SYLVANIA SENIOR SOFTBALL

COOKOUT FUN! Kyle Green's wife Sharon and friend Shawna Christ attended the festivities: good softball games, great food and a HR derby- life is good!

FAN CLUB! Grace, left, Sierra and Tony Waislak cheer for Patrick Henry at the SSS Legends league play on Thursday nights and chowed down on the hot dogs and hamburgers coming off the grill at the cookout.

GAME TIME! Jacob and Nathanial Saurbeck, left, with Grandmother Sally Slemka, (Larry's wife), Amber Saurbeck, keeping score and Connie Fisher, (Tom's wife) in the back row.

FAN SECTION! Sherry Harris and friend Karen cheer for their favorite players.

PLAY BALL! Fans Sue Cairl, Barb Thomas and Beth Beham watch husbands Norm, Terry and Joe battle for wins in Legends league play.

SSS COOKOUT! Brad Phillips, left, with Monty Coffman's family Nicole, Courtney and Sabrina Coffman.

KING OF SWAT! Doug Meek with the trophy he won at the SSS Cookout/Homerun derby. Meek hit 4-out-of-10 OTFHR to win the title. He also won the homerun title with ten out for the season in the Masters Tuesday night league playing for Andy & Barney's Sports Bar.

Mark Goodremont, left, presents the 2017 Tournament Champs trophy to sponsor Jim Krieger

KING OF SWAT! Fricker's David Sanecki hit 5 out of ten pitches out of the park at the SSS annual Cookout/Home-run Derby event to win the "King of Swat" title for the 50's bracket. Doug Meek won the 60's bracket with 4 out of ten pitches hit out.

SSS BOMBERS! Back row: Doug Meek, Carl Clark, Scott Dheel and Gary Gardner. Front row: Mark Gedert, Patrick Henry, Joe Beham and Dave Sanecki competed in the SSS annual Homerun Derby. Sanecki won the 50's bracket with 5-out-of10 pitches hit out. (Not pictued: Gabe Barrow and Terry Thomas.)

60's KING OF SWAT! Fricker's Doug Meek hit 4-out-of-10 pitches out to win the age 60-plus bracket title at the SSS annual Cookout/Home-run Derby. Meek also plays on the Master's Andy & Barney's team.

GOOD LUCK MEGAN! - reads the inscription on the cake. Joe Beham, left and Guy Stager surprised Joe's niece Megan Schwert, a popular server at Andy & Barney's with a large cake and card, signed by SSS players. Megan is moving to Boston, MA.

GOOD FRIENDS Gabe Barrow, left and Terry "T-Bone" Thomas at the SSS Cookout. The pair also competed in the annual 50's Home-run Derby won by David Sanecki. Thomas manages the black Fricker's team and Gabe sponsors the Barrow's Jewelers team on Thursday nights.

GOT IT! SSS photographer Steve Higgins has what it takes to get the perfect photo. Higgins was taking pictures for the SSS website at the annual Cookout/Homerun party.

CHOW DOWN! Tanya & Dean Diciacca and Jim Johnson enjoyed the great food set-up by Chairman Linda Fox and her volunteers at the annual SSS Cookout.

LEGENDS LEAGUE'S Phil Richard, left and Matt Edinger strongly support UT and Fricker's. Phil is a SSS Board member and plays for Fricker's Black and the Sidelines Sylvania '60's traveling team. Matt is the SSS website statistician and plays for Fricker's Red.

DAYTON, OHIO-Matt Ficklin, center, welcomes Gary Meyer, left and James Dunlavy, right to Fricker's, Miller Lane. The Fricker's team visited Fricker's during the team's tournament play at Kettering Fields.

FAITHFUL FANS! Rhonda Chillus, left, and Deb Trego at the SSS opening night games. Chilly 52 temps - not a problem when their husbands Perry and Bill are playing.

OPENING NIGHT CHILL! Brittany & Shelly Wilcynski, with Terri VanBrandt bundle up for Thursday games with a chill of 52-degrees at Pacesetter.

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD! Jim Schneider, left, player, sponsor; Schneider Sons' Electric Corp. and photographer for the SSS website, was honored for his years of support and contribution to the league on opening night. Bob Collins, SSS League President made the presentation. Jim joined the league in 2008, and has been a vital part of its success.

OPENING DAY! Bob Collins, right, Sylvania Senior Softball League President, thanks Ray Frick for Fricker's 10-year support of the league. A special plaque honoring his contribution and a round of applause from the players, plus the first pitch, the Fricker's chicken - who distributed gift cards for chicken wings - tipped off a gala opening night at Pacesetter Park. The SSS league was established in 2008.