A power mower is not a pleasant machine whether you ride it, push it or walk behind it as it ambles along over your home turf. The sound of it is annoying, it’s work a chore that needs repeating almost weekly not to mention maintenance; in short, not a very pleasant device at all. Still, I do seek the good among the bad and I have fortunately been able to determine two worthwhile qualities in support of it. They aren’t much but it’s all I have.

First, there is the walk. I do not have a riding mower though friends of mine do and their yards are a postage stamp by comparison; to each his own. My mower is self-propelled which means all I do is walk behind it. One day I got out my GPS and carried it with me as I went. I created a pattern that allowed for one continuous run with as few stops as possible. When I finished I found I had walked one point eight miles within the boundaries of my yard. Not too shabby.

Towanda scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the third inning Friday night in Wysox against rival Wyalusing on a bloop single to right field. The Rams quickly recovered though ending any threat with an out at the plate. Towanda lead 1-0.

In the bottom of the sixth Zach Ripic from Towanda ripped a solo homerun over the left field fence for the 2-0 lead.

Wyalusing scored five runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead 5-2.

Towanda scored one run in the bottom of the seventh to make it 5-3 and that’s where it ended.