1 Sunday, July 24, 2011 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 9 Sports DON CAREY PHOTOS/ THE DALLAS POST Bob Saba (No. 5) of Back Mountain gets back to first in time as Korey White of Canton gets the ball too late to make the tag during a Legion game in Bloomburg Tuesday. So AT HS Back Mountain pitcher Craig Skudalski delivers during a game with Canton in Bloomsburg Tuesday. Back Mountain defeated Plains five times during season, loses in title game. Plains needed to defeat Back Mountain twice in a row to win the Region 5 championship — and it did just that to claim the title for the first time since 2006. Back Mountain had beaten Plains five times in a row earlier this season. Plains won the first game, 22- 12, then took the second, 74, to advance to the state tournament. In the opener, Plains built a 124-1 lead and led, 14-4, after five innings. Since the 10-run rule doesn’t apply until the seventh in- ning in regional and state play, Back Mountain had time to inch closer and avoid an early finish. Back Mountain, which fin- ished its season at 23-6, mounted a comeback, putting up four more runs in the bottom of the sixth to make the game compet- itive and cut the lead to 14-8. Plains outscored Back Moun- tain, 8-4, in the final three innings Legion team comes 50 close, loses out to turn the contest into a blowout again and give the team momen- tum heading into the nightcap. Back Mountain Brian Step- niak, led the offense in the first game, going 3-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored. In the second game, Marc Noyalis, Eric Ringsdorf, Ted Ritsick and Pat Condo all had two hits for Back Mountain. Earlier in the week, Steve Ruch tossed a complete game six-hit shutout and stayed hot with the bat as well, going 2-for-3 with two RBI, as Back Mountain defeated Plains, 10-0. At the conclusion of the game, Ruch was hitting .643 (9-for14) at the plate in the double-elimina- tion event. The only inning which Ruch al- lowed two hits was the first. Plains only got one hit in the third, fourth, seventh and eighth. Ruch struck out just four bat- ters but got a lot of help from his defense as the Back Mountain See LEGION, Page 10 BMT wins D-31 and ection J, loses states Back Mountain American 10-year-old All-Stars captured the District 31 championship with a victory over West Pitt- ston and the Section 5 cham- pionship with back-to-back victories over Plains to ad- vance to the PA State Cham- pionship finals at Milton Lit- tle League. But, when it got to the state finals, the locals lost to defending champion War- wick, 10-5, in the first round. Back Mountain was still alive in the double elimina- tion tournament, however, and was scheduled to face Tri-Valley on Thursday in Mil- ton. In District 31 play, BMT American defeated Bob Hor- lacher, Northwest and West Pittston twice to advance to the Section 5 Tournament hosted by North Pocono Lit- tle League. After an opening round loss to North Pocono, BMT Amer- ican won four games in four days over Wallenpaupack, North Pocono and Plains twice to win the section championship and advance to the PA state finals. The team is comprised of 10 year-old players from the Dallas School District as well as Wyoming Seminary and Good Shepherd Academy. Members of the Back Mountain 10-year-old All-Star team are, from left, first row, Michael Doggett, Mason Gattuso, Kyle McAndrew, John Betzko, Michael Collins, Darren Kerdesky and Derek Answini. Second row, Michael Luksic, Michael Anderson, Ethan Zawatski, Dalton Simpson, and Zane Nardone. Third row, coaches, Mike Luksic, Jeff Doggett and Scott Answini. SPORTS BRIEFS BMT wins West Side Tournament Sam Notico, Alex Mag- dalinski and Todd Phillips pitched Back Mountain to an 11-15 victory over South Wilkes-Barre in the cham- pionship game of the 8 and 9-year-old West Side tourna- ment. Nocito, Magdalinski and Phillips combined for 10 strikeouts and a four-hitter while Nocito, Magdalinski, Phillips, Justin Finarelli, Brandon Fleschut and Coop- er Lewis all had two hits. Back Mountain also defeat- ed Pittston Township, 10-0; West Side, 6-4; and Swoyers- ville, 8-2. Chris Kim wins tennis championship Chris Kim, of Dallas, won the Boys 16-Under Singles Tennis Championship held at Split Rock Resort. In the semi-finals, Kim defeated Ryan Mc Donnell of New Jersey in straight sets 6-1, 7-6. In the finals, he faced Phat Le of Eastern Penn- sylvania, wining the first set, 6-1, but losing the second, 3-6. The third set would be decided in a 10-point match tie-breaker which Kim won, 10-6. Kim, 15, also advanced to the finals of the Boys 18- Under Division before losing to top seeded Jeremy Joakim of New Jersey 6-4, 6-2. Kim trains at Valley Tennis & Swim Club in Shavertown and Birchwood Tennis & Fitness Club in Clarks Sum- mit. PSU offers sports camps Penn State Wilkes-Barre is offering a variety of sports camps this summer. Camps run the weeks of July 25-29. There will be a field hockey camp for grades 4-0, a soccer camp for grades 1-8, a golf camp for grades 4-7 and a tennis camp for grades 4-10. These camps offer funda- mental exercises, small sided games, match play and fun. For more information, call Teri at 675-9219. DMAC sponsoring summer league Dallas Mountaineers Ag- uatic Club’s (DMAC) Sum- mer League camp (previous- ly MTAC) is an 8-week com- petitive swim program held through August 5. The swim program is open to ages 6 through college level. For more information, call Reo Cheshire at 357- 8631. Rock Rec Center offers camps The Rock Rec Center, 340 Carverton Rd., Trucksville is accepting registrations for its summer camps, including wrestling, basketball, cheer- leading and tennis. Camps run through August 12. For more information, call 696-2769. Rock Rec Center slates cage camps The Rock Rec Center, 340 Carverton Rd., Trucksville will hold its ninth annual Summer Basketball Camp for girls and boys Pre-K through sixth grade. For more information, contact the Rock Rec Center at 696-2769 or www.rockre- c.org.
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