Friday August 27th

Games are on. Don't forget about the QOV ceremony today at the American Legion at noon.


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 Loren Fabian wanted everyone to know that the Quilts of Valor (QOV) ceremony for the 5 new awardees will still be held at the American Legion At 12 noon tomorrow. If the games get rained out, please plan on being at the ceremony.

Thanks.

Tuesday August 24th

Games are on.


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RECAP FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 17-20

Well the score sheets for the Tuesday  game were abandoned after the 5th inning for the team scores except for Mark Tutrani team which only finished with 5 runs. Witmer's team said 11 but actually finished with 13 and Spitaleri team said 13 but actually finished with 19. So final score Spitaleri 19, Witmer 13 and Tutrani 5. 

On Thursday, The Winter Haven crew teamed up with players from Solavita and Kissimee. They took on the Sebring gang at Sebring, what a drive!

Game one was tight with Sebring winning 7/8. Just a few missed player was the difference.

Game two wasn’t any better with Sebring winning 13/7. Errors, missed plays, and weak offense was the key here.

Steve Hicks and Rawlinson Santaella combined hitting of 9 for 11 was not enough to pull the team over the finish line.

We want to thank Player from Solavita and Kissimmee for traveling such a distance to play.

Next on the radar is a game against Solavita Thursday the 26th at 9 am.

We are hoping to fair better than today.

Write up from LGG. 

Now we'll  move to the Friday  game after making a few adjustments on how the books were kept. 

The managers were Gonzalez, Spitaleri and Guzman. First the hitters  

4 hits.   Charlie

3 hits.   Kniery, Rad, Spitaleri

2 hits.   Manny, Tony L, Capozzi, Hudson, Peterson, Fabian, Guzman, Ramos, Learn, DeRidder, Tutrani, Coffman, Meyers

The game started very slow in scoring with only 7 runs being scored by the 3 teams the first 3 innings. Then the Spitaleri team fired up with 5 in the 4th and another 5 in the 6th to become the home team in the open inning. After 6 it was Gonzalez 6, Spitaleri 13 and Guzman 4. Gonzalez scored 1 in the 7th but the Guzman team turned up the heat and came up with 8 for the final of 13-12-7. A very well played game with 3 key defensive plays I recall. First was by Tom Kniery in right center racing in on a blooper everyone thought would not be caught except Tom who snagged it off his shoe top and fired to second to double off the runner who was well on his way to 3rd. Second was by Bobby Castellega in center going hard for a gapper headed for right center that again everyone thought would drop except Bobby who stretched his LONG body and arm to catch it in the web. The third was a routine catch by Manny deep in the outfield that all thought would score a run from 3rd. But Manny fired a strike to Spitaleri and everyone yelling home, home and he in return, turned and fired a strike to Fabian at the plate to beat the runner by a good 2 steps. 

See y'all Tuesday. 

Write up by Loren  Fabian. 

Friday August 20th

Games are on. It is going to be hot. Stay hydrated. 


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Tuesday August 17th

Games are on. Water on Field D. Batting practice okay on other fields. 


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 RECAP FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10-13

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10TH

Rained out today. Hope to play on Friday.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13TH

Another well played mixed 3 team game. Books were kept quite well which brings me to list the hitters first. 

4 hits - Spitaleri and Boswell

3 hits - Santa, Rusty, Wally, Hicks, Laffoon

             Gutenberg

2 hits - Morton, Herbie M, Marino, Kniery

             Manny, DeRidder, Bill T, Kevin G, Ayers

             Myers, Capozzi

Ralph Boswell also hit a 3 run HR

The managers were Capozzi, Witmer and Spitaleri   The Witmer team jumped out strong 13-5-4 after 4 innings and it looked like a runaway at first - but, this is Senior Softball and  we all know, anything can happen. Capozzi team got the nickel in the third and didn't score again till the open inning and plated 2 more for a total of 7. Witmer team scored 3 more in the 6th and did not have to bat in the 7th. The Spitaleri team put on a rush with 5 in the 5th and tried hard in the open 7th to catch up but came up with 4, in need of 6 to tie. Hence, the Witmer team did not have to bat in the 7th. 

Final score  Witmer 15, Spitaleri 13 and Capozzi 7

Best play of the game was turned by Bobby Reagan playing RF for the team with only 11 players when he charged in on a dying quail, snagged it off his shoe tops, tumbling to the ground losing everything but the ball, tucked snuggly in his glove. 

Write up by Loren  Fabian 

See y'all Tuesday. ⚾️ 🧢 

There is also another Quilts of Valor ceremony scheduled for 4 Veteran softball playing members of WHSS and one loyal fan on Friday August 27 at one of our best sponsors, American Legion post 8 after the game and all are invited to attend.