CENTRAL LEAGUE GAME WRITE UPS 

December 18th, 2025 

 Wayne Haddy

Happy Holidays to everyone. If you are travelling be safe! 

Team Peterson – 0 Hole N One – 11 

Dottie Johnson hurled a gem today as she shutout Team Peterson and held them to just four hits. Hole N One scored all the runs they would eventually need for the win with four in the first inning. Since Hole N One needed just five innings of at bats to secure the win only Kevin Husen had three hits on the day. Doubles were recorded by Mike Currie Brian Melody. 

 Paul Tone - 8 Susi’s Home Cleaning – 9 

A Close game throughout Susi’s as claimed a come from behind win with two runs in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run double by Teresa Hinjosa. Paul Felice led Susi’s with three hits. Susi’s recorded five extra base hits, all doubles by Bob Ross, Jim Savage, Dave Parrish, Dave Gjerstad and Hinjosa. Paul Tone kept the game close behind the three hits of Ron Wambach, Chuck McFarland and Eric Jagula. Tom Albanese and sub Steve Peltekain were able to leg out doubles for Tone. 

 Saini Smiles - 6 Canyon State – 12 

Canyon State got off to a quick start with four in the first inning and then extended their lead to 10-1 after four before settling for a 12-6 win over Saini Smiles. Big hitters for State with three hits each were Larry Lienemann, Carl O’Leary and subs Steve Engels and Trevor Cornett. Craig Hone had a triple while John Case had two doubles and Cornett one. Dave Baldwin knocked in three RBIs for State. Joe Calloway led Smiles with four hits including a Home Run and had three RBIs. With Three hits were Pierre Coulombe, who also tripled and Mike Lavis. Marcel Mantha contributed a double. 

 Phoenix Sports – 11 Thrive Healing Center – 12 

As expected when first place plays second place it was a nail-biter throughout. Thrive was able to halt Phoenix Sports win streak at nine in a hard fought extra inning game 12-11. The game was not settled until Bruce Marren drove in the winning run in the extra frame. The game went into extra innings when Sports kept Thrive from scoring with bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the seventh. Leading Thrive with four hits were Steve Engels, Ralph Benjamin (3B, 2B), and Marren. Wayne Haddy, Jody Nixon, and Jim Linzmeier followed with three hits each. Juan Curell added a triple. League leading Phoenix Sports got three hits each from Ron Bedford, Larry Shively, Greg Potts (2B) and sub Jeff Silbaugh (2B). Extra base hits were also recorded by Rod Staeb (3B), Jim Kreidler (2B), Lee Anderson (2B) and Bill Connor (2B).