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JY listed first in state in their division
BY TOM KANE
ELDRED — In
its first baseball poll of the season, the New York State Sportswriters
Association has chosen the undefeated the Sullivan West/Jeffersonville-Youngsville
Trojans as the number one Class D baseball team in the state.
The team’s
record is 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the league.
As reported
in the Times Herald Record, Coach Dan Hart learned of the sportswriters’
choice last Monday.
The Trojans
haven’t had a winning season since 1996.
What has taken
the Trojans this far is their pitching and their batting. They have
a team ERA of 3.15 and a team batting average of .443.
After learning
of the poll, the Trojans went out to defeat Eldred 6-1 last Wednesday
in what was a pitcher’s duel up to the final inning, when Jeff-Youngsville
salted away the win with three more runs. They had been leading
3-1 all through the game.
Maynard Schmidt,
the winning pitcher, had 12 strikeouts, giving up five walks and
limiting Eldred to four hits.
Eldred’s pitcher,
Craig Vandermark, who pitched well, had six strikeouts, gave up
seven walks and five hits up until the ninth.
Eric Youmans
drove in the first run in the first inning with a shot to the outfield.
Jeff-Youngsville’s second RBI came on an error by Eldred.
Jeff-Youngsville’s
Ryan O’Mara went two for four with two RBIs, Jim Christiansen was
one for one with an RBI and pitcher Schmidt had one RBI. Kyle Bright
was three for three but had no RBIs.
Eldred’s run
came when Jason Rodinelli’s infield drive was bobbled as Steve Degerdon,
who had been walked, raced home from third.
“We knew that
Eldred was going to give us a run for the money,” Hart said. “[Coach]
Frank McKean’s teams are always ready to play.”
Eldred threatened
a number of times but Jeff-Youngsville was able to nip every rally
in the bud.
PA
offers youth soccer league
HONESDALE —
The Honesdale Soccer Club is conducting registration for the 2000
fall season on Friday, May 19 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday,
May 20 form 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Lakeside Elementary School
in Honesdale.
The club will
offer the following age brackets this fall: U10 co-ed, U12, U14
and U16 girls teams and U12 and U14 boys teams. Players must be
eight years old by July 31, 2000 and not yet 16 years of age. Players
are required to provide their Social Security number and first time
registrants must provide a copy of their birth certificate.
The registration
fee is $33. Confidential scholarship registration is available for
players.
The Soccer
Club belongs to a 16- member Recreational Soccer League centered
in Scranton. League rules require that all players must play at
least half of every game.
Practice and
home games are held at the Wayne County Recreational Park in Beach
Lake. Away games are in and around the greater Scranton area.
For more information
call 570/729- 8668 or 729-8458.
The Eldred Yellowjackets
are currently in third place in the WSL
First row:
Jamie Haas, John Schneider, Chris Desseauve, Justin Brundage, Jesse
Soto
Second row:
Coach Frank Kean, Craig Vandermark, Jason Rondinelli, Tom Butler,
Steve Degerdon
Third row:
Bob Card, John Martin, Wayne McKenley, Robert Sparling, Joe Payne.
Hornets’ b-ball players contribute
to memorial fund
HONESDALE —
The senior members of the Honesdale Hornets basketball team recently
presented a check in the amount of $1,825.50 to the Luke Rickard
Scholarship Fund.
The donation
represents the proceeds of the Luke Rickard Memorial Three-on-Three
Basketball Tournament held April 1.
A $1,000 scholarship
will be presented to the most deserving Honesdale High School senior
basketball player at an awards presentation later this spring.
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