Monday, March 17, 2025

Liberty Buick - 13 Colonnade - 10

Liberty Buick played a close game with a good Colonnade team and pulled out a 13-10 win in a 6 1/2 inning game.  Liberty led 13-10 through the 6th inning and shut out Colonnade in the 7th inning to close the game out 13-10.  Liberty’s infield played well, turning double plays and good pitching from Michael Wilton.  Liberty was led by Steve Coffman 4x4 4 RBI’s 1 dbl,  Pat Burnett 4x4 2 RBI’s 1 dbl,  Gerry Boesche 3x4 3 RBI’s,  Dave Holub 3x4,  Jeanne Lushaw 2x3 2 RBI’s 1 sac,  Wayne Moxley 2x3,  Frank Preite 2x4 1 RBI 1 dbl,  Dave Michels 2x4,  Bob Williams 1x4 1 RBI,  Michael Wilton 0x2 1bb,  Thank you to Marilyn for keeping our book.  

It’s hard to write something about this game. So, all I’m going to say is we tried our best. And we lost. We are grateful to our subs for getting up so early to help us out. Thank you Bob Schrag, Kandi Patrick, and Vern Luft - we really appreciate you! Let’s hope the rest of our games have a better result.

Barton Realty - 12 Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 13

So close and yet so far. Barton Realtors lost another one run game today to a very good Tride and True team. Almost everyone on the team had at least one hit for a team total 21 hits. Nick Hermann had 4 hits with a home run and 4 rbi's. Joe Stempniewski had 3 hits with a triple and 4 rbi's. Sub Gerry Boesche had 2 hits with a double and 2 rbi's. Dale Huffine had 2 hits and 1 rbi. Bob Cary had 3 hits. Gene Fleck and Sue Cary each had 2 hits. Jake Groh had a single and drove in a run. Jim Tokar and Terry Hughes each had a hit. Defensively, we just couldn't come up with the play when we needed to. Joe Stempniewski made a nice running catch of a fly ball in his left field position. Gene Fleck caught a popup at his catcher position for a key out. Jim Tokar tagged a runner out advancing to 2b and then threw to sub Gerry Boesche at 1b to complete the double play. Thanks to Gerry Boesche for subbing for us today. Thanks to Yvonne Becker and Kris Koch for handling our scorebook. ​

In a hard fought back and forth battle, the Tride team hung on to beat a hard hitting Barton team 13-12. Taking the lead in the second inning Tride kept the lead the rest of the game .  Tride had 20 hits for the team.  Glen Zelkind and Richard Brinkley were both 3 for 3 with Glen having a Triple and 2 RBI and Richard having a double and 3 RBI. Shelly Rosenthal was 2 for 3 with a Triple and an RBI, Murray Lushaw was  2 for 3 with a Homer and 2 RBI, Mike McGinn was 2 for 3 with an RBI, Glen Mitzel was 2 for 3 with an RBI, Judy Muller was 2 for 3 with a double and sub Bob Higgins was 2 for 3.  Gary Christofferson was 1 for 3 with 2 RBI and sub Steve Foster was 1 for 3 with an RBI.  Sub Bob Higgins, Murray Lushaw and Shelly Rosenthal all made some great defensive plays.  Sub Steve Foster made a FABULOUS catch in deep right center field to end the game.  Thanks to Bob Higgins and Steve Foster for subbing today.

Camino del Sol - 6 Nancy Muslin Realty - 14

Team Camino Del Sol lost to Nancy Muslin 14-6.  Chris Zerr had a 3 RBI double in the 6th inning to give the team a chance, but it was not to be. Scott Boyd, Bob Topham and Margie Szymesko were 3/4 and Wes Mason was 2/3. Thank you to Sub Dan Hofeditz, the umpires Mike Kachurak and Dave Bagwell and Kris Koch for keeping our book.

Nancy Muslin Nancy's gang came out hitting 23 hits, against a fine team. Sub Lawrence Lawrence was 4-4, scored once, 3 R.B.I. Sub Daren Proctor was 3-4, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Karen Olsen was 3-4, another home run, scored 3 times, 2 R.B.I. Steady Greg Szlak was 3-4, double, scored 3 times, 2 R.B.I. Lee Luft was 3-4, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Yvonne Becker was 2-3, scored once. Vern Luft scored 3 times. Warren Stevensen had a pair of hits, double, 4 R.B.I. Lee Luft was the winning pitcher. Thanks to subs, Larry Lawrence and Daren Proctor. 

Petelin Vision - 11 WyYerd Fiber - 10

Petelin Vision and Wyyerd played a very competitive game today. This game was not determined until the last out. Defensively Petelin played a good game holding a good hitting Wyyerd team to 10 runs. The battery of Joel Last and Ray Hensley pitched a good game. Vern McMurray had a nice play at 3rd picking up a grounder and throwing the runner out at 2nd. Don Cleveland picked up grounders and pop ups for outs. Pat Moriarity took care of Rover and Sam Bernhardt had his 1st time with Petelin covering 2nd base, good job Sam. Jim Stocker did a strong job at 1st. The outfield of Mike Kachurack, Kurt Kanouse, Barney Armstrong and John Steele kept most fly balls in front of them including some shifts to try and keep Wyyerd in check. Offensively perfect at the plate were Don Cleveland 3/3 (triple double RBI) and Kurt Kanouse 3/3 (2 doubles RBI). Going 2/3 were Barney Armstrong (3 RBI's), Ray Hensley (RBI) and Sam Bernhardt. Going 1/3 were Mike Kachurak, Pat Moriarity (RBI) and John Steele (double 2 RBI). Going 1/2 were Vern McMurray (walk), Jim Stocker (RBI) and Joel Last (RBI). Petelin Vision would like to thank Marilyn for keeping a good scorebook.  

WyYerd came up against a tough Petelin Team today.  Petelin took an  early lead and we were never able to catch up. We had some great plays Dave Bagwell caught a hard hit line drive and threw to first before the runner could get back for a double play. Randy Selin made a diving catch in shallow right for an out. Jack Braly was in the process of catching a fly ball when he stepped on the slippery foul line and went down, and Gary Ash made some great catches in Left Center field. However we weren’t able to get the offense going today. Most of our batters struggled and the majority of the good hits were caught. It was just one of those days. Dan Sykes, Dave Bagwell, and Mark Wells were all 3 for 4 . Gary Ash and Jerry Eastham each got a pair of hits and everyone else got at least one hit.  Our next game is Wednesday 3/19 at 1:30 . Dave Bagwell and Dan Sykes have Umpire Duty after the game and Paul Plapp Has Scoreboard Duty after the game.

Property Sisters - 15 Treedah Magee - 9

In a game filled with offense, Property Sisters came out on top with a 15-9 victory over Treedah Magee in an exciting showdown on March 17, 2025. Property Sisters got off to a fast start, scoring 4 runs in the first inning, 4 runs in the 2nd and 3 runs in the 3rd. After 2 no hit innings they came back in the bottom of the 6th to score 4 more runs and to hold off the Treedah Magee team in a flip flop last inning. Property Sisters had 18 hits with the following players hitting perfect at the plate: Pitcher Kandi Patrick 3x3, Sub Jerry Eastham 3x3 with 1 RBI, and Doreen Stevenson 2x2 with 2 RBIs. Next in line was Coral Estes 2x4 with 2 RBI, Cliff Seward 1x3 with 3 RBI and a Home Run, Charlie Greer 2x3, Laura Johnson 2x3 with 5 RBIs with a triple and double, John Holten 1x1 1 RBI before leaving the game injured. Sub Mike Kachurak came in for our injured player and helped by catching several RC balls. Phil Murray was 1x3 1 RBI, Debby Bigelow was 0x2, 1 walk and a great catch at first base and David Howard 1x3. It was a team effort today to win this game. Some great catches in the outfield helped secure the win. Thank you, Lonnie Saiz, for coaching first base and Marilyn, for keeping the scorebook for us.

One game highlight: Vern Bergen hit a three run homerun in the first inning. After that…….............Defense?: No. Timely hitting: No. Win: No. Treedah lost to the Property Sisters 15-9.

Thunderbird Auto - 16 Ranall's Realty - 15

Wow! What a game between two good hitting teams. True to form Thunderbird Auto won another one run game against a very good Ranalls Realty team. Sully Sullivan delivered the game winning hit again! Tom Gobin led the team in RBI’s with 5 on three hits including a triple and Bob Snelling delivered a three run homer among his 4 hits as well as scoring the winning run as a pinch runner. Charlie Counts and Ed Campbell were both a perfect 4 of 4 at the plate with each hitting a triple. Lanny Auberg and Fred Lubs each went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and Ed Musgrave and Sully Sullivan had two RBI. Ed Musgrave also hit a triple and a single. Norma Lucas coaxed a walk and came around to score in our 4 run sixth that set up the dramatic comeback in the seventh inning. Joe Jellison had a double to lead off the four run sixth inning and sub Laura Johnson came thru with two hits. Defensively Bob Snelling made a good catch on a hard hit fly ball to LC and sub Laura Johnson caught a tough fly ball running in and to her left in RC. Lanny Auberg at third turned a double play by fielding a hard hit grounder to third and tagging third and making a good throw to second to nip the runner by a half-step. Joe Jellison stretched like a first baseman to complete the play. Charlie Counts at rover turned a double play by knocking down a one- hopper up the middle and retrieving the ball to beat the runner to the second base bag and then completing the throw to first to beat the runner. Fred Lubs caught a line drive at first as well as a good stretch on the double play ball for the out. Tom Gobin at SS handled several tough chances for outs. Thanks to Laura Johnson for subbing today and to Marilyn Leinberger for keeping our scorebook. Thanks to the umpires Kandi Patrick and Coral Estes who were flawless today.

The fans in the stands got their money’s worth today as Ranalls played the league leading T-birds in an afternoon brawl but came up short. The game was close until the 6th when the T-birds put up 4 to our 0, extending their lead to 14-9. This resulted in a flip flop situation. We scored 0 in the “flip,” but the “flop” was another story. The “flop” started with a single by Gary Smith, triple by Dave Martin, hr by Chris Espejo, single by Danny Hofeditz…home runs by Joe Gonski and Barry Schwartz giving us 6 runs and a 1 run lead! T-bird came back with 2 to win. We had 25 hits with everyone getting into the act, but 3 innings of 0 will not win games with better teams. Dave Martin, Chris Espejo went 4-4: Dan Hofeditz, Joe Gonski, Barry Schwartz went 3-4: Norm Volk, Kevin Gillette, Dan Hansen went 2-4, followed by Klaus Holt, Gary Smith going 1-3. It was a great game and a respectful performance by Team Ranalls.

 Wednesday, March 12, 2025

All Blue League games cancelled - rain out

Monday, March 10, 2025

Nancy Muslin Realty - 14 Ranall's Realty - 11

Nancy's team played against a top team and played hard for the win. Sub Daren Proctor was 4-4, double, scored 4 times. Lee Luft was 4-4, double, 3 R.B.I. Sub Art Molina was 3-4, scored twice. Greg Szlak, Mr. steady, was 3-4,  double, scored 3 times. 3 R.B.I.  Yvonne Becker was 3-4, 1 R.B.I. Sub Don Cleveland was 2-3, sac. fly, walk, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Vern Luft had a pair of hits, triple, scored twice, 2 R.B.I. Warren Stevenson was 2-4, 2 R.B.I. Trish Halder, was 2-4, 1 R.B.I. Bob Dye scored once. We thank all 3 subs. Daren Proctor, Art Molina, Don Cleveland, for helping our team win today. 

"It was a beautiful morning; the sun was shining, and a cool gentile breeze covered the field. That was about the best thing I can say about today’s game. We had our season low 16 hits and more errors than I can count. The result was another loss as four innings had no runs scored! Those who did have a good game today were Dave Martin: 4-4, Chris Espejo: 4-4, 4rbi’s keeping us “in it.” A great day was also had by Klaus Holt who had 2 key hits and caught a potential HR ball to get us out of the inning without any more damage. Baseball is a team game, and we need to get back to our “hitmen” status. We are heading into the end of the first half so hopefully Wednesday we will get back on-track and close the first half on a winning note. Today was tuff to watch.

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Petelin Vision - 7 Colonnade - 13

Petelin Vision took on a strong Colonnade team and was defeated 13-7. Defensively the infield had some nice plays. Ray Hensley had a nice pickup. Sam Bernhardt had a grab of a foul tip for an out. Mike Kachurak and Kurt Kanouse roamed the outfield for fly balls. Towards the end of the game Kurt Kanouse and Barney Armstrong turned softball into a contact sport though, the out was secured. Offensively Colonnade hit well and Petelin Vision could not answer. Perfect at the plate was Mike Kachurak 4/4 (double RBI). Don Cleveland was 3/4. Kurt Kanouse was 2/4 (double RBI). Going 2/3 were Barney Armstrong (double 5 RBI's), Pat Moriarity, John Steele (triple RBI) and Ray Hensley. Getting on base were Vern McMurray, Sam Bernhardt and Jim Stocker. Susie Tornes did a great job on our scorebook today. Thank You!

Our bats were hot and hot enough for a sweet victory against a tough opponent Petelin Vision. It definitely was a team win because everyone got on base at least once! Defense kicked in to end the game at the top of the 7th. Highlight was our sub pitcher Dan Hofeditz who not only had 5 goose eggs but also 5 RBIs! Thanks also to our other subs Vern Luft, Bob Schrag and Pete and Stephanie Semineau for scorekeeping.

Camino del Sol - 8 Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 18

Camino only scored 1 run in the first three innings and fell behind to a hard hitting Tride and True team 10-1. The bats got going in the 4th and the team scored 7 runs in the next three innings, but it was not enough losing 18-8.  Leaders on offense were sub Brian Roll 3/3 (HR, 2 RBIs), Dan Maguire 2/3 (3B, 2RBIs), Marty Jiminez 2/3 and Chris Zerr 2/3 (1RBI).  Thank you to our subs, Brian Roll, Sam Bernhardt, and Joe Osowiec. Also Thank you to the umpires Dave Michels and Gerry Boesche and Susie Tornes for keeping the book. 

The Tride team came out hot and scored in all but one inning to defeat the Camino del Sol team 18-8. Tride had a 28 hit game with everyone on the team having at least one hit. Murray Lushaw was on fire defensively on third and Dan Hodges, just returning from a cruise, turned a couple of double plays. It was a great team effort both offensively and defensively!! Richard Brinkley and Mike McGinn both led the team offensively. Richard was 4 for 4 with a triple and 3 RBI and Mike was 4 for 4 with 4 RBI. Shelly Rosenthal was 3 for 4, Murray Luchaw was 3 for 4 with an RBI, Pierre Boudreau was 3 for 3 with an RBI, Dan Hodges was 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBI, sub Greg Szlak was 3 for 3 with a double and 3 RBI, Glen Zelkind was 2 for 3 and Dick Kohnen was 2 for 3 with an RBI. Sub Richard Szymesko who only subbed one inning was 1 for 1 with a triple and 2 RBI. Thanks to Richard Szymesko, Greg Szlak and Steve Coffman for subbing today.

Liberty Buick - 11 Thunderbird Auto - 12

Liberty Buick battled with a good Thunderbird Auto team and lost 12-11 in a 7 inning game.  Liberty held the lead 10-3 thru the 6th inning but gave up 9 runs to Thunderbird in the open inning to ball behind 12-10.  In the bottom of the 7th Liberty scored 1 run with runners in scoring position, Thunderbird closed the game out 12-11.  Liberty played well thru 6 innings, credit to Thunderbird for not giving up.  Liberty was led by Frank Preite 4x4        4 RBI’s 1 HR,  Dave Michels 3x4 1 RBI,  Bob Williams 2x3 2 RBI’s 1 triple,  Gerry Boesche & Pat Burnett 2x3 1 RBI each,  Steve Coffman 2x3,  Dave Holub 2x4 1 RBI,  sub, Glen Zelkind 1x3 1 RBI,  Jim Tomich 1x3 1 dbl,  Chip White 1x3,  Michael Wilton 1x2 1 bb.  Thank you to our sub, Glen Zelkind and Susie for keeping our book.

What a game! Thunderbird Auto won our fifth straight today after a 9 run seventh brought us back from a 10-3 deficit and we were able to hold Liberty Buick to one run to secure the win. Bob Snelling and Ed Musgrave were perfect at plate with 4 hits each. Charlie Counts and Ed Campbell were 3 of 4. Tom Gobin, Sully Sullivan, Joe Jellison and Fred Lubs had two hits each and Fred had an intentional walk. Our bats were cold until the all important seventh inning. To that point we had 12 hits and 3 runs but Ed Musgrave led off the seventh with a single and Sully followed with a hit to bring some hope. Norma Lucas followed with a fielder’s choice to put runners at first and third and bring up the top of the order which resulted in 5 straight hits, a walk and another hit which tied the game. After another FC Ed Musgrave game up for the second time in the inning and doubled to drive in 2 runs for the winning margin. Not to be lost in the excitement was the two out walk and score in the fifth inning by Norma Lucas without which we may not have won the game. Defensively we had Bob Snelling make a good running catch in LCF and the rest of the outfield getting the ball in quickly to prevent any extra bases. The infield was steady today and while we didn’t make any spectacular plays we made the routine plays and didn’t give up any easy runs. Ed Musgrave pitched another good game and was able to coax a lot of ground balls to make our jobs easier. Thanks for keeping our scorebook Marilyn Leinberger. 

Barton Realty - 12 Property Sisters Realty - 14

 Barton Realty lost a tough game today to a very determined Property Sisters team.  Barton's led throughout most of the game until the last inning and a very good Property Sisters team took advantage of every mistake that we made.  Sub Scott Piemeisl had a good day defensively at 1B turning an unassisted double play.  He was involved in a second double play when Sue Cary threw to Jake Groh at 2B for 1 out and Jake threw to Scott to complete the double play.  Gene Fleck caught a popup at his catcher position for an important out.  Joe Stempniewski had a nice putout at his left field position.  Nick Hermann caught 2 fly balls running in at his left centerfield position.  Bob Cary was struggling with the sun at his right centerfield position but managed to throw 2 runners out at 2B.  Almost everyone on the team had at least one hit for a team total of 25 hits.  Nick was 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and 1 rbi.  Sub Scott Piemeisl was 3 for 4 with a double, an intentional walk, and 2 rbi's.  Dale Huffine drove in 4 runs with a sac fly and 2 hits.  Jim Tokar had 3 hits and a rbi.  Joe Stempniewski had 2 hits with a triple and a rbi.  Joe Sowder was 3 for 4 with 1 rbi.  Bob had 2 hits including a double.  Sue had 3 hits.  Gene Fleck drove in a run with a single.  Sub Jim Collins had a single.  Thanks to Scott Piemeisl and Jim Collins for subbing for us today.  Thanks to Kris Koch for doing our scorebook. 

In a hard-fought contest Barton Realtors and Property Sisters went head-to-head in a game that came down to the wire. Both teams displayed stellar defense, clutch hitting, and determination, keeping the crowd on the edge of their seats. In a 7th inning flip flop, Property Sister mustered up enough hits to take the lead which allowed Barton Realtors to come up to bat in the 7th inning. Property Sisters defense kept the Barton Realtors to 1 hit in the 7th inning securing a 14 to 12 win over them. With a total of 22 hits the following players were 3x4: Charlie Greer 4 RBIs and a bases loaded home run. Kandi Patrick was 3x4 with 1 RBI, Laura Johnson was 3x4, and John Holten 3x4 with 5 RBIs. Next in line was Coral Estes 2x4, SUB Ed Abrams 2x3 with 2 RBIs, Greg Fitzer 2x2, Cliff Seward 1x4, Phil Murray 1x2 1 RBI, Doreen Stevenson 2x4 1 RBI, and David Howard 0x4 but he hit the ball well and hard. Our defense was on fire catching long fly balls in the outfield by Laura, Charlie, and John. The infield effectively stopped the ball and made the necessary outs at critical times. Fantastic job Property Sisters. Thank you to our Sub Ed Abrams and welcome to our new player Greg Fitzer. Thank you, Marilyn, for keeping the scorebook for us.

Treedah Magee Realty - 16 WyYerd Fiber - 19

Treedah lost another close game today, losing 19-16 to Wyerd. Treedah hit and scored enough to win most games. Defensively, Treedah was solid. Outstanding plays were turned in by 3B Dennis Coletta (caught several line drives) and (Sub) C David Howard (caught several tips into his glove for outs). The offense was led by Vern Bergen 4-4, Ken Kessler 4-4, Brent Schulte 4-4 and (Sub) Charlie Greer 3-3. Treedah hitters: Vern Bergen 4-4 (3B/rbi), Ken Kessler 4-4 (2rbi), Brent Schulte 4-4 (3B/2rbi), (Sub) Charlie Greer 3-3 (2B), Chuck Gibson 3-4 (4rbi), Greg Church 3-4 (3rbi), Kat Melton 2-4 (2rbi), Dennis Coletta 2-4 (rbi), Joe Osoweic 2-4 (rbi), Ed Abrams 1-3 (rbi) and (Sub) David Howard 1-3.

On a Beautiful Spring Afternoon WyYerd Fiber went up against a tough Treedah Magee Team. The Game was very close the entire time. In the 5th inning WyYerd was able to establish a lead and hold on for the win. Our Defense was outstanding with several double plays to close out innings and keep Treedah from scoring extra runs. Perfect at the plate were Gary Ash and Sal Politi. Randy Selin was 3 for 4 with a home run in the first inning to score 3 runs. Mark Wells, Jerry Eastham, Jack Braly, and Paul Plapp  were all 2 for 3. Dave Bagwell and Dan Sykes each add a hit for the win. Great job team. Our next game is Wednesday 3/12 at 1:30.

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

WyYerd Fiber - 12 Nancy Muslin Realty - 7

Wyyard played great defense and had outstanding pitching from Paul Plapp. Perfect at the plate was Randy Selin and Sal Politi. Randy hit his usual HR, seems we say that after every game. Sub Daren Proctor made several nice catches in RCF. Gary Ash was either hitting himself  on base or PR,  anyhow he was out there all game long. Special thank you to Kris Koch for not only being a great bench coach but also served double duty this week as our co-manager. John Laskowski as always was a big help keeping things running smoothly.

We were defeated again by a very good team. Vern Luft was perfect at the plate 3-3, 2 R.B.I. Annie Lowe was 3-4, 2 doubles, scored twice. Lee Luft was 2-3. Warren Stevenson was 2-3, scored once. Karen Olsen had a pair of hits, 2 doubles, scored once 1 R.B.I. Coral Estes had a double, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Trish Halper had a single, and scored twice. Thanks to Coral Estes for subbing for us on short notice. 

Property Sisters Realty - 15 Camino del Sol - 2

In a 6-inning mercy, the Property Sisters came out hitting and never looked back. They put together 23 hits and scored 15 runs by the 6th-inning beating Camino Del Sol 15-2. With some outstanding catches by the outfielders: Charlie, Laura, John, and Doreen, we kept the Camino Del Sol players to only 2 runs. The infield was on fire today as well, turning double plays and fielding their positions like a well-oiled machine. Perfect at the plate today was Charlie Greer 4x4 with a Home Run and 3 RBIs and Yvonne Becker was 3x3 with 1 RBI. Next in line were Coral Estes 3x4, a double and 3 RBIs, Cliff Seward 3x4, Kandi Patrick 3x4 with a Home Run and 3 RBIs, SUB Ed Hart 2x3 1RBI, John Holten 2x3 and Doreen Stevenson 2x3. Laura Johnson 1x3 with 1 RBI, Phil Murray 1x3 and David Howard 1x3 2 RBI. Outstanding job Property Sisters. Thank you, Kris Koch, for keeping the scoreboard for us today.

Camino Del Sol forgot to bring the bats today and we were mercy ruled by Property Sisters in 6 innings losing 15-2. We had a couple defensive highlights. Bob Topham had a couple nice put outs at 1B including an unassisted double play. Scott Boyd threw a runner out at second from RCF and Margie Szymesko was solid at Rover making a couple good catches.  We had two batters that hit over .500, Ron Rogerson 2/2 and Bob Topham 2/3.  Thank you to our subs Trish Halder, Jack Braly and Karen Olsen who filled in last minute. Also, thank you to our umpires Marilyn Leinberger and Gary Ash and our scorekeeper John Boland. 

Colonnade - 12 Thunderbird Auto - 13

"In spite of the entire Colonnade team getting at least 1 hit each for a total of 25 hits Colonnade still lost by one run to Thunderbird Auto. Colonnade was led by Rod Dand who had 4 hits. Jim Mathews, Kirk King & sub pitcher Kandi Patrick had 3 hits each.
Richard Szymesko, Ed Hart, Fred Swan & subs Larry Lawrence & Greg Fitzer had 2 hits each & Norm Lustig & sub Laura Johnson added 1 hit each. Colonnade had a chance to win the game but gave up 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th for a tough lose."

Thunderbird Auto took another 13-12 victory over a tough Colonnade team today. Colonnade jumped ahead 4-2 in the first inning before our defense jelled and we held them scoreless the next three innings while building a 7-4 lead. Our defense faltered in the fifth and gave up 3 runs to tie the game. We took a two run lead after six only to see Colonnade score 5 in the top of the seventh inning. Facing a three run deficit we buckled down and scored 4 runs for the win! The winning run was driven in by Sully Sullivan with the bases loaded and two outs Sully hit a hard grounder that their third baseman couldn’t field cleanly and Sully hustled to first while the run scored. With 26 hits the bats were working today. Sub Charlie Greer was the difference today with 4 hits including a home run and 3 RBI. Bob Snelling was also perfect at the plate with a triple among his 4 hits and 3 RBI. Charlie Counts and Ed Campbell were 3 for 4 and Lanny Auberg, Fred Lubs, Joe Jellison, Ed Musgrave and Norma Lucas each picked up 2 hits. Tom Gobin had a hit and an RBI but was the victim of two extremely good catches by their outfielders. Defensively we had a few lapses today but we made enough plays to thwart a good hitting Colonnade team. Fred Lubs and Ed Musgrave made tough catches on popups and Bob Snelling and sub Charlie Greer made good running catches in the outfield. We turned two double plays on the infield to compliment a well pitched game by Ed Musgrave. Thanks to Marilyn Leinberger for keeping our scorebook and to the umpires who kept the game moving and called a good game.

Ranall's Realty - 8 Barton Realty - 10

"Today we played a very good Bartons team and with the “Carey’s” these players know where to play. The game was going all our way until we entered the 4th inning when we started making errors and we did not have our typical 30+ hit parade to make up the difference. It was not a typical Ranalls performance at the plate with only 19hits, but most did not drive in runs which made the difference. Only 2 players had 2 rbi’s and 4 had only 1. Only 3 hitters had anything better than a single! Game analysis as follows: Dave Martin: 2-4, Chris Espejo: 3-4, 1rbi: Danny Hofeditz: 1-3,2rbi. Joe Gonski: 2-3, double-2rbi. Barry Schwartz: 3-3, 2doubles,1rbi. Norm Volk: 2-3. Kevin Gillette: 2-3, double,1rbi. Don Hansen: 2-3,1rbi. Klaus Holt: 2-3. We have done a great job this season, never giving up when the chips are down. Well today just did not click and Barton did just enough to pull out a win. This was a tuff loss as we have the players to have won this game…coming up a dollar short.

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The Barton Realtor team looked like they were in shock falling behind 5 to 1 after the 1st three innings.  The bats and gloves came out of storage for the 4th and 5th innings when we scored 4 runs in each inning.  Then the nail biting started again, and Barton's hung on for a 10 to 8 victory over a very, very good Ranalls team.  Barton's turned 2 double plays in the game.  The first double play was started by our pitcher Joe Sowder who threw the ball to 1st baseman Brian DeHerrera who then threw to our Catcher Gene Fleck preventing a run from scoring.  Another double play was turned by Jim Tokar catching a hard-hit line drive at his 2B position and then throwing to Brian DeHerrera to get the runner out going back to 1B.  Gene Fleck caught 2 popups at his catcher position for key outs.  Jake Groh, Nick Hermann, and sub Art Molina each made nice catches of fly balls in the outfield.  The 7th inning was where our defense really shined.  Sue Cary threw out the leadoff batter at 1B​.  Dale Huffine caught a hard-hit line drive at his 3B position for the 2nd out.  Jake Groh got the 3rd out in the 7th to seal the victory.  Offensively the team had a total of 22 hits.  A far better showing then our game on Monday.  Jake Groh was 2 for 3 with a double, triple, and 2 rbi's.  Brian DeHerrera was 3 for 3 with a double and 2 rbi's.  Gene Fleck was 3 for 3 with a rbi.  Sub Art Molina was 3 for 3 with a triple and a rbi.  Nick Hermann was 2 for 3 with a sac fly and 2 rbi's.  Jim Tokar was 2 for 3 with a rbi.  Bob Cary was 3 for 4 with a rbi.  Sue Cary was 3 for 4.  Terry Hughes had a single.  Thanks to Art Molina for subbing for us.  Special thanks to Marily Leinberger for keeping track of our scorebook.

Treedah Magee Realty - 12 Liberty Buick - 13

Liberty Buick mowed down Treedah 13-12. Liberty held onto a small run advantage most of the game. Liberty closed out the game and dashed any hopes of a Treedah comeback with (3) consecutive outs in Treedah’s last at bat. On defense, Kat Melton shined in LF while catching several towering fly balls. Offensively, (Subs) Nick Hermann & Marty Jimenez provided the long ball with a HOME RUN each. Treedah Hitting: Ken Kessler 4-4 (3rbi), Greg Church 3-3 (2rbi), Vern Bergen 3-4 (rbi), Joe Oseweic 2-3 (2B), (Sub) Jim Collins 2-3, (Sub) Nick Hermann 2-4 (HR/3rbi), Kat Melton 2-4, Brent Schulte 2-4 (rbi), (Sub) Marty Jimenez 1-3 (HR/2rbi), and Ed Abrams 1-3 (2B).

 Liberty Buick and Treedah Magee squared off in a close game with Liberty pulling out a 13-12 win in a 6 1/2 inning game.  Liberty led 13-12 going into the top of the 7th, defensive gems by Liberty closed the game out 13-12.  Steve Coffman and Jim Tomich made great catches in the outfield, Chip White caught a foul ball at the dish and our infield made some inning ending plays.  A great team effort.  Liberty was led by Dave Holub 3x4 1 RBI  1 dbl,  Dave Michels 4x4,  Frank Preite 2x4 3 RBI’s,  Jeanne Lushaw 2x3 2 RBI’s 1 dbl,  Jim Tomich 2x3 2 RBI’s,  Bob Williams 2x3 1 RBI,  Gerry Boesche 1x2 2 RBI’s 1 sac,  Pat Burnett 1x3 2 RBI’s,  Steve Coffman 1x2 1 bb,  Chip White and Michael Wilton 1x3 each.  Thank you to Marilyn for keeping our book.  

Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 9 Petelin Vision - 7

The Tride gang came out blazing, took the lead in the first inning and never looked back, beating a good Petelin team 9-7.  The team had 22 hits and everyone on the team had at least one.  The Tride defense played great and held off the hard hitting Petelin team.  Sub Bob Higgins and Sheldon Rosenthal combined for several double plays to stop Petelin from scoring.  Sheldon Rosenthal was 3 for 4, Murray Lushaw was 4 for 4 with and RBI, Sub Bob Higgins was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI, Mike McGinn was 3 for 3 with 2 RBI, Gary Christofferson was 2 for 4 with an RBI, Pierre Boudreau was 1 for 3 with 2 RBI and Glen Zelkind was 1 for 3 with an RBI.  Judy Muller and Dick Kohnen were both 2 for 3. Thanks to subs Bob Higgins and Sue Cary for subbing.

Petelin Vision went up against a good Tride and True team and were defeated 9-7. Tride and True kept Petelin's offense to 7 runs in 7 innings. Defensively Petelin kept Tride and True at 9 runs but could not open up a scoring attack. Defensively Sam Bernhardt had a nice catch of a foul tip. Don Cleveland had some nice plays at short stop. Mike Kachurak, Kurt Kanouse and Barney Armstrong all caught fly balls. Ray Hensley pitched a good game. Offensively Kurt Kanouse was perfect at the plate 4/4 (triple double RBI). Mike Kachurak was 3/4. Collecting 2 hits were Don Cleveland, John Steele (double 2 RBI's) and Barney Armstrong (RBI). Getting on base were Pat Moriarity (RBI), Jim Stoker(RBI), Ray Hensley (RBI), Sam Bernhardt and Joel Last. Petelin Vision would like to thank Marilyn and Suzie for taking care of our scorebook, Thank You.

 Monday, March 3, 2025

WyYerd Fiber - 13 Barton Realty - 7

Well we made a few more changes to our Defense today and I think we finally have it right. We started out strong with the first 3 batters getting on base then Randy Selin came up and hit a Grand Slam to close out the inning. Our Defense was strong with Sub Bob Higgins closing out an entire inning buy making 3 consecutive plays for outs. Randy Selin made several outs at Rover including a double play to close out another inning. Dan Sykes player a great first base catching everything thrown or hit at him for outs. Jerry Eastham  and Dave Bagwell didn’t let anything get past them to help shut down their offense. The outfield also did a great job while battling a strong wind. Offensively we were strong as usual with 4 batters perfect at the plate, Sub Bob Higgins, Randy Selin, Dan Sykes, and Mark Wells all 3 for 3. Gary Ash was 2 for 3 but would have been 3 for 3 if not for a great catch in the outfield by there left center fielder. Dave Bagwell, Jack Braly, and Paul Plapp each contributed a hit and Paul pitched a great game keeping there hitters off balance and keeping there walkers off base. Great job team. Our next game is Wednesday 3/5 at 8:30 again. Randy Selin has Scoreboard Duty after the game.

Barton Realtors lost to a very good Wyyerd team by the score of 13 to 7. The morning was cold and our bats were even colder. We only managed 12 hits as a team which doesn't win many games. Jim Tokar turned a nice double play catching a line drive at his 2b position and throwing to first baseman Brian DeHerrera to double off the runner. Jake Groh made a nice shoestring catch of a sinking fly ball in his outfield position. Offensively, Nick Hermann was our bright light. Nick was 3/3 with a homerun and driving in 6 of our 7 runs. Joe Sowder had 2 hits and drove in the 7th run. Dale Huffine and Jim Tokar each had 2 hits apiece. Gene Fleck and Brian DeHerrera each had a single. Bob Cary had a double. Sue Cary had 2 walks. Terry Hughes and sub Art Molina each had a walk. Thanks to Yvonne Becker for getting up early to do our scorebook. Thanks to Art for subbing for us this morning. ​

Thunderbird Auto - 13 Petelin Vision - 12

Another nail biter as Thunderbird Auto managed to outlast a very good Petelin Vision team by the score of 13-12 in a six inning game. We scored the max 4 runs in the first 3 innings and Petelin matched us in the first and second innings. We were able to hold them to one run in the bottom of the third and added a run in the top of the fourth and held them scoreless in the bottom of the inning. Petelin held us scoreless in the top of the fifth and scored three in the bottom to get within a run. After the flip flop we managed to shut them out for the win. Offensively we had six men perfect at the plate, Charlie Counts, Ed Campbell, Fred Lubs, Lanny Auberg, Paul Pearson and Ed Musgrave. Tom Gobin, Ed Campbell and Fred Lubs each had a double and two RBI. Lanny Auberg and Ed Musgrave also had two RBI. Joe Jellison had two hits and an RBI. Bob Snelling had a hit and an intentional walk. Norma Lucas came up big with an RBI single. Defensively we played a solid game with Tom Gobin at SS being the star with two diving stops on hard hit grounders. Ed Musgrave was busy fielding his pitching position while also pitching a good game with several strikeouts. Lanny Auberg had several stops down the third base line as well as making a tough play to end the game on a short popup by fielding the ball on one bounce and making a good throw to first. Joe Jellison did a great job at second and turned two double plays. Fred Lubs played a good game at first and Charlie Counts was steady at the rover position. Ed Campbell and Bob Snelling were busy in the outfield and did a good job holding the runners down. Paul Pearson and Norma Lucas didn’t get much action but handled the few chances they had.  Overall it was a good team win! Thanks to Kris Koch for keeping our scorebook today and to the umpires who had several close calls. It is easy to forget how stressful umpiring can be so please know we appreciate you!

Petelin Vision went up against a good hitting Thunderbird Auto Team today and fell short 13-12 in 5 1/2 innings. Defensively Petelin had some nice plays including John Steele's catch of a line drive at 2nd for a double play. Don Cleveland had some nice plays at Short Stop for outs. Mike Kachurak and Kurt Kanouse had solid play in the outfield. Ray Hensley pitched a good game. Thunderbird Auto hit the ball well today. Offensively Petelin had 20 hits. Going 3/3 were Mike Kachurak, Don Cleveland (2 doubles 4 RBI's), Kurt Kanouse (2 RBI's), Barney Armstrong (RBI) and Vern McMurray 2/2 (Walk). Collecting 2 hits were John Steele 2/3 (3 RBI's) and Pat Moriarity 2/3 ( RBI). Getting on base were Ray Hensley (RBI) and Sam Bernhardt. Petelin Vision would like to thank Marilyn for working our scorebook.

Ranall's Realty - 18 Camino del Sol - 17

Today the Ranalls hit men were able to get another win due to the fine efforts of the bottom of our lineup. It looked like we were giving the game away in the “flip flop” but thankfully we were able to score 3 runs for another key win. Our offense attack was again excellent with 27 hits, and everyone got in the act! Summary: Dave Martin: 3-4 double, 3rbi. Chris Espejo: 3-4, 2rbi. Danny Hofeditz: 4-4, 1rbi. Joe Gonski: 3-4, 1hr,5rbi: Barry Schwartz: 3-4,2rbi. Norm Volk: 3-4. Kevin Gillette: 1-4. Don Hansen: 1-3. Dick Steiman: 2-4, 2rbi. Klaus Holt: 1-3,1rbi. Gary Smith: 3-3. The <game ball> award goes to Dick Steiman who played an excellent 2nd base and again got the key winning hit in the bottom of the 7th. It’s a big win and good hitting just enough defense keeps us alive.

On a cold windy day, Camino Del Sol came up just short losing to Ranalls Realty 18-17.  The team made a lot of good plays on defense,  but couldn’t get the outs in the 7th to hold on to the lead. Defense was led by Margie Szymesko who made several good plays at rover and Debby Bigelow who made a great catch on a hard hit line drive to shut down a Ranalls scoring rally. Ron Rogerson contributed to the defensive effort with a couple good catches in Left Field. Offensive leaders were Ron Rogerson 4/4 (4 RBIs) and Sub Brian Roll 4/4 (HR, 4 RBIs). Other contributors included Margie Szymesko 3/4, Bob Topham 2/3 (1 RBI), Dan Maguire 3/4 (HR, 5 RBIs), Scott Boyd 2/3 (walk,1 RBI) and Marty Jiminez a triple(2RBIs) .  Thank you to our subs today Brian Roll, Debby Bigelow and Norma Lucas. Also Thanks umpires Joel Last and Jim Stocker and Marilyn Leinberger for keeping our book. 

Colonnade - 13 Treedah Magee Realty - 7

It’s amazing what we accomplished in spite of having almost half the team as subs! Our defense really came thru for the first 3 innings and then our strong batting for the last 2 innings (max runs scored) to secure the win in a flip flop. At the plate with 4/4 we had Jim Mathews (1RBI) Rod Dand was 3/4 (1RBI) Richard Szymesko was 3/4 (2RBIs) Kirk King 2/3 (2RBIs) sub pitcher Dan Hofeditz was 3/3 (2RBIs), Ed Hart and Fred Swan both 3/3 (2RBIs) sub Larry Lawrence was 1/3, sub Dick Steiman 1/2 (1RBI), Kevin Gillette 2/3 (2RBIs) and Norm was stormin’ to get on base with an awesome hit. Many thanks to the boys from Ranalls team and Larry Lawrence for helping us out! Also thanks to Susie for braving the cold wind as scorekeeper.

Treedah was unable to overcome the early 12:15 game time start. This was compounded by the cool weather which caused Treedah to lay (3) goose eggs over the first three innings while losing the game 12-7. The better coached Colonnade team scored in all but 1 inning with good team hitting and solid defense. Treedah’s defense turned in (2) ESPN worthy plays in the early innings with (SS) Brent Schulte and (3B/SUB) Marty Jimenez catching scorched sure-hit line drives and turning them into routine outs! Treedah hitting: Chuck Gibson 3-4 (2rbi), (Sub) Marty Jimenez 2-3 (rbi), Sherry Westland 2-3, Greg Church 2-3, Vern Bergen 2-4 (rbi), Kat Melton 2-4, Ed Abrams 1-3 (2rbi), (Sub) Vern Mcmurray 1-3, Brent Schulte 1-4 (2B/rbi), and Ken Kessler 1-4.

Property Sisters - 13 Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 10

In a game that came down to the final pitch, Property Sisters edged out the Tride and True team in a hard-fought battle, winning 13 to 10. Both teams showcased stellar defense, clutch hitting, and outstanding defense to keep the Tride and True team to only 10 runs in a shortened game only going 6 innings. With a total of 20 hits: perfect at the plate was Coral Estes 3x3, Cliff Seward 3x3, Phil Murray 3x3 1 RBI, and Doreen Stevenson 2x2 1 RBI. Next in line was Charlie Greer 2x3 2 RBIs, Kandi Patrick 2x3 3 RBIs and a home run, Laura Johnson 1x2 with 2 RBI, and John Holten 2x3. Finishing out the hits were Lonnie Saiz 1x3 1 RBI, David Howard 1x3 1 double and 3 RBI, and Debby Bigelow 1x3 and some great catches at first base. Our defense was on fire with some amazing catches and great infield play to keep the players on base. Outstanding job Property Sisters. Thank you Yvonne Becker for keeping the scoreboard for us today.

The Tride team started off well, then their bats went cold.  Tied at 5 after 3, the Tride gang could only put up 1 in the next two innings while giving up 7.  Tride never gave up and put up 4 in the 6th, allowing only 1, but couldn't catch up to Property Sisters and lost 13-10.  Property Sisters were just hitting where Tride wasn't.  Shelly Rosenthal was 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI, Richard Brinkley was 4 for 4 with 2 RBI and a double, Murray Lushaw was 3/4, Gary Christofferson was 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and Glen Mitzel was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and a double.  Sub Bob Higgins was 2 for 4 with a Sac Fly and 2 RBI.  Thanks to Bob for subbing.

Nancy Muslin Realty - 12 Liberty Buick - 15

Karen Olson was 3-4, 2 triples, double, scored twice, 2 R>B.I. Greg Szlak was 3-4, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Anne Lowe was 2-3, walk, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Doug Asleson was 2-3, walk, double, scored twice, 1 R.B.I. Bob Dye was 2-3, walk, scored twice. Warren Stevenson was 2-4, double, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Lee Luft had a pair of hits, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Vern Luft had a pair of hits, 1 double, scored once.

 Liberty Buick played a good Nancy Muslin team and pulled out a 15-12 win in a 6 1/2 inning game.  Liberty held the lead 8-4 through the 2nd inning, Nancy Muslin closed the lead to 8-7 through the 3rd inning.  With the score tied 12-12 through the top of the 6th inning, Liberty’s bat came alive.  Bob Williams led off the bottom of the 6th inning with a triple, Pat Burnett sacrificed the run in, Steve Coffman singled and Jeanne Lushaw hit a 2 run Home run to push the lead to 15-12.  Nancy’s was shut out in the top of the 7th to close the game out 15-12.  Jeanne Lushaw had an All Star game, defensive put outs from 2nd base and 3x3 and a 2 run home run.  Liberty was led by Jeanne Lushaw 3x3 4 RBI’s 1 HR,  Bob Williams 3x3 2 RBI’s 1 triple,  Pat Burnett 2x2 1 RBI 1 dbl 1 sac,  Michael Wilton 2x2 2 RBI’s,  Steve Coffman 2x3 2 RBI’s 1 triple,  Jim Tomich 2x3 1 RBI 1 dbl,  Gerry Boesche 1x3 1 RBI 1 dbl,  Dave Michels and Frank Preite 2x3 each,  Dave Holub and Chip White 1x3 1 RBI each.  Thank you to Marilyn for keeping our book and our umpires Coral and Kandi who did a great game.

 Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 4 Thunderbird Auto - 10

Having only 11 hits in the game and only scoring in 1 inning, the Tride gang ran into some hard hitting and good defense to lose to Thunderbird Auto 10-4.  Richard Brinkley led the team going 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBI, followed by Murray Lushaw who was 1 for 3 with a Home Run and 2 RBI.  Sheldon Rosenthal, and Gary Christofferson were both 2 for 3 and Glen Zelkind was 2 for 2.  Thanks to sub Jim Collins for subbing this morning.

Thunderbird Auto notched another victory over a game Tride and True team by the score of 10-4. Leading the way on offense were Tom Gobin, Fred Lubs, Bob Snelling and Lanny Auberg each with a perfect day at the plate going 3 for 3. Tom Gobin hit a home run to go with 3 RBI while Bob Snelling contributed 5 RBI. Ed Campbell and Fred Lubs pitched in with an RBI apiece to complete the scoring. Ed Campbell and Charlie Counts each recorded two hits and Joe Jellison and Sully Sullivan each had a hit. Our defensive performance was impressive today lead by the duo of Charlie Counts at Rover and Joe Jellison at second base. Ed Musgrave had his sinker going today as most of the contact was ground balls and the infield kept the ball from getting through. Bob Snelling and Ed Campbell both made good catches in the outfield as only one line drive hit the gap. Fred Lubs caught a tough popup and fielded his position at first base flawlessly. Lanny Auberg knocked down a hard hit line drive down the third base line that would have been trouble. Tom Gobin caught a screamer at SS and fielded every thing else hit his way. Ed Musgrave also had several strike outs today to shorten the game. Ed also caught a popup and fielded several ground balls to record outs. All in all it was by far our best defensive showing of the season. Thanks to Joan Casazza for keeping our scorebook and to Dale Schroeder for subbing! We are 2-0 with Dale!

Camino del Sol - 16 WyYerd Fiber - 15

Everyone on team Camino Del Sol contributed in a close game against Wyred, winning 16-15. Our defense was solid. The outfield was anchored by Bill Janowski who made several catches in LC. Every infielder was involved in at least one recorded out against Wyred.  Pitcher Dan Maguire played outstanding defense including a line drive catch and throw to first for a double play and fielding a hard hit ground ball for a game ending 1-6-3 double play. Perfect at the plate were Margie Szymesko 4/4 (2B), Bob Topham 4/4 (3 RBIs), Dan Maguire 4/4 (3RBIs) and Marty Jiminez 3/3.  Bill Janowski 3/4 (2B), Kathy Boland 3/4 (3RBIs) and Wes Mason 2/3 (2 RBIs).  Contributing at least 1 hit and RBI were Ron Rogerson, Bill Clark and Chris Zerr. Thank you to Art Molina for subbing, our umpires Mike Kachurak and Joel Last and Joan Casazza for keeping our scorebook. 

We went up against a good Camino Team today . We started out good and held the lead for 3 innings. But we just couldn’t get the outs, and Camino ran away with the game. Our offense was led by Gary Ash, Randy Selin, and Dave Bagwell all perfect at the plate. Followed by Dan Sykes and Sub Vern Luft who each got a pair of hits. Everyone else had  at least one hit. Thanks to Kris Koch and John Laskowski for running the bench and Vern Luft for subbing today. Thanks also to Umpires Mike Kachurak and Joel Last who obviously didn’t believe we would come through with the bribe money if we won. Our next game is Monday 3/3 at 8:30 get there a little early so we can start early if everyone is ready. Dave Bagwell and Dan Sykes have Umpires duty after the game and Mark Wells has Scoreboard Duty after the game.

Petelin Vision - 15 Treedah Magee Realty - 15

The visiting Petelin Vision Team took on a strong Treedah Magee Realtor Home Team. Petelin spent the entire game chasing Treedah. Treedah would take the lead and Petelin would catch up. After 7 innings the game ended in a tie 15-15. Defensively Petelin had some nice plays including Mike Kachurak's catches in Left field. Kathy Boland and Doreen Stevenson kept everything in front of them. Don Cleveland had some nice pickups at short as did Pat Moriarity and John Steele at Rover and 2nd. Jim Stocker and Joel Last held their positions well. The battery of Sam Bernhardt and Ray Hensley had a good game. Offensively Petelin had 26 hits or walks. Perfect at the plate was Mike Kachurak 4/4 (triple RBI). Going 3/4 were Don Cleveland (triple 3 RBI's), Kathy Boland (walk RBI), John Steele (triple 3 RBI's), Barney Armstrong (walk RBI) and Pat Moriarity (2 RBI's). Collecting 2 hits were Ray Hensley (double 2 RBI's), Sam Bernhardt and Jim Stocker (walk 2 RBI's). Getting on base were Joel Last and Doreen Stevenson. Petelin Vision would like to thank Kathy Boland and Doreen Stevenson for subbing today. Thanks goes to Marilyn for doing a fine job with the scorebook.

Treedah battled Petelin to a 15-15 standoff. The game went back and fourth and was tied at 14 after 6 innings. Both teams squeezed out only 1run in their last at bat. Ken Kessler made his season debut and made a huge difference for the Treedah defense. (Subs) Marty Jimenez (3B) and Bobby Dooling (SS) were solid on defense. The big defensive play of the game was ball hit to RF that Sherry Westland chased down. She threw a strike to Ken Kessler near 1B who threw another strike to the pitcher who relayed it home to the catcher (Ed Abrams) cutting down a Petelin runner trying to score. The Treedah pitching stunk (excessive walks). Treedah displayed a solid offensive attack led by one of Ohio’s premier Blue League sluggers Chuck Gibson. Treedah’s hitters: Chuck Gibson 4-4 (2 3B/6rbi), (Sub) Bobby Dooling 4-4 (3rbi), Kat Melton 3-4 (rbi), Ken Kessler 3-4, Vern Bergen 3-4 (2rbi), Joe Osoweic 2-3, Ed Abrams 2-3 (rbi), Greg Church 2-4, Sherry Westland 1-3 (2rbi), and (Sub) Marty Jimenez 1-4.

Nancy Muslin Realty - 7 Colonnade - 10

What's to be said, Bob dye was 2-3, 1 R.B.I. Doug Asleson was 3-4, scored 3 times. Karen Olsen was 3-4, 2 home runs, scored 3 times, 4 R.B.I. Lee Luft was 2-3, double, 1 R.B.I. Vern Luft was 2-4, 2 R.B.I. Greg Szlak was 2-2, walk, triple, scored once, R B.I. Thanks to sub Chip White for subbing in today's game. 

The entire Colonnade Team had at least one hit each. Sub & winning pitcher Dan Hofiditz had 4 hits as did Kirk King. 4 players added 3 hits each, 1 player had 2 hits & 3 players added 1 hit each. Thanks to subs Sherry Westlund, Wayne Moxley,Margie Szymesko, & Dan Hofiditz.

Property Sisters Realty - 18 Ranalls' Realty - 19

The thrilling softball battle ends in a nail-biting finish. This was a game to remember as Property Sisters and Ranalls Realty went head-to-head in a closely contested softball showdown. Both teams brought their best, exchanging blows inning after inning in a back-and-forth thriller that kept the fans on the edge of their seats. The Property Sisters mustered up 30 hits in a nail-biting game but could not stop the Ranalls team in the 7th inning with the score tied 18 to 18. Ranalls Realty pulled out a top of the line up run that brought in the game winning run finishing 19 to 18. Every member of the Property Sisters had at least 2 hits for the close game. Going 4x5 and 2 RBIs was Cliff Seward (welcome to the team), Coral Estes 3x5 with 2 RBIs, Charlie Greer 3x5 with 3 RBIs including a Home Run, and 2 doubles, Kandi Patrick 3x4 with 3 RBIs, Laura Johnson 3x4 1 RBI, Phil Murray 1x4 2 RBIs, Debby Bigelow 3x4 with 2 RBIs including a double, John Holten 3x4 2 RBI, Lonnie Saiz 3x4, Sub Ed Hart 2x3 with 1 RBI and Doreen Stevenson 2x4 with 1 RBI. Thank you, Ed Hart, for subbing and Marilyn Leinberger for keeping the scoreboard for us.

When asked to describe today’s game, I would have to say it was a “barfight brawl” and this time we came out on top! This was a hitting barrage where Ranalls ended up with 31 hits!. It came down to the last inning with 2 outs, the game was tied…when Dick Steiman, Gary Smith and Dave Martin got that critical run across the plate to give us the win. An analysis of this hit parade is as follows: Dave Martin, 5-5, 3rbi’s; Joe Gonski 4-4,3rbi’s; and Gary Smith 4-4 leading our hit attack. Not far behind: Chris Espejo 3-2,2rbi’s; Dan Hofeditz 3-4,2rbi’s; Barry Schwartz 2-4,2rbi’s; Norm Volk 3-4,2rbi’s; Kevin Gillette 3-4, 3rbi’s with Dick Steiman going 3-4,1rbi. The hitting barrage continued with Donny Hansen and Klaus Holt going 1-4,1rbi. Everyone got into this game but <<<game ball>>> honors go to Gary Smith! Gary went 4-4 and got a decisive hit in the last inning to help secure this win. Gary also made a critical catch at home plate to end an inning while running the bases like a sprinter! Haha. Nice job buddy.

Liberty Buick - 9 Barton Realty - 10

Liberty Buick and Barton Realtors squared off in a close game with Barton’s winning 10-9 in a   6 1/2 inning game.  Liberty took the lead 3-2 through the first inning with Barton’s leading 10-6 through the 5th inning.  Liberty scored 3 runs in the 6th inning, behind 10-9.  Barton’s closed the game out 10-9 in the top of the 7th.  A well played game by both teams.  Liberty was led by Gerry Boesche 4x4 4 RBI’s 1 triple 1 dbl,  Dave Holub 4x4,  Steve Coffman 3x4 2 RBI’s,  Bob Williams 3x4,  Jim Tomach 2x3,  Pat Burnett 1x4 1 RBI’s,  Dave Michels 1x3 1 RBI 1 bb,  Frank Preite 1x4.  Thank you to Marilyn for keeping our book.

 
Barton's does it again, winning another nail biter game by one run over a very good Liberty Buick team. Defense won this game especially by our infield. Joe Sowder pitched a very good game and caught a couple of pop ups at his position. Jim Tokar had a great game at 2B catching numerous ground balls and getting the ball to first baseman Brian DeHerrera for the outs. The biggest out by Jim was getting the leadoff batter in the top of the 7th inning. Dale Huffine made the next important out in the 7th inning catching a hard-hit line drive at 3B. Jake Groh played well at his rover position getting the force outs while receiving the throws from Sue Cary at her shortstop position. Joe Stempniewski made a nice catch of a fly ball at his left field position. Nick Hermann was steady at the left centerfield position. Bob Cary made two nice catches of fly balls at his right centerfield position. Offensively, almost everyone on the team had at least one hit for a team total 18 hits. Joe Stempniewski was 3 for 3 with 2 doubles, a triple, and 3 rbi's. Brian DeHerrera was 2 for 2 with a walk, a triple, and 2 rbi's. Joe Sowder was 3 for 3 with 2 rbi's. Jake Groh drove in 2 runs with a single. Gene Fleck, Dale Huffine and Bob Cary each had 2 hits. Terry Hughes and Nick Hermann each had a single. Sue Cary had a single and a rbi. Thanks to Joan Casazza for doing our scorebook. ​

Monday, February 24, 2025

Ranall's Realty - 14 Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 8

Today we played a very balanced game and it was great to see our bats came back to life. Not only did we get hits, Ranalls got hits when it counted…driving in runs. 3 players went 3-3:; Chris Espejo; Joe Gonski, triple 5rbi’s; Dan Hofeditz 2rbi’s. 4 players went 2-3: Dave Martin, 3rbi’s; Barry Schwartz 1rbi; Norm Volk, double,1rbi; Dick Steiman 2rbi’s. The hit attack continued with Kevin Gillette, Don Hansen and Gary Smith. All in all, we played a good offensive and defensive game when it mattered. It was a nice feeling to get back in the win column. It is good to see how we all encourage each other to play to our abilities. Let’s keep it going and thanks Danny for holding the hit attack to only 8. Hit up the middle? Your out!

The Tride Gang ran into some hard and well placed hits today.  They were hitting balls where we weren't and we were hitting balls to where they were.  Tride just couldn't get their hitting game going today and lost 14-8 to the Ranalls team.  Tride had only 15 hits today, from a team high of 28 last week.  Richard Brinkley returned to the team from an injury and was 2 for 4 with hard hit balls, Murray Lushaw was 2 for 3, Mike McGinn was 2 for 3 with a triple and 2 RBI, Glen Mitzel was 2 for 3 with an RBI and Glen Zelkind was 1 for 3 with an RBI.  Sub Pete McDougal was 2 for 3 with an RBI, Sub Bob Higgins was 2 for 3 with a double, triple and 3 RBI and sub Joe Osowiec was 1 for 3 with a double. Many thanks to our subs today.

Treedah Magee Realty - 13 Thunderbird Auto - 14

Close but no cigar! Treedah lost another close game 14-13 to Thunderbird. The Treedah defense is taking baby steps in improving its defense and the offense is strong enough to win most games. Pitching was decent with only 1 walk issued. Defensively, Kat Melton caught (2) fly balls after long runs. Dennis Coletta speared a hard hit line drive with 3 quick steps and stretching out and reaching high. Sherry Westland made several big plays at 2nd base. Treedah offense: Brent Schulte 4-4 (HR/2rbi), (Sub) Kurt Kanouse 3-4 (2B/3B/4rbi), Vern Bergen 3-4 (2rbi), Greg Church 3-4 (rbi), Kat Melton 3-4 (rbi), Dale Schroeder 2-3, Dennis Coletta 2-4, Sherry Westland 2-4, Chuck Gibson 1-4 (2rbi), Ed Abrams (rbi).

Thunderbird Auto won a close game over Treedah Magee 14-13 by getting 24 hits along with good base running and playing just good enough on defense behind a well pitched game by Ed Musgrave. Ed Campbell, Fred Lubs and Bob Snelling hit safely with 4 hits apiece. Tom Gobin followed with 2 hits and 4 RBI. Ed had 3 RBI’s and Bob had 2. Sully Sullivan had 2 RBI’s and Paul Pearson, Lanny Auberg and Fred Lubs each had an RBI. Norma Lucas came up big in the bottom of the sixth with a leadoff single that brought up the top of the order and enabled us to score 4 runs to take a 2 run lead and we were able to hold Treedah Magee to a run in the seventh and take the win. Defensively Bob Snelling and Ed Campbell made good catches in the outfield and Joe Jellison was outstanding at second base to help the team make up for a few errors and bad hop grounders that nearly cost us the win. Thanks very much to Joan for keeping our scorebook and to the umpires for calling a fair game. 

Nancy Muslin Realty - 7 Petelin Vision - 10

Nancy's gang had no bats in today's game. Karen Olsen was 3-4, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Greg Szlak was 2-3, double, scored twice. Sub Steve Foster was 2-3, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Lee Luft was 2-3, 1 R.B.I. Annie Lowe was 2-4, triple, 1 R.B.I. Vern Luft had a pair of hits, scored once. Jim Collins was 2-3, scored twice. Warren Stevenson and Bob Dye each had 1 R.B.I. 

On a beautiful day the Petelin Vision team took on a strong Nancy Muslin team. Both teams were blanked until the 3rd when Petelin scored 4. Over the next 3 innings both teams scored 6 runs leaving the score at 10-6 Petelin. Nancy Muslin scored 1 in the 7th to give Petelin Vision the win 10-7. Strong defense today by Petelin. Mike Kachurak had a big catch in left field. John Steele had a big catch in right field. Pat Moriarity had a nice grab at third base and some nice plays between Don Cleveland and Vern McMurray. Jim Stocker had a nice grab at 1st. The battery of Sam Bernhardt and Ray Hensley had a good game with Ray having a good day fielding the ball for some outs. Offensively Mike Kachurak was perfect at the plate 4/4 (RBI), Pat Moriarity was 2/2 (walk double 2 RBI's) and Vern McMurray was 2/2 ( RBI). Barney Armstrong was 3/4 (2 RBI's). Collecting 2 hits were Kurt Kanouse, John Steele (2 RBI's) and Jim Stocker. Don Cleveland was 1/2 ( 2 SAC Flys 2 RBI's). Joel Last and Sam Bernhardt both had hits. Petelin would like to thank Marilyn for handling the scorebook today. 

WyYerd Fiber - 14 Property Sisters - 17

WyYerd came up against a tough Property Sisters today. Our Offense was good as usual but our Defense was poor to many miscues  allowing our opponent to get lots of unnecessary runs. Perfect at the plate was Sal Politi with 4 hits, followed by Gary Ash,Dan Sykes, Dave Bagwell, and Jerry Eastham with 3 hits. Randy Selin and Mark Wells each added 2 hits and everyone else had at least one hit. Our next game is Wednesday 2/26 at 9:45 no one has any duties that day.

The Property Sisters delivered an impressive performance securing a well-earned victory over WyYerd Fiber with a final score of 17 to 14.  From the first pitch, Property Sisters set the tone with strong batting, 29 hits, and an all-round solid defense.  Perfect at the plate today was Coral Estes going 4x4 with 3 RBIs, Charlie Greer 4x4 with 5 RBIs, Art Molina 4x4 with 2 RBIs, Lonnie Saiz 3x3 with 1 RBI, and David Howard 3x3 with 2 RBI. Next in line was Pitcher Kandi Patrick 3x4 with 3 RBI’s, Debby Bigelow 3x4.  Next was John Holten 2x4 1 RBI, Laura Johnson 1x4 1 RBI, Phil Murray 2x4, and Doreen Stevenson holding down right field and getting the ball in quickly.  Charlie and John had some impressive catches in the outfield with the sun in their eyes, and the infield held players on base to keep the quick footed WyYerd team on base.  The Property Sisters had a great day on the field, and they should be very proud of how they played today.  Thank you, Art Molina, for subbing and Joan for keeping the scorebook.  

Liberty Buick - 14 Camino del Sol - 11

"Liberty Buick battled with a good Camino del Sol team and pulled out a 14-11 win in a 5 1/2 inning game. Camino took the lead 3-2 after the first inning. Liberty took the lead 6-5 through the 2nd inning and held the lead through the last inning to close the game out 14-11. Liberty managed 15 hits with 10 walks to contribute to the win. Key defensive plays were made by Pat Burnett in left center, Jeanne Lushaw fielding a hard hit ball at 2nd base to throw the runner out to end the game and Chip White catching a foul ball at the dish. Another good team effort. Liberty was led by Dave Holub 3x3 2 RBI’s 2 dbl’s, Gerry Boesche 3x3 3 RBI’s, Steve Coffman 2x2 1 RBI 1 dbl 1 bb, Michael Wilton 2x2 2 RBI’s 1 bb, Dave Michels 2x4 2 RBI’s 1 dbl, Frank Preite & Pat Burnett 1x2 1 bb each, Jeanne Lushaw 1x3 2 RBI’s, Bob Williams 0x1 1 RBI 2 bb, Chip White 0x1 1 RBI 2 bb, Jim Tomach 0x1 2 bb’s. Thank you to Joan for keeping our book, great job Joan.
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"Camino Del Sol lost to Liberty Buick 14-11 on a beautiful day at the Field of Dreams. The defense played well, but Team Buick kept hitting it where we weren’t. Outfielder Bill Janowski made a good catch staring into the sun. Kathy Boland (SS) and Margie Szymesko (Rover) combined for several put outs at 2B. Marty Jiminez stopped a hard hit ground ball for a put out at 1B. Camino’s offense played catch-up from the first inning on and just couldn’t quite get there. Leading the offense was Chris Zerr 2/2 with 1 walk. Sub Don Cleveland was 2/2. Bill J (triple and double) and Bob Topham(2 RBIs) were 3/4. Kathy Boland was 2/3 with 2 RBIs. Sub John Holten was 2/4. Thank you to Subs John Holten, pitchers Kandi Patrick and Don Cleveland. Also thanks to our umpires Coral Estes and Gary Ash and Marilyn Leinberger for keeping the book.

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Barton Realty - 16 Colonnade - 15

Barton Realtors was involved in another see saw battle against a very good Colonnade team. Barton's scored 4 runs in the top of the last inning and our defense stepped up big time to hold Colonnade scoreless to pull out a 1 run victory. Brian DeHerrera set the tone for the last inning catching a hard-hit line drive at his 1B position for the first out. Not sure where the 2nd out came from, but Sue Cary caught a pop up at short for the last out of the game. Dale Huffine, Jake Groh, and Brian DeHerrera combined for a double play during the game. Jake Groh had a good day at his rover position. Joe Stempniewski and Nick Hermann made some nice catches on the left side of the outfield for key outs. Offensively, almost everyone on the team had at least one hit. Nick Hermann had a very good day going 3 for 4 with a double, 2 homeruns, and 6 rbi's. Joe Stempniewski was 4 for 4 with 1 double, 2 triples, and 2 rbi's. Brian DeHerrera was 3 for 3 with a double and 2 rbi's. Joe Sowder was 1 for 2 with a double, a walk, and 3 rbi's. Dale Huffine was 3 for 4 with 1 rbi. Jake Groh was 2 for 3 with 1 rbi. Bob Cary was 2 for 4 with 1 rbi. Gene Fleck and Terry Hughes each had 2 hits. Sue Cary had a single and a walk. Sub Ron Rogerson had a walk. Thanks to Joan Casazza for doing our scorebook and to Ron Rogerson for subbing.

This game was our first loss against a very good team but it was an especially tough loss because it was oh so close. Our bats were fine but our defense faltered in the last inning to give them the win. At the plate with 4/4 were Jim Mathews with an outstanding 4RBIs, Richard Szymesko (3 RBIs) and sub Kandi Patrick (2RBIs). Rod Dand was 3/4 (2RBIs) sub Jeannie Lushaw was 3/3 and everyone else got on base at least once. Dorothy Mazur had to stop playing in the 5th because of a pulled hammie and luckily Margie Szymesko was able to sub in. Next inning Richard fielded a hit to throw to Margie at 2nd who threw to Kirk for a nice husband/wife double play! Thanks to our subs Steve Coffman, Jeannie Lushaw, Margie Szymesko and Kandi Patrick and Marilyn for keeping our book. We are very appreciative of all of your help!

 Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 15 Treedah Magee Realty - 12

Tride started off slow, but gained momentum to go ahead 9-8 at the end of 5,  Treedah was able to put up 4 in the 6th while holding Tride scoreless and taking a 12-9 lead.  Tride came roaring back in the top of the 7th to bring across 6 and take a 15-12 lead.  Tride held Treedah scoreless with Dan Hodges making a game-ending double play, to win the game 15-12. It was a total team effort with Tride having 28 hits. Sub Larry Lawrence was 4 for 4 with a Triple, Sub Pete McDougal was 3 for 4 with an RBI, Murray Lushaw was 3 for 4 with an RBI, Dan Hodges was 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBI, Mike McGinn was 3 for 4 with a double and 3 RBI, Gary Christofferson was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI, Glen Mitzel was 3 for 4, Pierre Boudreau was 4 for 4 with an RBI, Sub Chris Zerr was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and Glen Zelkind was 1 for 4 with an RBI.  Many thanks to our subs today, Larry Lawrence, Pete McDougal and Chris Zerr.

Treedah lost to Tride & True 15-12. Treedah’s downfall started in the 3rd inning with 4 consecutive dropped throws (resulting in 4 unearned runs) and continued throughout the game with several errant throws giving Tride & True more runs. Treedah’s generous run gifting could not be overcome! Treedah’s offense was led by (Sub) Richard Szymesko with a Grand Slam HR/2B/5rbi and (Sub) Mark Glim 2-3 (3B/rbi). Treedah’s hitting:(Sub) Richard Szymesko 2-3 (HR/2B/5rbi), (Sub) Mark Glim 2-3 (3B/rbi), Ed Abrams 3-3 (rbi), Kat Melton 2-3, Vern Bergen 2-3 (2rbi), (Sub) Brian Roll 2-3, Greg Church 2-3 (3rbi), Dennis Coletta, Sherry Westland and Joe Osoweic all turned in 1-3 at the plate.

Ranalls' Realty - 14 WyYerd Fiber - 20

The game started out as a fist fight as we were up by one run after the 2nd inning as we went 4-4. That was where it ended as Wyyred continued the hit barrage while we posted three 0’s along the way which still included 5 strike outs. Our defense did not hurt us because the “lefties” in the orange shirts were hitting hard shots that were legit hard hits…followed by the rest of the team. It was a hard hit fest we could not match. We ended up with only 18 hits in 7 innings, resulting in 14 runs. Game analysis: Dave Martin: 4-4, 3rbi’s: Ed Campbell: 3-4, 1rbi: Joe Gonski 2-2, 2 walks, 2rbi: Dan Hofeditz 3 walks,1rbi: Barry Schwartz: 3-4,4rbi: Norm Volk 1-4 1rbi: Kevin Gillette: 1-4: Phil Murray: 2-2: Dick Steiman: 2-4,2rbi: Klaus Holt: 1-4. Hopefully in the near future I will be able to issue a <game ball> to one of our teammates for exceptional play. Right now, just to get a win would be nice? We are a better team than what we have been showing. Monday is a new week. Thank God.

WyYerd went up against a tough Ranalls Team today. Ranalls came out strong putting up 4 runs in the first two innings.  We knew we had our work cut out for us so everyone stepped up there game and played extremely well.  We were able to hold them scoreless in the 3rd, 4th, and 7th innings for the win. Our offense was on fire with Perfect preforms at the plate by Gary Ash 4 for 4, Dan Sykes, Mark Wells, Sal Politi, and Jerry Eastham all 3 for 3.  Dave Bagwell, Jack Braly and Randy Selin all added 2 hits each and Randy Selin hit a home run driving in 3 runs. Paul Plapp pitched a good game keeping there big hitters from causing us  trouble and he also had a timely walk to get men on base for Randy’s home  run. Great game Team.  Our next game is Monday 2/24 at 12:15  We hit the Duty’s Jackpot, Dave Bagwell and Dan Sykes have Umpire Duty Before the game at 11:00 and Gary Ash has Umpire Duty after the Game and Jerry Eastham has Scoreboard Duty after the game as well.

Nancy Muslin Realty - 9 Thunderbird Auto - 17

Annie Lowe was 2-3, double, scored once. Doug Asleson was 2-3, scored twice. Karen Olsen was 2-3, home run, double, scored twice. 3 R.B.I. Greg Szlak was 2-3, scored twice. Vern Luft was 2-3, scored once. 1 R.B.I. Lee Luft was 2-3, scored once, 1 R.B.I. Bob Dye was 2-3, double, scored once, 2 R.B.I. Warren Stevenson was 3-3, 2 R.B.I. 

Thunderbird Auto finally played up to expectations today. Garnering 26 hits and 17 runs to defeat a game Nancy Muslim team by a final score of 17-9. Offensively we were lead by Fred Lubs going 4 of 4 and 3 RBI followed by Tom Gobin and Lanny Auberg going 3 of 4 with 4 RBI’s apiece. Next up at 3 of 4 were Charlie Counts, Ed Campbell and Ed Musgrave while Joe Jellison got 3 hits and a walk. Sully Sullivan came through big with 2 hits and an RBI. Norma Lucas made her debut with a big hit for 2 RBI. They took the bat out of sub Kandi Patrick’s hands with 2 walks. When they pitched to her she hit an RBI double and also scored 2 runs. Even though Paul Pearson was held hitless he drove in a run on a fielder’s choice and drew a walk to start a 4 run inning. In other words this was truly a team victory! Defensively we played a solid game with everyone doing their part. The outfield did a very good job cutting off anything hit in the gaps and getting the ball in quickly to keep the runners from getting an extra base. They really didn’t have any catchable balls hit their way. Ed Musgrave pitched another good game with no walks allowed plus he fielded his position well and started a double play. Fred Lubs again did a good job at first base including catching a tough popup. Joe Jellison was rock solid at second base, also starting a double play. Tom Gobin was flawless at SS fielding several grounders and a line drive. Tom should have been credited with starting a double play but his Rover was a little slow with the relay to first. Lanny Auberg made a couple of nice plays at third. Thanks for keeping our scorebook Marilyn Leinberger! Thanks for subbing and pinch running Kandi Patrick. We appreciate you very much. 

Property Sisters - 10 Liberty Buick - 13

Property Sisters just could not string together enough hits to put a “W” on the scoreboard today against a strong hitting Liberty Buick team. We had some great defensive catches in the outfield by Laura Johnson and Charlie Greer, but with several scoreless innings and only 19 hits, we couldn’t pull out the win. Perfect at the plate today was our Sub Art Molina going 3/3 with 2 RBIs and Laura Johnson 3/3, and John Holten going 2/2 with 2 RBIs, next in line was Kandi Patrick going 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs and a 2-run home run, Phil Murray was 2/4, Coral Estes 2 for 4 with 1 RBI, and Charlie Greer 2/4. Debby Bigelow was 1 for 3 with 2 RBI’s and a screaming line drive down 3rd base, David Howard was 1 for 3, and Lonnie Saiz and Doreen Stevenson both had hits in the game as well. Charlie Greer hit a great hit to the outfield at the bottom of the 7th that would have put us within 1 point, but Liberty Buicks left center made an outstanding catch to end the game. Thank you, Art Molina, for subbing at first base for us and a big thank you to Marilyn Leinberger for keeping our books.

Liberty Buick took on a good Property Sisters team and pulled out a 13-10 win in a 6 1/2 inning game.  Liberty held the lead throughout the game and led 13-8 thru the 6th inning.  Property Sisters mounted a rally in the top of the 7th with 2 runs in and 2 runners on with 2 outs, the Sisters big hitter sent a high deep centerfield ball and Pat Burnett ran it down and made a great game ending catch.  A well played game by both teams.  The battery of Michael Wilton and Chip White was solid with 3 shutout innings.  Liberty’s season high of 25 hits was led by Bob Williams 4x4 2 RBI’s,  Jim Tomach 3x3 2 RBI’s,  Gerry Boesche 3x4 3 RBI’s,  Steve Coffman 3x4 2 RBI’s,  sub, Joe Jellison and Frank Preite 3x4 1 RBI each,  Jeanne Lushaw 2x3 1 RBI,  Dave Holub 2x4 1 RBI,  Pat Burnett 2x4.  Thank you to our sub, Joe Jellison and Joan for keeping our book.

Barton Realty - 13 Petelin Vision - 12

Barton Realtors pulled out another nail biter victory over a very good Petelin Vision team today by a score of 13 to 12.  Barton's was held scoreless the first two innings of the game and was behind the entire game until we scored 5 runs in the top of the 7th inning.  Our defense, especially the infield, took over in the bottom of the 7th and held Petelin to 2 runs to complete the win.  Jim Tokar at his 2nd base position had a heck of a game catching just about everything that came his way.  Brian DeHerrera had a good day at 1st base scooping up low and off target throws. Jake Groh is feeling more comfortable at the rover position and made the force out at 2b for the final out.  Dale Huffine and Sue Cary were stellar on the left side of the infield.  Gene Fleck caught a popup at his catcher position for a key out.  Joe Sowder pitched a really good game with very few walks.  Joe Stempniewski and Nick Hermann made quite a few put outs at their left field and left centerfield positions for key outs.  Offensively, almost everyone had at least one hit.  Brian DeHerrera was our big hitter going 4 for 4 with 4 rbi's.  Joe Stempniewski was 2 for 3 with 3 rbi's and a sac fly.  Nick Hermann was 3 for 4 with 2 rbi's.  Gene Fleck had one of his best days at the plate going 3 for 4 with a rbi.  Dale Huffine was 2 for 4 with 2 rbi's.  Jake Groh had a single, a rbi, and a sac fly.  Sue Cary was 3 for 3 with a walk.  Jim Tokar and Bob Cary each had 2 hits.  Terry Hughes had a leadoff single to start our rally in the top of the 3rd inning when we scored 4 runs.  Joe Sowder had 2 walks.  Another great team effort.  Thanks to Joan Casazza for doing our scorebook. 

 
Once again, the Petelin Vision Crew went up against the Barton Realtors in a hard-fought game. Petelin started strong with 4-0 first inning. Both teams were blanked in the 2nd and Barton's picked up 4 in the 3rd. Petelin went up by 2 in the 4th and each team plated 4 runs in the 5th. A scoreless 6th left Petelin with a 10-8 lead going into the final inning. Barton put up 5 runs while Petelin had 2 runs in and bases loaded falling 1 run short 13-12 to end the game. Hard fought game played by both teams. Defensively Petelin held Barton a good hitting team to 8 runs until the 7th. The battery of Don Cleveland and Sam Bernhardt had a good game. Pat Moriarity, Sub Dave Martin, Sub Gerry Boesche, Joel Last and Jim Stocker made some solid plays for 3rd outs. Mike Kachurak, Kurt Kanouse, Barney Armstrong and Vern McMurray caught some fly balls and kept most of the balls in front of them. Offensively Petelin had 19 hits, our lowest of the season. Perfect at the plate were Kurt Kanouse 4/4 (HR 3 RBI's) and Pat Moriarity 3/3 (2 doubles walk 3 RBI's). Going 3/4 were Mike Kachurak and Gerry Boesche (RBI). Collecting 2 hits were Dave Martin (RBI) and Barney Armstrong (2 RBI's). Getting on base were Don Cleveland and Sam Bernhardt (RBI). Vern McMurray had an RBI. Petelin would like to thank Dave Martin and Gerry Boesche for subbing today. Thanks again to Marilyn for holding down the scorebook. 

Colonnade - 14 Camino del Sol - 6

Colonnade defeated Camino 14 to 6. The entire team had at least 1 hit with 4 hits by sub pitcher Kandi Patrick & Richard Szyesmesko. The following players had 3 hits apiece, Dorothy Mazur, Kirk King, Fred Swan & Denise Gibala. Rod Dand & Jeff Smith added 2 hits. Fine defense was played all around & Richard ended the game with a double play.

Camino Del Sol struggled on offense only putting up 6 runs in a loss to Colonnade.  Margie Szymesko, sub Bob Higgins, and Bob Topham (double) went 3/4. Dan Maguire and sub Barney Armstrong went 2/3.  Bill Janowski went 2/4 with a triple and led the team with 3 RBIs. Chris Zerr showed patience at the plate and garnered 2 walks. Thank you to our sub Barney Armstrong, Bob Higgins and Joel Last, umpires Terry Hughes and Brian Deherrera and Marilyn for keeping the book. 

 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