The fifth annual Field of Dreams Game presented by Lackawanna County at PNC Field will be held this Sunday, June 25 at 5 p.m. The game was postponed because of rain from earlier this month.

The game is played by teams of 20 consisting of high school senior baseball players representing the Lackawanna League and the Wyoming Valley Conference on the area’s biggest stage for baseball.

North Pocono manager Brian Jardine will manage the Lackawanna League squad. He will be assisted by the Trojans coaching staff, Scranton High head coach Jamie Higgins, and Abington Heights head coach Bill Zalewski. Berwick manager Brian Pinterich will lead the WVC team. He will be assisted by Northwest skipper Lou DiPasquale and manager Gino Cara of Hazleton Area.

Mid Valley’s R.J. Gouldsbury replaced Valley View’s Joey Castellani on the Lackawanna League roster and is joined by West Scranton shortstop Cole Stetzar and outfielder Griffin Loureiro, Riverside shortstop Nick Sotille, Dunmore shortstop John Mandarano and catcher Andrew Salzman, Scranton pitcher Jack Kelly, Valley View pitcher Nate Seprosky, Scranton Prep catcher Kyler McAllister, Holy Cross second baseman Josh Mies, Delaware Valley shortstop Christin Jorgenson, Western Wayne outfielder Cameron Kilgallon, Forest City pitcher R.J. Kuruts,  Elk Lake pitcher Zach Groover, Blue Ridge shortstop Jake Decker and pitcher Derek Stento, Abington Heights first baseman Jake Swank and outfielder Colin McCreary, and North Pocono outfielder Patrick Noon and shortstop Pat Kravitz.

J.D. Barrett of PIAA Class 4A State Champion Dallas and Tony Molitoris of PIAA Class 3A Runner-Up Holy Redeemer were added to the WVC squad, replacing Meyers’ Gilgallon and Crestwood’s Steve Wegener. They join Meyers outfielder Colin Pasone, Wyoming Area outfielder Mike Bonita and pitcher Josh Kopcza, Pittston Area shortstop Kyle O’Fier and pitcher Tyler Jackson, Coughlin second baseman Jacob Lupas and third baseman Chase Nowak, Tunkhannock pitcher Conner Hulslander, Hazleton Area pitcher Colin Stauffer, outfielder Livan Reinoso and catcher Dayan Reinoso, GAR third baseman Ismael Lake, Crestwood pitcher James Graves, Wyoming Valley West outfielders Rich Sott and Dom Bayo, Hanover Area second baseman Kyle Kowalski, Nanticoke Area third baseman Kyle Pokrinchak and Berwick pitcher Austin Horsefield. Nanticoke outfielder Aaron Kreitzer was named honorary captain of the WVC squad.

Game sponsors are Lackawanna County, the Lackawanna County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Luzerne County Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Times-Tribune, The Citizens Voice, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, Battaglia’s Sporting Goods and Electric City Baseball. Admission is $5. A portion of the proceeds go to the Bill Howerton Strikeout Cancer Scholarship Fund.

With Winter over, the nice weather will usher in bike season.  It is vitally important for: bicycles to be in tip-top shape; children to have the proper equipment; and drivers and youth to know the rules of biking and the road.

On Saturday, May 14, the Lackawanna County Commissioners Patrick M. O’Malley, Jerry Notarianni and Laureen A. Cummings are hosting the fourth annual bike safety fair and helmet giveaway at PNC Field, Montage Mountain Road, Moosic, from 10 AM to Noon.

Three hundred helmets will be given away free-of-charge to the youngsters who attend.   Bike safety talks will be done by local police officials.  A bike rodeo is also planned to help the youngsters learn how to navigate in all kinds of weather and terrain.

PNC Bank is the presenting sponsor.  Other sponsors are: Sickler’s Bike & Sport Shop, Gerrity’s Supermarkets, the Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders and Legends Hospitality Management.

The County is coordinating a helmet design competition once again.  Youngsters can go to the County’s website www.lackawannacounty.org, print-off a blank helmet and then let their imaginations run wild.  Helmet design sheets are also available at Gerrity’s Supermarkets, Sickler’s Bike & Sport Shop and PNC Field.

The designs will be judged and one boy and girl will win a bike, provided by Sickler’s Bike & Sport Shop.  A drawing for another bike will be conducted the day of the fair.

The coloring competition is open to all public school districts and private schools throughout Lackawanna County along with the general public.

All entries must be submitted by Wednesday, May 11.  They should be mailed to the Lackawanna County Commissioners Office, 200 Adams Avenue, Sixth Floor, Scranton, PA 18503.

In order to receive a helmet at the fair, the youngsters will be required to attend a brief bike safety talk.  When the presentation is complete, the children will be able to pick-up a helmet.

There will be several fun activities, child finger printing by the District Attorney’s Office, giveaways and use of the park’s Fun Zone.

Hot Dogs will be served, compliments of Gerrity’s Supermarkets.

For further information, contact Fran Pantuso, Community Outreach Manager, at 570-963-6750 or [email protected].