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SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2011 PAGE 5C
POKER TOURNAMENT
LITTLE LEAGUE SECTIONALS
Hanover/ Mt. Top hitters stymied by Archbald hurler Ashley is D16 titlist By ALISON MAJIKES For The Times Leader
Times Leader staff reports
HANOVER TWP. – John Wickiser singled in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Hanover/Ashley to a District 16 title in junior baseball with a 7-6 victory over Plains on Saturday. Wickiser drove home Justin Kwiatkowski for Hanover/ Ashley, which moves on to the Section 5 championships in Scranton. Randy Horek doubled in two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game for Hanover/Ashley. Mike Buganowicz earned a win in relief. Ryan Gorki doubled and scored a run for Plains. Josh Gartley had two hits and scored a run.
DISTRICT 16 10-11 BASEBALL
Mountain Top 9, Plains 4
Mountain Top won the District 16 championship with a victory over Plains. A quintet of hitters recorded two hits for Mountain Top. Nick Andrews, Justin Darden, Colin Macko, Matt Taleroski and Evan Knapp posted two-hit performances. Jake Cole had three hits for Plains.
JUNIOR LEGION
Mountain Post 5, Swoyersville 2
Mountain Post secured the junior American League championship with a win over Swoyersville. Anthony Caladie had a threehit effort and recorded a save. Curt Yenchik drove in two runs, and Josh Grzech was 2-for-3. Ethan Markowski pitched six innings to pick up the win for Mountain Post. For Swoyersville, C.J. Yakimowicz and Matt Laboshosky each tallied two hits.
BABE RUTH 10U SOFTBALL
Luzerne County Chaos 9, Central Perk 0
The Chaos advanced to the state semifinal with a win over Central Perk. Winning pitcher Emily Elick allowed no runs on two hits. Nikki Cragle led the Chaos with a 4-for-4 performance with three RBI. Faith Jones also drove in three runs. Elick had a double and a single.
WEST SIDE 8-9 BASEBALL
South Wilkes-Barre 2, Bob Horlacher 1
Blake Bynon drove in the winning run for South WilkesBarre. Anthony Macko went 5 1/3 strong innings,fanning eight batters. Ryan Maffei went 2-for-3 with a triple and notched a save. Cole Coolbaugh pitched a strong game for Horlacher recording 10 strikeouts.
TOMMY’S PIZZA CORNER MINOR BASEBALL Bob Horlacher 14, Back Mountain National 1
Robert Phillips produced three RBI for Bob Horlacher in a four-inning win. Tyler Fox scored three runs. Mike Lee and Tyler Fox each doubled for Horlacher. Tommy Traver was the winning pitcher.
AREA RUNNING
Bloomsburg duo sweep race titles Times Leader Staff Reports
Tunkhannock’s Ken Moss finished second in the Benton Rodeo 5K Run on Saturday. Moss finished 49 seconds behind the top runner, crossing the finish line in 18:48. A pair of Bloomsburg residents – Andrew Hess (17:59) and Travis Cain (38:28) – won the 5K and the 6-mile run. A pair of Northwest cross country runners finished near the front of the pack. Josh Piestrak placed fourth in the 5K in 20:21, and Andrew Stola earned sixth place with a 21:39 finish. Wilkes-Barre’s Rich Owens was third in the 6-mile run, in 45 minutes. Hunlock Creek’s Bob Warnagiris finished behind him in fourth, in 45:47.
ARCHBALD – The Mountain Top Little League 10-11 baseball team was no match for Archbald pitcher Joey Castellani. Archbald defeated Mountain Top 8-2 on Saturday to move along in the winners’ bracket in the Section 5 tournament. With the loss, Mountain Top faces an elimination game today at 2 p.m. against Kingston/Forty Fort, which fell 11-7 to Abington National in an earlier game Saturday. “He pitched a pitcher’s game,” said Mountain Top coach Steve Modrovsky. “He changed speed and worked the corners. We just weren’t able to hit.”
Archbald came out strong offensively in the first inning and didn’t let up. Four of its five hits on the day were home runs. Kyle Kelly blasted a two-run home run over the center-field fence in the top of the first to jump-start the hitting, but Mountain Top was quick to strike back in the bottom of the first when Connor Sheloski came to the plate and knocked in a run with a double. After the second inning, Castellani took control of the game for Archbald, striking out seven batters for the afternoon and backed by a strong defense and
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then drew a walk to give Abington National runners on the corners with Collin Huggler at the plate. Huggler showed some serious power with a three-run blast to straight-away center field. Kingston/Forty-Fort closed to within 5-3 in the bottom half of the third. Julian Simons and Sean Judge drew back-to-back walks to start the inning. Hunter Maxwell then had an RBI single to shortstop and David McCue roped an RBI double to center field. Later in the inning, Maxwell scored from third on a sacrifice bunt off the bat of Zack Sott. Abington National added another run in the top of the fourth. With two outs in the inning, Porpiglia drew a walk and then took second on a passed ball. Harvey then crushed a ground-rule double to center field and its lead was 6-3. Kingston/Forty Fort’s Alex Sokoloski reached on an infield single to start the bottom of the fourth. He then advanced to second and to third on passed balls. Judge then hit a sacrifice fly to center field, making it a 6-4 ball game. However, Kingston/Forty-Fort wasn’t done yet. With two outs in the inning, Maxwell reached on an infield single, then stole second base. He was then brought home by a ground-rule double from McCue and all of a sudden, Kingston/Forty-Fort was down just one run after four innings. Abington National’s offensive responded in a big way in the top of the fifth by batting around the
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Abington National infielder Matt Mecca gets ready to make a throw during a Section 5 Little League tournament game against Kingston/Forty Fort in Archbald on Saturday. Abington National won 11-7.
order and rallying for four runs. Hughes led off the inning with a blast to straight-away center. With two outs in the fifth, Ryan Eckersly singled to left field and Nick Kerekes singled to third base. In his first at-bat of the game, Tony Sallavanti crushed a two-RBI single down the right-
field line, giving Abington National a 9-5 advantage. Later in the inning, Porpiglia singled and Harvey then hit an RBI single to center. Abington National would add one more run when Hughes was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and the Abington National lead was 11-5
after 4 ½ innings. With one out in the bottom of the sixth, Judge drew a walk. Maxwell then hit a mammoth two-run homer way over the scoreboard in center field. However, that 11-7 deficit would be as close as Kington/Forty-Fort would get.
a walk and a single, and both scored on a two-run double by Brandon Laird. The Mud Hens got that run back in the bottom of the fourth when Clete Thomas beat out a bunt single, stole second and scored on a twoout single by Will Rhymes. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored a run in the fifth when Luis Nunez lined a ball off third base for a single before Toledo starter Brayan Villarreal hit Doug Bernier with a pitch and walked Kevin Russo to load the bases with no one out. Austin Krum singled in one run, but Villarreal escaped further damage by striking out Montero and getting Jorge Vazquez to hit into a double play. In the bottom of the fifth the Hens scored an unearned run when Perez reached on an error by Vazquez at first, stole second, and came home on a triple by Worth. In the top of the sixth Tiffie led off with a double, then scored on a double by Jordan Parraz, but the Mud Hens got that run back in the bottom of the inning when Thomas doubled, was sacrificed to third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Rhymes.
MIXED MARTIALS ARTS CARD
WVC wrestling coaches post victories in amateur bouts Mytych, of WA, and Weber, of Crestwood, win. Hettes now 8-0 as a pro featherweight. By TOM ROBINSON For the Times Leader
WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Steve Mytych and Will Weber grew up traveling the junior wrestling circuit together. Mytych followed Weber into the cage Saturday night as the two local high school wrestling coaches posted wins on the amateur portion of the first Mixed Martial Arts card at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Swoyersville’s Jim Hettes, who is teaching the former wrestlers Jiu Jitsu while Mytych helps him add some wrestling techniques, remained unbeaten in eight professional bouts by winning the main event of the Mixed Martial Arts Super Sport (MASS) Productions Inauguration card. Weber, a former Lake-Lehman wrestler who is now an assistant coach at Crestwood, won his MMA debut in the second bout of the card. Mytych, who began his high school wrestling career at Wyoming Valley West and went on to be the all-time leader in wins at Drexel University, improved to 3-0 when he quickly finished off the next bout. Hettes made it through the toughest bout of his career to stop Jacob Kirwan on a choke hold tapout with a minute left in the second period. “You have to have an all-around
game,” Mytych said of the transition from wrestling to MMA. “You have to be able to box and be able to defend when on your back. “I’m getting more confident on my back, but it’s still where I never want to be.” While giving up six inches in height to Freeland’s Sam Beharovic, Mytych relied on what he knows best. He worked inside early for a double-leg takedown and got a headlock in to gain control. Mytych held Beharovic down and got a triangle choke hold in place for the tapout at 1:20. “I knew he was going to have an overall reach advantage, which is huge when you look at MMA and boxing,” said Mytych, the Wyoming Area head wrestling coach. “I knew I wasn’t going to want to exchange big bombs with him. “I waited until he went to throw a punch. I knew when he went to throw a punch that he would be off balance and I got on my double and drove him across the cage.” Weber was never able to lock up his choke holds enough to finish the bout, missing his best chance when the first-period bell saved Anthony McGlynn of East Stroudsburg. Weber held McGlynn down for most of the first period and all of the second before making it through a more evenly matched third period. One judge gave McGlynn the third round, but Weber managed the unanimous decision while winning all three rounds on the other two judges’ cards.
was left empty and less than half the seats on the lower level were filled with entire sections left empty, but hundreds of enthusiasts of the sport claimed the expensive floor seats for a close-up look at the action. In the second and third fights after an intermission, Jay Haas and James Cianci put on impressive displays of power. Haas won for the seventh time in eight fights after starting his pro career 3-5. He had Nick Bleser face down and was pounding Bleser with elbows to the head when the referee stopped the bout late in the first round. Bleser needed several minutes before he was able to sit up. Cianci, from Clarks Summit, improved to 3-0 with a one-punch knockout of Ryan Harder 55 seconds into their bout. Cianci’s right hand sent Harder straight back into the cage before landing face first, leading to an immediate stoppage. MMA RESULTS
MASS INAUGURATION CARD
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Jeremiah Wells, back, and Dave Spadell compete in a MMA bout. Spadell won the amateur middleweight fight with a round-two KO.
After Rex Harris stopped Chase Owens with 11 seconds left in their wild battle in the co-main event, Hettes had to work in the second round for only the second time. Hettes fought from on bottom for much of the last two minutes of the first period, but then controlled the second period of the featherweight title bout to get the win at 3:58.
Professional
Welterweights – Richard Patishnock, New Jersey (2-0) over Diego Peclat, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil by split decision.; Lightweights – Jay Haas, Dover, Pa. (9-6) over Nicholas Bleser, Roanoke, Va. (3-5) by technical knockout, 3:25 of first round; Bantamweights – James Cianci, Clarks Summit (3-0) over Ryan Harder, York Springs (3-2) by technical knockout, :55 of first round; Middleweights – Rex Harris, Ossining, N.Y. (1-0) over Chase Owens, Freeland (2-1) by tapout due to injury, 4:49 of third round; Featherweights -- Jimy Hettes (Swoyersville) (8-0) def. Jacob Kirwan, Frederick, Md., (8-3) by choke hold, 1:20 of second round.
Jeremiah Wells appeared to have the boxing advantage in the first round of the amateur fight that started the card more than 40 minutes late. Dave Spadell, however, immediately took charge with a right Amateur Middleweights – Dave Spadell, Freeland (5-2) over Jeremiah Wells, Hazleton (2-1) by knockout, uppercut to open the second :19 of second round; Welterweights – Will Weber, (1-0) over Anthony McGlynn, East round. Spadell then put Wells Kingston Stroudsburg (0-2) by unanimous decision; Featherweights – Steve Mytych, Wyoming (3-0) over Samo down with a left hand, ending the Beharovic, Freeland (0-1) by triangle chokehold tafight 19 seconds into the round. pout, 1:20 of first round; Featherweights – Mike Zola, Hazleton (3-0) over John Ortiz, Freeland (0-1) by The upper level of the arena arm bar tapout, 1:18.