Larry Wolfe Our Lady Sluggers senior softball team opened their 2023 season on Jan. 4. The Sluggers play in the Valley of the Sun League, along with eight other teams throughout the Southeast Valley. The Sluggers February and March schedule follows: Wednesday, Feb. 1, vs. Valle Del Oro at the Field of Dreams Monday, Feb.…
Larry Wolfe We wrapped up our long summer season, which started in May, in mid-September. Our guys are now practicing for the upcoming fall season at Snedigar Park while the Field of Dreams is being overseeded. Opening Day for the fall season has tentatively been set for Oct. 25, dependent upon overseeding being completed by…
Larry Wolfe In two tight pennant races, the Redeemed Team and the Core Photography-sponsored team won their respective divisions. Manager Larry Kaufmann’s Redeemed Team edged out Manager Tom Bersano’s Leckner Realty squad by one game in the Sun Division, finishing with a 10-6 record versus the Realtors’ 9-7 mark. In the Lakes Division, the race…
Larry Wolfe The Skyview Digital Media squad, managed by Bill McCoy, won the Lakes Division’s Winter League pennant with a record of 10 wins, 7 losses, and 1 tie. Manager Gary Hillabolt’s Young Realty Team finished second with a 9-9 record. In the Sun Division, Manager Ron Carmichael led the Wolfe & Associates team to…
Larry Wolfe The pennant races were extremely close in both the Lakes and Sun Divisions with A-1 Golf Carts, managed by Vern Rodgers, and Brenden Financial Planning, managed by Ken Brenden, tying for the Lakes Division lead with identical 10-8 marks. Manager Tom Erpelding’s Core Photography squad was only one game off the pace, finishing…
Larry Wolfe Both of our Winter League Divisions ended up with two teams tied for the league lead. In the Lakes Division, Manager Vern Rodgers’ Brenden Financial Planners and Manager Tom Erpelding’s Core Photographers both finished with 11-7 records, one game ahead of Manager Gary Hillabolt’s Young Team Realtors. The Photographers started the season by…
Larry Wolfe Isn’t it great to live in a place where you can use “winter” and “softball” in the same sentence? While our northern brethren are shoveling snow, here in Sun Lakes, it’s business as usual at the Field of Dreams. At the press deadline, we still had a week to go in the Fall…
Larry Wolfe Thirty-five years ago, in September 1985, Jack Lander of Cottonwood put a notice in the Sun Lakes Splash newspaper requesting that anyone interested in participating in a senior softball program should meet up in a Cottonwood meeting room at a time and date lost in the annals of history. About a dozen guys showed up,…
Larry Wolfe At press time, the Brenden Financial Planning team, managed by Ken Brenden, and the Core Photography squad, managed by Rick Oien, were tied for the top spot in the standings in our Summer League with identical 9-5 won-lost records. Brenden’s Tom Stephens was leading the league in batting average with an incredible .867…
Larry Wolfe With two weeks left in the Fall Season, the Brenden Financial Planning squad, managed by Ken Brenden, was leading the Sun Division with a record of 8-4. In the Lakes Division, Manager Tom Erpelding’s Wolfe & Associates team held a slim one-game lead over A-1 Golf Carts. The Wolves sported an 8-4 record,…