Summer 1 Weekday 2026 Standings

Thursday, May 28, 2026
Weekday League

Fast Signs - 10 Desert Sands Cons - 17

The FastSigns bats were almost as cool as the Surprise morning.  The team hit under .500 and ended up losing to the solid Desert Sands squad, led on the mound and the plate by Jeff “Nick” Nickerson.  The final score was 17-10 in favor of the builders!  Laura pitched a good game racking up a few strike outs!  We are now 1-1 and look to rebound against Catherine Barton’s realtors on Tuesday.  Not many offensive highlights but Ken K stayed hot going 3-4 and Nico and Chip both “chipped” in a pair of hits.  Thanks to Mick in the tower and Joel and Don for handling the umpire duties.

It was a great day at the ballpark for Desert Sands Construction who came away with another win over the tough hard hitting FastSigns 17-10. Defense was outstanding again today. Terry Hughes made a bare handed catch behind the plate for an out, sub Norma Lucas made a catch at 2nd and Brad Brulotte made a sliding catch in the outfield. Once again we did not throw the ball around for errors. Our hitting is still on fire with Jeff Nickerson 4-4, a over the fence HR & 2 RBI's, Brad Brulotte was 3-4 with two doubles, the hot RBI bat of Randy Ratcliff continued going 3-4, double, triple & 4 RBI's, sub Dan Newman going 4-4 & 3 RBI's plus a couple of nice catches in RF, Jim Opyd 2-4 & 2 RBI's, sub Joe Stempniewski (who made a great running catch in the outfield) and Tom Yurkunas each had 2 hits and a RBI, Thank you to Dan Newman, Norma Lucas and Joe Stempniewski for subbing for us today

Game Day Health - 7 Catherine Barton Realty - 6

The bats were not hot toay for either team.  However Gameday stayed in the game all the way pulling out a 7 to 6 win.  Only 17 hits with the top batters Brian Walters and Gen Fleck going 3 for 3. Brian with a triple was top rbi producer at 3 runs.  Kirk Andes, Ted Grove and Ed Campbell contributed 2 hits each.   Denise Gabala pitched an outstanding game.  Special thanks to Nancy Rhoades for keeping a Perfect scorebook. 

The Catherie Barton team faced a tough Game Day squad today at the Field of Dreams. Tied 2-2 after 3, The team failed to score again until the 6th inning, Losing a close one by the score of 7-6. Jay Schirpke was solid on defense making many running catches, while also going 4-4 at the plate. Charlie Counts had a nice 3-4 day at the plate. Everyone on the team had at least 1 hit and played great defense. Thanks to Mike K. on subbing today. Also thanks to Jeff Nickerson, and Tom Yurkunis for umpiring, And Randy Ratcliff in the tower.

Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Weekday League

Catherine Barton Realty - 5 Desert Sands Construction - 11

Catherine Barton’s team did not experience a win on the scoreboard, but a fun hour shared amongst a winning group of players. A special welcome to Mick our right fielder who played his first Grand Softball game and made a great catch on a fly ball. 

It was a beautiful day to start the summer session and Desert Sands Construction came out with their first win against a tough Catherine Barton 11-5. Our defense was outstanding today. The outfield and rover made some great catches and the infield made the sure outs without throwing the ball around. No errors. Our hitting was very good with timely shots that resulted in our 11 runs. Brad Brulotte was 4-4 Triple, two doubles and running like a mad man, Randy Ratcliff 2-4 & 4 RBI's, Jeff Nickerson 2-4, a HR & 3 RBI's, Randy Vanwagner 3-3 & 1 RBI, Jim Opyd, Tom Yurkunas each had 2 hits and a RBI, Chris Espejo, Jerry Eastham, & Dan Newman contributing with a hit & RBI. Thank you to Dan Newman and Norm Volk for subbing for us today.

FastSigns - 16 Game Day Health - 15

"It was another beautiful day at the ballpark….after an exciting early game, FastSigns took on a loaded GameDay team. After 3 innings, it was knotted at 8, after 4, FastSigns trailed by one. After that, Laura’s pitching and the defense held GameDay to 4 runs over three innings. Going into the bottom of 7, FastSigns trailed by 3….Lonnie legged out a single to get things started and from there 3 hits and a walk put Ken K in a position to drive in the go ahead run and he did! Final score 16-15 in walkoff fashion! Nico led the game off and led the team with a solid 4-4. Ken had three hits, followed by David Power (thanks for subbing!), Glenn, Paul and Lonnie chipping in 2 hits each. Thanks to Jerry in the tower, Nick and Tom Y umping and the fans for spending their morning at the park!

A game played til the last out with Fast Signs pulling it out in the bottom of the 7th winning 16 to 15.  Gameday put together 26 hits, with Mike Martin, Brian Walters and Ted Grove all perfect at the plate.  Mike Martin was rbi leader with 5 runs batted in.  Close behind we had Brian Pin 3/4, Curtis Rhoades 2/3 Kirk Andes 3/4.  Everyone else had at least one hit.   

Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Bronze Division

Carrousel Travel - 14 Goodman Dermatology - 13

Carrousel Travel won to a good Goodman Dermatology today.   Thanks to Jeff Smith for keeping book and to Ed Hart for thinking of our team.  On offense Steve Willoughby, Chris Espejo and Tom Yurkunas were perfect at the plate.  In the 6th inning Tom Yurkunas had the game winning slam to left field! On defense Denise Gibala pitched a good game. Kudos to Steve Willoughby  Tim Mitchell and Chris Espejo with big catches in the outfield.  Fantastic team effort to clinch the win today.

"It was a perfect weather morning as the Goodman Dermatology team (without manager and ace player David Power) faced the Carrousel Travel team at the Field of Dreams. The game began with Carrousel scoring the maximum four runs in each of the first two innings while Goodman was unable to score. The resilient Goodman team fought back scoring three runs in the third while giving up two runs. Goodman put four runs on the board in the fourth inning and held Carrousel scoreless. The fifth inning saw Goodman scoring three runs and Carrousel scoring two making the game 10-12 in favor of Carrousel going into the sixth (final) inning of the time-shortened game. Goodman was able to score three runs to pull ahead of Carrousel 13-12, however Carrousel was able to come back in the bottom of the sixth with two runs to seal the win 14-13. Goodman had a total of 22 hits. Bob Higgins (3/4, RBI), Skip Pavitt (3/4), Larry Radant (3/4, 2B, 3 RBI), Scott Boyd (2/3, W, 3B), Jim Matthew’s (1/4, RBI), Mike Kachurak (3/4, 2 RBI), Curtis Rhodes (3/4, 2 RBI), Jim Collins (1/3, W), Ed Abrams (2/3, RBI), Joel Last (1/2, W, 2 RBI), Yvonne Becker (0/2, W, RBI). Thanks to Curt Rhodes, Mike Kachurak and Yvonne Becker for subbing for us. Thanks to the umpire and scoreboard crew and to Cathy Radant for keeping the scorebook. Great season team…we played hard and had fun!!"

Implant Periodontics - 12 WaFd Bank - 21

The final game of the season did not end as we would have liked, but we showed effort and hustle till the end. Perfect at the plate was Glenn Turner (3 rbi). Batting 3/4 was Mike Kachurak (1rbi). Paul Jinneman was 3/3 (1rbi). Kurt Kanouse went 2/3 with a Grand Slam to center field. Going 1/4 was Laura Johnson. Phil Murray,Ed Campbell, Tammie Songer (1rbi), Lonnie Saiz and Deb Kanouse (1rbi) finished out the team batting 1/3. Thanks to Mike Kachurak and Paul Jinneman for subbing and to Betty Saiz for keeping the scorebook. Until next season……

The WaFd Bank started the season with a 17-2 victory. After a 12-12 tie in game 2, the Bankers proceeded to lose 8 of the next 9 games. The Bankers faced some adversity with the season ending injury to our Short Stop Ron Silberman by the 3rd inning. The Bankers never gave up and always supported each other and not once did I hear a negative comment. All the frustration came out in game 12 as the Bankers took on and defeated a determined Implant Periodontics 21 -12. In left field Jim Opyd had a couple of catches, Kevin Katsuki who traded with Wayne Moxley in the outfield, caught a fly ball in left center. Barney Armstrong had a couple of fly balls for outs in right center. Dede Gaetz took over right field and kept everything in front of her. Bob Williams was steady at 3rd and Charlie Greer, learning a new position playing short stop, had a few nice plays for outs. Wayne Moxley got to play rover and caught a pop up and covered 2nd base. Norma Lucas played 2nd for the 1st time this season and held her own. Dave Holub was consistent all season at 1st base. The battery of Wes Mason and Don Trenda again pitched a good game with Wes Mason recording an out at home and Don Trenda fielding his position for some quick outs. Offensively the Bankers had 27 hits including perfect at the plate Jim Opyd 4/4 double 2 RBIs and Kevin Katsuki 2 RBIs. Going 3/4 were Charlie Greer double RBI ( Charlie scored many runs for the team as a pinch runner all season), Bob Williams double 4 RBIs, Dave Holub double 4 RBIs and Norma Lucas 2 RBIs. Going 2/3 were Barney Armstrong in the park HR walk RBI and Wayne Moxley walk RBI. Don Trenda was 2/4 with a double and an RBI. Getting on base were Dede Gaetz double 3 RBIs ( Dede got hurt in the 6th inning and Dick Steiman subbed. Dick was able to walk in the 7th inning) and Wes Mason was 1/2 with a walk. Big thank you to Kevin Katsuki who join the team in May. Dick Steiman jumped in to help when Dede got hurt, Thank you Dick. Marilyn Leinberger has been with us all season, Thank you Marilyn! Special thank you to our Sponsor Representative Mia Brooks. Thanks to the Commissioners, Umpires, Scorekeepers and Grounds Crew for all you do. Enjoy the summer, see you in the Fall.

T Pham Dentist - 11 Janelle Hansen Realty - 13

Today we played the Hanson Realty Team.  It was a very close game. Both teams played good defense keeping the score close for the whole game. We had some good hits that they caught and they had some good hits that we caught. Everyone played well.  A good way to end the season. A special thanks to Jack Miller subbing for Sheldon Rosenthal and Bob Cary for doing the book and keeping the batting order straight in spite of me trying to screw it up.  Have a great summer wherever you may end up and looking forward to seeing you all again in the Fall.

The championship team, Janelle Hansen Reality completed their season with a close win over Thomas Pham Dentistry 13-11. Randy Ratcliff got it started for Janelle with a HR in the 1st inning. Pitcher Ed Musgrave earned his 10th win in 12 games. Leading hitters for Janelle were: Ed Musgrave 2-2 BB 1RBI, Sub Paul Larson 3-3 2-2B, Greg Carley 3-3 3RBI's, Patrick Burnett 3-3 2-2B 1RBI, Randy Ratcliff 3-3 HR 2RBI's, John Lesh 2-3 1RBI, Charlie Counts 1-2 BB, Jim Parry 1-2 2B Sac Fly 2RBI's, Mike Jordan 1-3 2B 2RBI's, Jerry Eastham 1RBI and Terry Hughes, the best team player in the league.

Thursday, May 21, 2026
Copper Division

Ex Imports Auto - 7 Ranall's Realty - 17

Well the Exclusively Imports Automotive Repair team started and ended the season with lopsided defeats. However it was the ten games in between that showed the true makeup of the team. Rallying from a 1 and 3 start, the EIAR team claimed a share of the championship with JD’s Ranalls Realty team. Congratulations to both squads! With a chance to win an outright title, the Exclusively Imports team came out flat as beer after extra innings while the Ranalls team was just the opposite. Leading hitters for EIAR were Pete Sluys and Bruce Lowe with three hits each. Collecting two hits were Greg Roehm, John Hammel, Les Zirbel Roger Guth and Don Ranieri. Brian Combs, Gary Ambruz and the Coach each chipped in with one hit. So, as the Spring Copper League session concludes, let’s thank all the players, coaches, sponsors, ground crew, fans, commissioner and all the behind the scenes people for making this a successful league played at a great facility. Have a great summer.

Well, Ranall’s Realty wrapped up the season today with a strong finish, earning a solid 17–7 victory over a very tough EX Exports Auto team. We knew it would take our A+ game to come out on top, and the team delivered from start to finish.  We came out with sharp, decisive defense and played together as a cohesive unit every inning. Runs were hard to come by early on, but once the bats started heating up, we found our rhythm and put together a strong offensive surge through the middle innings and into the finish.  (Sub) Craig Nelson got the attack rolling with a perfect 5-for-5 day at the plate. Other key standouts were (sub) Jeff Nickerson and Tom Gibans, both going an impressive 4-for-5. At the same time, Gibby put on an outstanding pitching performance, keeping EX Exports Auto to minimal runs and giving us the stability we needed on the mound.   A huge thank you to everyone on this team for your excellent play both on and off the field. The spirit, teamwork, and camaraderie all season long have been fantastic. It was a pleasure ending the season on such a positive note and sharing in the title together!  Let’s Party!

Catherine Barton Realty - 10 Homesmart Ezell Reaty - 17

Terry’s take: The final game of the spring session was somewhat of a synopsis of the entire session. Some ups and some downs. Some games we found all the holes and others that seemed like we were facing 15 defenders. Things didn’t go our way this session but it wasn’t for a lack of effort by the CB crew and I appreciate all of you for that. It was a very balanced league and I enjoyed being a part of it. Thanks to everyone for making it so fun. As for the game, CB took a 4-2 in the first thanks to Joel’s 3 run homer. The bats went cold in the second through fourth inning while the HS club plated 11 runs to take a 13-4 lead. HS came up with 3 runs in the top of the fifth (looked pretty dire going into the bottom half of the inning trailing 16-3) but the never quit CB squad dug in their heels scoring 4 runs on 8 hits capped off by Jeff’s double and Lloyd’s triple to close the gap to 16-8. Shutting out HS in the sixth Jeff led off the bottom half with a double followed by Joel’s home run. HS added 1 run and shut out CB in the seventh for the victory. Top hitters: Brad Brulotte 4-5, Jeff Nickerson 3-4 2 doubles, Joel Breiner 3-4 2 HRs, Les Zerbel 3-4, Bill Tirney 3-4, Lloyd Newlands 2-4 1 triple, Bill Parker 2-4, Roger Guth 2-4, and Joe Pioli adding a hit. Thanks to our subs for their fine work, you are greatly appreciated. Thanks to all the umpires and scoreboard operators. Thanks to Joel and Jeff for managing in my absence, excellent job guys! Thanks again to Bruce Spiegel and to Pierre for his work with the write ups. Thanks to everyone in the club for making this such a great place to play!!!

Well, that’s a wrap……HomeSmart finished out the season on a high note, beating Catherine Barton 17-10 in the last game of the session. Congrats to both Ranalls Realty and Exclusively Imports for taking top honors. With the win, HomeSmart finished a game out of a tie at the top. I enjoyed this group a lot! Jay remained red hot following Tuesdays 5-5 with a 4-5 today. Mike kicked in 5-5 and Jim and Randy had 3 hits each. Special thanks for Tom Gibans coming out of the stands to finish up the last five innings for Glenn who reinjured his hand. >> Thanks to Dave and Judd for umping and Lisa in the Tower. Happy Birthday Sean Baker!