1 3 2 i i | 3 i 1 3 § Sunday, July 29, 2012 Tue DALLAS POST PAGE 9 Sports BMT ROYAL ALL-STAR TEAM Members of the Back Mountain Royal 8-9 year-old All-Star team are, from left, kneeling, Will Youngman, R.J. Wren, Brayden Saracino, Nick Nocito, Austin Finarelli and Ryan Collins. Second | row, Drew Lojewski, A.J. Bednar, Nick Finarelli, Ty Federici, Sam Leandri and Steven Horst. Third row, Coach Steve Federici and Coach Chuck Youngman. Absent at the time of the photo were Dakota Banks and Coach Joe Nocito. ~ SEVENTH-GRADE GIRLS WIN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP Run for the Fallen set for Aug. 9 Run For The Fallen, a 5K Run/Walk to honor fallen sol- diers, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9 at the Penn State Wilkes Barre campus in Lehman Township. The event, in its fifth year, honors all soldiers who have lost their lives serving our country. It began as a national event in which runners ran across the country, placing markers at ev- ery mile to honor the soldiers who had lost their lives in Oper- ation Iraqi Freedom. The local event is coordinated by the Dallas High School cross country team and proceeds will benefit the 1st Lt. Michael J. Cleary Memorial Fund. Cleary is a Dallas High School graduate who lost his life in mil- itary action. His foundation aides charities that support fam- ilies and causes of soldiers who have lost their lives or were wounded defending our coun- try. Registration is $15 per partici- pant or $50 for a team of four. T- shirts will be given to the first 100 registrants and pre-registra- tion is currently underway. Registration forms may be ob- tained at www.neparunner.com or by contacting Marjorie Adams at Adams8PA@aol.com. Registration the night of the event will begin at 5 p.m. TEAM STORM WINS SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Team Storm is the 2012 Back Mountain Minor League Softball Champions. From left, first row, are Grace O'Donnell, Caroline Wintersteen, Lyndsey Hornlein, Emily Smith and Kathryn Schell. Second row, Riles Egan, Nina Malkemes, Riley Wren, Haley Vesek, Sydney Hornlein and Amy Supey. Third row, Rusty Wren, head coach; John Hornlein, Larry Egan and Larry Smith, assist- The Rock Solid Basketball seventh-grade AAU girls basketball team was tournament champion at the Players Choice Pocono Mountain Classic held at East Stroudsburg University. The team ' defeated the NJ Sparks, Union NJ Cyclones, South Central Select AAU and Northeast Spirit to capture the championship. From left, first row, are Sarah Holweg, Wyoming Area; Talia Kosierow- ski, Dallas; Sara Lojewski, Dallas; Katie Wolfgang, Wyoming Area. Second row, Maddie Kelley, Dal- las; Sarah Sabaluski, Lake-Lehman; Paige Evans, Dallas; Courtney Devens, Dallas; and Alexis Pi- zia, Nanticoke. Third row, Coach Chad Lojewski. Absent at the time of the photo was Coach John- na Schickram. - DALLAS LIONS CLUB PLANS GOLF TOURNAMENT ant coaches. Absent at the time of the photo were Mimi Bendick and Hope Frantz. NEWBERRY GOLF TOURNAMENT HELD The Mixed Golf League of Newberry Estate recently held a tournament for its members and their guests. Members of the first-place team are, from left, Jack Cherup, Jim Grutko, Ron Kross and Jack Kearney. After the tournament, participants and their guests enjoyed a dinner at Appletree Terrace. Joe Czarnecki, golf committee chairman, has announced that the next The Golf Committee of the Dallas Lions Club met recently to finalize plans for its golf tourna- ment on Sunday, Sept. 23 at the Newberry Estate Golf Course. Proceeds from the event will bene- fit the Back Mountain Library. Those interested in participating in the tournament should contact chairman Joe Czarnecki at 255-0136 or pick up a flyer/registration form at any one of the follow- ing Dallas locations: the Back Mountain Library, the dental office of Dr. David Spring, NAPA Auto Parts, Wright's Auto Care or Fino's Pharmacy. Committee members are, from left, Joe Dwinchick, |. Jack Williams, Joe Czarnecki, Don Berlew and Paul McCue. Absent at the time of the photo was Robert Shaffer. tournament will be held on July 25. BMT Little League season comes to end BMT AMERICAN 12 NORTH POCONO 1 Ethan Zawatski and Michael Luksic combined to hold Dis- trict 17 champion North Poco- no to three hits while striking out three and leading Back Mountain to a 12-1 victory in a game shortened to four innings. After staking North Pocono to a 1-0 lead after one inning, BMT scored two in the second, five in the third and five in the fourth to close out the game. BMT hit five home runs, in- cluding four back-to-back-to- back-to-back to close out the scoring. In the second, Dalton Simp- son singled, stole second and was bunted to third by Zane Nardone. Derek Answini fol- lowed with a single to drive home Simpson and tie the score at 1-1. Michael Collins doubled to left to score Answi- ni, giving BMT a 2-1 lead it would never lose. The BMT third began with a solo home run by: Luksic, fol- lowed by consecutive hits by Michael Anderson, Zawatski and Simpson. After two walks and an out, the score stood at 5-1 until Darren Kerdesky drove in two with a single to extend the lead to 7-1 after three. In its final at-bats, BMT closed out the scoring with a two-run home run by Zawatski, See LITTLE, Page 10
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