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Matthew*s On Main pitcher Shane Conner fires a strike in the early going of the final game.
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Softball Tournament
Matthew's on Main rings up Ringers to take tourney crown
Great weekend of softball benefits Cochecton Centers playground fund
By RICHARD A. ROSS
COCHECTON CENTER, NYHows this for a great midsummer recipe? Start with a great cause, namely raising money for Cochecton Centers childrens playground. Blend in nine mens softball teams itching for a chance to show their moxie. Combine with copious amounts of sunshine, add in a sprinkling of rain and spice up the mixture with some dicey controversy. Now serve up a great weekend of sizzling sports, non-stop drama and All-American fun with portions aplenty.
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Wayne County Babe Ruth Playoffs
Chiefs send Forest City packing in playoff opener
By RICHARD A. ROSS
NARROWSBURG, NYGreat pitching and timely hitting is the formula for success in baseball from little league right on up to the majors. Using that recipe, the Tusten Chiefs got off to a great start in their home opener of the Wayne County Teeners League Playoffs on July 16 by blanking Forest City 9-0. Brad Reimer, Logan Grishaber and Torin Frey combined to work the shutout. Reimer and Grishaber worked three innings apiece and Frey closed the game.
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Monticello mens softball
Diamond daydreams or nightmares
By ZAC BRIGHT
MONTICELLO, NYFor ABC Title, the defending champions of the Monticello Mens Softball league, dreams of continuing their undefeated 11-0 season nearly turned into a nightmare. In the top of the seventh inning, after ABC Titles lead had been cut down to a mere five runs, ABC third-basemen Bob Yakin belted a three-run inside-the-park homerun, silencing the hopes for comeback of the rallying Ma & Pa squad in a Mens Modified Pitch softball regular season match-up on July 13 at Somerville Field in Monticello.
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