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SCA's Peters has a day

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CATAWISSA R.R. - Southern Columbia's Mason Peters went 1-for-1 at the plate with a triple and two RBIs, and pitched the Tigers to a win 15-3 Heartland Conference Division III win over Millville with four innings of work on the mound.

The freshman picked up his first varsity win, notching six strikeouts in the process.

Senior Zach Malett was 2 for 3 with a triple and two RBIs, also.

MILLVILLE (AB-R-H-BI) - P. Steiner 2-1-0-0, Hahn 0-1-0, Solomon 3-1-1-1, Rizzo 2-0-0-0, Kydmych 3-0-0-0, Buckwalter 1-0-1-0, Bucher 2-0-0-0, Wood 2-0-0-0, B. Steiner 2-0-0-0. Totals 17-2-2-1.

SOUTHERN COLUMBIA (AB-R-H-BI) - Benner 2-2-0-1, Rarig 1-1-1-1, Malett 3-1-2-2, Rosenberger 3-2-2-1, Peters 1-0-1-2, Zigarski 1-1-0-0, Clossen 1-0-0-0, Behrent 2-2-1-1, Schreffler 2-0-0-0, Hunter 1-0-0-0, Leisenring 2-2-2-1, Hoffman 2-1-1-2, Yacko 0-2-0-0. Totals 20-15-9-11.

Millville 200 01 - 3 2 3

Southern 050 (10)x - 15 9 2

2B - Solomon, Rosenberger, Hoffman. 3B - Malett, Peters.

IP H R ER BB K

Southern Columbia

Peters (W) 4 2 2 1 4 6

Klock 1 0 1 1 3 2

Schuylkill Haven 10 Lourdes 0

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - Mike Menapace had Lourdes' lone hit in a Schuylkill League loss to Schuylkill Haven.

LOURDES (AB-R-H-BI) - Gilger 2-0-0-0, Menapace 2-0-1-0, Pennypacker 2-0-0-0, Chesney 2-0-0-0, Melick 2-0-0-0, Howal 2-0-0-0, Costa 2-0-0-0, Holleran 1-0-0-0, Williams 1-0-0-0. Totals 16-0-1-0.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (AB-R-H-BI) - Dohner 4-2-1-1, Moore 4-2-1-1, Steffy 2-1-2-3, McGee 3-1-0-0, Berger 3-1-1-2, Bensinger 0-0-0-0, Schweigert 3-0-0-0, D. Slotterback 3-0-0-2, Jones 3-1-1-1, B. Slotterback. Totals 29-10-7-10.

Lourdes 000 00 - 0 1 2

Sch. Haven 361 0x - 10 7 x

2B - Dohner, Steffy 2, Jones.

IP H R ER BB K

Lourdes

Pennypacker (L) 2 7 9 5 2 3

Melick 2 0 1 1 4 2

Schuylkill Haven

Dohner (W) 2 0 0 0 0 5

Berger 1 0 0 0 0 3

Jones 2 1 0 0 0 3

Softball

East Juniata 7 Lourdes 3

COCOLAMUS - Courtney Woodward and Kasey Long had two hits each for Line Mountain in a Tri-Valley League loss to East Juniata.

Jenna Wheary struck out eight Tigers' batters but gave up six earned runs in the loss.

LINE MOUNTAIN (AB-R-H-BI) - Woodward 3-1-2-0, Witmer 3-0-0-0, Fessler 4-1-1-1, Long 4-0-2-0, Wheary 4-1-1-1, Bradigan 2-0-1-0, Copson 3-0-1-0, Wingert 3-0-1-1, Menko 3-0-0-0. Totals 29-3-9-3.

EAST JUNIATA (AB-R-H-BI) - Maguire 4-2-3-0, Eichman 4-0-0-0, Schilling 4-1-1-0, Benner 3-0-0-0, Jones 2-1-0-0, Erhard 3-0-1-0, Gilson 2-0-0-0, Marker 3-0-0-0, Dressler 1-2-0-0, Hoke 1-1-1-0. Totals 27-7-6-0.

Line Mountain 100 002 0 - 3 9 2

East Juniata 320 002 x - 7 6 3

2B - Erhard.

IP H R ER BB K

Line Mountain

Wheary (L, 0-1) 6 6 7 6 3 8

East Juniata

Erhard 7 9 3 2 2 4

Girls track

North Schuylkill 90 Jim Thorpe 60

FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Kaitlyn McSurdy took three individual events as the Spartans defeated the Olympians in a Division I meet.

McSurdy swept the hurdle events and added a win in the high jump. She also ran a leg of the Spartans' winning 1600 relay squad.

Ashley Nicola notched victories in the 100 and 200 for the Olympians.

100 - 1. Nicola (JT) 13.3, 2. Herman (JT), 3. Poalillo (JT); 200 - 1. Nicola (JT) 25.69, 2. Devaney (NS), 3. Castillo (JT); 400 - 1. Teter (NS) 1:03, 2. Nicola (JT), 3. Fetterolf (NS); 800 - 1. Martin (NS) 2:40, 2. Susko (JT), 3. Liscinski (JT); 1,600 - 1. Lindenmuth (NS) 6:13, 2. Bucci (JT), 3. Capper (JT); 3,200 - 1. Lindenmuth (NS) 13:20, 2. Bucci (JT), 3. Warner (NS); 100 H - 1. McSurdy (NS) 16.1, 2. Herman (JT), 3. Harlan (JT); 300 IH - 1. McSurdy (NS) 46.6, 2. Herman (JT), 3. Gownley (NS); 400 relay - Jim Thorpe (Harlan, Nicola, Herman, Gilkes) 53.6; 1,600 relay - North Schuylkill (McSurdy, Martin, Teeter, Fetterolf) 4:20; 3,200 relay - Jim Thorpe (McElmoyle, Susko, Capper, Liscinski) 11:25; High Jump - 1. McSurdy (NS) 4-6, 2. Green (JT), 3. Holland (JT); Long Jump - 1. Devaney (NS) 14-9, 2. Paolillo (JT), 3. Fetterolf (NS); Triple Jump - 1. Devaney (NS) 29-11½, 2. Gilkes (JT), 3. Gownley (NS); Shot put - 1. Green (NS) 33-8, 2. Kramer (NS), 3. Barket (NS); Discus - 1. Kramer (NS) 82-11, 2. Green (NS), 3. Tomko (JT); Javelin - 1. Temple (NS) 111-10, 2. Holland (JT), 3. Blewis (NS); Pole Vault - 1. Evanousky (NS) 7-0, 2. Ferraiolo (NS), 3. Damiter (NS).

Boys track

North Schuylkill 120 Jim Thorpe 30

FOUNTAIN SPRINGS - Brendan Shearn swept the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 as the Spartans dominated the Olympians in a Division I meet at Spartans Stadium.

Ethan Motsney took the 100 and 200 for North Schuylkill and ran a legs o n the winning 400 and 1,600 relay teams.

100 - 1. Motsney (NS) 11.3, 2. Johnson (JT), 3. Gownley (NS); 200 - 1. Motsney (NS) 23.1, 2. Johnson (JT), 3. Schmoltze (NS); 400 - 1. Wallace (NS) 54.6, 2. Lignore (JT), 3. Brouse (NS); 800 - 1. Shearn (NS) 2:10, 2. Wallace (NS), 3. Shinkus (NS); 1,600 - 1. Shearn (NS) 4:55, 2. Mashack (NS), 3. Dachowicz (JT); 3,200 - 1. Shearn (NS) 9:50, 2. Deeter (NS), 3. Mashack (NS); 110 HH - 1. Schmoltze (NS) 16.4, 2. Matunis (NS), 3. Schran (JT); 300 IH - 1. McSurdy (NS) 43.2, 2. Matunis (NS), 3. Pritz (JT); 400 relay - North Schuylkill (Schmoltze, McSurdy, Motsney, Shinkus) 45.2; 1,600 relay - North Schuylkill (Matunis, McSurdy, Wallace, Motsney) 3:40; 3,200 relay - North Schuylkill (Shinkus, Wallace, Matunis, Shearn) 3:40; High Jump - 1. Lynch (JT) 5-2, 2. (tie) McSurdy (NS) and Hughes (NS); Long Jump - 1. Hughes (NS) 19-4.75, 2. Johnson (JT), 3. Gownley (NS); Triple Jump - 1. Hughes (NS) 38-8, 2. Edwards (JT), 3. Paul (NS); Shot put - 1. Simms (NS) 42-9.75, 2. Shinkus (NS), 3. Pavalko (NS); Discus - 1. Simms (NS) 116-1, 2. Beers (JT), 3. Dean (NS); Javelin - 1. Moore (JT) 158-6, 2. Shinkus (NS), 3. Dean (NS); Pole Vault - 1. Brouse (NS) 8-0, 2. Hough (NS), 3. Tophoney (NS).


Area racing slate full

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Plenty of action across the area greets local racing fans this weekend, with all facilities expected to be open.

Kicking off its 39th season of racing action in Schuylkill County, Big Diamond Speedway will present an open practice session Saturday afternoon at noon, while the regular season will begin Sunday.

Gates will open at 2 p.m. on Sunday and racing action will begin at 5. The three division card of 358 modifieds, sportsman and roadrunners will once again be the weekly classes at the Minersville oval. Complete qualifying events will lead up to the feature programs as the 358 modifieds will compete in a 35-lap feature, paying $3,000 to the winner, while the sportsman and roadrunners will compete in their respective 20-lap feature events.

Mechanicsburg's Williams Grove Speedway welcomes the super late models to its half-mile track tonight, joining the 410 sprint cars, with the first qualifying heat set to start at 7:30 p.m.

Numidia Dragway looks to open for the 2011 season tonight with street legal racing, test and tune sessions Saturday and Sunday finds the first Summit Series points race, following last weekends' washout.

Beaver Springs Dragway also has street legal drag racing slated tonight and a test and tune session on tap Saturday. "The Beav" and crew were able to kick off its season opener last weekend, as Elysburg resident, Tom Harhart doubled-up, scoring wins in the street and top beaver classes in his 1962 Chevy. Sunday will be the second race of 2011 in the summit series points chase.

Maple Grove Raceway will host a two-day flea market, Saturday and Sunday, with gates opening at 8 a.m. both days. Racing action at the Berks County strip is still a few weeks away.

Plenty of dirt track action greets the fans Saturday as Selinsgrove Speedway will host its first four-division show of the season. The 358 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks and roadrunners are scheduled for action, as gates open at 4 p.m. The green flag flies on the first qualifier at 6 p.m.

Lincoln Speedway will host the 410 and 358 sprint cars along with the thundercars Saturday night; Hagerstown Speedway will feature a three-division stock car show of late models, late model sportsman and pure stocks; Port Royal Speedway swings into action with the 410 sprint cars, late models, pro stocks and enduro dash cars.

Grandview Speedway, following last weekend's 358 modified opener claimed by 2010 track champion Duane Howard, will host the mods and late models Saturday night. The modifieds will compete in a special 40-lap feature paying a healthy $4,000 check to the winner, while the late models will battle in a 20-lap feature. Gates open at 5 p.m., while racing begins at 7 at the Bechtelsville oval.

Snyder named MAC scholar athlete

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Snyder named MAC scholar athlete

ANNVILLE - Southern Columbia graduate Kaity Snyder was named the Middle Atlantic Conference women's basketball scholar athlete recently.

Snyder, a senior who plays basketball for Elizabethtown College, was chosen for her hard work, determination, perserverance and leadership on the court and in the classroom.

A daughter of Bryan and Terri Snyder, of Catawissa, Kaity maintained a 3.93 grade point average in biology/pre-medicine while being involved in various other academic endeavors as well as basketball.

On the court, Snyder ranked in the top five of the Commonwealth Conference for offensive rebounds per game, and posted career highs for points per game (13.5) and rebounds (8.5) on the way to helping the Blue Jays to a 14-win season. She was named to the All-Commonwealth Conference second team.

Snyder is an active member of the Biology Club, the Medicus Club and the Tri Beta Biology Honor Society. She has worked as a biology tutor and has volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House in Hershey.

Rain giving ADs fits

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Southern Columbia's Jim Roth already had a pretty full plate, as physical education teacher, head football coach, assistant track and field coach, and assistant athletic director before taking over for the retired Terry Sharrow as athletic director last year.

Roth is finding out firsthand, in this spring of our discontent, that the athletic director's job is not the cushy position some critics seem to think it is.

Roth and other area AD's are swamped this spring by bad weather, wet fields, postponements and playing dates that are quickly becoming scarce.

As of Friday, which was yet another rainy day, only 14 of a scheduled 37 softball games, and 12 of 35 baseball games, had been played by the six schools in The News-Item's coverage area. That's 36.1 percent.

Track and field hasn't been affected as much, but even that sport has had some postponements, and today's scheduled Purple and White Relays at Shamokin, which are already notorious for poor weather, may go off but without some field events due to poor field conditions.

And although Sunday and Monday are supposed to be considerably warmer than the past week, the threat of rain lingers, and the long range forecast for next week is iffy, at best.

"I didn't expect this," Roth said, chuckling, about his first spring as AD.

Roth's situation is exacerbated by construction work going on at Tiger Stadium and other locations around the school, which has forced the track and field teams on the road all season and to improvise for practice.

"We really don't have much we can work with," Roth said. "We have to go here and there outside. We can go down below to the practice fields down there, and we arranged to practice at Shamokin once a week. But even that's been a detriment. We canceled out the last two weeks because their throwing areas are so bad."

Rick Kashner, Shamokin athletic director, concurred on that point.

"We're going to have get out early in the morning today to see if we can use the javelin runway for the Purple and Whites," Kashner said. "We might have to do without an event."

Baseball hurt most

But softball and, particularly, baseball, are the sports feeling most of the crunch.

"It's a war of attrition at this point," said Mount Carmel Area's Greg Sacavage. "We have to honor our league committments first, then the other games. The JV games will go first, which is tough on the younger kids."

Baseball has an interesting side effect in terms of rescheduling. League bylaws in the both the Pennsylvania Heartland Conference and the Schuylkill League call for teams to make up postponed games the next day or, if that's not available, on the next available playing date. That's meant to save wear and tear on pitchers' arms and stay within PIAA rules on innings pitched.

The problem at this point though, is that the "next available playing date" might not be for awhile, because makeup games are stacking up. When Mount Carmel postponed Friday's game with Shamokin, the next available date for each school was April 20.

"That (the next available playing date) is getting almost impossible," said Sacavage. "The bylaws are meant to protect pitchers and to ensure that teams won't cancel games to get their pitcher an extra day of rest.

"But neither us nor Shamokin had a mutual playing date until April 20. That means that week, we may have to go five days in a row and maybe a sixth. Is that fair to make a team play six days in a row?"

"I'm trying to limit baseball to four games a week," said Lourdes Regional's Mike Klembara, whose team plays in the Schuylkill League.

That statement almost sounds like a joke, considering Lourdes has actually played only one game, period, but it's the reality of what may happen in May, when the weather is certain (it is, isn't it?) to get better. Even the one game Lourdes has played was affected. Klembara and Schuylkill Haven AD Scott Buffington flip-flopped home dates because the Hurricanes' field was in better shape than Bunker Hill.

"We're going to have an AD's meeting on Wednesday and discus some things we can do to alleviate the problem," Klembara said. "We may suggest some things like Saturday doubleheaders, that kind of thing."

That's also going to be an option in the Heartland, said Roth.

"Doubleheaders are possible, whether it might be playing both scheduled games against a team the same day at one field, or playing one team early and then playing another team later in the day," Roth said.

"There aren't a lot of open dates and we're starting to get into four games a week. The only good thing is that the last last week of eligible games before the district cutoff date, which is I think the third week of May, is pretty open. Most poeple don't have much scheduled there, probably because of anticipation of this. Also, there's a chance the district might have a little flexibility on the cutoff date."

Even that could be problematic, because the district has to have its playoffs completed by the PIAA mandated date.

Field woes

Softball, because of the fact that most teams only use one or two pitchers, doesn't have the same magnitude of problem as baseball, but both sports share a common one - poor field conditions.

"Our fields are terrible," Sacavage said. "We've convinced the (school) board to get 40 tons of dirt to get them up to par but when you don't have a grass infield, that's what you have to do."

Sacavage noted that a lot of schools have been going to artificial turf infields, with the outfields regular grass, to alleviate weather damage, but noted that's not an option in this economic climate.

"We'll leave that up to General (Governor) Corbett," Sacavage said, a bit ruefully. "Right now, athletics are not a priority with school districts. It's tough to ask for a turf infield when people are being laid off."

He noted that the renovation work presently being done at the Silver Bowl likely would not have passed muster today.

"We made a committment at that time, but if we had to do it today, who knows?" he said.

When fields are in poor shape, practice is also affected.

"We've only been on the field for two practices," said Kashner, who is also an assistant baseball coach. "Softball hasn't beem much better. The fields are swamps. There is laying water all over the place. This is my 12th year as an AD, and it's the worst (spring weather) I can remember. It causes a domino effect. If you postpone games, you have to make them up. Then you have to cancel JV and junior high games. We've already canceled their practices for today. It's very frustrating."

"We lost two scrimmages, and our first game was actually our first scrimmage," Klembara said of his baseball team. "Kids would rather play than practice, but you have to look out for the health and safety of athletes."

Mania misses the mark

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Sometimes the Super Bowl isn't a super game. The recent NCAA men's basketball final was certainly far from the most exciting contest of the tournament. And while it had some pretty amazing moments, this year's WrestleMania was solid for some folks, but a bit disappointing to others.

Count me among the "others".

Given that wrestling is a work, a cooperative rather than competitive endeavor, it should be easier to ensure that Mania is the best overall wrestling show of the year in every which way. Unfortunately, WWE has declared itself to be no longer a wrestling company, but an entertainment company.

Its announcers have been told to call its workers WWE superstars and to say they compete for titles, but not belts. The people watching are not to be referred to as wrestling fans, but as members of the WWE universe. Makes me want to gag, a classier visual than say the p word would be.

On the heels of this less than scintillating Mania, we are told WWE will no longer be anything more than the three- letter name for the organization, henceforth eliminating any reference to the word wrestling - apparently too low brow a form of entertainment to be associated with even for a wrestling company posing as an entertainment venture.

It is a tough pill to swallow for those of us who have reluctantly held on despite the dropping of a "W" from the WWWF days and the successful litigation by the World Wildlife Fund that led to the admittedly campy tee-shirt campaign to get the "F" out and have it replaced with an E for entertainment.

We had the "Attitude Era," the rise of Steve Austin, a very talented wrestler who made his big money and popped ratings only after he had resorted to giving people the finger and consuming large quantities of beer in the ring after matches. Of course, that seemed somewhat tame compared to suffering through the Vince McMahon KMA club antics.

The reality is that this year's WrestleMania suffered considerably from the delusion that WWE is an entertainment company. They did a lot of fun things and charitable things and community things with the wrestlers, err superstars, during the week that are laudable, but Mania should have been heavier on entertaining wrestling matches and lighter on misguided attempts to entertain.

There were some good wrestling matches. Undertaker and Triple H stole the show with a dramatic, hard-hitting bout, built in such a way that fans could believe either one might win. It included both men delivering favorite finishing maneuvers, even each other's, and both wrestlers kicking or swimming out of near falls at the last possible second.

There was another incredible dive by Taker that didn't look like it got any more protection from Hunter than the previous one he did at Mania against Michaels when the planted cameraman (Snuka Jr., who was released shortly thereafter) failed to help break his fall. Helmsley took a hellacious backdrop off the announcer's table and both laid in chair shots that resulted in the company laughably announcing fines for both combatants since chair shots to the head have been banned by the entertainment industry in the wake of concussion concerns.

Ironically, the match that went on last and would be considered the main event, ended with John Cena and the Miz both counted out after brawling outside and taking a trip over the barricade that resulted in a legitimate concussion for the Miz when he struck his head on the floor. Such a flat ending was not the actual booked finish however, as the Rock came out as the host to save the day and restart the match.

Of course, he also gave Cena a Rock Bottom, allowing the Miz to pin the challenger and retain his title in the process. Rock also knocked down Miz and gave him the People's elbow, a move I consider just about as believable and and devastating as the mighty Worm was, but hey, that's me.

C.M. Punk and Randy Orton had a solid match, won by Orton with a well-timed RKO as Punk came flying off the top turnbuckle with dastardly intent. Rey Mysterio lost to Cody Rhodes in a decent encounter, but there wasn't much else in the way of actual wrestling to write home about.

Way too much time was wasted on lame skits with Snoop Dog, Pee Wee Herman and a talented, but out of place Baptist Choir that inexplicably sang gospel music for John Cena's grand entrance. Rock insulted the proverbial dirty old lady Mae Young and did a brief mutual respect thing with Stone Cold, who was there to promote the debut of Tough Enough and ref the Jerry Lawler-Michael Cole debacle that went way too long and was booked entirely wrong.

There were too many vignettes and video recaps that wasted time that should have been given to wrestlers to wrestle. Poor Daniel Bryan and Sheamus were bumped from the main show to the pre-show-victims of the need to spend more time on lame entertainment attempts.

(Shamokin's Bill Gilger "arranges" the interview each week with The Insider)

Shamokin's Sabotchick is '11 Player of the Year

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Shamokin Area's Tara Sabotchick came into the season with a target on her back.

Just a couple points shy of 1,000 for her career, the Indians' senior started the season as though she wasn't the reigning all-area Player of the Year, as though the Indians hadn't already won 50 games during her career.

How she started the season was nothing short of remarkable.

She was dominant in two wins over rival Mount Carmel. She paced the Indians to an easy victory over Lourdes in the Knights of Columbus Tournament, and she didn't let up the rest of the season.

Sabotchick, who is headed to play basketball at Albright College, guided the Indians to a school-best 21-1 regular season, averaged 18.5 points per game over the season and helped Shamokin claim its first league title since the early 80s.

It shouldn't be a surprise then, for the second year in a row, Sabotchick is The News-Item Player of the Year in girls basketball.

Joining her on the first team are a pair of familiar names to last year's first team, Line Mountain's Kasey Long and Southern Columbia's Ali Oley.

Also making the squad are Mount Carmel's Danielle Bernini, Line Mountain's Mikhail Whitcomb and Lourdes' Christina Perles.

The second team is Shamokin's Summer Reigle, Line Mountain's Paige Swineford, Lourdes' Sarah Getchey and Mount Carmel teammates Ranotta Ahrensfield and Kim Andruscavage.

Some players may have put up similar numbers, some teams may have gone farther in the playoffs, but no single player had the expectations, or the same pressure heaped on her.

While some Indians' fans wanted more for the team than a one-and-done showing in the District 4 playoffs, Sabotchick did what she could the entire year to help make that happen.

She finished third on the all-time Shamokin points list with 1,372, behind Jordan Rickert and Sue Richie.

"She had an outstanding year," Shamokin coach Bill Callahan said. "She should be proud of herself. She's had a great career at Shamokin."

Sabotchick was held to single digits in scoring just once all year, and scored about one-third of all the Indians' points for the entire season.

She was tied for the area lead in 3-pointers with 46 and was the Indians' go-to player in the clutch.

"She worked hard, came into the season to prove things and she was outstanding in big games," Callahan said.

Ali Oley Southern Columbia

Oley, a senior, also surpassed the 1,000-point mark for her career this season, and averaged 18.0 per game.

The Tigers' senior also had the two highest single-game totals of any area player this season with 33 points against St. John Neumann and 32 against Benton.

She guided the Tigers to their first postseason win in the four years JoEllen Gallinot has been coach, and like Sabotchick, did it while being the focus of opposing defenses.

Oley also worked hard on being a more complete player without the ball and put up personal career bests in steals (120), assists (118) and rebounds (129).

Kasey Long Line Mountain

Long's game isn't about being bigger than the competition, she's not. It's not about being the fastest player, or the most consistent shooter. Sometimes, however, you'd swear Long was all of those things.

The Eagles' junior is a tenacious rebounder, grabbing 202 boards despite being right around 5-foot, 7-inches tall. Her motor never stops - 74 steals attest to that - and she scores more than her share of points at 12.5 per contest.

Perhaps the best thing to say about the junior is that without her, there's no way the Eagles make it to the state quarterfinals. Give a team five girls with her heart and overall skill set and you have a chance at a state title.

Danielle Bernini Mount Carmel

Anyone that nearly averages a double-double a game deserves a spot on the first team.

Bernini came into the season having shown flashes with six double-digit points games as a junior, but had to split time in the past.

As a senior, she took sole ownership of the center position at Mount Carmel and proved to be a very capable and reliable post presence with 11.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.

In Mount Carmel's press, she made 46 steals and matched that with 46 blocked shots.

Christina Perles Lourdes

Most girls willingly give their teams sweat and tears, but Perles bled for the Red Raiders this season.

In fact, the only way Perles was taken out of the normal flow of things for Lourdes was when she suffered a gash in her forehead in the Raiders' win over Nativity and missed just one game because of it.

The sophomore averaged 12.0 points per game, and grabbed 186 rebounds for Lourdes, which won its third straight District 4 Class A title.

But unlike the recent past, Lourdes won its first-round game in the PIAA playoffs. The future is bright for Perles and the Red Raiders.

Mikhail Whitcomb Line Mountain

In Line Mountain's PIAA second-round game with Girard College, Whitcomb had one of those games.

You could have closed your eyes, listened for the swish of the net and knew exactly who shot it, Whitcomb was that good that night.

The 27-point, six 3-pointer performance wasn't an aberration for the junior, either. She drained 46 treys on the year, and averaged 14.3 ppg., third best in the area, with eight games of 20 or more points.

Whitcomb also had 49 assists and came away with 88 steals for the Eagles.

Second team Summer Reigle Shamokin

Reigle always played a competent Robin to Sabotchick's Batman, but many times was much more than that.

She was Shamokin's second-leading scorer with 11.0 ppg, grabbed 165 rebounds, made 47 assists and 53 steals. It's Reigle's third appointment to the all-area team.

Kim Andruscavage Mount Carmel

Andruscavage really turned it on in the Red Tornadoes' biggest games this year, despite seeing her role on the team redefined.

The junior still scored 13.4 points per game, made 73 steals, 90 assists and came down with 131 rebounds.

Paige Swineford Line Mountain

Swineford, a senior, always looked most at ease when she was harrassing opposing defenders. As the point of the Eagles defensive-minded team, Swineford made 107 steals and made sure to get the ball to those who could score to lead the area with 144 assists. She also scored 9.7 ppg.

Ranotta Ahrensfield Mount Carmel

Every team Mount Carmel played was very aware of how athletic Ahrensfield was.

Need proof? She averaged 13.2 ppg, had 63 steals and 191 rebounds for the Red Tornadoes, including 14 points in Mount Carmel's District 4 championship game over Loyalsock.

Nikki Komara Lourdes

Komara, a sophomore, is quickly becoming a prototypical point guard. She looks to pass first and had 100 assists, plays hard-nosed defense and made 85 steals, and drives the lane with abandon to score 6.5 ppg. She was also fourth on the team in rebounds (72).

Shikellamy, Blue Mountain claim P&W Relay crowns

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COAL TOWNSHIP - Shikellamy's boys successfully defended their team championship, and Blue Mountain's girls ran away to an easy title in the annual Purple and White Relays Saturday at Kemp Memorial Stadium.

Shikellamy won three events and placed second in five in winning the boys title for the second straight year, with 88 points. Selinsgrove was second with 70 and Mount Carmel third with 69. The Braves took first in the 400-meter relay, the sprint medley (100, 100, 200 and 400 meters) and the long jump, and had seconds in the 800-meter relay, high jump, triple jump, shot put and discus.

Blue Mountain, with a dominant field group, won six events and finished second in two others to score 112 points, easily outpointing runnerup Selinsgrove (66). The Eagles won the shuttle hurdles, discus, long jump, pole vault, high jump and triple jump, and were second in the 800 and 400-meter relays.

Mount Carmel Area's and North Schuylkill's boys won three events each, and Southern Columbia's girls took a pair of wins.

The Red Tornadoes' 1600-meter relay team of Meyrick Lamb, Mikael Hause, Josh Maloney and Dylan Lawrence set a meet record of 3 minutes, 30.25 seconds in winning a fast duel against runnerup Shamokin, which came in at 3:32.50.

Lawrence, Justin Skavery, Chris Monahan and Hause combined to give Mount Carmel first in the 3200-meter relay with a strong time of 8:24.52, again topping a solid runnerup effort by Shamokin (8:29.28).

Lamb, Maloney, Dondre Glasper and Monahan combined to win the middle distance relay (two 200s, a 400 and 800) in 3:48.30.

North Schuylkill's team of Daniel McSurdy, Mike McGrath, Tyler Matunis and Jake Schmoltze won the shuttle hurdles in 1:34.82. Jordan Shinkus, Ethan Motsney, Jake Wallace and Brendan Shearn were first in the distance medley (400-800-1200-1600 meters) in 11:09.65, and McSurdy, Matunis, Schmoltze and Motsney were first in the 800 relay in 1:34.82.

Samantha Bressi, Bailey Bzdak, Maddie Beisswanger and Teanna Shutt took first in the middle distance relay for Southern in 4;44.28, and the Tigers' Ali Oley and Sara Breech comnbined to win the javelin at 194 feet, 10½ inches.

Elizabeth Rauenzahn was part of two Blue Mountain wins. She teamed with sister Brianna to win the long jump (29-4½) and with Whitney Boyer to win the high jump (9 feet, 10 inches). Taylor Moyer and Tori Stramara comnined to win the triple jump at 66-1, Maddy Snyder and Emily Heffner used fewer misses to win the pole vault at 16-0, Carissa Lorimer and Emily Lado won the discus (177-8) and the Eagles also won the shuttle hurdles in 55.25 seconds.

Blue Mountain's Tyler Hartranft and Jake Stoudt combined to win the javelin at 304-7, and Minersville's Chris Bergan vaulted 13-7 to team with Ben Dean to win that event for the Miners with a combined 23-3.

Purple and White Relays results

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Purple and White Relays

Boys

3200-meter relay: 1. Mount Carmel (Dylan Lawrence, Justin Skavery, Chris Monahan, Mikael Hause) 8:24.52; 2. Shamokin (Brandon Nash, Brandon Mendoza, Matt Gass, Dan Delbaugh) 8:29.28; 3. Blue Mountain 8:31.17; 4. Selinsgrove 8:36.74; 5. MInersville 8:47.78; 6. Southern Columbia (Andrew Steely, Dylan Swank, Mike Moore, Karl Myhre), 8:52.17.

Middle distance medley (200-200-400-800): 1. Mount Carmel (Meyrick Lamb, Josh Maloney, Dondre Glasper, Chris Monahan) 3:48.30; 2. Minersville 3:56.66; 3. Shikellamy 4:00.07; 4. Selinsgrove 4:01.79; 5. Hughesville 4:02.22; 6. Shamokin (Draven Miller, Sean McLaughlin, Dan Delbaugh, Josh Scheuren) 4:11.74.

Shuttle hurdles: 1. North Schuylkill (Daniel McSurdy, Mike McGrath, Tyler Matunis, Jake Schmoltze), 48.84; 2. Selinsgrove 49.75; 3. Shikellamy 51.92; 4. Southern Columbia (Matt Moore, Keith Day, Garrett Mowery, Joey Kleman); 5. Blue Mountain 53.01; 6. Shamokin (Jared Montgomery, Braden Yacko, Alex Startzel, Dave Williams) 55.60.

Distance medley (400-800-1200-1600): 1. North Schuylkill (Jordan Shinkus, Ethan Motsney, Jake Wallace, Brendan Shearn) 11:09.65; 2. Southern Columbia (Dylan Swank, Joey Kleman, Karl Myhre, Andrew Steely) 11:31.97; 3. Selinsgrove 11:35.44; 4. Blue Mountain 11:38.11; 5. Shamokin (Brandon Mendoza, Shane Williams, Derek Brokenshire, Scott Bradley) 11:51.75; 6. Shikellamy 11:52.93.

400 relay: 1. Shikellamy (Chase McKean, Casey Shaffer, Bret Yeomans, Cody Bordner) 44.72; 2. Shamokin (Josh Dunn, Matt Gass, Chris Charowsky, Sean Williams) 45.22; 3. Blue Mountain 46.05; 4. Southern Columbia (Tyrell Thomas, Jeff Rooney, Joe Kleman, Matt Moore) 46.52; 5. Minersville 47.16. 6. None.

800 relay: 1. North Schuylkill (Daniel McSurdy, Tyler Matunis, Jack Schmoltze, Ethan Motsney) 1:34.82; 2. Shikellamy 1:35.24; 3. Blue Mountain 1:37.90; 4. Minersville 1:38.95; 5. Mount Carmel (Nick Troutman, Bob Beierschmitt, Ray Heromin, Jakob Kleman) 1:41.59; 6. Shamokin 1:42.00 (Chris Charowsky, Drave Miller, Sean McLaughlin, Eric Taylor).

Sprint medley (100-100-200-400): 1. Shikellamy (Chase McKean, Casey Shaffer, Sam Thomas, Bret Yeomans), 1:40.77; 2. Selinsgrove 1:43.00; 3. Mount Carmel (Nick Troutman, Bob Beierischmitt, Tyler Hodge, Dondre Glasper) 1:43.58; 4. Shamokin (Chris Charowsky, Josh Dunn, Jared Haddock, Jared Montgomery) 1:43.88; 5. Blue Mountain 1:44.14; 6. Hughesville 1:44.90.

1600 relay: 1. Mount Carmel (Meyrick Lamb, Mikale Hause, Josh Maloney, Dylan Lawrence) 3:30.25 (meet record); 2. Shamokin (Shane Williams, Brandon Nash, Matt Gass, Brandon Mendoza) 3:32.50; 3. North Schuylkill (Tyler Matunis, Daniel McSurdy, Jake Wallace, Ethan Motsney) 3:43.55; 4. Blue Mountain 3:43.63; 5. Shikellamy 3:47.79; 6. Southern Columbia (Joey Kleman, Andrew Steely, Tony Chiavaroli, Dylan Swank) 3:48.60.

Javelin: 1. Blue Mountain (Tyler Hartranft, Jake Stoudt) 304-7; 2. Mount Carmel (Ray Heromin, Rob Varano) 279-3; 3. North Schuylkill (Tanner Wilson, Tanner Dean) 271-10; 4. Southern Columbia (Keith Day, Jake Townsend) 251-1; 5. Shikellamy 241-10; 6. Shamokin (Sean McLaughlin, Brett Taylor) 239-5.

Long jump: 1. Shikellamy (Garrett Pope, John Santangelo) 38-4¾; 2. Selinsgrove 37-11; 3. Shamokin (Jared Montgomery, Jared Haddock) 36-4¾; 4. North Schuylkill (Dylan Hughes, Matt Gownley) 35-43/4; 5. Blue Mountain 33-10½; 6. Mount Carmel (Elijah Duran, Ian Kanezo) 33-9¼.

High jump: 1. Blue Mountain (Kyle Laughlin, Culton Cryts) 11-0; 2. Shikellamy 11-0; 3. Mount Carmel (Ian Kanezo, Rob Varano) 10-10; 4. Shamokin (David Williams, Chris Charowsky) 10-10; 5. Hughesville 10-6; 6. Southern Columbia (Jake Townsend, Keith Day) 10-0.

Triple jump: 1. Selinsgrove (Mike Rodriguez, David Aurand) 81-4; 2. Shikellamy 79-10½; 3. Mount Carmel (Tyler Hodge, Elijah Duran) 76-1½; 4. Minersville 76-0¾; 5. Blue Mountain 74-9¾; 6. North Schuylkill (Dylan Hughes, Drew Paul) 73-2½.

Shot put: 1. Selinsgrove (Brett Womer, Jared Kerstetter) 95-3¼ 2. Shikellamy 92-11; 3. Southern Columbia (Tom Schetroma, Colin Heitzman) 86-1½; 4. North Schuylkill (Ed Pavalko, Brady Simms) 84-11½ 5. Mount Carmel (Tom Hynoski, Gabe Matukaitis) 78-7½; 6. Blue Mountain 78-7¼

Discus: 1. Selinsgrove (Brent Womer, Tyler Kerstetter) 287-5; 2. Shikellamy 259-10; 3. Southern Columbia (Tom Schetroma, Colin Heitzman) 230-4; 4. North Schuylkill (Brady Simms, Tyler Dean) 226-2; 5. Mount Carmel (Tyler Kwiatkowski, Tom Hynoski) 221-5; 6. Shamokin (Jake Phillips, Cameron Pensyl) 213-1.

Pole vault: 1. Minersville (Chris Bergan, Ben Dean ) 23-3; 2. Southern Columbia (Brett Duell, Keith Day) 23-0; 3. Mount Carmel (Alec Zsido, Elijah Duran) 20-0; 4. Blue Mountain 19-6; 5. Selinsgrove 10-6; 6. Shikellamy 10-0.

Team standings: 1. Shikellamy 88, 2. Selinsgrove 70, 3. Mount Carmel 69, 4. Blue Mountain 59, 5. North Schuylkill 55, 6. Shamokin 45, 7. Southern Columbia 43, 8. Minersville 30, 9. Hughesville 5.

Girls

3200-meter relay: 1. Hughesville (J. Santo, M. Santo, H. Merrifield, A. Golshan) 10:18.25; 2. Hazleton 10:33.01; 3. Blue Mountain 10:33.16; 4. Selinsgrove 10:33.40; 5. MInersville 10:36.44; 6. Mount Carmel (Lauren Hause, Ali Singh, A. Chapman, Cara Sinopoli) 11:00.41.

Middle distance medley (200-200-400-800): 1. Southern Columbia (Samantha Bressi, Bailey Bzdak, Maddie Beisswanger, Teanna Shutt) 4:44.28; 2. Minersville 4:45.77; 3. Blue Mountain 4:45.88; 4. Selinsgrove 4:45.89; 5. Shikellamy 4:47.36; 6. Hazleton 4:52.25.

Distance medley (400-800-1200-1600): 1. Hazleton 13:33.94; 2. Hughesville 13:56.38; 3. Blue Mountain 14:00.55; 4. Selinsgrove 14:07.69; 5. Minersville 14:27.69; 6. Southern Columbia (Lauren Kerstetter, Kendra Jones, Mara Wilson, Rachel Scicchitano) 14:59.78.

Shuttle hurdles: 1. Blue Mountain 55.25; 2. North Schuylkill (Brittany Martin, Ryan Evanousky, L. Evanousky, Kaitlin McSurdy) 56.88; 3. Hughesville 57.08; 4. Hazleton 58.14; 5. Selinsgrove 59.00; 6. Mount Carmel (Megan Van Doren, A. Taggart, Jenna Jurasich, Karissa Cichon) 59.37.

800 relay: 1.Selinsgrove (Megan Heddings, Payton Covington, Jess Davis, Kayla Swartz) 1:52.49; 2. Blue Mountain 1:53.77; 3. Mount Carmel (Rachel Schultz, Kirsten Sinopoli, Gabby Engelke, Ali Varano) 1:54.07; 4. Nativity 1:59.11; 5. Minersville 1:59.26; 6. Hughesville 2:00.49.

Sprint medley (100-100-200-400): 1. Hughesville (S. Feldser, T. Hollis, C. Basile, C. Merrifield) 1:56.69; 2. Shikellamy 2:00.41; 3. Blue Mountain 2:02.23; 4. Shamokin (Ciana Rollman, Brandi Segura, Danielle Boyd, Anna Summers) 2:05.00; 5. Minersville 2:05.43; 6. Hazleton 2:06.61.

400 relay: 1. Hughesville (S. Feldser, T. Hollis, S. Hunter, C. Merrifield) 51.79; 2. Blue Mountain 52.53; 3. Mount Carmel (Rachel Schultz, Kirsten Sinopoli, Cassandra Niglio, Ali Varano) 53.05; 4. Southern Columbia 54.20; 5. Nativity 55.48; 6. None.

1600 relay: 1. Selinsgrove (Payton Covington, Jessica Gill, Kayla Swartz, Jess Davis) 4:18.09; 2. North Schuylkill (Kylie Fetterolf, Brittany Martin, Kaitlyn McSurdy, Mimi Teter ) 4:20.06; 3. Mount Carmel (Rachel Schultz, Ali Singh, Karissa Cichon, Ali Varano) 4:26.14; 4. Blue Mountain 4:28.40; 5. Hazleton 4:40.85; 6. Minersville 4:41.35.

Shot put: 1. Selinsgrove (Cameron Weaver, Chelsea Beaver) 65-1½; 2. Shamokin (Sam Zielinskie, Renea Broscious) 61-1; 3. North Schuylkill (Carter Green, Kelsie Kramer) 59-3; 4. Blue Mountain 58-61/2; 5. Southern Columbia (Ali Oley, Sara Raup) 58-1; 6. Shikellamy 57-4.

Discus: 1. Blue Mountain (Carissa Lorimer, Emily Lado) 177-8; 2. North Schuylkill (Carter Green, Kelsie Kramer) 174-0; 3. Mount Carmel (Heather Bolick, Cassie Mace) 171-7; 4. Selinsgrove 170-8; 5. Hazleton 169-1; 6. Shamokin (Emily Barnes, Renea Broscious) 163-9.

Long jump: 1. Blue Mountain (Elizabeth Rauenzahn, Brianna Rauenszahn) 29-4¼; 2. Mount Carmel (Cassandra Niglio, Ali Varano) 28-3½; 3. North Schuylkill (Kendall Devaney, Kylie Fetterolf) 27-10¾ 4. Hazleton 26-10¼; 5. Southern Columbia (Bailey Bzdak, Maddie Beisswanger) 25-11¾; 6. Selinsgrove 25-8.

Pole vault: 1. Blue Mountain ( Maddy Snyder, Emily Heffner) 16-0; 2. Hughesville 16-0; 3. Southern Columbia (Kayla Hanley, Brooke Adamski) 16-0; 4. Mount Carmel (Kiana Motto, Gabby Engelke) 15-0; 5. Selinsgrove 14-0; 6. Hazleton 8-0.

High jump: 1. Blue Mountain (Whitney Boyer, Lizzie Rauenzahn) 9-10; 2. Hazleton 9-4½; 3. Selinsgrove 9-4; 4. Mount Carmel (Danielle Bernini, Megan Van Doren) 9-2; 5. Southern Columbia (Olivia Potter, Hannah Stone) 8-10; 6, Hughesville 4-2.

Triple jump: 1. Blue Mountain (Taylor Moyer, Tori Stramara) 66-1; 2. Selinsgrove 60-3; 3. Hazleton 60-0¾; 4. Mount Carmel (Cassandra Niglio, Emily Shovlin) 58-8¾; 5. Shamokin (Alaina Petrovich, Emily Zakrzewski) 57-3¼; 6. Hughesville 56-6¾.

Javelin: 1. Southern Columbia (Ali Oley, Sara Breech) 194-10½; 2. Mount Carmel (Heather Bolick, Gabby Engelke) 188-6½; 3. Hazleton 184-10½; 4. Blue Mountain 179-11; 5. North Schuylkill (Courtney Lewis, Megan Temple) 168-10; 6. Selinsgrove 167-11.

Team standings: 1. Blue Mountain 112, 2. Selinsgrove 66, 3. Hughesville 55, 4. Mount Carmel 54, 5. Hazleton 53, 6. North Schuylkill 38, 7. Southern Columbia 37, 8. Minersville 17, 9. Shamokin 15, 10. Shikellamy 11, 11. Nativity 6.


Heimbach sprints to 2nd straight victory

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Blane Heimbach scored his second straight win in the 358 sprint car feature at Selinsgrove Speedway on Saturday night.

For the Selinsgrove driver, it was his 32nd career win at the Snyder County oval, which ranks first all-time.

Heimbach took the lead from polesitter T.J. Stutts following a lap six restart and would go on to post a 2.7 second victory over Stutts, Nate Snyder, Larry Kelleher and Logan Schuchart.

Defending champion Pat Cannon was involved in a lap six accident with Matt Horst and regular 410 sprint driver Mark Smith.

Jeff Rine of Danville opened up the late model season with his 65th career win. He stands only four wins away from tying the all-time record held by Bobby Croop. Rine took the lead on lap two from Jim Yoder and won by 6.7 seconds over Yoder and Kenny Trevitz.

Jason Smith of Williamsport won the pro stock feature for his second straight win. Smith set a track record in the non-stop race of 6:06.44.

Bob Bussey of Northumberland won the roadrunner feature.

Selinsgrove will present the Collier Paving and Construction Roadrunner 20 this week at 6 p.m. The 358 sprints, late models and pro stocks are also in competition.

Brian Montieth became the first repeat winner of the season in the 410 sprints with a win at Lincoln Speedway. He came from the 15th starting spot and took the lead from Brad McClelland with a few laps left in the 25 lap main event. Billy Dietrich won the 358 sprints.

Steve Buckwalter was the 410 sprint winner at Port Royal Speedway leading all 25 laps from his second place starting spot. Second generation racer Andy Haus won the late models.

Rich Eichelberger took the lead from Scott Dellinger on lap 17 and went on to win the super sportsman feature at Williams Grove Speedway. Gene Knaub won the 358 late models.

All Friday night racing was rained out.

Big Diamond Raceway has pushed back its season opener for a second time. It will be held on Sunday at 5 p.m.

Racing Recap

Hagerstown Speedway

Late Models, 25 laps: 1. Gary Stuhler. 2. Nick Dickson. 3. Roy Deese Jr. 4. Jim Bernheisel. 5. Greg Satterlee. 6. Keith Jackson. 7. Alan Sagi. 8. Kyle Lear. 9. Frankie Plessinger. 10. Tyler Hershey.

Heats: Bernheisel, Deese Jr., Marvin Winters.

Late Model Sportsman, 20 laps: 1. Kenny Moreland. 2. Steve Axtell Jr. 3. Pete Weaver. 4. Trevor Feathers. 5. Glenn Elliott.

Pure Stocks, 15 laps: 1. Kenny Dillon. 2. Dave Stouffer Jr. 3. Steve Lowery. 4. Drew Fitzsimmons. 5. Charlie Pensinger.

Lincoln Speedway

410 Sprints, 25 laps: 1. Brian Montieth. 2. Brad McClelland. 3. Alan Krimes. 4. Derek Sell. 5. Aaron Ott. 6. Greg Hodnett. 7. Chad Criswell. 8. Doug Dodson. 9. Brent Marks. 10. Fred Rahmer.

Heats: Criswell, Sell, Dodson.

Consolation: Pat Cooper.

358 Sprints, 20 laps: 1. Billy Dietrich. 2. Steve Owings. 3. Tim Wagaman. 4. Doug Hammaker. 5. Chad Trout. 6. Niki Young. 7. Glenndon Forsythe. 8. Mike Duncan. 9. Kyle Moody. 10. Michael Ruttkamp.

Heats: Jeff Rohrbaugh, Brook Weibley, Hammaker, Owings.

Consolation: Eric Tomecek.

Thundercars, 20 laps: 1. Sam Gallagher. 2. Jamie Zentmyer. 3. Kyle Martin. 4. Brian Walls. 5. Todd Miller.

Heats: Martin, Zentmyer, Gallagher.

Port Royal Speedway

410 Sprints, 25 laps: 1. Steve Buckwalter. 2. Ryan Taylor. 3. Mike Erdley. 4. Rick Lafferty. 5. Lynton Jeffrey. 6. Todd Shaffer. 7. Keith Kauffman. 8. Lance Dewease. 9. Mike Wagner. 10. Davey Sammons.

Heats: Jeffrey, Chad Layton.

Late Models, 20 laps: 1. Andy Haus. 2. Mitch Hack. 3. Matt Parks. 4. Rick Singleton. 5. Mike Lupfer. 6. Waylon Wagner. 7. Scott Flickinger. 8. Terry Naugle. 9. Tim Wilson. 10. Gary Beward.

Heats: Hack, Chris Farrell, Tim Gray.

Pro Stocks, 15 laps: 1. Tim Krape. 2. Dave Bowsman. 3. Scott Landis. 4. Harold Ranck. 5. Jason Davis.

Enduro Dash, 20 laps: 1. Bill Powell. 2. Jan Powell. 3. Jen Powell. 4. Steve Harlan. 5. Jeremy Hoffman.

Selinsgrove Speedway

358 Sprints, 25 laps: 1. Blane Heimbach. 2. T.J. Stutts. 3. Nate Snyder. 4. Larry Kelleher. 5. Logan Schuchart. 6. Kevin Nouse. 7. Josh Beard. 8. Derek Locke. 9. Phil Walter. 10. Cody Keller.

Heats: Pat Cannon, Mark Smith, Matt Horst.

Late Models, 20 laps: 1. Jeff Rine. 2. Jim Yoder. 3. Ken Trevitz. 4. Chad Hollenbeck. 5. Matt Cochran. 6. Jeff Smith. 7. Kyle Rhoads. 8. Chad Davis. 9. Donnie Schick. 10. Dave Graber.

Heats: Trevitz, Rine.

Pro Stocks, 15 laps: 1. Jason Smith. 2. Jason Schmidt. 3. A.J. Hoffman. 4. Nate Kerstetter. 5. A.J. Stroup.

Heats: Mike Kiehl, Kyle Bachman.

Roadrunners, 12 laps: 1. Bob Bussey. 2. Keith Bissinger. 3. John Schreffler. 4. John Fowler. 5. Jeff Swanger.

Trail-Way Speedway

600 Micro Sprints, 20 laps: 1. Tim Dietz. 2. Tyler Walton. 3. Jimmy Brookens. 4. Dwayne Gutshall. 5. Shane Hoff.

270 Micro Sprints, 20 laps: 1. Bill Laughman. 2. Chris Kennedy. 3. Broc Lawrence. 4. Brian Marriott. 5. Chad Myers.

Central Pa. Legends, 20 laps: 1. Tim Henry. 2. Blaine Leppo. 3. Lucas Montgomery. 4. Scott Houdeshall. 5. Bill Diehl.

Williams Grove Speedway

Super Sportsman, 25 laps: 1. Rich Eichelberger. 2. Frankie Herr. 3. Scott Dellinger. 4. Carmen Perigo Jr. 5. Dave Socks. 6. Mike Enders. 7. Jason Fry. 8. Leroy Martin. 9. Russ Mitten. 10. Bobby Hockenberry.

Heats: Daryl Sheaffer, Dellinger, Fry.

Consolation: Gregg Foster.

358 Late Models, 20 laps: 1. Gene Knaub. 2. Charlie Schaffer. 3. Wes Alleman. 4. D.J. Mease. 5. Pancho Lawler. 6. Bobby Beard. 7. Roy Miller. 8. Jason Rochelle. 9. Derick Zirkle. 10. Bernie Beard.

Heats: Larry Baer, Travis Mease, Bobby Beard.

Consolation: Jared Miller.

Street Stocks, 15 laps: 1. Paul Morgan. 2. Dustin Hollinger. 3. Greg Diehl. 4. Sam Rial. 5. John Greider.

Heats: Bob Gutshall, Greider.

All Star Circuit of Champions

Attica Raceway Park, Attica, Ohio

A-main, 40 laps: 1. Dale Blaney. 2. Paul McMahon. 3. Joey Saldana. 4. Tim Shaffer. 5. Danny Holtgraver. 6. Kyle Sauder. 7. Lucas Wolfe. 8. Kevin Lee. 9. Greg Wilson. 10. Dustin Daggett.

Heats: Wolfe, Wilson, Craig Mintz, Jac Haudenschild.

Dash: McMahon.

B-main: Saldana.

United Racing Co. 360 Sprints

Bridgeport Speedway, Bridgeport, N.J.

A-main, 25 laps: 1. Daryn Pittman. 2. Becca Anderson. 3. JJ Grasso. 4. Curt Michael. 5. Eddie Wagner. 6. Jonathan Swanson. 7. Mark Bitner. 8. Robbie Stillwaggon. 9. Rory Janney. 10. Art Liedl.

Heats: Swanson, Wagner, Anderson.

B-main: Josh Weller.

Raiders fall to Rams

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ALMEDIA - Anthony Pennypacker belted two singles and drove home two runs, but it wasn't enough as Lourdes Regional (0-2) dropped an 8-4 non-league baseball decision Saturday to Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech.

Michael Gilger, Mike Menapace and Marty Williams also hit safely for the Red Raiders.

Menapace struck out five, but suffered the loss.

LOURDES (AB-R-H-BI) - Gilger 4-2-1-0, Menapace 3-2-1-1, Pennypacker 3-0-2-2, Chesney 3-0-0-0, Melick 3-0-0-1, Howal 3-0-0-0, Costa 3-0-0-0, Holleran 3-0-0-0, Williams 3-0-1-0. Totals 28-4-5-4.

CMVT (AB-R-H-BI) - Krelson 4-4-2-1, Keefer 4-0-1-1, Lacey 4-1-1-2, Strausser 4-0-1-2, Porttman 4-0-0-0, Benza 3-1-0-0, Schetury 3-1-1-1, Hurtle 3-1-0-1, Lefende 3-0-0-0. Totals 32-8-6-8.

Lourdes 200 020 0 - 4 5 3

CMVT 102 221 x - 8 6 1

2B - Schetury.

IP H R ER BB K

Lourdes

Menapace 5.1 6 7 5 5 5

Melick .2 0 1 0 1 1

CMVT

Lacey .1 2 1 1 1 0

Benza 6.2 3 3 3 0 9

MCA doubles up Jays

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KULPMONT - Mount Carmel Area baseball coach Joe Varano flirted with taking out starting pitcher Mike Stutzcavage in the seventh inning with a 6-2 lead after Central Columbia got its first two runners on base.

"I was ready to, but Coach (John Lepley) and Coach (Simon) Lorady both said no, let him go another batter," Varano said.

Stutzcavage got Austin Davis to ground out but an error on a ball hit to third by Jordan Thivierge allowed a run to score with two people still on base and the Blue Jays' power hitter, Cody Klinger, batting. By that time, Varano figured it was Stutzcavage's game to win or lose.

"I didn't want to bring in someone a little slower against Klinger," said Varano. Klinger already had a double and home run, and Varano figured his best chance was with Stutzcavage.

Stutzcavage got Klinger to line out to left field, then got the final out on a fly to center to preserve a big 6-3 Heartland Conference Division II win over the perennially strong Blue Jays.

"That was a really big win," said Varano. "Central is a really good team. We got some timely hits and that's what I told the kids we needed before the game." Mount Carmel improved to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the division, and Central, which has had trouble getting games in, dropped to 0-2, 0-2.

Stutzcavage scattered seven hits, struck out seven and walked three. He came out on top in a good duel with Central's Davis. Davis worked five innings, gave up five hits and four runs, but struck out 12 batters. He walked three.

"We've faced him four times now over the years and he's always been tough," Varano said. "He's around the plate, he mixes his pitches and he gets his curve over."

Mount Carmel took a 1-0 lead in the first. John Rimokaitis singled and Bobby Shustack followed with the first of two doubles. Rimokaitis stopped at third but alertly scored on a wild pitch.

"Rimokaitis did a real good job getting us a run there," Varano said.

Central tied the game in the third on a run-scoring single by Kyle Moroney after a walk to Davis and a single by Thivierge.

But Mount Carmel came right back with two runs in its half of the third. Shustack had a run-scoring double to score Mark Minnig, who walked, stole second and went to third on a dropped ball on the steal, and Stutzcavage had the first of two RBI singles. The second upped the lead to 4-1 in the fifth.

Klinger's solo home run in the sixth cut the lead to 4-2 but Mount Carmel scored two insurance runs in the the bottom half of the inning. Bryan McFadden hit a solo home run off reliever Mitch Hock, and Brett Venna doubled and scored on an error.

Mount Carmel hosts Hughesville in a division game on Wednesday.

CENTRAL COLUMBIA (AB-R-H-BI) - Novak 4-1-1-0, McDanel 4-0-1-0, Davis 2-0-0-1, Flick 0-1-0-0, Thivierge 4-0-1-0, Klinger 4-1-2-1, Beaver 0-0-0-0, Moroney 3-0-1-1, Coombe 2-0-0-0, Schleich 2-0-0-0, Bowman 1-0-1-0, Pointer 2-0-0-0. Totals 28-3-7-3.

MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Minnig 2-1-0-0, Rimokaitis 3-1-1-0, B. Shustack 4-1-2-1, C. Shustack 0-1-0-0, Stutzcavage 3-0-2-2, Haupt 0-0-0-0, Lesko 3-0-0-0, McFadden 3-1-1-1, Swatsky 2-0-0-0, Johnson 1-0-0-0, Venna 3-1-1-0. Totals 24-6-7-4.

Central 001 001 1 - 3 7 2

Mount Carmel 102 012 x - 6 7 2

2B - Klinger; B. Shustack 2, Venna. HR - Klinger; McFadden.

IP H R ER BB K

Central

Davis (L) 5 5 4 2 3 12

Hock 1 2 2 1 0 0

Mount Carmel

Stutzcavage (W) 7 7 3 3 3 7

Tigers record shutout

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MOUNT CARMEL - Southern Columbia and Mount Carmel are teams seemingly headed in different directions.

While neither had played a game in the past week, Southern was much more crisp, knocking out 13 hits in a 13-0, six inning non-league win over the Red Torandoes on Monday at Mount Carmel.

In addition to the offensive out-

pouring, Emily Yoder threw a one-hit, seven-strikeout gem for her first win of the season for the Tigers.

"We hit the ball well," Southern Columbia head coach Al Cihocki said.

"This is a good win coming off the loss to Central, and we needed this to get going and get into the flow of the season."

Southern had no problem building up a 2-0 in the first inning.

Without two of its starting fielders Mount Carmel looked uneasy defensively, allowing balls to drop in the outfield.

An error and another bloop single put Yoder and Mackenzie Silver on base to start the third inning. They were both brought home on one of JoEllen Blass' two doubles that cleared the heads of the outfielders to push the Tigers' lead to 4-0.

Blass went 4 for 4 with two runs scored in addition to the two RBIs, and has been a very pleasant surprise in the lineup for the Tigers.

"JoEllen Blass is hitting the ball very well," Cihocki said. "Last year, we hit for her. Honest to God, she couldn't hit her way out of a paper bag. Now, she's knocking the heck out of the ball."

Southern tacked on another run in the fourth when Kirstin Blass doubled and scored on another head-clearing shot from Yoder.

All told, the Tigers had six extra-base hits.

"They got nine runs on fly balls that should have been caught," Mount Carmel head coach Jake Wojcik said.

The Red Tornadoes also committed five errors, in addition to balls that went over heads or dropped without a glove touching them.

"We weren't outside, but that's a poor excuse now," Wojcik said. "These kids have been playing the outfield, they have to make those plays."

Misplays in the outfield shouldn't take away from the fact that the Tigers peppered the ball.

Kirstin Blass had another double to drive in the runs that pushed the game into mercy territory.

Elise Krankoski and Kim Reigle also had doubles for the Tigers.

Game Summary

SOUTHERN COLUMBIA (AB-R-H-BI) - K. Blass 5-1-3-2, Tomaschik 5-0-1-0, Em. Yoder 4-2-1-1, Vought 1-0-0-0, Silver 4-2-2-1, J. Blass 4-2-4-2, Krankoski 3-2-1-1, Lupold 4-0-0-0, Troup 2-0-0-0, Er. Yoder 1-2-0-1, Reigle 3-2-1-1, McGinley. Totals 36-13-13-9.

MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Spieller 3-0-0-0, Resendes 3-0-0-0, Shamus 2-0-0-0, Chapman 2-0-0-0, Frasch 1-0-1-0, Koschoff 2-0-0-0, Horsfield 2-0-0-0, Lentini 1-0-0-0, Purcell 0-0-0-0, Danilowicz 2-0-0-0. Totals 18-0-1-0.

Southern 202 144 - 13 13 1

Mt. Carmel 000 000 - 0 1 5

2B - K. Blass 2, J. Blass, Krankoski, Reigle. 3B - Em. Yoder.

IP H R ER BB K

Southern Columbia

Em. Yoder (W, 1-0) 6 1 0 0 1 7

Mount Carmel

Koschoff (0-4) 6 13 13 9 3 5

Schreffler sparks Southern

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CATAWISSA R.R. - Zach Schreffler blasted two home runs, driving in five runs and leading Southern Columbia to a 7-2 Heartland-3 baseball victory over Montgomery on Monday.

Zach Malett added a double and single for the Tigers (4-0), who remained unbeaten overall and in league play.

Tim Benner worked a complete game to earn the victory. He struck out 11 and walked only three.

MONTGOMERY (AB-R-H-BI) - Peterson 4-0-0-0, Kriner 3-0-0-0, Ulrich 2-0-1-0, D. Russell 3-0-1-0, Shnyder 3-1-0-0, Worthington 3-0-1-0, Shaner 2-1-1-0, McHenry 3-0-1-0, K. Russell 1-0-0-0. Totals 24-2-5-0.

SOUTHERN (AB-R-H-BI) - Benner 3-2-1-0, Rarig 3-1-1-0, Malett 3-1-2-1, Rosenberger 2-0-0-0, Peters 3-1-2-1, Behrent 3-1-1-0, Schreffler 3-2-2-5, Leisenring 2-0-0-0, Hoffman 3-0-0-0. Totals 24-7-9-7.

Montgomery 001 010 0 - 2 5 1

Southern 010 141 x - 7 9 3

2B - Shaner, Malett. HR - Schreffler 2.

IP H R ER BB K

Montgomery

Shnyder 6 9 7 6 1 9

Southern

Benner (3-0) 7 5 2 0 3 11

Williams Valley 12 Lourdes 0

COAL TOWNSHIP - Vikings' pitchers Brandon Miller, Owen Daniel and Kyle Wertz combined to fire a no-hitter at the Red Raiders in the Schuylkill II victory.

They combined for 15 strikeouts and walked only three.

Grier Melick sustained the loss for Lourdes.

WILLIAMS VALLEY (AB-R-H-BI) - Miller 4-2-1-0, Yanascak 4-1-1-0, Collins 4-2-1-3, Ancheff 4-1-2-3, Daniel 4-2-2-1, Sedesse 4-1-1-1, Wertz 4-1-2-2, Schorr 3-1-2-2, Jansen 3-1-0-1, Harrison 1-0-0-0, Dawd 1-0-0-0. Totals 36-12-12-12.

LOURDES (AB-R-H-BI) - Gilger 3-0-0-0, Menapace 3-0-0-0, Pennypacker 3-0-0-0, Chesney 2-0-0-0, Melick 2-0-0-0, Costa 2-0-0-0, Howal 2-0-0-0, Holleran 2-0-0-0, Williams 1-0-0-0, Stewart 1-0-0-0, Taylor 0-0-0-0. Totals 21-0-0-0.

W. Valley 302 214 - 12 12 0

Lourdes 000 000 - 0 0 0

3B - Daniel. HR - Collins, Ancheff, Schorr.

IP H R ER BB K

Williams Valley

Miller (W) 3 0 0 0 2 9

Daniel 2 0 0 0 1 4

Wertz 1 0 0 0 0 2

Lourdes

Melick (L) 4 7 7 6 4 3

Gilger 2 5 5 5 2 2

Blue Mountain 3 North Schuylkill 2

ORWIGSBURG - North Schuylkill had an early lead, but Blue Mountain won the Schuylkill League contest in extra innings.

Derek Wiley had two hits for the Spartans, who lost their first game of the season.

NORTH SCHUYLKILL (AB-R-H-BI) - Demansky 4-1-1-0, Hutnick 3-0-1-0, Hornberger 4-0-0-0, Green 3-0-0-1, Ciccioni 0-0-0-0, Klinger 1-0-0-0, Dumboski 3-0-0-0, Reed 0-1-0-0, Chernewski 0-0-0-0, Wiley 3-0-2-0, Laudeman 3-0-1-0, Rakowsky 3-0-1-0, Kovalewski 2-0-0-0. Totals 29-2-6-1.

BLUE MOUNTAIN (AB-R-H-BI) - No. Spotts 5-1-1-0, Harding 2-2-1-0, Cryts 4-0-0-0, O'Brien 4-0-2-3, Kirchner 4-0-0-0, Reynolds 3-0-0-0, Allen 0-0-0-0, Yingling 0-0-0-0, Watson 0-0-0-0, Polinsky 1-0-1-0, Bromwell 2-0-0-0, Ni. Spotts 3-0-2-0. Totals 29-3-7-3.

NS (3-1, 0-1) 100 100 00 - 2 6 0

BM (3-1, 2-0) 002 000 01 ­- 3 7 2

Green, Hornberger (4), Klinger (6) and Demansky; Harding, O'Brien (8) and Reynolds. W - O'Brien (1-0). L - Klinger (1-1).

2B - No. Spotts, O'Brien.

Hughesville 17 Shamokin 8

COAL TOWNSHIP - Hughesville scored 17 runs on 18 hits, including eight extra-base hits, against the combined pitching efforts of Dylan Kosmer, Bobby Taylor and Paul Gurba.

The Indians scored eight runs on just five hits, but took advantage of 11 walks issued by Hughesville's pitchers.

Softball

Williams Valley 7 Lourdes 2

COAL TOWNSHIP - Lourdes lost its first game of the season, and what a loss it was.

Down 3-2 with two outs in the seventh, Red Raiders pitcher CharLee Rosini had a line drive strike her above the knee and knock her from the game.

"She suffered a deep bruise above the knee," head coach Scott Long said. "She'll be okay, and although she'll get a couple days off, I'd expect her to want to play the next game."

Rosini also drove in Lourdes' only runs with a two-run triple in the sixth inning.

WILLIAMS VALLEY (AB-R-H-BI) - Deitrich 4-0-0-0, Davis 3-2-2-0, Machamer 4-1-1-0, Kolva 3-2-1-3, Bixler 1-1-0-1, Koppenhaver 2-1-0-1, Pinchorski 3-0-0-0, Doyle 3-0-2-1, Badura 2-0-0-0. Totals 25-7-6-6.

LOURDES (AB-R-H-BI) - Komara 3-0-1-0, Klembara 3-1-2-0, Rosini 3-0-1-2, Raybuck 3-0-1-0, Kuehner 3-0-0-0, E. Long 3-0-0-0, G. Long 3-0-1-0, Pennypacker 2-1-1-0, Rawa 2-0-0-0. Totals 25-2-7-2.

Williams Valley 102 000 4 - 7 6 2

Lourdes 000 002 0 - 2 7 0

2B - Machamer. 3B - Rosini. HR - Davis, Kolva.

IP H R ER BB K

Williams Valley

Machamer 7 7 2 2 0 7

Lourdes

Rosini (L, 2-1) 6.2 4 5 5 7 3

Klembara .1 2 2 2 3 0

Shamokin 21 Shikellamy 10

SUNBURY - Natalie Wolfe led an offensive outpouring for Shamokin with three hits, four runs and two RBIs for the Indians in a Heartland Conference Division I win over Shikellamy.

Olivia Bonshock, Steph Pancher, Helena Supsic and Chesney Haupt all had multi-hit afternoons for Shamokin, and drove in at least one run each as the Indians improved to 2-2 overall.

SHAMOKIN (AB-R-H-BI) - Hornberger 4-2-0-2, Wolfe 4-4-3-2, Pancher 5-0-2-1, Bainbridge 5-2-1-3, Supsic 3-4-2-1, Haupt 5-1-2-3, Duganitz 3-0-1-1, O. Bonshock 3-2-3-1, B. Bonshock 4-3-0-2, Augustitus 0-1-0-0, Templar 1-1-0-1, Demsko 0-1-0-0. Totals 37-21-14-17.

SHIKELLAMY (AB-R-H-BI) - Haynes 5-2-0-1, Hayner 5-1-2-1, Lahr 1-1-0-1, K. Snyder 4-0-0-0, Raker 4-2-1-1, Hogan 1-0-0-0, Tyler 1-1-0-1, C. Snyder 4-0-1-3, Corbin 0-2-0-0, H. Hamor 3-1-0-0, A. Hamor 1-0-0-0. Totals 29-10-8-8.

Shamokin 321 123 9 - 21 14 1

Shikellamy 405 010 0 - 10 8 4

2B - Pancher, Supsic, Haupt. 3B - O. Bonshock.

IP H R ER BB K

Shamokin

Pancher (W, 2-2) 7 8 6 6 8 5

Shikellamy

Hogan 5 8 11 11 11 2

Hamor 2 6 9 2 3 1

North Schuylkill 1 Blue Mountain 0

ORWIGSBURG - Dana Achenbach's sacrifice fly in the sixth inning plated Cassie Lapotsky for the only run of the game as the Spartans edged the Eagles in a Division I pitchers' duel.

Lapotsky got the win for North Schuylkill, striking out 13 and allowing two hits and three walks.

NS (2-0, 1-0) 000 001 0 - 1 4 0

BM (1-3, 0-1) 000 000 0 ­- 0 2 3

Lapotsky and Cappel; Corondi and Boyer. W - Lapotsky (2-0). L - Corondi (0-1).

Hits: North Schuylkill - Lapotsky, Schlauch 2, Smith. Blue Mountain - Kisela, Boyer.

Moore leads Tigers to victory

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HUGHESVILLE - Matt Moore was a triple individual winner, and Andrew Steely, Joey Kleman, Tom Schetroma and Jake Townsend all double winners as Southern Columbia won all but one event to down Hughesville 108-42 in Heartland Conference boys track and field Tuesday.

Moore won both hurdles and the 100-meter dash, Steely the 1600 and 800, Kleman the 400 and 200, Schetroma the shot put and discus, and Townsend the high and triple jumps.

Other Southern winners were Brett Duell (pole vault), Karl Myhre (3200), Jake Morton (long junp) and the 3200 and 1600-meter relay teams.

100 - 1. Matt Moore, SC, 11.4; 2. Sam Hunter, H; 3. T. Thomas, SC; 200 - 1. Joe Kleman, SC, 23.6; 2. Hunter, H; T.J. Kibbe, H; 400 - 1. Kleman, SC, 55.2; Tony Chiavaroli, SC; J. Akpakip, H; 800 - 1. Andrew Steely, SC, 2:11.2; 2. T. Cubberly, H; 3. Dylan Swank, SC; 1,600 - 1. Steely, SC, 4:53; 2. Swank, SC; 3. Cubberly, H; 3,200 - 1. Karl Myhre, SC, 11:37.86; 2. Jay Hiller, H; 3. Mi. Moore, SC; 110 HH - 1. Ma. Moore, SC, 16.2; 2. Brock Sakowski, H; 3. K. Hiller, H; 300 IH - 1. Ma. Moore, SC, 41.8' 2. L O'Connor, H; 400 relay - 1. Hughesville 46.8; 1,600 relay - 1. Southern Columbia 3:52.0; 3,200 relay - 1. Southern Columbia, 9:48.7; High Jump - 1. Jake Townsend, SC, 5-8; 2. Jake Morton, SC; 3. Akapkip, H; Long Jump - 1. Morton, SC, 18-3; 2. Kibbe, H; 3. Tyrell Thomas, SC; Triple Jump - 1. Townsend, SC, 37-11½; Kibbe, H; 3. Sakowski, H; Shot put - 1. Tom Schetroma, SC, 47-0; 2. Matt Dill, H; 3. Cody Pavlick, SC; Discus - 1. Schetroma, SC, 121-11; 2. C. Hitesman, H; 3. Bryan Gedman, SC; Javelin - 1. Townsend, SC, 135-1; 2, Hiller, H; 3. Delbo, SC; Pole Vault - 1. Brett Duell, SC, 12-0; 2. Keith Day, SC; 3. Alec Walter, H.

Girls track Hughesville 110 Southern 40

HUGHESVILLE - Cassidy Merrifield won the 100 and 200, and Hannah Merrifield the 1600 and 3200 to lead Hughesville over Southern Columbia.

Ali Oley won the javelin and shot put for Southern, and Bailey Bzdak won the long jump.

100 - 1. Cassidy Merrifield, H, 13.1; 2. S. Feldser, H; 3. Baily Bzdak, SC; 200 - 1. Feldser, H, 27.6; 2. Bzdak, SC; 3. T. Hollis, H; 400 - 1. C. Merrifield, H, 1:03.1; 2. Jennifer Santo, H; 3. J. Shetler, H; 800 - 1. A. Golshan, H, 2:37.1; 2. Teanna Shutt, SC; 3. M. Santo, H; 1,600 - 1. Hannah Merrifield, H, 6:00.4; 2. M. Akers, H; A. Golshan, H; 3,200 - 1. H. Merrifield, H, 12:48.10; 2. Mara Wilson, SC; M. Akers, SC; 100 HH - 1. T. Hollis, H, 15.4; 2. Marissa Noll, SC; 3. S. Hunter, H; 300 IH - 1. Hollis, H, 49.4; 2. K. Newman, H; 3. Noll, SC; 400 relay - 1. Hughesville 52.3; 1,600 relay - 1. Hughesville 4:29.8; ; 3,200 relay - 1. Hughesville 10:56.8; High Jump - 1. D. Shearer, H, 4-6; 2. Shetler, H; 3. Lauren Kerstetter, SC; Long Jump - 1. Bzdak, SC, 13-10; 2. Shearer, H; 3. Kerstetter, SC; Triple Jump - 1. Shearer, H, 29-9½; 2. Becca Bryden, SC; 3. Kerstetter, SC; Shot put - 1. Ali Oley, SC, 32-9; 2. L. Bliss, H; 3. Jordan Marks, SC; Discus - 1. Bliss, H, 77-8; 2. Marks, SC; Kelly Henry, SC; Javelin - 1. Oley, SC, 107-6; 2. Sara Breech, SC; R. Charles, H; Pole Vault - 1. Ivay Spako, H, 9-0; 2. Kayla Hanley, SC; 3. Brooke Adamski, SC

Softball Jersey Shore 4 Shamokin 1

OVAL - Celine Templar had a pair of singles, and drove in Shamokin's lone run in a tightly contested Heartland Conference Division I loss to Jersey Shore.

The Indians, with a total of six hits, outhit the Bulldogs, but couldn't erase a 3-run fifth inning by Jersey Shore.

SHAMOKIN (AB-R-H-BI) - Hornberger 4-0-0-0, Pancher 3-0-1-0, Bainbridge 3-1-1-0, Supsic 3-0-0-0, Haupt 3-0-0-0, Templar 3-0-2-1, O. Bonshock 3-0-1-0, Forbes 3-0-1-0, B. Bonshock 3-0-0-0. Totals 28-1-6-1.

JERSEY SHORE (AB-R-H-BI) - Bauder 4-1-1-0, Cummings 4-2-1-1, yost 3-0-0-1, Stopper 3-0-2-2, Brewer 2-0-0-0, Martin 3-0-0-0, Allen 2-0-0-0, Peacock 3-0-0-0, Kachelnes 2-0-1-0, Packer 0-1-0-0. Totals 26-4-5-4.

Shamokin 000 001 0 - 1 6 3

Jersey Shore 100 030 x - 4 5 3

2B - Stopper.

IP H R ER BB K

Shamokin

Pancher (L, 2-3) 6 5 4 3 3 7

Jersey Shore

Kachelnes 7 6 1 1 1 5

Baseball Loyalsock 11 Shamokin 0

LOYALSOCK - Dylan Kosmer had two of the Indians' four hits in a Heartland Conference loss to Loyalsock.

Ryan Burns and Austin Fry also hit safely.

SHAMOKIN (AB-R-H-BI) - Kosmer 2-0-2-0, Deptula 2-0-0-0, Burns 2-0-1-0, Miller 2-0-0-0, Tillett 2-0-0-0, Fry 2-0-1-0, Taylor 2-0-0-0, Grinaway 2-0-0-0, Bressi 2-0-0-0. Totals 18-0-4-0.

LOYALSOCK (AB-R-H-BI) - Person 3-1-2-2, Detranseco 4-0-1-2, Surivec 3-2-1-3, Lomison 3-1-1-1, Clark 3-0-2-2, Robbin 2-1-0-0, H. Lomison 2-2-1-0, Boyer 1-2-1-0, Krizan 2-1-1-0. Totals 23-11-10-11.

Shamokin 000 00 - 0 4 0

Loyalsock 070 13 - 11 10 1

2B - Surivec, Clark.

IP H R ER BB K

Shamokin

Burns (L) 1.1 1 4 4 1 4

Fry 3.2 9 7 7 1 3

Loyalsock

Person 5 4 0 0 0 2

Track bests thus far

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Area Season Bests

BOYS

100: Josh Maloney, Mount Carmel 10.96

200: Josh Maloney, Mount Carmel 22.6

400: Meyrick Lamb, Mount Carmel 52.9

800: Brendan Shearn, North Schuylkill 2:10

1600: Brendan Shearn, North Schuylkill 4:36.8

3200: Brendan Shearn, North Schuylkill 9:50.00

110 HH: Matt Moore, Southern Columbia 16.23

300 IH: Matt Moore, Southern Columbia 41.38

400 relay: Shikellamy 44.72

1600 relay: Mount Carmel 3:30.25

3200 relay: Mount Carmel 8:24.52

Shot put: Tyler Kerstetter, Selinsgrove 52-0

Discus: Tyler Kerstetter, Selinsgrove 158-9

Javelin: Ray Heromin, Mount Carmel 158-11

Long jump: Mike Rodriguez, Selinsgrove 19-10

Triple jump: Javonie Rosa, Minersville 43-4¾

High jump: Ian Kanezo, Mount Carmel 6-0

Pole vault: Chris Bergan, Minersville 13-7

GIRLS

100: Ali Varano, Mount Carmel 12.97

200: Ashley Nicola, Jim Thorpe 25.69

400: Mimi Teter, North Schuylkill 1:03

800: Mallory Reed, Milton 2:33.97

1600: Mallory Reed, Milton 5:43.98

3200: Mallory Reed, Milton 12:37

100 HH: Karissa Cichon, Mount Carmel 16.1

Kaitlyn McSurdy, North Schuylkill 16.1

300 IH: Kaitlyn McSurdy, North Schuylkill 46.6

400 relay: Hughesville 51.59

1600 relay: Selinsgrove 4:18.09

3200 relay: Hughesville 10:18.25

Shot put: Renea Broscious, Shamokin 33-10½

Discus: Ahna Huss, Shenandoah Valley 103-2

Javelin: Ali Oley, Southern 122-3

Long jump: Brianna Rauenzahn, Blue Mtn. 16-1

Triple jump: Tori Stramara, Blue Mountain 33-7

High jump: Whitney Boyer, Blue Mountain 5-0

Pole vault: Kayla Hanley, Southern Columbia 8-0

Brooke Adamski, Southern Columbia 8-0

Vicki Soltys, Milton 8-0


Benefit tourney to open

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The eighth annual Salvation Army Adult Benefit Basketball Tournament being held this weekend will showcase some of this area's most talented adult basketball players.

The three-day, 14-team tourney opens Friday evening and continues until Sunday at the Shamokin Area High School gymnasium.

The competition features former athletes from Shamokin Area, Mount Carmel Area, Southern Columbia Area, Line Mountain and Lourdes Regional high schools.

Five games will be played Friday, beginning at 5 p.m. Games will resume Saturday at 8 a.m. and continue through 8 p.m. Sunday, action starts at 9 a.m. and continues through 4 p.m.

Friday's schedule of games includes Central Penn Physical Therapy vs. Klebon's Insurance at 5 p.m.; Earthworms vs. White Oak Tavern, 6 p.m.; Mr. Pizza vs. Outlawz, 7 p.m.; Greyhounds vs. Pottsville, 8 p.m.; and Oak Grove Technologies vs. Puerto Rico, 9 p.m.

Saturday's games open at 8 a.m. featuring Renegades vs. Tornadoes.

Defending champion EMM Mortgage Management opens against the winner of the Central Penn Physical Therapy-Klebon's Insurance game Saturday at 9 a.m.; and the Tire Ranch opens against the Renegades-Tornadoes winner Saturday at 1 pm. Games will continue Saturday until 8 p.m.

Tourney action resumes Sunday at 9 a.m. and runs through 4 p.m. The championship game will be held at 4 p.m. with the third-place contest at 3 p.m.

Brian Persing and Chris Venna, Salvation Army advisory board members, said trophies will be presented to the top four teams immediately following the title contest.

All games will be officiated by Pennsylvania Interscholastic Ath-

letic Association (PIAA) officials, who are volunteering their services for benefit of the Salvation Army.

Assigning officials is Dwayne Scicchitano, chapter assignor of officials.

Persing and Venna thanked area PIAA basketball officials for volunteering their services. "The officials have graciously volunteered to work games for the benefit of the Salvation Army. Without the assistance of the referees and the firms sponsoring teams, we would not be able to raise the much-needed funds we do for the Army."

The co-chairmen also thanked members of the Shamokin Area School Board and the administration for use of the high school gym.

The co-chairmen said although the event has become very competitive, it is largely a fund raiser for charity and no unsportsmanlike conduct will be allowed by players. They said players will be disqualified from that game and any further tourney play after their first technical foul.

CT golfer, 82, scores 1st career hole-in-one

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ELYSBURG - Eighty-two-year-old Andy Brown of Coal Township has been playing golf for about 60 years, but never made a hole-in-one until three weeks ago, when he aced the 154-yard fifth hole at Knoebel's Three Ponds Golf Course.

Brown said he didn't see the ball go in the hole, but that's natural on that hole since there's a blind spot where the ball goes downhill.

"The only thing is that all three of the guys I was playing with said it was a good shot," said Brown. "But right in front of the hole it drops down and you can't see it going in."

Brown used a three-wood for the shot.

Despite weather, area's athletes finding success

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It's still very early in the season, meets have been postponed and, if held, the weather's been brutal, but a look at early season's bests shows that this could be a whale of a year for area track and field athletes.

A quick comparison of some of the early bests in times and distances with last season's bests shows that some of this season's early performances compare nicely with last season's bests. In fact, North Schuylkill distance runner Brendan Shearn has already bettered his 2010 season-best time of 9:54.88 in the 3200 meters with a blistering 9:50 in the first meet of the season at Shamokin.

Mount Carmel sprinter Josh Maloney has already clocked times of 10.96 and 22.6 in the 100 and 200, and the best times from last season were 10.93 by his graduated teammate, Justin Pellowski, and Maloney's 22.54, respectively.

Maloney and his teammates on the 1600-meter relay look like they're going to have a season-long rivalry with Shamokin in that event, and that could push both teams to better times. Mount Carmel beat the Indians head to head at the Purple and White Relays in 3:30.25, a meet record, with Shamokin second at 3:32.50, a week after the Indians won at the Selinstrove Invitational (Mount Carmel was not there).

Mount Carmel had a time of 3:27.83 at the state meet

last year, and could beat that before May with Shamokin pushing.

Similarly, the two school's 3200-meter relay teams look like they could do the same thing. Mount Carmel was first at the Purple and Whites in 8:24.52, just six seconds or so slower than last year's season best of 8:18.47 by Southern Columbia. Shamokin was third at 8:29.28.

"Rog (Shamokin coach Mike Rogers) and I talk all the time about have we have to push each other," Mount Carmel boys coach Mike Farronato said last week before the Purple and White meet. "We absolutely need Shamokin to give us competition and vice-versa."

Shamokin, because of its Class AAA status, needs the help even more, because District Four sends only its champion to the state meet, and Williamsport ran a blistering 3:27 indoors this winter. The AAA qualifying time of 3:24.03 is within reach of the Indians but they would have to be at their absolute best to get that.

In the 3200 relay, the AAA qualifying standard of 8:02.04 would seem to be a little beyond the Indians' reach.

We're using the same criteria as in the past for season's best times. All times, distances and heights by athletes from our area schools are considered, and performances by visting athletes at one of our home venues are also considered.

Hard to fathom

I'm going a little off topic here, but since sportswriters must routinely deal with numbers, I thought I'd share some thoughts on a statement made in a recent letter to the editor in The News-Item. Letter writer Thomas F. O'Neill, a native of Shenandoah now teaching in China, decried the proposed cuts to education in Gov. Tom Corbett's budget and stated how the U.S. is falling behind China and other countries.

I don't doubt that.

But in backing up that charge, O'Neill referred to a Superfast computer developed by Chinese engineer which can make 2,700 trillion calculations per second. Again, I don't doubt that Chinese engineers have developed a Supercomputer, but think about that number for a minute - 2,700 trillion.

Numerically, here is what one trillion looks like - 1,000,000,000,000. Now multiply that by 2,700 times. That's a number so unfathomable that really, how is there any way to really prove or disprove it? I assume this is the same Supercomputer I read about a few months ago that supposedly can download the entire Library of Congress in two seconds.

The Chinese engineers can make such a claim. Perhaps they're even right.

But as a resident semi-Luddite here at the office (I just bought my first cellphone last year and still don't know how to use it other than the basics), this sounds like something you either believe or don't. Some people literally believe God made the world and everything in it in six days. Some don't.

Sounds like the same deal here.

(Souders is a sports writer for The News-Item)

Antlerless licenses increased for local management unit

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HARISBURG - In an effort to increase the population of the deer herd in Wildlife Management Unit 4E, the Pennsylvania Game Commission board of game commission voted at Tuesday's quarterly meeting to authorize 29,000 antlerless licenses to be issued for the 2011-12 deer seasons.

It had been the recommendation of biologist Chris Rosenberry and the PGC deer-management team that the herd be stabilized in WMU 4E and that 35,000 antlerless licenses be allocated. In setting the antlerless allocation at 29,000 to increase the herd, it is actually 4,000 more than the 25,000 suggested by the deer-management team, which said an allotment of 44,000 would be needed to decrease the herd.

Last year, 26,899 antlerless tags were purchased by hunters to use in WMU 4E, which is comprised of Northumberland County and the northern most portion of Schuylkill County. Hunters took 5,923 antlerless deer in 4E during the 2010-11 seasons, which continues the downward trend - as 6,287 were taken the previous year.

"This is purely a social issue," PGC commissioner Tom Boop of Sunbury said. "This is one of the WMUs where our deer-management plan has received the most criticism, and this is one of the ways we can address this issue."

Boop, whose eight-year term will expire in June, has been an outspoken critic of the PGC deer-management plan, mostly because there is no separation of management goals

for private and public land. It is Boop's position that the majority of deer in WMU 4E are taken on private land.

WMU 4E is one of 11 WMUs that will have a five days of antlered and seven days of concurrent antlered and antlerless hunting during the firearms season, which begins Monday, Nov. 28. Concurrent antlered and antlerless hunting opens Saturday, Dec. 2, and continues Monday-Saturday, Dec. 4-10.

A major first step was taken by the PGC board to allow an adult mentor to transfer their antlerless deer license to a Mentored Youth Hunting Program participant, provided that the General Assembly enacts the enabling legislation before the board's next meeting, Monday and Tuesday, June 27 and 28. If the enabling legislation is signed into law before the meeting, it would allow for final adoption to the proposed regulatory change so that it could take effect for the upcoming deer seasons.

Senate Bill 274, sponsored by Senate Game and Fisheries Committee Chairman Richard Alloway II, has been approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee, and is awaiting further consideration by the Senate. If approved by the Senate, SB 274 would be sent to the House, which passed an identical measure last session, and if approved by both chambers, the bill would be sent to Gov. Tom Corbett, who has indicated his support.

At last October's board meeting, it unanimously approved a resolution, introduced by Northeast Region commissioner Jay Delaney, to support legislative efforts to allow for adult mentors to transfer one antlerless deer license or permit to a youth under the age of 12 participating in the MYHP. Youth would be limited to harvesting one antlerless deer during a license year, and includes both archery and firearms seasons.

Under the MYHP, a mentor is defined as a properly licensed individual who is a minimum of 21 years of age who serves as a guide to a youth while engaged in hunting or related activities -- including scouting, teaching firearms or hunter safety and wildlife identification. A mentored youth is identified as an unlicensed individual less than 12 years of age who is accompanied by a mentor while engaged in hunting or related activities, and legal species now approved for the MYHP are squirrels, groundhogs, coyote, antlered deer and spring gobbler.

Regulations require that the mentor-to-mentored youth ratio be one-to-one, and that the pair possesses just one sporting arm when hunting. While moving, the sporting arm must be carried by the mentor, and only after reaching a stationary hunting location may the youth may take possession of the sporting arm, but must remain within arm's length of the adult mentor at all times while in possession of the sporting arm.

All youth participating in the MYHP must obtain a permit through the PGC Pennsylvania Automated License System, which costs $2.70. Of that fee, one dollar goes to the PGC, one dollar goes to the issuing agent who processes the permit application and 70 cents goes to the company managing PALS.

Here are the 2011-12 antlerless allocations by Wildlife Management Units

1A: 42,000; 1B: 30,000.

2A: 65,000; 2B: 71,000; 2C: 58,000; 2D: 60,000; 2E: 25,000; 2F: 34,000; 2G: 23,000.

3A: 26,000; 3B: 40,000; 3C: 29,000; 3D: 39,000.

4A: 28,000; 4B: 23,000; 4C: 35,000; 4D: 37,000; 4E: 29,000.

5A: 19,000; 5B: 50,000; 5C: 117,000; 5D: 22,000.

LM grad 4th in national event

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CLEVELAND - Former Line Mountain state champion wrestler Tyler Erdman, now at Shippensburg University, recently finished fourth at 55 kilograms (121.25 pounds) in the Greco-Roman division at the 2011 U.S. Open national championships.

Erdman, who sat out this season collegiately after transferring from Elizabethtown College, competed for a club team, Modern Day Gladiators, and earned a slot in the 2011 U.S. World Team Trials, to be held in Oklahoma City June 9-11. That tournament will determine what wrestlers will respresent the U.S. at the world championships in Turkey, and what Americans will be national team members servng as training partners and alternatives.

Erdman lost his first bout to third seed Paul Tellgren of the Minnesota Storm, 2-0, 1-0. Tellgren went on to finish second. Erdman then won by medical forfeit against Aaron Runzo of Virginia Challenge. He then beat Bobby Phellps of the U.S. Marines, 8-1, 7-0, and Brandon Escobar of the New York Athletic Club, 6-0, 0-1, 6-0, Erdman beat 8th-ranked Dmitry Ryabchinskiy of NYAC, 1-0, 1-0 to make to the third place match, which he dropped 2-0, 1-0 third ranked Nate Engel of the U.S. Army.

In 2010, while at Elizabethtown College, Erdman finished second in the NCAA Division III national championships.

His brother, Travis Erdman, a two-time PIAA Class AA state place winner, will be joining him next year at Shippensburg.

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