October 13, 2026 Games:

Autumn Hunters vs Old Pols  :

Game 1: Autumn Hunter’s 20    Old Pol’s  19

Autumn Hunters: 

The night started out where the Autumn Hunter’s could either finish first outright ; a tie for first or if they lost two games in third place.  The Old Pol’s came in winless, but I knew Tony Kaminski would have his team ready and they gave us a great fight and all we could handle in game #1.  They opened up with a 5-1 lead after the first inning, but we kept our composure and battled back  scoring 9 runs over innings 5/6 to take a 7 run lead into the 7th. The Old Pol’s just kept battling and put 6 up in the top of the 7th with the tying run on base when the game ended in a ground out.  The Autumn Hunter’s played a 6 man infield and 3 man outfield as we were missing a key outfielder Mike Lazarek who tore his hamstring the week before (Thanks Mike for being a great teammate and coming out to make sure we had enough and to coach a great 3b and do the book) .  Steve “Veschy” , Aaron  “AY” Young and Scott Reiser paroled the vast OF playing great with AY with another Fall leaping grab over the fence to save a HR.  Hitting leaders :  Jim ” Witt” Wittcamp 4-4 with 2 3b;  Mike “Frog” Thompson 4-4 with 2 3b; Steve “Veschy” Veschemoet 3-4 with an OTFHR; Joe Beham 4-4 with a 3b; Scott Pratt 3-4 with a 3b; Scotty “Too Hotty” Dheel 3-4; Aaron “Ay” Young 2-4 with an OTFHR; Scott Reiser 1-2 with two walks; Jey Whitney 2-4; Kevin Koepfer 1-2 with two big Sac Fly’s. Tough gutsy win against a team that wanted to play spoiler and battled till the end.

Old Pol’s – 

Game 2: Autumn Hunter’s 26    Old Pol’s  8

Autumn Hunters:

The Autumn Hunter’s got some great help from the Gurkha’s (thanks Jeff and the boys) and going into game #2 knew we clinched at least a tie for 1st place but we wanted to win the Fall season outright. The bats picked up where we left off game #1  as we put up the max 5 runs in 4 of the 6 innings played en route to a 26-8 mercy rule win to secure the Championship. We played a  complete  game and flashed some great defense with the 6 man infield really paying off. Scotty “Too Hotty” was a gold glove 2b and turned a spectacular DP on a shot up the middle with a snag  a flip to Frog and a throw to Witt at 1b to quell any potential momentum. Scott had several other plays he made as well . Jey Whitney played well at 3b; Joe Beham at SS . Mike “Frog” Thompson at MI and Jim “Witt” Wittcamp at 1b. Kevin Koepfer played the “other 2b”  and took a shot off the shin but kept ball in front of him and he kept playing. Hitting Leaders were Aaron “AY’ young 4-4 with an OTFHR and 2 ISTPHR;  Jey Witney 4-4 with an OTFHR; Scott Pratt 3-4 with an OTFHR; Joe Beham 4-4 with a 3b and a 2b;  Steve “Veschy” Veschemoet 3-4 with a 3b and a 2b;  Scott Reiser 3-4 with an OTFHR and a 3b;  Scotty “Too Hotty ” Dheel 2-3; Kevin Koepfer 2-3; Mike Betley 1-3 but also a huge ab advancing runners to 2b and 3b to avoid DP and keep rally going. Witt added a hit.  It was a great season and the team went 9-1  (tying a Fall season record that the Softball Legend and my good friend Gary Downey did last year in 2025. Prior to that you had to go back to 2017 for the last 9-1 team my Autumn Hunter’s with Dave Senecki, Mark Clair , Marty Schmenk, Guy Stager et al). We outscored our opponents 199-131 nearly 7 runs per game average Thanks to my team as we had a great season with a great group of guys including Mike Lazarek, Scott Reiser and Michael “Frog” Thompson all who played their first season of any kind with Sylvania Senior Softball. Would love to have them in the Summer league as well. Congrats to the other Fall teams especially Aiello Gurkha’s and Strobel Renegade’s for great records. We had great weather all season and couldn’t ask for more. Thanks as well to Todd “Migs” Migliori , Josh  “JZ” Zeitz, Dave Obert and Steve Glass all for subbing at various times this Fall. Stay healthy and God Willing we will see you all at he Fall party at Andy & Barney’s (Date TBD sometime in November most likely) and  in the Spring of 2027 as we get ready for another season.

Old Pol’s :  

Inglorious Batter’s   vs  Sylvania Slammers  :

Game 1: Inglorious Batter’s  21   Sylvania Slammers   11

Inglorious Batter’s:  

Sylvania Slammer’s:  

Game 2: Inglorious Batter’s  24   Sylvania Slammers   5

Inglorious Batter’s:  

Sylvania Slammer’s

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Gurkhas  vs  Renegade’s:

Game 1: Gurkhas 18      Renegade’s  3

Gurkhas:

Renegade’s  – 

Game 2: Gurkhas 25      Renegade’s  4

Gurkhas – 

Renegade’s –