SELINSGROVE - Lance Dewease took the lead from Mike Erdley on lap eight and held off Greg Hodnett to win the PA Sprint Speedweek race at Selinsgrove Speedway on Sunday night. His 19th career Speedweek win was worth $5,000.

Blane Heimbach came from fourth to second late in the race. Greg Hodnett finished third. Fred Rahmer's fourth-place finish was enough to secure his 13th career Speedweek championship.

MOUNT CARMEL - Shamokin-Mount Carmel's American Legion baseball team will play Tuesday at Danville at 5:45 p.m. in the first round of the Susquehanna Valley American Legion League playoffs.

Shamokin-Mount Carmel (7-11 overall, 5-11 league( is seeded seventh and Danville is seeded second.

Danville - Central Susquehanna Opportunities (CSO) Inc. will hold its eighth annual golf classic on July 16, 2012 at the Frosty Valley Country Club in Danville.

Funds raised at the Golf Classic support the CSO C.A.R.E.S. (Crisis Assistance Refueling Energy Services) program, which provides a variety of energy-related services to low-income individuals and/or households. Last year's CSO Golf Classic raised over $14,000 to benefit local families.

The four-person scramble will begin at 10 am. The cost of the event includes coffee and donuts at registration, green fees and a cart, lunch between nine holes, on-course refreshments, a patio dinner, and prizes.

Prizes from the Frosty Valley Country Club Pro-Shop will be awarded to the top three teams in three flights. Specialty prizes will also be awarded for closest to the pin and longest drive.

There will also be a $10,000 cash hole in one or $10,000 towards vehicle contest sponsored by Zeisloft Brothers Inc., Danville. Many local and regional door prizes will also be awarded.

For sponsorship opportunities or to register to golf, call 644-6575.

CSO is a private, nonprofit, community-based, charitable organization that strives to address poverty at the local level and move individuals and families to self-sufficiency.

On the Net: www.censop.com.

Big Diamond not closing

FORRESTVILLE - Big Diamond track owners Fritz and Krista Roehrig, and Jack Smulley, race director, amidst plenty of speculation, have announced once again through e-mail that the track will remain open.

"The simple word is this: The Big Diamond Speedway is not being shut down!" the email reports in bolded letters.

The idea of the track's closure centers around a tax dispute between speedway officials and Cass Township supervisors.

At the heart of the issue is an increase from a five percent to 10 percent amusement tax against the speedway as of March 29.

"Our attorney, Paul Ober of Reading, who represents us and the speedway, is working with the township's attorney to resolve the above issues," Fritz Roehrig said in the press release."

Big Diamond Speedway will be back in action, weather allowing, on Friday with the Wooden Keg Tavern Roadrunner Chicken Wing Challenge and races for modifieds, sportsman and roadrunners, along with the ARDC midgets.

Lance Dewease took the lead from Mike Erdley on lap eight and held off Greg Hodnett to win the Pa. Sprint Speed Week race at Selinsgrove Speedway on Sunday night. His 19th career Speed Week win was worth $5,000.

Blane Heimbach came from fourth to second late in the race. Greg Hodnett finished third. Fred Rahmer's fourth place finish was enough to secure his 13th career Speed Week championship. Rick Lafferty finished fifth. It was the second straight year that Rahmer won the title without winning a race. He's won 13 of the 22 Speed Weeks.

Alan Krimes finished second in points and Greg Hodnett was third. Dewease and Daryn Pittman were fourth and fifth in points.

Rahmer set fast time three times including Hagerstown, the Mitch Smith Memorial at Williams Grove and again at Port Royal.

The average car count was 33. Here are the car counts by track: Lincoln, 31; Big Diamond, 25; Grandview, 32; Hagerstown, 29; Williams Grove (Thurs.), 38; Williams Grove (Fri.), 42; Port Royal, 38; Selinsgrove, 31.

A total of 82 different drivers competed in at least one race. Only eight drivers competed in every race. For the third straight season, all eight Speed Week races were completed. The last rain out of Speed Week is Hagerstown in 2009.

Brian Montieth kicked off Speed Week on June 30 with a win at Lincoln Speedway and he won again at Big Diamond on July 1. The series resumed Tuesday with Hodnett winning Grandview. Keith Kauffman won at Hagerstown on Wednesday.

Teenager Logan Schuchart inherited the lead when Danny Dietrich broke and led the final laps to win the speed week race at Williams Grove on Thursday night. Daryn Pittman, Fred Rahmer, Stevie Smith and Paul McMahon followed. Schuchart earned $5,000.

Stevie Smith took the lead from Shane Stewart with 10 laps to go in the 30-lap Mitch Smith Memorial at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night and would go on to the $10,000 win. Hodnett, Danny Lasoski and Donny Kreitz followed.

Dan Hineline and Rick Laubach each picked up feature wins in the Georgie Stevenson Memorial twin 20's at Big Diamond Speedway on Friday night.

Californian Tyler Walker took the lead from Stevie Smith on a late-race restart and would win the Pa. Sprint Speed Week at Port Royal on Saturday. Hodnett, Pittman and Heimbach completed the top five.

Selinsgrove's Jim Yoder led all 20 laps of the late model feature at Port Royal. He won over Tim Wilson, Mike Lupfer, his son, Dylan, and Brett Schadel.

Veteran sprint car driver Cris Eash won his first 358 sprint feature of the season at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday. Bobby Beard won the 358 late models and Logan Wagner the 305 sprints.

The racing program at Selinsgrove Speedway was rained out on Saturday night. The speedway will be off next week for summer vacation and return to action in two weeks.

Racing Recap

Thursday

Sprints, 30 laps: 1. Logan Schuchart. 2. Daryn Pittman. 3. Fred Rahmer. 4. Stevie Smith. 5. Paul McMahan. 6. Steve Buckwalter. 7. Lance Dewease. 8. Adam Wilt. 9. Alan Krimes. 10. Don Kreitz.

Friday

Big Diamond Speedway

358 Modifieds, 20 laps: 1. Dan Hineline. 2. John Willman. 3. Keith Hoffman. 4. Andy Burkhart. 5. Neal Williams. 6. Craig Whitmoyer. 7. Duane Howard. 8. Meme DeSantis. 9. Craig VonDohren. 10. Jeff Strunk.

358 Modifieds, 20 laps: 1. Rick Laubach. 2. Mike Mammana. 3. Duane Howard. 4. Ray Swinehart. 5. Hoffman. 6. Kevin Albert Jr. 7 VonDohren. 8. Willman. 9. Ricky Yetter. 10. Dale Hartz.

Sportsman modifieds, 20 laps: 1. Charles Webber. 2. Kevin Beach Jr. 3. Wayne Witmer. 4. Jared Umbenhauer. 5. Brad Brightbill.

Roadrunners, 20 laps: 1. Joey Brennan. 2. Chip Kennedy. 3. Kyle Killian. 4. Jim Koslt. 5. Jesse Krasnitsky.

Williams Grove Speedway

Mitch Smith Memorial

Sprints, 30 laps: 1. Stevie Smith. 2. Shane Stewart. 3. Greg Hodnett. 4. Danny Lasoski. 5. Donnie Kreitz. 6. Mike Erdley. 7. Fred Rahmer. 8. Doug Esh. 9. Lance Dewease. 10. Alan Krimes.

Saturday

Lincoln Speedway

358 Sprints, 20 laps: 1. Cris Eash. 2. Dale Hammaker. 3. Austin Hogue. 4. Todd Rittenhouse Jr. 5. Keith Prutzman. 6. Niki Young. 7. Tim Wagaman. 8. Kyle Moody. 9. Ryan Wilson. 10. Matt Findley.

358 Late Models, 20 laps: 1. Bobby Beard. 2. Jake Jones. 3. Randy Stoudt. 4. Pat Beard. 5. Gene Knaub.

305 Sprints, 20 laps: 1. Logan Wagner. 2. Billy Ney. 3. Kody Lehman. 4. Dusty Shatzer. 5. David Martin.

Port Royal Speedway

Sprints, 30 laps: 1. Tyler Walker. 2. Stevie Smith. 3. Greg Hodnett. 4. Daryn Pittman. 5. Blane Heimbach. 6. Chad Layton. 7. Danny Holtgraver. 8. Alan Krimes. 9. Lance Dewease. 10. Rick Lafferty.

Late Models, 20 laps: 1. Jim Yoder. 2. Tim Wilson. 3. Mike Lupfer. 4. Dylan Yoder. 5. Brett Schadel.

Sunday

Selinsgrove Speedway

Jan Opperman Memorial

Sprints, 30 laps: 1. Lance Dewease. 2. Blane Heimbach. 3. Greg Hodnett. 4. Fred Rahmer. 5. Rick Lafferty. 6. Alan Krimes. 7. TJ Stutts. 8. Aaron Ott. 9. Stevie Smith. 10. Brent Marks.

BLOOMSBURG - It got harder than it should have maybe, but South Columbia successfully defended its District 13 Little League Major Division championship with a 6-5 win over Milton Monday in the title game at Bloomsburg's Town Park.

South Columbia, which includes five players from the Elysburg area, was cruising with a 5-0 lead behind the pitching of Garrett Barilar and the hitting of its strong middle order. But Barilar struggled at the start of the sixth inning, then reached his pitch limit, and Milton took advantage to score five runs and tie the game.

But Devin Stout's fielder's choice grounder up the middle scored Matt Grozier with the game-winning run as South Columbia won the title for the second year in a row. South Columbia will play in the Section 3 tournament against teams from District 15 (the Northern Tier), District 24 (Upper Dauphin or Tri-Valley) and District 12 (Lycoming County and surrounding areas) sometime on the weekend, but the exact opponent and site have yet to be determined, according to South Columbia manager Kirk Seesholtz.

Barilar gave up just two hits and no runs in the first five inning, and finished with 11 strikeouts and just one walk, using his curve to keep Milton hitters off balance. But he walked Brandon Feltman to start the sixth, and Alex Garcia followed with a single. Rylan Rice drove in both runners with a single and went to third on an error. Barilar struck out a batter, then gave up a run-scoring single to Seth Kendall. Barilar struck out the next batter but had to give way because he had reached his pitch limit.

Ty Seesholtz relieved and had trouble with his control. He threw two wild pitches, the second allowing Kendall to score, walked two batters and gave up a two-run single to Eric Council before retiring Feltman on a grounder to second.

"We had things set up to have him relieve all the way," said Kirk Seesholtz. "Garrett was up around 70 pitches and we hoped he could go the rest of the game. He did the best he could but he ran out of gas a little. But I told the kids when they came to the dugout this was why it was important to have last bat. All they had to do was find a way."

With the 3-4-5 batters coming up, scoring a run seemed almost inevitable. Grozier, Julian Fleming and Cole Taylor, the 4-5-6 hitters, were a combined 7-for-10 with two doubles, a home run, five runs scored and two RBI. After Barilar, the number three hitter, popped out, Grozier singled and Fleming, whose two-run home run in the fourth was huge considering the later Milton rally, was safe on a bunt single. Grozier went to third but Fleming was forced out at second by Taylor.

Stout then hit a grounder up the middle. Milton second baseman C.J. Badman went to flip the ball to second for a force to end the inning but the shortstop had gone after the ball and was out of position. Badman tried to flip the ball to first but had nothing on it, and Grozier came in to score the winning run.

"You have to give Milton credit because they really battled back," Seesholtz said. "The way momentum shifted there, we didn't want to go to extra innings."

Game Summary

MILTON (AB-R-H-BI) - Council 4-0-1-2, Feltman 3-0-0-0, Garcia 3-1-1-0, Rice 3-1-2-2, Badman 3-0-1-0, Kendall 2-1-1-1, Doretsky 1-0-0-0, Calhoun 2-0-0-0, Fay 1-0-0-0, Egan 1-1-0-0, Manzano 1-1-0-0, Davis 1-0-0-0. Totals 25-5-6-5.

SOUTH COLUMBIA (AB-R-H-BI) - Szuler 2-1-0-0, Hoffman 3-0-0-0, Barilar 4-0-0-1, Grozier 4-2-3-0, Fleming 4-2-3-2, Taylor 2-1-1-0, Hock 1-0-0-0, Stout 2-0-1-2, Seesholtz 1-0-0-0, Fulton 1-0-0-0, Derk 2-0-1-0, Haupt 1-0-0-0. Totals 27-6-9-5.

Milton 000 005 - 5 6 4

S. Columbia 111 021 - 6 9 3

Extra-base hits: 2B - Grozier, Taylor. HR - Fleming.

IP H R ER BB K

Milton

Garcia 4 6 5 2 5 3

Manzano (L) 1.2 3 1 1 1 1

S. Columbia

Barilar 5.2 5 4 4 1 11

Seesholtz (W) .1 1 1 1 2 0

Kulpmont Football/Baseball Association

Meetings, first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

Coal Runnings

Running club, meets at 5:30 p.m. each Monday at Shamokin Area's Kemp Memorial Stadium parking lot. Open to runners of all ages. More on Facebook at coalrunnings.

MCA Youth Track and Field Camp

Hosted by the Mount Carmel Area track and field team July 16-19 at the Silver Bowl. Camp will be in operation 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., July 16-17-18, and on July 19, a mini meet will be held for all participants starting at 9 a.m. Camp cost is $40 and includes a t-shirt. Applications are available at the MCA elementary school office or on the track team website. For information, call Ana Ditchey at 570-817-0524. Application deadline is July 1. Applications received after that will not guarantee a t-shirt.

Shamokin Area Football Reserved Seats

Cost for five home games is $27.50. Senior citizen discount for five home games is $10. Those interested should call 648-5731, ext. 3533.

ASA Class B Tournament

The Susquehanna Fast Pitch Umpires Association will host an ASA Class B tournament for U12, U14, U16 and U18 age groups in the Milton area July 14-15. Please call Bill Ditchey at 570-847-8863 or e-mail to svumpires@gmail.com for more information.

MCA Track and Field Banquet

To honor senior team members and state qualifiers, July 19, 6:30 p.m. at the Mount Carmel Elks. Team members receive complimentary tickets. Parents and other family members can purchase tickets at a cost of $11. Contact Coach Ditchey or Coach Farronato to RSVP by July 10.

Soccer Team Seeks Players

Shamokin based (BDSC) U-13 girls travel soccer team will hold tryouts for the fall season. Practices are held at the Elysburg fields next to McDonald's. Players interested should contact Connie at 570-648-1465.

Shamokin Area Summer Basketball Camp

For any boys and girls, July 23-26 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shamokin Area High School. Camp t-shirts, awards and lunch available and camp is run by boys coach Chris Zimmerman. Cost is $65 and checks can be made payable to the Bucket Club. For more information, call Zimmerman at 570 850-9687.

North Schuylkill Sports Physicals

Saturday, July 28 at the high school, beginning at 8 a.m. The schedule is: junior high girls basketball, 8 a.m.; girls volleyball, 8:30; junior high football cheerleading, 8:45; varsity football cheerleading, 9 a.m.; junior high cross country, 9:15; varsity cross country, 9:45; girls soccer, 10 a.m.; boys soccer, 10:30; golf, 10:45; junior high football, 11 a.m.; junior varsity and varsity football, 11:45. There will be a $10 cost per physical and the fee must be paid before an athlete can receive the physical.

Shamokin Area Sports Physicals

Wednesday, Aug. 8 at the high school. The schedule is: junior high, junior varsity and varstiy football, 2:30 p.m.; girls soccer, 2:45; boys soccer and volleyball, 3 p.m.; junior high and varsity cross country, 3:15; golf and junior high softball, 3:30; cheerleaders and any additional sports, 3:45. Physicals will be administered by Dr. Miller and cost $20. Only cash will be accepted. All forms, which can be picked up at the high school or downloaded from the school website, need to be completed by a parent or guardian prior to physical.

MCA Elementary Wrestling Picnic

Sunday, Aug. 5, noon, at Locust Lake State Park, Site 262. Call Coach Besser at 274-3281 to RSVP.

Mount Carmel Jets

Football registration, Sunday, July 15, 6 p.m. in the old Mount Carmel Area gym, Fourth and Vine streets, for boys entering grades 1 through 8 for the 2012 school year. Registration fee is $40. Insurance information must be provided. All players must provide a copy of their birth certificate. Equipment distribution will be Sunday, July 22 at the same location. A and B teams will receive equipment at 4 p.m., the C team will receive equipment at 6 p.m. Any player who has not provided a copy of their birth certificate must do so at this time.

Nicholas Girolami Golf Benefit

The 14th annual Nicholas Girolami Memorial Golf Benefit will be held at Indian Hills Golf and Tennis Club July 15, starting at 9 a.m. For more information on playing or sponsorships, contact the Indian Hills Pro Shop or call Don Spieller at 570-644-1972. Donations may be sent to Joseph and Sabrina Girolami, 4129 State Route 61, Paxinos, Pa., 17860-7542.

Shamokin AYSO Soccer Swim Party

Thursday, July 12, 5 p.m.-close at Knoebel's Crystal Pool. Rain date is Thursday, July 19. Free admission for any children who played fall 2011-spring 2012. Pizza will be provided. U-6 players are asked to donate drinks, U-8 players snacks, U-10 and U-12 players paper products (plates, cups, or napkins), and U-14 desserts.

Shamokin-Coal Township Little League Awards Day

Saturday, July 14 at 10 a.m. at Ferndale Field.

Little Shamokin Indians Registration

Little Shamokin Indians football and cheerleader registration for children six years old to sixth grade. Fee is $30 single, $50 family. Copy of child's birth certificate must be presented. For registration information, call Wes Tillett (898-6378) or Nicole Bozza (847-0371). The organization will be ordering new helmets and cheerleading warmup gear for the season.

Marion Heights Baseball Tournament

Marion Heights 11-and-under baseball tournament, July 13-15, double elimination. Entrance fee $100. For more information call Barry Elliot at 205-7394.

Hunter Safety Class

Saturday, Aug. 11 and Sunday, Aug. 12 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day at the Zerbe Township Rod and Gun Club.

Lourdes Volleyball Open Gym

Anyone interested in playing during the upcoming season in encouraged to attend at Lourdes' gym Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Tom O'Brien at 847-1936.

24th Annual Wayside Open

The 2012 Wayside Open will be held at the Indian Hills Golf Club, Saturday, Aug. 11. It will be a four person scramble with a double shotgun start at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tee times will be assigned on a first-come, first-registered basis. Cost for the day, which includes golf, carts, gift, refreshments on the course, after-lunch 11:30-1:30, a pig roast at 7 p.m. along with DJ entertainemnt is $75 if paid by August 3, and $80 after that date. This year marks the 14th anniversary of the tragic cabin fire that took so many lives. This tournament established the Wiest-Whery Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor the memories of these fine young people. The Wayside Open has dedicated all money raised to this cause. To sponsor a hole or play in this event, contact Don Spieller at Indian Hills at 644-1972 or email Don at IHGCPROSHOP@aol.com.

Lourdes 5K Run

Lourdes Regional Raiderfest 5K Run will be held Saturday, Aug. 25, at 9 a.m. Pre-registered participants are guaranteed a T-shirt and race day registrants will receive them as long as supplies last. Top three male and female finishers in each age group win awards. Registration is $20, $15 students 18 and younger. Refreshments provided at finish. For more information, e-mail OLOL5K@yahoo.com.

DANVILLE - Shamokin-Mount Carmel already had an uphill battle when it arrived at Danville as the No. 7 seed for the Susquehanna Valley League playoffs.

With just 10 available players, including the designated hitter, Shamokin-Mount Carmel was cutting it close. Then the unthinkable happened.

It was the bottom of the second inning, and Shamokin-Mount Carmel leftfielder Corey Langton slid to catch a ball hit by Danville's Adam Creasy, but landed awkwardly on his left wrist.

Forget that Shamokin-Mount Carmel already trailed 2-0 at that point. Forget that the ball skittered behind Langton, who rolled over and clutched at his wrist, and another run scored.

The result that mattered was

that Langton was done for the day, and probably longer, and that Shamokin-Mount Carmel had no one to put in his place. Even though Shamokin-Mount Carmel had used a DH, he could only come in for the player he was hitting for, who happened to be starting pitcher Levi Craft.

Langton's injury left Shamokin-Mount Carmel with only two outfielders and an automatic out was given to S-MC whenever his turn to bat came up.

In the end, it was all too much to overcome for Shamokin-Mount Carmel. Danville won 11-1 in five innings.

Shamokin-Mount Carmel gets another crack in the playoffs when it hosts West Snyder at 5:30 p.m. today at Bunker Hill.

"What can you do? I know we got 10-runned, and we made a lot of mistakes, but it wasn't that bad. What were we going to do? We only had two outfielders," Shamokin-Mount Carmel coach Joe Varano said.

Danville took the early lead when a pair of errors in center field for Shamokin-Mount Carmel helped plate two runs.

A walk and another error by Shamokin-Mount Carmel put another runner in scoring position. That run scored on Creasy's hit and Langton's injury.

From there, Shamokin-Mount Carmel had no choice but to use just two outfielders, and Ryan Burns and Theo Deptula were kept busy.

Danville had a total of five extra-base hits after the injury, while Shamokin-Mount Carmel's offense was not quite as potent with just five overall hits.

Meanwhile, Danville pitcher Mason Fausnaught struck out four batters and allowed only one unearned run.

"(Fausnaught) pitched against us four times over the last two years, and he's good, and we had better at-bats today than we ever had," Varano said.

Shamokin-Mount Carmel designated hitter Brody Young did make it into the game in the fifth inning when Jake Jones replaced Craft on the mound, but no one could have foreseen Tuesday's developments.

"I decided to use the designated hitter because I thought that gave us the best chance to win," Varano said.

"It wasn't the first time I've done something like that. It's summer and kids are away and you go with what you've got. Vacations killed us this year, and when the kids are here, we've been very good."

Game Summary

SHAMOKIN-MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Deptula 3-0-1-0, Pupo 3-0-1-1, Burns 2-0-1-0, Lesko 2-0-1-0, Jones 2-0-1-0, Craft 0-0-0-0, Young 2-0-0-0, Rodarmel 2-0-0-0, Langton 0-0-0-0, Tocyloski 1-1-0-0. Totals 17-1-5-1.

DANVILLE (AB-R-H-BI) - Andreychick 2-2-2-2, Leitzel 3-2-1-1, Grubb 3-0-0-0, Fausnaught 1-2-1-1, Berg 3-0-2-3, Ross 2-0-0-0, Russell 2-2-1-0, Jenkins 0-0-0-0, Heeter 2-2-1-0, Creasy 1-1-1-0. Totals 19-11-9-8.

S-MC 001 00 - 1 5 4

DANVILLE 212 51 - 11 9 0

Extra-base hits: 2B - Andreychick, Heeter, Creasy. 3B - Andreychick, Berg 2.

IP H R ER BB K

Shamokin-Mount Carmel

Craft (L) 4 9 10 7 4 2

Jones .1 0 1 0 0 1

Danville

Fausnaught (W) 5 5 1 0 1 4

SHAMOKIN - Shamokin-Mount Carmel's American Legion season ended in rough fashion Wednesday.

Playing with only nine players for the second straight night in the Susquehanna Valley League playoffs, and with several players out of position defensively, Shamokin-Mount Carmel committed eight errors, six in the the first three innings, and dropped a 15-10 decision to West Snyder, for their second loss in the double elimination tournament.

Shamokin-Mount Carmel dropped an 11-1 decision to Danville on Tuesday in a game in which the team started with nine players but had to finish with eight after an injury sidelined outfielder Cory Langton.

"It's disappointing considering what we did in the playoffs last year, and the fact that we were only playing with nine players," said Shamokin-Mount Carmel coach Joe Varano. "I don't begrudge kids going on vacation but we also had some kids who just didn't show up. We had a few kids who were at every game, and that's it. I feel bad for those kids because when we had everybody, we were as good as any team in the league.

"What happened tonight was we had kids out of position. I pitched (Zach) Tocyloski because he was our best pitcher all year and you don't get beat in the playoffs without pitching your best. But pitching him hurt us defensively, and once we made

a couple of errors early, we started to play scared a little. What makes it bad is that we beat this team twice."

Amazingly, Tocylosky gave up 10 runs in three innings, not one of which was earned. Of West Snyder's 15 runs, only three were earned.

To be fair, West Snyder only dressed nine players as well, but got a gritty, if not pretty, pitching performance from Zach Mast. Mast worked into the sixth inning and only gave up five hits, but he walked eight batters and was hurt by some errors from his team, too. His 15-5 lead going into the sixth dwindled to 15-10 but relievers Eli Stem and Ryan Combs combined to snuff the rally out.

"We could have given up after it was what, 12-5, but we fought back," said Varano. "But it was a sloppy game."

Shamokin-Mount Carmel committed four errors in the second inning as West Snyder scored five runs, then committed two more in the next inning, leading to five more runs. The winners scored two runs on suicide squeezes, and Mast had a three-run triple to help himself in the third, then scored on a single by Nick Lorenz. Lorenz was 3-for-5, scored two runs and drove in three, and Mast was 2-for-4, scored two and drove in four.

Nobody had more than one hit for Shamokin-Mount Carmel, but seven different players drove in runs, with Ryan Burns, who pitched in relief of Tocyloski, driving in two. Jake Jones and Brody Young each hit doubles.

"Our plan was to get Zach a lead and then bring in Ryan, but it didn't work out that way," Varano said.

Shamokin-Mount Carmel finished the season 7-13 overall. West Snyder plays at Catawissa tonight.

Game Summary

WEST SNYDER (AB-R-H-BI) - Lorenz 5-2-3-3, Combs 5-0-1-0, Conahan 4-1-1-1, Zimmerman 4-2-1-1, Lesh 3-2-1-1, Snook 4-2-1-0, Eberle 3-1-0-1, Stem 3-3-1-1, Mast 4-2-2-4. Totals 35-15-11-12.

SHAMOKIN-MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Deptula 4-1-0-0, Pupo 3-2-1-1, Burns 5-1-1-2, Lesko 3-1-0-1, Jones 4-0-1-0, Young 3-1-1-1, Tocyloski 1-1-0-1, Rodarmel 2-1-0-1, Craft 3-2-1-1. Totals 28-10-5-8.

WS 055 113 0 - 15 11 6

S-MC 140 005 0 - 10 5 8

Extra-base hits: 2B - Snook; Young, Jones. 3B - Mast.

IP H R ER BB K

WS

Mast (W) 5 5 10 8 8 3

Stem .1 0 0 0 1 1

Combs 1.2 0 0 0 0 1

S-MC

Tocyloski (L) 3 5 10 0 2 2

Burns 4 6 5 3 6 3

Mount Carmel Junior Baseball

1st round playoff

Kulpmont Cougars 9, Knights of Columbus 5

W; Matthew Ziv (12 strikeouts). L: Cameron Britt.

Cougars - Michael Hood, 2 doubles, single; Colin Herb, double, single; D.J. Quinn, double, single; Austin Reed, double, single; Anthony Stutzcavage, 2 singles; Jake Adzema, 2 singles; Tyler Winhofer, single. K of C - Britt, single; J.D. Kerris, double; T. Fegley, single.

MILTON - Shamokin-Mount Carmel's 10-11 All-Stars jumped on Juniata County early and made it stand for a 6-3 win Thursday to reach the championship round of the District 13 tournament.

Shamokin-Mount Carmel will play Berwick, the only team it has lost to in the tournament, Saturday at 1 p.m. at Milton. A win in that game would force another game with Berwick, which is unbeaten.

Jacob Carpenter and Matt Dimmick had the big hits for Shamokin-Mount Carmel (3-1). Carpenter's two-run home run over the left field fence in the third inning upped the lead to 6-0, which became important, because Juniata reliever Trevor Watts came in and shut down the offense, and Juniata rallied for three runs and left two runners on base in the bottom of the sixth.

Shamokin-Mount Carmel's four-run second inning was highlighted by a two-run double by Dimmick.

"We started the tournament really swinging the bats well," Shamokin-Mount Carmel manager Chris Carpenter said. "We beat this team 21-4 the first time we played them, so kudos to them for their effort tonight. We have to hit the ball (to be successful). We haven't been hitting the last couple of games, but defensively we've been very consistent. Jacob's home run tonight really turned out big because we started out hitting the ball well today but then we got shut down a little bit."

Max Tillett and Dakota Albertson also drove in runs in the second, Tillett with a single and Albertson with a sacrifice fly.

Starting pitcher John Ayers had no problems for 2.2 innings, but was lifted because of pitch count for Dimmick. Dimmick worked the next 2.1 innings and also was lifted because of pitch count, but was also in some trouble in the sixth inning at the time. Juniata's Payne Shirk and Bryce Leonard singled and walked, respectively, to start the inning, and Jack Chapman came in to pitch. He retired the first batter he faced on a grounder to second but the next batter, Chase Kepner, singled in a run, and Zeb Ames followed with a two-run double. Chapman got another out, walked a batter, then struck out Watts looking to end the game.

Watts, in 3.2 innings of relief for Juniata, allowed no hits or runs, struck out six and walked one. He was also the only player in the game with two hits.

Game Summary

SHAMOKIN-MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Dimmick 3-0-1-1, Wills 3-0-1-0, Chapman 3-0-0-0, Reisinger 3-1-1-0, Carpenter 2-2-1-2, Ayres 1-1-0-0, Tillett 2-1-0-1, Rollman 1-0-0-0, Albertson 1-0-0-1, Grabowski 1-0-0-0, Berkoski 1-1-0-0, Demko 1-0-0-0. Totals 22-6-4-5.

JUNIATA COUNTY (AB-R-H-BI) - Watts 4-0-2-0, Harper 3-0-0-0, Shirk 3-1-1-0, Leonard 2-1-1-0, Myers 3-0-0-0, Kepner 2-1-1-1, Zook 1-0-0-0, Dalpiaz 1-0-0-0, Ames 2-0-1-2, Morder 3-0-0-0, Ewell 2-0-0-0. Totals 26-3-6-3.

Sham-MC 042 000 - 6 4 4

Juniata 000 003 - 3 6 2

Extra-base hits: 2B - Dimmick; Ames. HR - Carpenter.

IP H R ER BB K

Sham-MC

Ayers (W) 2.2 2 0 0 0 4

Dimmick 2.1 2 2 2 1 2

Chapman 1 2 1 1 1 1

Juniata County

Myers (L) 2.1 4 6 6 3 1

Watts 3.2 0 0 0 1 6

If you pick up a copy of the Beaver Springs Dragway 2012 season schedule, the slogan on the front says it all about "Beaver Bob" McCardle's quarter-mile strip.

"Where Nostalgia Lives!"

Many people talk the talk, but just one visit for the many nostalgic events on his schedule and one can see that the staff at BSD most definitely "walks the walk" by remembering the yesteryears of drag racing.

The Gasser Reunion, this weekend's Nostalgia Nationals, the popular Flashback Friday show and the Rod & Kulture magazine Jalopy Showdown are just a few of the many special events catering to the "good ol' days" of drag racing.

This weekend's activities begin at the York Expo Center with the 11th annual York US 30 Reunion. The two-day show features the cars and stars of yesteryear, many who have run at the historic US 30 dragstrip. Bruce Larson, Linda Vaughn, Arnie Beswick, Bunny Burkett, Judy Lilly and many more are expected today and Saturday.

There is plenty to interest everyone at the Expo Center, including memorabilia vendors, a drag racing car show, street rods and car cruise, and the Legends of Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductions will be part of the show before moving to Beaver Springs for the Nostalgia Nationals.

Former NHRA Division One Director, Darwin Doll and "Beaver Bob" have worked for years to make this show the success that it has become, and each year racers travel from all over the United States to be a part of the show.

This year, our friends from Canada, "For Hemis Only", a company catering to Chrysler Hemi cars, will post a huge purse for a special "Hemi Shootout" on Saturday afternoon. The event will pit all Chrysler Hemi-powered super stockers (1964-1972) against each other.

Gates open at 9 a.m. Saturday, with action beginning at 10 a.m. and showtime at 1 p.m. On Sunday, the gates open at 7 a.m., time trials at 8 and the main event at 2 p.m.

Sunday's show will feature the nostalgic funny cars, supercharged gassers, super stockers, jr. stockers, as well as some of the biggest names in drag racing.

Action around the dirt tracks tonight finds the ARDC Midgets joining the three division show of 358 modifieds, sportsman and roadrunners at Big Diamond Speedway, while Williams Grove Speedway is also in action tonight with an open wheel twin bill of 358 sprint cars and 410 sprint cars.

On Saturday, Williams Grove hosts its popular Saturday Night Series, as the limited late models take their roofs off in a special "Topless 30" feature, along with the winged super sportsman and street stocks. Selinsgrove Speedway is off this weekend for its mid-season break, while Port Royal hosts a late model championship along with the 410 sprint cars and pro stocks.

Other Saturday night action includes Lincoln Speedway's show of 358 sprint cars, 410 sprint cars and thundercars. Grandview Speedway will try to get last week's rained-out show in the books with the limited late model "Firecracker 40," 358 modifieds and sportsman and last week's fireworks show. Hagerstown Speedway features a late model special with the Winchester Speedway cars and a pure stocks.

WWE presents its Money In The Bank pay per view tonight with both major titles on the line and two ladder matches to provide winners with the opportunity to cash in their MITB briefcase at any time they might think a reigning champion most vulnerable.

C.M. Punk defends the WWE crown against persistent adversary Daniel Bryan with A.J. in the position of guest referee in one of those situations that makes it impossible to suspend disbelief and even remotely pretend there is a reasonable value to the WWE championship. Sheamus is challenged by Alberto Del Rio for the world heavyweight championship.

With Kane, Big Show, Chris Jericho and John Cena squaring off in the Raw MITB contest, it will likely be somewhat of an unusual type of ladder match. Not exactly a crew of high flyers, it would seem like Cena would be the odds on favorite here, but Jericho has the most experience with this particular type of bout. He is touring with his band Fozzy for a good part of the late summer, but he certainly could still win and not cash in until later in the year.

Smackdown's MITB match is more wide open and had eight qualifiers who were set to compete in matches on Smackdown (airing after I write this while lounging on vacation at Hilton Head Island) to reduce the contenders to a final four group for tonight's ppv. My pick would be Dolph Ziggler, but your guess would be as good as mine or better at this point.

This past Monday's Raw featured the continuing saga of A.J. and the love triangle with Bran and Punk. That is tough stuff for wrestling purists to stomach. Apparently, the jezebel broke up with both of them after she proposed to Punk and he paused, allowing Bryan to rush in to propose without a ring and looking slightly transparent as it pertains to his imminent motive.

The anonymous general manager returned and that slick private eye Santino accidentally forced a confession/admission from Hornswoggle after some under the ring hijinks that the diminutive one was the maniacal computer G.M. For some inexplicable reason, we also got a rematch between Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole that Cole won via disqualification when Booker T was caught interfering by throwing a fleeing Cole back into the ring to receive more of his just deserves.

Cena and Kane defeated Big Show and Jericho. Brodus Clay went over Drew McIntyre. Bob Backlund returned as the former star of the week and beat Heath Slater with the chicken wing. Tenzai and Ziggler bested Christian and Tyson Kidd. Rock, Mick Foley and Bret Hart are expected to be among those who show up in St. Louis for the 1000th episode of Raw. Expect other names from the past to be part of the festivities.

In what would have to be considered a major surprise, Austin Aries defeated Bobby Roode to win the TNA world heavyweight championship last Sunday at the Destination X pay per view. Aries, a former Ring of Honor star joins C.M. Punk and Daniel Bryan, along with Samoa Joe as former indy stars who have reached the pinnacle of their profession after moving on to one of the big two national promotions.

Joe defeated Kurt Angle at Destination X and appears to be back near the top of the mix in TNA, which seems to be gathering some momentum among the hardcore fans who are often very demanding, somewhat finicky and frequently jaded by much of the current sports entertainment/pro wrestling scene.

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MILTON - Tommy Reisinger finished what John Ayers started, and Shamokin-Mount Carmel is now one win away from the District 13 10-11 Little League Baseball championship.

Ayers started on the mound and fired 4 2/3 innings of no-hit, shutout baseball before he was removed due to reaching his pitch count limit.

Reisinger took over and never missed a beat, working the final inning and a third in the same fashion and S-MC forced a deciding game with a 6-0 no-hit victory over previously undefeated Berwick at Milton's Feichtel Field.

With Berwick winning 5-2 when the teams met earlier in the tournament, they'll play the rubber match today at 1 p.m. on the same diamond with the winner grabbing the district title and advancing to sectional play next week.

"The difference between this game and the first time we played them is that we hit at critical times today with runners on base," Shamokin-Mount Carmel manager Chris Carpenter said. "The first time we played, we didn't do that."

The game was scoreless through the first three innings before S-MC broke the ice with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth.

With one out, Jack Chapman doubled and moved to third on the throw to the infield. One batter later, he scored when Quinn Rollman reached on an error by the Berwick shortstop. Matt Grabowski's sacrifice bunt moved Rollman to third. Then, with two outs, Max Tillett's single to right knocked in Rollman for the second run.

The locals added four more runs - a healthy bunch of insurance runs, considering the dominating pitching performance - in the bottom of the fifth. The big blows were Noah Berkoski's two-run single to left, an RBI infield single by Jack Chapman and Tillett's RBI double to left. Tillett finished three-for-four with a pair of runs batted in.

S-MC had threatened to score in the first inning, loading the bases with nobody out, but Berwick pitcher Alec Markle got Jacob Carpenter on strikes, then induced a double play when Matt Dimmick's line drive to third allowed Berwick to double Tillett, who had opened the game with a single, off the bag.

"After that first inning, I thought 'Oh no, this could be like the last time,'" Carpenter said.

But Ayers, first, then Reisinger never allowed the Berwick offense to get on track.

Ayers struck out nine and walked five in his 4.2 innings. Reisinger, inheriting two baserunners who reached with walks when he took over with two outs in the fifth, got Henry Novicki to ground out to first to end that threat, then struck out the side in succession in the top of the sixth to end the game.

"Ayers is our ace, that's a fact," Carpenter said. "But we have a lot of strong pitching.

"We have Tommy (Reisinger), Matt Dimmick, Logan (Wills) and Jack Chapman to come back with tomorrow. It can be a team effort on the mound tomorrow (Sunday) if that's what we need."

Game Summary

BERWICK (AB-R-H-BI) - I. Kishbaugh 2-0-0-0, Markle 2-0-0-0, Novicki 3-0-0-0, McCracken 3-0-0-0, Gearinger 2-0-0-0, Carrathers 2-0-0-0, Steward 1-0-0-0, Robbins 1-0-0-0, Maczuga 1-0-0-0, Sharkusky 1-0-0-0, Force 0-0-0-0, R. Kishbaugh 1-0-0-0. Totals 19-0-0-0.

SHAMOKIN-MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Tillett 4-0-3-2, Wills 4-0-2-0, Reisinger 3-0-0-0, Carpenter 3-0-0-0, Dimmick 2-1-0-0, Ayers 2-1-1-0, Chapman 2-1-1-1, Demko 1-1-1-0, Albertson 1-1-0-0, Rollman 0-1-0-0, Berkoski 2-0-1-2, Grabowski 0-0-0-0. Totals 24-6-9-5.

Berwick 000 000 - 0 0 3

S-MC 000 24x - 6 9 1

Extra-base hits: 2B - Tillett, Demko.

IP H R ER BB K

Berwick

Markle (L) 5 9 6 5 4 2

S-MC

Ayers (W) 4.2 0 0 0 9 5

Reisinger 1.1 0 0 0 3 0

ATHENS - In 2011, everything was new at the Pennsylvania Major Little League Section 3 tournament for South Columbia.

This year, it's old hat, and that's a big positive for these all-stars.

South Columbia, the District 13 champ, opened the tournament against Tri-Valley, the District 24 champion, and used last year's experience, along with good hitting, to win 8-4.

South Columbia will play the tournament hosts, District 15 champ Athens, today at 5 p.m. The winner of that game only has to win one additional game to advance to the state tournament.

"The coaches were talking and all these other teams are new to this for the most part, unless they made it when they were 9 and 10," South Columbia head coach Kirk Seesholtz said. "We said we know what it's going to be like and we know where we're staying at the hotel and the kids were easy today, which is good because last year was questionable."

Besides the logistical questions being answered easier, the South Columbia team stuck to the plan for playing at this level. It requires plenty of pitchers and they had exactly that.

A total of five pitchers took the mound for South Columbia, with Julian Fleming working the longest - 2.1 innings and 35 pitches - and picking up the win. But Garrett Barilar, Justin Derk, Andrew Haupt and Matt Grozier all got important outs and limited Tri-Valley to seven hits.

"When you get to this level and you play back-to-back-to-back, if they throw more than 20 pitches, they can't throw the next day," Seesholtz said. "So you really have to be careful. We were up here last year and ran into the same thing and used someone too long in the first couple innings and we didn't get back to be able to use him again.

"We wanted to make sure we did it this year, but Julian got going good and we let him go a little bit more. But this was the game plan going in. It helped that we went out and got a couple runs and you feel more comfortable doing that."

Elijah Hoffman did most of the heavy lifting on offense for South Columbia. The No. 2 hitter went 3-for-4 with a double and a solo home run that broke a 2-2 tie in the third inning. South Columbia never trailed again after that, and the fifth-inning double started a four-run surge that gave the team a cushion.

"He had a day and he's been due," Seesholtz said. "I knew it was going to happen at some point. He did a good job. We hit a couple hard balls that they made some plays on too. Sometimes the kids get frustrated about that, but that's all you can ask for in this game. It happens to those guys in the big leagues."

Barilar was the only other South Columbia player with a multi-hit game, but South Columbia had a total of 11 hits, meaning six other players reached base with a hit.

Game Summary

South Columbia (AB-R-H-BI) - Szuler 4-0-0-0, Hoffman 4-3-3-1, Barilar 4-2-2-1, Grozier 3-1-1-1, Fleming 3-1-1-2, Taylor 1-0-0-0, Hock 1-0-1-0, Stout 3-1-1-0, Seesholtz 1-0-0-0, Fulton 1-0-1-0, Derk 1-0-1-0, Haupt 2-0-0-0. Totals 28-8-11-5.

Tri-Valley (AB-R-H-BI) - Schwalm 3-0-2-0, Smith 1-0-0-0, Buchanan 2-1-0-0, Scheib 3-0-1-0, Yoder 3-0-0-0, Masser 3-0-0-0, Kimmel 2-2-2-0, Boltz 3-0-0-0, Leedy 1-1-1-1, Parabell 1-0-0-0, Poletti 2-0-1-1, Rothermel 1-0-0-0. Totals 25-4-7-2.

S. Columbia 111 041 - 8 11 3

Tri-Valley 020 011 - 4 7 4

Extra-base hits: 2B - Hoffman, Fleming, Leedy. HR - Hoffman.

IP H R ER BB K

S. Columbia

Barilar 1 2 0 0 0 3

Derk .2 2 2 2 0 2

Fleming (W) 2.1 0 0 0 1 3

Haupt 1 0 1 0 1 0

Grozier 1 2 1 1 0 0

Home

Boltz 3 6 3 2 0 3

Kimmel (L) 1 4 4 3 2 1

Masser 1.2 1 1 0 1 0

Schwalm .1 0 0 0 0 0

MILTON - Shamokin-Mount Carmel did most of the things it intended to in Sunday's District 13 Little League 10-11 championship game against Berwick at Feichtel Field.

The locals wanted to get off to a fast start. They did that, scoring four times in the top of the first, then adding three more runs in the top of the second.

They wanted to wanted to work over the Berwick pitching staff, particulary since staff ace Alec Markle wasn't available for the Columbia County team after reaching his pitch limit in a loss on Saturday. They did that, belting 13 hits in the six-inning affair.

They didn't, however, accomplish the most important thing on their list. They didn't win.

Despite the fast start, despite the high-powered offensive attack, Shamokin-Mount Carmel couldn't overcome Berwick's one big surge.

Trailing by seven, Berwick sent 11 batters to the plate in the bottom of the fourth, scoring nine times to take a lead it would never relinquish in pullling away for a 15-12 victory, the district championship and a berth in the sectional tournament later this week in Mahanoy City.

After the dominating pitching performance by S-MC's John Ayers and

Tommy Reisinger on Saturday, a no-hitter in a 6-0 victory that forced Sunday's deciding game, manager Chris Carpenter had a number of pitchers at the ready. He used them all.

"We tried to use all the weapons we had at our disposal," Carpenter said. "Berwick is a hitting team and I felt if we went with any pitcher too long, they'd get to him.

"That's the strategy we went with."

Berwick found a way to get to every pitcher S-MC sent to the mound.

Matt Dimmick started and allowed four runs. Tommy Reisinger and Jack Chapman also gave up four each, and eventual losing pitcher Dakota Albertson was touched for the final three.

Berwick, after allowing S-MC to score four in the first, three in the second and five in the third to lead 12-5 after three frames, needed every bit of its late offensive surge.

"At the plate, we started out on fire, got that big lead, but I think we just settled in on that." Carpenter said.

Max Tillett, with a double and single, and Logan Wills, Reisinger and Ayers with two singles each, were the sparks for the S-MC offense. Ayers drove home four runs, while Reisinger, Dimmick and Albertson knocked home two apiece.

In the end, though, on a day built around the hitters of both teams, it was Berwick's Ian Kishbaugh, it's third pitcher on the day and arguably the softest thrower, who shut the S-MC offense down to preserve the lead and secure the victory. Entering with one out in the fifth, he got a strikeout and ground ball to leave the bases loaded, then worked a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the sixth, getting two strikeouts and a pop out to first base to end the game.

"This team (S-MC) has everything to be proud of," Carpenter said. "Since I've been around, we've never experienced this good a run in this tournament."

Game Summary

SHAMOKIN-MOUNT CARMEL (AB-R-H-BI) - Tillett 4-1-2-0, Wills 3-2-2-0, Grabowski 1-1-0-0, Reisinger 5-2-2-2, Carpenter 1-2-0-0, Demko 1-0-1-1, Dimmick 1-2-1-2, Ayers 4-1-2-4, Chapman 2-0-1-1, Albertson 4-0-1-2, Berkoski 2-0-0-0, Rollman 2-1-1-0. Totals 30-12-13-12.

BERWICK (AB-R-H-BI) - I. Kishbaugh 3-2-1-2, Markle 3-1-0-1, Novicki 4-1-1-2, McCracken 3-1-1-0, Gearinger 3-2-1-1, Carrathers 2-2-1-0, Robbins 1-0-0-0, Steward 2-0-0-0, Sharkusky 1-1-1-2, Maczuga 3-3-2-2, Force 1-2-0-0, R. Kishbaugh 0-0-0-0. Totals 26-15-8-10.

S-MC 435 000 - 12 13 3

BERWICK 050 91X - 15 8 0

Extra-base hits: 2B - Tillett, Novicki. 3B - I. Kishbaugh, Maczuga 2.

IP H R ER BB K

S-MC

Dimmick 1.2 2 4 3 1 3

Reisinger 1.2 1 4 4 3 1

Chapman .1 3 4 4 2 0

Albertson (L) 1.1 2 3 3 2 1

Berwick

Novicki 2.2 6 7 7 4 2

McCracken (W) 1.2 7 5 5 4 1

I. Kishbaugh (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3

ATHENS - Julian Fleming belted a double and single, knocked in three runs and scored two more, leading South Columbia to an 11-1 four-inning victory over Athens in Pennsylvania Section 3 Little League Tournament action Sunday evening.

South Columbia (2-0) needs one more victory to clinch the section title and advance to state play. Athens and Tri-Valley play a losers' bracket game today, with the winner facing South Columbia on Tuesday at 5 at Athens.

In addition to Fleming, Brett Szuler had two hits and scored twice, winning pitcher Garrett Barilar had two singles and scored once, and Kyle Seesholtz had a double, walked twice and scored twice.

Athens managed five hits in the defeat.

Herndon's Brett Schadel scored a big win in the 25-lap late model championship race at Port Royal Speedway on Saturday night.

Schadel's second Port Royal win of the season was worth $2,000. He led the way from the drop of the green flag, but had to hold back several challengers over the course of the main event.

Coleby Frye, Donnie Schick, Mike Lupfer and Jim Yoder completed the top five.

Harrisburg's Chad Layton took another step toward a Port Royal Speedway track championship with his second sprint car win of the season on Saturday night. Layton, who won the sprint title at the Juniata County track in 2010, went into the night as the point leader and extended his lead. All races at Port Royal count toward the title including the Juniata County Fair races in September.

John Heane won the 15-lap main event for the pro stocks.

Selinsgrove Speedway did not have any events last week as it took a summer break. The speedway returns to action this Saturday with fan and driver appreciation night.

York's Pat Cannon continues to lead the 358 sprint points at Selinsgrove and Danville's Jeff Rine leads the late model points headed into the final two months of Selinsgrove's season.

Maryland's Brad McClelland scored his second career sprint car win at Lincoln Speedway on Saturday night.

The racing program at Williams Grove was cancelled on Friday and Saturday night. The World of Outlaw sprints return to the Grove this weekend for the Summer Nationals on Friday and Saturday. The Saturday night feature pays $20,000 to the winner.

Sammy Swindell won the King's Royal at Tony Stewart's Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on Saturday night. The win was worth $50,000 and is one of the crown jewels of sprint car racing.

The racing program at Big Diamond Speedway was also rained out.

MOUNT CARMEL - Elysburg took a 1-0 series lead on the Mount Carmel Lions with a 4-1 win in nine innings in their Lower Anthracite Teener League semifinals series Monday evening.

Jake Wilson pitched two scoreless innings for Elysburg, striking out two, for the win, and had two singles. Josh Yoder had a single and a double for Elysburg, while Mike Klebon and John Wilson had a single each.

Colin Bettleyon pitched all nine innings for the Lions and struck out eight. Michael Cuff had two singles, while Bret Williams, Eddie Grego and Brandon Pupo had a single apiece for the Lions.

Game 2 is 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Elysburg.

ATHENS - South Columbia had a chance on Tuesday.

Today, it will get another one to close out and win the Pennsylvania Little League Section 3 Major Division title and move on to the state tournament.

Remaining in the way is still Athens, which beat South Columbia 4-2 Tuesday. It was revenge for Athens, which had lost 11-1 in four innings to South Columbia on Sunday, and the first loss for the South Columbia all-stars in this tournament.

Because of double elimination, South Columbia gets a shot to win the rubber game between the two teams today at 5:30 p.m. at Athens.

"We'll come back (today) and see what we can put together," South Columbia manager Kirk Seesholtz said. "That's the name of the ball game, and that's why we're in the winner's bracket. We

were in the position to do it and they came out with a little more fire than us."

The game was not the typical offensive showing for South Columbia, and was more remarkable for the bumps and bruises dished out by Athens.

While Athens hit two home runs as it grabbed a 3-0 lead through the first four innings, the biggest hit came on an out in the first inning.

Athens' leadoff hitter Cory Stavison hit a dribbler that was covered well by the South Columbia defense, but the throw to the bag led second baseman Brett Szuler, who was covering, into Stavison's path. The two collided and Szuler left the game after laying on the field for a couple minutes.

Not only did Szuler's injury take away South Columbia's leadoff hitter, Seesholtz also thought it affected the rest of his players.

"That play with Brett also got into our heads a little bit," Seesholtz said. "We never got into the flow of the game, and these kids have been around each other so much that I think they were feeling for him."

Athens' starting pitcher Cody Jennings didn't seem like he needed the additional help. He worked into the sixth inning and only gave up those three hits while striking out 12.

On the other side, South Columbia's Matt Grozier worked out of a number of jams, but was hurt by a solo home run by Marc Felt in the third and a two-run home run by No. 9 hitter Daniel Joyce in the fourth inning.

Grozier pitched all six innings and struck out 10 Athens' hitters, but didn't get any run support until the bottom of the sixth.

"We didn't get anything going against their pitcher," Seesholtz said. "Matt pitched a good game; we just didn't get anything going with the bats. He deserved a better fate. I thought he made a couple pitches that they took advantage of and they have some power, obviously."

Matt Fulton, Szuler's replacement, drew a walk to start off the sixth inning. Jennings, working close to his pitch count, hit Elijah Hoffman, and then walked Garrett Barilar to load the bases.

Felt took the mound in relief and got two quick outs on South Columbia's two most dangerous batters. Grozier fouled out to first on the first pitch he saw and Julian Fleming went down on strikes.

Cole Taylor then got hit by a pitch to bring in South Columbia's first run, and Devin Stout drew a walk to push across another run. Felt then recorded another strikeout to end the game.

Game Summary

ATHENS (AB-R-H-BI) - Stavison 3-0-0-0, Jayne 1-0-0-0, Stern 3-0-0-0, Felt 3-1-2-1, Newman 3-1-1-0, Jennings 3-0-0-0, Horn 3-0-0-0, Bradley 2-0-1-0, Kennedy 1-0-0-0, Priester 2-0-1-0, Rosenberger 1-1-1-0, Joyce 3-1-1-2. Totals 28-8-4-3.

SOUTH COLUMBIA (AB-R-H-BI) - Szuler 0-0-0-0, Fulton 2-1-0-0, Hoffman 2-1-1-0, Barilar 2-0-0-0, Grozier 2-0-0-0, Fleming 3-0-0-0, Taylor 1-0-0-1, Hock 1-0-0-0, Stout 2-0-0-0, Seesholtz 2-0-0-0, Derk 1-0-1-0, Haupt 1-0-0-0. Totals 20-2-3-1.

Athens 001 210 - 4 8 0

S. Columbia 000 002 - 2 3 2

Extra-base hits: 2B - Newman. HR - Felt, Joyce.

IP H R ER BB K

Athens

Jennings (W) 5 3 2 2 2 12

Felt 1 0 0 0 1 2

South Columbia

Grozier (L) 6 8 4 3 0 10