Category: Sports

Fall softball is on the horizon

Last year’s superstar hitters, flanked by outgoing President Ed Sowney and incoming President Sam Giordano, were (left to right) Steve Hilby, Bill Cheney, Chuck Hamby, Dave Martin, Chuck Myrick, Dick Bleich, Tim Loeffler, Bill Whiteley, Dene Ekholm and Larry Kaufmann.

Larry Wolfe As we head into September, we know that the fall season isn’t that far away. The first Play Ball call will be made next month on Tuesday, October 27. The season runs through December 18. If you want to beat out one or more of our superstar top 10 hitters shown, now is…

IMGA Personality of the Month

Jim Wegman

John Concannon, Publicity This month’s Personality of the Month is Jim Wegman, a six year member of IMGA. Jim was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1941 and grew up in Ozone Park, Queens where he was active in the CYO athletic programs. When Jim graduated from John Adams H.S. he had no aspirations about furthering…

PVMGA – July 2015 results

Jim Davis, Publicity July was another warm one. We had another great month of golf. On July 11 we played a 3-2-1 format where the number of net scores on the team goes from one low net up to three low nets on the team and back again. The winning team, with a net score…

SLLGA 18 Holer results

Ingrid Jefferies and Moe Schoenwalder enjoying Ingrid’s raffle prize!

Nancy Field 7/07. Plant your Flag Tournament – exact target score: Karen Brown and Karen Hessler; 18th Green: Barb Rogers, Donna Smid and Linda Ryland; 18th Fairway: Judi Kilgus and Jan Fletcher; 18th Tee Box: Cheryl Bunch, Pat Benson, Iris Cannaday, Debbie Martin, Jan Moore and Mary Oester 7/14. Match Play – 1st Chery Bunch…

PVLGA news and views

Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman 7/07. Where can we come together? On the golf course, of course! Our first week tournament was the count of fewest putts. In Flight 1: 1st Camille Jasien, 2nd Carol Ruff, 3rd (tie) Donna Purcell and Carol Elliott. Donna Purcell’s hole-in-one on No. 17 made her day. Congratulations, Donna! Flight 2:…

Sisk Bocce registration set to begin September 1

Gary Vacin Hey, Sisk Park bocce ball enthusiasts – the weather may still be hot, but it won’t be by the time November 1 rolls around and the 2015-16 bocce ball competition gets underway. Players can register by mail from September 1 through October 25, according to club President Irene D’Aloisio. Membership dues are $10…

Autumn nears – OLGA-18

Thank you, Bev Lutes, our Tournament Chair!

Glo Malmberg, Publicity As Labor Day approaches and the summer nearly ends, the heat doesn’t ease up for a few more months in sunny Arizona. Of course, because of that, our golf cohorts will put off returning to the Valley until October or November; just in time for Oakwood Ladies Golf Association’s new season. The…

Clay Mixed Doubles winners

Winners of the IronOaks Mixed Doubles Clay Court Tournament.

The IronOaks Tennis Club hosted a successful Mixed Doubles Clay Court Tournament at the IronOaks Fitness and Racquet Center the week of July 20. Winners included Bruce Stead and Denise Lott in Division One and Lois and Wayne Newman in Division Two. The next tournament to be held at the IronOaks Fitness and Racquet Center…

Softball player profile: Dick Bleich

Larry Wolfe Wesley, Iowa, is the hometown of two really good ballplayers. One, George “Showboat” Fisher, played in the major leagues in the ‘20s and ‘30s while the second, Dick Bleich, currently plays in the Sun Lakes Senior Softball League. Wesley’s a small farming community thirteen miles east of Algona in northern Iowa. Dick was…

CMGA news

Results of recent events: 7/04. Red-White-Blue Scramble – 1st place team (tie) Tony Hames, Chick Garifo, Dick Johnson and Terence Cronin; Larry Frink, Ron Sarnicki, Neil Lilley and Jim Rahilly, 3rd place team Hank Clausen, Rick Nelson, Joe Ficek and Philip Lucas Thank you to the CMGA board for providing pizza at the patio party.…