Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Monday, February 27, 2023
HALL OF FAME BANQUET TICKETS
THIS IS THE LAST WEEK TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE HALL OF FAME BANQUET. PLEASE STEP UP AND BUY A TICKET TO SUPPORT OUR INDUCTEES INTO THE POLK COUNTY SENIOR SOFTBALL HALL OF FAME. OUR INDUCTEES ARE: TOMMY HAMILTON AND STEVE HILL FROM WINTER HAVEN AND REGIS FINNEGAN AND MARTY MARTINEZ FROM LAKELAND. SEE DON WITMER FOR TICKETS IN POINCIANA.
Friday, February 24th - Poinciana
Simply a great turn out at Poinciana where WHSS will be playing for the next 5 weeks. Even though many of the players were playing in the Polk Senior Games at 8 AM the following day as WHSS had 4 teams in the senior games. Bob Hite, Wally Wallace, Jim Reed and myself also volunteered to do some of the umping. I know our American League team were Champs 🏆 of their division and 2 of our other teams were still in it battling in the final 4 of their brackets.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
HALL OF FAME BANQUET TICKETS
Hey everyone, you need to buy
your Hall of Fame banquet tickets as soon as possible. The price per ticket is
$20.00. The banquet will be on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at the Sandpiper Golf
and Country Club Recreation Center. The address is 5949 Grouse Drive, Lakeland,
FL. 33809. We will be inducting Tommy Hamilton and Steve Hill from Winter Haven
Senior Softball and Regis Finnegan and Marty Martinez from Lakeland Senior
Softball into the Polk County Senior Softball Hall of Fame. The banquet will be
catered and the menu will be Roasted Pork Loin, Baked Chicken, roasted
potatoes, vegetables, salad, rolls and butter, dessert, tea, soda and water.
This will be a BYOB event.
If you wish to buy a ticket in
Winter Haven, you can see Joe D'Herin, Ron Thompson or Don Witmer. In Lakeland,
you can see JD Davis or Larry Sweet. Tickets will be on sale at the
Poinciana Community Park until Friday, March 3rd.
You need to purchase your
tickets as soon as possible. We need to let the caterer know how many people to
plan for. Please buy a ticket(s) to support our Hall of Fame inductees and your
fellow ballplayers.
If you are out of town and wish
to buy a ticket, you can send the check made payable to Winter Haven Senior
Softball to Don Witmer. The address is: 825 Wildwood Drive, Bartow Fl. 33830. I
will make sure it gets deposited into the correct account and will send you
your ticket number. The ticket will be available at the door the night of the
Banquet.
If you are an existing Hall of
Fame member who can't come to the Banquet but want to Donate to the Hall of
Fame, send a check to Don Witmer and you will be recognized at the Hall of Fame
Banquet.
American League update 2/21/23
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Hey everyone, the 2023 WHSS Tournament season is over. Congratulations to the Fighting Coconuts managed by Robert Spitaleri. Their Record was 12 wins and 1 loss. What a tough team that was. Championship patches were given to each player. The second-place team was managed by Wally Wallace whose record was 8 wins, 4 losses and 1 tie. Robert and Wally will now manage the All-Star teams that are scheduled to play on Friday, March 31st. That Friday is supposed to be our first day back to the Diamondplex. If that changes, I will let everyone know.
Now to the end of March, we will be playing at Poinciana Community Park. We have played there for the past couple of years. Most of us know how to get there. For those of you who have never been there, the address is: 5109 Allegheny Road, Poinciana, FL 34759. The easiest way to get there is to Google Poinciana Community Park and this will get you a map or directions to the park. We will be playing pickup ball. Whoever shows up will play. You need to be there no later than 9:00 AM and the games will begin by 9:30 AM.
I will have Hall of Fame Tickets for those of you that have not bought your ticket to the Banquet being held in Lakeland on March 15, 2023. I will also have enjoyment books for those who like to buy one.
See you Friday.
Don Witmer, Commissioner
Monday, February 20, 2023
Hey everybody, tomorrow is the last day of the 2023 Tournament season and the last day at the Diamondplex for six weeks. There will be a league meeting at 9:00 AM before the games tomorrow to let everyone know where we will be playing ball for the next six weeks and to give the award to the First Place Team. Please plan on being there.
Thanks
Don Witmer, Commissioner
Winter Haven Senior Softball
Friday, 2/17/23
Old Timers (V) vs.
Warriors (H)
The Warriors saw fine pitching from “Wally” Wallace and excellent fielding by Don Keller, withat least 4 sliding catches in LC. The Old Timers had a rough day at the plate with only 1 hitter, Bob Dowdy, getting 3 hits. The Warriors were hitting at will, scoring 5 runs in each of the first 3 innings with mostly singles, a 2B hit by Larry Larsen, and 3B hit by Jerry DeJongh. The Warriors slowed up a bit, scoring just 3 runs in the next 3 innings on singles and a 2B by Jerry DeJongh. The Old Timers scored a run in the fifth on an RBI from Bob Dowdy. Score after 6 complete innings was Warriors 18 and Old Timers 1. The Warriors scored 5 more runs in the 7th and 8th innings, capped by a 2B from Gary Anderson and a HR from Jerry DeJongh. The Old Timers pushed across 3 runs in the 9th.
Final Score: Warriors 23-Old Timers-4
Leading Hitters
Old Timers:
Bob Dowdy 3/4
Don Ouding 2/4
John Boito 2/4
Bob Hudson 2/4 w/2B
Jerry DeRidder 2/4
Tim Gallagher 2/4
Sam Harrell walked 3
times
Jerry DeJongh 5/5 w/2B,
3B HR, Hit for the cycle
Don Keller 5/5 w/2B
Gary Anderson 5/5 w/2B
Denny Shaffer 4/5
Larry Larsen 3/5 w/2B
Richie Marino 5/5
Bill Bowley 4/5
Plus 2 others with 2
hits
Write up by: Bob Vandenberg
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Friday, February 17th
Here are the game results for Friday 2/17/23: Patriots vs Fighting Coconuts
Friday, February 17, 2023
American League: Friday 2/17/23.
Tuesday, 2/14/23
Happy Valentine’s Day! What a game between the Dukes (V) and the Warriors (H). The Dukes started the scoring with 5 runs in the 1st and 2nd innings on multiple hits and questionable defense by the Warriors. The Warriors answered with just 2 runs in each of the first innings led by Steve Hicks’ triple. The Warriors scored 2 more in the fourth and 3 in the fifth, led by Don Keller’s HR. The Dukes scored 2 in the fifth, leaving the score after 5 innings: Dukes 12-Warriors 9. There was no more scoring until the 9th with the Dukes scoring 1 run and the Warriors scoring 4 to tie the score 13-13 capped by Jerry DeJongh’s HR. Then all Hell broke loose! The Dukes scoring 6 runs capped by George Vanderhyde’s HR. The Warriors scored 6 of their own capped by another HR from Jerry DeJongh and a 2B by Don Keller. It was a tie score after 10 innings 19-19.
BRING ON THE TACO
BAR!!!
Leading Hitters: Dukes/Warriors
Steve Hicks 2/6 with 3B
Jerry DeJongh 2/5 with
2 HR;Sac. Fly
Steve Hill 4/5
Don Keller 5/6 with
2B/HR
Al Andrews 3/5
Gary Anderson 3/5
Jim Hunter 3/5
Denny Shaffer 3/6
Norm Learn 4/5
Larry Larsen 4/5
Bobby Ayers 3/4 with 2/B
Bob Hite 5/5
George Vanderhyde HR
Richie Marino 3/5
Plus 3 others with 2
hits
Wally Wallace 3/5
Bill Rutan 3/5
Chris Lynch 3/5
Write up by Bob Vandenberg
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Tuesday, February 14th
Team Lou 17 Team Hamilton 16. Only two homers this game folks by Brad Scheirer, He's on a tear and none other than Dave Doerbaum. Dave was also the winning pitcher good job Dave great defensive plays by Dave Shirer. He plays first base and the outfield highlights plays in both positions Bob Schutheis good defensive plays Brad good defensive plays and Mr Manny Rois made highlights plays in the outfield. The winning hits double by Doug McKinney another double by Rusty skipper who had six hits during this game he went six for 7 great job Rusty and Doug. The golden boys win over the purple gang.
Write up by JD Davis
Tuesday, February 14th
An exciting, close game was played today between Sammy Lopez's Yankees and the Fighting Coconuts. With solid hitting on both sides the score was tied 10 to 10 after three innings. Then the Yankees took the lead and held it until 7th inning. The Coconuts scored runs in the bottom of 7th and 8th innings to barely edge out a fine Yankees performance.
Monday, February 13, 2023
Friday: 2/10/23
Patriots (visitors) vs.
Warriors (home)
Patriots started the
game-3 up/3 down, while the Warriors scored 3 on a double by Steve Hicks,
followed by hits from
Jerry DeJongh and Bill King. In the
second, the Patriots plated only 1 with
the Warriors completing
an excellent double-play, 6-5-2, Jerry DeJongh to Bill King to Bill
Bowley. The Warriors scored 3 more in the bottom of
the 2n on multiple hits, plus a 2B by Bill
King.
The Patriots scored 2
in the third and there was not much more scoring until the 5th inning. The
Warriors scored 5 in
the fifth on multiple hits topped by Jerry DeJongh’s homerun. The
Warriors scored 3 in
the 6tj and 4 in the 7th on multiple hits including another 2B from
Steve
Hicks. The Patriots scored 2 final runs in the 8th before the Warriors had
a great defensive play in
which they threw out a
run at the plate. Final Score: Warriors 18 and Patriots 5.
Lead Hitters
Patriots:
Fred Stevens 2/4
Mark Tutrani 3/4
Ron Pepin 2/4
Poke Rodriguez 2/3
George Knox 2/3
Bob Kuellwein 2/3
Warriors:
Steve Hicks 5/5 with 2
doubles
Jerry DeJongh 5/5 with
H/R
Bill King 4/5 with 2B
Larry Larson 4/4
Wally Wallace 3/4
3 others with 2 hits
I would like to take
this time to thank Bill King for being a great teammate! Due to him having
to return to Canada,
today was his last game. Wish him
well.
Write up by Bob
Vandenberg
Friday 2/10/23 The Dukes hosted the undefeated Coconuts on Field D.
HALL OF FAME BANQUET TICKETS
Hey everyone, you need to buy your Hall of Fame banquet tickets as soon as possible. The price per ticket is $20.00. The banquet will be on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at the Sandpiper Golf and Country Club Recreation Center. The address is 5949 Grouse Drive, Lakeland, FL. 33809. We will be inducting Tommy Hamilton and Steve Hill from Winter Haven Senior Softball and Regis Finnegan and Marty Martinez from Lakeland Senior Softball into the Polk County Senior Softball Hall of Fame. The banquet will be catered and the menu will be Roasted Pork Loin, Baked Chicken, roasted potatoes, vegetables, salad, rolls and butter, dessert, tea, soda and water. This will be a BYOB event.
If you wish to buy a ticket in Winter Haven, you can see Joe D'Herin, Ron Thompson or Don Witmer. In Lakeland, you can see JD Davis or Larry Sweet.
You need to purchase your tickets as soon as possible. We need to let the caterer know how many people to plan for. Please buy a ticket(s) to support our Hall of Fame inductees and your fellow ballplayers.
If you are out of town and wish to buy a ticket, you can send the check made payable to Winter Haven Senior Softball to Don Witmer. The address is: 825 Wildwood Drive, Bartow Fl. 33830. I will make sure it gets deposited into the correct account and will send you your ticket number. The ticket will be available at the door the night of the Banquet.
If you are an existing Hall of Fame member who can't come to the Banquet but want to Donate to the Hall of Fame, send a check to Don Witmer and you will be recognized at the Hall of Fame Banquet.
Sunday, February 12, 2023
Friday, February 10, 2023
Thursday, February 9, 2023
The Board of Directors would like to have a Mid-Season Valentines Day party next Tuesday, February 14th after the games. The menu will be a Taco Bar with all the condiments furnished by Dukes Brewhouse. The Board will serve the food as they did for the KFC lunch. The is a family event so please bring your significant other to enjoy the lunch.
Tuesday, February 7th
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Tuesday February 7th
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Monday, February 6, 2023
HALL OF FAME BANQUET TICKETS
Hey everyone, you need to buy your Hall of Fame banquet tickets as soon as possible. The price per ticket is $20.00. The banquet will be on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at the Sandpiper Golf and Country Club Recreation Center. The address is 5949 Grouse Drive, Lakeland, FL. 33809. We will be inducting Tommy Hamilton and Steve Hill from Winter Haven Senior Softball and Regis Finnegan and Marty Martinez from Lakeland Senior Softball into the Polk County Senior Softball Hall of Fame. The banquet will be catered and the menu will be Roasted Pork Loin, Baked Chicken, roasted potatoes, vegetables, salad, rolls and butter, dessert, tea, soda and water. This will be a BYOB event.
If you wish to buy a ticket in Winter Haven, you can see Joe D'Herin, Ron Thompson or Don Witmer. In Lakeland, you can see JD Davis or Larry Sweet.
You need to purchase your tickets as soon as possible. We need to let the caterer know how many people to plan for. Please buy a ticket(s) to support our Hall of Fame inductees and your fellow ballplayers.
If you are out of town and wish to buy a ticket, you can send the check made payable to Winter Haven Senior Softball to Don Witmer. The address is: 825 Wildwood Drive, Bartow Fl. 33830. I will make sure it gets deposited into the correct account and will send you your ticket number. The ticket will be available at the door the night of the Banquet.
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Tuesday, January 31st
Tuesday, January 31st
Final Score Dukes 18 Old Timers 9
Tuesday, January 31st
PATRIOTS VS YANKEES
SUMMARY OF THE GAME: THE SCORE 7 TO 6 FOUR GOOSE EGG INNINGS PITCHED BY BJ. BUT, PATRIOTS ANSWER THE BELL AFTER THE YANKEES SCORED 3 RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH INNING, SCORING 4 RUNS IN THE 7TH AND 8TH ININNG WITH HITS FROM JERRY, ERIC, FRANK, BOB AND TOM K. THE YANKEES SCORED 5 RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF 8TH INNNING. TAKING THE LEAD 15 TO 13 THAT INNING WITH HITS BY WAYNE, WITTER, LOPEZ, REED, SCOTT, DENNY. BUT, THE BATTLING PATRIOTS CAME BACK TO TIE THE SCORE 15 TO 15 ONLY TO LOSE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH WITH THE HOT HITTER JOE D'HERN LEAD OFF SINGLE AND BJ DOUBLE IN THE LEFT FIELD GAP WINNING HIT.
TOP HITTERS FOR THE PATRIOTS TOM KNIERY 3/4, MARK TUTRANI 3/4, JERRY REMINGTON 3/4, FRANK JACOBS 3/4, BOB KUEHLWEIN 3/4. GOOD JOB. NOW THE TOP HITTERS FOR THE YANKEES SCOTT SEGUIN 4/4, JOE D'HERIN 4/4, GREG DENNY 3/4, ROB REED 2/3. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE POOL PLAYERS AND TO LOU GUZMAN FOR SETTING UP THE TABLES AND FIELDS.
Write up by JD Davis
Tuesday, January 31st
J.D'S PURPLE GANG STRAIGHT OUT OF DETROIT WITH A GREAT COMEBACK. DOWN BY 8 RUNS IN THE LAST INNNING, SCORED 9 WITH A BARRAGE OF HITS WINNING THE GAME 27 TO 26 OVER LOU'S GOLDEN BOYS. BOTH TEAMS WERE HITTING GOOD TOP HITTERS WITH 5 HITS OR MORE FOR THE GOLDEN BOYS LOU/ J.R 6/6, DANA 5/6, RUSTY 5/6, RAD 5/6. TOP HITTERS FOR THE PURPLE GANG JEFF 7/7, DON FEE HAD THE WINNING HIT 6/7 AFTER TALKING TO HIS BAT LOL, BRADLEY 6/7, DAVE SHIRER, JD 5/6. GOOD JOB BY BOTH TEAMS.
Write up by JD Davis