(re Pass nate Tue DALLAS POST ii Sports Seventh and eighth-grade boys practice on the upper field in Dal- las. With warm weather and budding flowers also comes the sounds of bats cracking as baseball season winds up. Around the Back Mountain, local players are practicing for the high school baseball and softball teams as well as the upcoming Little League sea- Raa Ea ABOVE: Kylee Saba has her eye on the ball during softball practice at the King- ston Township Recreation Field. RIGHT: Chad DeBonna reaches high to catch a well-hit ball in the outfield. Chris Roccograndi practices catching on the newly-designed upper field at Kubis Field in Dallas. Attackers for the Bandits in- cluded Ryan Cohen, Noah Mirro, Luke Yaple, and Connor Duffy. The Bandits started strong SPORTS . BRIEFS Bandits play well, but lose two : oi The Back Mountain Bandits la- Basketball clinic A a ay gies slated for June lng well, came Some with wo The Holy Redeemer Boys ern Lehigh, 5-1, and to Saucon Basketball Clinic will be held Valley, 74. June 18, 19 and 20 at Holy Against Southern Lehigh in Redeemer High School gym, Center Valley on Saturday, the 159 S. Pennsylvania Blvd., Bandits’ goalie Mike Golden and Wilkes-Barre. defenders AJ Spears, Connor A clinic for seventh, eighth Switzer, Xavier Barber and Adam and ninth grade players will Adelman kept the score low be held from 8 a.m. to noon throughout the game. while a clinic for fourth, fifth Several groups of middies were and sixth grade players willbe | rotated throughout the game, in- held from 1to 5 p.m. cluding Duncan Breig, Ricky | Cost is $50 per player and Morgan, Stone Mannello, RJ checks should be made paya- Driscoll, Corey Metz, Keith Gi- ble to Holy Redeemer boys lette, Justin Hutchins, Michael basketball team. Santora, Owen Morgan, Justin For more information, con- Phillips and Ian Evans. tact Coach Mark Belenski at Keith Gilette scored in the 262-9562. third quarter for the Bandits. with an early score by Keith Gi- lette against Saucon Valley on Sunday. The other attackers for the Bandits included Ryan Cohen and Luke Yaple. Great saves were made by Bandits’ goalie Mike Golden during the game. Defenders included Connor Switzer, AJ Spears, Xavier Bar- ber, Owen Morgan, Justin Hutch- ins and Noah Mirro. Great mid- die skills were displayed by Dun- can Breig, Ricky Morgan, David Nape, Stone Mannello, RJ Dris- coll and Corey Metz. The Bandits were down, 4-2, at the half and got goals from Gi- lette and Cohen in the second half but still came up short. Stone Mannello (No. 3) scoops the ball for the Bandits while getting assistance from middie RJ Driscoll (No. 6).
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