WINTER HAVEN SENIOR SOFTBALL 2017 SEASON BEGINS NEXT WEEK


Starting on Tuesday, January 3rd, The WHSS season will begin. We have 11 Teams this year and are going to try something new. NO THREE TEAM GAMES. The American League has 5 teams and the Managers have decided that we are going to have 7 Inning Double Headers on Tuesdays and regular games on Fridays. One team will have a bye each Tuesday and Friday. The first Tuesday for the American League will be a regular game. The National League has 6 teams and will play regular games on Tuesdays and Fridays.


Below is the schedule. You do not have to print this schedule. I will have hard copies available on Friday, December 30th. I have tried to include as much information on the schedule as I can. WHSS shirts and hats are required for league play. All  players will get two new shirts. All new players will get a hat. Returning players are to use the hat that they were given last year. If you cannot find your hat, new hats will be available for  sale. The cost of a new hat is $10.00. If you are not sure which shirt to wear, bring both of them with you to the ball park. You can use last years shirts if you don't have time to do the laundry.


One of our sponsors, Kentucky Fried Chicken is providing a meal after the games on Tuesday. You will get a piece of chicken and some potato wedges. The Board of Directors will be providing refreshments and cookies. Players and spouses are invited to join us around 11:30 AM for the meal.

2017 WINTER HAVEN SENIOR SOFTBALL

AMERICAN & NATIONAL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

ALL GAMES START BY 9:30 AM- REG. GAMES ARE 9 INNINGS - DBL HEADERS ARE 7 INNINGS

	2017		FIELD  A	FIELD  B	FIELD  C	FIELD  D	FIELD  E	BYE
1	Jan 3	Tuesday	1 – 2	7 – 8	3 – 4	9 – 10	5 – 6	11
2	Jan 6	Friday	6 – 4	3 – 1	9 – 7	2 – 5	8 – 11	10
3	Jan 10	Tuesday	5 – 3	10 – 8 DBL	6 – 2	7 – 11 DBL	4 – 1	9
4	Jan 13	Friday	1 – 5	6 – 3	11 – 9	4 – 2	10 – 7	8
5	Jan 17	Tuesday	2 – 3	11 – 10 DBL	4 – 5	8 – 9 DBL	1 – 6	7
6	Jan 20	Friday	4 – 3	6 – 5	8 – 7	2 – 1	10 – 9	11
7	Jan 24	Tuesday	4 – 6	7 – 9 DBL	1 – 3	11 – 8 DBL	5 – 2	10
8	Jan 27	Friday	2 – 6	1 – 4	8 – 10	3 – 5	11 – 7	9
9	Jan 31	Tuesday	5 – 1	9 – 11 DBL	3 – 6	7 – 10 DBL	2 – 4	8
10	Feb 3	Friday	3 – 2	5 – 4	10 – 11	6 – 1	9 – 8	7
11	Feb 7	Tuesday	5 – 6	10 – 9 DBL	3 – 4	8 – 7 DBL	1 – 2	11
	Feb 10	Friday	No Games	No Games	No Games	No Games	No Games
12	Feb 14	Tuesday	3 – 1	6 – 4	11 – 8 DBL	2 – 5	7 – 9 DBL	10
13	Feb 17	Friday	4 – 1	7 – 11	6 – 2	8 – 10	5 – 3	9
14	Feb 21	Tuesday	4 - 2	1 – 5	7 – 10 DBL	6 – 3	9 – 11 DBL	8
15	Feb 24	Friday	2 – 3	9 – 8	4 – 5	11 – 10	1 – 6	7
16	Feb 28	Tuesday	6 – 5	2 – 1	7 – 8 DBL	4 – 3	9 – 10 DBL	11
17	Mar 3	Friday	4 – 6	8 – 11	1 – 3	9 – 7	5 – 2	10
18	Mar 7	Tuesday	4 – 1	2 – 6	10 – 8 DBL	3 – 5	11 – 7 DBL	9
19	Mar 10	Friday	1 – 5	11 – 9	2 – 4	10 – 7	3 – 6	8
20	Mar 14	Tuesday	3 – 2	5 – 4	8 – 9 DBL	6 – 1	10–11 DBL	7
	Mar 15	Wednesd	Hall of Fame Dinner      Hall of Fame Dinner    Hall of Fame Dinner
	Mar 17	Friday	End of Season Party

 

FOR BOTH LEAGUES PLAYING A NINE INNING GAME, RAINOUTS AND/OR POSTPONEMENTS

WILL RESULT IN 7 INNING DOUBLEHEADERS THE NEXT TIME THE SAME TEAMS PLAY

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE – MANAGERS				AMERICAL LEAGUE - MANAGERS
#1 Flyers	Loren Fabian	507.280.9117		#7 Angels	Fred Gonzalez	863.967.5101
#2 Tigers	Larry Strait	863.221.2321		#8 Yankees	Juan Toro	863.307.7761
#3 Nationals	Elmer Black	863.419.1335		#9 A’s	Nick Matta	863.398.8499
#4 Giants	Marshall  Bloom	863.295.9750		#10 KFC	JD Davis	313.405.3348
#5 Yankees	Jeff Simon	863.438.5577		#11 Tigers	Tom Hamilton	313.920.2819
#6 Braves	Larry Powell	863.324.5264

 

HOME TEAM IS THE LAST TEAM LISTED *

HOME TEAM – SILVER SHIRTS – THIRD BASE DUGOUT

VISITING TEAM – BLUE SHIRTS – FIRST BASE DUGOUT

 

 

 

ALL GAMES START BY 9:30 A.M.

If you have any questions concerning the schedule, see a board member or Don Witmer.

 

 

 

Friday, December 23, 2016

Field D. Mostly National League players Strait's Tigers vs Fabe's Flyers. Must be playing Senior softball in sunny central Florida as after 7 innings it became a "FLIP FLOP" game with the Flyers up 19-5 so flip flop and the Tigers got another goose egg in the 8th but all hell broke out in the 9th as they sent 13 hitters to the plate after a potential game ending DP up the middle failed to materialize and the flood gates opened for 9 runs for a final of 19-14. What a come back and all hits after the error around second base. Again, almost everything on the score sheets said HIT but I know there were many errors and FC's. We must do a better job of keeping the books when league starts so we can do fairly accurate write ups. One thing I know for sure is Larry Grabb had the catch of the game in CF heading for the fence, reached up over his left shoulder and the ball settled with a thump in the web of his glove. Great catch. 

Write Up by Loren Fabian

Friday, December 16th

It finally happened after being postponed by the hurricane. Don Witmer, commissioner of WHSS and Ed Steimle of Solivita Softball club got it put together today. Thank you Joe D'Herin for keeping it going while Donnie was playing ball in Utah. 

    First - The fans in the stands for Solovita were Kathy Renwick and Bea Kelley (not aunt Bea). 

    Second - I will commend both Ed and Don for making this fantastic game happen as well as talking of more to be played in the future. It sounds like this may be the beginning of a longtime friendship between two similar leagues. 

    Now - on to the game. Nick Matta umpired the plate and Loren Fabian called the field and I am glad to say there were no major disagreements even on a few very close plays. Everyone was great and respected the calls as made. VERY FUN GAME!!  

    The Solivita gang did not have their hitting shoes on today as they only mustered 8 runs and 12 hits 

The final was Winter Haven 19 and Solivita 8. Bill Brown for Solivita was 2/3 with a triple and, Francisco Coves was 2/3 and Ralph Varrone was 2/3. 

    For Winter Haven, pitcher Angel (with his sense of humor) stole the show. He was 5-5 and WP. They were all singles. There were a couple very nice DPs made up the middle by WH. 

    One thing to know for sure, it could have been quite worse if not for a couple fine plays by Jack Bonura at SS, a fantastic catch in RF by James Bowers and the defensive play of the game by Bo Miller of a backhanded 1 hop headed up the middle and flip back to Jack at second for the inning ending out. All 3 of those saved multiple runs. 

    Joe D'Herin had a couple sweet plays at second for WH. 

Let's keep doing this guys. This is what softball retirement is all about. 

Write up by Loren Fabian.