2025 Summer  1 Weekday Standings

Thursday, June 5, 2025
Weekday League


Homesmart Realty - 15 Carrousel Travel - 10

"What a game! What a team! What a win! On a sun-drenched (and maybe mildly sweaty) early Surprise morning, the mighty HomeSmart Realty Softball Squad took on Greg Roehm's Carrousel Crushers—and came out on top in a thrilling 15-10 victory.Let’s just say this: our bats were wicked active. Everyone on the team got at least one hit, and most of us decided that once wasn’t enough. Singles, doubles, who-knows-how-many-runs later, we left the field looking like the offensive juggernaut we pretend to be at the office, or used to anyway. Carrousel didn’t make it easy, though. Greg Roehm's crew came to play and gave us a full seven innings of action-packed drama, dingers, and great stops. Hats off to them—they brought the heat, but we brought the fire extinguisher today. Defensively, Donnie “The Rifle” Ranieri was everywhere. Shortstop? More like shortstopped-everything-in-sight. We’re still not sure if he teleported or cloned himself, but he was in on every play. Leading the outfield, Mike “Catch”-urak lived up to the nickname with caught fly balls, scoops, pick-ups, and enough glove magic to earn a Gold Glove (or at least a cold beverage). And Joe “Oh, what a play!”-soiec made at least two plays that made the fans gasp, and one that made someone say “Did he just do that?!” And let’s talk about Sheldon. Oh, Sheldon. Cool as a cucumber dipped in liquid nitrogen, he wrapped up the game with an unassisted double play that dropped jaws and closed the curtain on Carrousel’s comeback hopes. Final score: 15-10, HomeSmart for the win! Final vibe: Electric. Final message: Never bet against realtors with cleats. Until next game—keep swinging, keep smiling, and remember: paperwork is temporary, softball glory is forever. 🥎💥 Next game: Tuesday, June 10th @8:15 SPECIAL THANKS to the Book Man, Jeff Smith, and to Greg Allseitz, Laura Johnson, and Jerry Eastham for umpiring and tower work!"

Carrousel Travel and Homesmart played to a 15-10 win for Homesmart. Carrousel Travel appeared unprepared to play as a comedy of errors was entirely too much to overcome. Offensively, Carrousel Travel was led by Jay Schirpke (2B, 3B) and Greg Roehm (2B, 2 RBI’s), both of which were a perfect 4-4 at the plate. Russ Figueroa (3B, 3 RBI’s) and Peter Houghton (3B, 2 RBI’s) both had 3 base hits. John Bertholdy (2 RBI’s) and Jim Matthews added 2 hits. Special thanks to Eileen Figueroa for maintaining the offensive statistics and Jon Chlebeck for coaching base runners. 

Liberty GMC - 12 Ranall's Realty - 7

Liberty GMC came out on top 12-7 over the hard charging Ranalls team. Liberty again had a great defensive day led by some outstanding running catches in the outfield. The infield was solid in not letting anything get through and with Lonnie Saiz playing a great rover position today. Ranalls scored 4 in the bottom of the 6th inning to pull within 4 but we added 2 big runs in the top of the 7th to hold them off for the win. The hits also just kept coming at the right time. Our big hitters today were, Tom Yurkunas  3/4 with a triple, 2 runs & a RBI, Jim Opyd 3/4  2 runs and a RBI, Glenn Turner 3/3 a triple and a RBI,and big stick Lonnie Saiz 3/4 with a double, 1 run & 1 RBI, Tom Gibans 2/4 1 run a double & 2 RBI's, Chris Espejo 2/4  2 runs &1 RBI, . All but 2 hitters today had RBI's so it was a great team effort. Thanks to Norma Lucas for subbing today and adding 2 RBI's.

Congrats to Randy and the Liberty Buick team on a convincing win.  Thanks to subs Ken Silva, Ron Swanson and Wayne Moxley.  Ron was 3 for 3, 1 run and 1 RBI.  Ken was 2 for 4, double, 1 run, 1 RBI.  Don and Howard each had 2 hits scored runs and RBIs.  Thanks for Danny W. and Dan N. for umping, Jeff Smith for keeping the book and Joe O. for running the scoreboard.

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Weekday League


Homesmart Realty - 7 Liberty GMC - 11

"Homesmart Realty Softball Recap: Liberty GMC Edition
Well, folks, the Summer Session 1 opener didn’t quite go our way, but the Homesmart squad showed up swinging—literally. Despite an 11-7 loss to Liberty GMC, we put up a .513 team batting average, basically like the 1927 Yankees… if the 1927 Yankees also gave up a few too many runs, Offensive Highlights:· Danny Wood (The Mad Texan) was an absolute machine, going 3 for 4 with two doubles. Someone check his bat for rocket fuel.· John Hammel (3 for 4) and Jim Collins (2 for 3) brought the heat, proving that age is just a number (or that softball is their fountain of youth).· Sheldon Rosenthal (2 for 3), Joe Osowiec (2 for 3), Don Ranieri (2 for 4), Danny Newman, and Chip Stanczak (2 for 4) all joined the hit parade. Even Wayne Moxley and Mike Kachurak got in on the action because hitting is contagious. Defensive Standouts: Shout-out to Sheldon, Donnie, and Joe for making some slick plays in the field. And let’s not forget Marty Jiminez, who snagged a foul ball for a clutch out, proving that he’s still got the reflexes of a cat (or at least a cat who occasionally pays attention). All in all, a solid start to the season. Next time, we’ll work on that whole ""giving up fewer runs"" thing. Until then, keep swinging for the fences (or at least for the gaps between outfielders who may or may not be paying attention).Next Game: Thursday at 7:00 am. We are the visitors against Carrousel Travel. Bring your bats, gloves, and maybe a lucky charm.
#HomesmartHustle #WeHitALotButAlsoGaveUpALot #MartyandSheldonWithTheClutchGrab"

Liberty GMC started off the season with a win against a tough Homesmart team 11-7. Liberty had great defense today with timely hitting. In the outfield there were some great catches to keep runners in check including Chris Espejo making a catch at the warning track. The infield also played good defense including multiple double plays. Tom Yurkunas made a great catch in foul territory for an out and Jerry Eastham had a great throw to Gene Fleck at home to get an out and save a run. Perfect day hitting were Jim Opyd & sub Robert Carey, both going 3 for 3.and 2 RBI's each. 7 out of our 11 hitters had RBI's today. Thanks to Robert Carey for subbing today.

Ranall's Realty - 9 Carrousel Travel - 10

Congrats to Greg Roehm and his Carrousel team on the win.  Thanks to our subs (Ken, Dale, Joe).  Several nice outfield catches and infield plays.  Nice relay from outfield to Ken to Sal for an out at home.  Perfect at the place were Ken (3 for 3, double, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Mike (3 for 3, 1 run).  Bob was 2 for 3, double, 1 run, 3 RBIs.  Ed Hart was 2 for 3, 2 runs.  Rest of Ranalls' team had one or more hits. Thank you to Nani for keeping the book, Mike and Marty for umpire duties and Jim Collins for scoreboard.

Carrousel Travel began summer weekday league play facing the Tom Ranalls squad. Carrousel Travel won the contest 10-9 behind a sixth inning grand slam home run from Jay Schirpke. All 11 Carrousel Travel team members reached base safely at least once. Peter Houghton (2 doubles and 2 RBI’s) and Greg Roehm (1 RBI) had a perfect 3-3 day at the plate. Jay Schirpke was 3-4 with a team high 4 RBI’s, one double and one home run. Jim Matthews, Scott Boyd, Skip Pavitt and Russ Figueroa all added 2 hits. Winning Pitcher, Larry Radant, was solid on the mound and ended the game with a strike out. Carrousel Travel experienced some defensive miscues, but also turned two double plays and made enough plays to begin league play with a win.