Photo/KRISTINA YOUNG

2024 CHAMPIONS! Sidelines Pub won the SSS 2024 League Championship and in the tournament finals, defeated Bullmoose 21-20 to win the SSS tournament . Front row, L-R: Bill Gau, Jeff Spotts, Aaron Young, Dave (Pac Man) Pacholski, Bob Zubkoff and Mike Miller. Back row, L-R: Justin Keller, Ed Sharek, Paul Wesolowski, Mel Edmundson, Eric Sitter, Bob Ruckman and Shawn Dresch. Sidelines stats: team average .667, top 3-hitters: Eric Sitter .783, Mike Miller .754 and Mel Edmunson .734. Homerun leaders: Justin Keller -12, Shawn Dresch – 9 and Mike Miller – 7. Team totals – 413 hits and 40 walks.

In the semi -finals game,  Sidelines was able to pull out a close one against Fricker’s Red 11-8.  Defense was on display throughout the game, while the offense did just enough to win and move on to the finals.  Offensive leaders were Mike Miller 3-3 with a double and triple, Justin Keller 2-3, Bobby Z 2-3 with an OTFHR, Paul Wesolowski 2-3, Pac-Man 2-3 with a double, Jeff Spotts 2-3, Mel Edmundson 2-4 – with everyone in the lineup collecting at least 1 hit.

Sidelines vs Bullmoose – this game added up to be what everyone thought it would be, with Sidelines winning in walk – off fashion, 21-20.  Sidelines again had everyone in the lineup collecting at least one hit to go with some timely walks and sacrifice flies.  Leading the way to the championship were Mel Edmondson 4-4 with an OTFHR and a double, Mike Miller 3-4 with an OTFHR, Justin Keller 3-3 with an OTFHR, double and walk, Eric Sitter 3-3 with a SAC, Ed Sharek 2-2 with an OTFHR, triple and walk, Bobby Z 2-3 with an OTFHR and walk, Bob Ruckman 2-3 with a double, Jeff Spotts 2-3 with a triple, Shawn Dresch 1-2 with 2 walks and Paul Wesolowski 1-2 with a walk and SAC.  It was a great season for Sidelines with a great group of guys always willing to do whatever it took to win and pick each other up.  This was a very competitive League, with all teams pretty equal in talent.

Fricker’s White vs. Barrow’s

White:

Barrow’s:    

Fricker’s Maroon 19 – State Farm 16

Maroon:   Fricker’s Maroon scored 5 runs in the first inning and never trailed after , beating a tough State Farm team coached by Gary Downey. Fricker’s Maroon was led in hitting by Chad Collins 3-4 with two OTFHR; his brother Bob Collins  not to be outdone also was 3-4 with two OTFHR; Matt Cieka 4-4;  MJ was 3-4;  Shawn Dresch 3-4;  Jeff Wags, Joe Beham; George Hilfinger and Jaason Kennedy all had two hits each. Jayson Kennedy played a great 2b and we had a nice DP Matt Cieka-Jason Kennedy- Shawn Dresch.

State Farm:  The Insurance Men came up short against a very good Maroon team. The highlights were Todd Migliori making a couple fantastic plays at 3rd and Rodney Allen pounding a couple OTF bombs. Also sub Kurt Souva was great with 4 hits including an OTF HR. Thanks to Kurt. Hitting leaders: Kurt Souva ( 4-4 3R OTF HR 3 RBI), Ed Sharek ( 3-3 2B 3R 2 RBI), Rodney Allen ( 3-4 OTF HR 3 RBI), Mig ( 3-4 2 2B 2R 2 RBI), Herb Haynes ( 2-4 R RBI), Wayne Stumm ( 2-4 2R 2 RBI), and Paul Wesolowski ( 2-4 2R).

Sidelines 17 – Pastorek 15

Sidelines:  Sidelines squeaked out a 17-15 victory scoring 5 runs in the top of the 7th and holding on for the win.  Defensively we still need work but getting better. Bruce Klostermeier was perfect on the night going 4-4, Mike Miller and Aaron Young both chipped in 4 hits going 4/5. Johnny Johnson, Dave Kunst and Dave Timmerman were all 3/4

Pastorek:

Fricker’s Maroon 30 – Fricker’s Red 18

Maroon:  In a  battle of all Fricker’s Teams. Fricker’s Maroon came out on top of the slugfest. Both teams plated 10 runs the first two innings and Fricker’s Maroon surged ahead in the 3rd inning and never looked back. Fricker’s Maroon hit 6 OTFHR in the game. Fricker’s Maroon led in hitting by  Ed Reed 4-4 with two OTFHR; Chad Collins 4-5 with a 2b and OTFHR; Shawn Dresch 3-5 with two OTFHR; Bob Collins 3-5 with an OTFHR; Matt Cieka 4-5; MJ 3-5; Jeff Wags 3-5 with a 2b; Jason Kennedy; Joe Beham; George Hilfinger and Scottie “Too Hotty” Dheel all with two hits each.  We turned a nice DP with Ed Reed fielding ball touching 2nd and gunning to Dresch at 1b.   In the bottom of the 7th Jason Kennedy made a great play in the hole at 2b for an out and Ed Reed finished the game by leaping to spear a line drive. Shawn Dresch played a great 1b with some nice scoops. Hope Fricker’s Maroon can continue the hot start.

Red:

Pastorek 20 – State Farm 15

Fricker’s Black 17- Sidelines 12

Photo/JEFF WALLES

2024 MASTERS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS! Schneider Sons’ Electric tore thru the league running up a 16-2 record. Pitcher Jeff Baker led the offense, hitting .779 followed by Todd Omey, .776, Fred Freeman, .750 and Terry Patterson, .729. Front row, l-r: Phil Rodriquez, sponsor Jim Schneider, mgr., Jeff Aiello, Terry Moore and Mike Nidek. Back row, l-r: John Brubaker, Dave Ronau, Jeff Baker, Scott Nichols, Randy Robinson, Fred Freeman and Todd Omey.

RWB 15 – Rudy’s 13

RWB:  On a wet night when only 2 teams decided to play their complete game in the rain , the RWB team took one from the Rudy’s team . The rain was constant and washed away part of our scorebook to get final batting stats . Got to give both teams and the umpire a lot of credit for staying. Batting leaders were Bobby Zee with a 3 run homer in the third and Jeff Aiello with an inside the parker in the the third as well . Everyone had at least one or two hits . We started out down by 5 in the first. We scratched our way back by tying it up and then went  ahead by 5 in the sixth inning.  We held them to 3 runs in their half of the seventh inning with Aiello making a nice catch with the bases load to stop their rally

Rudy’s:  In a rain soaked season opener Rudy’s fell to a tough RWB team. Great pitching by John Coulson and great offense by the rest of the team made for an exciting game. Rudy’s started off, tough, only to be caught in the later innings. Highlighted by two defensive plays in the seventh inning, which ended in Rudy’s loss Hitting leaders for Rudy’s were Dave Roneau, Matt Giles,Mark Reilly,John Coulson,Scott Walters.  Rudy’s showed great teamwork in this our first game of the new season. Team played very hard.

Crawfords 13 – Sidelines 9

Crawfords:  Crawfords was lead by Tom Easler 3-3 ,Perry Chillus 2-2 with a walk, Tim Rayford 2-3 with 2 HR OTF. Murray Dennison ,2-3 Alan Wenzler 2-3 Gary Meyer 2-3,kyle Green2-3 Dan Bollinger 2-3.Russell Krob and John Birmingham had 2 great clutch hits . Jeff Baker Pitched a Great game and his defense was spectacular up the middle tonight. Good game CRAWFORDS. SideLines has a great team that will be a handful whenever they are on the field.

Sidelines:  Sidelines opened their season against Crawfords and came up a little short falling 14-10. Crawfords jumped out to a 5-0 lead but Sidelines came back and led 6-5 in the third. However Sidelines bats went quiet after that as we were shut out in 3 innings. Leading hitters were Wags (2-3 3b) Husky (2-3) Dave Ashman (2-3 3b) Craig Mantee (2-3 2b) Aaron Crossley (2-3)Roy Woodworth (1-3 2b 2 RBI). 

Bull Moose 19 – R&J Fence 18

Bull Moose:  In a topsy turvy home opener the Mooseletics squeeked out a win against a fine Fence Builder team. The Mooseletics are a tribute band covering all the hits of the 1972-74 Oakland A’s.  In the botton of the 7th, the Moosies tied it with 3 and then plated 5 in the bottom of the 8th for the victory. Brett Crosby pitched very well and got help with good D from John Arrington, Rick Obert, Dave Obert and Mark Clair to name a few… and the offense was bouyed by great games from Bob Allgier, Brett Crosby, Clair ( Mr. Moose ), Rick Obert, Jim Elchert and Joe Keenan. Hitting leaders: Bob Allgier ( 5-5 2R 2B 2 RBI), Brett Crosby ( 4-4 2 2B 2R 4 RBI), Mark Clair ( 3-3 2 BB 3R 2 RBI), Rick Obert ( 4-5 3 2B 2R RBI), Dave Durfey ( 2-3 BB 2R 2 RBI), Jim Elchert ( 3-5 3B 2R 2 RBI), Joe Keenan 3-5 R 3 RBI), Kim Crosby ( 2-4 2R RBI0, and Tom Spy ( 2-4 2R), Dave Obert added 2 hits including a 3B, 2R and an RBI. Nice win Bull Moose!  Game 2 against Crawfords was suspended after 2 innings due to the damp conditions. See ya’s next week.

R&J:  Bull Moose 21- R&J Fence 20 in 8 innings. A back and forth kept going into 8 innings.Tim Kuszmaul led the way going 5/5. Gary Gardner had an inside the park HR 4/4 3r. Sweet Lou, Jim Rizzo, John Correa all went 3/5. Rick Schmidt 3/4 The Fencemen will rally looking forward to week #2. Both teams sporting their new Jerseys. Always expect a good game when these 2 get together.

Andy & Barneys 19 – Mayh3m 17

Andy & Barneys:  ANDY & BARNEY’S opened the season with a 19-17 win over Mayh3m Apparel 19-17. In the 6^th inning, A&B’s Jase Sweed reached base on an error, Steve Glass singled, Wayne Stumm singled – bases loaded – Larry Hernandez singled –  driving in two, Rick Bechtel’s singled to drive in the third run. Mayh3m bounced Back, scoring four – final score: A&B’s 19 – Mayh3m – 17. Top Hitters: Jim Bier 3/3, 3b, 1-r, 3-RBI’s, Rick Bechtel 3/4, 2r, 3-RBI’s, Jase Sweed, 2/4, Steve Glass 2/3, Wayne Stumm 1/2, 2-w, 4-RBI’s, Joe Pastorek 2/3 and rookie Tim Davis 2/3. Davis made several really tough catches in right field. John Johnson, Guy Stager and Gary Hoovler chipped in with key hits.

Mayh3m:  Team Mayh3m came on late to make the season open a close game. Unfortunate to give up 2 bad innings of defense and the same innings to not score. With that said the Team stayed together and rallied late. Mayh3m was lead Ed Calderon in the leadoff role 4-5 , Witt 4-5, Fritz 3-3 w/Sac, Steve Veschamoot 3-4 and Tony Galloro 3-4. Freddie Freeman and George Blattner provided some late hitting at the bottom  helping the comeback cause. Freddie and Witt had some timely doubles and leading the RBI’s was Witt with 4 and Ed, Fritz, Jerry, Tony & Ted with 2 each. It’s going to be a good season for sure.

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