SYLVANIA SENIOR SOFTBALL

FALL BALL CHAMPIONS CELEBRATE! Joe Behan and his Hunter teammates celebrate at Andy & Barney's wearing thier newly awarded sweatshirts. The Hunters won the league with an 8-2 record, outscoring their opponents 160-85. Awesome! A&B donated the sweatshirts. Front row l-r: Jeff Spotts, Scott Dheel and Rick Behan. Middle row l-r: Mike Betley and Joe Behan. Back row l-r: Steve Vesschemoet, Jim Shoemaker, Terry Thomas, Jim Bier, Jeff Iffland and Jeff Wagenhauser.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA! SSS President, Scott Nichols, back row, third from the right, joined Tiffany's Restaurant, Goshen, Indiana, to play in the 2022 USSSA 55 & up World Tournament. The team finished second, with a 7-2 record, losing twice to the winner.

FALL BALL LEAGUE! The Autumn Assassins Tim Kuzmaul makes a running catch against the Supreme Team. The boys of Autumn lost 18-16, in the first game of a double-header, but bounced back to win the second game 15-7. The Fall Lague ends Oct. 11.

FALL BALL LEAGUE! The Gurkhas Rick Bechtel fouls off a nasty pitch from The Hunters Scott Diehl. The teams split a double- header at Pacesetter Park on Tuesday night.

SIDELINES pitcher Mike Miller, backed by the best team in the Legends League, defeated Bullmoose 18-6 in the Tournament finals - winning the League and the Tournament. Miller hit .795 with 14-homeruns.

FRICKER'S Jay Stefanski, left, receives his "Sultan of Swat" trophy from SSS President Scott Nichols. Jay led the Legends League with 17 OTF homeruns.

LEGEND CHAMPIONS! SSS Board President Scott Nichols, right, congratulates Aaron Young, Sidelines mgr./player and his team on winning the Legends League and the Tournament. Young hit .832 with ten homeruns for the winners. Sidelines posted a 11-5 league record and were undefeated in tournament play. 1

2022 "SULTAN OF SWAT" - SSS Board President, Scott Nichols, left, presents Tom Duhart with the winners trophy. Duhart hit 12-homeruns for Ott Plumbing, the Tuesday night Masters League Champions, 14-2. August 12, Duhart hit 4-homeruns against Andy & Barney's.

2022 MASTERS CHAMPIONS player/manager, Perry Chillus, left, accepts the winners trophy from Rick Schmidt, SSS Board member. Ott Plumbing won the Masters title with a 14-2 record.

SIDELINES right centerfielder Dave "Pac-man" Pacholski makes a diving stop of a ball, holding the runner to one base. Sidelines White defeated Bullmoose 18-6 in the Legends League Tournament finals - winning the league and the tournament.

HOT CORNER! Bullmoose's third baseman Doug Meek reacts to a shot hit at him in an 18-6 lost to Sidelines White in the Legends Tournament finals. Pitcher Joe Pastorek, #3. watches.

OTT PLUMBING'S shortstop Jon Berger, left, Jeff Traudt, sponsor for State Farm Insurance and Matt Giles. Ott won the Tuesday Master League with a 14-2 record and lost to State Farm 23-13 in the tournament finals.

BATANIAN'S Gary Parthemer rests on the bench nursing a leg injury. Aches, pains and an injury or two are all part of playing senior softball. Gary said: "Watching Senior Softball - is like watching a demotion derby in slow motion!"

BULLMOOSE'S R/C fielder, Bruce Klostermeier, pounds out another hit and beats the throw to first. Bullmoose lost to Fricker's Black, 7/28/22, 19-10. Bruce was 2/4. He has been best friends with his team-mate Doug Meek since grade school. How cool is that?

GLASS CITY INVESTIGATIONS left fielder, Patrick Hoehn races back to the fence to make a nice over-the-shoulder catch. Glass City finished 4-12 in the Tuesday Masters League, tied with Andy & Barney's.

SIDELINES left fielder Aaron Young sets his sights on catching a ball falling short in left. Sidelines White won the Legends League Tournament, defeating Bullmoose 18-6. Young hit .832 (69/83) with 10 homeruns for the league and tournament winners.

FAMILY CONNECTION! Fricker's Red finished the Legends season with an 8-8 record, but was fighting for first in the final days of league play. The team's line-up includes members of two families - long-time friends and team mates. Front row, l-r: Rick Obert and Dave Obert. Back row, l-r: Rick Beham, Terry Thomas and Joe Beham.

ANDY & BARNEY'S pitcher, Paul Weslowski, center, welcomes our favorite USSA umpires: Woody Wilson, left and T ( Everett) Barton at Pacesetter Park.

GUARDIAN ANGELS outfielder Keith Dunbar makes a running catch in the Tuesday night, Masters League. Our thanks to Tom Spy, sponsor.

MR. HUSTLE! - Fricker's SS Jon LaBeau makes a terrific sliding stop of a ball hit in the hole at short.

FRICKER'S right fielder Kevin Omey charges the ball, holding the runner to one base. Omey is hitting .686 for Fricker's.

TECH SUPPORT SERVICES player/manager Gary Meyer questions the umpires "safe" call on Batanian Tree Service player/manager Dave Ashman at second base in Tuesday night's Masters League play. Meyer is one of the league's 2008 founders and former SSS Board President.

TRAUDT STATE FARM'S first baseman Gary Downey stretches for the ball. Traudt defeated Andy & Barney's 19-8 in Master's League play. Downey is the SSS Board's VP and handles the difficult task of scheduling games for both leagues.

SSS BOARD PRESIDENT Scott Nichols, participating as a "pool player" in Thursday Legend's League play, flips the ball to the SS at second. Nichols is a regular member of the Fricker's Black team.

FRICKER'S L/C Bob Miller runs down a pop-up in Legend League play.

FRICKER'S shortstop Terry Patterson is safe at second as the ball skips by Jeff Aiello. Black defeated Fricker's White 19-17. Patterson was 4/4 and scored 4-runs.

GUARDIAN ANGELS outfielder Jim Rizzo makes a great running catch in Tuesday night Masters League play.

BARROW'S PARTY! Gabe Barrow, left, Legend League team sponsor, presented player/manager Jay Schramm, center, with a hooded jacket with his name and the Barrow's Jeweler's logo in appreciation of the commitment Schramm has made to the team and the league. Team mate Jim Elchert and friends partied at Fricker's. Gabe is recovering from his second knee replacement surgery this year.

ANDY & BARNEY team mates, Jerry Daniels, left and Rick Becktel, right, check out the cast on Wade Timming's left hand. Wade has a "Boxers' Fracture". Out for the season - he broke his hand running to catch a line drive in the outfield. He only got to play in three games in the Masters' Tuesday league for A&B!

BARROW JEWELERS Ed Herman is all business - concentrating on the pitch in the Thursday night Legends League play. Barrow' s sponsor/player Gabe Barrow is sidelined with two knee replacement surgeries. "I'll be back!" - he predicts.

SIDELINES SPORTS EATERY'S sponsor/pitcher Jerry Edmondson lines a hit to right in Legends League competition at Pacesetter.

THE KING OF SWAT Tom Duhart tee's off on a pitch he likes. Ott Plumbing is 3-1 in the Legend League on Thursdays, at Pacesetter Park.

OTT PLUMBING'S Perry Chillus looks at a strike he didn't like. The outfielder is a SSS Board Member and a long time member and outstanding player in the league.

OTT PLUMBING'S Gregg Hannibal looks at ball four. As of 5/26/22 Ott is 3-1 in the Thursday night Legends League.

BARROW JEWELERS shortstop Eric Iffland is rated as "one of the best" in the league and here he demonstrates the form and concentration it takes to be at the top of his game.

JEFF TRAUDT'S State Farm right fielder Charlie Oberlin makes a nice running catch in right field against Andy & Barney's Sports Bar. Oberlin has been in the league since 2008.

OTT PLUMBING'S Reginald Berry hustles to turn a double-play in the Tuesday night Masters League at Pacesetter Park.

ANDY & BARNEY'S left fielder Larry Hernandez makes a nice running catch in left field against Traudt State Farm.

TRAUDT STATE FARM'S second baseman Ed Calderon makes a great over the shoulder running catch in Masters League action.

OPENING DAY! Masters League player/sponsor Jim Schneider, left, discusses the rules with umpire Woody Wilson at Pacesetter Park, Tuesday, May 10. Nine teams are competing in a 16-game season - the SSS leagues 15th. Schneider Sons' Electric has been a sponsor for ten years.

SSS SEASON OPENS with Glass City winning 17-10 over Andy & Barney's Sports Bar. Ed Blankenship makes a nice running catch in right field. Ed joined the SSS league in 2008 and is the CEO at NDS, a Nations Data Services, Inc.

ANDY & BARNEY'S R/C fielder Phil Richard makes a great diving catch to kill a rally in the A&B 17-10 loss to Glass City in the SSS league opener. Richard is the CEO of Doors & Drawers, established in 1995. Andy & Barney's has been a sponsor for 12-years and is located at Mayberry Square, Centennial Rd.

ANDY & BARNEY'S right center, Phil Richard, no doubt appreciated the manicured Kentucky Blue Grass out field at Pacesetter - three times he dove for a ball - catching all three against Glass City Investigators, in a 17-10 lost.

ANDY & BARNEY'S r/c fielder Phil Richard hits the turf at Pacesetter in the May 10 opener of the Masters League. Nice catch! A&B lost to Schneider Son's Electric 15-13 in the second game of a double-header.

GLASS CITY INVESTIGATIONS sponsor/player Jay Schramm tee's off on a pitch from Wade Timming, Andy & Barney's ace pitcher. Glass City won the Masters League opener 17-10. Schramm is a retired Toledo Police Detective and has played in the league since 2008, when the league was founded.

OPENING DAY AT PACESETTER! Glass City's L/C fielder Tim Kuszmaul makes a nice running catch against Andy & Barney's. The veteran outfielder is highly rated and is one of the league's top hitter.

OPENING DAY AT PACESETTER found Jeff Koder back playing ball after taking a year off to "heal" - he didn't miss a beat - nailing a hit in his first at bat for Glass City Investigations.

ROOKIE MEETS VETERAN! Dave Luce, left is new to the SSS League and meets veteran shortstop Eric Effland at pre-season practice at Pacesetter Park. The Tuesday Masters League kicks-off on May 10 and the Thursday League starts May 12.

BILLBOARD RECRUIT! Larry Hernandez, center, is welcomed to the SSS League by Board Members Perry Chillus, left, and Mike Strobel. Hernandez, an Old Orchard resident, spotted the Lamar billboard at Monroe and Secor. Curious - a phone call - he joins the league - shows up to practice at Pacesetter Park.

ROOKIE Jeff Baker, left, meets player/sponsor ( Sidelines Sports Bar) Jerry Edmonson and veteran Jeff "Wags" Wagenhauser at Pacesetter Park. All new players go through a "evaluation process" and are rated talent-wise for the May 1-2 team drafts. The Tuesday Masters League opens May 10 and the Thursday Legends League on May 12.

ROOKIE EVALUATIONS! SSS President Scott Nichols, left, and Vice President Gary Downey, far right, welcome newcomers Dave Luce, left, Jay Stefanski and Kurt Souva to the first day of practice at Pacesetter Park. All new players go through a "evaluation process" and are rated talent-wise for the May 1-2 team drafts. The Tuesday Masters League opens May 10 and the Thursday Legends League May 12.

DOOR PRIZES! The Sylvania Senior Softball League held its 2022 organizational meeting March 31 at the Moose Lodge, Sylvania, Ohio. Larry Wilcznski, left, and Dave Kunz each won a $50 Fricker's gift card. Practices start Tuesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 14 at 6pm at Pacesetter Park thru April 28. League play begins May 10 and May 12.

LUCK OF THE DRAW! Scott Lannen, left, and Perry Chillus each won an Adidas Melee bat at the SSS 2022 Organizational Meeting.

THE SSS 2022 Organizational Meeting gave members the opportunity to catch up. George Blattner, left and Dave Ronau joined 60+ friends at the Moose Lodge.

LET'S PLAY BALL! Dwayne Harris, left, greets Dave Luce, Alan Beerbower and Eric Iffland at the SSS 2022 Organizational Meeting held at the Moose Lodge, Sylvania, Ohio.

RAFFLE TICKETS for a 50/50 drawing - plus two Fricker's $50 gift cards and Adidas Melee bats were sold by Board Members Terry Thomas, left and Perry Chillus. Roy Woodworth purchases his - but, no winners. Maybe next time. The meeting was held March 31 at the Moose Lodge, Sylvania, Ohio.