)' Sunday, May 25, 2008 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 13 SPOrts SPORTS BRIEFS Fishing program at Frances Slocum Families with young people ages 8 and older with little or no fishing experience are invited to a Family Fishing Basics program from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, at Frances Slocum State Park. Participants will learn about ag- natic animals, the need for clean water, outdoor manners, angler safety and, most importantly, learn to fish, too. All equipment and bait will be provided. This is a family program and adults must stay with children. Registration is required and space is limited. To register, call Kathy Kelchner at 696-9105. Registration opens for summer basketball camps The Rock Recreation Center, 340 Carverton Rd., is accepting regis- trations for its summer basketball camps open to boys and girls in kindergarten through sixth-grade. There is a discount for those who register before June 1. Space is limit- ed to 40 campers per week. Camp dates are: K to first-grade, June 16 to 20 and July 21 to 25; second and third-grade, July 7 to 11 and July 28 fo Aug. 1; fourth to sixth-grade, July 14 to 18 and August 4 to 8. Each camper receives a t-shirt, water bottle and basketball. For more information, call 696-2769 or log on to www.rockrec.org. Seminary Golf Tournament rescheduled to June 4 The 24th Annual Wyoming Semi- rary Open Golf Tournament has been rescheduled due to rain and will be held on Wednesday, June 4, it the Blue Ridge Trail Golf Course n Mountain Top. The tournament will begin at noon with a shotgun start. Regis- tration and lunch begin at 11 a.m. This year’s tournament is being held n honor of Dr. Wallace Stettler, pinth president of Wyoming Semi- nary, and is sponsored by Sodexho Alliance. Wyoming Valley Motors of Kingston will sponsor the Hole-in- One prize. To register for the tournament, or jor more information, contact Liz Hibbard Ortega, Associate Director of Development, at 270-2143. BACK MOUNTAIN LITTLE LEAGUE RESULTS Back Mountain Little League re- sults for May14-19: MAJOR BOYS As 10 | Pirates 2 | The A’s beat the Pirates, 10-2, be- kind a strong game by Aaron Napkora. Napkora hit his third home run of the year along with a double and Spencer Bowanko, David Tomazewski added ee hits. Michael Boland pitched ell for the Pirates. | Rangers 9 | Yankees 2 ' Kyle Razawich struck out 10 as the Rangers swept the Yankees, 9-2. Ra- zawich and Bill Gately each tripled in the win. Matt Doggett added a home tun in the loss. Giants 7 | Dodgers 0 | Ryan Zapoticky threw a one-hitter and struck out 16 as the Giants blanked the Dodgers, 7-0. Zapoticky also had three hits, including two tri- ples and Nigel Stearns chipped in with two hits in the win. Cody Paraschak had the lone hit for the Dodgers. As 13 Orioles 0 Craig Skudalski and Omar Nijmeh combined on a four-inning no-hitter as the A’s clubbed the O’s, 13-0. Skudalski also had two homers and Ricky Stayer added two hits in the win. Giants 8 Astros 7 Nigel Stearns struck out eight bat- ters in relief as the Giants snuck by the Astros, 8-7. Ryan Zapoticky and Greg Skrepenak banged out two hits each and Devin Dickson added an inside the park home run for the Giants. JT Carter had a triple in the loss. Rangers 15 Yankees 6 Kyle Razawich banged out two tri- ples as the Rangers cruised by the Yan- kees, 15-6. Greg Petorak picked up the win and added a triple. Peter Kuritz, Chad DeBona and Bill Gately each had two hits in the win. Kris Pocco- grandi, Matt Doggett and Mariano Medico each had two hits in the loss. ITION OF YOUR 4th AT TRE wt ED dal FOURTH PLACE CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Tommy Traver, 7, of Beaumont, left, and Ben Siegel, 11, of Centermoreland, display the plagues they won at the Middle Atlantic Wrestling Association's East- ern National Tournament in Salisbury, Md. Traver placed fifth and Siegel fourth in their respective weight classes in folkstyle wrestling. The boys are coached by Dallas Elementary Principal Tom Traver. At the top of their game By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com hey’re considered two of the best young wrestlers among 13 states. Tommy Traver, 7, of Beaumont, and Ben Sie- gel, 11, of Centermoreland, recently placed in the top eight at the Middle Atlantic Wrestling Association’s Eastern National Tournament in Sa- lisbury, Md. Traver placed fifth and Siegel fourth in their respective weight classes in folkstyle wrestling. The Eastern National Tournament is compromised of boys from 13 states. In order for the boys to advance to Eastern Nationals, they had to place in the top four in district and regional tournaments, for which they began training last October. Traver quali- fied with first place at the Lackawan- na Trail District Tournament and in second place at the Northern Region- als at Shamokin High School. Siegel qualified with first place in both the Juniata College District Tournament and the Shippensburg University Southern Regionals. Both are members of the Tunkhan- nock Youth Wrestling Club (TYWC) and wrestle in the Penn League. They are coached by Traver’s father, Tom, principal of Dallas Elementary School and a former junior high and high school wrestler for Tunkhan- nock High School. Traver coached ju- nior high wrestling at Wyoming Val- ley West from 1995 to 1997 and junior high wrestling in the Dallas School District for three years beginning in 1997. He began coaching for TYWC when his son joined the club nearly two years ago. “Tommy brought home the paper from kindergarten registration and said, ‘Daddy, I'd like to try this,” the elder Traver said. Traver is a first-grader at Evans Falls Elementary School and, al- though only in his second year of wrestling, he has accumulated about 25 plaques and medals which hang above his bed. “I want to feel proud about getting them,” the young wrestler said, ex- plaining why he hangs his awards in his bedroom. Traver also plays baseball for Bob Horlacher Little League and enjoys fishing and hunting. Siegel, a sixth-grader at Tunkhan- nock Middle School, became inter- ested in wrestling in the second- grade because his father is a wrestler. Tommy Traver, left, and Ben Siegel, shake hands after practicing wrestling techniques. The boys recently placed in the top eight at the Middle Atlantic Wrestling Association's Eastern National Tournament in Salisbury, Md. Trav- er placed fifth and Siegel fourth in their respective weight classes in folkstyle wrestling. “My dad was wrestling and he had some of his trophies so I thought it was cool and I'd give it a try,” he said. But Siegel never thought he would be good, remembering how he strug- gled at the sport the first three years, improving only with a lot of hard work. Siegel now has about 100 trophies, medals and bracket sheets that fill his mantle and several boxes at home. He plans to wrestle in Tunkhannock School District’s junior high wres- tling program next spring. Siegel al- so plays soccer and will join the Tunkhannock junior high co-ed soc- cer team this fall. “The nice thing about Ben, he’s one of the older kids in the club,” said Coach Traver. “He sets a positive im- age for the kids.” The boys say one of the hardest things about wrestling is to lose yet both agree that losing has taught them to have a better attitude and to work harder. “I tell Tommy, whenever you get down on yourself, you're still a better wrestler at 7 than I was at 17,” Coach Traver said. The elder Traver said that, as good as both boys are on the wrestling mat, the best part about them is that they are well-behaved and excel aca- demically. “They’re both really good all- around kids,” he said. “They’re excel- lent wrestlers but also great people.” MCHUGH TO PLAY FOR LYCOMING Dan McHugh, a senior at Lake-Lehman High School and a member of the National Hon- or Society, recently signed a let- ter of intent to play football at Lycoming College where he plans to major in biology. A guard on the Black Knights football team, McHugh resides in Hunlock Creek with his moth- er, Cathy. From left, are Tracey Halowich, principal, Lake-Leh- man Junior/Senior High school; Cathy McHugh, Dan McHugh and Carl Kern, head football coach, Lake-Lehman High School.
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