourth grade girls division by defeat- ing Eye Care Specialists, 12-8, Tues- day. evening at the Dallas Elemen- tary School. Emilee Zawatski led the scoring for Gordon and Long Real Estate with four points, while Rachael Luke, Maura Chappell, Michelle Le- onard and Julia Baloh all added two Eye Care Specialists, coached by Melissa Gorski, was the first place team in the division’s regular season with a record of 6-2. Gordon and Long Real Estate, coached by Joe Zawatski and Dan Luke, finished in second place in the division’s regular season with a record of 6-3. Members of both teams received trophies at the game. 5 ! { Ld Sr i BR baw vb ski attempts a foul shot for Eye Care Special: ists. points each. points, Scorers for Eye Care Specialists were Caroline Banas with four Kim Pretko with three points and Katie Kapral with one Trophies were also awarded to di- vision player Sara Lojewski, most improved player in third grade, and Rachael Healey, most improved player in fourth grade. a by Julia Baloh. Kaitlyn Pelchak handles the ball for Eye Care Specialists while being defended a ) MISSION Continued from Page 1 | fessional,” said Suzanne Hill- | ard, a nurse of 24 years and a | member of the group. | When the group sets up its | clinic in the villages, there is a greeting table, a blood pressure | station, a place to see the doc- tor and a pharmacy area. Last | year, each station had a Span- | ish/English translator. Each | person treated received para- | site medications and a piece of | candy at the end of their visit. | Suzanne remembers one lit- | tle boy came through and had his piece of candy. When he re- | turned the next day with a fam- | ily member, he refused a second | piece of candy, indicating he | wanted someone else to have it. “The gratitude is amazing,” Ron Hillard said, remembering the same story. The local group will take candy, gum, paper, pencils, soc- cer balls, baseballs, gloves and other things for the people of Nicaragua. The kids there love sports, but don’t have any equipment. Some learn to throw by working in the sugar cane fields while others play with sticks and rocks. For this trip, the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees donated balls and bats, Dick Miller donated baseballs and footballs and Mr. Z's Food Markets donated gift cards. At the end of the trip, the missionaries leave everything they’ve taken with them for the people. All the medications are to be used after they are gone and even their extra clothing is left for the people in Nicaragua to have. “We can’t eradicate the is- sues, but we can make a dent,” Suzanne said. SS | ) a Ey | ] + : gz - = Ln ee AMANDA JANIGA PHOTO Planning to participate in a medical mission to Nicaragua are, from left, kneeling, Becky Walter, Trucksville; Betty Lowery, Harveys of } MN Yan EC QA 1S SUA Lake; Maude L. Geary, Harveys Lake; Suzanne Hillard, Harveys Lake; Patty Nardone, Shavertown; Kim Coffee, Harveys Lake; and Ni- cole Lefkoski, Dallas. Standing, Cheryl Hannis, West Pittston; Christine Cuba, Dallas; Rich Foster, Dallas; Joe Capwell, Dallas; Ron Hillard, Harveys Lake; Pastor Jack Rehill, Pittston; Jaty Lefkoski, Dallas; and Tony Botyrius, Wyoming, who is unable to make the trip.
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