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Newspaper

New Castle News

Location

New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1968

Page

16

Ellwood City dominates Section 6 WPIAL baseball stats

Ellwood City Wolverines win the section title and post the league’s top hitter Don Wick with a .444 average. Pitchers Jerry Bukac and Rick Lawson go 9-0 combined era, 3 earned runs in 59 2-3 innings, 65 strikeouts. Bucking with strong names like Hudson Blazin McKissick Chiaro highlight the season.

Ellwood City Wolverines Don Wick Jerry Bukac Rick Lawson Wick New Castle Ken Hudson Ellwood Dave Blazin Hudson Blazin Bill Hall Wilmington Harry Canavesi Northwestern Bukac Lawson Glen McKissick McKissick RBI Wayne Thornhill Union Joe Chiaro Ellwood A Au Bil Hall Mike Annarella Union B Mike Maricone Shenango Vic Sharek Joe Hudak Shenango U Ken Aven Dale Elder Frank Feola Wb U Rick Smith Rich Lawson Glen McKinsick Wil Ray Smith del Schuster Jim Clare New 1818

Fourth Ward Defeats Second Ward 10 9 in Little League

In New Castle at Dean Park the Fourth Ward beat the Second Ward 10 to 9. Greco powered the win with a homer and four RBIs on a night he was perfect at the plate. A six run fourth inning highlighted by M Richards home run sealed the victory.

Fourth Ward 2Nd Ward New Castle Dean Park Greco M. Richards

Today’s local league action features multiple intramural matchups

Today several Pony League and Little League games, including Yanks vs Optimist and Medical Center vs Big J, plus Slo-Pitch and Church League tests across districts. Tomorrow’s lineups include Sankey vs First Christian and Clen-Moore UP vs AZA, with North County and recreation leagues also scheduled.

Pony League Yanks Optimist LL Medical Center Big J Sr. Love's Handy Andy (Jr Willie's Liberty AC Wampum Lutheran LCA Gaston D St. Joseph Gaston N Highland New Wilmington First Christian St. Vitus Flaherty Croton Clen-Moore Laurel Tomorrow Junior Church Sankey Deshon D AZA Castlewood Edinburg Volant Neshannock Hickory Little Big League

Rolling Hills tourneys draw golfers across region

The listing notes the Rolling Hills weekend events including the Second Invitational Best Ball Tourney with 755 in prizes and 8 to 10 am tee times. Defending champs are Sinkovich and Koski. It also mentions the BPOE tourney at Castle Hills and junior programs at NCCC and Castle Hills, plus other golf notices across the area.

Thad Bukowski Rolling Hills Mike Rudzik Rich Kinkela Bob Palmer Ron Castle Hills Elks Ohio Pennsylvania Pete DiMeco Hillcrest New Castle Country Club NCCC Frank Westcott Sam George Hubert Wilson U.S Tenison Dallas Tex North Park Pittsburgh Babcock and Wilcox Pitt Tube Group

Big League Scoreboard Recap

The game notes E Christopher 2, Moser 2, Alexander 3 and Doyle with hits. RBI by Abdoe Mosley Annarella Booher. sacrifices by Abdoe Mosley Booher. Volant 7 LOB, Elder 6, Doyle 4, D Neve 1, Munnell 2. Doyle WP. D Neve winner, Elder loser.

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Waynesburg College unveils 1968 69 basketball schedule

Waynesburg College announces a 23 game 1968 69 basketball schedule under coach Harold King adding three new opponents Point Park Grove City and Muskingum College Holiday Tournament participation December 27 28 The program features six West Penn Conference games and a season opener December 6 at California State College.

Waynesburg Waynesburg College Harold King Jackets Muskingham College Grove City Point Park College California Salem West Liberty Ashland Frostburg Walsh Carnegie Mellon Point Park West Penn

Edinburg and A and A Painting Win Tight North County Games

In the North County Baseball League A and A Painting edged Volant 4 to 2 while Edinburg defeated Castlewood 2 to 0. Darryl Neve pitched four shutout innings in relief to earn A and A Painting's win, with Omar Abdoe and Mike Amarella collecting the team’s two hits. John O Rourke hurled a one hitter for Edinburg.

A&a Edinburg North County Baseball League Mike Amarella Todd Alexander Volant John O’rourke Castlewood Bongivengo George Watters O’rourke Bob Beltz

Livingston Mason Tie In Golf League Honors At Borland

Livingston and Mason shared medal honors in the Ivor J. Lee Golf League at Borland on Friday night with 28s. Swellyn was runner up with 29, Bish 31, and Orendi 32. Banick Donuts leads with 24 points, Ivor J. Lee and Levine Clothes follow at 23. Other team scores include Erb Insurance 2142 Art's Campus Shop 19 L & L Laundromat 18 Cowan and Dear 15 Bish Golden Dawn 14 First National Bank 14 and Coach and Lantern 12.

Dick Livingston Gil Mason Ivor J. Lee Borland Bill Swellyn Bob Bish Rich Orendi Harry McQuiston Banick Donuts Levine Erb Insurance Art's Campus Shop L & L Laundromat Cowan and Dear Bish Golden Dawn First National Bank Coach and Lantern

Crescent Cafe Clinches 7-2 Victory in Ward Slo Pitch

Crescent Cafe defeated Mazzocco Sunoco 7-2 at Progressive Field in the 7th Ward Slo Pitch League. John Frank Chuck Stone Frank Cattillo and Don Ross each had two hits for Crescent while Anthony DeLuca hit a triple. Chuck Fiorante and Lou Lombardo led the losers.

Crescent Cafe Mazzocco Sunoco Progressive Field John Frank Chuck Stone Frank Cattillo Don Ross Crescent Anthony DeLuca Chuck Fiorante Lou Lombardo

Shenango Colts Fall 2-1 to Koppel in Ellwood City

Shenango bowled over by Koppel 2-1 as Rob Pontius struck out eight for Shenango. Both Koppel runs were unearned. Schuller led Shenango Colts with two hits at Ellwood City Colt League game last night.

Shenango Colts Koppel Ellwood City Rob Pontius Shenango Schuller Colts

Pirates Top Yanks 13-3 In Pony League Action

Jim Mastropietro and Dennis Vrabel pitched for the Pirates as they defeated the Yanks 13-3 at Union's Scotland Meadow Park Field. The duo allowed only two hits, while Dave Mrozek led the winners with three hits including a double. Larry Thomas added a triple, and Mastropietro and Chuck Montabon each doubled. Jeff Brown and Martin Kuttesch each had the losers only two hits.

Jim Mastropeiro Dennis Vrabel A&m Pirates A&m Yanks Union Scotland Meadow Park Field Dave Mrozek Larry Thomas Mastropietro Chuck Montabon Jeff Brown Martin Kuttesch

Percy Pugh Outpoints Backus in New Orleans Bout

In New Orleans Percy Pugh stops Bill Backus in Canastota NY. Pugh wins by decision 10 rounds, 144 to 146. The bout highlights a close matchup with Pugh securing the victory.

New Orleans UPI Percy Pugh Bill Backus Canastota N.Y

Lenkaitis and Buzin named to East team for All-America game

Bill Lenkaitis and Richard Buzin of Pennsylvania State University are named to the East team for the East West Coaches All-America football game to be played in Atlanta on June 28. The East leads the series 4-3, after last year's 12-9 victory.

Atlanta UPI Bill Lenkaitis Richard Buzin Pennsylvania State University

DeMonaco Throws No-Hitter in Debut for West Pittsburg

Mark DeMonaco pitched the first game of his life and threw a no hitter as West Pittsburg crushed 4th Ward Giants 25-0 in the New Castle Little Big League American Division. He struck out 12 and walked five while the team rapped 17 hits led by Danny Marcantino with two doubles and a triple driving in seven.

Mark DeMonaco New Castle DeMonaco West Pittsburg 4Th Ward Giants Danny Marcantino

Davis Delivers Walk-Off Double For Highland UP

Ron Davis doubled home two runs in the bottom of the seventh to turn a 8-7 deficit into a 9 8 victory for Highland Up over Clen Moore Up in YMCA Junior Church Softball. Rick Woodring earned the win as Clen Moore built an early 6-0 lead before Highland surged back.

Ron Davis Highland Clen-Moore YMCA Davis Rick Woodring

Croton United Methodist softball team practice

The Croton United Methodist softball team will hold a practice tonight at Flaherty Field starting at 6 15 PM.

Croton United Methodist Flaherty Field

Farris Construction nets 11th and 12th wins in Slo-Pitch action

Farris Construction swept a doubleheader in Lawrence County Slo-Pitch League, beating American Cyanamid 62 14-4 and Sylvester's Dairy 14-4. Lou Santangelo had four hits, Randy Macarella three for Farris. three double plays were turned. King Humbert also won 17-7 over Tom Fee as Ed Stodolsky and Dave Ringer homered. Stodolsky had two homers and Ringer four-for-five. In other news, Rochester AHL secretary-treasurer Jack Button resigned without comment. Jack Butterfield announced the move.

Farris

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