Bethlehem Inter-Church

Dart Baseball league

Second Half Week 6-14

College Hill 11 4 .733

Trinity Edgeboro 11 4 .733

Holy Cross 8 7 .533

First UCC 7 8 .467

Fritz Wesleyan 7 8 .467

East Hills 6 9 .400

Bethany UCC 4 8 .333

Star of Beth. 3 9 .250

Results 2-9

Trinity Edgeboro @ East Hills 5-2, 7-5, 0-5

Trinity Edgeboro – Rick Dow 4-8, Matt Fullman 6-14, Ray Walker 4-10, Bob Mease 2-5; East Hills – Greg Costa 4-9, Byron Bachman 5-14, John Judd 5-14, Frank Pavlov 3-8, Steve Kuhns 3-8

College Hill @

First UCC 1-0, 3-1, 2-4

College Hill – Bill Austin 8-12; First UCC – Stan Czeck 4-12, Wayne Pavlinsky 6-12, Joe Feher 6-12, Carter Mullen 5-12

Star of Bethlehem @

Bethany UCC

PPD no parking at Bethany UCC

Holy Cross @

Fritz Wesleyan 0-4, 5-0, 4-2

Holy Cross – Robert Kincaid 6-12, Jonah Kincaid 4-12, Chris Kincaid 3-10, Dennis Gilbert 3-7; Fritz Wesleyan – Blair Weller 5-12, Jack Rohal 5-12, Jason Rehm 4-12

Feb. 23 Schedule

Trinity Edgeboro @ College Hill

First UCC @ Holy Cross

East Hills @ Star of Bethlehem

Bethany UCC @ Fritz Wesleyan

Jan. 26 snowed out games

College Hill @ Bethany UCC needs to be scheduled

East Hills @ First UCC needs to be scheduled

Fritz Wesleyan @ Star of Bethlehem - March 30

Trinity Edgeboro @ Holy Cross needs to be scheduled

Lehigh Valley All-Star Series

For the 69th time the City League and the Suburban League met in the Lehigh Valley All-Star series and for the 24th time the City League beat the Suburban League by winning the best of 5 series, three games to one. The series record now stands at Suburban 45 wins and the City 24 wins.

Game 1

With three doubles in the first inning, the City jumped out to a 2-0 lead. City added a run in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead. Four straight hits in the fourth inning expanded the lead to 6-0. A run in the sixth inning and two more runs in the seventh inning gave the city a 9-0 lead. Suburban scored one run in the eighth inning and one run in the ninth inning; however, it was not enough as the City League won game 1 by a score of 9-2. Blair Weller led the City team with five hits, all doubles.

Game 2

The City took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. The Suburban team responded with a triple, double, triple, double combo to score three runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-1 lead. Suburban added two runs in the third inning and 1 in the fifth inning to take a 6-1 lead. The City team scored one run in the seventh inning as the Suburban team won game 2 by a score of 6-2.

Game 3

City used four hits and a Hit by Pitcher to take a 3-0 in the bottom of the first. Suburban responded with four doubles in the fourth inning to tie the game at 3-3. Suburban took a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning. City struck back with three-straight doubles in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a 5-4 lead. Suburban had runners on first and second in the ninth inning and one out, when Tom Dormida hit a Double Play to end the game. The final was City 5-4, giving City a 2-1 advantage. Dave Shannon, Blair Weller and Stan Czeck all went 2-4 to lead City.

Game 4

A triple and two doubles in the top of the second inning provided City with 2-0 lead. In the top of the seventh inning with a runner on second, Whitey K. slammed a 2-run homer to increase the lead to 4-0. With 2 doubles in the bottom of the seventh the Suburban team narrowed the score to 4-1. City team added a run in the top of the ninth to win 5-1 and take the All-Star series 3-1. Blair Weller had three doubles, a triple and a Little Out in this game.

This was the 69th meeting of the two teams.

Leading hitters for the City League were Blair Weller 11-18, Whitey K 4-6 with a HR, Stan Czeck and Jason Rehm both 5-14 and Herb Gates 3-7.

The Suburban League was led by Brian Frankenfield 7-15, Jen Erkinger 5-15 and Butch Silfies 4-12.

For the night the City team had 50 hits while the Suburban team had 35 hits.

TRAPSHOOTING

Lehigh Valley

Trapshooters Club

• North End Gun Club took home the 2025-2026 championship.

• In two weeks are the individual shoot-offs.

Standings

North End 1713

Ontelaunee 1709

Rural 1699

Pioneer 1660

Pocono Slate Belt 1652

Lappawinzo 1617

Coplay 1617

Coplay

24’s – Scott Snyder, Phil Crossley, Bob Koefer; 23’s – Nathan Hoenl, Pete Jones, Jack Jabs

Lappawinzo

25 – Don Knauss; 23’s – Eric Flexer, Roy Knipe, Mark Ryan, Craig Peischler

North End

25’s- Tanner Kuder, Chet Karpyn, Jon Zadzora, Caitline Bonser, Jacob Bonser

Ontelaunee

25’s – Lorne Palansky, Kurt Rodenbach, Jason Graczyk, Chuck Moog, Bryson Lonczynski, Tom Motzkus, Scott Reinhard

Pioneer

25’s – Bob Ruth; 24’s – Ashley Allworthy, Jason Bond, Jill Skoutelas; 23’s – Dave Schwartz

Rural

25’s – Lynn Fisher, Mike Endy, Bob Malmstedt, Donald Boehm Jr.; 24’s – Mario Cessarone, Bob Drexinger, Bradley Fogel, Connie Kern, John McCauley, John Oldt

Pocono Slate Belt

25 – Tommy Hensel, 24’s – Paul Steinmetz Jr., Brandon Steinmetz, James Corley, Bernie Raybould, Drew Hensel, Ray DiRisio