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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 may 28th

6:15 Games:

Fricker’s Maroon 29  vs  Fricker’s Carolina Blue 21

Fricker’s Maroon: 

 

Fricker’s Carolina Blue:

Fricker’s Carolina  Blue had a 12-6 lead after three innings, but couldn’t hold on to beat Fricker’s Maroon who was helped with two great subs in Miller and Young. The game was tied  at 16 going into the top of the th when it all fell apart as Fricker’s Maroon scored 13 runs aided by walks , errors , hard hit balls, bloop singles , more errors etc. It was too much to overcome. Fricker’s Carolina Blue led in hitting by Rick “Fig” Bonfiglio 5-5; Carl “CC ”  Clark 4-5 with an OTFHR;  Ed Reed 3-5 with two OTFHR; Jamie Crothers 4-5; The Legend Johnny Johnson 3-5 with a 2b’; Joe Beham 3-4 with a sac fly; John Correa 3-4; Shawn Dresch and Jeff “Wags” Wagenhauser both 2-5. Thanks to pool player Jeff Aielo for subbing .

 

The Distillery  23   vs.  TERRAFIRMA 20

The Distillery:

 

TERRAFIRMA:

 
 

Fricker’s Black 27  vs.   Jeff Traudt State Farm 26

Fricker’s Black :

FRICKER’S BLACK, struggling to score, down 26-13, in the bottom of the 7th, rallied, to pull-off one of wildest finishes – defeating Traudt State Farm 27-26. With two outs, bases loaded, Eric Zing singled, driving in the tying and winning runs for a 27-26 comeback win! Great team win: Matt Kwiakowski, 4/6, 2-HR, 6-RBI, 3-R, Steve Vesschemoet, 5/6, 2-2B, 8-RBI, 4-R, Zing, 3/6, 2B, 4-RBI, 1-R, Mike Beale, 3/5, 2B, 2-R, 1-RBI, Terry Patterson, 2/4, 2-W, 2B, 5-R, 1-RBI, Dave Obert, 2/4, 2B, W, 2R and Bob Ruckman, 2/3, 2-W, 2-R. Our thanks to Pool Player’s Jay Breed, 2/5, HR, 2-R, 3-RBI and Larry Hernandez, 3/3, 3B, 2-W.
 
 

Jeff Traudt State Farm: 

 

 

7:30 Games:

Sideline’s 21  vs.  Fricker’s Carolina Blue 6

Sideline’s:

The Lines caught a very good Frickers Blue team on an off night. With some timely hitting and good defense The lines put the mercy rule on them in 6. Bruce Klostermeier and John Arrington led the way going 4/4 apiece, Mel Edmundson was a perfect 3/3. Mike Miller and Aaron Young both added 4 hits a piece. Eric Novak continued his power streak wth 1 hr and a 3/4 night.

Fricker’s Carolina Blue: 

Fricker’s Carolina Blue got whipped in the 2nd game as they never recovered from the 13 run 7th inning in game 1. It was a total team collapse in all phases of the game and that is on the coach. We didn’t hit, play defense or anything and that is a recipe to get mercy ruled. Fricker’s Carolina Blue led in hitting by Johnny Johnson 3-4; Jeff “Wags” Wagonhauser 2-3 with two 2b; Jamie Crothers 2-3; John Correa 2-3; Scott Dheel; Joe Beham and Jeff Batanian (gutting it out through a shoulder injury) all had 1 hit each.

 

Pastorek’s Body Shop 25  vss.  Fricker’s Maroon  10

Pastorek’s Body Shop:

In a game of 10 on 10 the body men  found ways to put dents in the Maroon defense last night only making 8 outs in 6 innings and scoring in every inning. We batted 795 for the night with perfect nights at the plate were Jay Breed ,Todd Grohnke  Mark Reilly and Mike LaPoint 4/4 and 1 Homer for Mike . 3 hits each were Steve Duby who also threw out a runner at home after a catch in the outfield for a double play, Fred Freeman , Jeff Aiello , and sub Jeff Spotts . Everyone got a hit and scored in the game. It was a nice win for the Pastorek’s Body Shop team .
 
 
Fricker’s Maroon:
 
 
 
TERRAFIRMA  23  vs.  Fricker’s Black  19
 
TERRAFIRMA:
 
 

Fricker’s Black : 

FRICKER’S Black dropped the second game of a double-header, 23-29 to TerraFirma. Fricker’s Black top hitters: Terry Patterson, 5/5, 3-R, 1-RBI, Matt Kwiakowski, 4/4, 2-HR, 3-R, 7-RBI, Eric Zing, 3/3, 3-R, Dave Obert, 3/4, 2B, 1-R, 2-RBI and Larry Hack 3/4, 2B. Our thanks to Pool Player’s Bob Collins, 3/4,HR, 3-R, 3-RBI and Larry Hernandez, 2/4, 3B, 2-R and 1-RBI. Special thanks to Terry Patterson who filled in for the injured Craig Killinen since 5/7/26 and did a great job in the lead-off slot. Our thanks to Steve Vesschemoet, filling in for the injured Bill Gau.
Team NameWinsLossesWinning PercentageRuns ScoredRuns AllowedAverage Margin
Sidelines501.000110913.80
The Distillery410.8001041010.60
Frickers Blue310.75081741.75
TERRAFIRMA220.5007886-2.00
Pastorek Auto Body230.4001071030.80
Frickers Maroon130.25085840.25
Frickers Black130.2507073-0.75
State Farm050.000104127-4.60

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FRICKER’S WHITE shortstop Denny Miller fires to first.  And he probably hit a homerun earlier in the game

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Todd Grohnke can’t believe what fell into his glove!  And he probably hit a homerun earlier too…

2026 game recaps and standings-tuesday

tuesday may 26th

6:15 Games:

R  & J Fence Company  23  vs  RWB Card Insurance 19

RWB Card Insurance:

RWB started strong with 5 in the first and sputtered until the 4th being down 18 to 6 and we put up 9 runs to close the gap  to 10 to 13 but the fence men put up 5 to widen the gap again . Being down 23 to 15 going into the 7th we put up 4 runs but a game ending double play killed our rally . Leading the way offensively for us were Fred
Freeman 3/3 BB 3 runs , Tim Kuszmaul 3/3 BB 2 runs ,Jeff Aiello 3/3 triple 1 run , Terry Moore 3/3 1 run . Larry Wilczynski 3/4  double 3 runs , Mike LaPoint 3/4 double runs , Dave Turshon 3/4 double 2 runs , with 2 hits each were Mike Shull , 808  Jim Dandar , the rest with 1 hit each .

R & J Fence:

R&J Scored 5 in the bottom of 6 to open the lead to 23-15 but RWB tried to claw back before the Fence men shut them . Great game against a very good RWB team. Randy Bores kept the Insurance guys held down. The Fence men scored 5 runs in 4 different innings. Scott Nichols 4/4 3r, Ted Theaker 3/3 3r, John Correa 3/3 3r, Randy Bores 3/3 3r and Rick Obert 3/3 2r. Joining in with 2 hits each were Dave Obert and Virgil Correa. All the batters scored runs during the game. Great night for a game.
 

Andy & Barney’s 14  vs Bull Moose 11

Bull Moose
 
The Rough Riders turned in a lackluster offensive performance and fell to a game A & B squad. It was win number 21,457 for manager Jerry Keefe in a long and storied career that started during the Truman administration. The Moosies were led by perfect games at the plate from Tom Prahl and George Blattner, a 3 hit outing from Bob Allgier, sub Kurt Souva launched 2 long HR’s and the Wayne’s.. Stumm and Harris.. blasted HR’s as well. Joe Pastorek pitched a solid game and the defense was boosted by nice plays from Souva, Kim Crosby, Wayne Stumm, Mark Clair and George Blattner. Hitting leaders: Tom Prahl ( 3-3 R RBI), George Blattner ( 3-3 2R BB), Bob Allgier ( 3-4 R RBI), Kim Crosby ( 2-3), Gary Downey ( 2-3), Kurt Souva 2-4 2R 2 HR 3 RBI), Wayne Stumm ( 2-4 2R HR 2 RBI), Mark Clair ( 2-4 2 RBI), and Wayne Harris added his second HR of the year.
 
Andy & Barney’s
 
ANDY & BARNEY’S, super-charged by Dave Durfey’s two home-
runs, pounded out 23 hits, defeating Bullmoose 14-11 in the first
game of a double-header. TOP HITTERS: Durfey, 2/3, 2-HR, 1 R, 4 RBI,  SS Eric Ifland, 4/4, 1 R, 3 RBI, C Jim Shoemaker, 3/3, 3 R, RC Larry Hernandez, 2/3, W, 2 R, 2 RBI, LC Steve Vesschemoet, 2/3, W, 1 R, 1 RBI, RF Larry Hack, 2/4, Mike Nidek, 2/3, 1 R and 1B Gary Meyer, 2/3, 1R.
 
 
Seaway Marketplace 16  vs.   Sideline’s Sports Eatery

Seaway Marketplace

Seaway Marketplace was led by Perry Chillus in the lead-off spot went 5-5 ; Jeff Baker had 3 hits, Avery Cooper had 2 hits one being a inside the park HR. Darrell Berry and Ed Herman and Dan Bollnger al had 2 hits each . Scott Mahon  pitched  a great game for us as a pool player and also had 2 hits, .Tom Easler had 2 hits . KYLE Green gutted it out for  us and came through with a clutch hit and a walk. Sherman Thomas did a little bit of everything as he got a hit a walk and a  sac fly; he ran for everybody that needed a runner Jim Eckhart had 2 hits. a walk, helped out in the running and the outfield , thanks to our 2 subs.
 

Sideline’s Sports Eatery

Sidelines played Seaway tough all the way to the end only to lose it in the bottom of the seventh 16-15. Sidelines could only score 1 run the last 3 innings which proved to be our downfall. Leading hitters were Dave Kunst (4-4) Johnny Johnson (3-4 2b) Wags (3-4)
Dave Ashman (3-4 2b). Thanks to Paul Wesolowski for subbing (2-3). 

7:30 Games:

Rudy’s Hot Dog  18 vs. Barrow’s Jeweler’s  12

Rudy’s Hot Dog

Rudy’s was able to outlast a very tough and determined Barrow’s Jeweler’s team last night. In a game punctuated by many base hits and only a few fly balls to the outfield.  everyone on the Rudy’s team contributed in one way or another. Hitting leaders were Kurt Souva 3 hits including  two over the fence home runs. John Arrington, Dave Cramer, Scotty “Too Hotty”  Dheel all going 4/4.  Phil Richards, Mike Hamann were 3/4.  Tony Galloro, Mike Betley Mark Rielly all with  two hits. Tim Davis was active all night,  as the opposition kept him very busy. Mike Hamann pitched a great game and everyone played very hard.

Barrow’s Jeweler’s

 

Andy & Barney’s 18  vs.  Sideline’s Sports Eatery 13

Andy & Barney’s

ANDY & BARNEY’S, on a roll, banged out 27-hits, defeating Sidelines 18-13, with Dave Durfey, 3/4, slamming two homeruns, 2 R, 2 RBI, leading the charge. Steve Vesschemoet, stayed hot, going 3/4, HR, 3 R & 2 RBI. Top hitters: P Wade Timming, 4/4, 2B, 3B, 3 R, 2 RBI, Larry Hernandez, 3/4, 2-2B, 2 R, Guy Stager, 3/4, 2-2B, 1 R, 2 RBI and Mike Nidek, 3/4. Hot bats: Eric Ifland, 2/4, 3B, 2 R, 2-RBI, Larry Hack, 2/4, 2B, 1 R,  and 1B Gary Meyer, 2/3, 1 R, 1 RBI. A&B is now 2-1 in League play.
 
Sideline’s Sports Eatery
 
In the nightcap Sideline’s led the whole game just like our first game tonight only to lose to Andy & Barney’s 18-13. Andy & Barney’s scored 9 runs in the seventh inning and Sidelines couldn’t answer and that was the difference. Sidelines played with 2 key players missing which didn’t help. Leading hitters for Sidelines were 
Johnny Johnson (3-4 3b) Wags (3-4 OTFHR 2-2b) Woody (3-4) Jerry Edmondson (3-4) Gary Kreinbrink (3-4) Defensively Wags made several great running catches to keep the game close. Special thanks to Sherman Thomas (3-4 2b) for subbing. 
 
RWB Card Insurance  14  vs. Mayh3m Sports &  Apparel 9
 
RWB Card Insurance
 
In the nightcap the RWB team was able to get our first win against a tuff mayhem team . Not a lot of scoring for both teams tonight but we were able to put up enough to seal the win . Batting leaders were Larry W 3/3  2 runs , Mile Shull 3/3 1 run , Terry Moore 3/3 double 1 run ; Mike LaPoint 2/2 BB 3 runs , Fred Freeman 2/3 double 3 runs , Dave Turshon 2/3 1 run ; Tim Kuszmaul 2/2 1 run sac ,Jeff Aiello 2/3 triple 1 run , Randy Robison 2/3 1 run .It was good to get into the win column in the early start of the season .
 
 

Mayh3m Sports &  Apparel

 
 
 
 
 
 
Team NameWinsLossesWinning PercentageRuns ScoredRuns AllowedAverage Margin
Rudy's Hot Dog301.000623210.000
R&J Fence301.00065495.333
Andy & Barney's21.6674448-1.333
MAYH3M11.5001819-.500
Seaway Marketplace11.5002435-5.500
RWB Card Ins12.3334548-1.000
Bull Moose12.3334050-3.333
Sidelines03.0003343-3.333
Barrows Jewelers02.0002936-3.500

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Mark Clair, player and sponsor of the Bull Moose Retirement team, is all business

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Paul Wesolowski is a jack of all trades – playing infield here, but equally comfortable on the mound.  His hitting is pretty darn good too!

"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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