Tag: PebbleCreek senior Softball

PCSSA player joins the Hole-in-One Club

Fred Dresser Can you believe it? Another PebbleCreek Senior Softball member records a hole-in-one. On Friday, May 10, Fred Schmidt scored a hole-in-one on the 125-yard 16th Hole at TF West. His weapon of choice was a nine iron. What makes this even more remarkable is that this was his first shot of the day!…

7th annual Captain Jeremy Chandler Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser set for November 10

Captain Jeremy Alan Chandler, a U. S. Army Special Forces ODA-HALO Team Leader (Green Beret), was killed in action on August 11, 2005 while serving his third deployment in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom). Jeremy’s parents, PebbleCreek residents LTC Alan Chandler, U.S. Army retired, and Jonnie Chandler, established a memorial scholarship in their son’s honor at…

Carleton Lee honored

Carleton Lee poses with former Desert Rose teammates. Those who are retired from the league were invited by Ron Glynn to attend the Opening Day ceremonies including Ed Alderete, Bill Anderson, Lloyd Chilton, Don Clark, Fred Cochran, John Flynn, Ron Glynn, Charlie Kagan, Glenn Kennedy, Dave King, Ed Kolton, Jerome Mayone, Larry McMasters, Phil Merrill, Connie Neeley, Dave Nigh, John Say and Chuck Seidel. Also pictured are those former teammates of Carleton who are still active in the league: Jim Beyers, Alan Jones, Dennis Makinen, Jack Mateer, Fred Schmidt and Norm Smith. Tom Bohnke, Gary Minor, Jim Muck and Jim Williams were unable to attend but each wished Carleton hearty congratulations.

Lee Ayers On Opening Day of the 2014-2015 season, October 26, the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association honored one of its original players, Carleton Lee. Carleton began playing with the first team in PebbleCreek, named the Creekers, in 1994. Carleton remained playing as the league expanded to its current 12 teams, playing with the same team,…

Senior Softball Opening Day Ceremonies

PebbleCreek seniors anxiously await the announcement to “play ball.”

Steve Fletcher Saturday, October 25 marked the twentieth season opener for PebbleCreek senior softball. This year there will be 142 men and two women beginning the season representing 12 teams. The 12 team sponsors this year will be American Solar, Desert Golf Cars, Arizona Royal, Arizona Orthopedic, PebbleCreek Steve, Augies, Dunton Health & Wealth, Osborne…

Patrol man helps PCSSA with opening day

Chairperson of the Opening Day ceremonies Lee Ayers, Officer John Hays and Director of Marketing Al Chandler

Lee Ayers Officer John Hays of the PebbleCreek Patrol came to the aid of the PebbleCreek Senior softball Association on its Opening Day festivities by securing six traffic cones to help mark the different areas for team sponsors to show their products. Al Chandler, Director of Marketing for the league, sought the cones and was…