TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Joe Meyer, of Matthew’s on Main, gets a key hit in his team’s win over Ronny’s Ringers at the Lenny Miret benefit tournament held in Fremont Center earlier this summer. Meyer and his teammates will defend their title as reigning champions in the Seventh Annual Fremont Center Tournament on August 4-6, a benefit for Nick Mootz and family. Mootz is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Seventh Annual Fremont Center Softball Tournament

Softball teams ready to rumble for great cause

16 teams vie for tourney title in Nick Mootz benefit

By RICHARD A. ROSS

FREMONT CENTER, NY - From the moment that the first pitch heads over the plate on Friday evening, August 4, to the final out of the championship game on August 6, the action will be non-stop and the excitement will build as the Seventh Annual Fremont Center Softball Tournament unfolds.

Organized by Loreen Gebelein, the tournament is a benefit for soon-to-be 15-year-old Nick Mootz of Kenoza Lake, who is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. (See riverreportersports.com for an article on Mootz entitled “In between the dark and the light.” The article also appeared in the July 27 issue of The River Reporter.)

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Monticello Men’s Softball League

Staying alive

By RICHARD A. ROSS

MONTICELLO, NY - In the twilight hours of the Monticello Men’s softball regular season, below the spotlight of the top contenders, two teams fought for their playoff existence on July 25 as Rockbar sought to stave off a hot Ratner Paving squad.

At stake was the sixth playoff spot, which is still up for grabs amid the ever-shifting sands of team standings.

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Elite Champion Tournament Baseball

Cougars win final two but miss playoffs

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LIBERTY, NY - There’s a world of difference between preserving your season and playing a game that doesn’t figure into your destiny.

With their backs to the wall on July 26, the Catskill Cougars needed to defeat Middletown Babe Ruth-Black to keep hope alive for the playoffs. The Cougars needed to beat Middletown on consecutive days and hope that the Hudson Valley Vipers would lose their last game. Middletown was already in the playoff picture.

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Also in this issue:

• Late surge guides Liberty past rising Roscoe