The Carbon County Senior Games has helped keep area seniors young at heart for the last 22 years.

Each year, the games have grown, making this year's competition one of the largest, with over 200 men and women from five county senior centers coming out to throw, shoot, swim, dance, and putt their way into the winner's circle.One week of competition has been completed and the two-time defending champs, the Lehighton senior team, has taken back first place from the Jim Thorpe seniors, who led the pack for the first three days of competition. But, it's still anyone's tournament with 10 events left. This week's competition include, Monday: bowling and ping pong; Tuesday: the Philip Steigerwalt Memorial Walk, softball throw, horseshoes, and bocci; and Wednesday: Bingo, pinochle and rummy, and dancing.The overall standings to date are Lehighton in first with a score of 321; Jim Thorpe in a close second with 305 points; Panther Valley in third with 94 points; Palmerton in fourth with 38 points; and Weatherly in fifth with 18 points.Thursday afternoon and Friday's events included swimming and miniature golf. The results are recorded below.The individual results for the freestyle swim are:• Men age 60 to 64: Dave Morgan of Lehighton, gold; Max Solowej of Lehighton, silver; and Lee Getz of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 65 to 69: Bob Penberth of Panther Valley, gold; and Rich Haberman of Lehighton, silver.• Men age 70 to 74: Bob Sluck of Jim Thorpe, gold.• Men age 75 to 79: Howard Farber of Jim Thorpe, gold.• Men age 80 to 84: Milt Suchon of Palmerton, gold; and Jim Anewalt of Lehighton, silver.• Women age 60 to 64: Kathy Getz of Lehighton, gold.• Women age 65 to 69: Dawn Scheckler of Jim Thorpe, gold; and Linda Bottcher of Lehighton, silver.• Women age 70 to 74: Beverly Dolgopol of Lehighton, gold.• Women age 75 to 79: Annette Kirchdoffer of Panther Valley, gold; Shirley Stein of Lehighton, silver; and June Farber of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 80 to 84: Helen Neifert of Panther Valley, gold.• Women age 85 and older: Barbara Marikovics of Jim Thorpe, gold.The individual results for the backstroke swim are:• Men age 60 to 64: Dave Morgan of Lehighton, gold; Max Solowej of Lehighton, silver; and Lee Getz of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 65 to 69: Bob Penberth of Panther Valley, gold; and Rich Haberman of Lehighton, silver.• Men age 70 to 74: Bob Sluck of Jim Thorpe, gold.• Men age 75 to 79: Howard Farber of Jim Thorpe, gold.• Men age 80 to 84: Milt Suchon of Palmerton, gold; and Jim Anewalt of Lehighton, silver.• Women age 60 to 64: Kathy Getz of Lehighton, gold.• Women age 65 to 69: Linda Bottcher of Lehighton, gold; and Dawn Scheckler of Jim Thorpe, silver.• Women age 70 to 74: Beverly Dolgopol of Lehighton, gold.• Women age 75 to 79: Shirley Stein of Lehighton, gold; Annette Kirchdoffer of Panther Valley, silver; and June Farber of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 80 to 84: Helen Neifert of Panther Valley, gold.• Women age 85 and older: Barbara Marikovics of Jim Thorpe, gold.The individual miniature golf results are:• Men age 60 to 64: Lee Getz of Lehighton, gold; Dennis Getz of Lehighton, silver; and Al Fanelli of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Men age 65 to 69: Jim Wolfe of Lehighton, gold; Ed Pienkosz of Weatherly, silver; and Rich Haberman of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 70 to 74: Arnold Rex of Lehighton, gold; John Power of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Willard Doll of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 75 to 79: Hayden Snyder of Lehighton, gold; Bob Perkins of Panther Valley, silver; and Walter McNichol of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Men age 80 to 84: Jim Anewalt of Lehighton, gold; Larry Close of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Don Neifert of Panther Valley, bronze.• Men age 85 and older: Al Feuerstein of Jim Thorpe, gold; and Tom Wehr of Lehighton, silver.• Women age 60 to 64: Kathy Getz of Lehighton, gold; Linda Daubenspeck of Lehighton, silver; and Linda Swartz of Palmerton, bronze.• Women age 65 to 69: Linda Bottcher of Lehighton, gold; Maryann Infante of Panther Valley, silver; and Dawn Scheckler of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 70 to 74: Louise Bishop of Lehighton, gold; Barb Klass of Lehighton, silver; and Peggy Rendish of Panther Valley, bronze.• Women age 75 to 79: Reiko Summers of Jim Thorpe, gold; Jean Fisher of Lehighton, silver; and Mary Hudicka of Panther Valley, bronze.• Women age 80 to 84: Bessie Bauchspies of Lehighton, gold; Helen Neifert of Panther Valley, silver; and Cathy Cook of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Women age 85 and older: Ann Daley of Jim Thorpe, gold; Barbara Marikovics of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Catherine Schoch of Weatherly, bronze.