Monday, February 17, 2025

Colonnade - 11 Property Sisters - 10

Well congratulations to us for finally breaking the “tie game” curse! Talk about resilience! Somehow we hung in there despite being behind the entire game until top of the 7th inning where we sneaked ahead by one run. Property Sisters had last bats and with the top of their line up things were looking grim. But our defense came through. Yay us! At the plate we had Richard Szymesko and Don Cleveland 3/4 and everyone else had at least one hit. Ed Hart had an outstanding 4 RBIs!

Property Sisters held Colonnade scoreless in the first inning and came out with 4 quick runs in the first inning but could not pull out the win today. In a hard fought lost over Colonnade, Property Sisters had 19 hits but could not pull out the win in the bottom of the 7th. Our bats went to sleep in the 6th and 7th innings, which does not add up to a win. The matchup featured stellar pitching from both pitchers, clutch hitting, and late-inning drama the kept the fans on the edge of their seats. Perfect at the plate today was Charlie Greer going 4 for 4, next in line with 3 for 4 and 3 RBIs was Kandi Patrick, going 2 for 3 was Coral Estes with 3 RBIs, John Holten 1 RBI, Art Molina 2 RBI and Lonnie Saiz who was 2 for 3. Going 1 for 4 was Laura Johnson and going 1 for 3 was Phil Murray with 1 RBI, Debby Bigelow, and Sub Jim Collins. Our defense did have several bright spots when Debby Bigelow turned a double play at second base, getting the run at second out and throwing to first base Art Molina for a second out. Thank you subs: Art Molina and Jim Collins and a big thank you to Marilyn Leinberger for keeping our books.

Treedah Magee Realty - 12 Nancy Muslin Realty - 13

Treedah lost to Nancy Muslin 13-12. Treedah fell behind early 5-2 after 4 complete innings. Nancy Muslin led 13-9 after 6 innings. In the 7th inning Treedah scored 3 runs falling one run short. Treedah hitting: Chuck Gibson 4-4 (2B/4rbi), Vern Bergen 4-4 (rbi), Kat Melton 3-4, (Sub) Art Molina 3-4 (3B/rbi), Sherry Westland 3-4 (3B/3rbi), Greg Church 2-3 (2B/rbi), Brent Schulte 2-4, Ed Abram 2-4, Dale Schroeder 1-3, Joe Osoweic 1-4 (2rbi), and Dennis Coletta 1-4.

Nancy's gang played a real nail biter today. Against a good team. Breg Szlak was 3-3, 2 triples, scored twice. 2 R.B.I. Lee Luft was 1-1, 2 int. walks, 1 R.B.I. and was the winning pitcher. Annie Lowe was 3-4, scored once, 3 R.B.I. Doug Asleson was 3-4, 2 doubles, scored 3 times, 2 R.B.I. Karen Olsen had a pair of hits, scored twice, and had a stolen base. Warren Stevenson was 2-3, double, scored once. Yvonne Becker was 2-3, scored once. Debbie Kanouse had a single, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Jim Collins had a hit, 1 R.B.I. Vern Luft had a triple, 3 R.B.I. Sub Wayne Moxley had a single, scored once. Thanks to Wayne Moxley and Klaus Holt for subbing for us today. 

Liberty Buick - 9 Ranalls' Realty - 6

Liberty Buick battled with a good Ranalls Realty team and pulled out a 9-6 win in a 6 1/2 inning game.  Liberty held the lead 9-2 through 5 innings and closed the game out 9-6.  Liberty’s defense played well with big catches in the outfield by Jim Tomach, Steve Coffman, Pat Burnett and Mike Kachurak (who filled in for the injured, Dave Michels).  Our offense played well with key hits and our pitching by Michael Wilton was solid.  Key catches in the infield by Jeanne Lushaw & a catch at the dish by Chip White, a great team effort.  Liberty was led by Pat Burnett 3x3 4 RBI’s 1 triple,  Jim Tomach 3x3 1 RBI 1 dbl,  Frank Preite and Dave Holub 3x3 each,  Gerry Boesche 2x3 2 RBI’s,  Steve Coffman and Chip White 1x3 1 RBI each,  Dave Michels & Bob Williams 1x3 each,  Jeanne Lushaw & Michael Wilton 0x3 each.  Thank you to Mike Kachurak for subbing and thank you Marilyn for keep in our book.  

Well, teams usually lose due to poor defense. We lose because we are just not hitting…period. Top it off with 5 strikeout (most I can recall in a game) and its going to be a bad day. We ended up with only 6 runs and 16 hits, but many of those hits came with 2 outs and nobody on base to score! Game analysis: Dave Martin 2/4: Chrs Espejo 2/4, 1 rbi: Joe Gonski 3-4(triple), 1rbi: Danny Hofeditz 2/3 (double) 1 rbi: Barry Schwartz 2-4, 1rbi: Norm Volk 1-4: Donny Hansen 2-3 1rbi: Dick Steiman 2-3, 1rbi: Gary Smith 1-3. All in all, when your top 8 hitters can only drive in 4 runs in 7 innings yet have 14 of 16 hits, it’s because there is nobody to drive in! Wednesday is another day and hopefully we will get back our opening day hit attack and win a nice game. Chalk this one up to just plain ugly.

Thunderbird Auto - 10 Barton Realty - 12

Thunderbird Auto lost to a good hitting Barton Realty team today by not playing our usually good defense and picking the wrong times to hit into the gloves of our opponents. Offensively we had 19 hits which was our worst performance of the season. Going 3 for 4 were Ed Campbell, Tom Gobin and Fred Lubs. Joe Jellison, Bob Snelling and Charlie Counts registered two hits each. Paul Pearson, Lanny Auberg, Ed Musgrave and Sully Sullivan each picked up a hit. On the defensive side Ed Campbell playing LCF made a very good catch on a line drive behind him and to his right that took every inch of his 6’2” frame and second baseman Joe Jellison turned a double play with a good pivot and strong throw to first. Fred Lubs made a good stretch on the play and also blocked several errant throws. Ed Musgrave pitched another good game. The rest of us were just there. Thanks for keeping our scorebook Yvonne. Thanks for subbing Doreen Stevenson. 

Barton Realtors had another close game today but not a nail biter. The realtors managed a 2-run win over a very good Thunderbird Auto team. The victory was a total team effort with everyone contributing at just the right time to prevent the other team from scoring. Joe Sowder was very strong at his pitching position. The infield, consisting of Dale Huffine, Sue Cary, Jake Groh, Jim Tokar, and Brian DeHerrera, played really well. Sue Cary caught a hard-hit line drive reaching far to her right at shortstop. Jake Groh, Jim Tokar, and Brian DeHerrera working together for a couple of double plays. Sub Klaus Holt playing right field keeping the ball in front of him. Bob Cary making a couple of nice catches in the outfield but still needs to keep his glove down. Gene Fleck made a nice catch of a foul pop-up at his catcher position. Offensively, almost everyone on the team had at least one hit. Joe Stempniewski led the way going 3 for 3 with a double, a grand slam homerun, and 5 rbi's. Dale Huffine was 3 for 3 with 3 rbi's. Nick Hermann was 3 for 3 with a rbi. Bob Cary was 2 for 2 with a walk and 2 rbi's. Brian DeHerrera was 2 for 3. Joe Sowder had 2 rbi's with a walk and a fielder's choice. Sue Cary was 1 for 2 with a walk. Gene Fleck, Klaus Holt, and Jake Groh each had a single. Thanks to Joan Casazza for doing our scorebook and to Klaus Holt for subbing in the outfield.​

Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 9 WyYerd Fiber - 17

On a beautiful and sunny afternoon, the Tride gang lost to a good hitting Wyyerd team 17-9.  Playing them tough all the way through the top of 5, some timely hits for Wyyerd and some defensive miscues by Tride sealed the win for Wyyerd.  Putting up 17 hits in the game just wasn't enough.  Leading the offense today for Tride was Dan Hodges who was 2 for 3 with a single and a Grand Slam, adding 5 RBI. Gary Christofferson made a highlight film worthy catch and tag for a double play, going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI.  Subs Bob Cary and Vern McMurray each added an RBI.  Thanks to our subs today, Bob Cary, Pete McDougal and Vern McMurray.

WyYerd played a good Tried and True Team today. Our bats were hot today with 4 batters perfect at the plate.  Randy Selin, Mark Wells and Jerry Eastham were all 3 for 3 .  Gary Ash also got 3 hits while Sal Politi and Dave Bagwell each got 2 hits and everyone else got at least one hit. Great team effort today. Our next game is Wednesday 2/19 at 9:45

Petelin Vision - 20 Camino del Sol - 20

On a sunny afternoon the Petelin Vision Softball Team played a good Camino Del Sol Softball Team. This game was a back-and-forth affair. Neither team was willing to give up with a final score of 20-20 in 6 innings. Slow pitch softball is a hitter's game and this game was a good example. Defensively Petelin had some nice plays. The battery of Sam Bernardt and Ray Hensley was solid. It was nice to see Ray back on the pitching rubber. Ray had to leave the game in the 6th inning and Don Cleveland pitched moving Mark Glim to Short stop, Vern McMurray to Rover and Sub Bob Cary to Right Field. The outfield had some nice catches including one by Vern McMurray in right field. Mike Kacurak and Kurt Kanouse both had nice catches in the outfield as did Barney Armstrong in right center field. Pat Moriarity had a nice grab at 3rd for a force out at 2nd. Don Cleveland played a steady game at short stop. Sub Mark Glim did a good job at Rover and Joel Last and Jim Stocker took care of the right side of the infield. This was a hitter's game as Petelin put up 32 hits in 6 innings which I'm sure Camino Del Sol matched. Perfect at the plate were Mike Kachurak 4/4 (2 doubles 2 RBI's), Pat Moriarity 4/4 (double RBI), Vern McMurray 4/4 (3 RBI's) and Joel Last 4/4 (3 RBI's). Don Cleveland was 3/4 (double), Mark Glim was 3/4 (2 doubles 2 RBI's), Barney Armstrong was 3/4 (double 4 RBI's) and Sam Bernardt was 3/4 (double RBI). Kurt Kanouse was 2/3 (SAC Fly and 2 RBI's), Ray Hensley was 1/3 (double RBI), Bob Cary taking over for Ray Hensley was 1/1 with a double and RBI and Jim Stocker got on base. Petelin Vision would like to thank Mark Glim for subbing today and Bob Cary for subbing at the last minute. Thank you goes to Joan for keeping an easy-to-read scorebook. Joan, Yvonne and Marilyn do a great job! Thank you.

Camino Del Sol matched their offensive output of the first two games in a hard fought 20-20 tie with Petelin Vision.  We plated runs in every inning but the first.  Behind by 2 runs going into the open inning the team put up 9 runs in a flip flop. We could not get our three outs before Petelin caught up and tied the game.  Marty caught a hard hit ground ball at third base to record the final out on a tag at 3B for the tie. The defense held up well. The outfielders were busy and had several good catches and both Bill Janowski and sub Ron Swanson threw runners out on the bases from the outfield. Bob Topham was solid at 1B recording several outs. The team as a whole batted over .500. Perfect at the plate were Dan Maguire 4/4, sub Jack Braly 4/4, and Bob Topham 3/3 with a walk.  Also contributing Bill Janowski 3/4, Kathy Boland 3/4, Margie Szymesko 3/5, sub Ron Swanson 2/4, and Marty Jiminez 2/4.  Dan Maguire was the RBI Leader with 4. Bill Clark, Kathy Boland and Jack Braly had 3RBIs apiece.  Thanks to our subs Jack Braly and Ron Swanson, umpires Rich Szymesko and Richard Brinkley and Yvonne Becker for keeping the book.

 Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Petelin Vision - 13 Property Sisters - 11

Petelin Vision took on the Property Sisters on a cold Wednesday Morning. The bats started hot with both teams scoring 4 runs each. The one thing missing in Petelins first game on Monday came alive for the next 4 innings as Petelin's defense blanked Property Sisters and gained a 9-4 Lead after 5 innings. In the 6th both teams scored 4 runs giving Petelin a 13-8 advantage. The teams flip-flopped and held Property Sisters to 3 runs to secure the victory. Defensively the battery of Don Cleveland and Sam Bernhardt did a great job. The outfield of Mike Kachurak, Kurt Kanouse, Barney Armstrong and Vernon McMurray caught some fly balls and kept all but a couple in front of them. The infield of Pat Moriarity, Sub Dave Martin, Sub Peter McDougall, Joel Last and Jim Stocker had a strong day making many second base force outs and double plays to end the innings. Offensively Petelin had 22 hits. Perfect at the plate were Kut Kanouse 4/4 (triple 2 double 5 RBI's). Don Cleveland was 3/4 (double 2 RBI's). Collecting 2 hits were Mike Kachurak 2/4 (RBI), Dave Martin 2/3 (RBI), Barney Armstrong 2/3 (2 RBI's), Pat Moriarity 2/3 (RBI), Vernon McMurray 2/3, Sam Bernhardt 2/3 and Jim Stocker 2/3. Getting on base was Peter McDougall (RBI). Petelin Vision would like to thank Dave Martin and Peter McDougall for subbing today, Great Job! Special thank you to Yvonne Becker for working the scorebook.

Petelin Vision started the game with 4 quick runs which were matched by the Property Sisters 4 runs in the first inning. After the first inning our bats took a break until the 6th inning which yielded 4 runs, and a flip flop added 3 more runs which included a Grand Slam home run by Kandi Patrick. The final score was Property Sisters 11 and Petelin Vision 13 with Property Sister having 22 hits in the game. Perfect at the plate was Coral Estes going 4/4 and Sub Frank Preite 3/3, followed by Kandi Patrick with 3 for 4. Charlie Greer and Coral Estes each had a triple in the game. Left field was the hot spot today and Laura Johnson held her own catching several critical long balls to keep the Petelin team in the dugout. Every player had at least 1 hit, base on balls, or RBI. Thank you subs: Frank Preite who made several line drive catches at 3rd to get an out, Jack Braly our sub catcher was reading for anything coming to home plate and Art Molina for controlling all those double bounce balls at first base and for making a great catch behind the base. A big thank you to Marilyn Leinberger for keeping our books.

WyYerd Fiber - 13 Liberty Buick - 9

WyYerd had a good game today against Liberty Buick. We started out strong putting up 4 runs in the first inning. Liberty took the lead back in the 2nd inning. By the 5th inning the game was tied. In the 6th inning WyYerd put up 4 runs and was able to shut out Liberty in the 6th and 7th for the win.  The Offense was lead by Gary Ash and Randy Selin both perfect at the plate, Randy’s home run in the first inning brought in 3 runs to close out the inning with 4 runs. Mark Wells, Dan Sykes, and Jack Braly each got 2 runs and everyone else got at least 1 run. Special thanks to Kris Koch, and John Laskowski for doing the book and keeping the batting order running smoothly.  Our next game is Monday 2/17 at 1:30

Liberty Buick played a tough game against a good WyYerd Fiber team and lost 13-9 in a 6 1/2 inning game.  Liberty started fast and led 9-8 through the 3rd inning.  Liberty went scoreless in the last 4 innings with WyYerd scoring 5 runs to close the game out 13-9.  Liberty was led by Jim Tomach & Michael Wilton 2x3 2 RBI’s each,  Gerry Boesche & Jeanne Lushaw 2x3 1 RBI each,  Bob Williams & Pat Burnett 2x3 each,  Dave Michels 2x4 1 RBI,  Frank Preite 2x4,  Dave Holub 1x4 2 RBI’s,  Chip White 0x2. 1 bb,  Steve Coffman 0x3.  Thank you to Marilyn for keeping our book.

Barton Realty - 15 Treedah Magee Realty - 15

If the first two games of the season are any indication of what the season is going to be like for the Barton Realtors then they aren't going to have any fingernails left.  Barton's had another nail biter against a very good Treedah Magee team hanging on for a 15 to 15 tie.  Everyone had at least one hit and almost everyone drove in a run.  Joe Stempniewski was 3 for 4 with a double and 3 rbi's.  Dale Huffine was 4 for 4 with a double and 2 rbi's.  Sue Cary was 4 for 4 with a double and 2 rbi's.  Jim Tokar was 3 for 4 with a triple and 2 rbi's.  Nick Hermann was 3 for 4 with 1 rbi.  Bob Cary was 2 for 4 with a double and 1 rbi.  Jake Groh was 3 for 4 with 1 rbi.  Gene Fleck was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi.  Terry Hughes was 1 for 3 with 1 rbi.  Brian DeHerrera drove in a run with a single.  Joe Sowder was 2 for 3 with a walk and pitched a good game.  Defensively we could have played a little better, but we didn't panic and made some good plays to prevent runs from scoring.  Jake Groh made a nice play on a ground ball hit to his rover position, stepped on 2b for one out and then completed the double play by throwing the ball to Brian DeHerrera at 1b.  Jim Tokar caught a hard-hit ground ball at his 2b position, tagged out the runner heading to 2b and then threw the ball to Brian DeHerrera to complete the double play.  Bob Cary made 2 nice catches of fly balls hit to his right center position in the last inning.  Thanks to Joan Casazza for keeping our scorebook.

 
Treedah and Barton battled to a 6 inning 15-15 draw. Barton led the whole game until Treedah tied the game up at 14 runs a piece after 5 complete innings. Both teams managed to squeak out 1 run in the 6th inning for the tie. Treedah pounded the ball for 28 team hits and a .700 game batting average which is normally enough offense to win a game. On the flip side, Treedah played less than stellar team defense which would normally cause a team to lose a game. Treedah dodged a bullet and settled for a tie game: The big guns on offense were: Vern Bergen 3-4 (2 2B/4rbi), (Sub) Pat Burnett 4-4 ((2B/2rbi), Chuck Gibson 4-4 (2B/2rbi), Brent Schulte 2-3 (3rbi), Dennis Coletta 3-4 (rbi), Kat Melton 4-4, Ed Abrams 2-4, Joe Osoweic 2-3 (2rbi), Dale Schroeder 2-3 (rbi), Sherry Westland 1-3, and dragging down the offense was Greg Church at 1-4.

Ranalls' Realty - 10 Colonnade - 10

When you score only one run in 3 innings your supposed to lose, but as we got “a little bit better,” Colonnade got “a little bit worse” which allowed us to get out of the game with a tie.  We ended up with 20 hits shared by 9 players, but 2 strategic double plays made the difference in the end.  Joe Gonski (triple, double,single-2rbi) Danny Hofeditz (3 hits,1 rbi) and Norm Volk (3hits, 2 rbi’s) followed by Dave Martin (2 hits,1hr,2 rbi’s) Chris Espejo (2hits),  Barry Schwart (2 hits), Kevin Gillette (2 hits including a triple and 3rbi’s) Dick Steiman (2 hits).  Jake Groh got a critical hit and fantastic left field play while Gary Smith smothered home plate making 2 catches that were key to our success…fantastic D Gary.  <Game Ball> Game balls are not given out, they are earned.  Game ball goes to our fantastic rover (robber) Norm Volk.  Good at the plate, but he symbolized the importance of “situational awareness” while on the field of play.  Knowing where to be in critical game situations saves games and Norm saved this one!  This is an area that as the season proceeds, we must improve.  It cost us outs and runs, but will be corrected going forward.

Colonnade played Rannals Realty & came away with another tie game. Colonnade is now zero wins, zero loses & 2 ties. Rodney Dand, Ed Hart & Richard Szymesko had 3 hits each. Pete Simoneau, Jim Mathews & Kirk King had 2 hits each. Dorothy Mazur, Fred Swan & Denise Gibalda added 1 hit each. A big thank you to Don Cleveland for pitching the 7th inning for Pete Simoneau who pulled a muscle & had to sit out the 7th inning. Great defense was played by the whole team following Dorothy Mazur"s stellar defensive play. Thank you to Marilyn for keeping our book. Colonnade looking forward to adding a win to their record next week.

Thunderbird Auto - 17 Camino del Sol - 8

Thunderbird Auto came to play today! We scored four runs in the top of the first on five singles and two walks and held Camino Del Sol to one run in the bottom of the inning to take a lead we never relinquished. We plated four runs in three more innings and played good defense in all but one inning to get our first win of the season 17-8. Offensively Lanny Auberg had three singles and a double to drive in four runs. Tom Gobin followed with a single, triple and home run with three RBI. Bob Snelling was perfect at the plate with three singles and a walk and two RBI. Fred Lubs was three for four while driving in a run. Our sub Vern McMurray was a perfect three for three with an RBI. Paul Pearson and Ed Musgrave each had two hits and two RBI. Joe Jellison and Charlie Counts contributed two hits and an RBI plus a lot of pinch running. Ed Campbell had two hits and also did his share of pinch running. Sully Sullivan reached base twice with a well timed two out hit and a walk. While the bats set the pace our defense looked very good in six of the seven innings. The outfield didn’t let anything get through and got the ball in quickly. The infield also kept the ball in front of them and made the routine plays necessary. Lanny Auberg had an outstanding play on a wicked grounder to his left by fielding the bad hop and beating the runner to third for the force. Tom Gobin at SS made a nice play on a line drive and also started two double plays with perfect throws to second. Second baseman Joe Jellison had a busy day starting with the two double plays. Joe also fielded several grounders and completed the relay for the out. Fred Lubs again had to dig several balls out of the dirt and made a very good play when a bad throw got by him he hustled to retrieve the ball and made a good throw to nip the runner at second. Last but not least Ed Musgrave pitched a good game. Ed managed to coax a lot of ground balls and several popups which makes it easier for the defense. Thanks for subbing Vern McMurray! Thanks again for keeping our scorebook Joan! You do a great job and we appreciate you very much!

Camino Del Sol lost to Thunderbird 8-17.  Camino was behind from the first inning on and just could not get anything going offensively. The defense held up well with Pitcher Dan Maguire recording several outs. Bill Janowski made a good catch in LC, Chris Zerr caught a pop up behind the plate and Marty Jiminez turned a nice double play at third base.  The offense was led by Bill Janowski 3/3.  Other contributors were Bob Topham 3/4 and Dan Maguire, Ron Rogerson, Kathy Boland, and Marty Jiminez were all 2/3.  Thank you to subs Ed Hart and Doug Asleson, umpires Norm Volk and Dick Steiman and Marilyn Leinberger for keeping the book.

Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 13 Nancy Muslin Realty - 14

On a cold and gray afternoon, the Tride and True gang lost to Nancy Muslin 14-13. Taking an early lead against Muslin, the Muslin team was able to place some timely hits and take a 10-8 lead in the 4th inning. The Tride gang came back scoring 1 in the 5th and held Muslin scoreless. Despite putting up 2 in the 6th, the Muslin gang again had some timely hits and took a 14-11 lead. The Tride gang came back putting up 2 but it wasn't enough and they lost 14-13. Tried had 17 hits in the game. Leading the team today was Mike McGinn going 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBI. Sheldon Rosenthal was 2 for 4 with 2 walks and 2 RBI, Murray Lushaw was 2 for 4 with an RBI, Dan Hodges was 2 for 2 with 2 walks, a home run and 2 RBI, Glen Zelkind was 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBI, and Pierre Boudreau was 3 for 3. Thanks to Larry Lawrence for subbing.

Nancy's gang played a good game against a very good team. Game was close up to the last inning. Nancy's gang had 26 hits and good "D" on a cold afternoon. Greg Szlak was 4-4, 2 triples, scored three times. 2 R.B.I. Vern Luft was 4-4, scored twice, 2 R.B.I. Sub Kevin Gillette was 2-2, walk, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Yvonne Becker was 3-3, double, scored once, and good "D" Doug Asleson was 3-4, single, double, home run, scored 3 times, 4 R.B.I. Annie Lowe had a pair of hits. scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Lee Luft was 2-4, double, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Warren Stevenson had a pair of hits ,2 R.B.I. Karen Olsen scored once on a hit. Debbie Kanose had 2 hits. Jim Collins had a hit. Thanks to Kevin Gillette for subbing for us for the win. 

Blue League Winter 2025 Game Summaries & Standings