Red League Winter 2025 Game Summaries & Standings

FINAL RED LEAGUE STANDINGS:   CONGRATULATIONS TO CHAR WHEELER

THE RED LEAGUE FAMILY SENDS A HUGE THANK YOU TO DON AND CRAIG AND ALL THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES WHO MADE OUR FALL AND WINTER SESSIONS SUCH A HUGE SUCCESS.    

GAME REPORTS:

WHITEOUT 21   GENEARL EXTERMINATING 8

Johns take: The temperatures at the Field of Dreams went from hot to cool in the matter of a few days. Team Whiteout bats went just the opposite, cool to hot. Whiteout saved their best game for last, hitting for a team .705 average. Whiteout came away with a 21 to 8 win today against a very good General Exterminating team. Great pitching by Dave Elkins, backed up by solid defense held the opposition to 8 runs. The hit parade was led by Greg Allseitz (double) and Dave Elkins hitting a .1000 today. Jeff Nickerson (double) and Craig Nelson (home run) hit for .800. Dave Fleck (double), Vern Mclean (triple), and John Boland (double) hit for .750. Chipping in with two hits each were Ed Baumann and Jay Schirpke. Congratulations to GenEx for a great year competing for first place the entire session. In a session filled with injuries for Team Whiteout, it was a great way to end the season with a very nice decisive win. A big thanks to our many subs throughout the year. Great job by todays subs: Craig Allseitz, Craig Nelson, Dave Elkins, Dave Fleck, and JD Dillree! A special thank you to Don Ranieri and Craig Nelson for piloting the Red League ship as our commissioners!

Chucks take: The General Exterminating Team lost to Whiteout 21 to 8.  The game was never close!  Our effort and defense was respectable, they just hit the ball, and we didn’t!  The only highlight for the Bug Zappers were the dingers by Ron Colemand and Dave Zuker.  Thanks to our subs Tom Ranalls, Scott Kibby. 

GOTHIC LANDSCAPING 20   PAUL TONE INSURANCE 13

Jamies take: Well Sports Fans, that's almost a wrap, last game Friday morning. It was a wonderful winter session, as usual. I'm writing this summary from about 1500 miles away, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, CAN. Hopefully, when it goes through the worldwide web and crosses the border, we don't get charged an extra 25% tariff. Anyway, visiting Gothic Landscaping challenged Paul Tone Farmers for our last game of this spring. Gothic came out on top, beating PT 20-13. The GL squad came out swinging, scoring 19 runs in the first 5 innings, PT answered with 9. Everyone on the team had multiple hits: subs Chip and Moon Doggie had 5 each, Nico and Ken Silva had 4, everyone else had 2 and/or 3, for a total of 34 hits. Thanks to our super subs today, Chip, Jeff N and Moon Doggie. And many thanks to my co-coach, Ralph Hollis, who pretty much did all the work this session in my absence. And, scorekeeper,Randy Biko and sub, Kim MacQueen when Randy was missing. Many thanks to Don Raneiri and Craig Nelson for everything they do to keep this rag-tag group of guys in line and having fun. Safe travels to everyone that is venturing off to their summer homes, all the best to everyone in the league. Stay healthy, see you in the fall

CHAR WHEELER 21  SUSYS HOME CLEANING 14

Erics take: Another beautiful day at the ball park, last day of the session. With a lot of ballplayers already headed home Char Wheeler beat Susy’s 21-14. Char needed 7 subs today: thank you , John Boland, Scott Kibby, Craig Nelson, Lee Libra, Ken Silva (last minute sub), John Nicodemo and JD Dillree. Offensive stars with 4 hits each, Pete Semenak, Scott Kibby (one over the fence), John Boland, Craig Nelson, Ken Silva and Eric Swobody. Thank you to our umpires Terry Graves and Brian Pin.See everyone in the Fall.

FRIDAY MORNING GAME:

GOTHIC LANDSCAPING 24  GENERAL EXTERMINATING 19

Jeffs take: The smallest crowd of the season showed up early today to watch Happy Ears Hearing Center play Chuck and Moondawgs General exterminating squad. What they witnessed was a back and forth battle that featured a lot of hitting and some excellent defense.  Happy Ears doubled their home run totals for the session as Scott Kibby and sub JDDilree went yard. The bug guys hit as many home runs today as we have all session. Nothing wrong with playing small ball! The Ears also put up,their highest run totals today as they plated 24. We may have had more runs but Chuck’s Bugs didn’t catch us after the mandatory flip flop rule. Final score Hapoy Ears 24, General Exterminating 19. The hit parade was led by Kibby 6/6, Dilree 5/5, Allseitz 5/6, John Blevins 4/6, Dennis Scoggins 4/6, Randy Cihlar 4/5, Dave Fleck 3/5, Ralph McKeever 2/5 and sub Bob Kloehn 2/6. Our team batting average for today was a robust 692. Special shout out to my wife Pat, for scorekeeping and her post game baked goods. I should also mention that Pat made out today’s lineup! Nice job. Congratulations to the  Char Wheeler squad for claiming first place this session. Thanks to everyone, especially our board and commissioners, who keep this league running smoothly and efficiently. Also, thanks to all the  coaches, umpires, field maintenance crew, players, subs and the fans.The Happy Ears team hopes everyone has a great summer, whether it’s here or some where cooler! Safe travels