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Senior Softball League in Sylvania, OH

Step onto the field and embrace the spirit of competition at SYLVANIA SENIOR SOFTBALL. Established in January 2008, we are a vibrant senior softball league in Sylvania, OH, that prides itself on organizing exciting games and engaging softball tournaments where camaraderie and friendly competition meet. 

Our 58 and over league plays on Tuesday nights, and our Thursday night league consists of players aged 48 and over.

2026 Applications are now closed!  League play begins May 5th/7th.  Check the Roster/Schedule page for updates

Our Mission Statement

While all games organized by SYLVANIA SENIOR SOFTBALL should be played with the intent to win, our goal is to ensure that our members (i) have a positive, fun, athletic, and social experience and (ii) compete and play in a sportsmanlike manner.

It is essential that all our games and activities be conducted constructively and non-critically. We aim to treat all members with respect and dignity and provide them with a fair and equitable opportunity to participate.

Our Founders

Bruce Anderson
Jim Dunlavy
Gordon Hirsch
Jerry Keefe
Kent Lincoln
Jeff Lydy
Gary Meyer
John Radscheid
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Sidelines defeats Fricker's Red 11-8 in Semi-finals!

In the semi -finals game,  Sidelines was able to pull out a close one against Fricker’s Red 11-8.  Defense was on display throughout the game, while the offense did just enough to win and move on to the finals.  Offensive leaders were Mike Miller 3-3 with a double and triple, Justin Keller 2-3, Bobby Z 2-3 with an OTFHR, Paul Wesolowski 2-3, Pac-Man 2-3 with a double, Jeff Spotts 2-3, Mel Edmundson 2-4 – with everyone in the lineup collecting at least 1 hit.

Sidelines defeats Bullmoose 21-20 to win Championship!

Sidelines vs Bullmoose – this game added up to be what everyone thought it would be, with Sidelines winning in walk – off fashion, 21-20.  Sidelines again had everyone in the lineup collecting at least one hit to go with some timely walks and sacrifice flies.  Leading the way to the championship were Mel Edmondson 4-4 with an OTFHR and a double, Mike Miller 3-4 with an OTFHR, Justin Keller 3-3 with an OTFHR, double and walk, Eric Sitter 3-3 with a SAC, Ed Sharek 2-2 with an OTFHR, triple and walk, Bobby Z 2-3 with an OTFHR and walk, Bob Ruckman 2-3 with a double, Jeff Spotts 2-3 with a triple, Shawn Dresch 1-2 with 2 walks and Paul Wesolowski 1-2 with a walk and SAC.  It was a great season for Sidelines with a great group of guys always willing to do whatever it took to win and pick each other up.  This was a very competitive League, with all teams pretty equal in talent.

2026 game recaps and standings-thursday

thursday June 11th

6:15 Games:

Terrafirma  Landscape  18 vs  Sideline’s  14

Terrafirma  Landscape: 

Terrafirma started their night vesus a Sidelines team that was missing a few of their people.  First two innings were fairly boring with just two runs scored by Terrafirma and none by Sidelines.  Mike Strobel, Kurt Souva, and Josh Zeitz getting the only hits until the bats started waking up in the 3rd.  Kurt and Josh both going 4/4.   Dave Timmerman and John “Moose” Ingison got the momentum started and allowed the top of the line up to finish the job to score the 5.  The middle of the team struggled in the first game, but still managed to contribute when the team needed it most.  Dave Kunst, Stevie Glass, and Jerry Tanner brought hits to get the needed guys on base. Scott Pratt did some great pitching and went 3/4 at the plate.  Dave Durfey hit the only homerun for the Terrafirma team, but they got the job done outscoring Sidelines 18-14.  

Sideline’s:

The Lines faced off with a good Terrafirma team looking to get revenge on an earlier season loss. Sidelines seemed to have a problem catching fly balls tonight and that pretty much was the difference in this game. Aaron Young went 4/4 with a dinger. Greg Powell had a nice game going 4/4. Eric Sitter, John Arrington and Bruce Klostermeier all went 3/4.

 

Pastorek’s Body Shop  21   vs.  Jeff Traudt State Farm 15
 
Pastorek’s Body Shop:
 
It was a close game 15 to 15 after 5 innings, but the Body men held them the hard luck State Farm team scoreless in the final 2 innings and we were able to put up 6 in our half of the 7th for the win.
Unfortunately for the insurance team, the pitchers had a rough time finding the plate giving up  close to 20 walks on the night .  Our whole team was on base too many time (lol). Thanks to our subs Johnny Johnson  and Jay Whitney .
 

Jeff Traudt State Farm:

Well, the bright spots were that we played them evenly for 6 innings, the defense was better… when we gave ourselves a chance to field the ball.. but we only scored runs in 3 different innings, didn’t score over the last 3 innings and we walked a LOT of guys. But Kudos to Pastorek’s, they played very well and got the win. Jay Breed hurt us with some fantastic defense, Joe Pastorek pitched very well and Steve Duby was all over the outfield making plays. We played hard and didn’t quit, but we just didn’t score enough to overcome all the free passes we gave them. A lot of teams might fold up their tent and go home but these guys continue to give their best and it’s much appreciated. Wayne Stumm, Fireball and Mig all hit well..as they have all year, with Stumm blasting a long HR, and sub Bob Collins was perfect at the plate. Jeff “Spottsy” Spotts , Jase Sweede and Bubba Bates each tallied 2 hits and collected 5 RBI between them. James Carlozzi had a long double good for 2 RBI. Tim Kuszmaul has hit very well all year and had a hit and an RBI this game and arguably the league’s best player, Denny Miller, had an “off” night with 2 hits and an RBI.  Hitting leaders: Bob Collins ( 3-3 R RBI), Wayne Stumm ( 3-4 3R 2 RBI), Mig ( 3-4 2R 2B 4 RBI), Fireball ( 3-4 3R 2B), Bubba Bates ( 2-3 R 2 RBI), Jase Sweede ( 2-3 R), Spottsy ( 2-3 R), and Denny Miller ( 2-4 RBI). Thank you very much to Bob Collins for coming out to sub, he played great as always. 
 
Fricker’s Black  33  vs.  Fricker’s Maroon 17

Fricker’s Black :

FRICKER’S Black – best offense of the season –  scoring 33-runs, defeating Fricker’s Maroon 33-17. Black put it all together: defense and great hitting- SS Matt kwiatkowski led the charge: 5/6, 4-HR, 4-R, 7-RBI, P Jeff Baker, 5/5, 3B, 2-R, 7-RBI, Larry “Kid Rocl” Wilczynski, 3/6, 3B, 3-R, Scott “Woo” Nichols, 3/6, 4-R, 1-RBI, Steve ” Veschy” Vesschemoet, 2/3, 3B, 2W, 3-R, 2-RBI, Ed Sharek, 3/3, W, 2-R, 1-RBI, Larry ” The Hacker” Hack, 3/5, 2-R, 3-RBI, Dave Obert, 3/5, 3B, 2B, 3-R, 5-RBI and Bob “808” Ruckman, 2/4, W, 3-R,2-RBI. Our thanks to Pool Players Russ Mitchell, 4/6, 2B, 3-R, 3-RBI and Jeff ” wags” Wagenhauser, 6/6, 3B, 3-RBI.

Fricker’s Maroon: 

 

7:45 Games:

Fricker’s Black  18   vs Fricker’s Carolina Blue  11

Fricker’s Black:

In the second game of a double-header, Fricker’s Black
defeated Joe Beham’s Fricker’s Carolina Blue team 18-11 for their first back-to-back wins of the season. An excellent team win:
Larry “Kid Rock”  Wilczynski, 2/4, 2-R, 1-RBI, Matt Kwiatkowski, 2/3, HR,3B, 2-R, 5-RBI, Scott “Woo” Nichols, 2/4, 1-RBI, Steve ” Veschy”  Vesschemoet,2/3, 2B, 2-R, 1-RBI, Jeff Baker, 2/4, 2B, 1-R, 3-RBI, Ed Sharek,2/4, 1-RBI, Larry ” The Hacker”  Hack, 1/4, 2B, 1-RBI, Bob ” 808″ Ruckmqn, 2/3, 1-R and Dave Obert, 2/3, 2B, 3-R and 1-RBI. Our thanks to Pool Players Aaron Young, 4/4, HR, 2-2B, 3-R, 3-RBI and Matt “Fireball” Ciecka, 4/4, 2B, 3-R and 1-RBI.
 

Fricker’s Carolina Blue: 

Tough night for the Carolina Blue Fricker’s team as it seemed we could never get any momentum. Couldn’t get the big hit when needed or make the defensive stop when needed. Can’t score 11 runs in this league and expect to beat anyone. Fricker’s Carolina Blue led in hitting by :  Ed Reed 3-4 with an OTFHR;  Jeff ” Wags” Wagenhauser continues his great hitting going 4-4; Johnny Johnson 2-4 ; Carl Clark and John Correa all 2-4; Rick ” Fig” Bonfiglio and Scotty ” Too Hotty ” Dheel each 2-3. Joe Beham , Jamie Crothers and Shawn Dresch all struggled with one hit each. Tough game regroup for next week.
 

Terrafirma  Landscape 25  vs. Pastorek’s Body Shop 23

Terrafirma  Landscape:

Slow bats for both teams started the second game of the night for Terrafirma.  Stevie Glass was the only hit in the first 2 innings.  Finally in the third, they woke up and started what turned out to be a very exciting game.  Jerry Tanner, Scott Timmerman, and John ” Moose” Ingison got the team started in the 3rd.  Tanner and Timmerman both going 3/4.  Kurt Souva, Josh Zeitz, Dennie Peters, Scott Pratt, Steve Glass, and Dave ” Rusty” Kunst all went 4/5 driving in 12 of the Terrafirma runs.  Dave Durfey added a few clutch hits.  The real excitement came int he 7th with Terrafirma scoring 8 runs and leading 25-11.  Pastorek had a fantastic bottom of the 7th bringing the score to a final 25-23.  The game ended with a bases loaded highlight catch in RC by Jerry Tanner. Emotions were running high as the weather and approaching storms made everyone a bit more chippy, but hands were still smacked at the end and both teams left it all on the field.  Until next week!
 
 
Pastorek’s Body Shop:
 
The game started out slow for both teams with the Body men leading 2 to 0 after 2 innings and then the runs started coming in . We were down by 6 going into the 7th and the Terrafirma team put up 8 more to go up by 14 runs but the never say die Pastoreks team put up 11 of our own including 9 after 2 outs to lose a tough one by 2 runs . The Terrafirma team hit the ball well last night and if it wasnt for a game winning catch in deep right center by Jerry Tanner with the bases loaded, we would have completed the epic comeback win .Thanks to Eric Sitter for subbing and playing a good third base and for pounding the ball . We only had 10 players for both our games 
tonight , lack of subs . Steve Duby great in left center and at the bat with 2 HRS , Jay Breed  3 hits and 1 HR , Fred Freeman 3/5 , Jason Kennedy 4/5 , Eric Sitter  4/5 HR,MJ 4/5 , Mark Reilly 3/5
Jeff Aiello and  Joe Pastorek with 2 hits each and Bobby Z playing sick to give us 10 players ( ended up in the ER last night after the game best well wishes to Bobby Z) .
 
 
 
 
Fricker’s Maroon 18  vs  The Distillery  16
 
Fricker’s Maroon:
 
 

The Distillery:

 
 
Team NameWinsLossesWinning PercentageRuns ScoredRuns AllowedAverage Margin
Sidelines720.7782001644.00
TERRAFIRMA630.6671821721.11
The Distillery630.667187189-0.22
Pastorek Auto Body540.5561911672.67
Frickers Black450.4441811651.78
Frickers Blue450.444163174-1.22
Frickers Maroon450.444186205-2.11
State Farm090.000162218-6.22

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FRICKER’S WHITE shortstop Denny Miller fires to first.  And he probably hit a homerun earlier in the game

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Todd Grohnke can’t believe what fell into his glove!  And he probably hit a homerun earlier too…

2026 game recaps and standings-tuesday

tuesday June 9th

6:15 pm Games:

Barrow’s Jeweler’s  19  vs.  Andy & Barney’s 11

Barrow’s Jeweler’s:

The game started out at a decent pace, we turned up the heat as the game progressed. Lead off Mark “Murf” Murphy’s  bat went crazy with a 4/5, our infield was spot on and kept the Barneys at bay. Jeff Baker and Bob Algier kept 1 st base and the outfield a do not enter zone. Thank you for your help, guys. Scott Mahon pitched a great game with the great out fielding Barrows kept their runs down and our bats were on fire. Brent Buehrer went 2/4 with a sacrifice out, ( I call that a 3 for 4) Gabe Barrow must have been drinking early and went 4/5 (all out of the infield by the way) ; Todd Hoffer went 3/4, Paul  Wesolowski went 3/4. Andy & Barneys kept trying to answer but this game, Barrow’s bats and fielding were on fire. great game everyone.

 

Andy & Barney’s:

ANDY & BARNEY’S hitting slump continued, scoring only 11-runs,
losing to Barrows 19-11. Hot bats: Larry Hernandez, 3/4, 2-R, Dave
Durfey, 3/4, 2-R, 2-RBI and Jose Lopez, 3/3, 1-R, 1-RBI.
 

R & J Fence Company 13  vs  Mayh3m Sports &  Apparel 11

R & J Fence Company:
 
Mayh3m started out slow but made a comeback to close the gap to 10-9 after 6 innings. Our bats were slumbering all evening, only to win by 3. Scott Nichols on base all 4 times. Sid Siddal and Patrick Henry both were 3/3. Dave Obert 3/4 2r, Virgil Correa 2/3 2r, John Correa 2/4 2r, and Rick Obert 2/4.      
 
 
Mayh3m Sports &  Apparel:
 
Going into the top of the 5th, RJ Fence was held to only 6 runs. Good defense from the team and special shout again to John Coulson for his pitching tonight and the season. Witt, Steve Glass and Marty Schmenk played  solid defense and pulled off a few double plays. Great pitching and defense from RJ Fence though, as Mayh3m had a total of 1 run going into bottom of the 5th. We tried to make the comeback scoring 3 in the 5th and 5 in the 6th. Going into the 7th down 1.  Defense for Mayh3m fell apart a little and we allowed 3 runs. Marty Schmenk started  the inning with a line drive out and Witt followed up with a Double.  Unfortunately that was it. Jim Czerniskewski scored Witt to make the final score  13/10.   
Top Hitters for the night were Jim Eichert, Steve Glass, Jim Czerniskewski were all 3-4.  Witt pulled off 2 Doubles and ended up 4-4.  Nabil Keriko and Gary Hoovler both were 2-3.  Thanks To Eddie Calderon for playing and going 2-3 with a big clutch hit for us in the 6th.   Side note, 9 different players had an RBI for the evening. 
 
 
 
Sideline’s 18   vs.  Rudy’s Hot Dogs 17
 

Sideline’s :

Sidelines got a much needed win and first victory of the season in a battle of eating establishments,  over a very tough Rudy’s Hot Dog team 18-17. After leading most of the game Rudy’s came back to take the lead 17-15 after 6. However Rudy’s was held scoreless in the seventh and Sidelines got some big hits to come back and win. Sidelines had a season high 33 hits and leading the way were  Wags (5-5 3b OTFHR) Johnny Johnson (3-3 3b) Bruce Klostermeier (4-5) Dave Ashman (4-5) Jeff “Husky” Huskinson  (4-5) Bob Miller (3-4) Dan : Sugar Ray”  Leonard (2-4). Good feeling to finally get our first win against a very good Rudy’s team. 

 
Rudy’s Hot Dogs:
Rudy’s was handed their second loss of the season by a very determined and very tough Sidelines team. Rudy’s played very hard and  trailed most of the game until the later innings where we were ahead by two runs headed to the bottom of the seventh , Sidelines with a series of base hits dug in and won the contest. Rudy’s had the bases loaded twice during the contest and left men  on base.
Hitting leaders were Kurt Silva with an OTFHR; Kevin Shook with an OTF HR; Dave Ronau, Mark Rielly, John Arrington Dave Cramer  all had three hits each. Scotty ” Too Hotty”  Dheel continues with his hitting streak by driving some tremendous balls deep but was robbed by some great running catches. It was  a tough loss for Rudy’s, but we are very strong team.
 
 

7:45 pm Games:

Seaway Marketplace 9   vs.  Bull Moose  6
 

Seaway Marketplace :

Seaway held on to win beating Boose Moose 9- 6. Seawat was led in hitting by: Lead by Kyle Green with 3 hits,. We had a few base running mistakes that  cost us a few scores, Jim Eckhart filling in for our missing restricted player had 2 hits, Darrell Berry also had 2 hits, Jeff Baker had 2 hits.. Perry Chillus, Sherman Thomas, James Beard, Avery Cooper, Tom Eisler,    Ed Herman, and John Birmingham pitched in a hit each,  so everyone contributed to this win. let’s keep it going seaway Market Place.
 
Bull Moose:
 
The Rough Riders couldn’t muster enough offense once again and fell to a good Seaway squad. Kudos to Seaway’s Ed Herman for a great pitching performance against us. Our own hurling duo of Joe Pastorek and Brett Crosby also pitched very well but didn’t get the support needed for the win. Gary Gardner, George Blattner and Wayne Harris all turned in nice glovework and all 3 continue to hit very well as Gardner and Blattner were perfect at the plate and Harris added 2 hits with an RBI. Also perfect was Mark Clair and Joe Pastorek with 3 hits each as Bob Allgier added 2 hits with a Ribbie. Greg Black and Wayne Stumm each added a hit and a BB, as Kim Crosby, Brett Crosby and Ed Calderon all chipped in with a hit. Tom Prahl also contributed with nice defense in Right Field.  Leading hitters: Gary Gardner ( 3-3 2R 2B 3B RBI), George Blattner ( 3-3 R 2B RBI), Mark Clair ( 3-3 RBI), Joe Pastorek ( 3-3 2B), Wayne Harris ( 2-3 R RBI), Bob Allgier ( 2-3 RBI), Greg Black ( 1-2 BB) and Wayne Stumm ( 1-2 BB). 
 
 

R & J Fence Company 17  vs. Andy & Barney’s  10

R & J Fence Company:

R&J Fence kept the pressure on all game by scoring in every inning. John Correa kept the Barney’s at bay with tough pitching  keeping them to 10 runs.  Mike Gory and Jim Rizzo 3/3 2r, Dave Obert 4/4 4r, Virgil Correa 3/4, Scott Nichols 3/4  2r, Ted Theaker 3/4 2r, Patrick 2/2 1r, Russ Korb , John Correa and Rick Obert each  had one hit as well.
 
 
Andy & Barney’s:
 
ANDY & BARNEY’S, dropped the second game of a double-header,
losing to R&J Fence 17-10. Team leader Dave Durfey, 3/4, HR, 2B,
2-R, 2-RBI, upped his BAvg. –  .727 with 5-homeruns and 10-RBI.
Steve Vesschemoet, is off to a hot start, going 2/3, 2B, HR, W, 2-R
and 1-RBI – hitting .737. Pitcher Wade Timming, off to a good start, was 3/4, 2B, 1-R and 3-RBI. Hot bats: Scott Libbe, 2/4, 3B, 2-R and Guy Stager, 2/3, 2B, 1-R.
 
 
RWB Card Insurance  13  vs. Sideline’s 10
 
RWB Card Insurance:
 
RWB came out swinging scoring 5 in the 1st and 2nd innings going up 10 to 0 against the never say die Sidelines team . But the scoring ended for us until the 6th letting Sidelines get back into the game tying us at 10 each going into the 6th inning. We were able to score 3 runs in our 6th and kept them scoreless in the 6th and 7th to  seal our win . Hitting leaders were Aiello 3/3 bases loaded triple 2runs , Jim Dandar 3/3  1 run , Terry Moore back from an injury 3/3 , Mark Jagodzinski pitching well and 3/3 1 run , with 2 hits each were Larry Wilczynski ,Jeff Kwiatkowski (triple ) , Kurt Souva subbingfor us with 2 hits (homer ) BB . Everyone else with at least 1 hit or walk and 9 different guys scored tonight . Our defense was pretty good tonight as well .
 

Sideline’s:

 
After getting our first win of the season Sidelines came out flat against RWB Card Insurance, losing 13-10. RWB came out strong and led 10-0 after 2. Sidelines however fought back and tied the game at 10 thru 5 but couldn’t do any better as RWB would score 3 runs in the sixth for the final score. Leading hitters were Dave Kunst (3-3) Gary Kreinbrink (3-3) Wags (2-3 OTFHR) Bruce Klostermeier (3-4). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Team NameWinsLossesWinning PercentageRuns ScoredRuns AllowedAverage Margin
R&J Fence601.000120855.833
Rudy's Hot Dog32.60095754.000
Barrows Jewelers32.60083663.400
Seaway Marketplace32.6005173-4.400
MAYH3M23.4005757.000
RWB Card Ins23.4006970-.200
Bull Moose23.4005865-1.400
Andy & Barney's24.33376100-4.000
Sidelines15.1676785-3.000

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Mark Clair, player and sponsor of the Bull Moose Retirement team, is all business

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Paul Wesolowski is a jack of all trades – playing infield here, but equally comfortable on the mound.  His hitting is pretty darn good too!

"King of Swat" 2025 League Champions!

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MASTERS CHAMPION! Keith Dunbar accepts the home run trophy from SSS President Scott Nichols, after crushing 17 round-trippers in 18 games

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LEGENDS CHAMPIONS!  Ric Bonfiglio, Denny Miller, and Chad Collins tied for the league title, with 22 bombs each (in 19 games)

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We encourage everyone to support our sponsors. Their generosity allows us to enhance the experience for our players and strengthen the bonds of our softball family. Together, we can continue to foster a vibrant and thriving community. Thank you for your support.

Thursday League

Fricker's in Sylvania (Three Teams)

Charles Marczewski, Manager

The Distillery

Pastorek's Body Shop

Joe Pastorek

TERRAFIRMA Landscape

Dennie Peters

Tuesday League

Bull Moose retirement planning

Mark and Ryan Clair

Rudy's Hot Dog

3208 Alexis Road
Justin Dionyssiou

Andy & Barney's Sports Bar / Jo-Jo's Pizzeria

Abe Mahmoud

R & J Fence

John Correa

RWB Card Ins

Bob Ruckman

Barrow's jewelers

Gabe Barrow

Seaway Marketplace/Yancey's Lawn care

Murray Dennison

MAYH3M Sports and Apparel

Jim Wittkamp

Acknowledgements

Fricker’s Sports Bar, Sylvania, OH

SSSL Logo Designed by Francis Graphics, Inc.

Sylvania Recreation District

Scott Stampflmeier – Sylvan Studio, Sylvania, OH

Jenn Scally – The Letterman Ink & Threads

Tom Pruss – Northcoast: Print, Mail, Marketing

Lamar Advertising Company

Jeff Walles / Photographer

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