Jim Smith The SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association will sponsor its annual Thanksgiving Grandkids’ Games on Friday, November 28. The event will be held at the softball complex located just southwest of the DesertView Center. This is a great chance for you to get your grandkids away from their Xboxes and Nintendos. Bring them out to…
Tag: Softball
Sports, November 2014
Softball Crowns summer champs
Carol Chiarello The men and women of SaddleBrooke Senior Softball made it through another summer season. Monsoon rains messed up our schedule a few times and many of our usual players are gone during summer but overall, players on fourteen teams in seven leagues managed to keep cool and have a good time. Here are…
Sports, October 2014
Big treat for record softball crowd — SaddleBrooke Stadium packs ‘em in for Labor Day
Jonathan Green A record crowd saw four exciting softball games, including three one run wins and come from behind walk offs at the SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association’s (SSSA) Labor Day Tournament played at SaddleBrooke Stadium. They were well fed, too! 80 players, dozens of volunteers, sponsor Jeff Johnson of Merrill Lynch and Doug Wagers of…
June 2014
Softball announces winter champs
Carol Chiarello The busy winter softball season is over. We had twenty-two teams in eight leagues competing for the top spots. Now for the results: Patrick Shaffer Dentistry Monday Recreation League Tim Benjamin led the Danny Nolan, Handy Man team to 10 wins and 4 losses to capture first place. Window Wizard players, managed by…
May 2014
Grandkids abandon Xboxes and Nintendos for softball
Jim Smith On a beautiful SaddleBrooke afternoon twenty one grandkids abandoned their XBoxes and Nintendo’s, electing instead to bring their parents and grandparents out to the ballpark for several hours of fun playing softball. The annual Easter/Spring Break event was sponsored by the SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) and was held Saturday afternoon April 19…
May 2014
Financing the third base seating project, part 2
Joe Lestingi In a companion story, Financing the Third Base Seating Project Part 1, we recognized the players and companies who financed the construction of the Third Base Seating Project. SaddleBrooke Softball is also pleased to recognize the sponsors who have been instrumental in providing outstanding support of its activities: A Closer Look Real Estate…
May 2014
St. Patrick’s Softball Tournament was a hit!
Carol Chiarello SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association held its annual Saint Patrick’s Tournament on Saturday, March 15. Patrick Shaffer Dentistry sponsored the event which featured four exciting games with your friends and neighbors providing the entertainment. This tournament’s team sponsors included: Ambient Air Heating and Cooling, Catalina Smiles Dentistry, Twin Lake Air, Stone Canyon Painting, Orbitel…