Page 16—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES Donegal tennis team defeats Cocalico, 4-3 The DHS tennis team defeated Cocalico last Thursday, 4-3. Pat Moran, Fred Straub, and Brian Newcomer won their singles matches. Straub and Moran won their doubles match. Previously Cocalico had beaten Manheim Central and Lampeter-Strasburg, both of which had previously defeated Donegal. Coach William Loercher says the Indians are not choking so much as they had been, are relaxing more, and are getting the ball in. On Monday the netmen had lost to Manheim Township, 7-0. Not only can Mitch Johnson pitch a baseball, but he also hits pretty well. As a matter of fact, he is the leading hitter on the Donegal team. Mitch Johnson 1-hits Pequea Valley team Donegal’s baseball team scored an impressive victory last Tuesday over Pequea Valley behind the one-hit pitching of Mitch Johnson, winning 3-0. Mitch has thirteen strike-outs. Steve Neal drove in one run and then Steve Drace drove in another. When the ball was overthrown, anoth- er run came in for Donegal. Against Ephrata on Thursday, it was a different story. Donegal, said Coach Al Brooks, ‘‘made eight physical errors and numer- ous mental errors. Defens- ively we fell apart. We hit fairly well; the score was 10-5, but we made base-run- ning mistakes. We could have scored more runs.’ Without the errors we could Girls’ softball team beats ELCO 20-18 The Donegal girls’ soft- ball team started last week with a very high scoring game against ELCO. The Indians just managed to have won the game.” Brooks says that the team continues to play inconsist- ently. ‘‘One game,”’ he says, ‘“We will have good pitching and good defense. The next game we will have pretty good pitching—and the defense falls apart. We haven’t been consistent for more than two games in a row all season.” Brooks says there is some outstanding batting by sev- eral members of the team, led by Mitch Johnson with an overall batting average of .342 and an average of .480 in the league. Several other players are hitting well too. Batting averages will be published in forthcoming issues of the Susquehanna Times. edge ELCO in the seventh inning by a score of 20 to 18. Donegal was behind in the fourth inning, 5 to 13, [continued on page 10] Seiler Poster Contest winners, left to right, front row: Leslie Germer, Alan Lundgren, Mike Ruth, Jenny Ritrovato, Lori Leety, Lu Ann Eby, Angie Beaner and Reed Boring. Back row: Lori Yoder, Lisa Seiler students make carnival posters The Seiler School and Home Association is busy preparing for the carnival to be held May 3, from 11 am to 4 pm, at the school. Seiler School is located at the end Tim Keffer of South Barbara St., Mount Joy. The Seiler studentse are also helping to make the carnival a success. A poster Greiner, Ben Kling, Steven Probst, Beth Reymer, Aime McCurdy, Cricket Gates, Andrea Kerchner and Jody Brown. contest was held at the school for grades 1 through 6. The posters, advertising the carnival, are displayed around the town of Mount Joy. Steve Meszaros Tim Keffer and Steve Meszaros place in Elizabethtown Relays Donegal’s track team lost to ELCO Monday and to Lancaster Catholic Thurs- day—but two members of the team placed in the Elizabethtown Relays on Saturday. Tim Keffer took Sth place in the 3200 meters, and Steve Meszaros took 4th in the intermediate hurdles. Al Bundy won the long jump against Lancaster Catholic but pulled a muscle in the 100 meters and had to drop out. According to Coach Milovanovic, Bundy will probably be out for a while. Steve Kunkle, recovering from a sprained ankle, had his best triple jump against Catholic, 38-7. Girls’ track defeats ELCO The Donegal girls’ track team lost a close meet to Manheim Central last Mon- day but went on to defeat ELCO on Thursday. The team lost to Manheim by a score of 69 to 63. Leading the team was Sherri Kinsey with a first in the shot put, the discus and third in the javelin. Team mate Coleen Jones finished first in the javelin. Terri Meszaros was an- other team leader finishing first in the 100 meter hurdles and second in the 100 meter dash. Betsy Marley finished first in the 100 meter dash and second in the 200 meter dash. Both girls were also members of two winning relay teams. Running the 400 meter relay with Terri and Betsy were Karen Mummau and Lisa Hoffman, and running the 1600 meter relay were Beth Gainer and Patty Fready. Beth also won the 1600 meter run and finished third in the 3200 meter run. Patty finished third in the 800 meter run. Rounding out the - first place winn=rs was Laureen Donovan with a win in the 400 meter run. Mary Ruhl was third in the same event. Lisa Hoffman was second in the high jump, and Barb Stoner was second in the long jump. Third place finishers were Judy Kerschner in the discus, Kim Boyer in the long jump, and Kyra Vandergrift in the triple jump. The girls had plenty to cheer about Thursday as they easily defeated ELCO 81 to 51. [continued on page 10] Judges for the poster contest were the senior citizens of the Mount Joy Area Senior Citizens Center, Trinity Lutheran Church. The winners were: Grade 6 1st—Lisa Greiner 2nd—Beth Reymer 3rd—Lori Yoder Grade 5 1st—Jody Brown 2nd—Ben Kling 3rd—Steven Probst Grade 4 1st—Andrea Kerchner 2nd—Aime McCurdy 3rd—Cricket Gates Grade 3 Ist—Reed Boring 2nd—Angie Beaner 3rd—Lori Leety Grade 2 1st—Leslie Germer 2nd—Alan Lundgren 3rd—Mike Ruth Grade 1 1st—Brian Richards 2nd—Jenny Ritrovato 3rd—Lu Ann Eby The winners of the contest received tickets for the carnival as prizes. The carnival will offer many skill games with prizes (including the cane rack, ring toss, glass pitch, fish throw and others). In addition, each grade will have its own special stand. Plants, baked goods, bal- loons, a ‘‘white elephant,’’ a funny face and re-usable items (clothing, toys, etc.) will be on sale. There will be a craft stand where you make and take home your own craft. Several items will be raffled and there will be food—hot dogs, barbecue and drinks. As one of the highlights of the day, the Donegal School District Elementary Band, under the direction of Mr. Morrell Shields, will be playing at 1:30 pm. Pofits from the carnival will go to supporting the various projects of the SSHA—class trips, guard of month awards, participation in RIF programs, school assembly programs and others. In case of rain, the carnival will be held May 10.
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