Fall 2025 Saturday  Standings

Saturday, November 8, 2025
Bronze Division


WyYerd Fiber - 13 Tride/True Pest Mgmt - 14

Tride and True beat WyYerd 14-13 by scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th.  Hitting 4-4 for WyYerd were Bill Tierney, John Hammel and Sub Richard Szymesko.  Mike Dakak went 3-4, Bob Snelling was 2-3 and Sub Ron Swanson was 2-4.  Getting one hit each were: Ken Krzeminski, John Bertholdy, Ed Musgrave and Jerry Eastham.

The Fall season for Saturday Bronze League opened on a beautiful day for softball, and both teams came out ready to play. The first inning ended tied at maximum number of runs, 4 each.The Tride and True bats cooled off a bit over the next few innings, and we went into the final inning trailing 10 to 9. During the final inning, our defense held WyYerd to 3 additional runs, leading us 13 to 9, when our bats came back alive. With men on base, pitcher Larry Radant helped his own cause by driving in the winning run for a final score of 14 - 13. Overall, Tride and True spread hits around pretty well with Radant going 4-4, Stanczak producing 3-3, Grove was 3-4, Willoughby, sub Kurt Krouse, and Proctor going 2-3. We appreciate Kurt Kanouse helping us out with the win, Jeff Smith coaching third base and keeping our score book. Umpires Ed Abrams, Ray Hensley kept things moving along, as well as scorekeeper Joe Osowiec all added to a smooth flowing game.

Exclusive Auto Imports - 14 The Colonnade - 2

"Opening day, bright blue skies, sunny and warm (but not too warm) Exclusively Imports Auto Repair defeated Colonade14-2. The thing that's amazing about that is they scored the 2 runs in the first inning. Ray Hensley Pitched an awesome game with a lot of help from his infield. The outfield was there when they were needed, however most of the action took place in the infield. There were several double plays recorded by either shortstop-rover-first base or second base-rover-first base. David Maligro (Sub) played flawless defense at 2nd Base catching a blistering line drive over his head in the 2nd inning. Then in the third another hard hit ground ball to his left catching it and tossing to first for the out. Kevin Katsuki was perfect at Shortstop and First Baseman Ed Abrams caught every ball that was possible. Joe Eschenbrenner caught a line drive that almost burned a whole in his glove. Offensively, Sheldon Rosenthal, Bob Lassard, Joe Eschenbrenner and Steve Armstrong were perfect at the plate. Rosenthal and Lassard 4-4, Rosenthal Double, 2 Runs Scored and 3 RBI and Lassard same Double, 2 Runs Scored and 3 RBI. Joe Eschenbrenner Double, 3 Runs Scored and 2 RBI, Steve Armstrong 2 Runs Scored and 3 RBI. Greg Martin, Nick Hermann, David Maligro and Joe Osoweic 2 Hits apiece. Martin Run Scored and RBI, Hermann Run Scored and Joe Osoweic Run Scored. Kevin Katsuki, Ray Hensley and Ed Abrams contributed a Hit each. Katsuki 2 RBI, Hensley Run Scored and Abrams Run Scored. "

In a run-shortened game, The Colonnade fell to Exclusive Imports by a score of 14-2. The offensive highlights for The Colonnade saw Jim Opyd going 3-3. Jon Chlebeck and Curt Rhoades were 2-3. The only RBIs were by Pete Simoneau and Curt Rhoades. The defensive highlight featured pitcher Pete Simoneau catching a hot line drive and throwing to Jim Opyd at first base to get the runner before they could get back.

Petelin Vision - 11 One Stop Tile - 8

Petelin Vision faced One Stop Tile for the inaugural game of the fall Saturday season. The game ended in a close 11-8 final due to part to an impressive seventh inning for One Stop Tile. Petelin Vision benefitted from a total of 3 double plays turned by the infield. The Petelin Vision outfield also played sharp defense resulting in a fantastic overall performance. Offensively, three players achieved perfection at the plate. Russ Figueroa was 4-4 to include 2 doubles and 3 RBI’s. Lead-off hitter, Ron Swanson also 4-4 with a double. Chris Espejo hit the drive of the game with a second inning triple and was 3-3 with an RBI. Ken Kessler (2B, 3B, RBI), Richard Szymesko (2B, 3B, 4 RBI’s), and Barry Schwartz added 2 hits for Petelin Vision. An impressive start to the fall season resulted from solid defensive play as well as an impressive offensive attack.

"After two scoreless innings with some outstanding defense, One Stop finally gave up some runs to a very talented Petelin Vision Team. Dave Anthony led the team in hitting by going 3-4 with a double and two singles. Super sub Karen Olsen made an incredible throw from right center field to first base for the put out. Glenn Turner made a heads up throw to Joel Last at home plate for another fantastic defensive play. Joel Last caught two tight plays at the plate to keep Petelin Vision from getting extra runs. One Stop made a valiant effort to come back by scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning leaving two men on base when they made their third out. Everyone played hard and had fun!
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Copper Division

Liberty Buick - 10 Happy Ears Hearing - 11First Saturday game of the new Fall session and it ended up a close one. Happy Ears took a 4 to 1 lead after the first inning and never trailed throughout the rest of the game. Liberty crawled back into the game late to make it interesting by scoring 5 runs in the 6th inning to close within 2 runs. Happy Ears came up empty in the bottom of the 6th so it was a 2 run game after 6. Liberty scored a run in the top of the last inning but with 2 runners on, Happy Ears recorded the last out to win 11-10. Congratulations to Happy Ears!

The Happy Ears Hearing (HEH) boys took on a strong Liberty Buick team for the start of the 2025 Fall Copper League. We held the Buick boys to one run in the top of the first. The HEH boys led off by Jay Schirpke with a double, followed by a single from Super Sub Tom Ranalls. Mike Hirsch got a single to load the bases up for super slugger Jeff Nickerson who drove it over the outfield fence for a grand slam. This put 4 runs on the board for the HEH team. The second inning both teams were left scoreless. Following that the Buick boys put up one run in the 3rd. In the 4th inning both team put up 2 runs. In the 5th inning the HEH team put up another 5 runs, which was matched in the 6th by the Buick team. At the top of the 7th, the Buick team could only muster up one run before Vern McLean made a superstar catch coming in on a ball in left center field. Final score was 11-10. Ted Schneider pitched an awesome game with 2 shut out innings. Thank you to our subs Tom Ranalls and Bob Kloehn. Also, a thanks to Bruce Lowe and Michael Calends for umping and Jim McDonald in the score tower. High stats for the day were: Tom Ranalls 4 for 4 Jay Schirpke was 3 for 4 Mike Hirsch was 3 for 4 Jeff Nickerson was 3 for 4 Everyone contributed to the team win. Great play by all. Looking forward to next Saturday as we take on Paul Tone Farmers Insurance.

Nancy Muslin Realty - 9 P Tone Farmers Ins - 15

"Nancy Muslin trailed 8-1 after 3 innings before outscoring Paul Tone 8-7 over the last 4 frames to drop a 15-9 decision. Nancy Muslin was led by Craig Nelson 4 for 4 with 2 RBI. Sub Jerry Lubeck with a hit, Rob White 3 for 4, and Mitch Craun 3 for 4 also plated 2 runs. Relief pitcher Dale Halder added a hit and run. Mike Caliendo returned to Grand Softball after a nearly two year layoff and went 3 for4 with several fine catches in the outfield. Jim McDonald was also 3 for 4 and scored twice. Sub David Fleck, Bruce Lowe, and David Power each added a hit as all players garnered at least one in the game.
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On a beautiful fall Arizona afternoon the boys of Paul Tone Insurance took on the crew from Nancy Muslin Realty in the Copper League’s first doubleheader of the season. Game One saw the PT boys jump out early and often at the plate and solid defense holding the NM crew in check. Putting up 27 hits led by Don Ranieri going 5/5; Troy Macqueen, Joe Guzzo (home run), Ken Silva, Dave Elkins all going 3/4. Everyone else going 2/4.

P Tone Farmers Ins - 22 Nancy Muslin Realty - 8

Game Two saw the PT boys doing more of the same and then some. Putting up 31 hits with Don Ranieri, Troy Macqueen, Joe Guzzo ( Grand Slam), Todd Page all going 4/4. Going 3/4 were John Blevins, Dave Elkins, and Terry Graves. Everyone else going 2/4. Thanks to John Blevins for filling in for Paul Becker and doing a great job. Excellent work by the umpires Brian, Jamie, Jeff, Matt, and scoreboard operators Gary and Kenny.

Nancy Muslin and Paul Tone were tied at five after one inning. However Paul Tone outscored Nancy Muslin 17-3 over the remaining 4 frames of the run-shortened game. Bruce Lowe had a hit and 2 RBI. Rob White 3 for 3 with a double, Sub David Fleck 3 for 3 and Mitch Craun 2 for 2 were perfect at the plate and each drove in a run. Craig Nelson with a double and RBI, sub Jerry Lubeck, and Dale Halder were 2 for 3 in the game. Mike Caliendo added a hit and RBI. Special thanks to Nancy Muslin for sponsoring our team and serving up a snack in the pavilion following the double header loss.