Saturday League Fall 2024 Game Summaries & Standings

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!