SENIOR SOFTBALL: Schooni's Tops Yates

LAKE PLACID - The Schooni's Family Restaurant team defeated the league-leading Michelle Yates Insurance team by a score of 14-10 in Lake Placid Senior Softball league play on Wednesday at the Lake June ball fields.

Yates led going into the fifth inning by two runs, but Schooni's scored four runs in the top of the inning with two out and held the Yates team scoreless the rest of the way.

Schooni's added two runs in the last inning for the final score. Don Cunningham and Paul Brand led the Schooni's offensive effort with three hits each, including a triple for Cunningham and a double for Brand. Jim Guild, Howard Carney, Paul Stephenson, John Ladensack and Bob Sheets also had run- scoring doubles for the winning team.

Charlie Quinn led the Yates offensive effort with three hits, followed by Moe Pier, Fred Moore and Harland Newby with two hits each and Jim Hensley contributed a triple.

The game on the other field was a close one with Central Security pulling ahead in the late innings to win by a score of 16-14.

A bases-loaded double by Ed Engler, who went 3-for-4, was critical at the end to propel his team to the lead and win.

Dana Hurlbut and Ray Heisenberg added three hits for the winners.

Although losing, the Seminole Tire Team bats were certainly not quiet, with George Lavoie, and Gary Vann banging out four hits, while Paul Smith and Mike Jurmu contributed three hits each, including a home run by Jurmu.

The Yates loss and Central Security team win, moved Central Security into the league lead with a record of 4-2, with Yates at 4-3.

The Schooni's win moved them into a tie for third place with the idle Lake Placid Marine team with records of 3-3, with the Seminole Tire team at 2-5.

League play continues through the end of March.

HIGHLANDS COUNTY SOFTBALL TUESDAY LEAGUE STANDINGS
GARNET LEAGUE
Dental Care 5-0
Grace Bible 3-1
Germaine Surveying 3-1
Homer's Buffet 3-1
Alan Jay 2-3
Sebring Merchants 1-4
Doughboys 1-4

GOLD LEAGUE
Avon Park Estates 3-1
Glade & Grove 2-2
Sanchez Farms 2-2
Merrill Lynch 2-2
Hawk Enterprises 2-2
ATS Bulldogs 1-3
Graham Farms 1-3
West Coast Insultation 1-3