Larry Wolfe Beginning on opening day for our winter league on January 3, we’ll have two divisions. Given the growth in our league to eight teams and, given the wide range of ages of our members (from mid-50s to low-80s), we’ll have two four-team divisions, the Sun Division and the Lakes Division. Thanks to the…
Tag: softball
Sports, December 2016
Softball Player Profile:
-Larry Wolfe If there ever was someone who met the definition of a softball enthusiast, it’s Gene Granquist. Who else umpires over 500 games per year and plays another 60 plus in our senior league? Gene currently umpires slow pitch games in Casa Grande, Chandler and Maricopa city leagues and also umps fast pitch games…
Sports, November 2016
Softball player profile
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Play Ball! New Softball Season Is Underway
Larry Wolfe Opening Day for the Sun Lakes Senior Softball fall season was October 25. This year’s team sponsors are A-1 Golf Carts, Brenden Financial Services, Farmers Insurance (Frank Margiotta’s Agency), Real Estate Rustlers (Jim Leckner’s Agency), State Farm Insurance (Ralph Vasquez’ Agency), Wolfe & Associates and Terry & Susan Young’s Real Estate Agency. Team…
Sports, October 2016
Softball player profile: Dave Martin
Larry Wolfe A Michigan native, Dave Martin was born in Detroit and grew up in nearby Royal Oak where he graduated from Kimball High School. He was a three-sport star for the Kimball Knights as a member of their football, track and baseball teams. Shortly after graduating, Dave was drafted into the Army and served…
Sports, October 2016
New softball season opens October 25
Front Page, September 2016
Desert Bats win Western States Tourney
Larry Wolfe Our Desert Bats 65 plus team recently won the Western States Qualifying Tournament in Prescott. The Bats swept the tournament field, finishing with a perfect 5-0 record. The Bats lived up to their name as their bats produced 109 runs, an average of nearly 22 per contest. They collectively had a .670 batting…
Sports, September 2016
Softball player profile
Larry Wolfe When you think California native, you envision someone from the land of palm trees, beaches and high-priced houses, but Bill Stanick is a different type of California native. You see Bill grew up in a four-room shack (his description!) on the Monongahela River in California, Pennsylvania in the land of steel mills and…
Clubs & Classes, August 2016
Summertime Softball
Sports, August 2016
Softball player profile: Jim Leckner
Larry Wolfe A native of Miller, South Dakota (a small town in the east-central part of the state), Jim Leckner spent many days working on his grandparents’ farm as a youngster. He was on Miller High’s baseball and wrestling teams and was a member of the Rustlers’ state champion boxing squad. Jim actually made the…