Carol Chiarello The eight week spring softball season ended on June 27. This session featured 16 teams playing in seven leagues on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Let’s recap how the teams fared: Monday Recreation League: Jeff Rayner managed The Charles Company team to a first place finish with six wins and one loss. Stone…
Jonathan Green OK, we don’t actually sell tickets, but a capacity—at times overflow—crowd watched three close and exciting SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) games at the annual Memorial Day Tournament on a gorgeous holiday morning. The event was dedicated to the memory of Rob Seguin, SSSA player, umpire, leader, friend and dedicated member who passed…
Carol Chiarello The SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) concluded its winter season on April 22. This was a busy season, filled with more than 150 players on 22 teams, in seven leagues, playing four days each week. Nearly 6400 runs were scored by your friends and neighbors. Let’s recap: Monday Recreation League – Jonathan Green…
Jim Smith The SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) sponsored its annual Spring Break Grandkids’ Games on Saturday, March 26 at the Softball Complex. Games Director Steve Garceau was assisted by Coaches Pat Tiefenbach, Doug Sweetland, Roy Stigers, Ron Quarantino, Jake Jacobson, Steve Overhaug and Mark Schauer and photographers Allan Kravitz and Jim Smith. Thirteen grandkids…
Leonard Gann A group of SaddleBrooke competitive players, led by manager Tim Ward, played a doubleheader March 16 against a team from Apache Junction. The home team proved to not be a very good host, winning two games with scores of 25 to 5 and 27 to 14. In the first game the fine pitching…
Jonathan Green As always, a beautiful day and exciting softball play by SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) players made the day for hundreds of SaddleBrooke fans at the annual St. Patrick’s Tournament here sponsored, appropriately, by local dentist Patrick Shaffer. Free lunch, too! Cooked by Doug Wagers of Window Wizard and served by SSSA volunteers.…
Carol Chiarello The 2016 Board of Directors for SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) is busy planning several activities: Rookie Camp: Ongoing every Wednesday and Saturday, starting at 10:00 a.m. at the softball field, we offer Rookie and Skills Camp. This is for players returning to softball after a long layoff (can you say 20 or…
Carol Chiarello Fall season for SaddleBrooke softball ran from October 8 through December 11, 2015. Let’s see how the players and their teams fared: Monday Recreation League: Stifel, managed by Dale Norgard, took the championship with five wins and three losses. Stone Canyon Painting, led by Charles Hendryx, took second place with three wins and…
Jonathan Green SaddleBrooke residents and guests cheered for their neighbors and chowed down on post-Thanksgiving grub in the comfort of MLB stadium style seats at another SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) tournament on a near perfect day (OK, it was a bit nippy). Norma West of SaddleBrooke R Us Realty sponsored the event and Doug…
Jonathan Green On October 24 SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) hosted both Golder Ranch and Northwest Fire Departments to an exciting exhibition tournament sponsored by Splendido at Rancho Vistoso at SaddleBrooke Stadium. It was exciting…and humbling for the “mighty” SSSA all-stars. After a warmup game by SSSA’s two recreation league teams, Northwest came from behind…