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Indians
lose to Sacred Heart
By TOM KANE
NARROWSBURG — In a 12-8 game in favor of Sacred
Heart of Carbondale, with bases loaded and one out in the last inning,
the Narrowsburg girls softball team scored two runs. As the tension
mounted, with two outs and runners on second and third, the Indians
popped up for the final out.
The rally, which brought the final score to 12-10,
wasn’t enough for a Narrowsburg victory.
“We played well and hit very well but our pitching
faltered,” said coach Lionel Billard.
Narrowsburg out-hit Sacred Heart 19 to 6.
“Our pitchers got a little wild near the end,”
Billard said. “We have very young pitchers and we’re trying to bring
them along slowly.”
At the top of the sixth—the next to last inning—the
score was Narrowsburg 8, Sacred Heart 4. Starter Mary Kuen, a ninth
grader, did well but tired and had to be replaced.
Narrowsburg’s Melanie Hector went 3 for 5 with
one RBI and two doubles. Jackie Ropke was 3 for 4 with a double.
Kim Jay hit 2 for 5 with two RBI’s.
Get
a kick out of soccer
HONESDALE — The Honesdale Soccer Club will conduct
its eighth annual Soccer Day Camp, from June 25 to 29, at the Honesdale
High School Soccer Fields, located behind the Lakeside Elementary
School. The morning session, from 9:00 a.m. to 12: 00 noon, is for
girls and boys ages five years through those entering eighth grade
in the fall of 2001. The afternoon session, from 4:00 to 7: 00 p.m.,
is for players entering ninth grade to 18 years.
The camp will be directed by Isang Jacob, former
Nigerian national and professional soccer player. Jacob is currently
the assistant men’s varsity coach at Indiana University/Purdue University
at Indianapolis. Jacob holds the Premier Coaching Diploma, the highest
achievement of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America
and the United States Soccer Federation “A” License. He will direct
a professional coaching staff, which includes college and high school
coaches from different areas of the United States as well as players
and coaches with international experience.
Returning this year are Mercy Akide and Florence
Omagbemi, Nigerian National and Olympic Women’s Team members. Akide
and Omagbemi will coach the girls’groups as well as the high school
sessions. The two women will be playing in the new Women’s Professional
Soccer League beginning April 21.
The youth player curriculum will emphasize individual
skill development and small group tactics. Match-related tactics,
teamwork and conditioning will be disguised as fun through the use
of games and micro soccer. The advanced high school training will
emphasize technical and tactical development under pressure of an
opponent, restarts, functional training by position and systems
of play. New this year will be a goalkeeper clinic designed specifically
to develop the physical and mental skills necessary to become a
top-rated keeper.
The camp fee is $90 ($25 extra for keeper clinic),
campers will receive a soccer ball and a T-shirt. For more information
or to obtain a camp application call 570/729-8458.
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