🥎 08.11.26 Ayers Leads Big, Rounds Rallies, Spit Surges — And It Still Ends Even

It was a tight battle from start to finish between Team Rounds, Team Spit, and Team Ayers Field. All three squads came out swinging, and the scoreboard never stopped moving.

1st Inning

• Team Rounds opened strong, plating 2 runs and then holding Team Spit scoreless in the bottom half.
• Team Ayers answered loudly, putting up 5 runs right out of the gate.

2nd Inning

A defensive tone settled in.

• Rounds and Ayers scratched across 1 run each, while Spit remained quiet.

3rd Inning

• Team Rounds woke up and pushed 4 runs across the plate.
• Team Spit and Team Ayers each added 2 runs.

4th Inning

Rounds’ bottom of the lineup came through big:

• Pat L and Gil started the inning with base hits and scored.
• Carlos, Pablo, and Ramon followed with base hits of their own.
• Gil capped the rally with a double to the outfield.

For Team Spit, JR and Cruz crossed the plate after DeLong blasted a double.

Team Ayers wasn’t done either:

• Dampier and Constantine opened with back‑to‑back doubles.
• Herbie, Vandenberg, and Fleming followed with base hits, all scoring to total 5 more runs.

6th Inning

Defense tightened again:

• Rounds and Spit were held scoreless.
• Ayers added 3 more runs, powered by a blast from Doyle and base hits from Williamson, Hopwood, Constantine, and Herbie.

At the end of six:
Rounds 17 – Spit 8 – Ayers 22

Ayers simply needed one solid defensive inning to lock it up… but senior softball never reads the script.

7th Inning – The Chaos

• Team Rounds fought back hard, scoring 5 runs to tie the game.
• Team Spit absolutely erupted, putting up 9 runs in the final inning for a huge comeback and a respectable finish.

Ayers needed just one run to win it. Instead:
three up, three down — and the game ended in a 22–17–22 tie.

Another week, another dramatic finish in Winter Haven Senior Softball.

Tuesday

Games are on. Loren is out today so if you are going to be late call me 561 512 7102

  

 

 

 

***LEAGUE NOTICE***

 

Registration is now open for the upcoming 2027 Winter Haven Senior Softball season!

Players may register by:

• Picking up an application at the field
• Downloading an application from the website
• Completing the online registration form

Season Fees

• Regular Season Players: $50
• Hall of Fame (HOF) Players: $10

Sponsor Incentive
Players who secure a sponsor for the season will have their registration fee waived.

We look forward to another great season and hope to see everyone back on the field in 2027!

🥎 08.07.26 A Game No One Wanted to End

Sometimes a scoresheet tells a story... and sometimes it leaves you wondering what really happened!

Since I'm writing this from Bristol, Tennessee, and wasn't at the field, I'm doing my best CSI-style reconstruction from the scorebook. If I get a detail or two wrong, blame the scorecard—not the storyteller!

What I do know is that Team Hill (Visitors) and Team Wally (Home) put on one incredible battle that ended with Team Wally escaping with a 23-22 victory.

From the very first inning, neither team could shake the other. The largest lead of the game was just three runs when Team Wally led 10-7 in the third inning. Every time one team threatened to pull away, the other answered.

By the sixth inning, the game was deadlocked at 16-16.

Team Hill edged ahead with a run in the top of the seventh, but Team Wally answered with two of their own to reclaim the lead. At that point, someone apparently decided one more inning just wasn't enough. Whether it was the cooler weather, the fierce competition, the smaller Little League field, or simply because nobody wanted this game to end, the teams agreed to keep playing through nine innings. After weeks of calling games after seven because of the Florida heat, everyone must have been having too much fun to quit.

The extra innings didn't disappoint.

Team Hill's heart of the order came through in the eighth, plating three runs while holding Team Wally to two. Still separated by just a run heading into the ninth, the stage was set for a dramatic finish.

The visitors wasted no time. Hill opened with a base hit. Doyle reached safely, and Manny ripped a double to put runners in scoring position. Michl then delivered the big hit, driving home two runs to give Team Hill a one-run lead and put the pressure squarely on Team Wally.

Now it was the home team's turn.

The first batter was retired. One out.

Rounds drew a walk. Ramon followed with a base hit. Another batter was retired, leaving Team Wally with runners on first and second and two outs.

Pablo worked a walk to load the bases.

Everything came down to BJ.

With the game on the line and nowhere to put him, BJ slapped a single into play—just far enough to score two runs and complete the walk-off victory for Team Wally, 23-22.

If the scoresheet tells the tale correctly, this was one of those games where every inning mattered, every rally was answered, and nobody could breathe easy until the final hit. Those are the games that remind us why we love senior softball.

Friday Games

Games are on. Loren is there ready to sign you in.

 

***League Update Notice***

Attention all players:

Effective immediately, all league games will be played at Reuben Williams Little League Field until further notice. At this time, I do not anticipate returning to the Diamond Plex fields until mid-September.

Check-in Time: 8:30 AM

Field Location:
Reuben Williams Little League Field
711 Ave O NE
Winter Haven, FL 33881

Please plan accordingly and allow extra travel time if needed. Any future updates regarding field locations will be communicated as they become available.

Thank you for your cooperation.

 Lou Guzman, Acting Commissioner.

🥎 08.04.26 The Little Leage Gods had Jokes Today

With DiamondPlex still under renovation, our game was moved back to Winter Haven… and somehow we ended up on the Little League field of all places. A field where the left‑field fence is so close even the girl could reach it — at least in theory. But today? The Little League Gods said “Nope. Not on my field, old folks.”

Home runs were scarce, frustration was plentiful, and the outfield fence seemed to grow farther away with every swing.

Team Wally

Wally took the mound for the first time in a long while, and it was great seeing him back out there. His squad managed 4 runs, fighting for every inch of that tiny field.

Spit: 3-for-4
Pablo: 2-for-3

Team Hill

Hill’s crew found a little more rhythm, putting up 11 runs despite the stingy Little League spirits hovering over the fences.

Woodsby: scored twice
Rad: crossed the plate 3 times
BJ: 2-for-3 with a double
Rabideau: triple and a home run — one of the few who broke the curse

Team DeLoach

The only team the Little League Gods seemed to favor. They came to play and dropped a big 18 runs on the board.

Pete G: 3-for-4 with a triple
Hudson: 3-for-4
Muniz: scored all 3 times he came to the plate
Carlos: 3-for-3
Constantine: 2-for-3
DeLoach: 2-for-3

In the end, the Little League field gave us more laughs than long balls, but that’s softball, except for those few that made into right field and made it practically to the end zone. Different field, same good people, and plenty of stories to take home. We’ll see what the Little League Gods have in store next time has this might be our home for the next several weeks.