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Lake-Lehman shortstop Kirsten Cope bare hands the ball after
making a stop against Hanover Area.
Junior high
softballers
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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.
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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
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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
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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.