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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Larry Wolfe A native and long-time resident of North Dakota, Stephen “Doc” Dockter claims Streeter as his hometown. Streeter’s current population is less than 200, but when Doc was attending Streeter High in the late ‘60s, it was a thriving metropolis of around 500! Doc played baseball, softball and basketball for the Bobcats. Doc then…
Larry Wolfe At press time, the State Farm Insurance team, managed by Larry Kaufmann, held a four-game lead in our winter league standings with two weeks to play. They had posted a sparkling 12-2 record at that point. Our top five batters, based upon a minimum of 90 at bats during the fall and winter…
Larry Wolfe When you first meet Tom Kasunic, you’d guess “stand out athlete.” And you’d be right. Tom was captain of his high school football team, earning All-Catholic, All-Metro and Honorable Mention All-State honor, while playing for Austin Catholic Prep in Detroit. He was also an All-League baseball player for the Friars. Later, he played…