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Senior Softball League in Sylvania, OH

Step onto the field and embrace the spirit of competition at SYLVANIA SENIOR SOFTBALL. Established in January 2008, we are a vibrant senior softball league in Sylvania, OH, that prides itself on organizing exciting games and engaging softball tournaments where camaraderie and friendly competition meet. 

Our 58 and over league plays on Tuesday nights, and our Thursday night league consists of players aged 48 and over.

2026 Applications are now closed!  League play begins May 5th/7th.  Check the Roster/Schedule page for updates

Our Mission Statement

While all games organized by SYLVANIA SENIOR SOFTBALL should be played with the intent to win, our goal is to ensure that our members (i) have a positive, fun, athletic, and social experience and (ii) compete and play in a sportsmanlike manner.

It is essential that all our games and activities be conducted constructively and non-critically. We aim to treat all members with respect and dignity and provide them with a fair and equitable opportunity to participate.

Our Founders

Bruce Anderson
Jim Dunlavy
Gordon Hirsch
Jerry Keefe
Kent Lincoln
Jeff Lydy
Gary Meyer
John Radscheid
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Sidelines defeats Fricker's Red 11-8 in Semi-finals!

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 defeats Bullmoose 21-20 to win Championship!

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.

2026 game recaps and standings-thursday

thursday July 30

6:15 Games:

Pastorek’s Body Shop 11 vs  Fricker’s Carolina  Blue  10

Pastorek’s Body Shop:

 

Fricker’s Carolina  Blue: 

In a low scoring game that saw both teams  struggling to score runs, Fricker’s Carolina Blue was able to battle back with two runs in the top of the 7th to tie the game, but couldn’t hold off the top of the Body men line up in the bottom of the 7th as Pastorek’s got the walk off win 11-10. John Correa pitched a great game and defense was solid  with  turning two DP with Jason Collimer at ss Johnny Johnson MI and Shawh Dresch at 1b. Leading hitters were  Pool Sub Dave “Durf” Durfey 3-3; The agelwess legend, Johnny Johnson 2-4;  Rick “Fig” Bonfiglio, Jason Collimer, Shawn Dresch  and Scotty “Too Hotty” Dheel all going 2-3. John Correa was 2-2 with a walk. Joe Beham was 2-3 with an inside the park three run HR.  Jeff ” Wags” Wagenhauser added a double as well.

 

Jeff Traudt State Farm  20  vs  Fricker’s Maroon 19
 
Jeff Traudt State Farm:
 
The Insurance Men led this one from start to finish on the way to the win. Up by 8 going into the top of the 7th, we saw the lead dwindle to 1 before getting the final out in a nail biter final frame. Denny Miller, Todd Migliori, Wayne Stumm and sub Paul Wesolowski had perfect games at the plate including 3 towering HR’s from Miller. A bid for a 4th HR was ruled as a foul ball in a very close call. Stumm ripped 2 doubles and knocked in 4 as James Carlozzi also had 4 RBI and another long OTF HR. Fireball continued his torrid pace with 3 RBI on 3 hits. The defense was very good all night with nice plays turned in by Fireball, Stumm, Jase Sweede, sub Jim Elchert, Miller and Phil Naylor… who helped turn a dazzling DP… SS-MI to home. Leading hitters: Denny Miller ( 4-4 3 HR’s 5 RBI), Mig ( 4-4 2R 2 2B RBI), Wayne Stumm ( 3-3 2R 2 2B 4 RBI), Paul Wesolowski ( 3-3 2R RBI), Fireball ( 3-4 3R 3 RBI), James Carlozzi ( 2-3 R HR 4 RBI), Jeff Spotts ( 2-3 RBI), Bob Ruckman ( 2-3 R), Jim Elchert ( 2-3 3R 2B), Jase Sweede ( 2-4 2R), and Phil Naylor ( 1-2 R 2 BB RBI). Thanks so much to Paul Wesolowski and Jim Elchert for a great job as subs. Well done guys!
 
 
Fricker’s Maroon: 
 
 
 
 
Sideline’s 23  vs  Fricker’s Black  18   
 

Sideline’s:

 

Fricker’s Black:

 

7:45 Games: 

Terrafirma 25  vs   Fricker’s Maroon  15

Terrafirma:

 

Fricker’s Maroon:

 

Pastorek’s Body Shop 18   vs  Sideline’s  8

Pastorek’s:

 

Sideline’s:
 
 
 
Jeff Traudt State Farm  Insurance  21   vs   The Distillery  8
 
 
Jeff Traudt State Farm Insurance:
This was our best effort yet as we were very good on both offense and defense in this one. Bob “808”  Ruckman was great on the hill in both games tonight and the D was stellar in this one with nice plays turned in by Fireball, Jase Sweede, Wayne Stumm, Mig, Denny Miller, subs Steve Vesschemoet and Joe Beham…who turned in the finest  play of the game… and 808. The hitting was again led by perfect games from Stumm and Denny Miller as well as Sweede, as both Stumm and Miller blasted long 2 run homers. Jeff “Spottsy” Spotts contributed 4 RBI on 3 hits including a bases full double good for 3 ribbies. Beham ripped a bases loaded triple and scored twice as Mig also knocked in 3 on 3 hits. And, as usual, Fireball had 3 more hits and scored 3 times as James Carlozzi continued to pound out hits with 3 more good for 2 RBI. Leading the offense: Wayne Stumm ( 4-4 4R HR 4 RBI), Denny Miller ( 4-4 R HR 4 RBI), Jase Sweede ( 4-4 3R RBI), Jeff Spotts ( 3-4 R 2B 4 RBI), Mig ( 3-4 R 2B 3 RBI), James Carlozzi ( 3-4 R 2B 4 RBI), Fireball ( 3-4 3R), Joe Beham ( 2-3 2R 3B 3 RBI), 808 Ruckman ( 2-4 R), Phil Naylor (2-4 2R) and Steve Vesschemoet ( 2-4 2R). Thanks to Joe Beham and Steve Vesschemoet for the great play as subs… and Happy Birthday to Kristin Sweede and thanks for letting your Husband come out and play on your big day. Great night guys!
 
 
 

The Distillery:

 

Team NameWinsLossesWinning PercentageRuns ScoredRuns AllowedAverage Margin
Sidelines1130.7863062116.79
TERRAFIRMA1140.7332952562.60
Pastorek Auto Body950.6432832283.93
The Distillery970.5632712670.25
Frickers Blue790.438249272-1.44
Frickers Black690.4002392300.60
Frickers Maroon590.357254283-2.07
State Farm2140.125248347-6.19

Photo/JEFF WALLES

JEFF TRAUDT STATE FARM shortstop Todd Migliori (“Mig”) lines up a ground ball.  A menace at the plate, Mig is also a versatile defender, playing infield and outfield

Photo/JEFF WALLES

Jeff Spotts (“Spottsy”) is a manager favorite, bringing his positive attitude to the field every game.  A solid fielder and dangerous hitter, he seems to be delivering the big hit whenever his team needs it!

2026 game recaps and standings-tuesday

tuesday July 28, 2026

6:15 pm Games:

Barrow Jeweler’s  24  vs    Mayh3m  23

Barrow Jeweler’s:  

Barrows were “open for business”. They opened with a 5 spot in the 1 st , 2 nd , and 5 th innings. The bats were on fire and the defense was dialed in. Mayh3m got to the game late and unleashed
back-to-back hits in the 7 th , closing the gap with some great shots. Terry Patterson ended that comeback attempt when he flew across the field to scoop up a hard-hit ball nearly hitting the ground. He was rewarded with a really neat grass stain on top of his pre-cabbed knee. Patterson 3 /4, Scott Walters 4/4, Mark Strauss 2/2 When Mark was heading to 2 nd he blew out a calf muscle Thank you, Mayh3m, for helping him off of the field. Paul Wesolowski 4/4, Mark “Murf” Murphy 3/4, Gabe Barrow 3/4, or 4/4, (can’t read some of the marks), Todd Hofer kept the lid on 3 rd ,
Aaron helped out defensively, Glenn had 2 hits and threw a guy out at home plate caught by legendary Brent Buehrer. Scott Mahon also had 3/4 hit. Good job to both teams.

Mayh3m:

Rudy’s Hot Dogs  21  vs  R & J Fence Company 12

Rudy’s Hot Dogs:

A big night and a must win for Rudy’s tonight against a very, very tough RJ fence team. Rudy’s had the lead from the first inning and never let it go. Everyone on the team contributed and the defense was spot on. Hitting leaders were Kurt Souva going 4/4  with an OTFHR that was lofted into the next ZIP Code. Dave Ronau, Tony Guerrero, Kevin Shook, John Arrington, Mark Rielly, Phil Richards,  Dave Cramer, Scott Dheel ; Mike Hamman, and Mike Betley all had at least two hits or more.  Mike Hamann pitched a great  game.
Highlights of the game were John Arrington speared a hardliner at third for the final out after an aggressive last inning surge by the fence men. 
 

R & J Fence Company:

RWB Card Insurance  10  vs  Seaway Marketplace  6

RWB Card Insurance: 

The RWB team won a close low scoring game beating  the Seaway Marketplace team  10-6 . With us ahead 10- 3 going into the 7th ; Seaway  put up 3 runs to narrow the gap but fell short . It was a defensive game with our team making a few double plays
and tagging a few guys out . We didn’t score a whole lot of runs but enough to win and with RJ fence losing puts us in a 2 way tie after 12 games into the season at 8-4 . Top hitters were Terry Moore with his best game of the season going 3/3 with an inside the park HR and 2 doubles 2 runs scored  ,Larry Wilczynski 2/2 with  BB  2 runs scored ,Bob  “808”  Ruckman 2/2  a BB 1 run scored (pitching a great game as well ), and Jim Dandar 2/3 . 
 

Seaway:

We lost this game do to base running and we didn’t hit.   

7:45 pm Games:

Andy & Barney’s  17  vs   Mayh3m  10

Andy & Barney’s :

ANDY & BARNEY’S, on 6/23/26, the team was off to a rough start
with a 2-5 record. The squad jelled, came together, winning five
games in a row – now at 7-5 – having defeated Mayh3m 17-10. Scoring in 6-out-of 7-innings, led by Dave Durfey, 3/4, OTFHR, 2B, 3R, 4RBI, Larry Hernandez, 3/5, 2R, 3RBI, Eric Ifland, 3/5, 1R, 1RBI, Scott Libbe, 3/4, 2RBI, Wade Timming, 3/4, 1R and Mike Nidek, 4/4, 2R & 2RBI. Middle-infielder Libbe had 7-putouts – big plays in the 17-10 win. Key hits: Steve Vesschemoet, 2/4, 2R, 1-RBI, Larry Hack, 2/4 and Guy Stager, 2/4, 2R. Pitcher Wade Timming, no walks and good defense played a major role in the team’s 5th straight win. 
 
Mayh3m:
 
 
 
Bull Moose 25 vs  Sidelines 15

Bull Moose:

The Rough Riders put together their best hitting of the year in this contest, as we tallied 25 runs in 6 innings and scored 5 runs in 4 of those frames. This one was close through 4 innings, as we held a slim 15-11 advantage at that point. The entire lineup contributed to the offense, pounding out 35 hits. Having perfect games at the plate were Mark Clair, Wayne Harris, Kim Crosby and Gary Downey… with Clair knocking in 6 runs on the night. Tom Prahl, Gary Gardner, Brett Crosby, Bob Allgier (AKA Alga-zier) and Ed Calderon all had 3 hits each with Gardner blasting another key HR. Brett Crosby pitched a good game and nice defense was turned by George Blattner, Kim Crosby, Wayne Stumm, Tom Prahl, Mark Clair, and Gary Gardner. Leading Hitters: Mark Clair ( 4-4 2R 2B 6 RBI), Wayne Harris ( 4-4 3R 2 2B 3 RBI), Gary Downey ( 4-4 2R 4 RBI), Kim Crosby ( 3-3 BB 2R RBI), Tom Prahl ( 3-4 2R RBI), Gary Gardner ( 3-4 R HR 3 RBI), Brett Crosby ( 3-4 4R RBI),  Bob Allgier ( 3-4 2R RBI), Wayne Stumm ( 2-3 BB 2R 2 RBI), Ed Calderon ( 3-5 R 4 RBI),George Blattner ( 2-4 2R), and Joe Pastorek singled, walked and scored 2 runs. Very nice win Moosies!
 

Sideline’s:

Bull Moose scored in every inning and beat Sidelines  25-15. Sidelines had another rough game defensively and offensively could not keep up with the hot bats of Bull Moose. Our top hitters were Dave Kunst (4-4 2b) Jerry Edmondson (4-4) Dave Ashman (3-4 2b) Jeff “Husky: Huskisson  (3-4 2b)  and Craig Mantey (2-3 2-2b). Congrats to Bull Moose on a well played game. 

Barrow’s Jewelers  18 vs.  Seaway Marketplace 14

Barrow’s Jewelers:

Barrows stayed open for the late-night business of “snagging a 2-game win”. Terry Patterson 3/4, Scott Walters did a great job pitching and keeping the middle closed down, Thanks to Pool Sub Kurt Sova for nailing down the outfield and having a hot bat 3/3, Todd Omey did a great job at 1 st base 3 /4, Paul Wesolowski 3 /4 and fielded a lot of hot shots, Aaron Crossley went 4/4 and helped out in the infield, Scott Mahon went 3 /3, and Brent Buehrer went 3/3 and made some great game saving plays at home plate. Both teams played hard, . Seaway pushed hard in the last inning putting a lot of hits together but Barrow’s kept the defensive game at 100% Good job everyone.
 

Seaway Marketplace:

Once again our base running lost us both games .  so on to next week where i hope we got that out of our system .
 
Team NameWinsLossesWinning PercentageRuns ScoredRuns AllowedAverage Margin
R&J Fence83.7272071643.909
Seaway Marketplace73.700145138.700
RWB Card Ins74.6361891741.364
Andy & Barney's65.545160173-1.182
Rudy's Hot Dog56.4551981702.545
Bull Moose56.455137157-1.818
Barrows Jewelers46.400177171.600
Sidelines47.364143165-2.000
MAYH3M28.200104151-4.700

Photo/JEFF WALLES

Cooooop!  You’ll find Avery Cooper of SEAWAY MARKETPLACE in the OF and usually on base after a hit.  A fitness and social media enthusiast, you’re likely to see his posts promoting the league, his teammates, and his pickleball training classes.  (Bonus:  Kyle Green in the background, showing Coop which way to aim)

Photo/JEFF WALLES

ANDY AND BARNEY’S Dave Durfey fires the ball in after making a catch in the OF.  Durf is also a good IF, and one of the most feared HR hitters in the league.  

"King of Swat" 2025 League Champions!

Photo/JEFF WALLES

MASTERS CHAMPION! Keith Dunbar accepts the home run trophy from SSS President Scott Nichols, after crushing 17 round-trippers in 18 games

Photo/JEFF WALLES

LEGENDS CHAMPIONS!  Ric Bonfiglio, Denny Miller, and Chad Collins tied for the league title, with 22 bombs each (in 19 games)

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Thursday League

Fricker's in Sylvania (Three Teams)

Charles Marczewski, Manager

The Distillery

Pastorek's Body Shop

Joe Pastorek

TERRAFIRMA Landscape

Dennie Peters

Tuesday League

Bull Moose retirement planning

Mark and Ryan Clair

Rudy's Hot Dog

3208 Alexis Road
Justin Dionyssiou

Andy & Barney's Sports Bar / Jo-Jo's Pizzeria

Abe Mahmoud

R & J Fence

John Correa

RWB Card Ins

Bob Ruckman

Barrow's jewelers

Gabe Barrow

Seaway Marketplace/Yancey's Lawn care

Murray Dennison

MAYH3M Sports and Apparel

Jim Wittkamp

Acknowledgements

Fricker’s Sports Bar, Sylvania, OH

SSSL Logo Designed by Francis Graphics, Inc.

Sylvania Recreation District

Scott Stampflmeier – Sylvan Studio, Sylvania, OH

Jenn Scally – The Letterman Ink & Threads

Tom Pruss – Northcoast: Print, Mail, Marketing

Lamar Advertising Company

Jeff Walles / Photographer

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