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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 August 13th

6:15 Games:

Pastorek’s Body Shop 17  vs  Fricker’s Black 10

Pastorek’s Body Shop:

 

Fricker’s Black: 

 

Sideline’s  Sports Eatery 20  vs  Terrafirma 16
 
Sideline’s:
 
In a must win game for both teams Sidelines held off a powerhouse Terrafirma team in game 1 of  a double header for “The Lines”. Back to back 5 run innings to start the game was the way we wanted to get started in this one. Terrafirma tightened up their defense and started limiting our runs to keep the game tight. A big 5 run fourth and some good defensive work by The lines secured the game for us. Aaron Young had a nice 4/4 game with 4 doubles. Eric Sitter(does this guy ever make and out?) was 4/4 as usual. John Arrington had a solid 4/4 game putting it wherever he wanted. Eric Novak and Mike Miller both notched a 3/4 game with Novak adding a Dinger.
 
 
Terrafirma: 
 
TerraFirma lost 20-16 versus Sidelines in a battle for top team.
Kurt Souva, Josh Zeitz, Steve Glass, Scott Pratt, Jerry Tanner, and John Ingison all went 3/4 driving in 10 of the 16 runs. Scott Pratt, Dave Durfey, and Josh Zeitz added one OTF homer each on this humid evening. Mike Strobel, Dave Durfey, Dave Kunst, and Dave Timmerman each added two hits a piece. “Rusty” Kunst with two RBI’s of his own. Dennie Peters played a solid middle adding his own RBI with a hard hit double in the 3rd. TerraFirma had a rally going in the bottom of the 7th, but just couldn’t get enough.
 
 
Fricker’s Carolina Blue 22  vs.    The Distillery  15
 

Fricker’s Carolina Blue:

 

Fricker’s Maroon:

 
 

7:45 Games: 

Terrafirma   21  vs   The Distillery  11

Terrafirma:

TerraFirma versus The Distillery was a fairly one sided game until the 4th when The Distillery started hitting the gaps. Game got really close with both teams hitting well. Finally in the 5th, TerraFirma pulled ahead and stayed there to finish the game. Josh Zeitz went 4/4 with two more OTF home runs. He scored 6 of the runs by himself. Kurt Souva, Dave Durfey, and Scott Pratt also went 4/4 knocking in 9 more runs. Dave Durfey with an OTF home run. Mike Strobel, Steve Glass, and Dave Timmerman went 3/4. John “Moose” Ingison and Jerry Tanner got on base in clutch situations. John “Moose” Ingison knocked in three runs by himself!!  Dave Kunst and Dennie Peters played great defense making the necessary plays. Hope Marc Jobe can be here for final games on 8/20! 
 

The Distillery:

 

Jeff Traudt State Farm  12   vs  Fricker’s Black  7

Jeff Traudt State Farm:

The Insurance Men had a nice come from behind win over a very tough Black team on a cloudy, humid evening. After giving up 5 runs in the first inning, we held them to 2 more runs over the final 7 frames behind a great game on the hill from Bob “808”  Ruckman and some outstanding defensive play. In a game where runs were sparse for both sides, we managed 2 in the top of the 7th to tie it, before doubling our run total with 6 more in the 8th, then held them to 1 in their half to garner the victory.  Denny Miller, Fireball, George Hilfinger and Phil Naylor all turned in highlight reel plays as Wayne Stumm, Jase Sweede and SSS Legend Joe Beham were also very good with the gloves. Sweede, Mig, Naylor and James Carlozzi helped to keep us close in the early going with several key hits until Miller… after a slow start.. hit back to back bombs in the 6th and 8th innings, good for 4 RBI.  Mig launched a towering 2 run HR, Sweede knocked in 2 on 3 hits, Carlozzi doubled, tripled and had an RBI as Naylor added two hits, 2 walks and scored twice. Spottsy and Carlozzi scored crucial runs in the 7th, one of which was on a big double from Hilfinger. Leading hitters: Phil Naylor ( 2-2 2R 2BB 2B), Jase Sweede ( 3-4 2 RBI), Denny Miller ( 2-4 2R 2 HR’s 4 RBI), James Carlozzi ( 2-4 2R 2B 3B RBI), and George Hilfinger ( 2-4 2B RBI). Fireball added a hit, BB, RBI and 2R as Stumm chipped in with a hit, BB and scored. Everyone on this team contributed to this win.. and thanks to Joe Beham for another fine performance as a sub. And thanks to our sponsor Jeff Traudt who spurred us on to the win and then treated us to beverages and food after the game. Well done State Farm!
 
 
Fricker’s Black:
 
 
Sideline’s Sports Eatery 23   vs   Fricker’s Maroon  11
 
Sideline’s:
 
In another must win for “the Lines” we took care of business against a pretty good Maroon team. The bats were hot tonight. Mike Miller had his HR swing working with a 5/5 2HR game. Josh Siewert was just as hot going 5/5 with a HR. Eric Sitter was 4/5 with a HR and Aaron Young was 4/5. A special thanks to Joe Pastorek for subbing and pitching a great game and going 4/4 ( for a team that is up 1/2 game on his team for 1st place)
 
 

Fricker’s Maroon:

 

Team NameWinsLossesWinning PercentageGames BehindRuns ScoredRuns AllowedAverage Margin
Sidelines1340.76503542635.35
Pastorek Auto Body1350.72213562635.17
TERRAFIRMA1260.66723453092.00
The Distillery990.5001323357-1.89
Frickers Blue8110.4211296315-1.00
Frickers Black7100.4122308319-0.65
Frickers Maroon5130.2782310376-3.67
State Farm5140.2633314404-4.74

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

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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 August 4th, 2026

6:15 pm Games:

Bull Moose  14  vs    Seaway Marketplace  12

Bull Moose:  

The Rough Riders used a 5 run rally in the top of the 7th to slide past a very tough Seaway team. This was a tight game throughout as Seaway tallied 4 in the bottom of the 6th to take a 3 run lead before our rally in the 7th. Kim Crosby led off the 7th with a walk, which was followed by 2 quick outs before 5 straight hits from Wayne Stumm, Gary Gardner, Wayne Harris, George Blattner and Mark Clair which plated 5 runs. Lefty Joe Pastorek hurled a fine game and the defense was solid enough when needed to hang on for the win. Gary Gardner and Brett Crosby were perfect at the plate and were backed by fine hitting from Ed Calderon, Wayne Stumm, Wayne Harris, Mark Clair and George Blattner. Leading hitters: Gary Gardner ( 4-4 2B 3R 3 RBI), Brett Crosby ( 3-3 2B 2 RBI), Mark Clair ( 3-4 2 RBI), Ed Calderon ( 3-4 3R), Wayne Harris ( 2-4 3R 2B 3 RBI), George Blattner ( 2-4 R 2B 3 RBI), Wayne Stumm ( 2-4 3R 2B), and Joe Pastorek ( 1-2 R BB). Nice comeback win Moosies!

Seaway Marketplace:

Bright spot for Seaway was Yancey showed up and played like he had been in the line up all season, we can’t get out our own way . Defense has Gotta step up and so do our bats as we left 3 bats at home plate, that’s never good. 
 

R & J Fence Company 16  vs  Andy & Barney’s  12

R & J Fence Company:

R&J came from behind after giving up 5 runs in the 1st inning. R&J took the lead for good in the 3rd inning. Dave Obert on base all 4 times with an ITPHR. Scott Nichols on base all 4 AB,3R, Ted Theaker 2/3 BB, Mike Gory on base 3 times 2/2 BB, Russ Korb 2/3. Virgil 1/2 ,2BB 3R. COMPLIMENTS to R&J infield for its defense all night turning Double plays and fine defense. W Big victories led by John Correa pitching another great game getting batters to hit his pitches.

Andy & Barney’s:

ANDY & BARNEY’S struggled-only16-hits- losing to RJ Fence 16-12. A&B’s Dave “Durf” Durfey hit his 8th homerun: 2-3, HR, 2R, 2RBI. Larry Hernandez, 2-2, HR (INTP), 2B, W, batting in the #2 slot, behind lead-off hitter SS Eric Ifland, 3-3, 3R and M/I Scott Libbe, 2-3, 2R. 
 

Sideline’s  16  vs  RWB Card Insurance  12  

Sideline’s: 

Sidelines started strong and led 13-6 after 4 and held on to beat the first place RWB 16-12. The big blow came in the bottom of the sixth inning with Sidelines holding on to a 13-12 lead and Jeff (Wags) Wagenhauser belted a huge 3 run homer for the final margin. Sidelines had 25 hits and leading the way was Wags (3-4 OTFHR) Johnny Johnson (3-4 2-2b) Bob Miller (3-4 2b)
Dave Ashman (4-4 2-2b) Craig Mantey (2-3 2b) Woody Woodrow (2-3). Special thanks to Phil Richard for subbing and going (2-3 3b). Nice win for Sidelines over one of the best teams in the league. 

RWB Card Insurance:

We had an off night defensively and offensively against the good
Sidelines team losing by 4 . We had 2 innings where we scored 5 runs  but other than that just couldn’t put enough hits together to pull ahead . Thanks to Terry Paterson for subbing for us as we were short 2 guys. Top hitters were Mike LaPoint and Jeff Aiello getting on base at every at bat. Terry Paterson and Fred Freeman with 3 hits , Bob “808” Ruckman , Mike Shull and Mark Jagozinski with 2 hits each .Dave Turshon hit an OTFHR to cap off our 5 run inning .
 

7:45 pm Games:

Andy & Barney’s  16  vs   Barrow’s Jeweler’s  14

Andy & Barney’s :

ANDY & BARNEY’S bounced back in the second game, defeating Barrow’s 16-14. Down 13-12 in the top of the 7th, A&B scored four runs to take a 16-13 lead. Dave Durfey, batting clean-up, tripled – driving in two runs -Scott Libbe, singled – driving in Durfey for a 16-13 lead. Bottom of the 7th, Barrow’s scored one run, losing 16-14. BIG 4’s: A&B’s Durfey was 4-4, 2-2B, 3B, 4R & 4RBI,  Larry Hernandez, 4-4, 2R, Scott Libbe, 4-4, 3R and Larry Hack, 4-4, 2R & 1RBI. A&B improved to 8-6 in league play with 2-games left – and then the tournament.
 
Barrow’s Jeweler’s:
 
Barrows put a couple of home runs up in the first and second inning. It was a slow-moving game with the score 8 – 8 after the third inning. 2 Eggs were served sunny side up to both teams 0-0 for the next 2 innings. Terry Patterson and Todd Hofer did great job in the outfield. Gabe and Mark preformed near flawless (due to hardly any balls going to them) Thank you Freddy Freeman for helping us out on the infield. Terry Patterson 4/4, Scott Walters 3 /4, Todd Omey 3 /4 and yes, I’m counting his SAC for a hit, Paul Wesolowski  went 3 /4, Mark ” The Murf” Murphy 3 /4, Gabe Barrow  3 /4. Aaron Crosley  3 /4, Brent Buehrer  went 3 /3. Scott Mahon was pitching this game and not left field like I wrote
last game. It was a close game and anybody’s to lose. Andy & Barneys made a good run at trying to lose but Barrows came through in the end. Good game everyone.
 
 
Rudy’ s  Hot Dogs  23 vs  Sidelines 8

Rudy’s Hot Dogs:

Rudy’s tonight was able to pull one game above 500 against a very good Sideline team. Our congratulations to one tough guy Woody Woodrow who was on the opposition, took a hard shot to third base and got hurt three times during the game and showed the toughness to compete. Good for him he’s a tough guy. Rudy’s offense was on fire tonight posting 23 runs in the contest. Everyone in the team contributed:  home run by Kurt SouVa, plays at the plate by Mike Betley and Scott Dheel ; dynamite performance by Tony Galloro at short who chased down everything going his way. Hitting leaders tonight or Tony Galloro ; Kurt Souva with a OTFHR . Kevin Shook 3:4 with a OTR home run; John Arrington, Phil Richards, Dave Cramer, Scott Dheel, Mike Hamann, Charlie Oberlin and Tim Davis had two hits each. A very well played game by the Rudy’s team tonight who always plays hard.

Sideline’s:

In the nightcap for Sidelines we proved to be no match for Rudy’s getting run ruled in six innings 23-8. Rudy’s scored in every inning while our bats barely left the bat rack as we only could manage 16 hits. Leading hitters were Bob Miller (3-3) Husky (3-3) Johnny Johnson (2-3 2b) Wags (2-3 2b) Dave Ashman (2-3 2b) Woody Woodrow (2-3). Special thanks to Tim Kuszmal for subbing (1-2 2b).

R & J Fence Company  12   vs  Mayh3m   7

R & J Fence Company:

John Coulson kept the Fence men off balance all game only scoring 12 runs but it was enough as the Fence men played a good defensive game. Virgil had an ISTPHR 3/3 2r, Dave(shuffles) Obert 3/3, Scott Nichols 3/3 2r. Bottom of the order scored 6 runs of the teams 12 runs. Russ Korb 2/2 2r and Rick Schmidt 2/2 2 r. Mayhem gave all that R&J they wanted in the game.
 

Mayh3m:

A beautiful evening for ball and fellowship. It wasn’t however a great offensive night for either team. Going into top of 6, the score was only 10-7 with RJ Fence on top.  Mayh3m scored early on and never scored again middle to end.  Great defense for everyone for
The evening with Marty Schmenck and Steve Glass pulling off 4 double plays.  Steve for the evening also pulled off a 3-3 at the plate for the night. Other notable hitters for the evening are
Jim Elchert. Witt. Marty Schmenck. Jim Bier. John Coulson. Jerry Daniels and Gary Hoovler all going 2-3.   Once again John Coulson pitched a heck of game.   
 
Team NameWinsLossesWinning PercentageRuns ScoredRuns AllowedAverage Margin
R&J Fence104.7142472043.071
RWB Card Ins85.6152111961.154
Andy & Barney's86.571205213-.571
Rudy's Hot Dog76.5382421904.000
Seaway Marketplace76.538177180-.231
Bull Moose76.538176184-.615
Barrows Jewelers67.462227218.692
Sidelines59.357183225-3.000
MAYH3M211.154140198-4.462

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)

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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!

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

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

Our Sponsors

Sponsors play a significant role in SYLVANIA SENIOR SOFTBALL’s success and financial stability. By offering team and specialty sponsorships, we allow businesses and individuals to make a meaningful impact on our softball league while gaining valuable exposure within the community.

We encourage everyone to support our sponsors. Their generosity allows us to enhance the experience for our players and strengthen the bonds of our softball family. Together, we can continue to foster a vibrant and thriving community. Thank you for your support.

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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