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Weekly Recap

Lake Placid, Florida

Griffin's Dry Cleaning takes trophy

 

 

By Gene Welbaum

March 20, 2024

 

Final Team Standings Win Loss
Griffin's Dry Cleaning 17 3
Bates Security 14 6
Miller's Central Air 10 10
Lake Placid Marine 9 11
Lakeside Dermatology 6 14
Conley Insurance 5 15

Monday, Bates Security won a nail-biter against Miller's Central Air 15-14. Jim Thomson was 4 for 4 for Bates. Steve Weinzirl and Mark Roth smashed triples. Brian Heaphy was 4 for 4 for Miller's while hitting a triple and a double. Coach Ron Kilburn and Alex Gray also hit the long ball while hitting a triple in the game.

Lakeside Dermatology defeated Conley Insurance 22-18. Long ball hitter, Richard Rucker, was his normal self, going 4 for 4. Dean Clark was also 4 for 4 for Lakeside. Alex Shue was 4 for 4 for Conley.

Griffin's Dry Cleaning, being led by MVP Frank Menendez who was 5 for 5  and lit up the scoreboard with a powerful home run, downed LP Marine 21-7. Lead-off hitter for Griffin's, Ron Peterson, also whacked a homer. Bill Todd was 4 for 4 for LP Marine.

Wednesday, league champions Griffin's Dry Cleaning, downed Conley Insurance 24-13. Leading the team to victory was Ron Peterson who was 5 for 5 with a home run. The rest of the team went 4 or 3 for 5 in the game. Griffin's finished the season 17 and 3. Always reliable, Cisco Hernandez was 4 for 4 for Conley.

Bates Security downed Lakeside Dermatology 24-22 in what was a hit parade for both teams. Dave Reed led the way for Bates going 5 for 5 . Leading the way for Lakeside were Dan Rasmussen and Don Cunningham who were both 5 for 5.

Miller's Central Air took it to Lake Placid Marine 22-12. Alex Gray once again batted a 1000 while smashing a home run and a double for Miller's. LP Marine big hitters were Frank King and Richard Kipp who were 4 for 4.

 

Week ending March 13, 2024

 

 

By Gene Welbaum

March 13, 2024

 

Monday, Miller's Central Air downed Conley Insurance 17-12. Ron Kilburn and Alex Gray were 4 for 4 for Miller's. Gary Robbins was 3 for 3 . Conley's Paul Brand went 4 for 4 and team mates Alex Shue and William Beckmann were 3 for 3.

Griffin's Dry Cleaning out-lasted Lakeside Dermatology by 16-9 score. Griffin's Joe Shelton was 4 for 4 with a triple and a double. Ernie Greathouse also smashed a triple. Roger Gasperlin went 3 for 3 for Lakeside.

Bates Security defeated Lake Placid Marine 22-7. Big hitters for Bates were, Mr. Softball, Dave Reed, Denny Mathew, Steve Weinzirl and Mark Roth. All of these hitters were 4 for 4 in the contest.

Wednesday, league leading teams Griffin's Dry Cleaning and Bates Security squared off in what turned out to be a defensive battle. Griffin's scored 5 runs and Bates 2 runs in the first inning. Griffin's managed a run in the 3rd. The score 6-2 stayed that way until the last inning when Griffin's jumped out on top with 9 runs. They then held Bates scoreless to win 15-2. This win assured Griffin's the season championship.

Miller's Central Air and Lakeside Dermatology had a see- saw battle with Miller's finally edging Lakeside 17-16. Miller's Ron Kilburn hit the cycle while going 5 for 5. Gil Coan was 4 for 4 for Lakeside. Dan Rasmussen and Bob Baker smashed triples.

Conley's insurance and Lake Placid Marine also played a 1 run contest with Conley edging LP Marine 19-18. Cisco Hernandez was 5 for 5 with a triple. Lee Sonnenberg and Tom Trapman also had triples for Conley. Batting 1000 for LP Marine were Frank King, Dave Loomis, Phil Lucas and Jeff Stanley.

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