LJ fe = Sunday, May 6, 2012 PAGE 11 ®, Tae DALLAS POST SPOrts so SARA ? fd Lake-Lehman shortstop Kirsten Cope bare hands the ball after making a stop against Hanover Area. Junior high softballers ul; A he Lake-Lehman junior high girls softball team hosted Hanov- Lake-Lehman's Jordan Hodle delivers a pitch against Hanover Area in a junior high softball game. Lake-Lehman's Lauren Cunius makes contact with a Hanover Area pitch. '" RIGHT PHOTO: Lake-Lehman shortstop Kirsten Cope, left, waits in junior high softball action. ! er Area at its field in Lehman Township on April 25. for the throw as Hanover Area's Hailee Bobos steals second base FE ed he gosh en Liss 10 SATION GL HEI BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST § | Planning the annual American Legion Golf Tournament for June 2 at Stone Hedge Golf Course in Tunkhannock are, from left, Clarence J. Michael, Jim Spencer, Commander, Jean Skaff, Jim Baloga, chairman; Ginger Spencer, Sally Mock. Legion golf tournament is June 2 Daddow-Isaacs Dallas Amer- ican Legion Post 672 will hold its annual American Legion Golf Tournament on June 2 at Stone Hedge Golf Course in Tunkhannock. Monies raised will support a Scholarship Fund for Back Mountain students. The Captain and Crew for- mat tournament is open to members and non-members. Amenities include an outdoor steak dinner, beverages and door prizes. For a $50 donation, businesses and individuals can sponsor a hole. Donations of door prizes will also be accept- ed. For further information, con- tact Clarence J. Michael at 675- 0400. Jim Baloga is tournament chairperson and Jim Spencer is the Post Commander. Bandits girls beat Tunkhannock in first meeting 0. local action, the first-time ry 2 %eting of the Back Mountain Ban- dits Girls and Tunkhannock girls 7/8 lacrosse teams was a huge suc- cess. The Bandits prevailed, 19-8, over a tough Tunkhannock squad at the Jackson Township Recre- ation Field. Leading the scoring for the Ban- dits were Amanda Miller with five goals while Samantha Delamater and Jordon Kelly each scored three. Also scoring for the Bandits were Julia Baloh and Katie Strohl with two each while Taylor Alba, Jessica Blat, Emily Masi and Julia Hutsko Butler had 20 saves each had one goal. ClaudiaLeu, Katie Snedeker and Claudia Waltz each had two assists in the game with Lauren Finnegan and Tabbytha Greene each getting one assist. In goal for the Bandits, Grace BACK MOUNTAIN BASEBALL & SOFTBALL Grandinetti leads A's to win Back Mountain Baseball & Softball action for the week of April 29: As 6 Astros 5 Anthony Grandinetti hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning as the A’s beat the Astros, 6-5. Mason Gattuso was the win- ning pitcher as he gave up one hit in 1.1 innings. Evan McClain pitched a terrific game, giving up three hits while striking out four in 5.2 innings. McClain also led the A’s with three hits, including a double. Josh Holdredge also had a dou- ble and a single while Colin Bo- wanko, Michael Collins and Mason Gattuso chipped in with singles. Brody Strickland took the loss for the Astros and Drew Patton also pitched well, strik- ing out six. Strickland led the Astros bats with two hits while Nick Koch- er, Matt Dillon, and Steven Newell also added singles. Dodgers 11 Phillies 6 Michael James pitched into the fifth inning with 10 strike- outs to put the Dodgers in the win column against the Phillies, 11-6. DJ Thomas and Ben O’Con- nell combined to close the game. James added two singles to help his effort. He was joined by Ben O’Connell with a double and two singles, Henry Selingo with three singles, and Alex Ka- pral with three singles. The Phillies offensive effort was led by Adam Borton with a triple and Nate O'Donnell with a triple and a single. Red Sox 16 Pirates 6 The Red Sox blew open a close game in the fifth inning as they crushed the Pirates, 16-6. Starting pitcher for the Red Sox was Mike Anderson who al- so had a 2-run homer. Will McCrum and Josh Strausser came in to close the game. Pinch runner specialist Matt Roberts and a crew of multiple hitters for the Red Sox, includ- ing Connor Maloney, Will McCrum, JD Barrett, Mike Car- avaggio, Steven and Justin Fina- relli with singles & doubles led the hitting attack. Tony Cara- vaggio had a single and triple and John Betzko capped it with a grand-slam walk-off in the fifth. For the Pirates, Chris Murray started at pitching with Justin Marshall and Dylan Wesley closing. Pirates hitters were Zach Bloom and Dylan Wesley with multiple hits to keep the Sox at bay. Nick Whitesell and Steven Postupack each had one hit to keep the momentum going for the Pirates. Red Sox 7 Yankees 2 The Yankees and the Red Sox met in the teams’ opening game with the Red Sox prevailing i 7-2. For the Red Sox, JD Barrett pitched a full game and also hit a 3-run homer. While on de- fense, second baseman Connor Maloney proved to be key for the Sox as he turned in a solid performance for his team. For the Yankees, David Schuster pitched and also had two hits while Darren Kerdesky added a double. Astros 5 Yankees 3 The Astros won a close one as they defeated the Yankees, 5-3. Mark Roginski had two hits for the Yankees and drove in two runs while Dave Schuster had seven strikeouts in the loss. Nick Kocher struck out 12 in 4 2/3 innings. Nick Kachur and Nick Bufali- no finished the pitching for the Astros. Matt Dillon led the of- fense with two hits. Adam Sut- ton had a key hit to drive in two runs late in the game. Astros 7 Phillies 5 The Astros came from behind to defeat the Phillies, 7-5. Nate Hazletine and Adam Borton each had hits for the Phillies. Drew Patton picked up the win for the Astros. Brody Strickland pitched well and Nick Kocher picked up the save. Patton and Adam Sutton also led the offense with three hits each. Sean Boland had a key hit for the Astros that led to six runs in the fourth inning.
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