Saturday League Fall 2024 Game Summaries & Standings

 Saturday, January 25, 2025
Bronze Division


Angela's Kitchen - 9 Homesmart Realty - 8

It was a very competitive and well played game and thankfully the Angela's Team prevailed.  Angela's took on a determined Home Smart Reality team. After 3 innings, Home Smart led 7 to 4.  Over the next innings, Angela's was able to hold Home Smart scoreless, but Angela's was also scoreless over those 2 innings.  In the top of the 7th, Home Smart was able to score a run to make it 8 - 4 in their favor with Angela's coming to bat.  In the bottom of the 7th, Angela's was able to crack the Home Smart defense with some well placed hits and smart base running, scoring 4 runs and walking off with a 9 - 8 win.  As a team, Angela's batted 750, leading the way was Kevin Katsuki going 4 for 4, Dave Michels and David Power 3 for 4, and Brian Pin, Bob Snelling, Sub Gerry Boesche, and Marty Jiminez going 3 for 3.  The bottom of Angela's batting order contributed greatly to the win with the bottom 4 batters going 7 for 12, and the entire team played excellent defense to keep the Home Smart batters to only 8 runs. Thank you to Gerry Boesche for subbing and aiding in Angela's win.

Angelas Kitchen scored 1 run in the bottom of the 7th to beat Home Smart Reality 9-8. Bobby Dooling 3-3 2RBI's, Chuck Gibson 2-2 BB 1RBI, Bob Lessard 2-3 2RBI's, Sheldon Rosenthal 2-3 1RBI, Mitch Craun 2-4 2-2B, Paul Jinneman 1-2 2BB, Don Cleveland 2-4, Ken Kessler 1-4 2B, Barry Schwartz 1-3 1RBI, Ed Musgrave 1-3 and Jerry Eastham 1-3 1RBI.

Carrousel Travel - 12 Leolinda Realty - 12

Carrousel Travel went toe-to-toe with Leolinda Realty in need of at least a tie to clinch sole possession of the Saturday league championship. The game ended in a 12-12 tie, resulting in a well-deserved league crown. Carrousel Travel was dazzling defensively and led by RF Randy Selin, who made the play of the game in the first inning. RCF Dick Nunez, Substitute Player-Mitch Craun, 2B Klaus Holt and Pitcher, C.L. Eversman also made fantastic defensive plays. Carrousel Travel’s offense was led by Don F. Cole, who was 3-4 to include two extra base hits and a team high four RBI’s. Randy Selin and Dale Huffine were also 3-4, both with an extra base hit. Mitch Craun had a perfect 3-3 day at the plate, playing LCF. Dick Nunez and Tom Gibans were both 2-4. Thanks to Mike Kachurak, Ronnie Silberman and Mitch Craun for substituting for Carrousel Travel.

In a classic battle our Leolinda 11 fought the first place Carrousels Travel to the very end with the game finishing in a tie at 12-12. The game came down to the 7th inning and our Leolinda squad down 9-7 and we erupted to put five runs on the board to take a 12-9 lead going into the bottom half of the inning. However, in the bottom half of the inning we got the first two outs fairly easily, but had trouble securing the third out before the home team had tied it up. We battled like champions against the Saturday league champion. We answered the Travel squad blow for blow never packing down. All 11 of our team played well with all contributing nicely. Of special notice was a great day for Gary Kuhlman as he went 3-4 with an awesome 6 RBI's along with a playing a great defensive game. His one out on the day was a screamer that the RF fielder made a wonderful catch robbing Gary of 2 or 3 more RBI. Greg Martin was also special on the day getting on all 4 times and scoring each time. From his leadoff spot and playing a great OF. Sub Kevin Katsuki, Chip and Rod were 3-4 and Feldman had 3 RBI. Artie, Bob W, Jim J, Gerry B, and Easy Ed all contributed to nicely to the team. also. Proud of all Leolinda 11 today

Broward Factory Serv - 2 T Pham Dentist - 14

Broward Factory Service was defeated 14-2 in 5 innings. BFS was never in this game from the start, only mustering 8 hits and 2 runs. Defense was not on our side today as the TP dentist team just kept hitting the ball where we weren’t. Top hitters today were Ted Grove and Paul Larson, 2/2. Those going 1/2 were Sub Tom Yurkunas, Larry Radiant, Sub Dick Steiman and Ray Hensley. Thank you to Curt Rhodes wife for doing our scorebook today. Thank you to our subs playing for us today: Tom Yurkunas, Tom Ciavarella, Shawna Fletcher and Dick Steiman. Sorry for my mess up getting a sub for Sal Politi who was at the game today.

TP Dentist took on the Broward FS Team today and came away with a 14-2 victory in 5 innings. The Dentist had a complete game today on both sides of the game. Defensively the battery of Pete Simoneau and Norm Lustig kept the batters at bay. The infield of John Bertholdy, Ron Silberman, Ken Krzeminski, Eric Coudret and John Stocker allowed very few balls to reach the outfield grabbing pop ups and grounders all day. The outfield of Steve Foster, Mike Dakak, Richard Szymesko and Barney Armstrong caught and or kept everything in front of them all day. Offensively TP Dentist had 22 hits or walks in 5 innings. Perfect at the plate were Ron Silberman (triple 3 RBI's), Richard Szymesko (triple RBI) and Pete Simoneau (double RBI). Going 2/3 were Ken Krzeminski (2 RBI's), Michael Dakak (2 RBI's), John Bertholdy (RBI), Eric Coudret (double) and Steve Foster (walk RBI). Getting on base were Barney Armstrong (2 RBI's), Jim Stocker (RBI) and Norm Lustig (walk). TP Dentist would like to thank Ron Silberman and Richard Szymesko for subbing today. Big thank you to Kris Cook for working our scorebook today. 

Copper Division

NW Physical Therapy - 19 BackBone Chiropractic - 7

I want to thank all our team's players and subs who played for us throughout the season as your contributions were all appreciated immensely. I also want to thank Matt Seeliger for filling in for several weeks for us. Rob Carey subbed for us today as well and played great. I want to thank Bill Tierney for being our assistant coach for the season and appreciate his efforts. Also, Nancy Tierney was our scorebook keeper and did a wonderful job along with her assistant Pat Silversteen in making certain we had the correct score and accurate stats, marvelous job ladies! This was likely our last game as the ladies' Grand team will likely be playing next week so please come out and support the Grand Gals in their quest for another win. We played well again today with 26 hits and solid defensive efforts without glaring sunlight for once. Backbone kept it someone close until the 5th inning when we put up 5 and held them scoreless and the game was called. Top hitters were Terrific Terry Graves with a four for four day. Mashing Matt Seeliger with 4 hits including a double, Ron Coleman with 4 hits including a home run, Joel Breiner with 3 hits, Don Ranieri with 3 hits, and Jolting Jeff Nickeson with 3 hits including a bomb homer. Rob Carey with 2 hits and everyone else with at least 1 hit. I also want to thank Don Ranieri for playing wonderfully at shortstop for most of the season. I am certain that he would have preferred an outfield position but constantly exceeded expectations and never complained about it, thanks Don. A tip of the hat to our umps, Dave Nathe and Pete Semenak as well as Les Zirbel in the score tower today. Craig & Don, thanks for being the commissioners and taking great care of us, and wishing incoming commissioner Scott Kibby continued success as well.

BackBone Chiropractic dropped a 19-7 run-shortened game to NW Physical Therapy as NW scored in all but one inning.  Although four of the regular players were missing from the lineup, John Gavazza 2 for 3 with a RBI, Frank Sandomenico 2 for 3, Ed Deussen 2 for 2 with a sacrifice fly and RBI, and Craig Nelson with a triple and RBI filled in capably.  All the regular players had at least one hit as well.  Tim Schiewe 2 for 3 with a double had 2 RBI on the day.  Ray Gibson with a double and John Blevins 2 for 3 with a double each plated a run.

Dynamic Wealth - 5 Camino Del Sol - 17

"On a cloudy brisk morning, the team showed up to play but forgot their bats! Combined we only mustered 9 hits, which resulted in 5 runs. Camino Del Sol had strong bats and we congratulate them on winning the Copper League overall. Ken had a solo home run in the 6th, Glenn had 2 hits with one being a triple, Gale H had a double and a single, and Paul contributed a double and a triple. Thanks to our subs: Ron Coleman, Gale Hiser and Frank Sandaminco. Also thank you to umpires Mike Anderson and John Guzik and Dave Anthony in the score tower. "

Camino played Dynamic on a cloudy but a nice comfortable day at the Field of Dreams on this Saturday. Camino came out swinging hot bats while Dynamic couldn't find their rhythm. Camino held a 10 to 2 advantage after 3 innings and never looked back. Camino came away with a 17 to 5 win. With Tom Ranalls, Camino's starting ace pitcher, out of town, Rob Carey took over the pitching position and did a very nice job. The Camino defense which averages giving up only 11 runs a game was solid again today. Great pitching and rock solid defense has Camino stacking the wins this season. On the hitting side of the ledger today, every Camino player contributed at least one RBI. Also, every player had at least one hit. Two players were perfect from the plate today: Craig Warner (2B, 3B, 4 RBI's), and Joel Breiner (2B, 3 RBI's). 3 hit days for Scott Kibby (2B, 1 RBI), Matt Seeliger (HR, 3 RBI's), Les Zirbel (2B, 2 RBI's), and Al Caillouette (1 RBI). Chipping in with two hits were Rob Carey (2B, 1 RBI), Ed Deussen (1 RBI), and Gary Finer (1 RBI). Chipping in with a hit was Jim Opyd (1 RBI). Gold Gloves are given out today to every player as they contributed to recording outs across all positions. Congratulations Camino and Dynamic on a well played game. Thanks to Matt Seelinger, Al Caillouette and Joel Breiner for subbing today. Thanks to Mike Anderson, John Guzik, and Dave Anthony for umpiring and manning the score tower. A big thanks to Craig Nelson and Don Ranieri for commissioning the Copper League!

Dynamic Wealth - 17 Karen Olsen Realty - 9

DWM took on Karen Olsen Realty. In the second game of the morning, the bats warmed up and everyone contributed to the win. Ken Chapman had two home runs which greatly assisted to our 17 total runs. With this win it tipped the scale to 5 wins, 4 losses and 1 tie for the season. We finish off the season next Saturday Feb. 1 with Backbone Chiropractic. Thanks to our subs: Ron Coleman, Gale Hiser and Frank Sandomenico. Additional thank you’s to our umpires: Gary Finer and Jeff Nickerson, and John Boland in the score tower.

Frosty start for the 8:30 game.glad to be playing at 11:00 today .Karen Olsen had a decent outing,but fell behind early and couldn't recover.We had 4 subs today , and Big Bob Kloehn had a great defensive game at 1st ,digging 2 low throws out of the dirt, and stopping a hard line drive,throwing to second for an out. The top offensive performers were,Dave Hammel 4/4, Ed Deussen 4/4 with a towering HR over the left field fence,Moondog 3/4,and Dale Halder 3/4.thanks to Dave Hammel, Ed Deussen, Bob Kloehn,and Dan Newman for filling in.

Saturday, January 18, 2025
Bronze Division


Homesmart Realty - 13 T Pham Dentist - 15

Thomas Pham Denist beat Homesmart Reality 15 - 13 by scoring 5 runs in the top of 6th inning. For Homesmart Bob Lessard was 3-3 2B, Don Cleveland 3-4, Ken Kessler 3-4 1RBI, Mitch Craun 3-4 2B 4RBI's, Sub Gary Armstrong 2-3 2RBI's, Sheldon Rosenthal 2-3 2B 1RBI, Barry Schwartz 2-3, Jerry Eastham 2-3 2RBI's. Getting 1 hit and 1RBI each were Paul Jinneman and Sub Greg Church. Chuck Gibson had a BB and 1RBI

TP Dentist faced a talented Homesmart Team and pulled out a 15-13 victory. As the visitors TP Dentist held a 4-2 lead after 1. Homesmart came back in inning 2 to tie the game at 6 all. TP Dentist fell behind in the 3rd by 2 runs but picked up 1 run in the 4th leaving the score at 9-8 with Homesmart in the lead. Both teams plated 4 runs in the 5th. With TP Dentist down by 1 run we headed in to a shortened 6 inning game. TP Dentist picked up 3 runs and blanked Homesmart for the win. 3 big plays by Fred Jensen, Eric Coudret and Jim Stocker sealed the deal. Defensively the battery of Norm Lustig and Pete Simoneau pitched a good game and Pete picked up some ground balls for outs. Jim Stocker picked up some grounders for outs at 1st. Eric Coudret and Ken Krzeminski worked well together for some force outs. Fred Jensen and John Bertholdy both had some nice plays at Short Stop and 3rd base. Steve Foster, Michael Dakak, Kathy Boland and Barney Armstrong were able to chase down fly balls and grounders and keep everything in front of them. Offensively perfect at the plate were Kathy Boland 4/4 (2 RBI's), Michael Dakak 3/3 (walk RBI), John Bertholdy 3/3 (RBI) and Eric Coudret 3/3 (In the Park HR double 2 RBI's). Fred Jensen was 3/4 (RBI). Collecting 2 hits were Ken Krzeminski (RBI), Pete Simoneau (double 5 RBI's), Steve Foster (walk RBI) and Jim Stocker (walk RBI). Getting on base were Barney Armstrong and Norm Lustig. Thomas Pham would like to thank John Boland for working the scorebook.

Carrousel Travel - 8 Broward Factory Serv - 6

Carrousel Travel played a very close game with BFS. Ultimately, Carrousel Travel won the contest 8-6. The win resulted in a two-game lead in the standings with only two games remaining. The impressive Carrousel Travel defense was led by Michael “Sully” Sullivan who made the defensive play of the game in the second inning. C.L. Eversman allowed only 6 runs with a fantastic game on the mound. Carrousel Travel’s offensive attack was again led by Dick Nunez with another perfect 3-3 day at the plate to include a home run and double. Don F. Cole was also perfect at 2-2 to include a double. Ron Swanson and C.L. Eversman were both 2-3. Special thanks to Mike Kachurak and Dean Schoeberl for substituting today. Carrousel Travel finds it gratifying to win a game in which our sponsor, Jon Chlebeck, played against us as a substitute for BFS.

In a low scoring 6 inning game (frost delay), Carrousel Travel defeated BFS 8-6. We had a lot of opportunities on offense but just didn't get the hits when needed. Defensively, we played well, led by SS Curt Rhoades who made several nice plays. Pitcher Ray Hensley pitched great and sub Jon Chlebeck made several needed plays at 1st base. Pierre Boudreau made a nice catch in RF as did Larry Radant in RCF. Curt and Jon led our offense going 2/2, Jon with a triple. Ted Grove had 2 hits, as did sub Eric Coudret, double & RBI, and Ray, 2 hits including a double. Larry and Paul Larson had doubles and Paul's was a bases clearing 3 RBI smash. Our other sub Dick Steiman also added a hit. Hitting a paltry .438 with only 14 hits will not win too many games. Thanks to subs Jon, Eric and Dick. Thanks to Ken "double K" Krzeminski and Mike Dakak for umpiring and Pete Simoneau in the tower. A very special thanks to Nancy Rhoades and the whole Roades clan (son, grandson and other kin folks) for keeping our scorebook.

Leolinda Realty - 13 Angela's Kitchen - 6

Our Leolinda's squad used clutch hitting and tight enough defense to defeat Angelas in a six inning contest 13-6. After Angelo's came out with 2 in the first, we came back with the maximum 4 runs with five straight hits with a Jerry Feldman double scoring the final two. After shutting down the visitors in the bottom of the second we again scored 4 to take control of the game and our defense was solid the rest of the way to keep the Angela team at bay. Gary was solid at rover turning a pair of double plays and his sidekick Gerry Boesche did a fine job at 2B. We also got 2 force-outs at second from the OF, Wilterdink to Kuhlman to help the cause. Offensively, Greg (3-3, 3 RBI)hit his 3rd HR in two games although today's was officially a triple as his drive score the 3rd and 4th runs of the inning ahead of his no count 5th run. Bob Williams had the key hit in the second, a line drive single scoring 2. Jim Jozwowski stayed hot with a 3-3 day with 2 RBI and was joined by Feldman and Chip in the 3-3 club. Artie pitched well and helped us on offense also. Sub Ron Swanson was a big help with his 2 hits. Easy Ed continued his power surge with a double and single. Thanks to Kim Martin for a great job on the books.

It was another tough loss for the Angela's team, not due to a lack of effort, but to some well placed hits and a good defense by our opponent, Leo Linda Realty. Angela's was only able to score no more than 2 runs in any inning. Hopefully, Angela's will find their bats and a little better defense next week. Thank you to Barney Armstrong for subbing and Don Trenda for keeping the book.

Copper Division

Karen Olsen Realty - 11 NW Physical Therapy - 25

What a beautiful day to be playing The Grand All Stars .... oh wait NW physical therapy. Karen Olsen had a hard time keeping up with the 6 HRs hit by NW PT , (3 for walks). All in All was still a fun game to play. (Except for Moondog, who had a sore neck) overall a great defensive effort by the whole squad, who never gave up. Good offensive efforts by Greg Allseitz 4/4,Moondog 3/4,and Dale Halder 3/4. Thanks to our sub Ed Deussen,and the umpires, Gary ZZ Finer and Troy Macqueen.

We came out hitting and never really let up. Three players hit 6 home runs, but only 3 counted per league rules. 5 of the 6 homers were no doubters off the bats; 1 homer each for Joel Briener, Matt Sillinger, and super sub-Craig Nelson. The other 3 went into the books as walks. We pounded out 31 hits in 6 innings. Karen Olson (KOR) made it interesting through 4 innings as the score was 16-10. KOR scored 1 more run in the 5th and 6th innings while we scored 10 and the game was called. Everyone had at least 2 hits or a hit and multiple walks. Leading the hit parade was Ralph McKeever with 5 for 5 for the day, 4 hits for Joel Briener, and 3 hits for Craig Nelson and Bill Tierney. I want to thank Craig Nelson and Dave Archer for subbing for us today as they played extremely well. Additionally, we played a good defensive game on the infield and outfield fighting the nasty sun, and pitcher Joel Briener kept the KOR players in check for most of the game. Thank you to our umps Gary Finer, Troy MacQueen, and Tom Ranalls, as well as the tower scorekeeper. They did a wonderful job. The NWPT team wants to thank everyone involved in making this softball club such a joy to play in. Many unsung heroes take care of player issues, rule interpretations, field operations, televising the games, etc. on a daily basis. I have had the opportunity to play ball in several states, and none of the fields compare to what we have the privilege of playing on here. Many thanks to all of you from grateful players. Also a tip of the hat to our Saturday commissioners. Don & Craig are just about done with their terms in office and have done a marvelous job. Well done gentlemen!

Camino Del Sol - 16 BackBone Chiropractic - 14

Camino played Backbone Chiropractic on a perfect Saturday for softball. Both Camino and Backbone started out hot with their hitting for the first 3 innings. The bats cooled down after an 11 to 7 start to the game with a slight advantage to Camino. Then in the next 2.5 innings Backbone responded with 7 runs to none for Camino. So, going to the bottom of the penultimate inning Backbone held a 14 to 11 lead. Camino was able to match the 5 runs that Backbone put on the board in the top of the inning. Going into the final inning, Camino held on to the slimmest lead at 16 to 14. The pitching and the defense of Camino held the Backbone team to no runs and took the win in a very close contest at 16 to 14. Every Camino player contributed one or more hits and 8 players had at least one RBI. Outstanding team contributions. One player was perfect at the plate, Ed Deussen batted .1000. Hitting at a .750 clip were Tom Ranalls, Craig Nelson, Rob Carey, Gary Finer, and John Boland. Les Zirbel hit for a nice .600. Coming in at .500 were Dave Zuker, and Jim Opyd. And Craig Warner chipped in with a hit. The RBI's were spread out with Gary Finer and Rob Carey each contributing 3 RBI's each. Three players hit doubles today: Rob Carey, Craig Nelson and Jim Opyd. Great come from behind team win today. Congratulations to both Camino and Backbone on a well played game. Thanks to the umpires Jeff Silversteen and Ralph McKeever as well as Gary Ambruz in the tower. Additional thanks to Craig Nelson for subbing in for Scott Kibby today.

BackBone Chiropractic scored 5 times in the top of the 6th inning to take a 14-11 lead over the 1st place team; but, could not keep Camino del Sol from answering with 5 of their own in the bottom half of the inning.  BackBone could not score in the 7th inning and dropped a 16-14 decision.  John Blevins 3 for 4 drove in 6 runs in the game.  Tim Schiewe was 4 for 4 with 4 runs scored and 2 RBI. Sub Matt Seelinger went 2 for 2, scored 3 times, walked twice "unintentionally" , and plated 3 runs.  Ted Schneider was 3 for 3 with a walk and 2 RBI.  Ray Gibson with 2 hits batted in a run.  Mike Hirsch and Rob White each had 3-hit games.

BackBone Chiropractic - 22 Dynamic Wealth - 23

BackBone Chiropractic scored 5 times in the bottom of the 6th inning to take a 22-18 lead.  Dynamic Wealth Management scored 5 unanswered runs in the top of the 7th inning to emerge with a 23-22 victory.  Ted Schneider 5 for 5 with a double and 5 RBIs took the loss pitching in relief of Dave Anthony who went 3 for 5 and batted in 2 runs. Sub Matt Seelinger was 4 for 4 with a homerun, intentional walk and 4 RBI.  John Blevins 2 for 4 with a sacrifice fly, Ray Gibson 3 for 5, and sub Les Zirbel 3 for 5 with a double each plated 2 runs.  Tim Schiewe 4 for 5, Rob White 4 for 5, and Dave Fusaro 3 for 5 with a double each added a RBI.  Mike Hirsch went 4 for 5 with a triple.  

We had the late game today and played against Backbone Chiropractic. It was a tight game all the way through. DWM came to play and were firing on all cylinders. Everyone contributed in this very upbeat game. We put runs up every inning except the 5th. However, we also held them to no runs that inning. In the 7th we were down by 4 runs. We managed to put up 5 runs, giving us a score of 23 to 22. This was due to strong pitching by Paul Becker. Pete Semenak was 5 for 6 with a triple, and led the team with 6 RBI’s. Great job by Greg Kastelic taking 3 walks today and sheer determination on the last out of the game where he crawled to get the ball while remaining on the bag. Special thanks to Craig Nelson for subbing today. Thanks to the umpires and score board for helping make this a game to remember.

Saturday, January 11, 2025
Bronze Division


Homesmart Realty - 16 Carrousel Travel - 7

Homesmart Reality beat Carrousel Travel 16-7. Homesmart's defence put up 4 zero's in 6 innings to seal the win. Ed Musgrave pitched a great game. Every batter for Homesmart scored at least one run and had at least 1 hit. Leading hitters: Bobby Dooling 3-3 2RBI's, Jerry Eastham 3-3 2RBI's, Don Cleveland 2-3 2-2B BB 2RBI's, Ken Kessler 3-4 2RBI's, Paul Jinneman 2-3 2B 1RBI, Bob Lessard 2-3 3RBI's, Chuck Gibson 2-3, Barry Schwartz 2-3 1 RBI, Mitch Craun 2-4 2RBI's, Sheldon Rosenthal 1-3 and Ed Musgrave 1-3 1RBI.

Carrousel Travel played Homesmart for a second time and again Homesmart won the game15-7. Carrousel Travel started the game hot and led the contest after one inning. Unfortunately, the bats were relatively lifeless thereafter, resulting in only one extra base hit. Dick Nunez was perfect at the plate 3-3. Substitute player, Michael Sterricker was also a perfect 3-3. Ron Swanson, Dean Schoeberl, C.L. Eversman, Don F. Cole and Klaus Holt were 2-3. Special thanks to Danny Wood, Dean Schoeberl and Michael Sterricker for substituting for Carrousel Travel.

Angela's Kitchen - 16 T Pham Dentist - 20

 It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon and the Angela's Team came to play. Problem was so did the Thomas Pham team. Both teams played a hard fought 20 - 16 game with the Dentist team coming out on top. Both teams slugged it out through 6 innings with Angela's holding a one run lead going into the 7th. In the top of the 7th the Thomas Pham team scored 7 runs with some well-placed hits and a couple of untimely walks. When the Angela's came up to bat in the bottom of the 7th Thomas Pham held a 20-14 lead.  Angela's was only able to score 2 runs to make the final score 20 - 16.  Angela's had 24 hits in the game, being led by Kevin Katsuki, and Brian Pin both going 4 for 4, David Power and Bob Snelling both went 3 for 4 and the rest of the team all getting at least one or two hits. 

T P Dentist took on Angelas in a hard-fought game which went back and forth until the 7th inning. The game was tied 10-10 after 4 and 14-13 after 6 with Angelas in the lead. In the 7th inning the Dentist pounded out 7 runs to Angelas 2 to grab the victory 20-16. Defensively the battery of Sub Gary Armstrong and Norm Lustig had a good day with Gary fielding 6 grounders. The infield of John Bertholdy, Fred Jensen, Ken Krzeminski, Sub David Bagwell and Jim Stocker made play after play including double plays and gloving line drives. The outfield of Eric Coudret, Michael Dakak, Kathy Boland and Barney Armstrong kept most of the hits in front of them. Offensively the Dentist had 34 hits. Perfect at the plate were Ken Krzeminski 5-5 (triple 4 RBI's), Eric Coudret 5-5(Home Run double 3 RBI's) and Jim Stocker 4-4 ( 2 walks). Going 4-5 were Michael Dakak (triple 4 RBI's) and Gary Armstrong (triple 3 RBI's). Collecting 3 hits were Kathy Boland (walk), Fred Jensen (triple double 2 RBI's) and Barney Armstrong (double). John Bertholdy reached base twice including a Home Run and 3 RBI's and Norm Lustig got a walk and an RBI. TP Dentist would like to thank David Bagwell and Gary Armstrong for subbing today and John Boland for working our scorebook.

Leolinda Realty - 17 Broward Factory Serv - 13

In a game where the first 4 hitters in our order were a combined 15 for 16 our Leolinda squad scored every inning in a 17- 13 victory over a good Broward team. Our defense set the tone early as 3B Jim J flagged down a shot by the leadoff hitter and fired to first for the out and Artie K'd a couple hitters shortly thereafter. Gary Kuhlman was the man of the day on defense for us making all the plays from his rover spot including at least 2 DP's and Bob Williams handled some low throws at 1B. Everybody contributed to the offense, but Jim was especially clutch getting 3 two out hits for 4 RBI. Gary(4-4) and Greg Martin (4-4) each also had key RBI's with 4 and 3 respectively with Greg starting our offense with a HR. Rod (4-4) and Easy Ed 3-3  provided punch to the lineup  with 5 extra base hits between them with Ed leading the extra base parade with two doubles and a triple. Our subs were valuable as Richard Szymesko(Ss) added 3 hits and Tom Ciavarella had a pair of hits. Gerry Boesche played a good 2B and had a hit and RBI and Williams contributed a hit. Jerry Feldman found a hole twice in 4 at bats.

In a game in which we could have tied for 1st place with a victory in the Saturday Bronze division, we got completely out hit by the Leo Linda Realty eleven. The Realtors battered the ball from the get-go and won the game 17-13. Our highlights were a pair of grand slam home runs by Daren Proctor and super-sub Mark Wells (thanks for subbing). Other BFS hitters included Ted Grove 4/4, Pierre Boudreau 2/4, Danny Wood 2/4, Curt Rhoades 3/4, Paul Larson 2/3 with a double, Larry Radant 2/3, Fred Lubs 1/2 with a walk and Ray Hensley 2/3 with a triple. Many thanks to Eric Coudret and Steve Foster for umpiring and the great Barney Armstrong in the Tower.

Copper Division

BackBone Chiropractic - 15 Karen Olsen Realty - 6

BackBone Chiropractic scored 5 times in the bottom of the 2nd, 3rd and 5th innings to defeat Karen Olsen 15-6.  Backbone was led by Mike Hirsch and Tim Schiewe 4 for 4 with 3 RBI each; and Ralph Hollis 3 for 4 with 4 RBI.  John Blevins 3 for 4 plated 2 runs on the day.  Sub Dave Archer 2 for 4, Ted Schneider with a double and walk, and sub Frank Sandomenico with a hit and walk each added a RBI.  Rob White 2 for 3, winning pitcher Dave Anthony 2 for 3, and Ray Gibson with a hit closed out the offensive production as every player had at least one hit on the day.  Special shout out to Sandomenico who made the highlight reel with two outstanding catches in one inning to shut down a rally.  

Well I hope everyone had a great Christmas season , and welcome back to Saturday senior softball. With a cold , frost delayed start to our early Saturday morning.KO could not heat up , or catch any breaks . That's the way it goes sometimes.  Bright spots on the team were Dave Nathe 3/3,John Nicodemo 3/3,Allen Bellew 2/2,Moondog 2/3, and Ken Silva 2/3 . It was great to have the entire team playing with no subs. ( first time this season ).

Dynamic Wealth - 16 NW Physical Therapy - 10

On the coldest morning of the season, and a half hour frost delay, all games were reduced to 6 innings. DWM showed up with a complete team roster to play Northwest Physical Therapy. Everyone played well and contributed to the win. Ken Chapman went 3 for 3 with two home runs and brought in 10 RBI’s! The defense was great, and the teams energy was noticed in the dug out, which helped the team immensely. We put up 5 runs in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th innings and one run in the 3rd. DWM pulled off this win in 5.5 innings. Great job everyone! Special thanks to our umpires and score board keeper.

A tip of the hat to the Dynamic Wealth team and Manager Tom Rinehart, they scored 5 runs in both the 1st and 2nd inning and we couldn't respond until the last 3 innings but too little, too late. We thank Matt Seelinger for subbing for us and replacing Rick Pearson who is battling a leg issue that we hope heals for Rick soon. We also welcome back our assistant Coach Bill Tierney from the disabled list, Bill did well playing out of position today. Hitting-wise Joel Breiner's hit a moonshot homerun over the left-field wall. Everyone had at least 1 hit today our hitting leaders were Joel a 4 for 4 game, Matt Seelinger with a 3-hit game, and everyone else with 2 hits today.     

NW Physical Therapy - 14 Camino Del Sol - 6

Timely hitting and great defense in the second game today were evident as we played much better and gave the league leaders a loss in the 2nd game of the day. We jumped out to an 8-0 lead after 3 innings and kept the offense in high gear until the game finished. Matt Seelinger with 2 home runs and a couple of niffy catches in right-center field as well. Everyone contributed at least 1 hit with Jeff Seelinger and Joel leading the way again in the second game, Joel with a couple of singles and a double, and Matt with a couple of singles and 2 home runs. Jeff Nickerson with a great catch as well on a laser rocket line drive down the 3rd base line today as well. There are 3 weeks left on the schedule and a pretty tight race for the championship, best of luck to all the teams.   

Camino played Northwest Physical Therapy on a Saturday that started out at just above freezing temperatures in the 30's. Even though the temperatures warmed up to around 60 degrees, the Camino bats stayed in the cooler. Northwest came away with a 14 to 6 win. Thank you to our 4 subs today: Dave Archer, John Nicodemo, Rob Carey, and John Blevins. One of those days that was just not Camino's day. Congratulations to Northwest!

Saturday, December 21, 2024
Bronze Division


Angela's Kitchen - 10 Broward Factory Serv - 16

It was another loss for the Angela's Team.  It is difficult to win when you play a very good and determined team and your hitting cools off mid game and you commit too many errors.  Angela's again started strong, but cooled off and the defense was not as good as it could have been.  Thank you to our 3 subs, Glenda Coudret, Norma Lucas, and last minuet sub Randy Saline, your assistance was much appreciated.

The second match-up between Angela's Kitchen and Broward Factory Service saw the scoreboard take a turn in favor of BFS this time, as we emerged with a 16-10 victory. The lead changed hands four different times with each team scoring in only 4 of the 7 innings. For the BFS team it was feast or famine: Each inning we scored, we came up with four runs. Angela's led 10-8 going into the 6th, but failed to score in the final two innings, while the visiting BFS team tallied 8. Most people who played on Saturday knew it was "National Sub Week," as 19 subs took the field for Saturday's 3 Bronze Division games. Thanks to Mr. Commissioner, Jeff Smith, for his expert juggling with this task and for sending Bob Lessard, Dorothy Mazur, and Dick Nunez our way to sub for BFS. Those three batted a collective .667 on the day, and each made some key defensive contributions. Overall, the team batted only .610 on the day, but most of the 25 hits were timely. Leading the charge were Larry Radant 4/4; Bob Lessard, Paul Larson (4 RBI's), Fred Lubs, and Dorothy Mazur (4 RBI's)--each 3/4, and Ray Hensley 2/3 (3 RBI's). Enjoy the holiday season, and we'll start it all up again on January 11, 2025.

T Pham Dentist - 16 Carrousel Travel - 18

Good effort by the TP Dentist Team in an 18-15 loss to Carrousel Travel.  With the hammer, they put up 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th, coming up just short. Leading the offense were John Bertholdy and Sub Kat Melton who were perfect at the plate going 4/4.  Mike Dakak, sub Dave Maligro, sub Gerry Boesche, and sub Joe Osowiec were all 3 /4.  Thank you Kat, Dave, Gerry, Joe and Bob Snelling for subbing. 

Carrousel Travel played Thomas Pham Dentist for the second time, resulting in a close win for Carrousel Travel, 18-16. Carrousel Travel was fortunate to overcome a number of defensive miscues by consistent hitting. SS Greg Roehm led the offensive attack with a 4-4 day at the plate for the third consecutive week. RCF Dick Nunez was also perfect at 3-3, but also reaching safely a fourth time with a base on balls. Tom Gibans, C.L. Eversman and Don F. Cole all had success with 3 hits. Dick Nunez, Tom Gibans and Greg Roehm scored a team high 3 runs. All Carrousel Travel team members reached base safely at least once and totaled 27 total base hits. Thanks to Daren Proctor and Mike Kachurak for substituting in the outfield. 

Leolinda Realty - 12 Homesmart Realty - 10

Persistence, Good Defense and Timely Hitting were the recipe for success today. Leolinda Realty beat a very tenacious Homesmart Realty, but Leo’s was not to be denied winning a close game 12 - 10. A defensive struggle early, the game was tied at 5 all after four innings. Jerry Feldman was leading the way with 3 of the 5 Leolinda RBI’s. Leolinda finally got some breathing room with a 4 run 5th and 3 run 6th inning. Homesmart did not go easily as they scored 4 in the top of the 7th but finally ran out of luck and Leolinda prevailed. The left side of the infield was stellar with Chip Stanczak, Greg Roehm and Curtis Rhoades making numerous great plays. Outfielders Jim Jozwowki, Ed Campbell, Dave Power and Jeff Bearth all played strong defense cutting down a couple of runners. Leading hitters were Rhoades, Roehm, Stanczak and Feldman all with three hits each. Dave Power, Jim Jozwowski and Gerry Boesche each contributed two hits and Jeff Bearth had a key RBI hit in the 5th. Bob Williams played solid at first base and had an extra base hit to drive in the fourth run in the 5th and Artie Stackpole pitched tough and chipped in with two timely walks. Nine players had RBI’s today. Thank you everyone on the team and today’s subs; Dave Power, Greg Roehm, and Curtis Rhoades for a great win today. Thank you JJ for the outstanding job keeping everyone organized, and making sure we had enough runs in the book to win the game. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone and see you in the new year​.

In a tight game Homesmart came up short 12-10. Our leading hitters were Paul Jinneman- 4 hits, Don Cleveland and Kenny Kessler- 3 hits. Everyone on the team had at least one hit. Homesmart would like to wish everyone in our Softball Club family a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Years- YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!

Copper Division

Karen Olsen Realty - 17 Dynamic Wealth - 17

Absolutely a Great Day to be play ball, the weather could not be any better for playing  on the winter solstice. Well the Stitch Fix Bro's were back playing ball after a rough week last week,  with a combined 20 stitches and 2 trips to Abrazo hospital,  it was great to have everyone healthy and on the field playing ball. It was an overall great defensive effort by both side, with a stand out amazing play on not one but two line drives to first base. Our all star first baseman Allan Bellew making the stops, and beating the base runners to 1st for 2 key outs. Karen Olsen got out of the gate on fire, leading 14 to 5 after the first 3 innings,  but the sleeping giant woke up, with Dynamic Wealth outscoring KO 13 -3 in the final 4 frames ending up in a 17-17 tie, leading the offensive efforts, Ken Silva 5/5 Dale Halder 4/5 Greg Allseitz 4/5 Dave Nathe 4/5 Moondoggie 4/5 Howard Sumner 4/5 and John Nicodemo 3/5. Thanks to our sub Dan Newman.  I hope everyone has a great Christmas holiday, and safe travels to everyone heading home .

DWM had a great game with Karen Olsen Realty. The game ended in a tie 17-17. It was a well played game by all. The highlights include Lloyd going 5 for 5 with a triple, Tom was 4 for 4 with a triple, Vern 3 for 5 and Ken 3 for 5 with a 3 run home run in the 7th inning. Total 24 hits on the day with everyone contributing. Special thanks to subs Craig Nelson and Frank Sandomenico. Additional thanks to the umpire and score board crew. Happy Holidays to all!

NW Physical Therapy - 4 Camino Del Sol - 17

"I wish all of you who play, participate somehow or read the write-ups safe travels, great health, and a joyous holiday season. On behalf of our team, we wish you and your family safe travel, great health, and a joyous holiday season. Momma said there would be days like this. Well, we had one of those days. We ran into a buzzsaw today as Camino tattooed our fannies from the onset until the game was mercifully over. I thank our subs, Craig Nelson and Dave Fusaro for playing. We managed perhaps 15 hits today so we tip our hats to Camino team and hope for better results after the Christmas break. Hitting-wise, sub Dave Fusaro with a 3 hit day, Don Ranieri with 3 hits as well, sub Craig Nelson with 2 hits as did Gary Ambruz and Ralph McKeever. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you all!

Camino played Northwest Physical Therapy, the first game of a double header for Camino on this Saturday. Camino brought the bats today as well as the leather to win this one by a score of 17 to 5 that ended the game on a run rule basis. Camino scored the max runs 3 times during this contest. The Camino gloves only allowed Northwest to score in three innings and for only a single run and twice 2 runs. The entire Camino team had at least one hit. As a team, Camino batted an impressive .694. Allowing only 5 runs, we are giving gold gloves to the entire team: Les Zirbel, Tom Ranalls, Scott Kibby, Matt Seelinger, Ed Deussen, Dave Zuker, Joe Pioli, Craig Warner, Gary Finer, and Jim Opyd. Tom Ranalls pitched a great game keeping the Northwest hitters off balance and the ball on the ground or in the yard for flyball catches. Congratulations Camino and I am sure Northwest will be looking forward to meeting us again later in the session. Thank you to Matt Seelinger and Joe Pioli for subbing today!

Camino Del Sol - 11 BackBone Chiropractic - 9

Camino played Backbone as the second game of a double header for Camino on this Saturday. Camino bats cooled off after their first game of a double header Saturday. The one constant for Camino was the defense and pitching. Again, Camino only gave up single digit runs to Backbone. The Camino coach is running out of money handing out those gloves each week! Camino ended up taking a closely contested contest by a final score of 11 to 9. Pitching and defense again prevailed when the Camino offense was only able to produce 11 runs. 5 of those runs were scored in the critical 6th inning. Backbone took the lead in the top of the 6th inning. With their backs against the wall, Camino scored 5 runs to take a 2 run lead into the final frame. Camino's lock down defense held Backbone scoreless to win the game, without the need to use the hammer in the bottom of the last. Congratulations to Backbone and Camino for a well played game! Thank you to sub Matt Seelinger, as well as, Ralph McKeever as he was a last minute sub for an injured Camino player from the first game of the double header today.

"BackBone Chiropractic scored 5 times in the top of the 6th inning only to see first place Camino del Sol come roaring back with 5 runs of their own and emerge with a 11-9 win. BackBone played a gutsy game with only 5 of the team's regular players. Sub Jeff Nickerson 3-5 with an out of the park homerun and 5 RBI led the way. Sub Dave Nathe 2 for 4 with 2 RBI had a strong defensive game in right field. Sub Dennis Vance 2 for 3 and Ralph Hollis 3 for 4 with a double each plated a run. Dave Fusaro 3 for 4 added a double and scored once; and made several key catches in left center to keep the game close. Dave Anthony 2 for 4 took the loss. Bob Kloehn with a hit played a solid game at 1st base. Special thanks to Craig Nelson who completed a three game tour as our shortstop and went 3 for 3 with an intentional walk on the day. Happy Holidays to All!!!"

Saturday, December 14, 2024
Bronze Division


Leolinda Realty - 1 T Pham Dentist - 13

"Our Leolinda team was ""driiled"" by Thomas Pham Dentists 13-1 in a five inning game where the Pham squad did everything right. The game started out as a good defensive game with both teams making nice defensive plays and the score stood 1-1 after 2 innings. Chip Stanczyk set the defensive tone with a diving catch of a line drive on the first batter in the game and the veteran Artie helped himself with a second inning strikeout, but things went south from there. Offensively, we could only squeeze one run on ten hits. Gary Kuhlman and Greg Martin led the offense as both were 2-2 and Jim Jozwowski Had the lone RBI with a shot up the middle.
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TP Dentist took on the Leolinda Realty Team today and came home with a 13-1 win. Most of the games are driven by offense but TP Dentist came away with a defensive gem. The first 2 innings finished with a 1-1 score. Over the next 3 innings TP Dentist scored 12 runs while holding a good Leolinda Team scoreless. Pete Simoneau pitched a whale of a game. The infield of John Bertholdy, Fred Jensen, Ken Krzeminski, Eric Coudret and Jim Stocker were a well-oiled machine today. Each player had a great play to shut down a rally. The outfield of Mike Kachurak, Mike Dakak, Kathy Boland and Barney Armstrong either caught the fly ball or kept it in front of them. TP Dentist hit the ball hard today but, to hold a team to 1 run was a true team effort. TP Dentist would like to thank Mike Kachurak for subbing today, Great Job! 

Angela's Kitchen - 5 Carrousel Travel - 16

Another rough day for the Angela's Team, as we lost to a very good hitting Carrousel Travel team. Well placed hits by the Travelers, lack of hitting and a few fielding errors all contributed to Angela's loss. The few hits that Angela's did get were led by David Power, and Brian Pin both going 3/3, and Kat Melton, Bob Snelling, and Mike Kachurak going 2/3. 

Carrousel Travel faced Angela’s Kitchen resulting in a 16-6 win for the travelers. The game was initially close as it was tied 5-5 after three innings. Carrousel Travel then outscored Angela’s 11-1 the final four innings of the contest. The Carrousel Travel infield played a fantastic game and was led by 1B, Tom Gibans, who made play after play and even bounced back immediately from an injury during the game. Michael Sullivan also briefly went down attempting to make a play. The other infielders included: Klaus Holt at 2B, Don F. Cole at Rover, Greg Roehm at SS and Dale Huffine at 3B. Carrousel Travel had an impressive11 extra base hits. Greg Roehm led the offensive attack with another perfect 4-4 day to include a career tying 3 triples. Ron Swanson was 4-5 with a double. Dick Nunez was 3-4 to include three extra base hits-2 doubles and 1 homerun. Tom Gibans-2 doubles, Randy Selin-1 double, C.L. Eversman-1 triple, Don F. Cole, Dale Huffine and substitute player, Mike Sterricker were all 3-4. Another impressive performance by Carrousel Travel. Thanks to Mike Sterricker for substituting and Lisa Nunez for keeping the hitting statistics.

Homesmart Realty - 15 Broward Factory Serv - 22

Broward Factory Services beat Home Smart Reality 22-15.  Home Smart's Leading hitter was Mitch Craun 4-4 2B 2RBI's.  5 Home Smart batters went 3-4, Don Cleveland 3B, Ken Kessler 1RBI, Paul Jinneman 2B 3B 4RBI's, Chuck Gibson 2RBI's and Sheldon Rosenthal 1RBI.  Other hitters were Bob Lassard 2-4 2B 3RBI's,Bobby Dooling 2-4, Barry Schwartz 2-3 1RBI and Jerry Eastham 2-3 1RBI. 

In spite of putting up a couple of mid-game goose eggs on the scoreboard, the BFS team drove in 22 runs in the other 5 innings and amassed 31 hits for a .689 team average, against a hard-hitting HomeSmart Realty team who put up 15 runs of their own.  If not for some key defensive plays, including a couple of timely double plays by BFS, the score could easily have been much tighter.  On a mostly overcast day, the BFS team, complemented by three stellar substitute players, continued where they left off the previous Saturday.  Once he found out what position he was playing, sub #1, Dave Maligro,  turned in a perfect day at the plate with 2 doubles, 5 RBI's, and 3 runs scored.  Larry Radant returned to the line-up with a 4 for 4 day, including a double and 3 RBI's.  Lead-off man, Pierre Boudreau came up 4 for 5 on the day with 3 RBI's.  In the 3 for 4 department  were Danny Wood (3 RBI's), Curtis Rhoades (double, 3 runs scored), Paul Larson, Daren Proctor (3 runs), and Fred Lubs.  Everyone in the line-up had at least 1 hit and 1 RBI.  Ray Hensley pitched a no-walk gem, and subs, Glenda Coudret and Klaus Holt, each made key contributions to today's win.  Thanks to umpires, Sully Sullivan and C.L. Eversman, to Randy Selin on the scoreboard, and to the tag-team combo of Jeff Smith and Kris Koch for keeping the BFS scorebook. 

Copper Division

Dynamic Wealth - 11 BackBone Chiropractic - 4

"On a crisp early morning at the iconic Field of Dreams, Dynamic Wealth Management faced off against Backbone Chiropractic in a spirited softball matchup. With Paul Becker commanding the mound and Ken Chapman delivering two towering home runs, Dynamic Wealth prevailed with an impressive 11-4 victory. Bruce Lowe showcased his defensive prowess with a backhanded stop that left the crowd cheering, while the game ended dramatically with a spectacular catch by Pete Semenak in center field. The team’s cohesion and effort shone throughout, a testament to their dedication and teamwork. Special thanks to Rick Armentano for stepping in as a sub and contributing to the win. Umpires Tom Ranalls and Gary Finer ensured a fair game, while Les Zirbel kept the scores steady in the tower. The team is looking sharp and ready for more victories—great work, everyone!
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Backbone Chiropractic lost to Dynamic Wealth in the early game.  The bats were as cold as the temperature with only 14 total hits for the game.  Our defense played well, but we never led in the 11-4 loss.  Leading hitters were David Fusaro, Ralph Hollis, and sub Craig Nelson all 3/4, Dave Anthony and Rob White were 2/3.  Thanks to sub Craig Nelson for helping out. 

Karen Olsen Realty - 12 Camino Del Sol - 16

Another beautiful day for Copper League play, Saturday at the Field of Dreams The KO11 played their second double dip of the season. While the team played well - their opponents were tough and won both games. In the first game, Camino del Sol had some good early hitting innings - KO came back a bit but not enough - and Camino made the runs stand up, ultimately winning by a final score of 16-12.  Karen Olsen hit well - collecting 3 hits each were Jay Schripke (2R); Greg Allseitz (3RBI/2R); Dale Halder (RBI/R); Dave Nathe (RBI/2R); Nico Nicodemo (2RBI/R); Howard Sumner (2RBI) and Dan Newman 2RBI/R). Robert Carey had a couple of hits (RBI, R).

Camino played Karen Olsen for the second week in a row, after playing them last Saturday on a double header day for Camino. The time clock expired on this game so the teams were only able to get in 6 innings. This game was closely contested. Camino broke out the hot bats to grab an early lead. The Karen Olsen team answered hung right with Camino. The game was close throughout but the Camino defense was solid and kept the realtors at arms length and came away with a 16 to 12 win and never trailed in the game. Every Camino player made positive contributions on both offense and defense. 8 players had at least one RBI and 8 players scored at the least one run. The team also hit for 5 doubles. Defensively, every player contributed to recording outs. Thanks to Joe Pioli and John Blevins for filling in for 2 of our regulars who are out of town. Nice to see Joe at the field as he gets a little break from his overseas job. This one was a total team win!  Nice game by both teams!

NW Physical Therapy - 17 Karen Olsen Realty - 16

It was a great game today that again came down to the final at-bat. The Karen Olsen Realty team had a game under their belt already today before we played them and they were loose and ready to play, they brought us to us early and often as they led 13-10 after 4 innings. NWPT got things going holding the Olsen team to 3 runs in the final 3 innings and the game was tied 16-16 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. Don Ranieri singled and went to third on a single by Joel Breiner and scored on a fly ball single by Jeff Silversteen to end the game. 31 hits on the day highlighted by Jeff Nickerson’s 3-run home run in the 2nd inning. Hitting leaders for for NWPT were a perfect 5 for 5 day for Joel Breiner 4 hits each for Jeff Nickerson and John Hammel. 3 hits each for Don Ranieri, Ralph McKeever, Terry Graves and Ron Coleman. 2 hits each for Jeff Silversteen, Rick Pearson & Gary Ambruz. Thank you to our umpires and score tower personnel for your efforts today, everything was very smooth.

In this one, KO had the lead for much of the game - leading 13-10 after 4 innings. Bad fortune hit the KO11 the rest of the way - NW outscored them 7-3 the rest of the way - bringing in the winning run in the bottom of the 7th after KO had tied the game back up in the top of the seventh. In addition to losing those last 3 innings, Karen Olsen lost their leader - Dale Halder took a wicked hop off the eye and had to leave the game. Heal up Dale!! Once again, KO hit well - collecting 4 hits were Greg Allseitz (RBI/R); Robert Carey - who also hit a shot over the right field wall for a HR (3RBI/2R); Collecting 3 hits were Jay Shirpke - HR (4RBI/2R); Dale Halder - before he exited due to injury (RBI/R); Howard Sumner (2RBI/3R). Collecting 2 hits were Dave Nathe; John Guzik; Dan Newman (RBI/2R) and Allen Bellew (RBI/R). Many thanks to Robert Carey and Dan Newman who subbed in both games for us today!! An additional, special thank you to John Boland - who came in for Dale once he left with his injury. John had a hit and scored the tying run in the top of the 7th inning.

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Bronze Division


Homesmart Realty - 10 Angela's Kitchen - 7

Home Smart Reality beat Angelas Kitchen 10 to 7 this morning. In a close game, the score was tied or a lead 8 times in the game. Leading hitters were: Bob Lessard 3-3 2B 2RBI's, Jerry Eastham 2-3, Sheldon Rosenthal 2-3 1RBI, Sub Gary Armstrong 2-3 2RBI's, Paul Jinneman 2-3 1RBI, Mitch Chaun 2-3 2B 3RBI's and Don Cleveland 2-4. Getting one hit each: Ken Kessler, Chuck Gibson, Barry Schwartz and winning pitcher Ed Musgrave.

"Beautiful morning to play ball, but a bad day for the Angela's Team. Angela's went down to defeat to Homesmart Realty by a score of 10-7. Angela's bats stared strong getting for runs in the first inning, but took a serious decline from there and could only manage total 10 hits in the next 6 innings. The bottom order of Angela's hitter was not able to produce hits, as they usually do. Homesmart got some well-placed hits and played very good defense. Leading the way for Angela's was Brian Pin going 3 for 3 with a Triple and Greg Church also went 3 for 3 and pitched a very good game. Kevin Katsuki, David Power, Kat Melton, and Bob Snelling each went 2/3.
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Leolinda Realty - 11 Carrousel Travel - 16

On another beautiful Arizona day Carrousel Travel defeated our Leolinda squad 16-11 in a game that featured lots of action. The hard hitting Carrousel scored the first six innings taking the lead with a 4 run second and never looking back. Our sixth inning featured two run home runs by Greg Martin and Gary Kuhlman for our offensive highlight. Jerry Feldman, Jeff Bearth, Dave Maligro, Chip Stanczak, Rod Wilterdink, Kuhlman(3 RBI), and Martin all had at least 2 hits. While Artie was throwing strikes the ball wasn't settling in the gloves of our defense often enough for us to keep up. Thanks to Maligro and Jim Mathews for subbing for us. Both played well defensively at 3B and 1B respectively. Good job on the scorebook by Kim Martin.

Carrousel fa defense was the difference. Carrousel Travel benefited from an effective battery of Pitcher, C.L. Eversman and Catcher, Michael Sullivan. The defenced the talented Leolinda Realty squad resulting in a 16-11 win for Carrousel Travel. Once again, solid hitting by team members along with sharpsive play of the game was made by RF-Randy Selin, who in the fourth inning made a fantastic play in right field. The Carrousel Travel offensive attack was led by SS and Team Manager, Greg Roehm, who was a perfect 4-4 to include 2 extra base hits and 3 RBI’s.1B-Tom Gibans was also 4-4 with 3 RBI’s. C.L. Eversman was 3-4 to include 2 extra base hits and 3 RBI’s. Lead off hitter, Ron Swanson was 3-4 with 2 RBI’s. Thanks to Mike Kachurak for substituting today. Thanks are also due to our sponsors, Jon and Amy Chlebeck who were generous in furnishing donuts to a well deserving team.

T Pham Dentist - 7 Broward Factory Serv - 18

TP Dentist took it on the chin today against a good Broward Team. The Dentist could only muster 17 hits and 7 runs while giving Broward 18 runs in 6 innings. Going perfect at the plate were Fred Jensen 3/3 and Pete Simoneau 3/3 (double 3 RBI's). Collecting 2 hits were John Bertholdy (RBI), Eric Coudret (RBI), Mike Sterricker (triple 2 RBI's) and Shawna Fletcher. Kathy Boland, Ken Krzeminski and Mike Dakak (triple) got a hit. Thomas Pham Dentist would like to thank Mike Sterricker and Shawna Fletcher for subbing today. Congrats to Broward FS on a well played game.

If good defense and timely hitting is the key to Senior Softball, then the Broward team had the right combination for today's game.  Scoring 18 runs on 29 hits topped the team's single game hit and run production thus far in the season.  Every team member had at least two hits, with Curt Rhoades and Paul Larson checking in with 4 for 4 days.  Larson, with a bases-clearing triple in the 4th inning, led the team with 4 RBI's.  Daren Proctor was 3 for 3, and Pierre Boudreau reached base every time, going 2 for 2 with 2 walks.  Super Sub, Jon Chlebeck, missed hitting for the cycle by one homerun, but scored 2 runs and hit in two more.  Danny Wood was 3 for 4, and scored 3 runs.  Wes Mason not only made some stellar defensive plays at second base, but also went 2 for 3 at the plate, as did pitcher, Ray Hensley.  A couple of 6--11-3 double plays helped the defensive cause, and the outfield turned in at least a couple innings worth of put outs on a high sun, beautiful day at the ball park.  Thanks to our umpires, scorekeeper, and to our right center, 3 for 4 sub, Jon Chlebeck.  BFS got it together--at least for today!  Good job, guys.

Copper Division

BackBone Chiropractic - 5 NW Physical Therapy - 21

BackBone Chiropractic got as close as a 5-3 deficit before dropping a 21-5 run-shortened decision. Special thanks to subs Dave Nathe 3 for 3 with a RBI, Craig Nelson with a double and 3 RBI, Joe Pioli who bravely fought the sun in Left Center Field, and Rob Carey 1 for 2 who battled the sun in Left Field. Regular BackBone players were led by John Blevins 3 for 3, Tim Schiewe 2 for 3 with a RBI, Ted Schneider 1 for 2 with a run scored and Dave Anthony 1 for 2 who endured a tough loss as the losing pitcher.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as we approach the Christmas season for another year. This ball game started out close as NWPT started out with 5 runs in the top of the 1st inning and Backbone answered with 3 runs as well in the bottom of the 1st inning. Backbone scored 3 more runs in the 5th and the game was over due to the score deficit. NWPT had 25 hits and was paced by sub, Vern Mclean with a 4-hit performance, 3 hits for sub, Gary Weslosky, and sub, Les Zirbel with 3 hits as well as our subs played great and were constantly on base. John Hammel had a couple more clutch hits today among his 3 hits, also with 3 hits was Joel Breiner. Don Ranieri and Jeff Silversteen each with 2 hits as well. Defensively there were several nice catches in the outfield with blinding sunshine impacting many of the fly balls hit today. We really appreciate the players who have subbed for us so far this year, I want you all to know that we appreciate your efforts. I am hoping that we can put the 10 players we drafted out on the field sometime soon. As always thank you to our umpires on Saturday as they were spot on with their calls. Also, thanks to Greg Kastelic for keeping the balls, strikes, and outs correct along with the score up on the Scoreboard. Next week we play at 11 AM against Karen Olsen Realty. Best regards everyone.

Camino Del Sol - 15 Dynamic Wealth - 14

Camino was playing their first game of a doubleheader on a beautiful day at the Field of Dreams. Both teams brought it today and it was a tightly contested ballgame. The Camino team hit for an impressive .683 today. Through 4 innings this game was a hit parade by both teams and it was a 13 to 12 score with the visiting Dynamic Wealth team holding a 1 run lead. At that point, it was all pitching and defense that decided this game. Tom Ranalls kept the Dynamic hitters off balance and the Camino defense made all the plays necessary to hold Dynamic to 1 run in the last 3 innings. So for that reason CY Young to Tom Ranalls and Gold Gloves to Tom Ranalls, Dennis Scoggins, Scott Kibby, Ed Deussen, Les Zibel, Gary Finer, Rob Carey (sub), Craig Warner, Jim Opyd, and John  Boland. Camino had the hammer but didn't need it as the defense held and Camino came away with a hard fought 15 to 14 win.

On a Saturday after with only half of the regular team available to play we put up a good fight with Camino Del Sol. Due to a Toys for Tots softball tournament and The Grand Games VI Pickle Ball Tournament, we were missing 5 of our 10 man team. Thanks to subs Dan Newman, Jeff Silversteen, Craig Nelson, Joel Briener and Frank Sandomenico. Everyone contributed to the 14 runs with super sluggers Craig Nelson and Ken Chapman both hitting home runs. Thanks to Dave Fusaro and Ralph Hollis for umping the game. Additional thanks to Andy Campbell in the score tower.

Karen Olsen Realty - 12 Camino Del Sol - 25

Another beautiful day to be playing softball,  great weather for a game. Unfortunately for our Karen Olsen squad,  we ran into a absolutely red hot Camino team , all warmed up from there previous game. With Camino scoring 5 runs in every inning but 1 , KO getting out of the gate slow , and not scoring until the 3rd, just couldn't keep pace , scoring all 12 of our runs runs in the last 4 innings. I tip my hat to the right fielders making great plays in the bright setting sun, and to Dan Newman who was catching ,and made an absolutely amazing foul tip grab with cat like reflexes.  Top offensive performers where John Nicodemo 4/4 Schirpke 3/4 Greg Allseitz 3/4 Dale Halder 3/4 Dave Nathe 3/4 Robert Carey 3/4 . Thanks to all the subs Robert Carey,  Joe Piolli, and Dan Newman for filling in. 

Camino played the second game of their 'Doubleheader Saturday' at the Field of Dreams against Karen Olsen Realty. Camino continued their sizzling hitting carried over from their first game of the doubleheader. Drum roll please, Camino hit for .822 as a team! That is just an amazing show of offense! Another great pitching performance by Tom Ranalls and the Camino suffocating defense held Karen Olsen to 12 runs in a run rule game that ended 25 to 12 after 6 innings. Everyone on the Camino team had 2 or more hits in this contest. Perfect from the plate in this one were Dennis Scoggins, Tom Ranalls, Scott Kibby, Les Zirbel and Greg Kastelic. As far as looking at both games today, Les Zirbel and Scott Kibby did not make an out in 2 games today. Nice job gentleman! Everyone hit, scored or contributed RBI's in this one. So the Hank Aaron award goes to Tom Ranalls (2B), Dennis Scoggins, Scott Kibby (2B, 2B), Ed Deussen, Les Zirbel, Craig Warner (2B, 2B), Jim Opyd, Gary Finer, John Boland, and Greg Kastelic (sub) for amazing hitting throughout the Camino lineup. Thanks to umpires Ken Chapman, Lloyd Newlands, and Vern Mclean up in the tower. Congratulations to both Karen Olsen for hanging in there and Camino Del Sol on a well played game today.

Saturday, November 23, 2024
Bronze Division


T Pham Dentist - 15 Homesmart Realty - 16

TP Dentistry and Homesmart played a hard-fought game with Homesmart picking up the win 16-15. TP Dentistry played a good defensive game today though losing by 1 run. Homesmart hit the ball where we were not to pull out the win. The battery of Norm Lustig and Pete Simoneau pitched a good game. The infield of John Bertholdy, Fred Jensen, Ken Krzeminski, Eric Coudret and Jim Stocker made plays on most of the grounders. Everyone in the outfield, Steve Foster, Michael Dakak, Kathy Boland and Barney Armstrong, caught a fly ball. Offensively we had 26 hits. Eric Coudret had a nice hit for a Home Run. Perfect at the plate were Ken Krzeminski 4/4 (Triple Walk), Pete Simoneau 4/4 (4 RBI's) and Eric Coudret 4/4 (Home Run Walk 4 RB's). Grabbing 3 hits were Michael Dakak 3/4 (Walk RBI) and Steve Foster 3/4 (2 RBI's). Collecting 2 hits were Kathy Boland (2RBI's), John Bertholdy (RBI) and Jim Stocker. Getting on base were Fred Jensen (RBI), Barney Armstrong and Norm Lustig. Thank you to Jeff Smith for keeping our scorebook today. 

Homesmart Realty pulled out a 16-15 win over T Pham Dentist. Homesmart was behind T Pham Dentist 13 - 10 starting the 7th inning. The Realitors scored 6 in the top of the 7th, then held T Pham Dentist to 2 runs. Leading hitters for Home Smart were: Paul Jinneman 4-4 2RBI's, Barry Schwartz 4-4 2B 3RBI's, Sub Mike Sherricker 4-4 2B 2RBI's, Bobby Dooling 3-4 1RBI, Sub Ron Silberman 3-4 1RBI, Don Cleveland 3-4 2B 2RBI's, Mitch Craun 2-4 1RBI, Chuck Gibson Sac Fly 1RBI, Jerry Eastham 1-3 Sac Fly 2RBI's and Ed Musgrave 1-4.

Broward Factory Serv - 10 Carrousel Travel - 17

Carrousel had the BFS guys going round and round today, and it wasn't too many times around the bases. We left 11 men on base (more than we got across home plate), and gave the Carrousel hitters more outs than 3 in a number of innings. The Travel Agents hit too well to begin with to be afforded more than 3 outs per inning. At any rate it seemed that, even when we scored some runs, the Carrousel bats more than answered. Congrats to the guys in the yellow shirts, and thanks to umps, Steve Foster and Bob Lessard for "callin' 'em like they saw 'em." On the plus side, the BFS guys came up with 24 hits, led by Ted Grove, Danny Wood, and Fred Lubs--each with 3 hits; Wood with 2 doubles and 3 RBI's. Knocking out 2 hits each were Pierre Boudreau, Larry Radant, Curt Rhoades, Paul Larson (with a 3 bagger!), Sal Politi, Daren Proctor, and Wes Mason. We always say it's a team effort when we win, so I guess it's a team effort when we lose. Thanks, again, to Mr. Commissioner, Jeff Smith, for taking care of our scorebook. We're going to take next Saturday off and continue to contemplate how thankful we are to still be playing softball. It's a great game!

Carrousel Travel faced Broward Factory Services resulting in a 17-10 win for the visiting travel team. An impressive display of hitting that included all Carrousel Travel team members reaching safely at least once. Dick Nunez and Tom Gibans were perfect at 4-4. Ron Swanson, substitute players Ronnie Silberman and Steve Willoughby as well as C.L. Eversman and Randy Selin were all 3-4.1B Tom Gibans and SS Greg Roehm led the team with 3 RBI’s. Carrousel Travel ended the game with a sharp defensive double play started by rover, Don F. Cole cleanly fielding a sharply hit ground ball and throwing to SS Greg Roehm who recorded the second out at second and threw to Tom Gibans at 1B to end the contest. Special thanks to substitutes Steve Willoughby, Ronnie Silberman and Dick Steiman. Carrousel Travel team members wish to convey our appreciation to Jon and Amy Chlebeck, who sponsor and support the team. It was a pleasure having them both at the game today.

Angela's Kitchen - 18 Leolinda Realty - 15

WOW, another great day to play softball. This time the softball gods smiled on the Angela's team to get a well-deserved win 18 - 15 against a determined Leolinda's team. The score was 8-6 in Angela's favor. Heading into the top of the 7th, Angela's had an 18 to 11 lead, but the Realtors wouldn't give up and scored 4 more runs before a line drive to the rover, with men on the bases ended the game. For Angela's Kevin Katsuki and Dave Power led the hitting attack, both going 4/4 and each with a Grand Slam. Greg Church was 3/3, and Dave Michels 3/4, Mike Kachurak 2/3, Kat Melton 2/3, Bob Snelling 2/3, Marty Jiminez 2/3, Brian Penn 2/4, Ed Hart 1/3, and Sub Dick Steiman 1/3. Defensively Bob Snelling, Kevin Katsuki, and the outfield all made some very good defensive plays to keep the Leo Linda team from scoring more than they did. It was a Great team effort all around. Thank you to Dick Steiman for subbing and to Rick Pearson for handling the scoring book.

In a game that featured lots of action and a lot of action and a lot of scoring saw Angela's prevail over our Leolinda team18-15. I think that Artie(no BB) might sue our defense as bobbles, misthrows, sun balls, etc., led to a lot of Angelas runs. Offensively. we hit well enough to win with everyone getting at least one hit. Rod 4-4 and Jeff Bearth 3-3(BB and 4 RBI) were perfect on the day while Gerry Boesche was clutch going 2-4(3RBI.Leadoff hitter, Greg Martin did his job as leadoff going 3-4. Chip. Jim Joz, and Jerry Feldman had good days being retired only one time. Artie got the biggest cheer on his line drive hit and Bob hit the ball hard but only had one hit to show for it. Easy Ed flashed his power with a pair of clutch triples. Ed must be hitting the iron in the gym. EmojiThanks to Kim Martin for a good job on the scorebook.

Copper Division

BackBone Chiropractic - 18 Camino del Sol - 6

BackBone Chiropractic scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning and 2 rins in the 2nd for all the runs the team needed in a run-shortened 18-6 decision. John Blevins 3 for 4 drove in 2 runs, including the eventual game winner. Winning pitcher Dave Anthony 4 for 4 had the game ending 3 run double. Ralph Hollis 2 for 3 with a double had 4 RBI on the day. Dave Fusaro 3 for 4, Tim Schiewe 3 for 3 with a sac fly, and Rob White 4 for 4 each had 2 RBI. Mike Hirsch 2 for 3 with a walk, Ray Gibson 3 for 4, and Andy Campbell 2 for 3 each batted in a run. Ted Schneider was 3 for 4 as all players had at least two hits on the day. Now we are on to a hopefully Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving!

Camino and Backbone played on a nice and cold morning at the Field of Dreams. Backbone was ready for the contest and Camino came out cold and could not get on track today. Tom Ranalls and Dennis Scoggins were both perfect at the plate. Backbone was able to end the game early by run rule. Congratulations to Backbone on a well played game today. We'll come out ready to play next week!

Karen Olsen Realty - 10 NW Physical Therapy - 17

It was another great day to be playing at the field of dreams, We all got out on to the field , and ran straight into a fired up NW Therapy crew , who scored 10 runs in the first 2 innings before the Karen Olsen side could wake up , Karen Olsen managed to keep pace from the 3rd on but it was to little to late , and could not overcome the early deficit loosing 10-17 . Bright spots of the day were Ken Silva 4/4 , Dale Halder 4/4 , and Greg Allseitz 3/4. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving, don't eat to much turkey.

It was a great day to play a ball game with wonderful morning weather to play in today. The NWPT crew came out this morning with some hot bats jumping out to 12-2 lead after 4 innings and adding another 5 runs in the top of the seventh inning to place a comfortable cushion between our competitors but the stingy KO Crew put up 8 runs in the last 2 innings to tighten the game up and at the end of the game, we held on for the win. Everyone was hitting today with 10 of our 11 players collecting at least 2 hits. Joel Briner with a perfect 4 for 4 day including a moonshot home run, Jeff Nickerson with 4 for 4 day. Don Ranieri, Jeff Silversteen, Craig Warner, and Ron Coleman with 3 hit days as well. We thank our stat ladies, Nancy Tierney and Pat Silversteen for keeping the books looking good and accurate. Thank you to our subs today, John Blevins and Craig Warner for helping us out again today, you 2 played extremely well and we appreciate your efforts. Also, a tip of the hat to our umpires, Dave Zucker, Rob White, and Mike Hirsch in the score tower. As we move closer towards Thanksgiving we wish all players, coaches, fans, and everyone else associated with letting PLAY BALL here at SCG safe travels, great weather, good health, and a wonderful holiday with family and friends! Our next game is on December 7th.

Dynamic Wealth - 12 NW Physical Therapy - 25

In the second meeting of DYM vs NWPT was not as close a game as our first meeting. Even though DYM managed to pound out 25 hits, the runs did not add up. We only managed to score 12 runs through 6 innings of play. We had trouble with a few sun balls and could not execute some infield plays that we normally do. Glenn Soles was our star hitter going 4 for 4 with two doubles. Going 3 for 4 were Tom, Ken, Paul and Vern. Greg Kastelic was also perfect at the plate going 3 for 3. Congratulations to NW Physical Therapy for playing an excellent game! Special thanks to Ted Schneider who kept our books, and thanks to Dave Nathe and John Guzik for umpiring the game and Jay Schirpke in the score tower. Happy Thanksgiving to all and see you on December 7th.

After last week’s nail-biting win last week, we figured that Dynamic would be looking for some serious revenge today. Fortunately, we had a doubleheader today with a win in the 1st game, so we were loose and ready to go, we came out hitting and put up 15 runs in the first 3 innings and added 5 more runs in the 5th and 6th inning put the game away in 6 innings. Everyone was hitting with all collecting at least 3 hits at their positions, sub Dave Fusaro with 4 hits, Jeff Nickerson with 4 hits, Jeff Silversteen with 4 hits, 3 hits by Don Ranier, Joel Breiner with another “bomb” homerun among his 3 hits, Craig Warner with 3 hits, Terry Graves with 3 hits and John “the animal” Hammel with 3 hits including 2 doubles with both bouncing off the wall. We platooned Gary Ambruz and Bill Tierney and they combined for 3 hits and a walk. They say that winning games comes down to how the bottom of your batting order hits and WOW, were they on today, so Kudos to you all! Our defense was stronger today which was a nice improvement. Thank you to our subs today, Dave Fusaro & Craig Warner who had great days, both offensively and defensively. We also thank our umpires John Gusik, Dave Nathe and in the score tower, Jay Schirpke, you all did a marvelous job! As we move closer towards Thanksgiving we wish all players, coaches, fans, and everyone else associated with letting us PLAY BALL here at SCG safe travels, great weather, good health, and a wonderful holiday with family and friends! Our next game is on December 7th. NICE SWEEP TODAY Gentlemen, it is a pleasure playing with you.

Saturday, November 9, 2024
Bronze Division


Broward Factory Serv - 10 Angela's Kitchen - 19
"It was a nice day in the sunshine for the Saturday League Opening Day of senior softball. The BFS team went up against Angela's Kitchen, and they definitely were ""cooking,"" hitting it everywhere our defense was not. Still, the score was only 8-5 after 3 innings. The final four innings we were outscored 11-5, and that was that. BFS left the bases loaded the first two innings of the game, and then stranded another 8 more in the final 5 innings. It often came down to timely hitting, but Angela's defense shut us down more often than not. So, the first game of the season is in the books, and we played pretty well together the first time on the field as a team. Here's the rundown on offense: Leading the team in hitting were Curt Rhoades and sub, Don Hansen, each turning in perfect four for four days at the plate. Pierre Boudreau, Danny Wood, and Paul Larson, each came up hitting .750 for the day. Each with 2 hits on the day were sub, Dave Dompier, along with Fred Lubs and Darren Proctor. Every player in the lineup had at least 1 hit. Sometimes 10 runs and 26 hits will win a game. Not today. Congrats to Angela's Kitchen on a well-played game, and thanks to our opening day subs who all helped out the BFS cause: Dave Dompier, Donnie Hansen, and Joe Osowiec. "

What a beautiful day to play Softball.  Angela's played a resilient Broward Factory Services team. The game was close for the first 3 innings then Angela's was able to start pulling ahead. The game was a total team effort with very good hitting and a solid defense. I have to give a special shout out to the Outfield having to battle a brutal sun shining in their eyes the whole game, what a great effort all the outfielders made. As a team we had 28 hits with Kevin Katuski, Sub Kenny Shick, and Brian Penn all going 4/4, and not far behind was Mike Kachurak, Dave Michels and Bob Snelling going 3/4. On the defensive side, Brian, Kevin, Denise and Bob all made some excellent plays to keep BFS runners off the bases.  A very special thank you to our super Subs Kenny Shick, and Paul Plapp who both played an excellent game and were very instrumental in Angela's victory. 

Carrousel Travel - 18 T Pham Dentist - 15

Carrousel Travel faced Thomas Pham Dentist for the first time on opening day. Carrousel Travel ultimately won the close and exciting game 18-15. Carrousel Travel benefited greatly from hot hitting and relatively few fielding errors. There were three perfect hitting performances by Dick Nunez 4-4 with two extra base hits, Tom Gibans 4-4 and substitute player David Maligro 4-4. Greg Roehm, Bob Hudson and substitute player Ronnie Silberman were 3-4. The defensive play of the game was made by Ronnie Silberman, who made an unbelievable catch in left field. Special thanks to substitute players: Ronnie Silberman, David Maligro and Laura Johnson. 

Thomas Pham Dentistry took on a hard-hitting Carrousel Travel Team and ended up on the short end of an 18-15 game. This was our first game together and the team played hard and never gave up. Defensively we had some strong plays both in the infield and outfield. I see us performing at a higher level defensively as the season progresses. Offensively we did a great job collecting 25 hits. Going 4/4 were Fred Jensen and John Bertholdy (2 RBI's). Collecting 3 hits were Kathy Boland (RBI), Michael Dakak (RBI) and Pete Simoneau (Triple 3 RBI's). 2/4 were Eric Coudret (2 RBI's), Steve Foster (Double 2 RBI's) and Barney Armstrong (Double SAC Fly 3 RBI's). Getting on base were Gary Armstrong and Jim Stocker (RBI). Norm Lustig Hit the ball well today. Thomas Pham would like to thank John Boland for helping with the scorebook. Congrats to Carrousel Travel on their Win.

Homesmart Realty - 17 Leolinda Realty - 19

Leo Linda Reality and Home Smart Reality were competitive all game and right down to the last batter. Home Smart had the bases loaded and tieing run on first with 2 outs in the last inning when Leo Linda got the last out to win 19-17. Every Home Smart batter had at least 2 hits. Leading hitters were: Don Cleveland 3-3 2BB 2RBI's, Sub Greg Church 2-3 2B BB, Ken Kessler 3-4 BB 2RBI's, Sheldon Rosenthal 3-4 3RBI's, Mitch Craun 3-5, Bobby Dooling 3-4 1RBI, Jerry Eastham 3-4 2RBI's, Paul Jinneman 2-4 2RBI's, Bob Lessard 2-4 2B 2RBI's, Barry Schwartz 2-4 1RBI and Chuck Gibson 2-4 2B 2RBI's.

In a game the featured offensive fireworks by both teams our Leolinda Realty team hung on to defeat Jerry Eastman's talented squad 19 - 17 in 6 innings as we amassed 29 hits for an amazing .744 average. In a game that was back and forth for 4 innings before we scored 4 in the fifth and another 4 in the sixth to give us a seemingly comfortable 19 - 11 lead. But Homesmart Realty had other ideas as they got hit after hit to close the lead to two runs when finally second baseman Chip Stanczak corralled a hard grounder for the 3rd out and we were able to exhale. Chip had made a super play to kill a 5th inning rally previously. We had an amazing 5 players that went without making an out today including Gerry Boesche, Easy Ed Campbell, Gary Kuhlman, Rod Wilterdink(5 runs), and Stanczak. Campbell led the RBI parade with 4 ribbys and the veteran Jerry Feldman(3-4) had 3 RBI. Rookie Jeff Bearth was 3-4 and had a key gapper as part of his 3 RBI game. Greg Martin played a good outfield and also went 3-4. Bob Williams had 2 big RBI;s in the fifth inning and winning pitcher Artie played a smart game hitting to the right side to move up runners. Thanks so much to JJ for filling in on the scorebook and Norm who did excellent as home plate umpire.

Copper Division

Camino Del Sol - 14 NW Physical Therapy - 7

Camino and Northwest Physical Therapy opened the Fall Session a little on the rusty side in 43 degree weather when the first pitch as tossed. The score was 1 to 0 after 3 innings of play. The weather got warmer and the Camino bats got hot and notched the max 5 runs in the 4th and 5th inning while holding Northwest to 1 run. Heading into the 6th inning Camino held a 10 to 1 lead. The final inning and a half saw Northwest score 6 runs while Camino scored 2 and did not need their last at bats in the bottom of the last. Camino came away with a 14 to 7 win over Northwest. Interesting fact from the contest, every Camino player scored at least one run. Les Zirbel led the way at 4 for 4 with a double. Tom Ranalls was a very nice 4 for 5. Dave Zuker hit 2 home runs over the fence in those all important 4th and 5th innings. Scott Kibby had a double on a 3 for 4 day. Also going 3 for 4 were Jim Opyd and sub Vern Mclean. John Boland was 2 for 3. Chipping in with 2 for 4 days were Gary Finer and Dennis Scoggins. Also chipping in with 2 hits was Ed Deussen. Defense was stellar by the entire team. A couple of notable plays Scott Kibby threw out a runner at the plate on a relay from the outfield. There was also a great infield double play involving Tom Ranalls, Les Zirbel and Dave Zuker. There were many super plays turned in by the entire team so were going to give gold gloves to everyone: Scoggins, Finer, Mclean, Opyd, Deussen, Kibby, Boland, Zirbel, Ranalls, and Zuker! Thanks to the umpires Paul Becker and Ken Chapman.

Congratulations to Camino Del Sol and Manager John Boland, John’s team hit early and never took their feet off the gas pedal. Northwest Physical Therapy on the other hand came in with cold bats to match the early morning temperatures. Too many zeroes on the scoreboard, several errors for NWPT, and some great pitching from Tom Rannals pretty much did us in and left plenty of room for improvement. Hit leaders for NWPT were Coleman with 3, Ranieri, Anderson, and Silversteen with 2 hits each. Thank you to Bill & Nancy Tierney for coaching and keeping the books. Also, a huge thanks to Mike “Moondog” Anderson, Lloyd Newlands & John Nicodemo for subbing for us today. John Nicodemo, thanks for answering my call at 6:15 AM Saturday morning and playing for us as well as 2 other games today. Great job from the umps, Paul Becker, Ken Chapman and Vern Mclean handling the score tower.

Dynamic Wealth - 7 Karen Olsen Realty - 5

Dynamic Wealth Management started the season with a hard fought win over Karen Olsen Realty. DWM got off to a dynamic start with a strong defense and put up two runs in the first inning. We held them scoreless through 4 innings, while we put 5 more runs up through the 5th inning for a total of 7 runs on the board. Karen Olsen Realty had a nice comeback with 5 runs over the next two innings. Due to Paul Beckers dynamic pitching, he shut them down in the top of the 7th. We held on to take the win 7 to 5 With great glove work at first base by Greg Kastelic, digging some hard throws out of the dirt along with at least one double play combination of Ken Chapman and Glenn Soles made for some exciting infield defense. The outfield played well today making it tough on Karen Olsen Realty. Some nice catches were made by all. Our offense bats while not on fire, but we had just enough to get the job done. Everyone had at least one hit with Lloyd Newlands leading the charge going 3 for 4. Thank you to Jeff Silversteen and Jeff Nickerson who umpired the game and Scott Kibby in the score tower. Special thanks to Jerry Hotzler for keeping our book. We look forward to next week when we will take on NW Physical Therapy at 1:30 pm.

It was a beautiful opening Saturday at the Field of Dreams for the Copper league. We started the session off with a double dip. First up, Dynamic Wealth.  Unfortunately, Karen Olsen Realty couldn’t get their bats going. We were held scoreless the first 4 innings and were down 0-7. Our bats woke and we were able to scored 5 combined runs the next two innings, but were unable to score again. Defensively we were led by John Guzik at 2b who made a nice running over the shoulder grab to end a Dynamic rally. Dynamic Wealth held on for a hard fought 7-5 win. Leading hitters were: Pitcher Mike “moondog” Anderson going a perfect 3-3 at the plate with 2 RBI’s,  John “Nico” Nicodemo, sub Gary “ZZ Top” Finer, and John Guzik all collecting 2 hits. Additionally, sub Dennis Vance had a big 2 run double to get us to within 2 runs. Big thanks go out to our subs in game 1,  Ralph Hollis, Gary “ZZ Top” Finer, and Dennis Vance. Additionally, keeping a flawless scorebook were Christina Silva and Kim “Berlee” Maqueen. Appreciation goes out to the umpires, the Jeff ‘s, Nickerson and Silversteen as well as the Scott Kibby in the score tower.

BackBone Chiropractic - 20 Karen Olsen Realty - 17

BackBone Chiropractic spotted Karen Olsen 5 runs in the top of the 1st inning and went down 1-2-3 in the bottom half of the inning.  Fortunately, BackBone scored 5 runs in each of the remaining 4 innings and held on to a 20-17 opening game victory.  BackBone was led by Rob White 4 for 4 with a triple and 5 RBI; sub Les Zirbel 3 for 3 with a double and 4 RBI (including the game winner); and Mike Hirsch 3 for 3 with a double and 3 RBI.  Winning pitcher Dave Anthony 3 for 3, Dave Fusaro 2 for 4, and John Blevins 4 for 4 each drove in 2 runs.  Ralph Hollis 2 for 3 with a ground rule double and sub Frank Sandomenico each added an RBI.  Tim Schiwe went 2 for 4 with a double, scored twice and made key plays in the outfield.  Ray Gibson was 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored.  Special thanks to Les Zirbel and Frank Sandomenico for subbing and contributing today!

Well our second game of the day was much different from the first. The first game we totaled 5 runs with limited offense.  In the second game our bats definitely woke up, unfortunately we just fell a little short to Backbone Chiropractic 17-20.  It was a back and forth offensive showdown, with Karen Olsen Realty scoring in every inning. However, we just weren’t able to push enough runs across the plate. The team totaled 28 hits. Leading the hit parade were John “Nico” Nicodemo going an impressive 5/5 with 2 RBI’s, Greg Allseitz going 4/5 with 4 RBI’s. Collecting 3 hits apiece were our speedy leadoff hitter, Jay Shirpke, 2 of our subs, Jeff Nickerson and Ed Duessen, our pitcher affectionately known as Moondog, and Allen Bellew who also contributed 3 RBI’s. Rounding out the hits were John Guzik and sub, Greg Kastelic. We will do better next week. The realtors are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our manager, Dale Halder as well as Dave Nathe. Again, special thanks to Berlee Maqueen for keeping the book, as well as the umpires Dale “Mac” Mcglaughlin, Lloyd Newland and Vern McLean in the score tower. Looking forward to next week!