adjusted Jan 17 to reflect a tie between CW and GE on Jan 14

RED LEAGUE SPONSOR OF THE WEEK:    PAUL TONE FARMERS INSURANCE

The Tone Farmers Insurance Agency is located on Meeker Blvd in SCW, we have been proud supporters of the Softball Club for 27 years !   As a family business, Paul has been with Farmers 40 years, Lory 22 years as an Agent, and our son, Kevin 10 years a Farmers Agent.   We enjoy sponsoring local groups and organizations so vital to our community.   Please pick up the phone and call Paul Tone for insurance on your Auto, Life, Golf Car, Business and Home !

GAME REPORTS:

PAUL TONE 15  GENERAL EXTERMINATING 7

Toms take: The Paul Tone boys are settling into their spoiler roll quite nicely.  Tough week with all the subs.  Special thank you to Garry Weslosky, Lloyd Newlands and Eric Swobody for filling out our tournament depleted lineup.  Ranalls and Newlands had 3 RBI's each.  Sandomenico, Houghton and Weslosky had 2.  Good team effort and the base coaches Ski and Mr. Rumsey were spot on.  Becky, thank you for keeping score and never complaining about a dull pencil.  Wait a minute, we don't usually use much lead!  Coming down the stretch looking to have fun, stay healthy and create some misery for the front runners!  

Chucks take: The General Exterminating Team lost to Paul Tone Farmers 15 to 7 today.  The final score really isn’t indicative of a 7 to 7 close game until the open inning.  Tom Ranalls and Paul Becker’s Insurance Guys plated 8 tallies in the 7^th frame and held us scoreless in our hammer portion of the inning , earning them the win.  The only real highlight for the Bug Zappers today was Craig Nelson’s 2 run dinger in the first frame capping off his 2 hit day.  Four others chimed in with their 3 hits including Dave Fleck, Dave Dorn, Terry Graves and sub Dave Elkins.  Thanks to subs David Nathe and Dave Elkins for your help, the two umpires, and scoreboard operator.

SUSYS HOME CLEANING 22   CHAR WHEELER 21

Jerry take: In a significant upset, the Suzy’s Home Cleaning team upset league leading Char Wheeler by a score of 22 to 21. Suzy’s has won 3 of their 4 games since the holiday break and is now playing its best softball of the session. The game was a tight affair throughout. Suzy’s had a slim lead through most of the game until Eric’s and Pete’s squad racked up 5 runs to Suzy’s one run in the sixth inning to tie things up. The fireworks then started in the open seventh inning. Char Wheeler hitting was on display as they had enough hits to go through their entire batting order and ended the top half of the seventh inning with a seven run lead. Things didn’t look good for the team in pink, but Suzy’s did one better than Char Wheeler sending 12 batters to the plate and Dave Lawrence provided the walk off game winning hit as Suzy managed to score their eighth run in the home half of the inning. Suzy’s finished the game with a somewhat remarkable .754 on base percentage. Everyone on Suzy’s team had at least two hits. The offense was led by Ken Silva’s 5 for 5 and followed closely by Llyod Newlands’, Jerry Lubeck’s Brian Comb’s and Lisa Pelletier’s 4 hit performances. Due to the tournament team playing today, Suzy’s had four substitutes. Thank you to John Blevins, Brian Combs, Frank Sandomenico and Jeff Silversteen for helping out. Thank you also to JD Dillree for umpiring behind the plate, Mr. Nathe for umpiring the bases and to Gary Ambruz for keeping track of the game on the scoreboard.

Erics take:  Another beautiful day at the “Field of Dreams”. Char Wheeler could not hold off Lisa and Jerry Home Cleaning service. Char lost 22-21 with Sussy’s scoring 8 runs in the bottom of the 7th. Char had some production on the offensive side; Pete Semenak, Gary Weslosky and Glen Soles with 4 hits. JC Cowan, Troy MacQueen, Dave Elkins, Eric Swobody and Greg Kastelic with 3 hits. Thanks to our subs, Tom Ranalls, JC Cowan and Gary Weslosky

GOTHIC LANDSCAPING 19  HAPPY EARS 7

Robs take:  Congratulations to those who doubled down on the 2-4 Gothic team at the Thanksgiving break.  The race to the finish just got VERY interesting. The Big Black Machine was a team possessed today, striking our most dominating win of the season, shredding up our good friends over at Happy Ears 19-7.   The Gothic bats seemed suspiciously loaded with every player ripping 2 or more hits.   Coach Hollis and new guy Matt smoked 4 hits each, with hat tricks to Garry Nico, Rob, and John Blevins.   Scott Kibby continued his torrid pace by crushing yet another homer into the deep blue AZ sky. Thanks to Jerry and Troy for astute officiating, and to the tower guy for keeping stats.

Jeffs take: The Happy Ears team took the field in the Red League’s Thursday finale knowing two important items. First, we were using four subs and secondly, the first place Char Wheeler squad had just lost. Time to tighten up the race for first place. The problem was the Gothic team was firing on all cylinders from the first inning on. Their only hiccup was a goose egg in the third while the Ears were anything. but Happy or productive!  To complicate the situation, one of our subs injured himself during the first game and then our shortstop, who was subbing for Al C, had an eye issue. So technically, we used four subs and then two more subs for the injured subs. Highlights for the not so Happy Ears team were two run home runs by Chip Robertson and Dale Halder. Dale was summoned from the peanut gallery in the third inning due to an injury. Congratulations to Chip and Dale ( I’m not going there) for their blasts.  A tip of the hat to Ralph and Robs Gothic Landscaping team. Thanks to our subs Ken Silva, JC Cowan, Tom Ranalls, Ed Bauman, Dale Halder and Dave Nathe. Thanks to Jerry Lubeck and Troy MacQueen for handling the umpiring duties and thanks to our scoreboard operator. Sorry I didn’t see who this was as I was constantly watching Gothic smashing hits all over the ballpark!  Happy Ears will reload and regroup for Tuesday’s game as we play host to Chuck and Moondog’s Bug Guys. First pitch scheduled for 2:45.