Bethlehem Inter-Church

Dart Baseball league

Bethany UCC won the league title, 3-2 in a five-game series against East Hills.

Results 4/10/2023

East Hills vs Bethany UCC

3-6, 7-1, 10-6, 2-1, 0-1

Bethany UCC – Todd 15-24, Jeff 12-22, Dan 8-22, Marlin 6-20, Glenn 6-21; East Hills – Jim K. 10-22, Bob B. 7-19, Steve 5-20, Jim VB. 5-22, Byron 5-16.

Notes

• League Treasurer needed for next year.

• Dart Banquet at East Hills May 22, 6 p.m. doors open, meal 6:30 p.m. Captains contact Herb Gates goldengates3@yahoo.com or 610-297-6415 for a head count of attendees.

Lehigh Valley

Championship

Inter-Church vs. Suburban

Monday, April 17 at

Crosspoint (Fritz Wesleyan)

After a few years off for the pandemic the Lehigh Valley Championship resumed for the 65th time. City League Champs’ Bethany played Suburban League Champ Dryland.

Dryland came out on top 3-2 to win the series.

Game 1 - Larry Golick and Bernie Yurko gave Dryland a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st, Bethany came back scoring 3 in the bottom of the 1st on hits from Jeff Walever, Dan Sabetti, Steve Tarasuk, and John Hottenstein. Jim Goldman tied the game in the 2nd with a 2 run HR. Bethany scored a run in the 4th inning and another in the 5th inning win 5-3.

Game 2 - Doubles by Earl Sigley and Butch Silflies in the 6th inning gave Dryland a 1-0 lead. Bethany’s Glenn Morgan tied the game in the 8th with a HR at 1-1. In the 11th, Glenn Morgan hit a triple and Marlin Bozes laid down a bunt to win the game 2-1 for Bethany.

Game 3 - Dryland scored 2 runs in the 1st, a run in the 3rd, and another in the 4th to take a 4-0 lead. In the 8th, doubles by John Hottenstein and Dan Sabetti narrowed the score to 4-1. Dryland added 2 runs in the 9th inning with a triple and back to back doubles by Butch Silfies and Bernie Yurko to win 6-1.

Game 4 - Dryland scored single runs in the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th innings to win 3-0.

Game 5 - A triple by Earl Sigley, followed by doubles by Butch Silfies and Bernie Yurko, a triple by Dave Crouthamel and doubles by Shawn Sigley and Nathan Phares produced 5 runs in the 3rd as Dryland batted around. Bethany scored a run in the 5th as Bud Konshenik and Glenn Morgan hit triples to make the score 5-1. Jerry Miller’s HR in the 6th made the final 5-2 Dryland.

Leading hitters for Dryland included Bernie Yurko 11-23, Butch Silfies 10-23, Larry Golick 9-24, Earl Sigley and Dave Crouthamel both 7-22. For Bethany, Glenn Morgan was 7-19 and Dan Sabetti 5-19.