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 White League Fall 2024 Game Summaries & Standings

 

White League Standings
Games thru -  Tuesday         November 19, 2024
Team Wins Losses Ties Win Pct.
Liberty GMC 5 0 0 1.000
One Stop Tile 4 1 0 0.800
Fast Signs 3 2 0 0.600
Canyon State 2 3 0 0.400
Heather Van Peursem 1 4 0 0.200
Regency Specialties 0 5 0 0.000

 

Liberty GMC 17  Regency Specialties  15        
 Liberty:  In another tightly fought contest, Liberty GMC beat Regency Specialties by a final score of 17 to 15. Regency scored 6 runs in the last 2 innings to make the game interesting.  Sub Craig Warner (SS) ended the game by starting a double play.
Every player on Liberty GMC had at least 1 hit.  Leading the offense with 4 hits each were Tim Schiewe (3 RBIs) and Glenn Griffin (2 RBIs).  Also contributing to the offense with 3 hits each were Mitch Craun (5 RBIs), winning pitcher Dave Anthony (RBI), Sean Baker (BB) and Curt Rhoades (3 RBIs).  Becky Holliday had a walk, 2 hits and 2 RBIs.  Thanks to Craig Warner and Jeff Tucker for sub duty.
 
Regency:  Regency Specialties played a good ballgame today, losing to Liberty GMC by a score of 17-15.  Both teams battled the afternoon sun.  We made great gains offensively, doubling our production from last week.  With a total of 25 hits we came up just a bit short.  Leading hitters were Gale Hiser and Rick Armentano both 4/4 , Ken Krzeminski was 3/4.  Nearly every other player was 2/4.  This was the first game of the season we had a complete team and no subs. 
Fast Signs 21  Canyon State 9     
Fast Signs:   Our Fast Signs team knew that we had to score a lot of runs against the hard hitting Canyon State team and we certainly did posting 21 runs in just 5 innings winning by the mercy rule 21-9. Everyone had at least 2 hi2t and runs plus at least one RBI. RBI leader was Gary Armstrong(3) who also played a good 3B. Also on defense, Andy Campbell had a great game at rover and Hammel fielded a sharp grounder at 1B and Randy Van Wagner are Kenny Shick showed good range on a couple catches. Offensive numbers are as follows:  Kenny 3-4. Andy 3-4, John 4-4, Fred 4-4, Randy 2-3 BB, Ray 2-2 BB, Skip 3-3. Gary 3-3, Sub Jim Opyd 2-2 BB. Brian 3-3, and Rod 3-3. Granted the sun was a factor, but only 3 official outs is amazing. Kris Koch again was great on the book while husband Ted did a very good job keeping track of pinch runners in between helping out the runners at 3B. Efficient job by Bob Lessard and Roger Neumann umpiring.   
Canyon State:  The mercy rule was definitely needed as Fast Sign took advantage of the sun to run away with the game  which was 6-5 after 2. The Canyon bats were still going, but we could not overcome giving Fast Signs more than 3 outs per inning.
Leading Canyon in hitting were Steve Willoughby and Dick Nunez going 3/3. Kevin Katsuki continued his hot hitting going 2/2 and a walk. Les Zirbel, Bruce Lowe, Chuck Frazier and Tom Yurkunas were all 2/3. We will try again Thursday. Thank you Eric Coudret for subbing.
One Stop Tile 12  Heather  5
One Stop:  The Heather Van Peursem team got off to a fast start and took the lead 3-0 after one inning.  One Stop Tile warmed up and scored three runs in the second after the Heather Van Peursem Realtors added a run, but the Tile guys still trailed 4-3.  One Stop Tile then woke up at the plate with five runs in the third to take the lead for good at 8-4.  Winning pitcher Dennis Karcher and the solid One Stop Tile defense tightened up and held the Heather team to just one run in the last five innings.  One Stop Tile’s offense erupted for four runs in the fifth inning to stretch their lead to the final score of 12-5.
Offensively, Wayne Weidenbach drilled a single and scored once, Mark Beckner slugged a triple and single and scored twice, Jim Opyd was a perfect 3/3 and scored twice, John Gavazza hammered a triple and two singles and scored twice, Tom “don’t call me Cruise” Gruzs drilled a single and scored once, Dave Swanson collected a single and a walk and scored once, Tim Brown went a perfect 3/3 and scored twice, Murray Fairweather “Eh” Fairweather collected a walk and two RBI doubles, Dick Hansen banged a single, and Dennis Karcher slapped a single to round out the hit parade.  We welcomed Bill Tierney back from the infirmary today, and he guided our runners home from third base.  It was an all-around team effort today.
Heather:  On a gorgeous Tuesday afternoon at the Del Webb Field of Dreams, home of The Grand recreational senior softball, the
Heather Van Peursem realtors lost to the Dick Hansen managed One Stop Tile 12-5. 
We had 16 hits in 36 AB's for a paltry .444 average with one double and only scored 5 runs.
We had 6 players with 2 hits (nobody was perfect), Howard Sumner, Dan Newman (RBI), Ted Schneider (RBI), Kim MacQueen (RBI), Danny Wood (RBI) and Paul Jinneman.  Chip Stanczak had our only extra base hit with a double.  Bill Parker had a hit and an RBI.  Dave Power and Don F. Cole added hits.
Thank you to Arlene Weslosky for subbing and playing great at 1st base.  Thanks to Ted Grove in the tower and Don Trenda for keeping our scorebook.

 

White League Standings
Games thru -  Thursday         November 14, 2024
Team Wins Losses Ties Win Pct.
Liberty GMC 4 0 0 1.000
One Stop Tile 3 1 0 0.750
Fast Signs 2 2 0 0.500
Canyon State 2 2 0 0.500
Heather Van Peursem 1 3 0 0.250
Regency Specialties 0 4 0 0.000

 

Liberty GMC 12 Canyon State 10        
 Liberty:   Liberty GMC trailed by a 6-5 margin after three innings,scored 5 runs to take the lead in the 4th inning, and withstood a Canyon State rally in the last frame to emerge with a 12-10 victory.  Infield play again carried the day as Liberty GMC picked up the team's fourth victory of the young season.  Tim Schiewe 4 for 4 with a double and winning pitcher Dave Anthony with a hit and sacrifice fly each drove in three runs.  Glenn Griffin 2 for 4 with a double and Bob Tarr with a hit and fielder's choice each drove in two runs.  Dean Schoeberl with a triple and Mitch Craun were each 3 for 4 with a RBI.  Brad Johnson went 3 for 4 with a double and scored three times.  Becky Holliday went 3 for 3 and scored twice, including the eventual game winner.
Canyon State:  Canyon State ran into the buzz saw that is Liberty. Liberty both hit and fielded well. But in the end despite a subpar performance by many of the Canyon hitters, we still had the tying run at the plate in the bottom of the 7th.
Perfect at the plate were Randy Ratcliff 3/3 and Kevin Katsuki 2/2. Steve Willoughby, sub Paul Johne, Dick Nunez, sub Craig Warner, and Bruce Lowe were all 2/4. Johne and Warner both had  triples. Tom Yurkunas 1/3 had a double.
Fast Signs 15  Heather Van Peursem 9     
Fast Signs:  Our Fast Signs squad picked up their second straight win with a 15-9 victory over Heather Van Peursem Realty. It was a true team win with everyone contributing to the offense and defense. Tied 7-7 after 3 innings, we took the lead with a 3 run 4th highlighted by a Wayne Wiedenbach(3-4) double and then we added 4 more in the 5th with Weidenbach again having honors with a triple opening up a 14-7 lead. Kenny Shick(3 RBI) again starred in the OF and leadoff spot as he got on base 3 times while Randy Van Wagner was a perfect 3-3 plus a walk adding a nice shoestring catch in right. Fred Jensen has his best defensive game of the year also hit 3 line drives going 3-4. Andy Campbell was his usual 3-4 and Skip was 2-3 with a walk. Brian Martin and Ray Gibson each contributed 2 hits with Brian adding a walk. Lastly sub Craig Warner(2RBI), Rod Wilterdink, and Gary Armstrong each had a hit and Armstrong also worked his way to a base on balls.   
Heather:  Heather suffered a brutal loss today at the hands of a Rod Wilterdink managed (and pitched) FastSigns team 15-9.
After we held them scoreless in the 1st inning they proceeded to score in every inning to take the win.
Offensively, we had 3 players perfect at the plate going 3/3, Howard Sumner, David Power and Chip Stanczak.  Dan Newman, Ted Schneider, Don Cole and Sub Dave Maligro all added 2 hits.  Newcomer sub Jeff Tucker was hitless, but hit the ball hard, scored a run and had 2 RBI and played a great 1st base. 
Kim MacQueen scored a run and had an RBI as did Paul Jinneman (RBI).  Defensively, SS Chip Stanczak made some nice plays as did Howard Sumner in RCF.  Thanks to umpires Roger "don't call me Dan" Neuman and Jim Courtney for calling a great game and Sean Baker in the tower.  Thanks again to Don Trenda for keeping our books and the birthday boy and injury recovering Billy Parker for the team support and coaching of 3rd base.
One Stop Tile 11  Regency Specialties  5
One Stop:  After a scoreless first inning, One Stop Tile put up five big runs in the second inning, taking a 5-0 lead.  Regency Specialities bounced back with three runs in the bottom of the third, but still trailed 6-3.  At the end of four innings, One Stop Tile took a 7-3 lead, but the dangerous Regency Specialties team was still within striking distance.  However, One Stop Tile added to their lead in the fifth and sixth Innings going ahead 11-5 which was the final score at the end of seven innings.  Winning pitcher Dennis Karcher was supported with a strong defensive effort (two double plays and seven fielder’s choices) which helped keep Regency Specialties at bay.  Wayne Weidenbach and Dave Swanson made important long ball catches in the outfield, and Tim Brown fired a relay to Tom Gruzs who fired a one-hop strike to John Gavazza at third to nail a fast runner trying to advance.  It was a good day for our defense.
Offensively, Wayne Weidenbach had a perfect 4/4 day at the plate and scored once, Mark Beckner lined a single, Jim Opyd collected a walk and scored once, John Gavazza smashed three hits (single, double, triple, three RBIs) and scored once, Tom Gruzs ripped two singles and scored twice, Downtown Tim Brown pounded two singles and a triple (RBI) and scored twice, Dandy Dave Swanson also slammed two singles and a triple and scored twice, Frank The Tank Plahutnik nailed two singles and scored once, Dick Hansen slapped two singles and scored once, and Dennis Karcher connected on three singles.  Timely hitting played a big part in securing this win.
Regency:  Regency Specialties lost to One Stop Tile today.  Anemic hitting and a very good defense by Dick Hansen’s gang led to a 11-5 loss.  Leading hitters were Bob Lessard 3/3 , Sub Dennis Vance, Gary Kuhlman, and Roger Neumann were 2/3, Dave Dompier 2/4.  Thanks to Subs Dennis Vance, Craig Warner, and Dean Schoeberl for filling in for us today. 

 

Games thru -  Tuesday         November 12, 2024
Team Wins Losses Ties Win Pct.
Liberty GMC 3 0 0 1.000
Canyon State 2 1 0 0.667
One Stop Tile 2 1 0 0.667
Heather Van Peursem 1 2 0 0.333
Fast Signs 1 2 0 0.333
Regency Specialties 0 3 0 0.000

 

Liberty GMC 18   One Stop Tile  11        
  Liberty:  Liberty GMC trailed 2-1 in the 1st inning, scored 5 runs in the 2nd and never looked back en route to a 18-11 flip-flop victory.  Every player had at least 2 hits and scored as the team batted 27 for 45 on the day.  Bob Tarr led the way going 3 for 4 with 4 RBI.  Tim Schiewe with 4 hits including two doubles, Brad Johnson 3 for 5 with a double and triple, Dean Schoeberl 2 for 4 with a walk, Glenn Griffin 2 for 4, Mitch Craun 2 for 4 with a triple, and Curt rhoades 2 for 4 with a double each drove in 2 runs.  Winning pitcher Dave Anthony helped his own cause going 3 for 4 with a RBI,  Greg Martin 2 for 3 with a walk added a RBI.  Sean Baker with 3 runs scored and Becky Holliday each were 2 for 4 on the day.
One Stop:  Liberty GMC came out strong in the second inning with five runs to go ahead 6-2 and never looked back.  One Stop Tile made a few uncharacteristic errors which hurt our cause.  At the end of five innings, Liberty GMC had pulled ahead 12-8 and pulled away for good with six more runs in the top of the seventh, making the score 18-8.  After a flip-flop, One Stop Tile scored three more runs on Frank Plahutnik’s triple to the wall before recording the third out and ending the game 18-11.  Hats off to the Liberty hitters who had a big day at the plate.
Offensively, Wayne Weidenbach collected a walk and scored once, Mark Beckner slammed three singles and scored twice, Jim Opyd garnered two singles and a walk and scored once, John Gavazza ripped two singles and scored twice, Murray Fairweather drilled an RBI double and a single and scored once, Tom Gruzs acquired a walk and two singles while scoring once, Tim Brown had a single and a walk and scored once, Dave Swanson ripped a single and scored once, Frank Plahutnik pounded a single and three-run triple, Dick Hansen cracked a two-run double and Dennis Karcher nailed a single and collected a walk.  We had an off day at the plate with only seventeen hits.  As Arnold would say, we’ll be BACK.  Congrats to Liberty GMC for playing an all-around good game today.
Canyon State 17   Heather Van Peursem  10     
Canyon State:  Canyon State got off to an early lead and although Heather Van Peursem played hard, they were not able to catch up.
Canyon State had a very  balanced hitting attack lead by Bruce Lowe 4/4 (2B), sub Paul Johnnie 3/4, Dick Nunez 3/4, sub Tim Schiewe 3/4 (2B), Kevin Katsuki 3/4 (2 doubles), Eric Coudret 3/4, Chuck Frazier 2/3 (2B), Tom Yurkunas 2/3, and Greg Roehm 2/4 (2B).
Thank you to all our subs!!		   
Heather:  The Canyon State HVAC'ers scored in every inning to take a 17-10 win over the out-manned, out-hit and out-defended Heather Van Peursem team.
We didn't play a bad game, only an inefficient game as we scored in every inning but one, however, we put up only one run in 5 different innings.
Offensively, Dan Newman (fresh off the IL) was 4/4 with 2 RBI as was Bud Bandfield 4/4 also with 2 RBI.  Close behind with 3 hits were Chip Stanczak and Danny Wood while the injured Billy Parker and replacement Curt Rhoades together also had 3 hits.  With 2 hits were Ted Schneider, Kim MacQueen, sub Kenny Shick (thanks for subbing), Don Cole (also perfect at the plate 2/2 and 2 walks).  Everyone had a hit including David Power and Paul Jinneman.
Thank you to "Fast" Eddie Campbell for filling in for Curt as umpire when Curt filled in for Billy after the nasty bad hop at 1st base.
Thank you Don Trenda for keeping our scorebook.
Fast Signs 15  Regency 2
Fast Signs:  Our Fast Signs team broke out of our early season slump in a big way earning out first win of the season coasting to a 15-2 score in a 6 inning game. A five run 4th inning capped off by a Bruce Lowe triple opened up a 9-1 lead and good defense the rest of the day made sure that the lead held up. In the 6th, Kenny Shick hit a grand slam to remove any doubt in the outcome. Defensively, two double plays killed potential rallies. The impressive one was Randy VW corralling a fly ball in RF and rifling a throw to Andy at 1B to double off the runner and the other was Ray Gison taking a throw from the mound and throwing to first. Also, sub Mark Beckner was "roving" all over making plays left and right.  Hitting?- We had hitting up and down the order with the bottom four going 10-12. Perfect on the day going 3-3 were Rod Wilterdink, Fred Jensen, Gary Armstrong(2B), and Beckner. Kenny and Andy were each retired just once and Randy went 2-4 with 2 RBI. We now have a 1-2 record going into Thursday's game.
Regency:  Well, we have all been there, today it was us who couldn’t buy a hit.  13 total hits doesn’t translate to many runs, as Regency Specialties was mercied by Fast Signs in 6 innings 14-2.  Sub Dave Maligro was 3/3, followed by Mitch Craun and Dave Dompier 2/3.  A few other hits sprinkled here and there.  We will be back Thursday!  Thanks to subs David Maligro, Mitch Craun and Wayne Weidenbach. 
White League Standings
Games thru -  Tuesday         November 7, 2024
Team Wins Losses Ties Win Pct.
One Stop Tile 2 0 0 1.000
Liberty GMC 2 0 0 1.000
Heather Van Peursem 1 1 0 0.500
Canyon State 1 1 0 0.500
Regency Specialties 0 2 0 0.000
Fast Signs 0 2 0 0.000

 

One Stop Tile  14  Canyon State 13        
 One Stop : Visiting Canyon State came out strong in the first inning with five runs while One Stop Tile struggled to find their defensive footing.  However, One Stop Tile did score one run in the bottom of the first.  In the second inning, both teams reversed what happened in the first and the score was tied 6-6.  Neither team could score in the third as both defenses stiffened.  Canyon State scored two runs in the fourth and fifth innings and held One Stop Tile scoreless for three straight innings.  The score was 10-6 going into the sixth.  The Tile guys managed two runs in the bottom of the sixth and still trailed 10-8.  Hard-hitting Canyon State then responded with three more runs in the top of the seventh, now leading 13-8 going into the bottom of the seventh.  The One Stop Tile team then put together an impressive rally as follows: Dick Hansen (single), Dennis Karcher (single), Wayne Weidenbach (walk), Mark Beckner (RBI single), Jim Opyd (walk), John Gavazza (three-run double), Murray Fairweather (walk), and Tom Gruzs (two-run single).  John Gavazza scored the winning run with some savvy base running.  Defensively, Mark Beckner threw runners out at second and third bases, Jim Opyd made critical catches in right center, and Frank Plahutnik turned a double play stepping on first base and firing a strike to home plate to beat the runner coming from third.  Dennis Karcher, pitching with excellent accuracy, won his second close game in a row.
Offensively, Wayne Weidenbach ripped a single and triple while collecting a walk and scoring twice, Mark Beckner nailed a single and scored once, Jim Opyd cracked two singles and gathered a walk and scored once, John Gavazza slammed two singles and a double and scored twice, Murray Fairweather slapped a single and picked up a walk, Tom Gruzs banged two singles and scored once, Tim Brown rapped two singles and scored once, Dave Swanson drilled two singles and scored once, Frank Plahutnik lined a single and scored once, Dick Hansen went 3/3 with two runs scored, and Dennis Karcher connected on two singles while scoring twice.  In this contest, One Stop Tile put together a balanced attack when they needed it most.  Thanks to Becky Holliday for keeping our scorebook for most of the game.
Canyon State:  After winning a come from behind game Tuesday, Canyon State got to experience the other side. We started out with a 5 running first inning with the big hit coming from a Jeff Heary 4/4 (3B) triple with the bases loaded knocking in 3. Canyon missed a golden opportunity in the second when a runner got thrown out at the plate with the big bats coming up. One Stop clawed their way bask, but Canyon State took a 5 run lead going into the bottom of the 7th. Not only did One Stop over come the deficit, they did it by recording 0 outs! On one hand, we felt like we gave the game away. On the other hand, One Stop took it from us!
Other hitters were Bruce Lowe 4/4 (3B), Greg Roehm 3/4, Kevin Katsuki 3/4 (3B), Dick Nunez 2/3, Tom Yurkunas 2/3, John Recob 2/3, Chuck Frazier 2/4, Randy Ratcliff 2/4, Steve Willoughby 2/4 (2B), and Les Zirbel 1/4 (2B).
Heather Van Peursem 15  Regency 8     
Heather:  On a windy day at the Del Webb Field of Dreams, the previously winless (ok, we lost one game) Heather Van Peursem team prevailed for the win 15-8 against Regency Specialties in a 6 inning game.  We hit the ball today as a team with 24 hits in only 35 AB's for a .686 BA.  We put the game out of reach with 5 spots in the 3rd and 4th innings.  Don Cole and Paul "gentleman"  Jinneman led our offensive slugfest.  Don was 3/3 with a 3B, scored 3 runs and had 3 RBI.  Paul added a 3/3 day, scoring 3 times and adding an RBI.  Last minute sub Craig "don't call me Kurt" Warner was 4/4 with 3 RBI and sub Paul Johne had 2 hits and an RBI (thanks for subbing guys).  Everyone on the team had a hit and scored or had RBI's.  Billy Parker, Arlo "call me Bud" Bandfield (double and 3 RBI), David Power (2 RBI), Kim MacQueen (RBI) and Chip Stanczak all had 2 hits.  Winning pitcher Ted Schneider added a hit and an RBI.  Defensively, 2nd baseman Kim MacQueen had a career game tallying 12 assists or putouts. Overall we played good defense holding a well managed Brian Holliday team to only 8 runs.  Teammate Dan Newman (IL) was a great 3rd base coach, waving in all 15 runs.
Many thanks to umpires Bruce Lowe and Jeff Heary and tower operation Greg "the Maverick" Roehm.  Really big thanks to "Kris "birthday girl" Koch for keeping another perfect scorebook.		   
Regency:  Regency Specialties fell short today on a windy, dusty, late morning.  We just couldn’t get the bats going against DW’s Heather Van Peursem team.  Leading hitters were Gale Hiser, Kenny K (Krzeminski) and Jim Courtney all 3/4.  Dave Dompier, sub Arlene Weslosky and Roger Neumann were 2/3.  Thanks Arlene for subbing this week.  We will be back at it next Tuesday, everyone have a safe weekend and make sure and thank our Veterans next Monday!
Liberty GMC 16  Fast Signs 5
Liberty:   Liberty GMC gave up 2 runs in each of the first two innings and 1 more in the 6th as the team coasted to a 16-5 victory over Fast Signs.  Hitting (27 for 40 with 16 runs) and fielding (with three rally killing double plays) were again strong.  Becky Holliday 4 for 4, Curt Rhoades 3 for 4 and Mitch Craun 3 for 4 with a double each drove in 3 runs.  Winning pitcher Dave Anthony had 2 RBI on the day.  Sean Baker 4 for 4 with a triple and Greg Martin 2 for 2 with a walk had a perfect day at the plate.  Dean Schoeberl with a triple and 3 runs scored, Tim Schiewe, and Glenn Griffin were each 3 for 4 with a RBI.  Brad Johnson and Bob Tarr each added a RBI. 
Fast Signs:  Our Fast signs ran into a buzz saw as our bats were as cold as the weather in our 8:30 game and we lost to a strong Liberty Buick team 16-5. After we scored 2 in the top of the first, Liberty maxed out at 5 in the bottom of the first and never looked back. You don't manage many wins in this league with 14 hits and our scoring opportunities were further restricted by 3 double plays. What offense we had was led by Andy Campbell will a 3-3 day while Ray Gibson, Brian Martin, and Skip Pavitt each has a pair of knocks. Martin and Ken Schick had a pair of RBI's. Special kudos to Kris Koch who kept a perfect book with cold hands in a cold breeze.
White League Standings
Games thru -  Tuesday         November 5, 2024
Team Wins Losses Ties Win Pct.
Canyon State 1 0 0 1.000
One Stop Tile 1 0 0 1.000
Liberty GMC 1 0 0 1.000
Regency Specialties 0 1 0 0.000
Heather Van Peursem 0 1 0 0.000
Fast Signs 0 1 0 0.000

 

Sun City Grand Softball  Fall  2024
One Stop Tile  10  Fast Signs  9        
 One Stop :  Like all the games today, this one was also a nail-biter with a solid One Stop Tile team edging a fine Fast Signs team 10-9.  Winning pitcher, Dennis Karcher, was backed by numerous excellent defensive plays by Frank Plahutnik, Tom Gruzs, Mark Beckner, Murray Fairweather, John Gavazza, and Wayne Weidenbach.  One Stop Tile led the whole game with Fast Signs nipping at their heels 4-3, 7-3, 7-5, 8-7, 10-7 and finally 10-9.  With two runners on in the bottom of the seventh and two outs, Fast Signs slugger Gary Armstrong ripped a hot, sinking line drive down the left field line, but One Stop Tile Rover Mark Beckner snagged the blast on the run to save the win for the One Stop Tile team.  Very exciting game!
Offensively, Wayne Weidenbach cracked two hits and scored once, Mark Beckner drilled three singles and scored once, Jim Opyd banged two hits and scored once, John Gavazza ripped three singles and scored twice, Murray Fairweather nailed two singles, a RBI and scored once, Tom Gruzs slugged a single, SAC fly, triple and scored twice; Tim Brown pounded a double, a SAC fly and a single; Dave Swanson hammered three singles, Frank Plahutnik lined a single and scored once, and Dick Hansen collected two singles and two RBI.  Third base coach Bill Tierney did a fine job directing traffic at the hot corner.  The victory was an all-around team effort for the One Stop Tile team today.
Fast Signs:  In a game that saw very good plays on defense as well as  some early season bobbles, our Fast Signs team fell one short losing 10-9 to One Stop.  We looked like we were going to pull it out with a rally in the bottom of the 7th as we had the bases loaded when the last out was made with the winning run on 2B and tying run at 3B. Kenny Schick, Randy Van Wagner, and Andy Campbell led the offense going 3-4 while Ray Gibson, sub Craig Warner , Brian Martin, Gary Armstrong, Jeff Watson, and Skip Pavitt had a pair of hits. Defensively,  Armstong played  a very impressive 3B and Warner turned a DP from his SS position while both Schick and Martin made running catches in the OF.
Canyon State 18   Regency     
Canyon State:  Canyon State exploded out of the box behind an inning ending line drive home run  over the left center field fence by Chuck Frazier 1/4. Canyon took a commanding 7-0 lead after 2  innings behind solid defense which included  double from Dick Nunez 3/4 double to Les Zirbel 4/4 to Frazier.
ihe game turned into a war from that point on as Regency put together back to back 5 run innings and ran up 17 runs over the last 5 innings. Regency was able to take a 17-16 lead in the top of the 7th. Randy Ratcliff 2/3 opened the bottom of the 7th with a single. Tom Yurkunas 2/3 double followed with another single. Pitcher John Recob 2/3 double walked to load the bases with no outs. Steve Willoughby 2/3 forced Ratcliff at home. Next, Zirbel hit a sacrafice fly to right to tie the score. This brought Nunez up. Regency considered walking him to load the bases to set up a force out at any base. However, this would bring up Jeff Heary 2/4 who is the highest rated player on the team, led the white league in home runs last session, and he had just lined a foul ball off the fence his previous at bat. They decided to pitch to Nunez who proceeded to hit a line drive single to center field to win the game. Nunez led the team with 4 runs batted in.  Kevin Katsuki was 3/3 with a double, Greg Roehm was 3/4, and Bruce Lowe was 1/4. It was a great comeback team win in a game that easily could have gone either way. If this is any indication, it should be an exciting season.		   
Regency:  The first game of the first day of Fall White League!  What a barn burner!  Our Regency Specialties team put up a great fight, coming up one run short in a high scoring, exciting game!  32 hits in an 18-17 loss makes for a great game even if we were on the losing end.  Hats off to Canyon State for outlasting us. Every Player had at least one hit. Regency had several players with perfect plate appearances, including Kenny K (Krzminski) 5-5, Jim Courtney 5-5, Dave Dompier 4/4, Mike Wunsch 4/4.  Gale Hiser was 3/5, Bob Lessard 3/4.  Ted Grove, Paul Larson,  and Roger Neumann were 2/4.  Great defense with several exciting plays turned in, including a kick save from Roger to a very alert Arlene Weslosky for a critical out at first base.  Thanks to Arlene Weslosky for subbing for us today. 
Liberty GMC 15   Heather Van Peursem  13
Liberty:  In a closely played contest Liberty GMC pervailed over Heather Van Peursem by a score of 15-13.
 The offense was led by Tim Schiewe (6 RBIs) and Brad Johnson with 4 hits each.  Also contributing were Dean Schoeberl, Mitch Craun and sub Rod Wilterdink with 3 hits and 1 RBI each. Every player on the team had at least one hit.
 Liberty GMC also played a good defensive game.  In the 2nd inning, Sean Baker (R) flipped to Dean Schoerbel at 2B and then on to Curt Rhoades at 1st for a double play. In the third inning Dean Schoerbel jumped for a line drive and doubled the runner off first for an inning ending double play.
 In the 5th inning, Tim Schiewe (LCF) fielded a grounder and threw the runner coming from first out at 2B to end the inning and keep the runner on 3B from scoring.  Thanks to Rod Wilterdink for sub duty.
 
Heather:  On a beautiful Opening Day at the Field of Dreams, HVP came up a couple of runs short in the bottom of the 7th and lost to Liberty GMC 15-13.
Scoring 13 runs, we had a chance to win but defensively, we gave up 8 runs in the last two innings and it was just too much to overcome although we made a respectable game of it by scoring 4 in the last inning.  We were led offensively by LF Danny Wood 4/4, 3 runs and 2 RBI with a double.  Following very closely with 3 hits each were RCF Howard Sumner, 2 runs, super sub 1B Paul Johne, 2 runs, P Ted Schneider, 2 runs, 2 RBI with a double, RF Paul Jinneman, a run and 3 RBI with a late inning triple.  C Billy Parker had 2 hits with a double, a run and 2 RBI and 2B Kimberlee MacQueen had 2 hits.  Everyone joined the hit parade including new players SS Bud Bandfield, a run and 3B Chip Stanczak also scored a run. R Don Cole 2 RBI and a sac. fly, LCF David Power burned 'em with a double and 2 RBI.  Defensively, we had great plays by newcomers Chip and Bud and the always reliable Ted "no screen" Schneider on the mound.  Thanks to Tom Gruzs and John Gavazza for umpiring, Dave Swanson in the tower and extra thanks to Kris Koch for keeping our scorebook.