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Northern Carbon holds onto lead senior games

With three days of competition in the books, Northern Carbon County is continuing to lead the 2016 Senior Games with a combined score of 281; but Southern Carbon County is continuing the fight with a combined team score of 247.

Who will be left standing at the top when all the dust settles from the two weeks of competition? We'll have to wait and see.Thursday's events included billiards.The individual billiards results are:• Men age 60 to 64: none listed.• Men age 65 to 69: Lewis Hirochek of Panther Valley, gold; Emil Laputka of Weatherly, silver; and Larry Klotz of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 70 to 74: Richard Boyd of Panther Valley, gold; Mike Beshock of Panther Valley, silver; and Vic Tiounoff of Jim Thorpe, bronze.• Men age 75 to 79: Ron Bowman of Lehighton, gold; Norman Sutters of Lehighton, silver; and Ed Pienkosz of Panther Valley, bronze.• Men age 80 to 84: Hayden Snyder of Lehighton, gold; Stan Moll of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Willard Doll of Lehighton, bronze.• Men age 85 and older: Richard Ockenhouse of Jim Thorpe, gold; Victor Pituch of Panther Valley, silver; and Tom Wehr of Lehighton, bronze.• Women age 60 to 64: Maureen Hirochek of Panther Valley, gold; Anna James of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Trish Kane of Panther Valley, bronze.• Women age 65 to 69: Pat Andersen of Jim Thorpe, gold; Sandy Fritz of Lehighton, silver; and Linda Daubenspeck of Lehighton, bronze.• Women age 70 to 74: Karen Brandis of Jim Thorpe, gold; Linda Bottcher of Lehighton, silver; and Dorothy Quigley of Panther Valley, bronze.• Women age 75 to 79: Shirley Snyder of Lehighton, gold; and Louise Bishop of Lehighton, silver.• Women age 80 to 84: Marva Snyder of Lehighton, gold; and Joyce Ricciardi of Lehighton, silver.• Women age 85 and older: Sue Dopira of Panther Valley, gold; Millie Hofmann of Jim Thorpe, silver; and Frances Hager of Panther Valley, bronze.

James Ketchledge of the Lehighton senior team gets ready to break at the beginning of a billiards match. AMY MILLER/TIMES NEWS