Only 38 points is separating the teams during the 2014 Carbon County Senior Games.

The Southern Carbon County seniors are continuing to edge their way into first place with a combined score of 289; but Northern Carbon County is keeping it a close game with a combined team score of 251.Who will be left standing at the top when all the dust settles from the two weeks of competition? Only time will tell.Thursday's events included billiards, held at Terpstra's Bar in Jim Thorpe and the Jim Thorpe/Penn-Kidder and Panther Valley senior centers.The individual billiards results are:• Men age 60 to 64: Rick Van Horn of Panther Valley, gold; Roger Berger of Palmerton, silver; and Lewis Hirochek of Panther Valley, bronze.• Men age 65 to 69: Ray Berger of Palmerton, gold; Tom Williams of Jim Thorpe, silver; and George Kunkel of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Men age 70 to 74: Charles Parsons of Jim Thorpe, gold; John DeWald of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Norman Sutters of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 75 to 79: Henry Long of Lehighton, gold; Ron Bowman of Lehighton, silver; and Ron Prator of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 80 to 84: Richard Ockenhouse of Jim Thorpe, gold; Francis O'Donnell of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Jim Gilhool of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Men age 85 and older: Tom Wehr of Lehighton, gold; Casey Yelito of Panther Valley, silver; and Larry Close of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 60 to 64: Maureen Hirochek of Panther Valley, gold; Diane Luedtke of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Pat Anderson of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 65 to 69: Gloria Walk of Palmerton, gold; Mary Ann Smolczynski of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Irene Boscia of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 70 to 74: Karen Brandis of Jim Thorpe, gold; Elaine Sterling of Panther Valley, silver; and Dawn Sheckler of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 75 to 79: Shirley Snyder of Lehighton, gold; Marva Snyder of Lehighton, silver; and Louise Bishop of Lehighton, bronze.• Women age 80 to 84: Sue Dopira of Panther Valley, gold; Frances Hager of Panther Valley, silver; and Nancy McGinley of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 85 and older: Millie Hofmann of Jim Thorpe, gold; Monica Petrecca of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Mary Pituch of Panther Valley, bronze.Editor's note: For more photos of the Senior Game events, visit

www.tnonline.com and check out the "2014 Carbon County Senior Games week 1" photo gallery.