Tag: softball

Softball Player Profile:  Terry Finley

Larry Wolfe “She doesn’t throw like a girl!” That’s an accurate description of the way Terry Finley plays ball. She also doesn’t field or hit like a girl! Thanks to her brothers, she learned how to play ball just like them. She’s had plenty of practice since she started playing as a nine-year-old in the…

Sizzlin’ Summer Softball

Sizzlin’ Seven: Top hitters (left to right) are Larry Kaufmann, Steve Hilby, Tom Kasunic, Randy Nuemann, Bill Corso, John Whitman and Dave Martin. Top 10 hitters absent from photo: Tim Baldwin, Reyes Gonzales and Chuck Myrick (photo courtesy of Core Photography).

Larry Wolfe The temperatures may be sizzlin’ hot, but Sun Lakes Senior Softball carries on. Our summer recreational program includes batting practice and pick-up games every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Check our website (www.sunlakessoftball.com) for current start times. Speaking of sizzlin’ hot, here are our league leaders in various batting categories during our 2015-2016…

A-1 Golf wins softball tournament

A-1 Golf Cart Champions: Front (left to right) Dave Boone, Chuck Schaan, Ron Pennington, Dennis Bernaiche and Brian Jetter; back (left to right) Manager Gay Hillabolt, Gary Brinkman, Jim Dunn, Steve Holliger, Tom Kasunic, Chuck Swanson and Jim Leckner. (Photo courtesy of Core Photography).

Larry Wolfe The A-1 Golf Cart team, managed by Gary Hillabolt, won both the winter league pennant and the end-of-year tournament titles. The golfers had to sweep a season-ending doubleheader from Mutual of Omaha, managed by Mike Gloyd, to clinch the title. They did just that with 14-11 and 17-11 victories on the last day…

Softball player profile

Larry Wolfe A native of Methuen, Massachusetts (about 30 miles north of Boston), Dave Rinaldo graduated from Central Catholic High in nearby Lawrence where he played football for the Raiders. He then attended Lowell Technological Institute, graduating with a degree in Civil Engineering. Lowell is now a part of the University of Massachusetts system. While…

Softball tournament recap

Owen Bae, Sportsman of the Year, and Tom Kasunic, Most Improved Player. (Photo courtesy of Core Photography).

Larry Wolfe League play wrapped up in late April with our annual end-of-seasons tournament, awards ceremony and social event. The tournament had a seeded single-game elimination format. An estimated crowd of 150 plus was on hand to cheer the teams on. In the opening game, fifth-seeded West USA Realty (sponsored by Terry and Susan Young)…

Brenden and LePore named Softball Spirit winners

Spirit winners Ken Brenden (left) and Dennis LePore (right) with SLSSA President Sam Giordano (center). (Photo courtesy of Core Photography).

Spirit winners Ken Brenden (left) and Dennis LePore (right) with SLSSA President Sam Giordano (center). (Photo courtesy of Core Photography). Larry Wolfe Ken Brenden and Dennis LePore were named winners of the prestigious Spirit of Sun Lakes Softball Award at the SLSAA’s annual spring banquet. The award goes to the member or members who go…

Softball Player Profile: A retrospective

Larry Wolfe Nearly 10 years ago, I began this series of profiling members of the Sun Lakes Senior Softball Association. The purpose of the articles was to allow our members the opportunity to learn something about their fellow players’ off-the-field life and accomplishments. This is article number 100, so I thought it would be interesting…

Farmer’s Insurance wins tournament title

Tournament winners, front: Steve Hilby, Jeff Jay, Mgr. Gary Hatch, Gary Stewart and Gregg Peterson; back: Tom Vitolo, Dom Colonna, John Whitman, Bill Kreisman, “Hoot” Gibson, Tom Erpelding and Evan Hansen. (Photo by Core Photography, LLC).

Larry Wolfe At the conclusion of our winter league, a seeded seven-team three-day double-elimination tournament was held; 12 games were played over the three-day span before the Farmers Insurance team, sponsored by the Frank Margiotta Agency and managed by Gary Hatch, won their well-earned title. Brief game summaries follow: In game one, Farmers scored four…

Softball player profile

Larry Wolfe No, this is not a profile of that Randy Newman, the singer-songwriter most famous for the song Short People. This story features Randy Neumann, native of Minnesota and current Sun Lakes snowbird and softball player. A graduate of Burnsville High School, Randy played JV hockey for the Braves and also played youth baseball…

State Farm captures winter softball title

Winter league champs, left to right are Billy Kreisman, Mike Levine, Ralph Vasquez, “Big Al” Grefsheim, Tim Baldwin, Mgr. Larry Kaufmann, Stan Weiss, Bill Stanick, Dave Rinaldo and Jerry Smith. (Photo courtesy of Core Photography, LLC.).

Larry Wolfe The State Farm Insurance team, managed by Larry Kaufmann and sponsored by the Ralph Vasquez Agency, captured the winter league pennant with a sparkling 16-4 record, easily besting the second place finishers, Brenden Financial Planning, who completed a 13-9 campaign. Larry Kaufmann led all hitters at the break with a .821 average, followed…