King Mitchell (aka Mitch) Well softball fans, the softball world here in the SaddleBrooke ‘hood is into the fall season. That means, among other things, that most of our fall and winter snowbirds have drifted on in and the rosters are filling up. It’s good to see them back. Well, most of them—yours truly generally…
Terry Hurley The playful banter started early in a recent SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Recreation League game between the Window Wizards and Absolutely Art teams. “Next time open your eyes,” the first base coach says to the catcher who made a nice grab on a foul pop-up. “Thirty years ago, you would have had it,” an…
Terry Hurley There’s lots to do at SaddleBrooke Ranch, but one activity many residents may not be aware of is softball; probably because the games are played at SaddleBrooke. SaddleBrooke Senior Softball is open to Ranch residents. This past fall season saw 11 men and three women play on the state-of-the-art field complete with dugouts, electronic…
Terry Hurley On an early Wednesday morning last month, under a perfect blue sky and on a gem of a ball field in SaddleBrooke, Mary Schneck singled to right field to drive in two runs. It was one of two hits that day for Mary, but unfortunately, it wasn’t enough as her Western Exterminator team…
Mark Hojnacki Even a light downpour at the start of game three couldn’t dampen the spirits of either those playing or the good crowd in attendance who witnessed the three games at the SaddleBrooke softball complex. The highlight of the day were those past and present members who were honored as contributors and players over the…
Who is behind all the work that keeps your SaddleBrooke Softball complex looking great and probably the best softball field in southern Arizona? The answer: Four “Dirt Dawgs” and many volunteers. Our association is self-funded receiving no monetary assistance from SaddleBrooke TWO. Funds collected from our members and sponsors goes back into the facility to…
Many in our association credit SaddleBrooke resident Vic Garcia as the individual who kick-started the SSSA in 1996 when he formed a softball team, The SaddleBrooke Blues, to play in the Senior Softball League in Tucson. Those games were played at the Craycroft and 22nd Street softball field and consisted of teams from Sierra Vista,…
Carol Chiarelllo The fall softball season ended in mid-December. We had 22 teams playing in seven different leagues. Check out the results: Monday Community We had six teams and three finished in first place with identical records of 5 wins and 3 losses. Granite Restoration, managed by Steve Schneck, Kerry Blount-Long Realty with Jim Smith…
Mark Hojnacki The summer softball season ended on September 24 at the SaddleBrooke complex with four clear pennant winners and one deadlock in the Friday Competitive League. You see here in the Brooke, we play four seasons throughout the year for the enjoyment of still being able to compete. Pennant winners each season get bragging…
Mark Hojnacki Mark your calendars now! SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) would like to invite all of you fans to come out on observed Veterans Day (Monday, November 12) to enjoy a brat or hot dog and watch one or all of the three or four games taking place that morning at the SSSA complex…