PAGE 10 Tue DALLAS POST SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010 Sports BACK MOUNTAIN BASEBALL Orioles, Phillies win division championships AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Orioles 7 Rangers 4 David Simpson banged out ond straight National League championship as they edged the Astros, 10-9. Chad Phillips pitched 4 and 1/3 innings, striking out five and three hits as the Orioles defeated allowing four runs. Jeremy Jayne the Rangers, 7-4, for the Ameri- earned the win in relief as the As- can League championship. tros rallied to tie at 8-8 in the top The O's duo of Adam Niznik °f the fifth inning. : Adam Borton’s second single and Nick Mathers shut down the Rangers offense. The Orioles of- of the game star ted a key two-run inning in the bottom half of the fense spread out 13 hits in the vic- fifth. Jared Diefenbach also de- tory. Nick Mostar Ay Nn livered a big RBI single in the in- nik, Matt Moleski and Chandler ning. Ed Geist blasted a three-run Caruso each had a double in the }o- Daniel Mingeyhad two win. : hits, including a triple. Jeremy Peter Capitano and Ray Os- jayne singled and doubled. Mi- troski each had two hits in the chael Minsavage roped a double. loss for the Rangers. Donald Mi- The Astros’ Noah Gorski chalisin pitched well in defeat. ripped two singles. Nich Kocher, Jordan Finch, Nick James and NATIONAL LEAGUE Nick Eury all singled. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME The Phillies were scheduled Phillies 10 face the Orioles for the overall Astros 9 championship Wednesday eve- The Phillies earned their sec- ning. Josh Lydon attempts a steal at home but is called out. Covering is Orioles pitcher Matt Mathers. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST The Orioles celebrate their American League championship victory over the Rangers in a Back Mountain Little League playoff game. ABOVE: Chris Hadsell attempts to make it to third base. RIGHT: Safe at second, Peter Capitano avoids the tag by Zack Charleton. BACK MOUNTAIN BRAWLERS TAKE SECOND PLACE The Back Mountain Brawlers U15 Lacrosse team recently took second place in a national la- crosse tournament held in Baltimore, Maryland. The tournament consisted of 23 national stand- out teams from the states of Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey and Cali- fornia. The Brawlers team consists of lacrosse players from13-14 years of age from Back Mountain, Mountain Top, Kingston, Scranton and areas north to the border of New York. Shown here, sitting, is Joe Delamater, Shavertown. From left, first row, are Frank Aigeldinger, Mountaintop; lan Hibian, Hawley; Thomas Rundell, Clarks Summit; Omar Nijmeh, Dallas; Aaron Kliamovich, Wyoming; Mi- chael Olenginski, Shavertown; Andrew Bobynskyj, Mountaintop. Second row, John Delamater, Shavertown, assistant coach; Jim Carey, Shavertown, head coach; Matt Boback, Mountaintop; George Pfeiffer, Dallas; Carmen Pace, Larksville; Kael Wylam, Clarks Summit; Casey McAndrew, Dallas; Cody Stemrich, Lehman; Eric Cudo, Wyoming; JT Carey, Shavertown; Michael Olenginski, Shavertown, assistant coach; and Ray Stemrich, Lehman, assistant coach. FREEDOM SOCCER TEAM FINISHES IN FIRST PLACE The Back Mountain Freedom U12 travel team finished in first place in the Lehigh Valley Youth Soccer League this spring with a 741-0 record. From left, first row, are Lexi Soifer, Katie Snedeker, Katlyn Yakus, Rachel Luke, Kaitlin Sutton, Katie Supey. Standing, Coach Gary Snedeker, Court- ney Devens, Allison Rismondo, Emilee Zawatski, Krista Vivian, Ashley Strazdus, Danielle Walsh, Brynn Kukosky, Coach Al Yakus and Coach Dan Luke. Absent at the time of the photo was Michaela O'Connell and Katie Kapral. La on : —
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