Saturday League Fall 2024 Game Summaries & Standings

Saturday, December 14, 2024
Bronze Division


Leolinda Realty - 1 T Pham Dentist - 13

"Our Leolinda team was ""driiled"" by Thomas Pham Dentists 13-1 in a five inning game where the Pham squad did everything right. The game started out as a good defensive game with both teams making nice defensive plays and the score stood 1-1 after 2 innings. Chip Stanczyk set the defensive tone with a diving catch of a line drive on the first batter in the game and the veteran Artie helped himself with a second inning strikeout, but things went south from there. Offensively, we could only squeeze one run on ten hits. Gary Kuhlman and Greg Martin led the offense as both were 2-2 and Jim Jozwowski Had the lone RBI with a shot up the middle.
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TP Dentist took on the Leolinda Realty Team today and came home with a 13-1 win. Most of the games are driven by offense but TP Dentist came away with a defensive gem. The first 2 innings finished with a 1-1 score. Over the next 3 innings TP Dentist scored 12 runs while holding a good Leolinda Team scoreless. Pete Simoneau pitched a whale of a game. The infield of John Bertholdy, Fred Jensen, Ken Krzeminski, Eric Coudret and Jim Stocker were a well-oiled machine today. Each player had a great play to shut down a rally. The outfield of Mike Kachurak, Mike Dakak, Kathy Boland and Barney Armstrong either caught the fly ball or kept it in front of them. TP Dentist hit the ball hard today but, to hold a team to 1 run was a true team effort. TP Dentist would like to thank Mike Kachurak for subbing today, Great Job! 

Angela's Kitchen - 5 Carrousel Travel - 16

Another rough day for the Angela's Team, as we lost to a very good hitting Carrousel Travel team. Well placed hits by the Travelers, lack of hitting and a few fielding errors all contributed to Angela's loss. The few hits that Angela's did get were led by David Power, and Brian Pin both going 3/3, and Kat Melton, Bob Snelling, and Mike Kachurak going 2/3. 

Carrousel Travel faced Angela’s Kitchen resulting in a 16-6 win for the travelers. The game was initially close as it was tied 5-5 after three innings. Carrousel Travel then outscored Angela’s 11-1 the final four innings of the contest. The Carrousel Travel infield played a fantastic game and was led by 1B, Tom Gibans, who made play after play and even bounced back immediately from an injury during the game. Michael Sullivan also briefly went down attempting to make a play. The other infielders included: Klaus Holt at 2B, Don F. Cole at Rover, Greg Roehm at SS and Dale Huffine at 3B. Carrousel Travel had an impressive11 extra base hits. Greg Roehm led the offensive attack with another perfect 4-4 day to include a career tying 3 triples. Ron Swanson was 4-5 with a double. Dick Nunez was 3-4 to include three extra base hits-2 doubles and 1 homerun. Tom Gibans-2 doubles, Randy Selin-1 double, C.L. Eversman-1 triple, Don F. Cole, Dale Huffine and substitute player, Mike Sterricker were all 3-4. Another impressive performance by Carrousel Travel. Thanks to Mike Sterricker for substituting and Lisa Nunez for keeping the hitting statistics.

Homesmart Realty - 15 Broward Factory Serv - 22

Broward Factory Services beat Home Smart Reality 22-15.  Home Smart's Leading hitter was Mitch Craun 4-4 2B 2RBI's.  5 Home Smart batters went 3-4, Don Cleveland 3B, Ken Kessler 1RBI, Paul Jinneman 2B 3B 4RBI's, Chuck Gibson 2RBI's and Sheldon Rosenthal 1RBI.  Other hitters were Bob Lassard 2-4 2B 3RBI's,Bobby Dooling 2-4, Barry Schwartz 2-3 1RBI and Jerry Eastham 2-3 1RBI. 

In spite of putting up a couple of mid-game goose eggs on the scoreboard, the BFS team drove in 22 runs in the other 5 innings and amassed 31 hits for a .689 team average, against a hard-hitting HomeSmart Realty team who put up 15 runs of their own.  If not for some key defensive plays, including a couple of timely double plays by BFS, the score could easily have been much tighter.  On a mostly overcast day, the BFS team, complemented by three stellar substitute players, continued where they left off the previous Saturday.  Once he found out what position he was playing, sub #1, Dave Maligro,  turned in a perfect day at the plate with 2 doubles, 5 RBI's, and 3 runs scored.  Larry Radant returned to the line-up with a 4 for 4 day, including a double and 3 RBI's.  Lead-off man, Pierre Boudreau came up 4 for 5 on the day with 3 RBI's.  In the 3 for 4 department  were Danny Wood (3 RBI's), Curtis Rhoades (double, 3 runs scored), Paul Larson, Daren Proctor (3 runs), and Fred Lubs.  Everyone in the line-up had at least 1 hit and 1 RBI.  Ray Hensley pitched a no-walk gem, and subs, Glenda Coudret and Klaus Holt, each made key contributions to today's win.  Thanks to umpires, Sully Sullivan and C.L. Eversman, to Randy Selin on the scoreboard, and to the tag-team combo of Jeff Smith and Kris Koch for keeping the BFS scorebook. 

Copper Division

Dynamic Wealth - 11 BackBone Chiropractic - 4

"On a crisp early morning at the iconic Field of Dreams, Dynamic Wealth Management faced off against Backbone Chiropractic in a spirited softball matchup. With Paul Becker commanding the mound and Ken Chapman delivering two towering home runs, Dynamic Wealth prevailed with an impressive 11-4 victory. Bruce Lowe showcased his defensive prowess with a backhanded stop that left the crowd cheering, while the game ended dramatically with a spectacular catch by Pete Semenak in center field. The team’s cohesion and effort shone throughout, a testament to their dedication and teamwork. Special thanks to Rick Armentano for stepping in as a sub and contributing to the win. Umpires Tom Ranalls and Gary Finer ensured a fair game, while Les Zirbel kept the scores steady in the tower. The team is looking sharp and ready for more victories—great work, everyone!
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Backbone Chiropractic lost to Dynamic Wealth in the early game.  The bats were as cold as the temperature with only 14 total hits for the game.  Our defense played well, but we never led in the 11-4 loss.  Leading hitters were David Fusaro, Ralph Hollis, and sub Craig Nelson all 3/4, Dave Anthony and Rob White were 2/3.  Thanks to sub Craig Nelson for helping out. 

Karen Olsen Realty - 12 Camino Del Sol - 16

Another beautiful day for Copper League play, Saturday at the Field of Dreams The KO11 played their second double dip of the season. While the team played well - their opponents were tough and won both games. In the first game, Camino del Sol had some good early hitting innings - KO came back a bit but not enough - and Camino made the runs stand up, ultimately winning by a final score of 16-12.  Karen Olsen hit well - collecting 3 hits each were Jay Schripke (2R); Greg Allseitz (3RBI/2R); Dale Halder (RBI/R); Dave Nathe (RBI/2R); Nico Nicodemo (2RBI/R); Howard Sumner (2RBI) and Dan Newman 2RBI/R). Robert Carey had a couple of hits (RBI, R).

Camino played Karen Olsen for the second week in a row, after playing them last Saturday on a double header day for Camino. The time clock expired on this game so the teams were only able to get in 6 innings. This game was closely contested. Camino broke out the hot bats to grab an early lead. The Karen Olsen team answered hung right with Camino. The game was close throughout but the Camino defense was solid and kept the realtors at arms length and came away with a 16 to 12 win and never trailed in the game. Every Camino player made positive contributions on both offense and defense. 8 players had at least one RBI and 8 players scored at the least one run. The team also hit for 5 doubles. Defensively, every player contributed to recording outs. Thanks to Joe Pioli and John Blevins for filling in for 2 of our regulars who are out of town. Nice to see Joe at the field as he gets a little break from his overseas job. This one was a total team win!  Nice game by both teams!

NW Physical Therapy - 17 Karen Olsen Realty - 16

It was a great game today that again came down to the final at-bat. The Karen Olsen Realty team had a game under their belt already today before we played them and they were loose and ready to play, they brought us to us early and often as they led 13-10 after 4 innings. NWPT got things going holding the Olsen team to 3 runs in the final 3 innings and the game was tied 16-16 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. Don Ranieri singled and went to third on a single by Joel Breiner and scored on a fly ball single by Jeff Silversteen to end the game. 31 hits on the day highlighted by Jeff Nickerson’s 3-run home run in the 2nd inning. Hitting leaders for for NWPT were a perfect 5 for 5 day for Joel Breiner 4 hits each for Jeff Nickerson and John Hammel. 3 hits each for Don Ranieri, Ralph McKeever, Terry Graves and Ron Coleman. 2 hits each for Jeff Silversteen, Rick Pearson & Gary Ambruz. Thank you to our umpires and score tower personnel for your efforts today, everything was very smooth.

In this one, KO had the lead for much of the game - leading 13-10 after 4 innings. Bad fortune hit the KO11 the rest of the way - NW outscored them 7-3 the rest of the way - bringing in the winning run in the bottom of the 7th after KO had tied the game back up in the top of the seventh. In addition to losing those last 3 innings, Karen Olsen lost their leader - Dale Halder took a wicked hop off the eye and had to leave the game. Heal up Dale!! Once again, KO hit well - collecting 4 hits were Greg Allseitz (RBI/R); Robert Carey - who also hit a shot over the right field wall for a HR (3RBI/2R); Collecting 3 hits were Jay Shirpke - HR (4RBI/2R); Dale Halder - before he exited due to injury (RBI/R); Howard Sumner (2RBI/3R). Collecting 2 hits were Dave Nathe; John Guzik; Dan Newman (RBI/2R) and Allen Bellew (RBI/R). Many thanks to Robert Carey and Dan Newman who subbed in both games for us today!! An additional, special thank you to John Boland - who came in for Dale once he left with his injury. John had a hit and scored the tying run in the top of the 7th inning.

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Bronze Division


Homesmart Realty - 10 Angela's Kitchen - 7

Home Smart Reality beat Angelas Kitchen 10 to 7 this morning. In a close game, the score was tied or a lead 8 times in the game. Leading hitters were: Bob Lessard 3-3 2B 2RBI's, Jerry Eastham 2-3, Sheldon Rosenthal 2-3 1RBI, Sub Gary Armstrong 2-3 2RBI's, Paul Jinneman 2-3 1RBI, Mitch Chaun 2-3 2B 3RBI's and Don Cleveland 2-4. Getting one hit each: Ken Kessler, Chuck Gibson, Barry Schwartz and winning pitcher Ed Musgrave.

"Beautiful morning to play ball, but a bad day for the Angela's Team. Angela's went down to defeat to Homesmart Realty by a score of 10-7. Angela's bats stared strong getting for runs in the first inning, but took a serious decline from there and could only manage total 10 hits in the next 6 innings. The bottom order of Angela's hitter was not able to produce hits, as they usually do. Homesmart got some well-placed hits and played very good defense. Leading the way for Angela's was Brian Pin going 3 for 3 with a Triple and Greg Church also went 3 for 3 and pitched a very good game. Kevin Katsuki, David Power, Kat Melton, and Bob Snelling each went 2/3.
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Leolinda Realty - 11 Carrousel Travel - 16

On another beautiful Arizona day Carrousel Travel defeated our Leolinda squad 16-11 in a game that featured lots of action. The hard hitting Carrousel scored the first six innings taking the lead with a 4 run second and never looking back. Our sixth inning featured two run home runs by Greg Martin and Gary Kuhlman for our offensive highlight. Jerry Feldman, Jeff Bearth, Dave Maligro, Chip Stanczak, Rod Wilterdink, Kuhlman(3 RBI), and Martin all had at least 2 hits. While Artie was throwing strikes the ball wasn't settling in the gloves of our defense often enough for us to keep up. Thanks to Maligro and Jim Mathews for subbing for us. Both played well defensively at 3B and 1B respectively. Good job on the scorebook by Kim Martin.

Carrousel fa defense was the difference. Carrousel Travel benefited from an effective battery of Pitcher, C.L. Eversman and Catcher, Michael Sullivan. The defenced the talented Leolinda Realty squad resulting in a 16-11 win for Carrousel Travel. Once again, solid hitting by team members along with sharpsive play of the game was made by RF-Randy Selin, who in the fourth inning made a fantastic play in right field. The Carrousel Travel offensive attack was led by SS and Team Manager, Greg Roehm, who was a perfect 4-4 to include 2 extra base hits and 3 RBI’s.1B-Tom Gibans was also 4-4 with 3 RBI’s. C.L. Eversman was 3-4 to include 2 extra base hits and 3 RBI’s. Lead off hitter, Ron Swanson was 3-4 with 2 RBI’s. Thanks to Mike Kachurak for substituting today. Thanks are also due to our sponsors, Jon and Amy Chlebeck who were generous in furnishing donuts to a well deserving team.

T Pham Dentist - 7 Broward Factory Serv - 18

TP Dentist took it on the chin today against a good Broward Team. The Dentist could only muster 17 hits and 7 runs while giving Broward 18 runs in 6 innings. Going perfect at the plate were Fred Jensen 3/3 and Pete Simoneau 3/3 (double 3 RBI's). Collecting 2 hits were John Bertholdy (RBI), Eric Coudret (RBI), Mike Sterricker (triple 2 RBI's) and Shawna Fletcher. Kathy Boland, Ken Krzeminski and Mike Dakak (triple) got a hit. Thomas Pham Dentist would like to thank Mike Sterricker and Shawna Fletcher for subbing today. Congrats to Broward FS on a well played game.

If good defense and timely hitting is the key to Senior Softball, then the Broward team had the right combination for today's game.  Scoring 18 runs on 29 hits topped the team's single game hit and run production thus far in the season.  Every team member had at least two hits, with Curt Rhoades and Paul Larson checking in with 4 for 4 days.  Larson, with a bases-clearing triple in the 4th inning, led the team with 4 RBI's.  Daren Proctor was 3 for 3, and Pierre Boudreau reached base every time, going 2 for 2 with 2 walks.  Super Sub, Jon Chlebeck, missed hitting for the cycle by one homerun, but scored 2 runs and hit in two more.  Danny Wood was 3 for 4, and scored 3 runs.  Wes Mason not only made some stellar defensive plays at second base, but also went 2 for 3 at the plate, as did pitcher, Ray Hensley.  A couple of 6--11-3 double plays helped the defensive cause, and the outfield turned in at least a couple innings worth of put outs on a high sun, beautiful day at the ball park.  Thanks to our umpires, scorekeeper, and to our right center, 3 for 4 sub, Jon Chlebeck.  BFS got it together--at least for today!  Good job, guys.

Copper Division

BackBone Chiropractic - 5 NW Physical Therapy - 21

BackBone Chiropractic got as close as a 5-3 deficit before dropping a 21-5 run-shortened decision. Special thanks to subs Dave Nathe 3 for 3 with a RBI, Craig Nelson with a double and 3 RBI, Joe Pioli who bravely fought the sun in Left Center Field, and Rob Carey 1 for 2 who battled the sun in Left Field. Regular BackBone players were led by John Blevins 3 for 3, Tim Schiewe 2 for 3 with a RBI, Ted Schneider 1 for 2 with a run scored and Dave Anthony 1 for 2 who endured a tough loss as the losing pitcher.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as we approach the Christmas season for another year. This ball game started out close as NWPT started out with 5 runs in the top of the 1st inning and Backbone answered with 3 runs as well in the bottom of the 1st inning. Backbone scored 3 more runs in the 5th and the game was over due to the score deficit. NWPT had 25 hits and was paced by sub, Vern Mclean with a 4-hit performance, 3 hits for sub, Gary Weslosky, and sub, Les Zirbel with 3 hits as well as our subs played great and were constantly on base. John Hammel had a couple more clutch hits today among his 3 hits, also with 3 hits was Joel Breiner. Don Ranieri and Jeff Silversteen each with 2 hits as well. Defensively there were several nice catches in the outfield with blinding sunshine impacting many of the fly balls hit today. We really appreciate the players who have subbed for us so far this year, I want you all to know that we appreciate your efforts. I am hoping that we can put the 10 players we drafted out on the field sometime soon. As always thank you to our umpires on Saturday as they were spot on with their calls. Also, thanks to Greg Kastelic for keeping the balls, strikes, and outs correct along with the score up on the Scoreboard. Next week we play at 11 AM against Karen Olsen Realty. Best regards everyone.

Camino Del Sol - 15 Dynamic Wealth - 14

Camino was playing their first game of a doubleheader on a beautiful day at the Field of Dreams. Both teams brought it today and it was a tightly contested ballgame. The Camino team hit for an impressive .683 today. Through 4 innings this game was a hit parade by both teams and it was a 13 to 12 score with the visiting Dynamic Wealth team holding a 1 run lead. At that point, it was all pitching and defense that decided this game. Tom Ranalls kept the Dynamic hitters off balance and the Camino defense made all the plays necessary to hold Dynamic to 1 run in the last 3 innings. So for that reason CY Young to Tom Ranalls and Gold Gloves to Tom Ranalls, Dennis Scoggins, Scott Kibby, Ed Deussen, Les Zibel, Gary Finer, Rob Carey (sub), Craig Warner, Jim Opyd, and John  Boland. Camino had the hammer but didn't need it as the defense held and Camino came away with a hard fought 15 to 14 win.

On a Saturday after with only half of the regular team available to play we put up a good fight with Camino Del Sol. Due to a Toys for Tots softball tournament and The Grand Games VI Pickle Ball Tournament, we were missing 5 of our 10 man team. Thanks to subs Dan Newman, Jeff Silversteen, Craig Nelson, Joel Briener and Frank Sandomenico. Everyone contributed to the 14 runs with super sluggers Craig Nelson and Ken Chapman both hitting home runs. Thanks to Dave Fusaro and Ralph Hollis for umping the game. Additional thanks to Andy Campbell in the score tower.

Karen Olsen Realty - 12 Camino Del Sol - 25

Another beautiful day to be playing softball,  great weather for a game. Unfortunately for our Karen Olsen squad,  we ran into a absolutely red hot Camino team , all warmed up from there previous game. With Camino scoring 5 runs in every inning but 1 , KO getting out of the gate slow , and not scoring until the 3rd, just couldn't keep pace , scoring all 12 of our runs runs in the last 4 innings. I tip my hat to the right fielders making great plays in the bright setting sun, and to Dan Newman who was catching ,and made an absolutely amazing foul tip grab with cat like reflexes.  Top offensive performers where John Nicodemo 4/4 Schirpke 3/4 Greg Allseitz 3/4 Dale Halder 3/4 Dave Nathe 3/4 Robert Carey 3/4 . Thanks to all the subs Robert Carey,  Joe Piolli, and Dan Newman for filling in. 

Camino played the second game of their 'Doubleheader Saturday' at the Field of Dreams against Karen Olsen Realty. Camino continued their sizzling hitting carried over from their first game of the doubleheader. Drum roll please, Camino hit for .822 as a team! That is just an amazing show of offense! Another great pitching performance by Tom Ranalls and the Camino suffocating defense held Karen Olsen to 12 runs in a run rule game that ended 25 to 12 after 6 innings. Everyone on the Camino team had 2 or more hits in this contest. Perfect from the plate in this one were Dennis Scoggins, Tom Ranalls, Scott Kibby, Les Zirbel and Greg Kastelic. As far as looking at both games today, Les Zirbel and Scott Kibby did not make an out in 2 games today. Nice job gentleman! Everyone hit, scored or contributed RBI's in this one. So the Hank Aaron award goes to Tom Ranalls (2B), Dennis Scoggins, Scott Kibby (2B, 2B), Ed Deussen, Les Zirbel, Craig Warner (2B, 2B), Jim Opyd, Gary Finer, John Boland, and Greg Kastelic (sub) for amazing hitting throughout the Camino lineup. Thanks to umpires Ken Chapman, Lloyd Newlands, and Vern Mclean up in the tower. Congratulations to both Karen Olsen for hanging in there and Camino Del Sol on a well played game today.

Saturday, November 23, 2024
Bronze Division


T Pham Dentist - 15 Homesmart Realty - 16

TP Dentistry and Homesmart played a hard-fought game with Homesmart picking up the win 16-15. TP Dentistry played a good defensive game today though losing by 1 run. Homesmart hit the ball where we were not to pull out the win. The battery of Norm Lustig and Pete Simoneau pitched a good game. The infield of John Bertholdy, Fred Jensen, Ken Krzeminski, Eric Coudret and Jim Stocker made plays on most of the grounders. Everyone in the outfield, Steve Foster, Michael Dakak, Kathy Boland and Barney Armstrong, caught a fly ball. Offensively we had 26 hits. Eric Coudret had a nice hit for a Home Run. Perfect at the plate were Ken Krzeminski 4/4 (Triple Walk), Pete Simoneau 4/4 (4 RBI's) and Eric Coudret 4/4 (Home Run Walk 4 RB's). Grabbing 3 hits were Michael Dakak 3/4 (Walk RBI) and Steve Foster 3/4 (2 RBI's). Collecting 2 hits were Kathy Boland (2RBI's), John Bertholdy (RBI) and Jim Stocker. Getting on base were Fred Jensen (RBI), Barney Armstrong and Norm Lustig. Thank you to Jeff Smith for keeping our scorebook today. 

Homesmart Realty pulled out a 16-15 win over T Pham Dentist. Homesmart was behind T Pham Dentist 13 - 10 starting the 7th inning. The Realitors scored 6 in the top of the 7th, then held T Pham Dentist to 2 runs. Leading hitters for Home Smart were: Paul Jinneman 4-4 2RBI's, Barry Schwartz 4-4 2B 3RBI's, Sub Mike Sherricker 4-4 2B 2RBI's, Bobby Dooling 3-4 1RBI, Sub Ron Silberman 3-4 1RBI, Don Cleveland 3-4 2B 2RBI's, Mitch Craun 2-4 1RBI, Chuck Gibson Sac Fly 1RBI, Jerry Eastham 1-3 Sac Fly 2RBI's and Ed Musgrave 1-4.

Broward Factory Serv - 10 Carrousel Travel - 17

Carrousel had the BFS guys going round and round today, and it wasn't too many times around the bases. We left 11 men on base (more than we got across home plate), and gave the Carrousel hitters more outs than 3 in a number of innings. The Travel Agents hit too well to begin with to be afforded more than 3 outs per inning. At any rate it seemed that, even when we scored some runs, the Carrousel bats more than answered. Congrats to the guys in the yellow shirts, and thanks to umps, Steve Foster and Bob Lessard for "callin' 'em like they saw 'em." On the plus side, the BFS guys came up with 24 hits, led by Ted Grove, Danny Wood, and Fred Lubs--each with 3 hits; Wood with 2 doubles and 3 RBI's. Knocking out 2 hits each were Pierre Boudreau, Larry Radant, Curt Rhoades, Paul Larson (with a 3 bagger!), Sal Politi, Daren Proctor, and Wes Mason. We always say it's a team effort when we win, so I guess it's a team effort when we lose. Thanks, again, to Mr. Commissioner, Jeff Smith, for taking care of our scorebook. We're going to take next Saturday off and continue to contemplate how thankful we are to still be playing softball. It's a great game!

Carrousel Travel faced Broward Factory Services resulting in a 17-10 win for the visiting travel team. An impressive display of hitting that included all Carrousel Travel team members reaching safely at least once. Dick Nunez and Tom Gibans were perfect at 4-4. Ron Swanson, substitute players Ronnie Silberman and Steve Willoughby as well as C.L. Eversman and Randy Selin were all 3-4.1B Tom Gibans and SS Greg Roehm led the team with 3 RBI’s. Carrousel Travel ended the game with a sharp defensive double play started by rover, Don F. Cole cleanly fielding a sharply hit ground ball and throwing to SS Greg Roehm who recorded the second out at second and threw to Tom Gibans at 1B to end the contest. Special thanks to substitutes Steve Willoughby, Ronnie Silberman and Dick Steiman. Carrousel Travel team members wish to convey our appreciation to Jon and Amy Chlebeck, who sponsor and support the team. It was a pleasure having them both at the game today.

Angela's Kitchen - 18 Leolinda Realty - 15

WOW, another great day to play softball. This time the softball gods smiled on the Angela's team to get a well-deserved win 18 - 15 against a determined Leolinda's team. The score was 8-6 in Angela's favor. Heading into the top of the 7th, Angela's had an 18 to 11 lead, but the Realtors wouldn't give up and scored 4 more runs before a line drive to the rover, with men on the bases ended the game. For Angela's Kevin Katsuki and Dave Power led the hitting attack, both going 4/4 and each with a Grand Slam. Greg Church was 3/3, and Dave Michels 3/4, Mike Kachurak 2/3, Kat Melton 2/3, Bob Snelling 2/3, Marty Jiminez 2/3, Brian Penn 2/4, Ed Hart 1/3, and Sub Dick Steiman 1/3. Defensively Bob Snelling, Kevin Katsuki, and the outfield all made some very good defensive plays to keep the Leo Linda team from scoring more than they did. It was a Great team effort all around. Thank you to Dick Steiman for subbing and to Rick Pearson for handling the scoring book.

In a game that featured lots of action and a lot of action and a lot of scoring saw Angela's prevail over our Leolinda team18-15. I think that Artie(no BB) might sue our defense as bobbles, misthrows, sun balls, etc., led to a lot of Angelas runs. Offensively. we hit well enough to win with everyone getting at least one hit. Rod 4-4 and Jeff Bearth 3-3(BB and 4 RBI) were perfect on the day while Gerry Boesche was clutch going 2-4(3RBI.Leadoff hitter, Greg Martin did his job as leadoff going 3-4. Chip. Jim Joz, and Jerry Feldman had good days being retired only one time. Artie got the biggest cheer on his line drive hit and Bob hit the ball hard but only had one hit to show for it. Easy Ed flashed his power with a pair of clutch triples. Ed must be hitting the iron in the gym. EmojiThanks to Kim Martin for a good job on the scorebook.

Copper Division

BackBone Chiropractic - 18 Camino del Sol - 6

BackBone Chiropractic scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning and 2 rins in the 2nd for all the runs the team needed in a run-shortened 18-6 decision. John Blevins 3 for 4 drove in 2 runs, including the eventual game winner. Winning pitcher Dave Anthony 4 for 4 had the game ending 3 run double. Ralph Hollis 2 for 3 with a double had 4 RBI on the day. Dave Fusaro 3 for 4, Tim Schiewe 3 for 3 with a sac fly, and Rob White 4 for 4 each had 2 RBI. Mike Hirsch 2 for 3 with a walk, Ray Gibson 3 for 4, and Andy Campbell 2 for 3 each batted in a run. Ted Schneider was 3 for 4 as all players had at least two hits on the day. Now we are on to a hopefully Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving!

Camino and Backbone played on a nice and cold morning at the Field of Dreams. Backbone was ready for the contest and Camino came out cold and could not get on track today. Tom Ranalls and Dennis Scoggins were both perfect at the plate. Backbone was able to end the game early by run rule. Congratulations to Backbone on a well played game today. We'll come out ready to play next week!

Karen Olsen Realty - 10 NW Physical Therapy - 17

It was another great day to be playing at the field of dreams, We all got out on to the field , and ran straight into a fired up NW Therapy crew , who scored 10 runs in the first 2 innings before the Karen Olsen side could wake up , Karen Olsen managed to keep pace from the 3rd on but it was to little to late , and could not overcome the early deficit loosing 10-17 . Bright spots of the day were Ken Silva 4/4 , Dale Halder 4/4 , and Greg Allseitz 3/4. I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving, don't eat to much turkey.

It was a great day to play a ball game with wonderful morning weather to play in today. The NWPT crew came out this morning with some hot bats jumping out to 12-2 lead after 4 innings and adding another 5 runs in the top of the seventh inning to place a comfortable cushion between our competitors but the stingy KO Crew put up 8 runs in the last 2 innings to tighten the game up and at the end of the game, we held on for the win. Everyone was hitting today with 10 of our 11 players collecting at least 2 hits. Joel Briner with a perfect 4 for 4 day including a moonshot home run, Jeff Nickerson with 4 for 4 day. Don Ranieri, Jeff Silversteen, Craig Warner, and Ron Coleman with 3 hit days as well. We thank our stat ladies, Nancy Tierney and Pat Silversteen for keeping the books looking good and accurate. Thank you to our subs today, John Blevins and Craig Warner for helping us out again today, you 2 played extremely well and we appreciate your efforts. Also, a tip of the hat to our umpires, Dave Zucker, Rob White, and Mike Hirsch in the score tower. As we move closer towards Thanksgiving we wish all players, coaches, fans, and everyone else associated with letting PLAY BALL here at SCG safe travels, great weather, good health, and a wonderful holiday with family and friends! Our next game is on December 7th.

Dynamic Wealth - 12 NW Physical Therapy - 25

In the second meeting of DYM vs NWPT was not as close a game as our first meeting. Even though DYM managed to pound out 25 hits, the runs did not add up. We only managed to score 12 runs through 6 innings of play. We had trouble with a few sun balls and could not execute some infield plays that we normally do. Glenn Soles was our star hitter going 4 for 4 with two doubles. Going 3 for 4 were Tom, Ken, Paul and Vern. Greg Kastelic was also perfect at the plate going 3 for 3. Congratulations to NW Physical Therapy for playing an excellent game! Special thanks to Ted Schneider who kept our books, and thanks to Dave Nathe and John Guzik for umpiring the game and Jay Schirpke in the score tower. Happy Thanksgiving to all and see you on December 7th.

After last week’s nail-biting win last week, we figured that Dynamic would be looking for some serious revenge today. Fortunately, we had a doubleheader today with a win in the 1st game, so we were loose and ready to go, we came out hitting and put up 15 runs in the first 3 innings and added 5 more runs in the 5th and 6th inning put the game away in 6 innings. Everyone was hitting with all collecting at least 3 hits at their positions, sub Dave Fusaro with 4 hits, Jeff Nickerson with 4 hits, Jeff Silversteen with 4 hits, 3 hits by Don Ranier, Joel Breiner with another “bomb” homerun among his 3 hits, Craig Warner with 3 hits, Terry Graves with 3 hits and John “the animal” Hammel with 3 hits including 2 doubles with both bouncing off the wall. We platooned Gary Ambruz and Bill Tierney and they combined for 3 hits and a walk. They say that winning games comes down to how the bottom of your batting order hits and WOW, were they on today, so Kudos to you all! Our defense was stronger today which was a nice improvement. Thank you to our subs today, Dave Fusaro & Craig Warner who had great days, both offensively and defensively. We also thank our umpires John Gusik, Dave Nathe and in the score tower, Jay Schirpke, you all did a marvelous job! As we move closer towards Thanksgiving we wish all players, coaches, fans, and everyone else associated with letting us PLAY BALL here at SCG safe travels, great weather, good health, and a wonderful holiday with family and friends! Our next game is on December 7th. NICE SWEEP TODAY Gentlemen, it is a pleasure playing with you.

Saturday, November 9, 2024
Bronze Division


Broward Factory Serv - 10 Angela's Kitchen - 19
"It was a nice day in the sunshine for the Saturday League Opening Day of senior softball. The BFS team went up against Angela's Kitchen, and they definitely were ""cooking,"" hitting it everywhere our defense was not. Still, the score was only 8-5 after 3 innings. The final four innings we were outscored 11-5, and that was that. BFS left the bases loaded the first two innings of the game, and then stranded another 8 more in the final 5 innings. It often came down to timely hitting, but Angela's defense shut us down more often than not. So, the first game of the season is in the books, and we played pretty well together the first time on the field as a team. Here's the rundown on offense: Leading the team in hitting were Curt Rhoades and sub, Don Hansen, each turning in perfect four for four days at the plate. Pierre Boudreau, Danny Wood, and Paul Larson, each came up hitting .750 for the day. Each with 2 hits on the day were sub, Dave Dompier, along with Fred Lubs and Darren Proctor. Every player in the lineup had at least 1 hit. Sometimes 10 runs and 26 hits will win a game. Not today. Congrats to Angela's Kitchen on a well-played game, and thanks to our opening day subs who all helped out the BFS cause: Dave Dompier, Donnie Hansen, and Joe Osowiec. "

What a beautiful day to play Softball.  Angela's played a resilient Broward Factory Services team. The game was close for the first 3 innings then Angela's was able to start pulling ahead. The game was a total team effort with very good hitting and a solid defense. I have to give a special shout out to the Outfield having to battle a brutal sun shining in their eyes the whole game, what a great effort all the outfielders made. As a team we had 28 hits with Kevin Katuski, Sub Kenny Shick, and Brian Penn all going 4/4, and not far behind was Mike Kachurak, Dave Michels and Bob Snelling going 3/4. On the defensive side, Brian, Kevin, Denise and Bob all made some excellent plays to keep BFS runners off the bases.  A very special thank you to our super Subs Kenny Shick, and Paul Plapp who both played an excellent game and were very instrumental in Angela's victory. 

Carrousel Travel - 18 T Pham Dentist - 15

Carrousel Travel faced Thomas Pham Dentist for the first time on opening day. Carrousel Travel ultimately won the close and exciting game 18-15. Carrousel Travel benefited greatly from hot hitting and relatively few fielding errors. There were three perfect hitting performances by Dick Nunez 4-4 with two extra base hits, Tom Gibans 4-4 and substitute player David Maligro 4-4. Greg Roehm, Bob Hudson and substitute player Ronnie Silberman were 3-4. The defensive play of the game was made by Ronnie Silberman, who made an unbelievable catch in left field. Special thanks to substitute players: Ronnie Silberman, David Maligro and Laura Johnson. 

Thomas Pham Dentistry took on a hard-hitting Carrousel Travel Team and ended up on the short end of an 18-15 game. This was our first game together and the team played hard and never gave up. Defensively we had some strong plays both in the infield and outfield. I see us performing at a higher level defensively as the season progresses. Offensively we did a great job collecting 25 hits. Going 4/4 were Fred Jensen and John Bertholdy (2 RBI's). Collecting 3 hits were Kathy Boland (RBI), Michael Dakak (RBI) and Pete Simoneau (Triple 3 RBI's). 2/4 were Eric Coudret (2 RBI's), Steve Foster (Double 2 RBI's) and Barney Armstrong (Double SAC Fly 3 RBI's). Getting on base were Gary Armstrong and Jim Stocker (RBI). Norm Lustig Hit the ball well today. Thomas Pham would like to thank John Boland for helping with the scorebook. Congrats to Carrousel Travel on their Win.

Homesmart Realty - 17 Leolinda Realty - 19

Leo Linda Reality and Home Smart Reality were competitive all game and right down to the last batter. Home Smart had the bases loaded and tieing run on first with 2 outs in the last inning when Leo Linda got the last out to win 19-17. Every Home Smart batter had at least 2 hits. Leading hitters were: Don Cleveland 3-3 2BB 2RBI's, Sub Greg Church 2-3 2B BB, Ken Kessler 3-4 BB 2RBI's, Sheldon Rosenthal 3-4 3RBI's, Mitch Craun 3-5, Bobby Dooling 3-4 1RBI, Jerry Eastham 3-4 2RBI's, Paul Jinneman 2-4 2RBI's, Bob Lessard 2-4 2B 2RBI's, Barry Schwartz 2-4 1RBI and Chuck Gibson 2-4 2B 2RBI's.

In a game the featured offensive fireworks by both teams our Leolinda Realty team hung on to defeat Jerry Eastman's talented squad 19 - 17 in 6 innings as we amassed 29 hits for an amazing .744 average. In a game that was back and forth for 4 innings before we scored 4 in the fifth and another 4 in the sixth to give us a seemingly comfortable 19 - 11 lead. But Homesmart Realty had other ideas as they got hit after hit to close the lead to two runs when finally second baseman Chip Stanczak corralled a hard grounder for the 3rd out and we were able to exhale. Chip had made a super play to kill a 5th inning rally previously. We had an amazing 5 players that went without making an out today including Gerry Boesche, Easy Ed Campbell, Gary Kuhlman, Rod Wilterdink(5 runs), and Stanczak. Campbell led the RBI parade with 4 ribbys and the veteran Jerry Feldman(3-4) had 3 RBI. Rookie Jeff Bearth was 3-4 and had a key gapper as part of his 3 RBI game. Greg Martin played a good outfield and also went 3-4. Bob Williams had 2 big RBI;s in the fifth inning and winning pitcher Artie played a smart game hitting to the right side to move up runners. Thanks so much to JJ for filling in on the scorebook and Norm who did excellent as home plate umpire.

Copper Division

Camino Del Sol - 14 NW Physical Therapy - 7

Camino and Northwest Physical Therapy opened the Fall Session a little on the rusty side in 43 degree weather when the first pitch as tossed. The score was 1 to 0 after 3 innings of play. The weather got warmer and the Camino bats got hot and notched the max 5 runs in the 4th and 5th inning while holding Northwest to 1 run. Heading into the 6th inning Camino held a 10 to 1 lead. The final inning and a half saw Northwest score 6 runs while Camino scored 2 and did not need their last at bats in the bottom of the last. Camino came away with a 14 to 7 win over Northwest. Interesting fact from the contest, every Camino player scored at least one run. Les Zirbel led the way at 4 for 4 with a double. Tom Ranalls was a very nice 4 for 5. Dave Zuker hit 2 home runs over the fence in those all important 4th and 5th innings. Scott Kibby had a double on a 3 for 4 day. Also going 3 for 4 were Jim Opyd and sub Vern Mclean. John Boland was 2 for 3. Chipping in with 2 for 4 days were Gary Finer and Dennis Scoggins. Also chipping in with 2 hits was Ed Deussen. Defense was stellar by the entire team. A couple of notable plays Scott Kibby threw out a runner at the plate on a relay from the outfield. There was also a great infield double play involving Tom Ranalls, Les Zirbel and Dave Zuker. There were many super plays turned in by the entire team so were going to give gold gloves to everyone: Scoggins, Finer, Mclean, Opyd, Deussen, Kibby, Boland, Zirbel, Ranalls, and Zuker! Thanks to the umpires Paul Becker and Ken Chapman.

Congratulations to Camino Del Sol and Manager John Boland, John’s team hit early and never took their feet off the gas pedal. Northwest Physical Therapy on the other hand came in with cold bats to match the early morning temperatures. Too many zeroes on the scoreboard, several errors for NWPT, and some great pitching from Tom Rannals pretty much did us in and left plenty of room for improvement. Hit leaders for NWPT were Coleman with 3, Ranieri, Anderson, and Silversteen with 2 hits each. Thank you to Bill & Nancy Tierney for coaching and keeping the books. Also, a huge thanks to Mike “Moondog” Anderson, Lloyd Newlands & John Nicodemo for subbing for us today. John Nicodemo, thanks for answering my call at 6:15 AM Saturday morning and playing for us as well as 2 other games today. Great job from the umps, Paul Becker, Ken Chapman and Vern Mclean handling the score tower.

Dynamic Wealth - 7 Karen Olsen Realty - 5

Dynamic Wealth Management started the season with a hard fought win over Karen Olsen Realty. DWM got off to a dynamic start with a strong defense and put up two runs in the first inning. We held them scoreless through 4 innings, while we put 5 more runs up through the 5th inning for a total of 7 runs on the board. Karen Olsen Realty had a nice comeback with 5 runs over the next two innings. Due to Paul Beckers dynamic pitching, he shut them down in the top of the 7th. We held on to take the win 7 to 5 With great glove work at first base by Greg Kastelic, digging some hard throws out of the dirt along with at least one double play combination of Ken Chapman and Glenn Soles made for some exciting infield defense. The outfield played well today making it tough on Karen Olsen Realty. Some nice catches were made by all. Our offense bats while not on fire, but we had just enough to get the job done. Everyone had at least one hit with Lloyd Newlands leading the charge going 3 for 4. Thank you to Jeff Silversteen and Jeff Nickerson who umpired the game and Scott Kibby in the score tower. Special thanks to Jerry Hotzler for keeping our book. We look forward to next week when we will take on NW Physical Therapy at 1:30 pm.

It was a beautiful opening Saturday at the Field of Dreams for the Copper league. We started the session off with a double dip. First up, Dynamic Wealth.  Unfortunately, Karen Olsen Realty couldn’t get their bats going. We were held scoreless the first 4 innings and were down 0-7. Our bats woke and we were able to scored 5 combined runs the next two innings, but were unable to score again. Defensively we were led by John Guzik at 2b who made a nice running over the shoulder grab to end a Dynamic rally. Dynamic Wealth held on for a hard fought 7-5 win. Leading hitters were: Pitcher Mike “moondog” Anderson going a perfect 3-3 at the plate with 2 RBI’s,  John “Nico” Nicodemo, sub Gary “ZZ Top” Finer, and John Guzik all collecting 2 hits. Additionally, sub Dennis Vance had a big 2 run double to get us to within 2 runs. Big thanks go out to our subs in game 1,  Ralph Hollis, Gary “ZZ Top” Finer, and Dennis Vance. Additionally, keeping a flawless scorebook were Christina Silva and Kim “Berlee” Maqueen. Appreciation goes out to the umpires, the Jeff ‘s, Nickerson and Silversteen as well as the Scott Kibby in the score tower.

BackBone Chiropractic - 20 Karen Olsen Realty - 17

BackBone Chiropractic spotted Karen Olsen 5 runs in the top of the 1st inning and went down 1-2-3 in the bottom half of the inning.  Fortunately, BackBone scored 5 runs in each of the remaining 4 innings and held on to a 20-17 opening game victory.  BackBone was led by Rob White 4 for 4 with a triple and 5 RBI; sub Les Zirbel 3 for 3 with a double and 4 RBI (including the game winner); and Mike Hirsch 3 for 3 with a double and 3 RBI.  Winning pitcher Dave Anthony 3 for 3, Dave Fusaro 2 for 4, and John Blevins 4 for 4 each drove in 2 runs.  Ralph Hollis 2 for 3 with a ground rule double and sub Frank Sandomenico each added an RBI.  Tim Schiwe went 2 for 4 with a double, scored twice and made key plays in the outfield.  Ray Gibson was 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored.  Special thanks to Les Zirbel and Frank Sandomenico for subbing and contributing today!

Well our second game of the day was much different from the first. The first game we totaled 5 runs with limited offense.  In the second game our bats definitely woke up, unfortunately we just fell a little short to Backbone Chiropractic 17-20.  It was a back and forth offensive showdown, with Karen Olsen Realty scoring in every inning. However, we just weren’t able to push enough runs across the plate. The team totaled 28 hits. Leading the hit parade were John “Nico” Nicodemo going an impressive 5/5 with 2 RBI’s, Greg Allseitz going 4/5 with 4 RBI’s. Collecting 3 hits apiece were our speedy leadoff hitter, Jay Shirpke, 2 of our subs, Jeff Nickerson and Ed Duessen, our pitcher affectionately known as Moondog, and Allen Bellew who also contributed 3 RBI’s. Rounding out the hits were John Guzik and sub, Greg Kastelic. We will do better next week. The realtors are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our manager, Dale Halder as well as Dave Nathe. Again, special thanks to Berlee Maqueen for keeping the book, as well as the umpires Dale “Mac” Mcglaughlin, Lloyd Newland and Vern McLean in the score tower. Looking forward to next week!