| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Tuesday March 11th, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Canyon State | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Fast Signs | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.444 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 | ||
| Flames | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.333 |
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| Games thru - | Thursday March 6th, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | ||
| Canyon State | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | ||
| Fast Signs | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 | ||
| Flames | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.375 |
| Heather Van Peursem 12 Flames 4 | ||||||
| Heather: On a very nice morning at the Grand Field of Dreams, the Heather Van Peursem eleven ran their win streak to 3 in a row as they beat The Flames. We put up 5 scoreless innings on the Flames, giving up a solo blast and a 3 spot in the other 2 innings, while scoring 2 runs in each of the last 6 innings to win 12-4. We had a nice defensive game with great catches by all 4 outfielders and a spectacular double play in the 6th by 3rd baseman Brett Frangenberg to limit the damage in the 3 run inning. In the bottom of the 7th, RCF Dan Newman threw a bullet to the Pitcher who in turn fired to C Bob Tarr for the 1st out and the rally was quelled. Offensively, we were led by Frank Plahutnik 4/4 with a RBI, Murray Fairweather 2/2, 2 runs, 2 RBI with a double and RF Jim Jozwowski 2/2 with 2 walks and 2 RBI. R Mark Beckner 3/4, Brett was 2/3 with 2 RBI, LCF John Recob 2/4, Dan Newman, a double and 2 RBI's and Paul Larson each had 2 hits and Paul had 2 RBI. With a hit each were LF Randy Ratcliff, Bob and Pitcher Wood who added an RBI triple. The bottom 4 in the lineup had 6 (half) of the RBI's in a 22 hit attack. Our appreciation goes to Tim Schiewe, Skip Pavit and Commissioner Rick Armentano for umpiring and Mark Jessen in the tower. Another great job of pencil-whipping our scorebook and keeping the players' minds on the game was Sally Beckner, with help from her dog Roxy. |
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| Flames: Death by a thousand paper cuts. That’s what this game was like. We never gave up a big inning to Heather Van Peursem. After holding them to zero in the first, we kept them to 2 run innings. But it was 2 runs 6 innings in a row! Danny “Don’t call me WIlbur” Wood, threw strikes, kept the Flames hitters a little off balance, and let the orange men hit right into the Heather defense. Other than a solo home run over the left field fence by Chuck Frazier in the 4th. And a 3 run mini outburst in the 6th, the Flames bats were silent. Our outfield played very well on D, with multiple running grabs by Jim Courtney, and a really nice grab by Brian Martin running in. With the normal solid defense by Mitch Craun and Bob Lessard. Don Cole had a stellar backhand play on a ball hit up the middle. Leading the Flames offensively was Chuck Frazier, 3 hits, 1 run, 1 RBI; and an over the fence homer; Paul Johne, 3 hits, 1 run; Greg Roehm, 2 hits, 1 run; Brian Martin, 2 hits; Don Cole, 2 hits with a double; Jim Courtney, 1 hit, 1 run, 1 RBI; Mitch Craun 1 hit, with a double, 2 RBI. Everyone else had 1 hit or none. Thanks to Cathy Radant for keeping the scorebook! Not much lead was used today. The pencil still had a point on it! We look forward to trying to redeem ourselves vs the One Stop squad next Tuesday. |
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| One Stop Tile 25 Canyon State 24 | ||||||
| One Stop: What a wild, windy and entertaining game! If you like lots of scoring, this game was for you! Both One Stop Tile and Canyon State offenses seemingly could not be stopped as the game was close and high-scoring throughout. One Stop Tile put up five, five run innings and Canyon State put up four, five run innings. Going into the top of the seventh, Canyon State scored five runs and took the lead 24-20. However, One Stop Tile kept playing and hoping for the best. In One Stop Tile’s bottom of the seventh, sub David Power led off with a single, followed by a single from Laura Fenton, a walk by Dick Hansen, a single by Kenny Shick, a bases-clearing triple by Dave Dompier, a walk by Jim Opyd, and a game-winning single by John Gavazza - all adding up to the five runs needed to secure the win! It was a classic case of whichever team was on offense last won the game. Credit to Canyon State for playing a challenging and exciting game! Defensively, sub David Power, Dave Dompier, sub Tim Brown and John Gavazza made excellent plays. Offensively, Kenny Schick was on fire with five base hits (triple, double, SIX RBI) and five runs scored, Dave Dompier slugged four hits (clutch triple, double, FIVE RBI, and two runs scored including the winning run, Jim Opyd was perfect at the plate with three hits (THREE RBI) and two walks plus two runs scored, John Gavazza ripped four base hits (TWO RBI) and scored once, Kenny Krzeminski smashed two hits (TWO RBI) and scored once, sub Tim Brown collected two hits (double, RBI) a walk and scored once, Ray Ray Gibson banged two hits (RBI) and scored once, sub David Power pounded three hits (RBI) and scored three times, Laura Fenton was perfect at the plate with four hits (RBI) and three runs scored, Dick Hansen slapped a single and garnered three walks (RBI) and scored four times, and winning pitcher Roger Neumann helped his own cause with two hits (RBI) and scored twice. Thanks to subs David Power and Tim Brown, Tom Gruzs on the scorebook, and Mike Sterricker as first base coach for helping us out today. It was definitely a team win! |
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| Canyon State: Those fans who paid to see a high scoring game with lots of hits got their money’s worth this morning, as One Stop Tile outlasted Canyon State by a score of 25-24. The only pitchers’ duel was with the wind which led to Canyon State batters receiving 7 walks, 4 to sub Dave Nathe (the wind picked up when Dave was at bat 😊). We hit quite well with 27 hits in 40 official at bats (.675). Ted Schneider went 5 for 5 batting behind Dave, with 5 RBI’s. Bruce Loew had 4 hits with a triple and home run, and Kim Macqueen went 4 for 4 with a triple. Steve Willoughby and Paul Jinneman had 3 hits each. Dave had a double in his lone official at bat, as did Gary Kuhlman and Jeff Tucker. It was a well fought game with One Stop playing just slightly better than us. A special thanks to Greg “Double Duty” Martin for all his substitute running. And thank you to Dave Nathe for subbing for us, our injured Allen Bellew for coaching first base, Troy Macqueen for sending 24 runners around third to home, Linda Jinneman for keeping the scorebook, Don Trenda and Jeff Heary for umpiring, and Randy Van Wagner in the score tower. There’s better weather and games ahead. | ||||||
| Liberty GMC 14 Fast Signs 11 | ||||||
| Liberty: Liberty GMC and Fast Signs were knotted at 7 heading into the 6th inning. Liberty GMC scored 5 runs in the top of the 6th and 2 more in the 7th and withstood a 7th inning rally by Fast Signs to emerge with a 14-11 victory. Liberty was led by Jeff Heary 5 for 5 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI. Sean Baker 2 for 4 with a triple plated 3 runs. Randy Van Wagner 3 for 4 with a double knocked in 2 runs and made what might have been the game saving catch to end the game. Sub Ray Gibson went 3 for 5 on the day with a double and 2 RBI. Ronnie Silberman 4 for 5, sub David Power with a hit, and Kevit Katsuki 2 for 3 with a walk each added a RBI. Dean Schoeberl with 2 doubles, sub Bob Tarr, John Bertholdy, and winning pitcher Dennis Karcher each finished with 2 hits on the day. Thanks again to subs Power, Gibson, and Tarr for filling in today! | ||||||
| Fast Signs: Fast Signs played one of their best defensive games of the season. Unfortunately, it came against the best hitting team in the league. We were able to hold them to 14 runs but were unable to match them in the scoring department. Their defense made the plays when they needed them as we left the bases loaded a couple of times with one out. Dick Nunez was 3 for 4 as were Wes Green and Dan Davidson. Wes had triple, 3 runs scored and an RBI in his best game as a rookie. He also seems to be getting comfortable with his new position of Rover. He was fielding liners and grounders all over the field. That defense seemed to be contagious as Dan made several nice scoops on hard hit balls ending some innings. Tim Schiewe is slowly working his way back from injury with a couple of hits and a walk. Tim Brown, Andy Campbell, sub Greg Martin, and Tom Yurkunas also had 2 hits. Greg contributed 3 RBIs and executed the "trip and fall" trick over the commitment line perfectly drawing the dead ball illegal tag rule into play. All in all, things might be looking up for us the remainder of the season. |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Tuesday March 4th, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | ||
| Canyon State | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.571 | ||
| Flames | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | ||
| Fast Signs | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.429 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.286 |
| Heather Van Peursem 14 One Stop Tile 12 | ||||||
| Heather: On a beautiful day for a ball game, Heather Van Peursem outlasted the One Stop Tile boys 14-12 in a hard fought game to post a 2 game winning streak. One Stop managed 3, 4 and 5 run innings to tally their 12 runs as HPV threw 4 scoreless innings with some solid defense against them. We scored 14 runs in 4 frames with a single run in the first, then two 5 run innings, closing it out with 3 in the 6th to put the game out of reach. We had some nice defense by LF Randy Ratcliff, LCF John Recob, RCF Dan Newman all catching fly balls while on the run and great plays at home plate as C Bob Tarr fielded 2 one hop throws to the plate to record two outs. SS Murray Fairweather and R Mark Beckner made great stops and threw strikes to 1B Paul Larson. Offensively, we had 4 guys perfect at the plate, 3B Brett Frangenberg, John Recob, RF Jim Jozwowski and P Danny Wood. Brett was 3/3 plating 3 runs and a triple driving in 3 runs, John scored 2 and drove in 2, Jim had an RBI and Danny scored a run. Not too far behind the perfect hitters were Randy 3/4 with 2 RBI and Murray 3/4 and scored 3 runs. Following with 2 hits each were Mark, 2 runs, Bob with 2 RBI, 2B Frank Plahutnik with 2 RBI. Paul had a big 2 out hit that drove in a run in one of our 5 runs in the 5th. A big thank you to umpires Tom Gruzs and John Nelson and to Kevin "double K" Katsuki in the Tower. As always, we appreciate Sally Beckner for keeping our scorebook. |
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| One Stop: In a tight game that was 6-5 through four innings, Heather Van Peursem pulled away with five runs in the fifth for a 11-5 lead over One Stop Tile. Both teams score three runs in the sixth making the score 14-8 for Heather Van Peursem. One Stop Tile rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh to no avail as Heather Van Peursem pulled out the 14-12 win. One Stop Tile stranded 19 runners total, including twice with the bases loaded, which makes it difficult to win the close ones. Kenny Shick made a fantastic diving catch of a short fly ball to highlight our defense today. Offensively, lead-off Kenny Shick hammered four hits (triple) and scored twice plus a walk, sub Gary Kuhlman lined two base hits (double) and scored twice, Jim Opyd collected a hit and a walk and scored once, John Gavazza slammed two hits and scored once, Kenny Krzeminski pounded three hits and grabbed a walk, David Maligro ripped a hit and scored once, Ray Gibson slammed two hits, Dave Dompier slugged three hits (double) and scored once, Laura Fenton cracked three hits and scored once, Dick Hansen garnered two walks and scored twice, and Roger Neumann racked up two hits and scored once. Thank you to Mike Sterricker on the scorebook and sub Gary Kuhlman in right field, |
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| Canyon State 19 Fast Signs 9 | ||||||
| Canyon State: After getting mercied in our first game against Fast Signs, the Canyon State eleven played an outstanding team game today to outscore Fast Signs 19-9 this time around. Our defense was tight all around, with Greg Martin and Gary Kuhlman making great catches in the outfield, and Steve Willoughby snagging a hardline drive at third base. After Greg’s great catch, he relayed the ball to Bruce Lowe who then threw to Jeff “Stretch” Tucker at first base for an inning ending double play. After Gary’s catch, he relayed the ball to Jeff who then threw out the runner at home. Excellent D helps a lot. We amassed 29 hits with Becky Holliday and Greg Martin (1 double) leading the charge with 4 hits each. Sub Dave Nathe (1 walk), Ted Schneider (1 walk), and Steve Willoughby (1 triple) contributed 3 hits each. Kim Macqueen took a bad hop ball off the wrist and chin but hung in there to get the final out to close out the game. Becky led the team with 4 RBIs with Greg and Dave contributed 3 RBIs each. Excellent hitting helps too. Thank you to Dave Nathe for subbing for us, our injured Allen Bellew for coaching first base, Linda Jinneman for keeping the scorebook, Rick Armentano and Chuck Frazier for umpiring, Greg Roehm in the score tower, and last but certainly not least, Ted Schneider for providing cupcakes to celebrate some semi old guy’s 70th birthday. | ||||||
| Fast Signs: Canyon State tripped up our Fast Signs team 19-9 on another beautiful Arizona day .The game was a game of pitching and defense for the first 4 innings with Canyon leading 3-2. Suddenly the Canyon bats erupted and scored the maximum the next 3 innings. Defensively, Tom Yurkanas had a lot of nice plays at 3B and Wes Green was outstanding at rover while Tim Schiewe(welcome back) and sub Eric Courdret made shoestring catches in the outfield. However, we had trouble with routine plays and mix in a couple walks and that spells big innings for the opposition. Also, Canyon impressively cut down 3 of our runners at home plate. Dan Davidson with 2-2 and a wank and Dick Nunez with 3 hits led an offense where everyone had at least one hit. | ||||||
| Flames 17 Regency Specialities 11 | ||||||
| Flames: The Flames played another solid all around game at the Field of Dreams versus a very good Regency Specialties team. Up 12 - 4 after 5 innings, the Orange squad coasted to a 17 - 11 final. The outfield of Brian Martin, Mitch Craun, Jim Courtney and Bob Lessard all played outstanding today. Each making difficult catches at critical times. The infield of Dave Swanson, Greg Roehm, Don Cole, Paul Johne and Chuck Fraizer, not to be outdone, made their share of tough plays as well. One inning pitcher Larry Radant was a one man show. Making three straight plays for all three outs! It’s sure a lot easier to hit when defensively, you are throwing the leather around in the field! Nice job guys! Leading the Flames offensively was Sub Kevin Katsuki, 3 for 3 with a walk, 2 runs, 2 triples, and a double, and 5 RBI; Dave Swanson, 4 for 4, with a double, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Don Cole, 4 for 4, 2 Runs, 2 RBI; Paul Johne, 3 for 4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Jim Courtney, 3 for 4, 1 run, 1 RBI; Bob Lessard 2 hits, 2 Runs, 2 RBI; Greg Roehm, 2 hits, 2 runs; Mitch Craun 2 hits, 1 run, 2 RBI; Chuck Frazier, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 RBI; Larry Radant 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Thanks to Cathy Radant for keeping the scorebook! Thanks also to Kevin Katsuki for subbing for us! |
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| Regency: After a fair start in the first inning, Regency Specialties was never able to keep up with Dave Swanson’s Flames, losing by a final score of 17-11. Leading hitters for Regency were Brad Johnson, David Power and Dave Anthony going 4/4. Bill Parker was 3/4 and Kim Hurd(double) John Hammel(double), Ted Grove and sub Glen Turner were 2/4. Thanks Glen Turner for subbing. We will be back at it Friday morning. |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Friday February 28, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | ||
| Fast Signs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Canyon State | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | ||
| Flames | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 |
| Fast Signs 22 Flames 12 | ||||||
| Fast Signs: If you fall off your horse, get back on. We were thrown off the horse Thursday but our Fast Signs squad bounced back with a much needed 22-12 win over the Flames today behind 34 hits and a respectable defense. Don Trenda(2-4) pitched well in the win. Offensively the stars were numerous as everyone had at least two hits. It was tough to top Ted Schneiders day as he was 5-5, 5 RBI, but Dan Davidson 3 for 3 with a walk Dave Powers 4-4 were also perfect on the day. Wes Green and Andy Campbell were each clutch with 3 RBI with the former having a booming triple, Jon Chlebeck recorded a couple of out behind the plate on defense getting us out of innings and he added 3 knocks, Meanwhile leadoff hitter Dick Nunez played his role perfectly setting the table with a 4-5 day. Dave Nathe was our rock in the OF and while the Flames were reluctant to give him anything good, he still a couple hits and RBI's. Other contributors were Howard3-5, and Tim Brown 2-4. Thanks to umpires Danny Wood and Chip for taking the time to talk through a confusing and controversial play. Reliable veteran coach was up to all the action on the bases and he even stole a run or two for us, Kris, per usual was sharp with the pencil on a day where it was particularly challenging due to all the action. , |
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| Flames: It was a very nice morning at the Field of Dreams! Everyone was happy to see the wind subside, after very breezy conditions on Thursday had fly balls blowing all around. The Flames were looking to keep their hot bats going! But, it was not to be the case. However, the Orange men did stay toe to toe through 5 innings with the very tough Fast Signs team, with the score at 15 - 12 and Fast Signs leading going into the 6th. Fast signs added a run in the 6th, and 6 runs in the 7th, flip\flopping the Flames in the 7th inning. The Flames went scoreless their final two frames, making the final score 22 - 12 Fast Signs. The Flames uncharacteristically struggled defensively today. We have played pretty tight the first 5 games. We'll put this one behind us and come out Tuesday against Canyon State! Leading the Flames offensively was Paul Johne, 4 for 4, 1 run, 1 RBI, with a triple; Bob Lessard 3 for 4, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Brian Martin 2 hits, 1 run, 2 RBI; Mitch Craun 2 hits, with a double, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Chuck Frazier, 2 hits, 1 run; Sub Paul Larson, 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Sub Dan Newman, 2 hits, with a double, 1 run scored; Greg Roehm, 2 hits, 1 run; Larry Radant 2 hits, 1 run, 2 RBI; Dave Swanson 2 hits, 1 Run, 1 RBI; Don Cole, 2 hits, 1 RBI. Thanks to Cathy Radant for keeping the scorebook! Thanks also to Paul Larson and Dan Newman (last minute!!) for subbing for us! |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Thursday February 27, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.667 | ||
| Canyon State | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Flames | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | ||
| Fast Signs | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 |
| Regency Specialties 13 One Stop Tile 7 | ||||||
| Regency: A very windy morning for the wakeup game at the Field of Dreams. Between the wind howling and the dust blowing in everyone’s eyes, it was a challenge for both teams. Regency Specialties, with a 5 spot in the bottom of the first took a quick lead, but Dick Hansen’s One Stop guys clawed back to lead after 3 innings. Good defense in the challenging conditions held them scoreless for the rest of the game while Regency scored 7 runs for a 13-7 final. Leading hitters were David Power(double) and Gary Armstrong both 3/3. Bill Parker was 2/2 with a SAC fly. Fred Jensen(double) was 3/4, Brad Johnson(double), Dave Anthony, sub Eric Coudret, and John Hammel(double) were all 2/3. Kim Hurd was 2/4. Ted Grove and Chip Stanczak each added a hit and considering the conditions what a great defensive performance by our whole team! Thanks to Jeff Tucker and Steve Willoughby for umpiring and as always Mark “first game” Jessen in the tower. | ||||||
| One Stop: Regency Specialties scored five runs in the first inning and never looked back on a windy, dusty day at the ballpark. Every fly ball was an adventure! One Stop Tile got hot in the third inning and scored five runs, but we couldn’t maintain that momentum - went scoreless in the last four innings. Regency Specialties played a good game and earned the win. Offensively, Dave Dompier had a hit and scored once, Kenny Shick had a hit and scored once, John Gavazza had a hit (RBI) and a walk and scored once, Jim Opyd ripped a double and a single (2 RBI) and scored once, Ray Gibson had a hit and a score, Kenny Krzeminski collected a hit and a walk and scored once, Todd Fletcher nailed two singles (RBI), David Maligro connected on a single (2 RBI) and got a walk, Dick Hansen had an RBI, sub C.L. Eversman drilled a single, and Roger Neumann collected two walks and scored once. Thanks to C.L. Eversman for helping us today. |
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| Liberty GMC 17 Canyon State 6 | ||||||
| Liberty: Liberty GMC yielded 3 runs in the top of the 1st inning and clung to a 7-6 lead heading to the bottom of 5th inning before blowing the game open with 5 runs in both the 5th and 6th inning to emerge with a 17-6 win. Kevin Katsuki 3 for 4 with a triple and Randy Van Wagner 2 for 2 with a sacrifice fly and a double each plated 4 runs. Sub David Power 2 for 2 with a triple and a walk added 3 RBI. Curtis Rhoades 2 for 3 finished the day with 2 RBI. Sub Brad Johnson 2 for 4 with 3 runs scored, Dennis Vance 2 for 4, Jeff Heary 4 for 4 with a double and 4 runs scored, and Sean Baker each had a RBI to close out the scoring. Ronnie Silberman had another strong game going 3 for 4 with a double. Sub Glenn Turner and sub winning pitcher Rick Armentano each were 2 for 3 with a run scored. Thanks again to Armentano, Turner, Johnson and Power for subbing today! | ||||||
| Canyon State: Liberty GMC played a great game running over Canyon State by a score of 17-6 on a very windy morning. If only …., and if only …, and if only, and if …. When you get beat by 11 runs, you can’t blame it all on the if onlys. Credit goes to the GMC eleven. We played them close all the way to the bottom of the fifth with the score tied at 7-7, but a close call at third went the other way and took a run off the scoreboard too. Liberty GMC pulled away, scoring 5 runs each in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings, while holding us to only two runs in the last 3 innings. Each outfielder did a tremendous job handling windblown balls with great catches made by Greg Martin, Wayne Weidenbach, sub Dave Nathe, and Gary “Ichiro” Kuhlman who from right field threw a runner out at 2nd by a wide margin. Greg was perfect at the plate (3 for 3), Wayne Weidenbach and Bruce Lowe also contributed three hits each, with Gary having a pair of hits. Everyone else had a hit except Steve Willoughby and that Jinneman character. Thank you to Dave Nathe for helping as a sub, Kenny Shick in the score tower, and to Linda Jinneman for keeping the scorebook. We’ll get ‘em next time! | ||||||
| Heather Van Peursem 24 Fast Signs 14 | ||||||
| Heather: On the windiest day of the Winter White League season, Heather Van Peursem scored our first victory of the session over FastSigns 24-14. FastSigns held a 13-9 lead through 4 innings, but our bats came alive as we outscored the Signs Boys 15-1, scoring 9 runs in the top of the 7th for a flip-flop and cruising to the victory. Defense for both teams was a real experience with the gusty winds, but it turned out to be a great game for the HVP Realtors. We played with our full drafted roster with no subs, which bodes well for our future. Offensively, we had four players going 5/5 including 1B Paul Larson, who had 3 runs, 5 RBI and a double, 3B Brett Frangenberg 2 runs and a ribbie, C Bob Tarr 3 runs, 3 batted in with 2 doubles and RF Jim Jozwowski, 3 runs and 2 RBI. LCF John Recob added a 4/5 day with 2 runs and an RBI. Stalwarts R Mark Beckner and SS Murray "Stormy" Fairweather were both 3/5 with 4 RBI's each. 2B Frank "the Tank" Plahutnik and pitcher Danny Wood both had 3 hits and each had a double with runs scored and runs batted in. LF Randy Ratcliff and RCF Dan Newman smashed 2 hits as every player had at least 2 hits, a run and an RBI, both Randy and Dan caught fly balls in the 7th to secure the victory. As a team we had 40 hits in 53 AB's for a boisterous .755 BA. Thanks to Bruce Lowe and Gary Kuhlman for umpiring and Kevin "double K" Katsuki for working the Tower. Thank you Sally Beckner for keeping our scorebook so that we could round the bases in comfort, sorry you had to stop and sharpen the pencil. A special note to opposing manager Rod "Hall of Fame" Wilterdink, Get Well Soon! |
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| Fast Signs: Our Fast Signs group has been scoring enough runs, double digits every game, but has allowed too many runs to win and today was no exception as Danny Wood's Heather VP team defeated us 24-14. It was a back and forth game with HVP leading 15 - 14 after 6 innings before the visitors "blew" us off the field with a 9 run 7th inning explosion. Along with good hitting, the blustery wind aided their cause. We scored in double digits for the 5th time in 5 games rapping out 27 hits led by perfect efforts by sub Rich Armentano and Jon Chlebeck with the latter hitting the ball hard in all four at bats including a booming triple. Andy Campbell was a huge contributor going 4-5 and Dan Davidson was swinging a good bat(3-4).Tim Brown, Wes Green, Howard Sumner, sub Curt Rhoades, and Don Trenda had a pair of hits while Dick Nunez was 3-5 from the leadoff spot. Sub Ted Schneider added a hit to round out the offense. |
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| Games thru - | Tuesday February 25, 2025 | |||||
| Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | |||
| Liberty GMC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Canyon State | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.600 | ||
| Fast Signs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | ||
| Flames | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.400 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Regency Specialties 16 Heather Van Peursem 6 | ||||||
| Regency: Another beautiful day at the ballpark pitting Regency Specialties against Heather Van Peursem for the middle game of the day. Both teams scored 3 in the first inning, then Heather pulled ahead, leading 6-3 after 3 innings. The Regency gang came back to score 13 runs over the next 4 innings, keeping Mike Wunsch busy at 3rd base, while holding Heather scoreless, with the final being 16-6 in a flip-flop in the 7th. Regency had 25 hits led by John Hammel 4/4, Fred Jensen, Brad Johnson(2 doubles), Bill Parker(double), and Chip Stanczak all 3/4. Ted Grove was 2/3 with a SAC fly, and sub Eric Coudret was 2/3 with a base on balls. David Power was 2/4(double). Gary Armstrong was 1/2 with a walk, and speedy Kim Hurd had a double. Dave Anthony had a solid game pitching. Thanks to Eric Coudret for subbing, and umpires Curtis Rhoades and Jeff Heary as well as Dean Schoeberl in the tower. | ||||||
| Heather: Heather Van Peursem held a 6-3 lead through the first 3 innings, but was then outscored by Regency Specialties 13-0, giving the Skin Dr's. a 16-6 win. We had a few nice defensive plays, our LF Randy Ratcliff caught two line drives as did RCF Dan Newman and C Paul Larson made a put out at home on a foul ball. Offensively, 1st baseman Brett Frangenberg was 4/4, Randy Ratcliff 2/3 with 2 RBI's and Frank Plahutnik 1/3 with 2 RBI's, Murray Fairweather added an RBI as did sub Ron Silberman. Pitcher John Recob was 2/3 and scored 2 runs as did Dan Newman 2/3 with a run. In his first start at 3B, Jim Jozwowski added 2 hits and scored a run. 18 hits, but scoring only 6 runs and putting up 4 scoreless innings in your last 4 AB's will not get you too many wins. Thanks to Curt Rhoades and Jeff Heary for umpiring and John Bertholdy in the Tower. As always, Sally Beckner kept our scorebook and we appreciate it. |
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| Liberty GMC 19 One Stop Tile 13 | ||||||
| Liberty: Liberty GMC fell behind One Stop Tile 4-2 in the 1st inning before scoring 5 runs in the top of the 2nd inning to grab a lead that the team would never relinquish en route to a 19-13 victory. Liberty GMC was led by Dennis Vance 4 for 5 with a double and 6 RBI. Ronnie Silberman 5 for 5 with a double and triple, Jeff Heary 2 for 3 with a double and sacrifice fly, Curtis Rhoades 3 for 4 with a double, and sub Gary Kuhlman with a hit and sacrifice fly each plated 2 runs. Dean Schoeberl 4 for 5 with 4 runs scored, Kevin Katsuki with a hit and walk, sub pitcher Dave Anthony with 2 hits and a sacrifice fly, Sean Baker 3 for 4, and sub Eric Coudret 3 for 4 each added a RBI. | ||||||
| One Stop:. One Stop Tile took an early 4-2 lead, but couldn’t keep up after that as undefeated Liberty GMC pulled way for a 19-13 flip-flop win. Credit to Liberty GMC for playing batting and fielding well. Defensively, nice plays for One Stop Tile were turned in by Dave Dompier, RayRay Gibson, Kenny Shick and John Gavazza. Offensively, Dave Dompier ripped a hit and scored once, Kenny Shick cracked three hits and scored twice, John Gavazza smashed a double (RBI) and a single and scored twice, sub Tim Brown collected a sac fly (RBI), single and walk and scored twice, Jim Opyd drilled three hits (2 RBI) and scored twice, Ray Ray Gibson pounded two hits (RBI) and grabbed a walk and scored once, Kenny Krzeminski slugged two hits and a sac fly (3 RBI) and scored once, Todd Fletcher collected a base hit (RBI) and a walk and scored twice, David Maligro nailed two hits (2 RBI), Dick Hansen smacked two hits (RBI),and Roger Neumann gathered a hit (RBI) and a walk. Thanks to subs Tim Brown at first base and Becky Holliday on the scorebook. |
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| Flames 21 Canyon State 14 | ||||||
| Flames: It’s hard to get much better than this at the Field of Dreams! It was a beautiful afternoon, and the Flames kept their hot bats going! It started out as a back and forth event between the Flames and Canyon State HVAC squad, tied 5 - 5 after 2 innings. The Flames broke it open scoring 4 runs in the top of the third, while holding the HVAC team to zero in their half of the third. The Flames went out and scored 5 in the 4th, 4 in the 5th, and 3 in the 7th, forcing a flip\flop in the 7th, having a 10 run lead. Canyon State added 3 runs in their half of the 7th, making it a 21 -14 final score. The Orange men had another solid day defensively. Both the infield and outfield made all the plays hit to them. That said…. Greg Roehm was outstanding at shortstop for us. I really don’t have the superlatives to adequately describe his defensive play today! He was everywhere! Offensively, when you knock out 34 hits, have your 3-4-5-6 hitters go 16 for 19, hit .694 as a team, and have 9 extra base hits (3 doubles, 4 triples, and 2 homers) a lot of good things are happening. It was a solid win over a very good Canyon State team! Leading the Flames offensively, hitting for the cycle, was Chuck Frazier, going 4 for 5, 3 runs scored, a double, a triple, and a home run, with 7 RBI. Have a game Chuck! Going 5 for 5 was Jim Courtney with 4 runs scored; Larry Radant 4 for 4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Mitch Craun 4 for 5, 3 runs, 1 RBI; Bob Lessard 3 for 4, a triple, 1 Run, 2 RBI; Paul Johne, 3 for 5, 2 runs, 3 RBI, a triple, a home run; Sub Chip Stanczak, 3 for 4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, a double, a triple; Brian Martin 2 hits with a double, 1 run, 2 RBI; Dave Swanson 2 hits, 2 Runs, 1 RBI; Don Cole, 2 hits; Greg Roehm, 2 hits, 1 run, 1 RBI. Thanks to Dave Nathe for keeping the scorebook! Thanks to Chip Stanczak for subbing for us! |
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| Canyon State: In a late last game of the day, the Dave Swanson led Flames blistered the Canyon State eleven 21-14, pulling ahead from a 5-5 tie ball game at the end of the second inning and never looking back. The Flames did a better job of hitting the ball in the sun than we did, and frankly in most all other aspects of the game too. Congratulations to new coach Dave and his team on the win. Leading hitters for Canyon State were Wayne Weidenbach (4 for 4 with a walk) and Paul Jinneman (4 for 4). Contributing 3 hits each were Murray Fairweather who did an admirable job at short subbing for Bruce Lowe, and Steve Willoughby, one of which was a triple to draw us 2 runs closer in the bottom of the 7th. Jeff Tucker had 2 hits including a double, as did Becky Holliday (with a walk too), Allen Bellew, and Gary Kuhlman. Greg Martin contributed a hit and a walk, and Ted Schneider and Kim Macqueen contributed a hit each. Thank you to Murray Fairweather for playing admirably during his 2nd game on a warm afternoon, Mark Beckner and Billy Parker for a well-umped game, Randy Ratcliff in the score tower, and Linda Jinneman for keeping the scorebook. We’re psyching ourselves up to give Liberty GMC a run for their money on Thursday. |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Friday February 21, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Canyon State | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Fast Signs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Flames | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Canyon State 18 Heather Van Peursem 11 | ||||||
| Canyon: The Canyon State eleven put together another great team effort, taking a victory over Heather Van Peursem by a score of 18-11. Everyone had at least one hit, the outfield made several great catches, and the infield turned several double plays. As usual, Ted Schneider fielded the pitching spot well, participating in an important inning ending double play. Perfect at the plate (4 for 4) were Ted and Becky Holliday, and that Jinneman guy who went 1 for 1 with 2 walks and a sac fly. Bruce Lowe and Gary Kuhlman contributed 3 hits each including 1 triple each. Wayne Weidenbach (1 triple), Jeff Tucker (1 double), Steve Willougby (plus 1 walk), and Kim Macqueen had 2 hits each. Allen Bellew, after starting the season 11 for 11, breaking the major league record of 8 straight hits to start a season, also had 2 hits. Bruce and Allen led the team with 4 RBIs each. Thanks to Chip Stanczak and Curt Rhoades for a well umpired game, Randy Van Wagner in the score tower, Troy Macqueen for coaching 3rd base and keeping the base runners on their toes, and Kim Macqueen for the musical entertainment, even the O’ Canada anthem (congratulations on the victory). | ||||||
| Heather: In a hard fought Friday game, Heather Van Peursem fell to Canyon State HVAC 18-11. We showed signs of better hitting as were were led by Bob Tarr 4/4 with a triple and 2 RBI, John Recob 3/3 with a run and a walk, followed by leadoff hitter Murray Fairweather 3/4 with an RBI double and Mark Beckner 3/4 with a 3 RBI triple. Close behind was Brett Frangenberg 2/3 with 2 RBI, Randy Ratcliff 3/4 and a double and Frank Plahutnik had 2 hits with a double. Everyone else contributed 2 hits and Subs Eric "speed never takes a day off" Coudret with 2 hits, 2 RBI and a triple. Our other sub, 1st baseman CL Eversman added two hits. We had 28 hits for a .683 average, but started the game slowly as CS scored in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd innings to put us in a big hole 14-3, from which we never recovered. Many thanks to Curt "the Referee" Rhoades and Chip "deal me in" Stanzak for umpiring and Randy Van "Winkle" Wagner in the Tower. Also, a big thank you to Sally Beckner for keeping our scorebook as she was voted "scorekeeper of the game" by our thankful team. Also, thanks to Murray and Paul for cleaning the dugout post game so that the Blue League could get their practice started on time. We are looking for our first win on Tuesday at 1:30. |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Thursday February 20, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Canyon State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Fast Signs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Flames | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Regency Specialties 12 Fast Signs 11 | ||||||
| Regency: Another beautiful day at the ballpark as Regency Specialties came from behind in an exciting game to notch the win over Fast Signs. After falling behind 6-2 after the third inning, we scored 5 in the 4th to take the lead. Rod’s guys kept chipping away and we found ourselves down one going into the 7th. After holding Fast Signs scoreless in the top of the inning two solid singles by David Power and Dave Anthony were followed by a game winning triple by our super sub Eric Coudret, scoring both Power and Brad Johnson(pinch running). The final score was 12-11. Leading hitters were Kim Hurd(double) and David Power both a perfect 4/4, John Hammel and Chip Stanczak 2/3, Fred Jensen, Ted Grove, Brad Johnson, Dave Anthony and Eric Coudret all going 2/4. Gary Armstrong was 1/2 with a walk. Everyone had at least a hit. Our defense was much improved today with a solid game turned in by everyone, including a highlight reel catch by Chip Stanczak at rover. Dave Anthony pitched a great game, retiring the side defensively one inning with 3 balls hit back to the mound. Thanks to Eric Coudret for the great job subbing, and Bobby Lessard and John Gavazza for umping. | ||||||
| Fast Signs: Fast Signs and Regency Specialties hooked up in a back and forth game with the Regency crew pulling finishing on top 12-11. We scored a pair of runs in each of the first 3 innings to take a 6-0 lead. But, the Specialists scored 2 in bottom of the 3rd and then the 5 run maximum in the fourth inning to push ahead 7-6 and it was a battle to the finish line from there. With our Fast Signs leading 11- 10 going into the 7th, we went scoreless in the top and the home team put two on the board in the bottom half for the win. Tim Brown had an interesting stat line as got on base all 4 times with a hit and 3 walks, the only walks our team received. Dick Nunez and Wes Green(3 RBI) were 3-4 and sub Dean Schoeberl has 2 hits in 3 tries. Defensively we turned a pair of double plays in the first 2 innings on popups to the pitcher(Rod)and Howard(RC) doubling a guy off 2B each time. Wes made an off balance back hand grab of a soft liner for another highlight. Thanks to Lee Visker for keeping a great book this week and a nice job umpiring by Bob Lessard and Mr Gavazza. | ||||||
| Liberty GMC 15 Heather Van Peursem 3 | ||||||
| Liberty: Liberty GMC scored 4 runs in the opening frame for all the runs GMC would need en route to a 4 1/2 inning 15-3 victory. Dennis Vance, playing in his first game of the season, went 3 for 3 with a double and 3 RBI; and, made several outstanding plays in the field. Ronnie Silberman was 3 for 4 with a double and also plated 3 runs. Sub Mitch Craun 2 for 3, and Randy Van Wagner with a hit added 2 RBI each. Dean Schoeberl 3 for 4, Kevin Katsuki 3 for 3, Sean Baker 2 for 3, winning pitcher Dennis Karcher with a hit, and Curtis Rhoades 2 for 3 each had a RBI. Curt also had an excellent game at first base as he converted a couple of errant throws into outs. Skip Pavitt went 3 for 3 and John Bertholdy 2 for 3 as all GMC players reached safely with at least one hit. | ||||||
| Heather: Heather Van Peursem lost to Liberty GMC 15-3 on Thursday 2-20-25. Thank you Laura Fenton-Kovanda for subbing. | ||||||
| Flames 10 One Stop Tile 6 | ||||||
| Flames: t was another beautiful morning at the Field of Dreams! The Orange guys were looking to keep momentum from the late inning comeback on Tuesday afternoon. This was a game of really good defense by the Flames. A running tumbling catch in right field by Eric Coudret on a sinking line drive. Multiple double plays by the middle infield of Greg Roehm, Don Cole and Paul Johne. And two clutch catches in Left Center in the 7th inning by Mitch Craun. Greg Roehm also put on his cape and came out of nowhere from deep short to snag a sinking line drive heading into short left field. Lary Radant toeing the rubber had the One Stop hitters mesmerized tossing 6 innings of shoutout ball. The Flame offense did enough, scoring in every inning but the first. We scored 1 run in the 2nd, and 2 runs in each of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings, capping it off with a 3 run 6th inning. To the credit of the never say die One Stop team, they plated 6 runs in their half of the 7th inning. The final score was 10 to 6. All in all, It was a very solid first win of the season for the Flames! Leading the Flames offensively and going 3 for 4 were Greg Roehm (3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 doubles) and Mitch Craun (1 run, 1 RBI); With 2 hits each were Jim Courtney (2 RBI, 1 walk); Dave Swanson (1 Run) and Eric Coudret (1 run, 1 RBI); Don Cole was 1 for 2, with a Sac fly and 2 RBI. Rounding out the offensive production were Paul Johne (1 hit, 1 run, 1 RBI); Larry Radant (1 hit, 1 run); Bob Lessard (1 hit, 1 Run); Jerry Feldman (1 hit, 1 walk) with Brian Martin (1 Run, 2 walks). Thanks to Cathay Radant for keeping the scorebook! Thanks to Eric Coudret for subbing for us! |
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| One Stop: The Flames team had One Stop Tile’s number today as they held One Stop Tile scoreless through the first six innings! Most of the people we talked to after the game said they had never seen that before in the White League. Fortunately, One Stop Tile saved some face by breaking the scoreless streak with six runs in the bottom of the seventh. However, it was too little, too late for a final score of 10-6. Defensively, One Stop Tile turned a Krzeminski-Dompier-Sterricker double play and John Gavazza made some excellent catches in left center field. Thank you to sub John Recob for pitching well for us today. Offensively, Dave Dompier smacked two hits (RBI), Kenny Shick nailed a single, John Gavazza pounded a single (RBI) and a SAC fly, Mike Sterricker collected a walk and a single, Jim Opyd ripped a single and scored once, Todd Fletcher drilled a single and scored once, Ray Gibson cracked a single (RBI) and scored once, Kenny Krzeminski banged a single and grabbed a walk and scored once, David Maligro lined two hits, Dick Hansen slapped a single (RBI) and scored once, and John Recob slugged three hits (2 RBI) and scored once. We’ll play better next time. |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Tuesday February 18, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Canyon State | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | ||
| Fast Signs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.667 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.333 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | ||
| Flames | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Canyon State 15 Regency Specallties 13 | ||||||
| Canyon State: After falling behind 13-6 going into the bottom of the fourth, the Canyon State comeback kids buckled down, holding Regency Specialties scoreless for the next three innings while pushing 9 runs across the plate to close out their 2nd victory of the season, 15 -13. Leading the charge while being perfect at the plate were Allen Bellew (3 for 3 with a double) and Steve (where’s my $40M/yr – it’s deferred Steve, all deferred) Willoughby (3 for 3). Bruce Lowe also had 3 hits in 4 at bats with a triple. Contributing with two hits each were Wayne Weidenbach (3 RBI’s with a triple), Ted Schneider, Jeff Tucker (2 doubles), Becky Holliday, Gary Kuhlman, Paul Jinneman, and Kim Macqueen. Greg Martin had 2 important RBI’s with a hit, and successfully battled the sun in left field for the most part. All in all, a great team effort. Thanks to John Hardy, Tom Gruz, and Rick Armentano for a well umpired game, and to Jon Chlebeck in the score tower. | ||||||
| Regency: The weather has warmed up, and so did Regency Specialties bats for the first few innings, then things cooled off again with no runs in the last 3 innings. The result was a 15-13 loss to Canyon State. Leading hitters were Brad Johnson 2/2 and 2 walks, Fred Jensen 4/4, Billy parker 3/3, Dave Anthony 3/4, David Power, Gary Armstrong, Ted Grove and Chip Stanczak(2doubles) were all 2/4. Everyone had at least a hit as we have hopefully turned the corner hitting wise. Thanks to Bob Tarr for subbing today on his bye day, greatly appreciated! A fun game against Canyon State! | ||||||
| Liberty GMC 17 Flames 15 | ||||||
| Liberty: Liberty GMC jumped out to a 11-1 lead after 4 innings; but, in spite of being outscored 14-6 over the remaining 3 innings, held on to a 2 run victory. John Bertholdy stabbed a ball hit up the middle and shut down the 7th inning Flames rally with the tying runs on base. Dean Schoeberl 5 for 5 with 2 doubles scored 3 times and drove in 4 runs, including the game-winner. Jeff Heary 3 for 5 with triple and Randy Van Wagner 3 for 3 with a walk each had 3 RBI. Sub Dave Nathe 2 for 3 with a double and walk and Ronnie Silberman 3 for 4 each plated 2 runs. Winning pitcher Dennis Karcher with a hit, Sean Baker 3 for 4 with a double, and Kevin Katsuki with a hit each added a RBI. Bertholdy with 3 hits, Skip Pavitt with a hit, and Curtis Rhoades with 2 hits closed out the hitting display as all players reached safely with a hit at least once. | ||||||
| Flames: On a stunning afternoon at the Field of Dreams, the Orange Men fought fiercely with the Liberty GMC squad. Down 11 to 1 after 4 innings the Flames made a valiant comeback scoring 14 runs in the last 3 frames, while holding Liberty to 6 runs. In a very exciting home half of the 7th inning, the Flames plated 6 runs and had the tying runs on base, and just came up a little short. The final score was 17 - 15 in favor of Liberty GMC. Leading the Flames offensively were, Mitch Craun (1 run, 5 RBI, a triple), and Chuck Frazier (4 runs, 2 RBI, 2 doubles), Greg Roehm (2 runs, a double), all going 4 for 4; Don Cole 3 for 4, 2 RBI; With 2 hits each were Bob Lessard (2 Runs); Dave Swanson ( 1 Run, 1 RBI); Paul Johne (2 runs, 1 RBI); Lary Radant (1 run, 2 RBI); Jim Courtney ( 1 run, 1 RBI); with Brian Martin (1 Run) and Chip Stanczak (1 run, 1 RBI, a double) adding hits. Thanks to Cathay Radant for keeping the scorebook! Thanks to Chip Stanczak for subbing for us! And also a special thanks to Jon Chlebeck helping out first time scoreboard operator, Wes Green! |
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| One Stop Tile 18 Fast Signs 10 | ||||||
| One Stop: Both teams started slow on offense, but played solid defense through the top of the third inning with One Stop Tile leading 3-1. However, One Stop Tile jumped out to a 7-1 lead at the end of three. One Stop Tile played tight defense in the infield and outfield to stretch their lead to 18-7 after six. Fast Signs threatened with three runs in the top of the seventh, but it was not enough as One Stop Tile prevailed 18-10. Defensively, winning pitcher Roger Neumann racked up his second win of the season backed by outstanding fielding by Dave Dompier, Mike Sterricker, John Gavazza and Kenny Shick. Offensively, Dave Dompier pounded two hits (3 RBI) and scored once, Kenny Shick slammed three hits (triple, RBI) and scored three times, John Gavazza drilled two hits (2 RBI) and scored once, Mike Sterricker banged three hits (RBI) and scored once, Jim Opyd slapped three hits (RBI) plus a walk and scored once, Todd Fletcher nailed two hits (RBI) and scored twice, Ray Gibson collected two hits (RBI) plus a walk and scored twice, Kenny Krzeminski lined two hits (2 RBI) and scored three times, David Maligro drilled a double (2 RBI) and collected three walks, Dick Hansen ripped three hits (2 RBI) plus a walk, and Roger Neumann contributed a single and two walks (2 RBI) to support his own cause. One Stop Tile played its most complete game of the season so far. |
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| Fast Signs: Our Fast Signs squad was humbled by One Stop Tile 18-10 as Dick's boys were on their game and we gave them too many free passes and dropped balls. Everybody had at least one hit, but few clutch hits. Jon Chlebeck, Tim Brown, and Dan Davidson had 3 hits and Tom Yurkunas had 3 RBI. Go get 'em Thursday, guys. |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Friday February 14, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Liberty GMC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Fast Signs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Canyon State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | ||
| Flames | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Liberty GMC 15 One Stop Tile 3 | ||||||
| Liberty: Behind the strong pitching of Dennis Karcher and team defense, Liberty GMC picked up a 15-3 run-shortened win over One Stop Tile. The offense was led by Jeff Heary 3 for 4 with a a double, triple and 3 RBI; Randy Van Wagner 2 for 4 with a double and 3 RBI; sub Dave Nathe 3 for 4 with a double and 2 RBI; Ronnie Silberman 2 for 4 with a double and 2 RBI; and Sean Baker 3 for 3 and 2 RBI. Dennis Karcher with a hit, Kevin Katsuki 3 for 3, and Curtis Rhoades with a hit each plated a run. Dean Schoeberl, Skip Pavitt, and John Bertholdy each had 2 hits and figured in the scoring. | ||||||
| One Stop: One Stop Tile ran into a buzz saw called Liberty GMC on the first Friday morning of the Winter season today. Liberty GMC broke out with five runs in the bottom of the first inning and steadily pulled away from there for a 15-3 six inning victory. Unfortunately, One Stop Tile had problems at the plate and in the field, but we are looking forward to improving throughout the coming weeks. Defensively, One Stop Tile turned two double plays. One was turned by Kenny Krzeminski-Dave Dompier-Mike Sterricker, and the other was an unassisted double play by Mike Sterricker who caught a hard line drive near first base and beat the runner that had left first base back to the bag. Offensively, Mike Sterricker slugged three hits and Todd Fletcher smacked two hits. Dave Dompier, Kenny Shick, John Gavazza (RBI), Jim Opyd, David Maligro, Kenny Krzeminski (2 RBI) each had a hit. Going forward, we know we can and will play better. Credit the Liberty GMC team for playing an excellent game. |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Thursday February 13, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| Fast Signs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| One Stop Tile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Liberty GMC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Canyon State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | ||
| Flames | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 |
| Canyon State 14 Heather Van Peursem 11 | ||||||
| Canyon State: An all-around team effort resulted in Canyon State recording its first win of the season, 14 -11 over Heather Van Peursem. Rookie manager Paul Jinneman only needs 1,904 more wins to catch Casey Stengel, and probably at least half that amount to catch Coach Rod. We jumped out to a 12-6 lead after 4 innings, but being the kind hearted souls we are, allowed Heather to close the gap to 12-10 after six innings. Our defense was strong all day, especially in the 7th inning, when we closed out the game with two great catches in the outfield. We totaled 26 hits, led by Bruce Lowe and Allen Bellew with 4 each. Wayne Weidenbach (plus a walk) had three hits, with everyone else having 2 hits except for that Jinneman character who only had 1 hit. Eagle eye Greg Martin had two walks. Wayne, Jeff Tucker, Allen, and Gary Kuhlman contributed a double each. Thanks to Bill Tierney for subbing (hope you heal quickly); Mitch Craun for subbing at the last minute for Bill; and for my better 3/4’s (some say 7/8’s, but they exaggerate) Linda for keeping the scorebook. | ||||||
| Heather: We had the hammer in the bottom of the 7th, but couldn't get the key hit to win the game (due to a couple of great OF catches by Canyon St.) and we took the loss 14-11 in an exciting game at the Grand. We played well defensively with lots of good catches in both the OF and IF, including an out at home by RCF Dan Newman to P John Recob to C Paul Larson. Offensively, we were led by perfection at the plate by SS Murray Fairweather 4/4, 3rd baseman Brett Frangenberg 3/3 and LF Randy Ratcliff 3/3 (3 RBI) playing a great LF as well. Contributing big time was R Mark Beckner 4/5 with a 3 run double, 2nd baseman Jim Jozwowski 3/4 with 2 runs and an RBI. Every HVP player had at least one hit, a run or an RBI. A big congratulations to new manager Paul Jinneman who notched his first win as manager. Thanks to the umpires and tower operator for keeping the game moving. An especially big thanks to Sally Beckner who kept a perfect scorebook | ||||||
| Liberty GMC 13 Regency Specialties 1 | ||||||
| Liberty: Behind the strong pitching of Dennis Karcher and team defense, Liberty GMC opened the winter session with a 13-1 run-shortened win over Regency Specialties. The offense was led by Jeff Heary 3 for 4 with a homerun and 3 RBI; sub Dave Nathe 3 for 4 with a double and 2 RBI; and Randy Van Wagner 3 for 4 and 2 RBI. Dean Schoeberl 2 for 3 with a walk, Ronnie Silberman 3 for 4, Dennis Karcher with a hit and walk, Skip Pavitt with a hit, Sean Baker with a hit, and Kevin Katsuki 2 for 3 with a double each plated a run. John Bertholdy and Curtis Rhoades each doubled as all players had at least one hit and figured in the scoring. Although all players contributed to a strong team defense, several plays stood out: Kevin Katsuki catch a game-ending flyball off the bat of John Hammill that appeared destined for the wall; Curtis Rhoades snaring a line drive at 3rd base to shut down an early rally; and Sean Baker making two difficult outfield catches. | ||||||
| Regency: Regency specialties had a tough day at the ballpark today, losing to Liberty GMC by a score of 13-1 in 6 innngs. We played decent defense, but just couldn’t get the bats going. We only managed 10 hits for the whole game. Bright spots were Brad Johnson 3/3 and Ted Grove 2/2. Thanks to Laura Fenton for subbing this week. Hoping all our friends who are under the weather with stuff going around all get well quickly. We will be back next week ready to go! | ||||||
| Fast Signs 16 Flames 4 | ||||||
| Fast Signs: On a beautiful Thursday morning the Flames smacked us in the face with 4 runs in the top of the first to wake us up, and we came back to shut them down the remainder of the game eventually rolling to a 16-4 victory. After the first we were rock solid on defense shutting the visitors out the rest of the game. Our pitcher Rod helped his own cause hitting his spots and flagging down several balls hit up the middle and what he didn't get, rover Becky Holliday was there to make the plays. Andy C(3-3) was key defensively at SS and Wes Green(2-3) at 1B made a nice stop on a grounder outracing the runner to 1st and he also saved an errant throw for an out. The outfield consisting of Dave Nathe(3-3), Jim Burnett(2-3), Tim Brown(2-3, 3 RBI), and Jon Chlebeck(2-3) hit well and caught everything within reach. Dick Nunez came off the sickbed to go 3-3 with a pair of RBI, Dan Davidson was 3-3 and Don Trenda had scored a pair of runs. As always, a wonderful job by the Kochs in their roles. | ||||||
| Flames: On a chilly morning at the Field of Dreams, the Flames were mercied in the 5th inning by a really good Fast Signs team. The Flames got out of the gate strong, scoring 4 runs in the first inning, and then holding the powerful Fast Signs line up to 2 runs in their half of the first inning. After a scoreless second frame, the wheels came off for the overmatched Flames team. With Fast Signs scoring 5 in the 3rd, 5 in the 4th and then 4 runs to close it out in the 5th. All while the Flames were shut out after their initial 4 run outburst. The final score was 16 - 4 Leading the Flames offensively were, Greg Roehm, 3 for 3; Bob Lessard, 2 for 2 with 2 RBI; Dave Swanson, 1 for 1, with a walk; Paul Johne, 1 hit, and a run scored; Mitch Craun, a hit, a run scored, and a RBI; Eric Coudret, a hit, a run scored, and a RBI; with Larry Radant and Brian Martin adding hits. Thanks to Cathy Radant for keeping the scorebook! Thanks to Eric Coudret, for again subbing for us! |
| White League Standings | ||||||
| Games thru - | Tuesday February 11, 2025 | |||||
| Team | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win Pct. | ||
| One Stop Tile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Regency Specialties | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Fast Signs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| Liberty GMC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | ||
| Heather Van Peursem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | ||
| Flames | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | ||
| Canyon State | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 |
| One Stop Tile 14 Heather Van Peursem 12 | ||||||
| One Stop: It didn’t look good for One Stop Tile to start the Winter session when they gave up five runs in the top of the first inning to a fine Heather Van Peursem team, but fortunately One Stop Tile responded with three runs in the bottom of the first. to quickly cut the deficit to 5-3. Things got better in the second inning when One Stop Tile took the lead briefly with five runs in the bottom of the second making the score 8-7. Heather Van Peursem then tied the game, 8-8, in the third. In the fourth and fifth innings, One Stop Tile scored three runs in each extending their lead to 14-9. The Heather Van Peursen team battled back with two runs in the sixth and one run in the seventh, but came up just short with players on base, 14-12. Pitcher Rockin’ Roger Neumann delivered a sterling performance on the hill to win the season opener for One Stop Tile. Numerous outstanding defensive gems were turned in by Ray Ray Gibson, Dave Dompier, John Gavazza, Kenny Schick, Todd Fletcher and sub Eric Coudret. Offensively, Dave Dompier ripped three hits while collecting a walk and scoring three times, Kenny Schick pounded three hits (triple) with three RBI and two runs scored, John Gavazza slugged three singles with three RBI and three scores, Ray Gibson drilled two hits (triple) with a sacrifice fly and three RBI, Jim Opyd collected two walks and a single with one RBI and a run scored, Mike Sterricker banged two hits (two RBI), Todd Fletcher hammered three hits (two RBI), David Maligro smacked a single and scored once, Dick Hansen nailed two hits (double) and scored once, and Roger Neumann collected a single and a walk while scoring twice. Tom Gruzs did an excellent job keeping the scorebook and coaching first base. Thanks to sub Eric Coudret for helping us today. |
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| Heather: In the Opening Day at the Grand Field of Dreams under windy conditions for the White League, Heather Van Peursem fell to One Stop Tile 14-12. Defensively, we played a pretty good game with a lot of outfield outs and an out at home plate. Offensively, we were led by Pitcher John Recob 4/4, 3rd Brett Frangenberg 4/4, R Mark Beckner 4/5 and SS Murray Fairweather 4/5. 1st Dan Newman, 2nd Frank Plahutnik and LF Randy Ratcliff were all 3/4. Frank had 3 RBI, Murray with 2, Bob Tarr with 2 and Brett with 2. Everyone on the team had at least 1 hit, scored a run or had an RBI. Many thanks to Bill Parker and Kim Hurd for umpiring and John Hammel in the tower. A really big thank you to Sally Beckner for keeping our scorebook. Better things are in store for the HVP eleven. |
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| Regency Specialties 9 Flames 7 | ||||||
| Regency: The first game of the Winter season went well for Regency Specialties as our team came together quickly. We scored just enough runs to hold off Dave Swanson’s Flames by a score of 9-7. A fun ballgame all around! Leading hitters were Billy Parker 2/2 with a walk, super sub Laura Fenton 3/3, Dave Anthony 3/4, and David Power, Kim Hurd, John Hammel and Gary Armstrong all were 2/4. Patience at the plate payed off with 5 walks (Brad Johnson 2, Chip Stanszak 1, Ted Grove 1, Billy Parker 1) . Several great defensive plays including a super relay from Bill Parker to Gary Armstrong, who threw a bullet to home plate to an outstretched Ted Grove to get a huge out and save a run. Thanks to Laura Fenton for subbing, we will be back at it Thursday morning! |
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| Flames: On an absolutely beautiful day at the Field of Dreams, with the wind blowing out to right center, the Flames lost a close one to a very good Regency Specialties team. This game showed both teams throwing the leather and playing good defense! The Flames had a couple of double plays in key situations to keep the score close. After some early game back and forth, the score was 7 - 6 after 4 innings of play, with Regency Specialties leading by 1 run. The teams added runs in the 5th, Regency scoring 2, and the Flames 1, closing out the scoring in the game. The final score was 9 - 7, with Regency the winner. The flame had an opportunity in the bottom of the 7th inning, but went down 1, 2, 3, in order. We’ll have to find our bats for Thursday’s game! Leading the team offensively were, Paul Johne, 2 for 3, with a double, a run scored; Greg Roehm, 2 for 3, with a double, a run scored, and 1 RBI; Dave Swanson, 2 for 3, with a double, 1 run scored, and 1 RBI; Jim Countney, 2 for 3, a run scored, and 1 RBI; Danny Wood, 2 for 3 with 1 RBI; Eric Coudret, added a hit and a RBI; Mitch Craun, Gary Kulman and Tom Ciavarella added hits, with Lary Radant knocking in 2 runs. Thanks to Dave Nathe for keeping the scorebook! Thanks to Eric Coudret, Danny Wood and Gary Kuhlman for subbing for us in the Flames first ever game! | ||||||
| Fast Signs 16 Canyon State 4 | ||||||
| Fast Signs: In the season opener our "Sub"Way team, AKA Fast Signs group got the season off to a rousing start with 16-4 win over Canyon State, Thanks to our numerous subs, Bub Bandfield, Randy Van Wagner, Kenny Shick, Dave Nathe, Curtis Rhoades, and mid game sub Paul Larson as they filled in for a team hit with sickness and injuries. Larson flashed the leather turning 2 double plays from his rover position. Andy Campbell(4-4) also played a strong defensive game. Shick, Nathe(HR), Bandfield, and Campbell were perfect on the day while Rod, Jon Chlebeck, and Randy had a mere one out and Tim Brown had a pair of hits. Don Treda and Dan Davidson played well after each had a long layoff. Nathe had 4 RBI, and Jon and Randy had 3 to lead in that category. The subs did great, but hopefully the regulars return to action soon. | ||||||
| Canyon State: The fans in the stands were oohing and awing, almost reminiscent of Meg Ryan enjoying a Hellmann’s mayo sandwich, as Canyon State started out the top of the first with a dazzling play with Becky Holliday throwing from deep rover to Jeff “Stretch” Tucker to beat the runner by a hair. Unfortunately for the Canyon State eleven it was all downhill from there as we were mercied after six innings by Fast Signs by a score of 16 -4. Starting her quest to lead the team in batting average was Kim Macqueen (2 for 2) with 2 RBI’s, matched by Allen Bellew who was also 2 for 2. Pitcher Ted Schneider, whose ERA was not nearly as bad as the score indicates (you know what that means), also had 2 hits. Contributing 1 hit each were Greg Martin, sub Ray Ray Gibson, Bruce Lowe, Gary Kuhlman, Steve Willoughby, and Paul Jinneman. Thank you to Ray Ray for subbing, John Hardy and Tom Gruz for a well-umped game, and to Ted Grove in the score tower. Hopefully we got all our opening day jitters out. Watch out for us in the next 19 games! |