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South takes senior games lead

After eight events, the Southern Carbon County seniors have taken the lead in the 2016 Carbon County Senior Games with a score of 431.

But Northern Carbon County seniors, who led the games all last week, are following close behind and making it a tight race, with a combined score of 410.Monday's event was miniature golf at Heisler's Dairy Bar in Tamaqua due to a washout on Friday that forced the games coordinator to switch things around a bit.The individual miniature golf results are:• Men age 60 to 64: Dave Getz of Jim Thorpe, gold; Wayne Leap of Lehighton, silver; and Jim Mazzotta of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Men age 65 to 69: Larry Klotz of Lehighton, gold; Dennis Getz of Lehighton, silver; and Frank Carazo of Palmerton, bronze.• Men age 70 to 74: Lee Getz of Lehighton, gold; Ed Bailey of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Charles Parsons of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Men age 75 to 79: James Kindrew of Palmerton, gold; John DiJohn of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Ron Bowman of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 80 to 84: Henry Long of Lehighton, gold; Dale Evans of Lehighton, silver; Hayden Snyder of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 85 and older: Charles Messina of Lehighton, gold; James Anewalt of Lehighton, silver; and Milton Suchon of Palmerton, bronze.• Women age 60 to 64: Anna James of Jim Thorpe, gold; Maryann Selby of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Pat Gable of Palmerton, bronze.• Women age 65 to 69: Kathy Getz of Lehighton, gold; Sandy Fritz of Lehighton, silver; and Sherry Freund of Palmerton, bronze.• Women age 70 to 74: Judy Walck of Palmerton, gold; Sharelle Kratzer of Palmerton, silver; and Diana Westermann of Lehighton, bronze.• Women age 75 to 79: Marie Haberman of Lehighton, gold; Theresa Pavlik of Panther Valley, silver; and Brenda Zellers of Weatherly, bronze.• Women age 80 to 84: Reiko Summers of Jim Thorpe, gold; Marva Snyder of Lehighton, silver; and Dorothy Contrady of Weatherly, bronze.• Women age 85 and older: Helen Neifert of Panther Valley, gold; Shirley Stein of Lehighton, silver; and Althea Haydt of Palmerton, bronze.

Janet Haggerty of the Jim Thorpe team talks over her shot with scorekeeper William Morgan. DONALD SERFASS/TIMES NEWS