The Dallas post. (Dallas, Pa.) 19??-200?, June 17, 2012, Image 11

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Tue DALLAS POST
PAGE 11
Megan Krakoski waits for the ball to find her mitt.
Young lady
ballplayers
field at the Back Mountain Little League to play
3 Y sd ladies from the Back Mountain take to the
in softball games.
Team members from the BMT Tides, including Tiffany Lasinski,
left, and Sammy Dixon, with pink helmet, chant their favorite
cheers.
SPOrts
dir
Alison Francis from the BMT Monsoon hits one into the field.
Catcher Emma Ripken struggles with the ball.
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Even with her eyes closed, Dani Reiser hits one into the field for the BMT Monsoon.
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Back Mountain lacrosse players who recently received All Conference honors are, from left, John
Butchko, Morgan Cohen, Zack Taylor and George Pfeiffer.
Stickmen named to All-Conference
A recent coaches poll of the
Central Susquehanna Lacrosse
League selected three Dallas
players and one Lake-Lehman
player to first team All Confer-
ence honors.
John Butchko, a senior at
Lake-Lehman, was selected
first team defense and first
team long stick midfielder for
the second year in a row. He led
the league in ground balls with
a season total of 102.
as a defenseman.
George Pfeiffer, sophomore
goalie from Dallas, led the
league in goals against by only
allowing 54 goals this season.
He average 10 saves per game
and helped Dallas to a second-
place finish in the District 2
playoffs.
Additional players receiving
“All Conference honors were
J.T. Carey and Bret Wanek from
Dallas, second team midfiel-
ders. Wanek and Brandon Kel-
ley, of Lake-Lehman, were sec-
ond team face-off midfielders.
Casey McAndrew from Dal-
las was honorable mention at
long stick midfielder and Bud-
dy Connell from Tunkhannock
was honorable mention face-off
midfielder.
BMT Rays team wins
season opener, 101
The Back Mountain Rays won
their season opener on Mother’s
Day, defeating Swoyersville,
16-1, in four innings.
Back Mountain starting pitch-
er Jordan McCrum and reliever
Matt Ross combined for seven
Back Mountain Rays catcher
Omar Nijmeh helped lead his
team to a 16-1 season-opener
over Swoyersville.
strikeouts and gave up just four
hits in the win.
Back Mountain strung togeth-
er 22 hits on 29 at bats while Jus-
tin Brojakowski and Ben Nar-
cum both went 4-for4 at the
plate for the Rays.
McCrum and Ross both
helped their cause by going 3-
for-3 and Domenic Oliveri was 2
for 4 with two doubles.
Morgan Patla
Morgan Patla takes part
in Open Horse Show
Morgan Christine Patla, 9, of
Harveys Lake, participated in
the Borrowdale Acres Inc. Open
Horse Show on Mother’s Day.
She won overall reserve
champion in the Mini Stirrup
Walk and Trot Division (ages 10
and under). In addition, she
placed first in the Mini Strirrup
Equitation Class, second in the
Mini Stirrup Pleasure Class and
third in the Mini stirrup Hunter
Class.
Although this was Morgan’s
first horse show, she has been
riding since she was 6 years old.
The daughter of Ed and Krista
Patla, of Harveys Lake, Morgan
is a student of Heidi Osbourne
of Grand Strides, LLC in Dallas.
First team attackman Mor SPORTS BRIE F SPlayers, Coaches’ Awards and George and Harry Parkhurst, of accepting registrations for its be . : trati
gan Cohen, a senior at Dallas Gold Award winners for spring ~~ Trucksville, received Coaches’ summer camps which include gins regis on
was second in the league i Thr ed sports. Athletes who earned four Awards and Gold Awards. basketball, soccer, tennis and Shooting Starz Gymnas-
) @&- with 31 goals and 24 as €€ Nam varsity letters or three varsity Super Sport Camp. tics, 250 Johnston St., Wilkes-
ts. 1 and one junior varsity letters in For more information, call Barre, will accept enrollment
Senior defenseman Zack Tay MVPs at Seminary their sport receive Gold Awards. Rock Rec Center 696-2769. for 2012 on June \25, August
lor from Dallas was the ancho Wyoming Seminary Upper In boys lacrosse, Alexander 18 and 27, October 15 and
of the Dallas defense and le School Director of Athletics Barilla, a sophomore from Dal- p dlls summer camps G astics r October 29 and December 22.
his team in takeaways an Karen Klassner recently an- las, received the Coaches’ The Rock Rec Center, 340 Ini p 0gram Contact Joelle Rose at
nounced Sem’s Most Valuable 822-1212.
scored three goals this seasor : Inbo tennis seniors Carverton Road, Trucksville, 1)