Category: Sports

Hits and Misses Bowling

Arlene Burkhardt We had our Sweeper on April 7 with the following top winners: Scratch – Men: 1st Tom West 636; Handicap: 1st Loren Mead 710 Scratch – Women: 1st Sharon Lochbaum 484; Handicap: 1st Trudi Klabundi 686 Our winning team for the year was Team 22 (semi-four) consisting of Vida Mae Lori, Sharon Lochbaum,…

Mutual of Omaha wins spring softball title

The spring season and tournament champion Mutual of Omaha team. (Photo courtesy of Core Photography, LLC).

Larry Wolfe The Mutual of Omaha sponsored team won the spring softball title with a record of 15 wins and only five losses. Their top hitters were Manager Larry Kaufmann (.726), Frank Tanner (.681) and Tom Lorgan (.671). The team sparkled defensively and pitcher Owen Bae kept opposing hitters “at Bae” with his high arcing…

Lucky Shot Pool Club champions

Dick Hensley (left) received a certificate from Lucky shot Pool Club President Mike Giarlo certifying 4,190 tournament games played at the club’s spring awards luncheon April 22. Hensley has announced his retirement from tournament play in the club.

Gary Vacin Sam Gilman and Jerry Cisneros are the Lucky Shot Pool Club 2013-14 Championship tournament winners. In 9-Ball, Gilman, winter tournament winner, defeated Jack Hill, spring tournament winner, 7-4 and Tony Mongiello, fall tournament winner, 7-4. Hill defeated Mongiello, 7-5 for second place. Mongiello finished third. Cisneros became the first club player ever to…

Dick Hensley retires from Lucky Shot Pool Club

Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club’s Grand Old Man is hanging up his pool cue. After playing 4,190 games over a 17-year period, Dick Hensley played his final tournament game in April and reluctantly gave up his club membership. And, in his imitable fashion, he went out in a winning way, defeating Mike Giarlo,…

Lucky Shot Pool Club members attend year end luncheon

Sam Gilman (left) and Jerry Cisneros are Lucky Shot Pool Club 2013-14 Championship tournament winners in 9-Ball and 8-Ball, respectively. Photo by Gary Vacin.

Gary Vacin The Lucky Shot Pool Club concluded another successful season with its annual spring awards luncheon April 22 at the Cottonwood Country Club. Among the 28 members attending were three of the charter members of the club formed back in 1995, Ed Allen, Joe Pantano and Sergio Tinajero. Club President Mike Giarlo welcomed the…

MOGA wins Home & Home

CMGA President, Rick Nelson, left, passes Home and Home trophy to Howard Weiss, MOGA President.

Charley Akin The Oakwood and Cottonwood men’s golf associations, MOGA and CMGA, competed in their annual Home and Home tournament on April 3 at Oakwood and April 5 at Cottonwood; 32 four-man teams consisted of two MOGA and two CMGA members each and the games were designed to produce team winners in four flights and…

2013-2014 Softball award winners

Larry Wolfe The 2013-2014 Senior Softball award winners were announced at the April season-ending tournament. The Sportsmanship award went to Kenny Brenden while TJ Tjerlund was named Rookie of the Year as the top first year player. Steve Schaider won the Most Improved Player award. The Board of Directors also recognized Dennis LePore with a…

IMGA news

The team of Rick Herzog and Bill Townsend won the bocce ball team single elimination tournament.

John Concannon, Publicity Although it is old news, I wanted to acknowledge the fact the Jack Lehmkuhl won the 2014 club championship. What is of special note is the fact that Jack has now won the club championship six times. Special congratulations to you, Jack. We recently lost a long time member of our organization,…

Spring Bocce Ball at SLCC

The team of Rick Herzog and Bill Townsend won the bocce ball team single elimination tournament.

Bill Townsend The regular season came to an end on March 27 preceded by a potluck luncheon on March 26. Those who coordinated the potluck were Ann and Rich Hegney, Phyliss and Lee Ketchner, Fran and Walt Kliensterber and John and Amy Cook. A great time was had by all who attended. The spring session…

IronOaks Tennis scene

Dick Harrold (left) accepts the Volunteer of the Year award from Tennis Club President Rick Kenny.

Denise Landers Lott and Sandy Casale Volunteer of the Year Dick Harrold was presented with the Volunteer of the Year award by club President Rick Kenny. Dick was recognized for his work in communications for the group. Some of the areas in which he has helped include building and maintaining the IronOaks Tennis Club website,…